NEWSLETTER JULY 2014 NO. 18 Dear Parents and Friends of the Schools It is a great pleasure to write to you at the end of term with a long list of people to thank for their great contribution to school life. Firstly let us start with our school leavers in Year 6, many of whom will be moving on after eight years at Queen Edith. We thank them all for their enthusiastic participation in so many school events and for carrying out their responsibilities so well. We appreciate how the school sports teams have been greatly enhanced by the year group and we have celebrated many triumphs in recent competitions due to their skills. We remember productions that have been the making of many stars and the opportunities to enjoy the company of the children at extra-curricular clubs, educational visits and residentials. Not least amongst the highlights for this year group have been the excellent SATS results they achieved, demonstrating both great progress throughout their time at Queen Edith but also ensuring future success at secondary school as they are so well prepared for their move. This is also the time to wish staff farewell. We thank Miss Turner for her work to help set up the Early Years at Queen Emma and wish her well as she moves to lead literacy in a school in the north of the City. We thank Mr Cooper for his hard work keeping our ICT up and running: never an easy job when money is tight and needs are high! He moves onto an exciting post in the new Technical School opening locally. Two Teaching Assistants, Krissie Taylor and Hannah Curtis, have so enjoyed their time at Queen Emma they have chosen to train to be teachers. We wish them well as this is not a course for the faint hearted! We also wish our nursery manager Debby Cafano happiness in her new job as she moves to a nursery much nearer to home. Congratulations to Amy Ford, one of our Year 5 teachers at Queen Edith, who left us at half term. We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Freddy Ford earlier this month. We also wish Miss Haigh and Mrs Irons well as they also go on maternity leave. We look forward to hearing their exciting news in September when their new arrivals are due. Thank you to the PSFAs who continue to support our school activities and at Queen Edith helped with the sports day and at Queen Emma ran a great school picnic with cakes and ice-creams, a bouncy castle, selection boxes and superb sunshine. We were also very grateful to the Cambridge Touring company who did two wonderful performances of Alice the musical for the schools on Monday as an end of year treat. Best wishes to you all for a wonderful holiday. My grateful thanks to all the staff who have worked so hard this year and richly deserve their break. I do hope the sun will shine wherever you are and we will all come back to school refreshed and ready for another year altogether. th We look forward to seeing the children back in school on Thursday 4 September. Best wishes, Caroline Peet Headteacher www.queenedithschool.org.uk Class Moves for September 2014 R1 R2 1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 Mrs North Mrs Lukesch Mrs Elliott Mrs Robinson Mr Gilmore Miss Remington Mr Wood Miss Khan Miss Shearer Miss Barker Mrs Dodds Mr Blower Mrs Lockhart will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to will move to 1.2 1.1 2.1 2.2 3.2 3.1 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.2 6.2 6.1 Miss Barker Mrs Elliott Mrs Robinson Miss Torroni Miss Shearer Miss Thurston Mr Blower Mr Wood Mrs Dodds Miss Remington Miss Khan Mr Barnes Mr Gilmore PPA Teachers Mrs Brooker (Assistant Head) Mrs Brooke Mrs Bharadwa Mrs Newcombe Miss Powell Mrs Lockhart Team Leaders Foundation Stage Team Leader KS1 Team Leader Middle Years Team Leader Later Years Team Leader Mrs North Mrs Robinson Mr Blower Mr Gilmore Term Dates 2014/2015 Training Day - Wednesday 3 September Autumn Term Opens Thursday 4 September Half Term 27 October - 31 0ctober Training Day - Monday 3rd November 2014 Autumn Term Closes Friday 19 December. Training Day - Monday 5 January Spring Term Opens Tuesday 6 January Half Term 16 February-20 February Training Day - Monday 23rd February Spring Term Closes Friday 27 March Training Day - Monday 13 April Summer Term Opens Tuesday 14th April May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May Half Term 25 May-29 May Summer Term Closes Wednesday 22 July www.queenedithschool.org.uk SCHOOL MEALS School meals prices for 4th September - 19th December 2014. The cost of meals is: £ 2.10 per day £10.50 per week Cost for 1st half of Autumn Term (37 Days) Cost for 2nd