15th June 2018

Year 5

On Thursday 14th June, 5 Linden went to the Sir Francis Crick institute as part of sci-ence week. We felt like scientists wearing lab coats and goggles. We tested different chemicals to discover if they were soluble or not. Also, we were able to have some fun with circuits, conducting electrical experi-ments. It was a fab day! We had a great time.

Nursery Laurel Class

Minibeast Explorers! Summer is finally here and that means lots and lots of minibeasts have come out to play! We have been so excit-ed in Laurel Class to find our new many legged friends re-laxing on the slide, crawling along the walls, munching on crisp green leaves and buzzing around us. Some of us have taken to becoming minibeast detectives. We love using our ob-servation skills and magnifying glasses to spot the minibeasts! Have a look at some of the new friends we’ve found

Year 2 In 2 Sycamore we have been planting our own gardens. In science we learnt about what plants need to live: water, sunlight, and soil and we decided to have a go at being responsible gardeners. We

have sown seeds for 25 deferent types of wild flowers and we can't wait to watch the sprout and bloom! We will be tracking their pro-gress scientifically with a picture diary. Watch this space for more

news!

Years 5

A team of scientists from Year 5

went to Regent High to compete in

the yearly Science Challenge.

They were investigating peripheral

vision. This means how far round

the field of vision goes. There were

13 teams in total.

The Year 5 team proved their findings in a very dramatic perfor-

mance and we are extremely pleased to announce that their hard

work paid off and they won the challenge!

Well done to , Ilma, Ella, Hamza, Esha, Majda, Omar, Rahmo, Anas,

Elez and Learta!

Online Safety Support for Parents/ Guardians

School Councillors have completed their Digital

Leaders training. As a result of their training council-

lors produced an online safety

leaflet with useful information

and great tips for children to be

safe online. The leaflet will be

presented at a KS2 assembly in

July.

If you have any questions regarding online safety

such as if the games your child plays are appropriate

for his/her age, YouTube channels and contacts

through social media, please contact the school of-

fice to book an appointment with our CEOP Ambas-

sador, Alvaro Scrivano.

MAKE SURE ALL HOLIDAYS OR JOURNEYS ABROAD ARE BOOKED IN SCHOOL HOLIDAY TIME. HOLIDAY LEAVE DURING TERM TIME WILL NOT BE GRANTED.

2017 – 2018 Academic Year

Summer Term 2018

INSET Day Monday 16th April 2018

Children Back: Tuesday 17th April 2018

School Closed Monday 7th May 2018

Half Term: Mon 28th May - Friday 1st June 2018

Last day of Summer Term: Wednesday 25th July 2018

2018 –2019 Academic Year

Autumn Term 2018

INSET Day Monday 3rd September 2018

INSET Day Tuesday 4th September 2018

Children Back: Wednesday 5th September 2018

Half Term: Monday 22nd to Friday 26th October

2018

Last day of Autumn Term: Friday 21st December 2018

Certificates of Achievement

Well done to our most recent certificate win-

ners who were nominated for achieving well

in their learning or behaviour. These children

will be presented with their certificates in

assembly:

Year 2: Safwan Ahmed, Aamira Ali,

Asmaa Berkoun

Year 3: Samiya Gurey, Shamine Nebey

Year 4: Ridwan Abdullahi Hassan, David

Christian Simon, Ezekiel Ferguson,

Sabirin Gurey

Year 5: Halimah Begum, Ayman Salah

Year 6: Ilhan Hasssan,

Anis Ullah

PE

Camden football tournament

19 children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a Cam-

den football tournament at Coram's Fields. Our

girls drew two and lost two of their matches,

while our boys won on, lost two and drew two of

their games. All of the squad played very well.

'Special mention' awards were given to Amine for

a hat-tick against Carlton, Hussain for some great

goalkeeping and Sude for outstanding perfor-

mances in all of our games.

Year 3

Year 3 have really been enjoying their new topic, 'It's a Wonderful World'. They have been finding out all about the different flags all around the world and what they mean, as well as designing their own flags. The children have also started group projects about the different continents, looking at maps to find what countries are in each continent and asking questions like 'What languages do they speak in Africa?' and 'Why is there so much ice in Antarctica?'. They are excited to find out the answers to these questions as they con-tinue their research! In their science workshop, Year 3 were learning all about bones. Dr Andy brought in a human skeleton (named Bernard) which encouraged everyone to think about why we need bones and how bones grow. The children wanted to find out whether older people always have bigger bones than younger people, so they did an experiment where they meas-ured and compared arm spans. They also got to look at some real animal bones! Dr Andy had so much fun working with Year 3 that he invited

Best Attendance for last week

Key Stage 1: 2 Sycamore 99.60%

Key Stage 2: 4 Cedar 99.59%