10th July 2015
Dear Barrow Hill,
A very big thank you to all the families who came to our Summer Open Evening. This
event was held for the first time last year and I think this year’s was even better! I am
very proud of the children’s work this year – and how well presented it is becoming. It
was interesting seeing the pieces of work the children had chosen themselves – and
reading their reasons why! A big thank you to FOBH for delicious BBQ, it was certainly
very popular! I’d like to say a special well done to the Orchestra and the Choir, both
performances were of an extremely high standard and a great way to finish a lovely evening together. Ps did you
see your free copy of ‘The Bridgeman’? Additional copies are available for £3.00 (this is how much each copy
costs us) and any monies raised goes towards Ross’s Newspaper Group for next year. Available from the newest
News Agent in St John’s Wood (AKA Audrey).
Pizza Action! On Friday, all year 5 made their own individual pizzas from
scratch! Each group made their own dough which was left to rise in a
warming cupboard, before being kneaded and rolled into shape. Then
the children added toppings: passata, mozzarella, and a variety of
vegetables and/or meats. In the afternoon, year 5 learnt about the
history of pizza before enjoying the fruits of their labours in a pizza
picnic! We would like to offer our thanks to Tesco St John’s Wood for
providing all the main ingredients for the day.
Tuesday 14th July 11am The Barrow Hill Games: This year’s Sports Day takes place at Paddington Rec
with a running track and toilet facilities in situ: supporters welcome! We will be taking packed
lunches so we can get the most out of our day at track. Please come along and cheer on the school
Sports Houses! Who will be our Sports Personalities of 2015?
Wednesday 15th July Year 6 Leaver’s Party: The Class of 2015 will be celebrated with Memory Wall,
class photographs, food and music. They have been a great year group!
Thursday 16th July 10.00am (parents, please be seated by 9.50am thanks!) OR 1.30pm (parents,
please be seated by 1.20pm) Year 6 Leaver’s Production: Macbeth Year 6 have been directing,
acting, editing and lots more to make this film: dress smart for the Premiere!
Friday 17th July 11am: Leaver’s Assembly (parents welcome) (last day of term) A final opportunity to
celebrate and thank our Year 6 Barrow Hill Graduates who make up the Class of 2015
School Closes at 2pm on Friday 17th July
Secondary Scientists!
After a science visit from teachers and students from St Marylebone CE
School, we paid them a return visit to experience what secondary
science was really like.
When we arrived there, we were greeted by Dr Jane Fletcher and
Svenique Eriksen. There, we chose our seats, and were given a sheet to
interpret which chemistry equipment matched each label. Then, we
started our first investigation - who illegally set off fireworks? We had to
choose between Sheldon, Guy Fawkes or Harry Styles. Next, we were
given a brief presentation to introduce our suspects. For this investigation, we used our Bunsen burner to
set safety (yellow) and blue flames. In case you didn’t already know, a Bunsen burner is basically a device,
used to easily create a flame. If we turned a small dial it would turn the formerly orange flame, blue, and
much hotter.
In our mission to find the culprit, we used small
tubes of liquidized metals in which a wire loop was
dipped. The metals included: Lithium, Copper,
Calcium, Chromium, Nickel, Lead and Iron (III). The
soaked loop was embraced by the blue flame,
causing a change of colour in the fire. This brings
us to the next step- The Flame Tests…
In this, we soaked our wire loop in each metal
solution, one at a time. We then changed our
flame to blue and put the loop in midst of the fire.
Once that was done, we recorded our results in a
table given to us. We had two tests, to make sure
we had the correct colour written down. We then all sat down and discussed our results to Dr. Fletcher
and the class. After that, we had three special tubes; these had labels on them from A, B and C. We used
the same technique to find out which colour those three tubes were. Once everybody was finished, the
class came to a vote decided by the majority; in this case it was suspect two, Sheldon.
Onto Test 2; this is where we mixed each of the previous metals with a solution called Sodium Hydroxide.
This resulted in making a new colour and powdery substance. Again, we noted down these results in
another table of ours. Our classmates and us decided that suspect number two was our culprit.
We were shown several more demonstrations and ended our secondary school experience with a
deafening hydrogen-balloon explosion. All in all, we had a fun day and are all looking forward to secondary
school science lessons! Israa and Mea (6L)
Have a great week end,
Whole School Attendance
Clare’s Class 99.2 %
This week: 97.2%
(excellent!)
So far this year: 97.3%
Our target: 97%
195 out of 227 children
achieved 100% attendance
this week
Attendance Cup
Winners:
Runners up:
David Tomlinson
Headteacher
Joel’s Class 99.0%
Susie’s Class 98.7%
Barrow Hill Junior School, Bridgeman Street, London NW8 7AL TEL: 0207 641 5005