Message from Mr Woods Newsletter No 26 March 2013 4 Newsletter No 26 — March 2013 Nursery Reception Nursery class have been reading Mrs Honeys Hat for Book week

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Message from Mr Woods Newsletter No 26— March 2013

Dear Parents/Carers

This short half-term has been very busy for all in school

with the events of ‘Book Week’ and ‘Red Nose Day’ taking place. It was a fantastic achievement by all involved to

raise over £700 to go towards the ‘Comic Relief Appeal’.

It has been pleasing to see very good attendance levels in

most classes despite the cold, wintry weather which is continuing at the pre-sent time. The cold weather always leads to a large rise in lost items (hats,

gloves, scarves). Please do check through the lost property box for any missing items. The holidays are also a good time to check that all items of

clothing have your child’s name written on them.

School returns after the holidays on Monday, 15th April, for the summer term which is when the annual assessments take place including the Year 6 SATs

tests. Many classes will have homework (including reading) to complete over the holiday period. Please do encourage and support your children to com-

plete all activities set by the teachers.

We hope that all children and the families have a safe and enjoyable holiday

period. We also hope that we will enjoy some warmer weather upon our re-turn in April.

Mr Dave Woods

Head Teacher

Newsletter No 26— March 2013 Page 2

Premises News

Curriculum News

We know that many families have been able to use and leave mes-

sages with our new telephone system. To assist staff in the office it is

very important that you clearly say your child’s full name (first name

and surname) and your child’s class when leaving a message.

Over the summer holiday period (July and August) we will

be replacing and modernising some of our fences to ensure

that the school site remains completely safe and secure.

This work will take place when the school is closed to pu-

pils.

There are currently many changes taking place to the curriculum for primary schools. Over the next term our weekly staff meeting sessions along with our INSET Day

(Monday 24th June) will be focused on ensuring that these changes are implemented

with minimal disruption to learning.

In school we already have opportunities for a number of our classes to have some lessons with specialist subject teachers

for music, PE and French. Over the next year we will be aiming to increase the use of specialists subject teachers to provide

pupils with excellent learning opportunities.

The summer term sees the annual SATs tests and other

formal tests take place. Testing is a part of school and learning and it is not something that children should get anxious about. To support your child to achieve the best

possible standards we ask parents/carers to ensure that all homework tasks are completed each week and to also use

time at home for reading (15-20 minutes per day) and for learning times tables. End of year school reports will be

given out on Tuesday, 16th July.


Holiday Sport Activities


Nursery

Reception

Nursery class have been reading Mrs Honeys Hat for Book week.

We had fun making our own hats.

Reception Class visited Southall Fire Station. We had lots of fun spraying the

hose and pretending to drive a fire engine. We hope that everyone has a fire

alarm in their house to alert them if

a fire has broken out!

Year 1


Year 2

Year 1 have had a very ex-

citing term with many fun

lessons and activities taking

place. During Book Week we

read stories by the author

Emily Gravett. We read,

'Little Mouse's Big Book of

Fears' and 'Meerkat Mail'.

Both books were really

funny and we did lots of role

play, writing and reading

based on these books.

KS1 and Reception had

a theatre company visit to

perform the story of the

'Gingerbread Man'. This

story was slightly different

from the original but was

lots of fun.

Our IPC topic has been

about 'Our world and Envi-

ronment'. We have learnt

about the different environ-

ments around the world and

how they are different to

the environment we live in.

Book Week

During ‘Book Week’ Year have

been studying the author

Emily Gravett and her amaz-

ing books.

We read the story ‘Meerkat

Mail’ which is about a meer-

kat called Sunny who lives in

the Kalahari Desert in Africa.

We looked as some pictures

of the Kalahari Desert and

were inspired to write poems

about it.

The desert is boiling hot.

The sun is wide awake and

shining brightly.

A brilliant blue sky has soft

white clouds.

Yellow sand is smooth.

The dry trees are thirsty for

water.

Far away the orange moun-

tains point into the sky.

By Amarinder

The sun is shining bright on

the ground below.

It is so hot my skin is burn-

ing.

The big rolling high moun-

tains touch the brilliant blue

sky.

The trees are almost dead.

They are thirsty for water.

Feel the sand with your hand.

