P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

PUNCTUALITY & ATTENDANCE WINNERS Attendance Shield

The winners of the shield for this week are:

Sunshine,2K and 4K

Punctuality Cup

The winners of the Punctuality Cup this week are:

Rainbow(99.4%),2G(100%) and 5B(100%)

Whole School attendance for the week is: 93.8%

Rainbow 85.0% Sunshine 92.8.%

1A 96.8% 1R 96.8%

2G 96.8% 2K 100%

3B 93.5% 3G 95.6%

4K 99.1% 4N 87.6%

5B 84.3% 5H 96.2%

6D 87.1% 6S 99.0%

. Achieving Excellence Together . Autumn Term 1—Week Ending 20.10.17

YEAR 3 DIWALI ASSEMBLY

Year 3 held an amazing Diwali assembly this morning. The children looked fantastic in their Diwali costumes and had the audience fascinated with their brilliant performance. A very big well done to all the children in both 3B and 3G. And a big Thank You to the teachers for their hard work and to Mrs Rajini Ragagopal for all her efforts to make the Diwali Assembly such a success.

Article 31 Every child has the right to relax, play and

take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic

activities. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is

a legally-binding international agreement setting out the civil,

political, economic, social and cultural rights of every child,

regardless of their race, religion or abilities.

As we are a Rights Respecting school at Level 1 we feel ready to

move up to level 2 but we need your help!!!

Please read the focus articles in the Friday newsletter and ask a

member of staff if you have any questions about them. We

encourage you to talk to your children about the articles and what it

means to them. You could also look on the UNICEF

website for further information.

https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/

Please support our school and your children by getting involved and

staying informed about it.

Okeburn - Enterprise Day Profit Result

Children in Okeburn held an Enterprise Day on Thursday to raise money for the school in Ghana we have been supporting.

With so many brilliant ideas brought forward by the children such as cookies and milkshakes, beat the goalie, shoot the hoop, slime, popcorn and so many other money churning goodies, it was a guaranteed success. Together Okeburn made a fantastic profit of £311.00!!

Thank you once again to all the parents who have supported the children in this worthy cause.

Academy Proposal You will have received information via email and paper copy on the governor’s proposal to convert to an academy and join Graveney Trust. Please read the information carefully as it sets out our reasons for making this decision. You are invited to comment/feedback or ask questions on the proposal. You can do this via the feedback sheet attached to the letter or via our website. The website also has frequently asked questions about converting to an academy. Please note that we will be holding two consultation meetings on Tuesday 7th November at 2.30pm and 6pm. You are invited to attend one of the meetings to ask questions about the proposal.

AUTUMN TERM DATES OCTOBER 23RD – 27TH OCT HALF TERM 30TH SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STAFF TRAINING

NOVEMBER 1ST INDIAN DANCE PERFORMANCE AT FALCONBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL (SELECTED CHILDREN GOING) 3RD INDIAN DANCE PERFORMANCE AT EARDLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL (SELECTED CHILDREN GOING) 7TH NURSERY & RECEPTION SCHOOL TOUR @ 9.15 7TH PARENT CONSULTATION 2.30PM & 6PM 8TH FULL GOVERNORS MEETING @6.30 8TH YEAR 2 WIMBLEDON CINEMA TRIP 9TH SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER 9TH YEAR 3 STREATHAM CINEMA TRIP 10TH YEAR 1 STREATHAM CINEMA TRIP WB 13TH ANTI- BULLYING WEEK 13TH YEAR 4 STREATHAM CINEMA TRIP 15TH YEAR 5 STREATHAM CINEMA TRIP 16TH NURSERY & RECEPTION SCHOOL TOUR @ 9.15 WEEK BEG 20TH AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS END 21ST SCHOOL TOUR – 6PM 22ND YEAR 6 STREATHAM CINEMA TRIP 27TH NURSERY & REC – TESCO IN SCHOOL 28TH YEAR 5&6 CRICKET @ OVAL 28TH YEAR 6 LONDON EYE TRIP 29TH SCHOOL TOUR @9.15

DECEMBER 1ST CHRISTMAS FAIR 3.45PM 12TH MB CHRISTMAS PEFORMANCE 9.30 & 2PM

14TH OKEBURN CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE 2PM @ ALL SAINTS CHURCH

15TH EY CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE 9.45 AM & 2PM 20TH CLASS PARTIES (OWN CLOTHES DAY) END OF TERM

IF ANY OF THESE DATES OR TIMES CHANGE WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO INFORM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Sealife London Aquarium 4N visited SEALIFE London Aquarium on Wednesday. It was a wonderful opportunity for children to see various species that live within the deep waters around the Earth.

