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Issue: 17 Date: Friday 24th June 2016
Breaking Boundaries
Newsletter from the
Greenside Film Factory Camera Sound Lights Camera Sound Lights
Learning is Everything, Everything is Learning
Dear Parents/ Carers It’s a strange morning here at Greenside: sunshine and showers already and we are working without our glorious students on our second CPD day. We had a very successful day yesterday with reflections on our year and the start of so much exciting planning that will be ready for September – we are looking forward to a productive day and then the final 3 and a half weeks of the year. The last couple of weeks have seen Sports Days and Sleep Outs, Chocolate Factories being built and some inspiring Y6 Portfolios being completed. We have spent much time deciding and placing Class Teachers for the next academic year for our class based STAR days on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. With the retirement of Lynne Switzman I am delighted that Kimberley Buchanan will be our 2016-2017 Nursery Teacher. Kimberley has experience and is currently studying for an MA in Early Years and is very excited about her new role. We have, sadly, this week, been let down by a Teacher we appointed and so we will spend next week looking at changes within our structure to ensure we make the best possible choices fir our students and their next Class Teacher. I know parents/ carers are keen to know ‘next Teachers’ but may I ask that you bear with us next week and we should then be able to send a full update when we have got the final piece of our Teacher jigsaw in place. Rest assured we are looking for the ‘perfect’ solution to staffing and we are striving to support everyone – thanks you for your patience. I hope you enjoy our Newsletter and wish you all a less wet and rainy couple for weeks ahead.
1. Animal Farm
The ‘animals’ are almost ready and the day of rebellion and change is almost upon us. At 6.00pm on Tuesday the fun will begin. If you wish to buy a ticket on Monday please purchase from the Office or from KBS – please come with your best singing voice to join in the slightly alternative version we will perform full of sing-along-songs performed by sheep, pigs and cats!
Greenside Presents:
Animal Farm
2. Sports Day
Mr. Yeats reports: “The Greenside Games was another great success this year with records being smashed left, right and center. The students showed their sporting prowess at the Linford Christie Stadium as they ran, jumped and threw their way to sporting glory! As always, the students' excellent sporting attitudes shone through with everyone cheering on their classmates to go fast-higher-stronger in true Olympic fashion. The parent/carer race was no different with hot competition going to the wire while the staff race was well attended. Thank you to all the parents who came and made gave the day a great atmosphere! The Lions won the House competition this year – congratulations to them all! Must have been too hot for the Penguins!
3. School Sleep Out: Special News Oh what fun we had and some students even got some sleep! Please see the Special News section from Ms. Tossell for a report on the incredible kindness of our Greenside students. 4. STAR Day Stories Y2 - Fabulous Factories! Y2 put on their design boots again this week, and became fantasy world factory engineers and designers for Willy Wonka’s new factory! Students first built ‘word factories’ together by being assigned a specific Wonka room or character that they were to describe in detail, and these rooms were cut and pasted together to ‘build’ a factory. This was a wonderful team-writing project that resulted in some delightful descriptive work. Then, on Tuesday Y2 were given a design brief for building a factory out of 3D shapes (the recyclable materials kind!) that included shapes, materials and tools they could use and a sizing restriction. From there on in it was time to design, collaborate and create! Check out these fantastic results! Y5 Design Day Mr. Groves tells us: “Last Friday, students from Y5 donned their safety goggles, picked up their saws and readied their hammers to help construct the new front entrance to a school. Students were put to the test to measure, mark, cut, assemble, refine and finish their work in order to make a trellis each. They will soon be added to the new structure and eventually become the home some beautiful climbing plants. Well done to all Y5 students for their excellent handyman (and women) skills”.
5. Hospital Heroes On Wednesday, four special Greenside students were recognized for their amazing fundraising efforts earlier this month. Ella and Louis Caffrey and their friends Sofia and Hugo Engelke along with their families walked for over 10 kilometres and raised over £1,800 for the Brompton Charity. They will donate the money to the Paediatric High Dependency Unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital. This unit provides specialist care for babies and children who need extra intervention or monitoring. Florrie Abella, a Nurse who works at the hospital came to Greenside to thank the students for their incredible work and effort in helping others. They were each presented with a framed certificate that recognizes their ‘compassion, care and courage in helping others’. We are so proud of them all! 6. Donation Day Ms. Tossell and Documentary Crew 2 want to say a big THANK YOU to all of our Greenside students and families who donated items last Wednesday for their Donation Day to help create care packages for the homeless in London. We were absolutely amazed with how many items we collected…boxes and boxes and boxes! Documentary Crew 2 had a great session counting everything up and seeing how many packages we’ll be able to make before the end of term, and we’re so excited to say that it will be around 100! What an amazing achievement. Thanks, Greensiders!