It slips through your fingers

and feels smooth.

No water. No rain. No shade.

Just endless heat.

By Momina

Page 6 Newsletter No 26— March 2013

Year 3

Year 4

In IPC this term we

started an exciting topic

called ‘Explorers and Ad-

venturers’. We had a

chance to learn about

great explorations in XVI

century as well as we

looking at the lives of dif-

ferent explorers.

One of our tasks was to

produce the fact file about

the legendary explorer. I

decided to research facts

about Francis Drake. We

had so much fun to gather

information about this

great mariner. Did you

know that he was a pi-

rate? He had such an

amazing life!

In Science we were look-

ing how the shadows are

created. Check out those

wicked photos from out

investigation.

By Elijah

Year 3‟s Comic Relief

poem

Comic relief 2013 is here!

What funny clothes will

you wear?

Open your purses, your wal-

lets and give all you can.

Especially if you are a

fan!

Money you give, money you

raise,

Will change lives in differ-

ent ways.

If you help the poor and sick,

You will make a difference

quick!

Come and join us tell a joke!

Fill your bath tub with fizzy

coke!

Raise a laugh, sing a song!

Play some music DING

DING DONG!

Everyone put on your red

noses,

Stand up silly, make some

poses!

Let‟s make a difference to

save some lives.

Get out your £20, £10 and

fives.

It‟s been 25 years since

comic relief started!

Be a good sport and be kind

hearted!

Enjoy raising money while

having a laugh,

Why not try climbing a gi-

raffe?

Fantastic amount of money

raised this year!

HIP HIP HOORAY lets all

cheer!

A poem by Year 3

Year 3 did a fantastic and infor-

mative assembly all about comic

relief.

They informed the school how

comic relief started and what it

does to help different people and

countries. Year 3 told everyone

where the money we all raise

goes. They sang, told jokes and

even did a silly dance! Our

school managed to raise over

£700!

Francis DrakeSir Francis Drake was always dreaming of that he would sail across and he did. Drake was an Englishman who hoped to explore possibilities of trade and colonial settlement in the Pacific Ocean and to find the western outlet of the Northwest Passage. He wanted to find an undiscovered continent that was thought to lie in the Pacific. Francis Drake, eldest of twelve children, was born in Crowndale.

Introduction Early life and education

• He was born in 1540 near Travascot Devon near England. Queen Elizabeth chose him. Drake didn’t go school but his dad Edmund taught him, and he also learned about the seas from the various sailors that travelled through the port where he wanted to go. His father, Edmund Drake (1518–1585), was a passionate supporter of Martin Luther and during the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, he was forced to flee with his family to Chatham in Kent. His mothers name was Dau Mylawaye.

Marriage/Family

Francis Drake was married twice once to Mary Newman and then to Elizabeth Sydenham. Unfortunately Drake had no children with either wives. In 1581, his family moved to Portugal, and the people there called themselves Sea dogs. He had 11 brothers and sisters in the family one of the biggest family in the UK. (in olden times.) His father is called Edmund Drake and Mother Dao Mylawaye. His Grandpa’s name was Grandpa Drake, Dad, Lena, & Ralph Malone and his Granma was Ralph Malone.

Life story

• Drake was apprenticed to a captain trading between the Thames and the Channel ports. In 1563 he joined his cousin, John Hawkins, on a voyage to Africa The two men started capturing people in Sierre Leone and selling them as slaves to Spanish settlers in the Caribbean. As it was illegal for the settlers to buy from foreigners, Hawkins and Drake soon came into conflict with the Spanish authorities. In June 1578 the fleet arrived Puerto san Julian, on the southern coast of Argentina, where Drake put Thomas Doughty on trial for mutiny. He was beheaded on 2nd July 1578.

Life storyWhen Drake finally led his fleet through the strait and into the Pacific Ocean Captain John Wynter took advantage of a storm to leave Drake and took his ship back to England. The Marigold, commanded by Doughty's friend John Thomas, also disappeared, and the Mary was abandoned at Puerto San Julian Drake, who was left with only the Pelican, renamed it The Golden Hind. Drake now sailed up the Pacific coast. At Valparaiso he took a ship carrying 200,000 pesos in gold, then went ashore and raided the church and the warehouses. Drake was a pirate, and a mayor for Plymouth, and England. He also was a British explorer and a slave trader. He wanted to be a salesman when he grew up.

