SEPTEMBER DOWNLOAD The Quinta’s Monthly Magazine 

Dear parents and guardians, Welcome to our very first monthly magazine. After taking on board your comments about the frequency and type of information we communicated with you at the end of last year, we redesigned our communications slightly and so the monthly magazine was founded. I hope you all had a fantastic summer and are refreshed ready to enjoy the challenges that the 2020-21 academic year holds. It has been a summer of more improvements at The Quinta one of which is the opening of The Quinta Preschool.

Everyday Excellence

This month we are celebrating the breadth of our curriculum. *Preschool have been learning to subitize in maths and made lots of use of the outdoor spaces with different treasure hunts. *Reception have settled really well into school and made lots of friends while rocking around school in their school shoes. *Y 1have been learning about rhythm and beat in their music *Y2 have learnt about how painters represented power and wealth in the monarchy through art. *Y3 have started the ‘No Outsiders’ stories as part of our relationships strand in the PHSCE curriculum *Y4 have been comparing human and physical geography *Y5 have been constructing shelters in engineering and investigating soluble and insoluble in chemistry *Y6 have been studying the vital organs in biology.

Authentic Care

We are so proud of every single reader in the school. These pupils in the tables are representative of those who have gone above and beyond in their reading. A huge congratulations for finishing in the top 10 for September. #ReadingRocks

Year 3 Name Words read this month 1. Darcy-May M 11,029 ⭐⭐⭐ 2. Abigail T 3,443 ⭐⭐ 3. Thea S 1,758 ⭐ 4. Rose F 1,673 5. Emma C 1,383 6. Freya M 1,256 7. Ethan T 1,241 8. Logan W 1,154 9. Joshua A 1,150 10. Isla Y 1,145

Year 4 Name Words read this month 1. Freya B 14,229 ⭐⭐⭐ 2. Phoebe J 12,557 ⭐⭐ 3. Victoria B 11.280 ⭐ 4. Ethan C 10,310 5. Sebastian M 9,682 6. Ethan W 7,606 7. Lucas P 7,338 8. Elijah M 6,107 9. James T 5,062 10. Julia B 4,905

Year 5 Name Words read this month 1. Alicia-Grace 28,276 ⭐⭐⭐ 2. Belle L 23,365 ⭐⭐ 3. Rory F-D 18,837 ⭐

Year 6 Words read this month 1. Aidan W 49,118 ⭐⭐⭐ 2. Faith T 26,687 ⭐⭐ 3. Daniel C 22,810 ⭐

4. Lily B 15,327 5. Joseph P 14,555 6. Isabelle P 14,215 7. Lara A-G 14,177 8. Lauren W 12,346 9. Ivy M 12,223 10. Nya T 10,685

4. Olivia W 22,587 5. Reuben G 18,622 6. George T 18,281 7. Nathaniel S 16,556 8. Laura D 15,693 9. Sophie B 14,450 10. Tallulah T-D 12,852

⭐ TTROCKSTARS 🎸

Our September Rock Band! 1. Olly J (C11) 2. Max R (C11)

3. Gabriel B (C11) 4. Finley J (C11)

5. Samuel C (C11) 6. Caleb B (C11)

7. Abigail C (C10) 8. Lewis B (C11) 9. Jack B (C11)

10. Laura D (C12)

Independence

First in Law As far as In-Laws go, getting a first beats them all! Over the summer, ex Quinta pupil Tom Griffin received his law degree results and received a first class honours. Well done Tom.

