Newsletter - May 2017

Churchfields Junior School News May 2017
A MESSAGE FROM MS THOMAS
Dear Parents/Carers
As always this has been quite a busy
month with the SAT tests and the
many events in school.
It was great to see the performance
given by our Year 5’s who have been
studying Ancient Egypt as part of
their curriculum. We decided to do
things slightly differently with the
children performing in the middle of
the Hall. The musical and dramatic
performance was spectacular as were
the costumes. Equally impressive was
the work done by the children which
formed an exhibition in each of the
classrooms. We are always trying to
think of interesting and creative ways
of presenting the children’s work as
well as offering you the opportunity
of seeing your child perform. Many
parents were very complimentary
about the way in which we organised
the hall into a oval and placing
parents in class order, enabling the
children to perform in front of
parents, thus minimising the number
of rows required and maximising
parental opportunities to see their
child perform.
We were fortunate to be offered a
unique opportunity for our orchestra
to play with Woodford County Girls
High School's orchestra in our school
hall. Thanks to Mr Mitchell, Miss
Garcia and Miss Hasler, the Head of
Music at Woodford County High Girls
school. The orchestra played
superbly and were excellent. Both
orchestras played like professionals.
It was a real pleasure to listen to
them and to receive so many
compliments. If you would like to
hear the orchestra please find a video
of the performance under Music
Videos under the learning tab on our
website.
Children have participated in
numerous visits including Kew
Gardens, Media Day, Fairlop High
Ropes, Mile End Climbing Wall, the
Natural History and Victoria and
Albert museums. Please be aware
that additional security checks and
road works can sometimes delay us
especially if we are travelling by
coach. Your patience is very much
appreciated.
At the Redbridge Recorder Festival
our pupils performed with great
fluency. If your child would like to be
involved in the next recorder concert
encourage them to attend the
recorder club every Friday, all pupils
are welcome. Congratulations to Ava
and her team in Year 5 for organising
a fabulous cake sale, raising £42.53
for the school. We look forward next
half term to our residential visit to
Rhos-Y-Gwaliau in Snowdonia.
The children have also been
entertained by a visit from ”Spider
Man” who came to the school to
promote a Clean Air project
sponsored by the Mayor of London.
The project has been carried out in
partnership with Churchfields Infants'
School and Woodbridge High School.
Children from 5S and the Eco
Committee have been testing the air
quality around our schools. Alarmingly
the children found over legal limits of
air quality in all areas around
roads. Only four areas away from
roads met legal requirements. These
results will be shared with the Mayor
and will be used to highlight the real
dangers to children created by air
pollution in all areas of London.
Congratulations to Miss Shah, Miss
Cooper and all the staff for running
such a successful project and to all
the winners of the poster
competition.
Last month I was pleased to give you
news of the computers that we have
received following support from St
Mary’s Church. Thanks to Cannon
Tarrant and members of the church
community we have over 60 high
performing computers that have been
donated to the school. We will be
installing these over the half term
break.
During the break we will also be
putting the finishing touches to the
décor in our library. The library now
reflects the work that all the children
have been doing on the Churchfields
Reading Express. Our research tells us
that the children are reading more
books than ever in different genres.
Please find time to read with your
children. It supports their education
and learning in all areas and has a
marked impact on their progress.
We look forward to hosting Sports Day
on June 9th and to meeting you
there. Refreshments will be availa
courtesy of the PTA. We hope that
you will all be able to attend and/or
purchase raffle tickets for the PTA
Summer Fete on June 10th. Thanks to
everyone who has donated sweets.
There is still time to donate. The
more money we make the more we
can provide for your children.
We are always optimistic about the
weather and look forward to enjoying
some sunshine. Please ensure you
put sunscreen on children before
school and send them in with a hat
and sun glasses/shade in hot
weather.
We wish you all a very happy half
term break.