We are delighted with our new outdoor gym equipment in the KS2 playground.

The children are enjoying using this during their break times—as well as

occasionally as part of an outdoor lesson. This has been funded by a grant from

Tesco’s as part of their Bags of Help campaign.

This equipment is only designed for older children. We therefore request that

children do not use it at all before or after school. Please could parents make

sure that their children do not climb on any of our play equipment when they

are with them. Thank you.

Our Year 6 children worked especially hard last week,

completing their SATS assessments. We are extremely proud of their

positive attitudes and determination to do their best and show off their

skills.

On Friday, we celebrated with a huge fruit fiesta—plus a few other

sweet treats! Well done Year 6!

Patrick Njue, a keen member of the school chess

club, ventured to Everest Community Academy to

compete in the very challenging Hampshire

Mega-final, the qualifying stage of the Delancey

UK Chess Challenge. Patrick played in the Under

8 section which was won by students of Dr Upham

from Yateley Manor School.

This was Patricks’ very first chess tournament outside of the school and so a

special mention should be made of that. Patrick took home a certificate of

achievement and experience of playing other children of a similar age. This is best

way to make progress.

Patrick scored two wins which almost (they needed four wins) qualified him for

the Gigafinal stage in Reading at the end of July : well done Patrick !

Other Lakeside children will be competing in the other Megafinals later in May and

we expect strong performances from them !

Dr John Upham, Chess Teacher and Coach

As you will have seen on a recent Parentmail, the Doodlemaths app has been

updated recently. If you see a large penguin on the screen, it means that you

need to update on your device. Please get in touch with us if you need any help!

Year 4 parent lunch

Due to the General Election, the Year 4 parent

lunch has now been moved to Thursday 15th

June. Further information about this will be

sent out by the office.

Thank you to

everyone involved

in arranging the

Magic show and Film nights. The

children had a fantastic time!

Thank you to those who came to our

planning meeting last Monday. There

were a lot of good ideas shared and

we are very excited by this new event.

Please note that the date will be

changing from 9th June. We will let

you know a new date soon.

Come and meet

Ruth Masih,

our Family Support Worker On Tuesday 16th May

9—10 or 2.15—3.15

Drop in, have a chat and find out how

Ruth may be able to help you.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be

provided!

At Lakeside, we aspire to be caring, confident and capable

learners who are encouraged to succeed in today’s world.

Year 2 held a very special concert for parents, singing all

the songs learnt for the Surrey Heath Music Festival.

Children demonstrated their talents in a mixture of

song, dance and playing musical instruments! A big thank

you to Mrs Amlani for preparing and organising a group

Bhangra dance based on the Spring Kite Festival held in

the Indian sub-continent.

Summer

Fayre 2017 Saturday 1st July

from 11 am—2 pm

On Friday 28th April, Year 1 went on a wild adventure to Marwell Zoo. We had a

wonderful time and got to see lots of different animals. We started off with

zebras, rhinos and snow leopards, before heading off towards the gazelles, black

macaque and the red pandas . Our next stop was lunch by the tigers.

After our delicious packed lunches, which the birds wanted to share, we headed

off to the meercats who were out enjoying the sunshine and were very funny to

watch. Our next major (and rather exciting) stop was the Giraffe House to meet

Isabella, our adopted giraffe. We were very lucky when we arrived to find that

the giraffes were just being fed and were all inside enjoying their late lunch. We

used our detective skills to identify Isabella from a photo. Amazingly, she was

the giraffe right in front of us, using her long tongue and neck to reach some

scrummy leaves. This was fascinating to watch and provided us with a real high-

light of our trip. On our way out we spotted our name on the adoption poster. As

our day came to an end, we finished off with Penguin Cove, where the penguins

entertained us with their underwater acrobatics. We really enjoyed our day at

the zoo and it really helped bring our topic to life.

Here is Isabella, the giraffe which Year 1

sponsors.