Final years old Age

• An expedition that he led to Portugal proved abortive, and his last voyage, in 1596 against the Spanish possessions in the West Indies, was a failure, largely because the fleet was decimated by a fever to which Drake himself succumbed. He was buried at sea off the town of Puerto Bello (modern Portobello, Panama). As the Elizabethan historian John Stow wrote.

• Francis Drake died at the age 53 of tropical disease. Drake died in 1996. Even though Francis died he was one of the greatest explorer’s (in my eyes.) he may of died but he is still in our heart and we’ll never forget him, he’ll stay in are hearts for-ever. People had a funereal for him remembering how great he was.

Interesting Information

• Drake was a dreamer who wanted to sail from when he was born.

• His father was the best teacher to him out of his family

• He had two mums and he was a pirate.

• Sir Francis Drake was an English sea captain, slaver, and privateer who made the second circumnavigation of the world from 1577 to 1580

• He didn’t go school he only had his father to teach him


Year 5

In International, we learnt about tra-

ditional dishes from different coun-

tries.

Year 5’s assembly on Holithe festival of colours

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Year 5 enjoyed Macbeth workshop during book week

By Rieanna


Year 6

Additional Resource Provision (ARP)

This term, we have been

looking at Greenfingers.

Starfish Class has planted

sunflower seeds, cress and

built watering cans to wa-

ter our garden at school.

We have created a display

about the seasons along

with learning the months

of the year.

We also experimented with

cress seeds to see which

would grow better: seeds

with lots of water, seeds

with no water and seeds

with the right amount of

water.

This term we have been

busy revising for our SATs

tests, which are next term,

however we have managed

to take a few breaks from

our studies. On 8th March,

we enjoyed a whole day

workshop based on Shake-

speare’s Macbeth. At first

several children from year 5

and 6 were selected to per-

form the play. They were

handed special costumes to

wear, they looked hilarious

in the old fashioned gear!

Next, the play was per-

formed by the actors, who

made us laugh so much. Fi-

nally, in the afternoon we

had a drama workshop in-

volving different drama ac-

tivities related to the play.

Starting on 4th March, we

participated in a variety of

activities for book week. Our

literacy lessons, which in-

volved lots of drama, were

all based on Wolf Brother by

Michelle Paver. During the

week, we had a memorable

experience sharing stories

with the children in Nursery.

We created some fantastic

story boxes using our artistic

talents.

Also we visited Southall Li-

brary, where we became

members, and borrowed

many books! One afternoon

the whole school split into

groups and engaged in sto-

ries from different teachers.

Lastly, we all dressed up as

our favourite book charac-

ters for World Book Day.

Yasmin as Lady Macbeth

Asiful and Anjali as the King’s

Sons

Kamaljeet as Macduff, crowning

the King’s Son

Parents/carers are re-

minded that it is your re-

sponsibility to inform Har-

rison Catering when your

child is absent from

school. If you do not inform

them you will be charged for

a meal. School meal debts

may be referred to a debt col-

lection agency which can lead

to problems with rental leases

and obtaining credit.

Parents/Carers should also

give one week‟s notice to

Harrison Catering if they

want to cancel school

meals.

SPECIAL MENUS

Our caterer often provides

‘special menu’ days for the

children. We would encour-

age you to take part in these

days.

School Dinners

We are proud to be a healthy

school that encourages re-

sponsible eating habits. Pu-

pils who have a packed lunch

should be having healthy

items each day. On a Friday

(only), pupils may have one

item such as crisps, biscuits

or small chocolate bar in-

cluded with their lunch.

School Meals Money

All of our school meals are

cooked fresh on the school

site each day. Meals must be

paid for in advance (before

the meals are eaten). The

daily price of a meals is

£2.10 per meal (£10.50 per

week).

Payments should be made

using the internet payment

service at

www.ealingmeals.com or by

phoning Harrison Catering on

020 8280 0318. Cash pay-

ments can be made using the

envelopes in the payment

box in school. The cost for

the next ½ term will be

£60.90 (15th April to 24th

May = 29 days @ £2.10

daily). Any children who owe

more than £8 will have their

meals stopped.

