School Newsletter – 13th March
Key Dates
Monday 16th March, 8.00am – 12.45pm Year 6 Trip to Parliament
Monday 16th March, 12pm – 4.20pm Ibstock Music Event – Year 5 Chamber Choir
Tuesday 17th March, Various times – Online Parent/Teacher Meetings
Wednesday 18th March, 8.50am-9.20am – Parent Zoom – ‘11+ English: What’s Involved’ with Mrs Allison
Wednesday 18th March, 4pm-7pm – Upper School In-person Parent/Teacher Meetings
Wednesday 18th March, 2pm – School Concert, Main School Hall
Thursday 19th March, 3.30pm – 7pm Lower School In-person Parent/Teacher Meetings
Thursday 19th March, 2.30pm – 4.30pm – Second Hand Uniform Sale, Hilden Studio
Friday 20th March, 8am-9.15am – Second Hand Uniform Sale, Hilden Studio
Friday 20th March, 10.30am-11.30am – Spanish Taster Session for 4s and Under, Nursery
Friday 20th March, 9am-9.45am – Shakespeare Club Assembly
Friday 20th March – Don’s Local Action Collection – Easter Egg Collection
Dear Parents,
Today’s assembly was a fantastic space-themed presentation led by our Year 1 children. They shared the inspiring story of astronaut Mae Jemison and reminded us how a growth mindset can help us achieve great things. The assembly included a brilliant rendition of David Bowie’s Starman, with our resident rock star, Mr Gilbert, accompanying on the guitar.
On Wednesday, we were wowed by the musical talents of our pupils in the annual Eisteddfod. There were some impressive group and solo singers plus some wonderful instrumental performances. Well done to all those who took part and particularly the winners in each category judged by multi-instrumentalist Kieran Parsons. Kieran also presented an assembly first thing where he played the fiddle and talked about folk music. Thank you to Mrs Katie and Mr Gunther for a memorable event.
Also on Wednesday, we hosted many of our feeder secondary schools at our Schools’ Fair. Conversation flowed and parents fed back that they found the evening enormously helpful. Thank you to Mrs Gina for organising this important element of our 11+ provision so wonderfully well.
On Thursday evening, I attended our Year 5 Shakespeare Club performance of the Tempest at The Exchange in Twickenham. The Roche School was one of three performing schools for the evening as part of the Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival and our children really shone on stage, bringing the play vividly to life with fantastic costumes, props and outstanding acting. The rest of the school will have the opportunity to see the performance in next Friday’s assembly. Thank you to Mrs Melanie whose passion for drama means every year’s performance is unforgettable.