School Newsletter – 6th March
Key Dates
Tuesday 10th March, 8.50am to 9.20am – Parent Talk on Zoom – Anxiety in Children with Dr Stephanie Doig
Tuesday 10th March, 9.30am to 10.30am – Spring Crafts Taster for 4s and Under
Wednesday 11th March – Year 1 trip to London Transport Museum
Wednesday 11th March – Eisteddfod, performances all day
Wednesday 11th March, 6pm till 8pm – Schools’ Fair
Thursday 12th March, 7pm to 9pm – Year 5 Shakespeare Club performance, The Exchange, Twickenham
Friday 13th March, 9am to 9.40am – Year 1 Assembly
Friday 13th March, 7.30pm – FORS Quiz Night
Dear parents,
Today has been our annual celebration of reading in conjunction with World Book Day. In today’s assembly, children from each year group read out the opening lines from their favourite books and explained why these lines made them want to read on. There was also a very special performance of Julia Donaldson’s A Squash and a Squeeze. The star cast of teachers included Miss Lydia as the Hen, Miss Sophie as the Goat, Miss Kate as the Pig and Mr Matthew as the Cow. Ms Anto was the disgruntled Old Lady and Miss Louise was the wise Old Man. Truly hilarious and the kids absolutely loved it!
This afternoon, we have S.F. Said, author of Varjak Paw, coming in to talk to our Years 4, 5 and 6. The book is a class reader in Year 4 and always comes up as one of the children’s favourites so we are very excited to have Mr Said join us.
Our book fair will open this afternoon too at 3pm on the ramp, hosted by Scholastic. It will be available till Thursday 12th March for purchases on a wide range of children’s fiction. Children will also have received a book token that can contribute to any purchases. Huge thanks especially to Mrs Melanie, Mrs Allison and Miss Karen for organising the literary celebrations today and the book fair.
Spring was definitely in the air this week and Year 3 took advantage of the lovely weather to do maths in the park. I went along and it was great to see the children, whiteboards in hand, using their environment to hone their maths skills in a practical way by creating giant fraction number lines.
On Wednesday, the Reverend Keith Parr came to school to answer questions from Year 6 about the Christian faith. Keith was impressed with the depth and thoughtfulness of the questions posed. Keith is also part of our Advisory Board overseeing Safeguarding at the school.
On Thursday, the ramp became a joyous burst of colour as the Early Years children in Reception and Nursery celebrated Holi in the best way possible by getting thoroughly messy with powder paints. It was truly joyous to see and Happy Holi to all parents who celebrated the festival! On the same day. Year 3 went to the library to celebrate World Book Day – the librarian read a story and they looked for books to consolidate their learning in Science (animals including humans), Topic (Ancient Greece) and Spanish.
winners of the ISA London West Regional Tournament! The girls placed first and have qualified for the Nationals. They will be competing in this tournament next week Wednesday and we wish them the very best! Good luck girls!