Uniform

As part of our „Home/

School Agreement‟ all par-

ents agree to support and

ensure the school uniform

policy at all times. Black

shoes (not trainers or boots)

are part of this uniform and

they should be worn every

day.

Please do ensure that your

child’s name is clearly

marked on all items of cloth-

ing. This includes hats, gloves

and scarves.

School Information/Procedures


Lost Property Unfortu-

nately we

continue to

have large

numbers of

lost cloth-

ing which is

not labelled. The lost prop-

erty box is located just inside

the door from the playground.

We cannot keep large amounts

of lost clothing.

Please look through for any

lost items as the box is cleared

every six weeks.

http://www.ealingmeals.com/

Free School Meals

Many children should be able to apply for and claim ‘Free School

Meals‟. This saving is worth £399 per child each year. If you are receiving benefits/working tax credit or jobseekers allowance you may be entitled to claim.

The application process is easy

and does not involve going to Eal-ing Council. Every child who reg-isters helps the school to obtain funding. This is essential to con-tinue to provide excellent re-

sources for all children.

„Stay and Play‟

Toddler Group

The group runs on Monday and Friday

mornings from 9:00 to 11.00 am in the

school canteen. Please pop along for a cup

of tea and some fun activities. All afternoon

nursery children are welcome. This is an

opportunity for you to play with your child

and support their learning—all parents

must stay during these sessions.

Activities include free play, sand play, mak-

ing music, arts and crafts. Every week we

have singing and story time with fruit, bis-

cuit snacks and tea and coffee for parents. If

you are able to make a small contribution

towards the cost of tea/coffee it would be ap-

preciated (The collection box is in the can-

teen—recommended contribution of 50p a

week helps with the costs of refreshments).


Monday Non-halal meat + vegetarian

Tuesday Halal meat + vegetarian

Wednesday Non-halal meat + vegetarian

Thursday Halal meat + vegetarian

Friday No meat served

Food Menus

Our menu for school din-

ner is designed to pro-

vide as many children as

possible with access to a

hot lunch. Meat dishes

are served from Monday

– Thursday and vegetar-

ian dishes are available

every day.

We are very pleased with the con-

tinuing improvement in atten-

dance. As attendance has im-

proved year on year, so have our

results at the end of Year 6, with

increasing numbers of children

gaining Level 4 and Level 5. It is

very clear to see that the more

often pupils are in school the bet-

ter their results. The attendance

for last week was 95.4%.

Attendance is moni-

tored on a daily ,

weekly and monthly

basis. Some of you

will have already re-

ceived reminder let-

ters and have had meetings about

your child’s attendance. Fines for

unauthorised absence from school

are now £120 per child. The

ESW (Educational Social Worker)

can and will impose fines, court


Punctuality

Please note that the school

starts at 8:50 am promptly.

We expect the children to be

in the playground by 8:45

am, Monday to Friday. It is

essential that all children

learn to “be on time”.

As many families live nearby,

it is unacceptable for these

children to be late.

We are continuing to conduct

‘punctuality checks’ at the

gate. All children arriving

late should report to the

school office to be marked

present, but late, in the reg-

ister.

All children marked late more

than once will be referred to

the ESW for fines and court

prosecutions.

Attendance

Request for Leave

There is no automatic

right to have leave from

school. All leave should be

taken during the 13 weeks

of the year when school is

closed.

The governing body has ap-

proved a strict policy of not

approving any requests

for leave during term time.

This policy is always strictly

enforced with referrals

made to the ESW

(Education Social Worker).

Fixed penalty fines will be

issued for unapproved

leave.

Refer to the attached holi-

day dates for school closure

periods.

action and even prison sentences

where attendance remains a prob-

lem.

If your child is ill, call the school

office by 10.00 am on that day,

giving a reason for your child’s

absence. When your child returns

to school, you need to provide the

school office with a written note

about your child’s absence.

Incentives: Each term we have

a ’bicycle’ as a prize as part of an

attendance incentive scheme. Pu-

pils with punctual and 100%

attendance in fortnightly blocks

receive an entry into the prize

draw. The higher the level of at-

tendance your child has, the more

entries they will receive in the bi-

cycle draw.