half of Autumn Term (35 Days) TOTAL £77.70 £73.50 £128.10 Cheques should be made payable to: “QUEENS’ FEDERATION” All meals should be paid for in advance. Our new online payment system for dinner money “Agora” is now up and running. If you would like to check your child’s balance please ask the office for a new registration letter. We believe there are pupils who are eligible for FREE SCHOOL MEALS who are not yet claiming them. From September 2014 all children who are in reception, year 1 or year 2 in a state-funded school will be offered a free healthy school lunch. Children in other school years will also be offered a free school lunch if their parent is receiving any of the welfare benefits listed below. Income Support Income-based Jobseekers Allowance Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Support from NASS (National Asylum Support Service) under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 the guarantee element of State Pension Credit Child Tax Credit (with no Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of no more than £16,190 Working Tax Credit run-on Universal Credit. Registering for free meals could raise an extra £1,300 for the school, to fund valuable support like extra tuition, additional teaching staff or after school activities. This additional money is available from central government for every child whose parent is receiving one of the welfare benefits listed above. It is therefore important to sign up for free school meals, even if your child is in reception, year 1 or year 2, so that your child’s school receives as much funding as possible. If you are at all unsure whether you qualify please come to the office and talk to Miss Perry. PACKED LUNCHES Please can we remind parents that children are not allowed sweets or bars of chocolate in their lunchboxes. Please do not send any nuts or nut products as we have children in school with severe nut allergies. Children should also only have water in their water bottles. (Juice cartons can be brought in for lunch). Many thanks. www.queenedithschool.org.uk Scratch Club We made Scratch Club because we wanted people to know how to use Scratch properly. Although Mr Blower supervised the club, we planned everything and did all the teaching. We wanted to show people just what you can do with Scratch. You could for example, make a game, comic script, story, message and other things. It’s like computer coding, but much, much easier. There is also a new version of Scratch, which has more added to it. It’s constantly being updated and is a lot of fun. If you haven’t tried it, you really should. You don’t know what you’re missing out on. The first time we tried it, it was a hit with the Year 5s. They absolutely loved it. We were happy for more people to come, so we ran the club a second time in the summer term. Many people loved this club – here’s what they said: It’s really fun and they let you do lots of different things. Also they teach you all the clever things they know about Scratch. Scratch club is better than any other club. You must go it’s fun, educational and useful on computers. It’s the best. Rihan and Ammar (Year 6) Wandlebury Country Park This half term, Year 3 went on a trip to Wandlebury country park. 3.2 went on the 27th June and 3.1 and 3.3 went on the 4th July. We enjoyed sunny days and a variety of activities, including pond dipping, grass sweeping, making bookmarks and learning all about bees. It was lots of fun and we all learned a lot, which has helped us with our plants topic. This is what the children had to say: “Wandlebury was really interesting because I learned about flowers I didn’t know” – Edward “I loved finding interesting things in the pond!” – Frances “I liked learning about the animals there and doing the pond dipping” - Jessica “It was really good finding creatures in the pond” – Connor www.queenedithschool.org.uk Queen Edith School Council Many thanks to all the School Council reps from September through to July. We have all really appreciated your ideas and hope you have enjoyed taking part. Here are some highlights from this year: The Cake Sale – Lots of yummy cakes and biscuits Children’s Choice – Each class chose what activities they would like to do Dress up Day – Amazing characters roamed the school for the day! The reps have given ideas to help improve the School Council area of the website. We hope to have an even better year next year! Autumn Term School Council Reps Lorena and Leo 2.2 Josephine and Guiliano Ailish and Archie 3.2 Eesh and Lavinia 3.3 Lauren and Luca Ayda and Charlie 4.2 Alix and Ro’el