Opportunity

The summer reading challenge Thank you to everyone who took part in our summer reading challenge. The money raised will be spent on books for the classroom. The children who raised the most money will join Mr Sharpe for a book bonanza afternoon. There will be hot chocolate, books and each child will search online for five books for their class and one for them to take home. Congratulations to the following children: Elijah M (C7), Louis D (C11), Rex J (C4), Joseph P (C9), Lily B

(C10) As last year’s ‘Ninja’ winners didn’t get the chance to go to choose a book during lockdown they will also join the book bonanza. Congratulations to; Harrison B (C3), Amara S (C1), Leon D (C4), Kai J (C9) and Nya T (C10) Club Quinta Our before and after school club is now in its new home in our preschool area of school. The children have a wii, a movie room, construction zone, arts and craft, access to the school playing field as well as all the role play zones of preschool. The children have recently made their own chocolate bars which looked and smelt delicious.

Student Snitch -What’s been happening from the pupils’ perspective-

This month we have been beginning to recruit a new school council. Next month, they will unveil the team and share their views and aims for the year. The head boy and head girl have been chosen for the autumn term. Congratulations to Oscar and Sophie. We will bring you their reaction and input next month.

The Staffroom

- Teach your monster to read

- Spelling Shed

- Seesaw parent tips

This is a game that makes learning to read fun. It covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. It complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.The computer version is 100% free and the app is occasionally free. Spelling Shed is a paid for app (£2.99) which makes spelling fun and covers all the spelling rules and patterns in the national curriculum. It is an easy way for your child to practise their spellings, Seesaw creates a triangle of communication between you as parents, the teacher, but also, your child. It does this all whilst showing how we can use technology in a safe, creative way.

There are two ways you can respond to your child’s post: like and comment. How often you do this is up to you. There will be times when it is appropriate to simply like a post to acknowledge to your child you have seen their work. Other times you may want to: Ask questions that challenge their learning. The children love to read the positive comments that you write.. If you have more than one child at school you will need to print out their class app codes. As you have to log out to access each child’s class.

Friends of Quinta

We are looking for help! Our committee has gradually shrunk and we are now in need of new members. You don’t have to commit to anything yet but we can let you know the kinds of roles, time commitments and ways that you can support the parent teacher association. We would just love a name and contact email so we can get in touch if you can help us out at all. Share the word, join the team (become the team!) and help work with us to raise funds and bring together our community spirit. Please click and leave your info if you would like more information. Click here

Also, we are desperate to improve the outdoor play equipment at school. We need to raise £10,000 to give your children more equipment to climb and interact with during free time. As such, we are holding a virtual balloon race. This sophisticated system has many amazing features and functions: -Uses real-time weather data in complex simulation algorithms. -Follow your balloon globally in real time on Google Maps and Satellite Imagery -Easily change flight aerodynamics (parameters) of balloon – shape, amount of helium, thickness of latex to increase chances of winningA great fun decorator functionality –

upload text, colours and patterns. Compete against family and friends and create your own little rewards.

- Winning prize: You will be able to help choose the equipment. - First 5 places will receive a prize

Buy your balloon here and best of luck. https://ecoracing.co/user/page/755

Dates for October

5th October: There will be no whole school/ community Harvest festival celebration this year. However, the children will be discussing harvest in class. There will be two boxes to collect harvest offerings for the storehouse. These will be located at the front of school and outside class 7. 6th October: Tempest photography in school to take photographs of the children from preschool to year 6. Harvest Festival 8th October: Reception and Y6 curriculum evening (online video) 12th and 13th: October Parents evening (Book in from Monday) 19th October: Engineering week in school (Textiles-weaving)

Open Day

Normally, we would hold flexible tours of the school to accommodate parents’ work commitments. This year, due to the pandemic, it is not possible to welcome parents into school during the day. As a result we will be hosting a virtual tour with videos uploaded here. On Saturday 24th October we will be holding an open morning for you to come and view the school. Please complete the form below if you would like to register your interest for this morning so that we can keep everyone safe.

Register your interest for Open Morning 2020

Recommended Reads

Preschool A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck--all parade across the pages of this delightful book.

Reception One day, Colour Monster wakes up feeling very confused. His emotions are all over the place; he feels angry, happy, calm, sad and scared all at once! To help him, a little girl shows him what each feeling means through colour.