7. Specialisms in the Summer! A very proud Ms. Buchanan reports: “Last week we started our new photography specialism with amazing results! We first looked at some famous photographers like Man Ray, Martin Parr and Annie Leibowitz, and found that they all had a unique style and colour palette to their work. We then looked at twin brother photographers Yais and Yafiq Yusman and their architectural photos. They use lots of different angles and compositions to show the geometry in everyday buildings and we were so taken by them that we decided to take our own around the school, inspired by their compositions. We used our ipads and edited them with an app and the results are amazing! They were so good that we decided to have a competition using Instagram. We uploaded the pictures, and will continue to do so each week. You can vote for your favourite picture by liking them on our page and the student with the most likes at the end of the specialism wins a prize! You can follow us and like our pictures on Instagram at @the_photography_kids” Here’s a taster: 8. Eco/Food Team Farm Trip: On Tuesday the members of our Eco/Food team headed out to Crockford Bridge Farm in Surrey. As part of our work with the Whole Foods Schools To Market project, we have been commissioned to make chutney to sell at the Fulham Whole Foods store in July. So we went to pick the fruit and vegetables to make our chutney. The team have decided to make ‘Blasting-Beet’ Chutney so we needed lots of fabulous beetroot. We also got some rhubarb and could not resist the juicy strawberries.
The next day the team worked hard chopping, grating and stirring to turn the produce into our chutney and get it bottled up ready to sell. We also made some delicious jam – watch out for it appearing with our homemade vanilla ice cream next week! Well done to all the team for the hard work.
9. Queen’s Birthday Lunch: Ms. Webber, our Royal reporter explains: “On Thursday 9th June, Greenside celebrated the Queen’s 90th birthday with an English themed lunch. The lunchroom was decorated with flags and bunting made by the Food Crew whilst we enjoyed a traditional spread of sausage, beans and chips. To follow this we had homemade scones served with whipped cream and strawberries. Happy Birthday your majesty!”
10. Food Experience September 2016 Dear Parents/ Carers – I am re-printing the statement below just to ensure everyone has seen this information as it is a change of lunch arrangements for some students in September. A very big thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our survey regarding the next stage of our Food Experience. There was overwhelming support for what we are doing and so in light of that, we have decided from September 2016 to make school lunch compulsory for all new joiners to Greenside and for all students in Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3. If your daughter/ son is in one of these year groups and you feel there is a reason that she/ he is unable to eat Greenside lunches please contact me a.s.a.p. and as far as possible before the end of term so that we can meet to discuss possible options. We will honour the decision made by families for students who in September will be in Y4, Y5 and Y6 to have packed lunch, should they choose, for the rest of their time at Greenside. We have worked really hard to improve the quality of the food our students get and we are very confident that the food they receive here at Greenside is exemplary and offers excellent value for money. We would love to invite you to join us for lunch one day before the end of term to share this with you. Details of our parent/ carer lunch day will be released soon and we do hope lots of you will be able to join us to see for yourself how fabulous our food really is”. 11. A Message for Ms. Switzman It would be lovely to see as many parents/ carers and ex-Greenside students who have been taught by Ms. Switzman during our special ‘Tea & Cakes’ on Wednesday 13th July. Anna and the PSA Team have kindly agreed that we can create a ‘farewell and thank you’ occasion in honour of Lynne that afternoon so please put that date in your diary! I would also like to invite you to send a message for a memory book we are compiling for Lynne. Attached is a ‘star’ shape – please feel free to type a message and e-mail back, print and write a message and pop it in to the Office or even collect a star from the office and write a message when you are in Greenside over the next couple of weeks. If you have daughters/ sons who have been taught by Lynne over the years it would be fab if they too could share a memory/ message or just a good luck wish – thank you for your help. 12. Documentary Viewing at Greenside Our Greenside Documentaries are getting more interesting as I write – politics, reading, food and homelessness represent some very sophisticated concepts for our students. We are planning a family viewing of the Documentaries during the afternoon of Monday 18th July starting at 1.45pm. If you were able to come along and watch with us we’d love to see you there and tickets will be issued closer to the date. If you are unable to come along we will make the Documentaries available through You-Tube or our
website so that you can enjoy them at your leisure – like us, we think you will be very impressed and proud! 13. Family Film Workshop & Lunch Invitation to Parents/ Carers We would like to invite our Greenside community to join us for a Family Film Workshop & lunch day on Tuesday 5th July. The workshop will begin at 10.30am and will be a chance for families to enjoy a shared film making experience with Ms. Tossell. This will end at 12.00pm ready for the shared Food Experience opportunity with Ms. Webber! We also invite you in to share our Food Experience and have lunch with us on Tuesday 5th July. If you would like to join your daughter/ son at lunchtime, please book in with the office. Lunch time for KS1/EYFS students is 12.00noon and 12.30pm for our KS2 students. If you plan to attend the Family Film Workshop with Ms. Tossell and would like to stay for lunch, you will be able to eat with your child directly after the workshop at 12.00. The cost for a lunch will be £2 per person. Please could you let the office know by Friday 1st July if you are joining us for either or both of these family opportunities. Many thanks - Ms Tossell & Ms Webber 14. 