Tania and Mohammed 5.2 Abby and Aaron Zaydene and Safi 6.2 Hannah and Aamir Year 2 Year 3 2.1 3.1 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 4.1 5.1 6.1 Year 2 Year 3 2.1 3.1 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 4.1 5.1 6.1 Spring Term School Council Reps Zoey and Hoi Lok 2.2 Freyja and Marshall Lucy and Zahir 3.2 Olivia and Sam 3.3 Chelsie and Steven Asha and Maxwell 4.2 Barza and Jacob 5.2 Hope and Joseph Zaydene and Safi 6.2 Hannah and Aamir Year 2 Year 3 2.1 3.1 Maya and Toby Isabel and Tom Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 4.1 5.1 6.1 Summer Term School Council Reps 2.2 Isabel and William 3.2 Alisha and Jan 3.3 Kate and Mattia Esther and Liam 4.2 Belle and Kyle Zuzanna and William 5.2 Kaisa and Jack Zaydene and Safi 6.2 Hannah and Aamir Cambridge Kids Club @ Summer Holiday Play Scheme Looking for fun and exciting activities for your children during the Summer holidays? Let us help you. Cambridge Kids Club Holiday Play Scheme club can provide your children fun and exciting activities all week. You can book your children in for as many full days (8am until 6pm) or half days (am or pm) as you with. The Summer Holidays is fast approaching and this summer Cambridge Kids Clubs have planned a FUN & EXCITING Holiday Programme. This summer we have planned a different theme each week, which is guaranteed to keep the kids busy and entertained while learning new skills. Our BIG TRIPS / EVENTS are to Whipsnade Zoo, Milton Maize Maze, Trip to the Beach, Swimming (over 8's), Wisbech Adventure Playground and our end of Summer Party. Please contact us on 07960 412 716 or [email protected] for more information or to book your place. www.queenedithschool.org.uk Grafham Water Visit Hanging from the climbing wall The Grafham Challenge Year 6 went to Grafham Water for their annual residential trip from Wednesday 9th – Friday 11th July. They got to try a range of different activities, including windsurfing, kayaking, climbing, low ropes, bushcraft, archery, sailing and raft building. Here are some comments about the trip: “I liked climbing, because it was harder than I thought it would be and it was fun.” – Anna “I enjoyed archery because I’d never done it before. It was good to try a new sport.” – Nat “I had the most fun going sailing, because I felt independent out on the lake on a boat by ourselves.” – Hannah “Kayaking was my favourite activity, because it was a thrill when you went quite fast in your boat. You went from not even knowing how to do it to being really fast.” – Theo “One of my favourite things was crate stacking, because you had to work as a team: if one crate doesn’t fit, it all falls down.” – Isla “I enjoyed the low ropes, because of all the games that we played.” – Bradley Saturday 20th September from 12-5pm High Street Recreation Ground Admission to the Festival and entertainments are FREE. Entertainments include ‘Sidewicket and Mosschops World of Wonder’ - normally found at major festivals such as Camp Bestival! There’s live music from local favourites DJ Vigi, Tiger Blue and 4Fox, plus the community performance arena hosted by Cambridge 105 FM Radio including dancing, gymnastics, martial arts and majorettes. A children's marquee has science fun with CHaOS Science Roadshow, messy play, stories and songs. There’s also great food from Glastonbury favourite Mocha Mania, a beer tent, stalls and much more. Keep up to date by liking our Facebook page: cherryhintonfestival or visit the website: www.cherryhintonfestival.org www.queenedithschool.org.uk PE Update: Kwik Cricket Success We entered a team into the mixed kwik cricket tournament on Parker’s Piece on Monday 9th June. We played four matches in our group, all of which we won comfortably to qualify for the county finals. In kwik cricket, the batting team starts with 200 runs, with 5 lost each time a player is out. Each batting pair faces two overs of six balls, with every fielder bowling an over. In just eight overs, we managed to score over 300 runs in two of our four matches and, in our final match, bowled the opposition out for under 200. This was a very impressive performance, but we knew the county finals would be much tougher. Action from the County Finals These were held at Clare College Sports Grounds on Thursday 19th June. After a shaky start, we managed to win our opening match with quite a bit to spare, but then lost the second by a small margin (12 runs, if I remember correctly). This meant that we had to win our final game to qualify for the quarter finals. Unfortunately, we lost by the very smallest of margins