Newsletter - May 2017

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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.
Churchfields Junior School News May 2017 On the 3rd and 4th May, Year 4 visited the Jewish Museum of London, to support their Judaism topic. Filled with excellent educational activities, Children had first hand experience in handling, Jewish artefacts and exploring their significance. Furthermore, pupils took part in an intriguing handwriting workshop, where they were taught how the Torah was made and were given the opportunity to write in Hebrew using traditional methods. We would like to thank all parents, who came on the trip, as without your help, we would not be able to take part in these wonderful opportunities. Tristan - 4WK My highlight of the day was exploring and investigating the museum. It was really great to see Jewish artefacts in real life, in particular I enjoyed learning more about the Mezuzah. Pelumi- 4WK I really enjoyed this trip, especially learning about how the Torah is made. We got to write in Hebrew, using a feather quill, which was was quite different to the normal handwriting pens we use in school! Also when writing in Hebrew you have to take out all the vowels in your name.
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