100% Attendance Day Our next 100% Attendance day is upon us - Tuesday 28th June: The Ms. Webber chant can be heard everywhere - Come on Greenside; let’s get that 100%!!! 15. Greenside Stars We are proud to celebrate the achievements of our Greenside Screen Stars of the week – these students have also been working so hard for the whole year – congratulations to them all and, of course, to Zubir and Primrose our Greenside Screen Stars of the week. STAR Days Nursery Mimosa for an excellent chalk pastel drawing of a mango (linked to the Handa's Surprise story). Dominik for confident blending of chalk pastels when drawing a pineapple. Reception Ritaj & Una for meeting the Governors and representing Reception so beautifully Y1 Cerine for working hard in Reading Tree to explore a difficult text. Jahmai: Wonderful contributions to discussions about moral dilemmas. Y2 Xavier for making a conscientious effort with his writing and presentation Zubir for his continued improvement in reading Y3 Mica for her beautifully composed photographs in specialisms Sabrina for her great work on angles Y4 Awwal for his fabulous piece of writing inspired by Robinson Crusoe Primrose for a fabulous attitude to learning in our STEM work. Y5 Malika for amazing artwork that was added to our back display about the Human Planet in the Y5 class-room. Thomas for pure dedication and craftsmanship when making his trellis on year 5 Design Day Y6 The Y6 Girls who came to Sleep Out – for their stamina in talking together way in to the night! Greenside Growing Generation Nursery Mea for beginning to complete a rhyming string in phonics. Zahra for recognizing all letter sounds in phonics. Reception Anthony & Sonia for their work to Board Meetings Y1 Jaxson for a wonderful description of his cake for Bruce Boggtrotter Mirelly for great team work in captain ball
Greenside Growing Generation continued Y2 Charlotte for working beautifully with her team to build a fantastic factory Malik for fantastic team work in his factory building group Y3 Bundi for getting started on work more quickly and working hard Ella for her group’s independent work in writing her Documentary script. Y4 Sofia for her group’s independent work in writing her Documentary script. Amrita for being off script so early in Animal Farm Y5 Mohammed for his tireless help and hard work in setting up the crew with strip designer. Seriah for her group’s independent work in writing her Documentary script. Y6 Oli W for his wonderful discussion with Governors Jinane for her group’s independent work in writing her Documentary script. 16. E-Mail Addresses At Greenside we have moved to Google as part of our ICT development and the e-mail addresses of our staff have changed. A full list has been posted on our web-site; our current teaching staff are below: 17. A Message from the Office “Please remember that in an emergency do contact the office to let them know of any emergency changes to picking up your daughter/ son. It is important to let the Office know as soon as you can about any changes as sometimes at the end of the day it is not always possible for the office staff to answer the phone and pass the messages on so we would appreciate your cooperation in letting us know any emergency changes.” 18. Community Notices and Requests FREE CHILDREN’S EVENT – BOOK HERE Meet Jim Smith – author of The Barry Loser and Future Ratboy Series – Sunday 26 June at 10am
Karen Bastick-Styles [email protected]
Bec Tossell [email protected]
Robin Yeats [email protected]
Lynne Switzman [email protected]
Anneka Thè [email protected]
Peta Medcalf [email protected]
Kimberley Buchanan [email protected]
George Webber [email protected]
Zach Groves [email protected]
Vernee Samuel [email protected]
Denise Hughes [email protected]
Julie Chan-Sing [email protected]
Jessie John-Brown [email protected]
Office [email protected]
Join the fantastic Jim Smith for an extra-hour of off the wall silliness, stories and belly laughs! This session is suitable for children between 7 and 12 (and parents of all ages!). Football Opportunity We wanted to let your pupils know about an amazing opportunity that the European Football Academy, a London-based youth club, is set to offer talented footballers the chance to display their talents in front of the scout who discovered Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo and Tottenham Hotspur and England midfielder Eric Dier. Aurelio Pereira, chief scout at Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon, will help the EFA choose players for its Performance and Development teams at two separate events in London next month. 2nd July, Saturday 9am Start at the Quintin Kinston Academy, Marlborough Hill, London, NW8 0NL 3rd July, Sunday 9am start at the Vauxhall Powerleague Pitches Black Prince Road, Lambeth, SE11 6HU The trials are free to attend and are open to boys and girls between the U6 and U15 age groups. The best football players during the event, picked by Aurelio Pereira himself, will win scholarships with the European Football Academy and the older age group players from this will travel to Sporting Lisbon with all expenses paid (flights and accommodation in the Sporting Lisbon Academy) for a 5-day internship at their academy. This is a rare and exclusive opportunity to live the life of a young footballer in one of the best football academies in the world. Sporting Lisbon is the only football club in the history of football to have produced two Ballon D’Or winners, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Figo. Registrations are open and can be made via the club’s website at www.europeanfootball.academy or through contacting the Academy Director, Nuno Coelho at [email protected] About the EFA: EFA has an ambitious, unique and exclusive football programme, planned and adapted by its in-house experienced football experts. EFA offers not only the best training conditions and coaches, but al-so covers many other areas through its Programs: Nutritional & Health, Physical Preparation and Educational Support Programs.