and spent most of the lunch break dwelling on a few key moments that could have seen a very different outcome. This is the third time in the last four years we have qualified for the County Finals. The standard is always high, with lots of village schools, where a number of children play for cricket clubs outside of school. We only had one of those in our team – Vishrut, who’s in Year 3 – so we did incredibly well to be so competitive. Well done to everyone who played: Saif, Vishrut, Anna and Hasan were our most accurate and reliable bowlers, while Noah and Max were particularly athletic fielders and Safi, Jonny and Martina scored important runs with some clean hitting. KS1 Football Matches Our early exit from the kwik cricket tournament meant I was able to get back to school in time for our first ever sports fixtures against Queen Emma. The football matches were really well organised by Year 5 and 6 Sports Leaders, particularly Isla and Kyle who refereed the two matches, and demonstrated the potential for regular sporting fixtures between the two schools in the future. In the end, it was Mrs Peet who was the happiest, with honours even after Queen Edith won the Year 1 match and Queen Emma triumphed against our Year 2s. Well done to everyone who played. Year 5 & 6 Sports Captains and Bronze Ambassadors Action from the Year 2 football match www.queenedithschool.org.uk National School Sports Week We celebrated National School Sports Week with a range of sporting competitions organised by our Year 6 Sports Leaders. On Monday, KS1 children got to try a number of different athletic activities, while on Wednesday and Thursday, Middle Years and Later Years children competed in teams at netball, ten pin bowling, non-stop cricket and football. Well done to Griffin who won the Later Years’ competition and Phoenix who were the Middle Years’ winners. The main thank you, though, is to our Sports Leaders who refereed, time kept, point scored and behaviour managed (on occasions) superbly on each of the three afternoons. I look forward to seeing many of them leading sports competitions in the future. The following week also saw the return of our (hopefully-again-to-be-annual) swimming galas, won by Phoenix in Later Years and Centaur in Middle Years. Thanks to our Bronze Ambassadors for their enthusiasm for this event. Partnership Youth Games: During National School Sports Week, we again entered three teams into the Partnership Youth Games competition at the Abbey Complex and, once more, enjoyed a very successful day. Our regular competitions at the end of units of work in PE allowed us to select children for this competition, with a Year 3 tag rugby team, Year 4 footballers and a mix of children competing at multi-skills. Our multi-skills team finished in fourth, our tag rugby players picked up medals for finishing third – an excellent achievement against a lot of older teams – while our footballers came home with a trophy, having won all their games and finished first. The children also got to try a range of different taster activities. Thanks to Mr Wood, Mrs Blower and Mrs Woods for accompanying the children and managing the teams. There was further success for Queen Edith, as Francesca in Year 5 won the competition to design a logo celebrating the third stage of this year’s Tour de France. Her winning design was featured on all the t-shirts worn by children on the day. Well done to her! Our Year 4 footballers celebrate their victory Our Year 3 tag rugby team with their medals www.queenedithschool.org.uk National Youth Day Success: There was further success for Queen Edith children at National Youth Day for korfball, in Beckenham, South London, on Sunday 29th June. We entered two teams into this competition and both performed brilliantly to finish amongst the top school and club teams in the country. Our U9 team won their first two matches very easily in the morning, before slipping up against the eventual winners, Trojans, in their final group game. This meant that they finished second in their group and went into Pool B for the afternoon. They lost their next game for very similar reasons: keenness to intercept passes led to quite a lot of ball watching, rather than marking players, and was punished by the opposition. Although we put up lots of shots, we lost the game 3-1. We battled back well, though, and won our final two games to finish as winners of the second pool and fifth in the country. A very good achievement for a group of children who only started playing at the start of Year 4. It was great to see such excellent teamwork, athleticism