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6news & views News & Views Do you have news that might interest other parents or teachers? We’d love to hear about it! Email marion@schoolspublishing.co.uk 50 things Want to have some outdoor fun? Then you should check out the National Trust’s List of 50 Things You Should Do Before You’re 11 ¾. This is what Seven-year-old Archie Barton from Farnsfield is doing whilst raising funds for Nottinghamshire Search & Rescue – a team of volunteers who search for missing children and vulnerable adults. Archie, who attends St. Michael’s CofE School, is attempting to complete 31 of the activities, which includes Den Building, Star Gazing and Geocaching, in just 31 days. So far he has raised £95 through sponsorship. His dad, who volunteers with Nottinghamshire Search & Rescue, told us “I am very proud of Archie, but best of all; we are having loads of fun working our way through the list”. www.nsart.org.uk. For further details contact Steve Barton steve.barton998@gmail.com Schools Celebrate World Book Day! L-R: Jessica Best, aged 11, Miss Sharma (teacher), Amy Harper, aged 10 and Seth Schofield, aged 9. Back row l to r: (TA) Janet Perkin, Gracie Mallows (Fantastic Mr Fox), Summer Morley and (TA)Trish Butt. Front row: Isaac Baker and Amelia Hessey and Joshua Benger (in black). ABOVE: Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy’s World Book Day LEFT: Porchester Junior School’s World book Day where children and teachers dressed up as their favourite characters from literature. Primary Times MAY HALF TERM 2016 | www.primarytimes.net/nottinghamshire Stagecoach Beeston’s Ryan Pickard gets a red carpet experience! Not every 9 year old boy can say that they’ve been on the red carpet in London, but Ryan Pickard (9) from Ilkeston did this on Monday 22nd February! Ryan was invited along at short notice due to his role as Snooker Ball Kid in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new feature film, Grimsby (15). Not only did he get to walk the famous red carpet, but he got to arrive with Sacha, and then pose with him for the press! He said Ryan on the red carpet before the premiere started it was “exciting, nerve wracking and scary”, but he loved every minute of it! As Ryan is underage to watch the film, he was invited to a special kidfriendly screening and pizza with several other child actors who also worked on the film. Since the premiere, he has been on ITV news and BBC Radio Derby for interviews. Ryan, a student at Stagecoach Theatre Arts Beeston, has been involved in the industry for the last 2 years after being signed by London agency Bonnie & Betty. He also worked on the new Dad’s Army film, and is seen only minutes into the start of the film speaking to Danny Mays & Emily Atack. He doesn’t have any new work on the cards just yet, but is waiting for his mum’s phone to ring for his next job! Watch this space! Peafield Lane Academy in Mansfield Woodhouse and their Easter Egg decorating competition Kate Ryder of Peafield Lane Academy said, “We had some fantastic entries and found it very difficult to choose who should win. Winners were selected for each phase group and they were presented with an Easter Egg at a special assembly.” BELOW: Ernehale Junior School children created reading dens in classrooms, redesigned book covers, read to their toys and pets, swapped books and took part in a grand reading raffle prize draw on World Book Day. Back row Left to right: Jess Scott, Susan Simmins, Ruth Wesley, Katie McGuire, Steph Terry, Louise Rushin Front row left to right: Lucy Renshaw, Isla Myles-Graham, Scarlett Ferrands-Bentley.
Greythorn Primary School pupils collect education boxes for fellow children in Syria It is a story of one child giving a gift to another at Greythorn Primary School as pupils have collected together education boxes for children in Syria. Together with the school’s local parish church of St Paul’s, 114 boxes have been collected containing writing and mathematics materials and colouring books and pencils, which will be sent to children in Syria with the help of the charity Hand in Hand for Syria. The charity say that the boxes collected will now go to areas that are under heavy fire and where children refuse or cannot leave their homes. NEWS & VIEWS Imogen Redfern, Presley Sharp-Weir, Connie Hatchett, Paras Sohal and Xenis Antcliffe with some of the boxes that Greythorn Primary School children have collected. Ismail Khan, Teodor Grigorov, Samina Holmes, Gregory Fisher and Joshua Rose get into their rhythm playing drums Cultural Celebrations galore at Greythorn Primary School Children at Greythorn Primary School have been celebrating a week of cultural diversity with various workshops including African drumming and Bollywood dancing! Amber Mistry and Jessica Burke with camera operator Ray Smithson and BBC Weather presenter Kaye Forster. BBC Weather presenter brings sunshine to Ernehale Junior School Ernehale Junior School pupils have been learning all about the weather, with expert and BBC Weather presenter Kaye Forster. Ernehale Junior School children join fundraiser for orphans in South Africa Prompted by Rachel Keetley whose son Noah attends Ernehale Junior School, children held a Rainbow Dress Up Day to collect funds that Rachel and her family will deliver to the orphanage in person to buy much needed equipment. The fundraising drive raised £190 in February at a copper coin collection, Ernehale Infant School raised £300 from their Christmas performance collections and the Rainbows Dress Up Day between both schools raised £580. Added to donations from friends L-R: Sam Carpenter (age 11), (back) Rachel Keetley, (front) Dakota Burke (age 9), Noah Keetley (age 10) and Nashiem (age 11) and families of the Keetley’s that totals a whopping £1300 that the family will deliver when they visit the orphanage this week. Rachel said, “We are totally overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity and can’t wait to go shopping for the children and the centre!” Wynndale Primary School recently celebrated Earth Hour for the second year running. The theme this year was to make lanterns that the children could light during the hour long switch off of lights. The children were encouraged to turn off their lights and sit and talk about the world they love or play a game. During assembly the whole school watched a small video that tackled the issues of climate change and it’s impact on our world. The Allied Irish Bank (GB) Nottingham business centre has donated £2500 to Nottinghamshire YMCAs scholarship fund. The scholarships are used to ensure that families who might not be able to pay for a place at Camp Williams still have the opportunity to take part. Parents of children who receive free school meals are eligible to apply for a scholarship. Each scholarship goes towards covering the cost of a place at Camp Williams for a family that may not otherwise be able to participate. If you would like to apply for a scholarship or discover more about YMCA Camp Williams visit www.nottsymca.com or call our team on 0115 711 7006. Carol Noonan from AIB (GB) and YMCA staff at YMCA Camp Williams L-R: David Newsham and his guide dog Elliot, Roxanne Foster, Hamza Ahmad, Preston Alsop and Emma Jude. Children of Beeston Fields Primary & Nursery School raise £370 for guide dogs! Children from Beeston Fields Primary and Nursery School have raised a whopping £370 to sponsor guide dog puppies. The children from foundation and reception years at the school held a biscuit sale and a disco to help raise the money. www.primarytimes.net/nottinghamshire | MAY HALF TERM 2016 Primary Times 7
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