The children had some interactive opportunities to help them gain a better understanding of the different species.

The jelly fish in their dark enclosure and reflective colours had all the children intrigued.

“I felt scared of the shark under the ground, but very happy to see the penguins!” Niya

“I liked the sharks’ teeth, I could see they were sharp. I only liked the sharks.” Hassan

There was even a photo opportunity to complete the day. Thank you to all the children for their excellent behaviour and good listening throughout the day.

Maths Enterprise Project 2017

Over this half term Franciscan has embarked on a school-wide Maths Enterprise project for the purpose of raising money for a school in Ghana that was affected by flooding.

In classes, we generated ideas for raising money, voted on our favourite ideas and then worked out how cost effective our ideas were – could we save money by making small changes? How much should we sell our items for? Each class had a budget of £10 to work with. As you can see there was a lot of Maths involved! Then we made posters and used our skills of persuasion when promoting our ideas to other classes.

Each building hosted a day of Enterprise and all were a complete success. We raised more and more money – culminating in over £900 profit which will make a huge difference to the school in Ghana.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your help and support in making this project a success. Together, the children and staff were superb!

‘Sports For School’ How often would you hear a child say they spent a day with an Olympic Champion? Franciscan Primary School children can proudly state just that!

Daniel Lewis a GB triple jumper came and spent the day with our children and together they performed a number of fun exercises. It was a fantastic opportunity for our children to train with a

world reknown athlete.

It was wonderful to see the children thoroughly enjoy themselves.

Hopefully this will help to develop a lifelong love for sports.

We also had an excellent response to the Sponsorship with a whopping £186.50 raised so far.

Thank you to all the children who have helped in raising money and to all parents for their support.

SCHOOL UNIFORM AND P.E KIT

This week we are still seeing children wearing new black/grey uniform. We expect all pupils to wear the correct colour.

Trousers/skirts and pinafores must be navy blue. Please check the attached uniform list.

All sweatshirts/cardigans and jumpers must be red.

Children must bring their PE kit for PE and dance.

Children should have a red school PE t-shirt or a red t-shirt, blue shorts /leggings/joggers and plimsolls or trainers. Children are not allowed to do PE in their school clothes or shoes.

PLEASE ENSURE ALL UNIFORM IS LABELLED CLEARLY WITH YOUR CHILD NAME AND CLASS.

School Bags Pupils should use either a rucksack, drawstring bag or other suitable school bag for their PE kit or other things they need for school. Pupils are not allowed to use handbags or other types of fashion handbags

for school.

School Contact and Parent Email

Do we have your up to date contact details? It is vital that we are able to contact parents or carers in an emergency. If any of your contact details have changed then please come in to the office or call us so we can update your details on our system. All correspondence is sent to your email address , so we request that you provide us with an email address which you have access to.

We Scare Hunger

This Halloween our children are going to

‘scare hunger’. Please help us by

donating non perishable foods for our

local Food Bank.

Hunger + Food Drive = Impact

To help, please may we request children

bring in food items such as pasta, tea

biscuits, tinned food or any other non

perishable food items.

Free English lessons!

CARAS offers free English lessons for adults and youths from

refugee backgrounds.

They also run fun family days during the school holidays (contact

CARAS for details).

Timetable:

Monday 10.30am-12.30pm – English lessons

Tuesday 10.30am-1.30pm – Women’s Drop-in and English

lesson

Wednesday 10am-1pm – Advocacy help (e.g. under

standing letters, benefits…)

10.00-11.30am – Basic literacy lesson

CARAS

25 Blakenham Road, Tooting, SW17 8NE

www.caras.org.uk

Tel. 020 8767 5378

Email: info@caras.org.uk

Punctuality & Attendance We will be continuing our punctuality cup and attendance shields

this year, so please ensure that your child arrives in school by

8.55am.

The gates will be closed at 9.05am and all late children must go to

the office to be marked in.

If a child is late more than three times in a week a letter will be sent

home. If your child is unwell or can not be in school for any reason

please call the school office on 0208 672 3048.

Parents will be informed if their child’s attendance falls below 95%

and will be sent a letter which may result in a meeting with the

Educational Welfare Officer.