and determination. On another day, this would have been a remarkable success, but our U11 team performed even better. Competing against a number of club teams, whose senior sides play in the National League (the top division in English korfball) we won all three of our morning matches (3-1, 6-0 and 4-1, if I remember correctly) to qualify for the top pool as group winners. Our first game showed what a tough challenge this was going to be, as we quickly went 2 goals down against a strong Tornadoes team. We fought back brilliantly, though, to win the game 3-2. Our second game was a much more straight forward 5-2 win against Milton Keynes, but our third saw us play against Bearsted, a team who won their other afternoon matches 11-1, 11-1 and 9-0. We defended fantastically to limit them to very few scoring chances. Isla’s persistence and willingness to keep being fouled (!) saw her win a penalty, which Saif coolly converted, before Paige looked to have scored the winning goal. Unfortunately, we then lost a bit of concentration in defence and allowed Bearsted back into the game and they eventually triumphed 4-2. Nevertheless, we won our final group game 4-1 to finish second overall. This was a phenomenal achievement. As I reminded the players: last year, at National Youth Day, was the first time we’d ever won a game. To have come from regularly losing matches to being the second best Under 11s team in the country is fantastic. www.queenedithschool.org.uk Well done to all the players who played. Saif and Safi were, as always, a constant threat in attack and alert in defence and scored consistently throughout the day. Isla weighed in with five goals, while Max, Martina, Paige, Seby, Nina and Jannis all contributed with crucial goals and interceptions. A quick mention also to Anna, who played for her club team, Cambridge City, and scored eight of their team’s eleven goals. Thank you to all the parents who helped transport children all the way down to Kent and cheered them on, and to the children who gave up their Sundays to play. It was a great way for the Year 6s in the team to finish their korfballing careers at Queen Edith, but I know they will all continue to play and enjoy the game in the future. It’s been great to work with them over the past couple of years and watch them develop and improve so much. We now need girls (in particular) to replace them and see if we can emulate that success in the future. This was the final sporting competition of a very busy year. A large number of children have had the opportunity to represent the school in sporting fixtures, with the following children having played on 10 or more occasions: Martina, Safi, Saif, Isla, Anna, Max, Theo, Nat, Minahil, Nina and Seby. Well done to all of them! On Friday 12th September at 7:30 pm at St Johns' Church, Hills Road, Cambridge there will be a “Musical exploration” presented by the Cottenham Brass Band. Tickets will be available from the beginning of June price £8 from Geoff Heathcock, Branch Chairman. Light refreshments will be available plus a raffle and a special Cake in celebration of the Appeal. Thanks to all of you who have brought in used printer cartridges and old mobile phones – we sent a huge pile to the recycling company! We will let you know how much we raised as soon as possible - PSFA” www.queenedithschool.org.uk PSFA News July 2014 2013/14 was another great year for Queen Edith PSFA and we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped at events, but also to those of you who came to our events and spent your money to help raise funds for the school. Without the support of Queen Edith parents and carers we could not have done anything. For us the highlight of the year was the fete which surprised us all by making well over £5,000 on what was also a lovely afternoon. For the children we also had the annual discos which are a chance to get together with your friends, and maybe even see your teacher dance! Bag 2 School always makes us a lot of money as well as de-cluttering our houses and we have been very pleased with the success of the cake sales, which we introduced this year. Plans for next year include more cake sales, organized by different year groups each time, and in the first term an International Food Evening where we will celebrate how fortunate we are to have so many families from overseas and have a chance to share their culture. The evening is open to everyone and is always loads of fun. The date for this along with dates for all PSFA events and meetings will be in the annual school calendar sent home with your