Poor old dragon. Nobody wants him in their story. Not Goldilocks, not Hansel and Gretel - no one. But Dragon will not give up! He shall continue on his course of finding someone who wants him in their story. ANYONE. His boundless enthusiasm

surely won't get him into any trouble. Surely ...

In his hilarious picture book debut, popular cartoonist Mo Willems perfectly captures a preschooler's temper tantrum.

Year 1 This wonderful, riotous romp of a book, complete with hilarious rhymes and ingenious illustrations will have children (and adults) in splits.

Bob is everyone's favourite man on the moon; follow him on his daily adventures. Bob has a special job - looking after the moon. He keeps it clean and entertains passing space tourists as well as giving guided tours. He knows everything about the moon and that there is

definitely no such thing as aliens!

Year 2 Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but it's on the wrong side of the road from the Park where there's a beautiful lily pond and plenty of juicy slugs, worms and snails! The busy road is dangerous but Max is determined to make his way across. If humans can do it, why can't hedgehogs?

Beegu is not supposed to be on Earth. She is lost. She is a friendly little creature, but the Earth People don't seem very welcoming at all. However, so far she has only met the BIG ones. The little ones are a

different matter . . .

Year 3 Frankie Banister and his family run the Nothing to See Here Hotel, which is cunningly hidden from human view by magic and lots of really, really bad TripAdvisor reviews. It’s not for humans, you see, and instead is the perfect getaway for magical creatures of all kinds – mermaids are welcomed through the sea

door and stairs are rented to ghosts looking for a holiday from their usual haunts.

When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandad's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house - and gets the shock and delight of his life when a tiny dragon hatches!

Year 4 Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer Uncle Nat for the last journey of the royal train, The Highland Falcon. But as the train makes its way to Scotland, a priceless brooch goes missing, and things are suddenly a lot more interesting. Can he solve the mystery of the jewel thief and

catch the culprit before they reach the end of the line?

A train that travels through impossible places. A boy trapped in a snow globe. And a girl who’s about to go on the adventure of a lifetime. Join Suzy on this rip-roaring adventure!

Year 5 After finding their art teacher murdered on their tower block estate, Nik and Norva are determined to solve the crime. When the evidence starts to point in a confusing direction however, things seem to take a turn... This is a classic children’s whodunnit which is fast paced, funny and exciting.

At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours.

All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase.

Year 6 Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least once. Once is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied Poland of the Second World War. Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war in Syria. With beautiful, captivating writing, wonderfully authentic ballet detail, and an important message championing the rights of refugees, this is classic storytelling - filled with

warmth, hope and humanity.

Young Adult Five strangers walk into detention. Only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide. Pay close attention and you might solve this mystery perfect for young adults. Voted one of the UK’s best-loved books, Noughts and Crosses is a seminal piece of young adult fiction. In this groundbreaking novel, racial divisions and prejudice threaten to tear apart star-crossed lovers Sephy and Callum. A must read.

Adult Who is the marsh girl? Why does she haunt the beautiful backwaters along the North Carolina coast? Is she a threat to the community, or are they a threat to her? What does she know about the suspected murder of a young man? Delia Owens’s bestselling novel has gained worldwide acclaim. Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. But things are about to change.

Key information (since there is not a separate newsletter this week)

Booking for parents’ evening phone calls School Spider will open up on Monday 28th at 5pm to book a slot for your phone call with your child’s teacher. Booking will close on Wednesday 7th October at 10am. For any parents who are new to School Spider, you will have received a log in. Use this to log in on the school website by clicking on parent login and then entering your details. Once you are in it is straight forward from there.

Home Learning If your child is at home self isolating but not unwell then we expect your child to upload reading and number work to Seesaw each day. From Year 1 to Year 6 you can see what activities are being set for your child. In

preschool and reception you can look in your child’s journal for the slides sent home on monday with the week’s activities and ways to help at home.

Applying online to high school for Y6 parents and reception for preschool parents

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