Date Event Monday 15th April 2013 School Resumes for Summer Term

Monday 22nd April 2013 Year 6 „National Test Event‟

Monday 6th May 2013 „May Day‟ Bank Holiday (School Closed)

Monday 13th May 2013 Year 6 SATs Week (until Friday 17th May)

Friday 24th May 2013 School Closes for Half-Term Break

Monday 3rd June 2013 School Resumes for Second Half of Sum-

mer Term

Friday 7th June 2013 FRENCH DAY (in school)

Monday 10th June 2013 Maths Week Activities (all week)

Monday 17th June 2013 Year 6 PGL Trip to Osmington Bay

Monday 17th June 2013 Year 1 Phonics Screening Test (all week)

Friday 21st June 2013 Year 6 Return from PGL Trip

Monday 24th June 2013 INSET Day (School Closed to Pupils)

Friday 5th July 2013 KS2 Sports Day (am)

Tuesday 9th July 2013 Reception and KS1 Sports Day (am)

Wednesday 10th July 2013 „Fun Day‟ (1:30 pm)

Friday 12th July 2013 International Evening (6:00 pm)

Tuesday 16th July 2013 Reports to Go Home

Friday 19th July 2013 School Closes for End of School Year (1:30

pm)

Important Dates For Your Diary


Below are our approved school holiday dates through until July 2014. Please note these dates and ensure that any holiday bookings are made outside of the school terms.

Summer Term 2013

Monday 15th April 2013—

Friday 24th May 2013

BANK HOLIDAY—Monday 6th May

Half-term Monday 27th May 2013 —

Friday 31st May 2013

Monday 3rd June 2013— Friday 19th July 2013

INSET DAY—Monday 24th June

Autumn Term 2013

INSET Day—Monday 2nd September

Tuesday 3rd September 2013—

Friday 25th October 2013

Half-term Monday 28th October 2013—

Friday 1st November 2013

Monday 4th November2013— Friday 20th December 2013

Spring Term 2014

INSET DAY—Thursday 2nd January

INSET DAY—Friday 3rd January

Monday 6th January 2014—

Friday 14th February 2014

Half-term

Monday 17th February 2014—

Friday 21st February 2014

Monday 24th February 2014—

Friday 4th April 2014

Summer Term 2014

Tuesday 22nd April 2014—

Friday 23rd May 2014

BANK HOLIDAY— Monday 5th May

Half-term

Monday 26th May 2014—

Friday 30th May 2014

INSET DAY—Monday 2nd June

Tuesday 3rd June 2014—

Thursday 17th July 2014


CLASS TEACHER SUPPORT STAFF

Nursery Miss Liz Paignton Mrs Vicky Chase

Reception Mrs Philippa Stubbs Mrs Shamina Noor

Year 1 Mr Ram Bedi

Mrs Kulwinder Singh

Year 2 Mrs Helen Tonge

Mrs Hema Dave

Year 3 Mrs Seema Pun Mrs Saima Ahmed

Year 4 Mr Jacub Bocian Mrs Amrit Grewal

Year 5 Mrs Punam Sharma Mrs Asha Jassi

Year 6 Mrs Smita Moezzi Mrs Devi Bhachu

Starfish Class Ms Angela Servedio

Mrs Shaheen Bhatti Mrs Surinder Panesar Mrs Nadia Hayat

Dolphin Class Miss Tara O’Beirne Mr David Nermut Mrs Sukhwinder Kaur

Inclusion/SEN – Mrs Mitra Poonai (Deputy Head Teacher)

Curriculum – Miss Sumen Starr (Assistant Head Teacher)

Reading and Maths Support – Miss Amra Bhatti

Additional Support Staff

Mrs Surbjit Jaswal - HLTA

Mrs Suman Mohan - HLTA

Mrs Fouzia Butt – EYFS

Mr Daniel Hunter—KS1

Mrs Suad Jama – KS2

Mrs Lisa Walsh – KS1 & ARP

Office Staff

Mrs B Gill— Admin and Finance Manager

BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL

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Message from Mr Woods Newsletter No 26 March 2013 4 Newsletter No 26 — March 2013 Nursery Reception Nursery class have been reading Mrs Honeys Hat for Book week