children at the start of next year. New Treasurer The PSFA would like to say a huge thank you to Natacha Wilson who took over the role of Treasurer this year and has made a fantastic contribution to the team. Sadly her son Seby moves to secondary school in September and so we desperately need to find someone new to take over this vital role. This could be one person or two friends working as a ‘job share’. If you are interested in finding out more please contact Natacha Wilson or Jacqui Whitmore (Chair) via the PSFA email. We are always delighted when new people come along to get involved in the PSFA and this year we saw quite a few new faces. If you are interested in joining us please do get in touch, it’s a fun way to get involved and support the school. With many thanks Happy Holidays ! PSFA Committee [email protected] Eversden Brass Band in action at the fete www.queenedithschool.org.uk Summer reading challenge 2014 The Summer Reading Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to read six books during the long summer holiday. The theme for the 2014 is Mythical Maze. All children aged 4-11 are challenged to read their way around a labyrinth that introduces them to fantastical creatures from myths and legends. Every time children finish a book they get stickers and rewards and there's a certificate and gold medal for everyone who finishes. Sign up to the challenge at your local library now, or find out more at: www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20130/news_and_events_in_libraries/543/summer_reading_ch allenge_2014 Summer at the Museums 2014 Thursday 24th July – Wednesday 3rd September This summer, family fun and adventure are just around the corner as museums in Cambridge and beyond offer a jampacked programme of creative activities, events and trails. Most events are free and suitable for all the family. Find the full programme at: www.cam.ac.uk/museums-and-collections/whats-on/summer-at-the-museums ChYpPS Summerdaze 2014 ChYpPS are running another fun filled summer of activities for children aged 5 upwards. SummerDaze, their summer activities programme, runs every weekday from Monday 28 July to Friday 22 August and includes sports, crafts, cooking, den building, and much more. Find the full programme at: https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/chypps-activities www.queenedithschool.org.uk Children who won their group in the City Kwik Cricket tournament and qualified for the County Finals: Hasan Blower Anna O’Grady Noah Partridge Vishrut Pisupati Jonny Risdon Max Roberson Martina Rudhun Safi Terywall Saif Terywall Sports Leaders who have organised competitions this half term: Hannah Adams Hazal Birbalta Sienna Brodie-Gold Isha Dandeh-Njie Leonia Depledge Dan Frost Edward Gaskarth Paige Handley Aamir Khokhar Esther Lhuillier Alexine MacPherson Kyle Moran Anna O’Grady Bradley Pilsworth Martina Rudhun Meghana Shimoga Isla Sundhoo Saif Terywall Cathy Wang Seby Wilson KS1 children who played in the football matches against Queen Emma: Yousef Abdi Louie Ajunan Ravi Basran Rishi Bharadwa Marco Dama Arthur Depledge Ross De Wildt Zoey He Hayden Hoye Benjamin Hulls Jameel Ibrahim Hayden Ingle Jackson Ingle Logan Ingle Mukhil Pandian Jasmin Shah Aasiya Sivardeen Louis Sundhoo Vincenzo Trombetta Hoi Lok Wang Leonardo Wong Ruth Wrycroft For designing the winning logo for the Youth Games Competition: Francesca Melville Korfballers who played at National Youth Day: Paige Handley Toby Jones Jannis Koulman Nina Koulman Matthew Monie Anna O’Grady Mekhi Osman Max Roberson Martina Rudhun Isla Sundhoo Safi Terywall Saif Terywall Sophia Terywall Seby Wilson www.queenedithschool.org.uk Middle Years children who participated in the Partnership Youth Games competition: Tag Rugby: Jacob Dean Mikey Gamble Samuel Hulls Louis Jacq Conor Leedham Luke Liu Tom Macfarlane Vishrut Pisupati Catarina Rocha Susannah Tankard Football: Charlie Adams Zed Asuncion Louisa Baker Giorgia Cinque Timo De Wildt Sumayya Ibrahim Matthew Monie Josh Murray Abdur-Rahmaan Sivardeen Franklin Wong Children who led Child-Initiated Clubs this half term: Rihan Arfan Leonia Depledge Ammar Ibrahim Cathy Wang For their hard work in producing their published stories: Sanika Kale Lily Macfarlane Miriam Wassell All the children who have achieved the Bronze, Silver or Gold Leadership Award this term (too many to mention) Multi-Skills: Maryam Al-Sabbahy Edward Atkinson Ania Audley-Treby Asha Bharadwa Mattia D’Angelo Luca Dama Lavinia Harlow Toby Jones Jack Pogar www.queenedithschool.org.uk
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