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Friday 7th May 2021

Captain Tom's 100 Challenge

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/williams-captain-tom-100-challenge

Huge encouragement this week to William in Year 2 who has decided to take part in Captain Tom's 100 challenge by cycling 100km over 2 months to raise money for Small Steps.  Thank you also to his big sister Emilia who is working very hard as his back-up crew and supporting him all the way!

He suffered a stroke at just 3-weeks old which has left him with Hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy which causes lack of movement and weakness on the left side of his body. Despite these challenges, he has learnt to ride his specially adapted bike and his sheer determination pushes him to get ever stronger and go ever further on it. 

Small Steps is local charity that help children with brain injury learn new or different ways of approaching and dealing with everyday tasks. They played an enormous part in William's early rehabilitation and he attended weekly sessions there - free of charge - from 18 months to 4yrs-old. They also provided huge support and comfort to his parents, as they adapted to life with a disabled child. 

Please help us support this lovely charity so they can help other families. Learn more about them here : www.smallsteps.org.uk

West Temple Sheen Roadworks

You may have seen the sign about the roadworks due to commence next week closing West Temple Sheen to traffic.  This has the potential to cause additional congestion in the local area, so please take particular care on the roads around school.  As soon as we have spoken with the contractors next week we will make a risk assessment around the queue that also uses West Temple Sheen and make a decision if an alternative system will be temporarily necessary.

Catalytic Converter theft

Sadly, a member of staff had the catalytic converter stolen from underneath their car during the working day when it was parked on Christchurch Road.  It would appear that they are targetting specific cars i.e. small Japanese models.  If you drive one, please be careful and if you see any suspicious car tampering please let us know as soon as possible.

Sheen Mount Swimming Hats

Swimming caps can be reserved via Arbor – The caps were kindly donated by Swimway to help raise money for the school and we would request a voluntary donation of £5. Reserved caps will be delivered to the pupils in their classrooms. Please remember that, other than where reasonable adjustments are required, wearing hats in the pool is compulsory to avoid clogging up the filters.

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What's been going on this week?

Reception

07 May 2021
Capacity and The Three Little Pigs
This week we have been learning our new traditional tale 'The Three Little Pigs' and have made finger puppets for the children to perform in the class theatre. They also worked on making strong houses that the wolf's huffing and puffing would not knock down. We have also been l...
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Year 1

07 May 2021
Learning and Happiness
What a busy four days Year 1 have had this week!  We have continued our work on Traditional Tales, with a focus on the story of The Three Little Pigs. The children enjoyed some acting, as well as sequencing the events of the story and writing their own version too. We have been so impressed...
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Year 2

06 May 2021
Year 2 News!
This week Year 2 have enjoyed looking at minibeasts and micro habitats! We discussed what minibeasts we might find around the school then went for a nature walk around the field to see what we could find. We had lots of fun looking under logs for woodlice, millipedes and even spiders!
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Year 3

07 May 2021
Observations and Investigations
Observing and investigating in science and history lessons.
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Year 4

07 May 2021
Investigating Invertebrates
Continuing our work from Juniper Hall looking at the habitats of invertebrates, Year 4 have been combining science and art to study these creatures in more detail.
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Year 5

06 May 2021
Attack of the Clones!
We are enjoying learning all about reproduction in plants. After finding out about how flowers use sexual reproduction to make seeds and how these seeds are dispersed, this week we found out about asexual reproduction. We were amazed to learn that plants can produce offspring that are exact copies o...
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Year 6

07 May 2021
Electrical circuits
Year 6 have been busy this week in their science lessons building electrical circuits.  We always enjoy learning collaboratively - this was something we really missed when we were working at home during the lockdown - and we created a range of electrical circuits to investigate the effect of us...
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School Diary

Otters / 5H swimming
All Day
From 26 Apr and on Monday each week until 17 May except for 03 May except for 17 May
10
May
Moles / 5D swimming
All Day
From 27 Apr and on Tuesday each week until 18 May except for 18 May
11
May
Hedgehogs / 5B swimming - last one
All Day
12
May
Hedgehogs / 5B swimming
All Day
From 28 Apr and on Wednesday each week until 12 May
12
May
Otters / 5H swimming - last one
All Day
17
May
Walk to school week
All Day
From 17 May and every day until 22 May
17
May
Moles / 5D swimming - last one
All Day
18
May
Walk to school week
All Day
From 17 May and every day until 22 May
18
May
3B / 4L swimming
All Day
19
May
Walk to school week
All Day
From 17 May and every day until 22 May
19
May
Walk to school week
All Day
From 17 May and every day until 22 May
20
May
Walk to school week
All Day
From 17 May and every day until 22 May
21
May
Walk to school week
All Day
From 17 May and every day until 22 May
22
May
Class Photographs
All Day
24
May
3B/4L Swimming
All Day
24
May