19. Dates for your Diary:
Greenside Calendar Summer Term 2
Week 4
Monday 27th June All Day New Nursery Family Interviews (Day 1)
Monday 27th June PM Robert Icke – Theatre Director at Greenside
Tuesday 28th June 6.00pm Public performance of Animal Farm
Tuesday 28th June All Day New Nursery Family Interviews (Day 2)
Wednesday 29th June 3.30pm Tea & Cakes
Thursday 30th June All Day Mr. Grove’s Documentary Crew Filming in London
Week 5
Monday 4th July – 6th July 3 Days Y6 Residential Trip
Monday 4th July 9.00am New Reception Meeting
Monday 4th July All Day Y4 Celebration Trip
Have a super week ahead and I look forward to seeing so many of you at Animal Farm next week.
Karen
Tuesday 5th July All Day New Reception Family Interviews (Day 1)
Tuesday 5th July Time - TBC Family Workshop and Lunch Invitation to Parents/
carers
Wednesday 6th July All Day New Reception Family Interviews (Day 2)
Wednesday 6th July 3.30pm Tea & Cakes
Friday 8th July All Day Newsletter
Saturday 9th July All Day Greenside Summer Fair
Week 6
Monday 11th July 9.00am Y2 Graduation Ceremony
Monday 11th July 2.15pm Y6 Graduation Ceremony
Wednesday 13th July PM Greenside Y6 Performance and Garden Party
Wednesday 13th July 3.30pm Tea & Cakes – Celebration for Lynne Switzman
Thursday 14th July Evening Y6 Public Performance of Jungle Book
Friday 15th July 3.30pm Last day for Nursery students
Week 7
Monday 18th July 9.00am Y6 Graduation Ceremony
Tuesday 19th July PM Documentary Screening
Wednesday 20th July All Day+ Newsletter, reports & End of Year! Happy Summer
On the eve of Friday 17th June, over 80 little Greensiders trooped back to school with their pyjamas on and a pillow and
blanket tucked under their arms. They were there to support Documentary Crew 2 with their campaign against homeless-
ness in London, and what a night of awareness it became!
With guest speakers to highlight some of the current statistics about those living in London without a home, our students
quickly understood the importance of their action: they were there to make a difference! Feeling inspired, they then en-
joyed an evening with friends, knowing that all of their ticket money (close to £1000 in total!) would be donated to the
Acton Homeless Concern and Brixton Soup Kitchen by the end of the term.
Documentary Crew 2 would like to thank everyone for their overwhelming support on the night. We had over 80 students
join us for dinner, games and a film, and around 65 who stayed overnight. Very impressive,
Green- side!
Friday 17th June, 2016
Our Students at:
SPECIAL NEWS
EDITION!
A night of social action!
GREENSIDE’S
I thought it was excellent because we were
helping the helpless and we felt what it
was like to not have a home. My favourite
bit of the night was when we watched
movies because Mr Bean’s Holiday was
hilarious.!
“It was really fun
because we got to
watch two movies and
support our friends
here through the
night.”
-Sammy, Y4
“Last night, I thought it was really fun
and it was a good way to show younger
children what the homeless feel like. We
weren’t homeless as we had a place to
sleep but I still thought it was a good
opportunity for us.” -Ella, Y3
