friday 23rd february 2018 - buttsbury junior school...school meals -week 2 monday 26th february...
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‘Maximum Effort for
Maximum Achievement’
Friday 23rd February 2018
Diary Dates for Next Week School Meals - Week 2
Monday 26th February
Parents’ Evening 3.30pm - 6.30pm Wednesday 28th February
Parents’ Evening 3.30pm - 6.30pm Thursday 1st March
World Book Day
Welcome back to school. I hope that you had a lovely half-term break and enjoyed a slower pace of life for a
few days at least! We have a busy half-term ahead which is literally filled to bursting with events and activities so please keep an eye on your emails and our website to make sure you don’t miss out on important information and of course follow
our Twitter feed to keep up to date with news! Have a lovely weekend!
Thursday 1st March
Toad of Toad Hall’s Sausages or
Cloudy with a Chance of Veggie Meatballs
Served with Willy Wonka Wedges
The Lord of the Spaghetti Rings
Golden Snitch Sweetcorn
Demon Dentist’s Doughnuts
Year 6 Booster Classes Thank you very much for supporting the Year 6 Booster
Classes - we now have 94 children signed up which is a brilliant number! Well done to the children for their commitment to
learning and striving to do their best!
Parents’ Evening Children are encouraged to join you for this term’s
meetings but please be aware that they should stay with you rather than wander on their own. The bell will ring
every ten minutes to help teachers keep to time as this has proved to be very successful in the past. Mrs. Backhouse
(our Inclusion Manager) will be available without appointment during both evenings - she will be based in
her office which is through the double doors at the back of the hall. (It will be signposted). I will also be available, without appointment, to discuss any issues, concerns or
queries that you might have.
World Book Day Just a reminder that children are invited to come to school dressed as a character from a book (not a film please) next
Thursday. During the day, there will be a number of activities which all relate to books. There will also be a special themed
lunch. It sounds like a great day!
PE Shorts Please could we ask that children wear traditionally-styled
PE shorts for PE lessons rather than cycling shorts. An increasing number of children, particularly in Year 6, are
wearing shorts which we consider to be too tight and short to be suitable for a primary school PE lesson. Thank you, in
advance, for your support with this.
Inter-House Bench Ball During the week before half-term, all the children took part in a very exciting Inter-House Bench Ball competition. Bench Ball is often listed as one of the children’s favourite games so you would not be surprised to hear that they thoroughly enjoyed taking part and competing against one another.
Bench Ball is also a very inclusive game so it was wonderful to see so many children participating with great vigour.
It was a closely fought battle, with Lions taking the victory with 106 points, closely followed by Jaguars with 96 points,
Leopards with 94 points and finally Panthers with 86 points.
Well done to all our super players and thank you to Mr Nation and Winger Sports Coaches for organising the
competition.
MAPAC School Uniform Orders The last date for free delivery of orders to school, for
delivery before 25th May is Saturday 12th May. After that, orders will have to be delivered to home addresses and will
be subject to a postage charge.
‘Well Done’ to all the children who were awarded MERIT certificates this week.
Ben Mesnard Freya Clark Amy Norman Robert West Kieran Sterry Scarlett Chambers Ruby Phillips Haolong Fangli Oliver Neathercoat Maci Behn Austin Kelly Kai Smith Harry Dackombe Emma Hughes Toby Lashmar Alfie Woolmer Jenna Phillips Sienna Coffill Daniel Tanner Archie Connolly-Cole Lucas Yeo-Evans Philip Botma Imogen Nichols Chloe Lauder Hannah Pitts Pijus Pranevicius Ellis Browning Sophie Foulkes Rachel Taylor Luke Sullivan Imogen Garrett Harry Fuller
Cross Country News On Thursday 8th February, our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6
girls and boys took part in the cross country competition at Mayflower High School. All the
children worked really hard and despite how cold it was, they didn’t let this stop them. There were some
individual children who demonstrated excellent dedication and effort throughout the races. We are very pleased to announce that overall the teams that are through to the next round are the Year 3 Boys, Year 4 Girls, Year 4 Boys and Year 6 Girls. Also, we have lots of individual runners through to the next
round as well which is fantastic and they are as follows; Lenny Batchelor, William Clements, Leon
Dearlove, Kesia Crees, Amy Norman, Eadie Hatchard, Naomi Clements, Carolina Stevens, Louie Dennison
and Alexa Mann. Therefore, due to some outstanding results for both individuals and teams, this means we
finished 1st overall. A big thank you to Miss Taylor, Mrs Alderman and
Mr Nation for attending the event and supporting all the children and to Mr Nation for his lunchtime
coaching sessions.
This week’s ‘Writers of the Week’ are: Lana Bailey Brogan Poulter Daisy Spencer Kyle Rosenberg Ruby Toll Archie Walker
Faith Bower Isabelle Hoffman Well done to our writing super stars!
This week’s attendance figure is: 97.7%! Yippee!!!!! This year’s attendance target is 97.7%.
A special ‘Well Done’ to Classes 3D, 5S and 5T who all had 100% attendance this week! Congratulations!
This week’s ‘Mathematicians of the Week’ are: Jamie Cooper Philippa Warhurst Mitchell Stimpson
Ethan Lee Lewis Hall Phoebe Thomps0n Mia Alami-Merrouni Emily Hagland Lewie Tear
Well done to our magical mathematicians!
Dance, Dance, Dance! Yesterday morning, 20 Year 3 and 4 children took part in a Dance Festival led by Year 9 students at Mayflower High
School. The children had a fantastic time performing a
dance routine to ‘Timber’. Most of the dance was performed as a whole group, however, the children were given the chance to put their own personal twist to the
routine by adding in some of their own dance moves, including: ‘The Running Man, break dancing, floor slides
and of course ‘The Dab’. It definitely made for very
entertaining watching. As always, the children’s behaviour was exceptional and they thoroughly enjoyed their morning! Well done to all the children who took part and thank you to
Miss Donnelly and the parent helpers who accompanied them.
Out of School Success Well done to Lotty Smith (3Ma) who recently achieved her Level 3 gymnastics badge after lots of hard work and effort! Congratulations to Zach Stevens (6F) who was awarded the
‘Player of the Week’ trophy by his rugby team, Billericay Bees, when they recently played against Westcliff Rugby Club.
Well done to Sophie Rendell (3R) who recently went up a swimming level and is now a Killer Whale! Congratulations to Evangeline Pierce (6A) who recently competed in the final round of the Essex County Swimming Championships. Over the three weekends of competition, Evangeline has won two relay Golds as well as 2 Golds, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronzes, competing as an individual! Well done to Harveer Bawa (6A) who had a fantastic week skiing in France during half-term. He was confident and enthusiastic throughout the week and gained his Silver Badge! Congratulations to Emily Simmons (3R) who took part in the
First Strokes Distance Swim Challenge during half-term and swam 67 lengths - a mile plus three lengths!
Well done to Amy Norman (4T) who won a Silver medal in her first tap solo competition at the Essex All Stars Dance event.
Congratulations to Laura Bailey (5M) who was awarded Distinctions for her recent ISTD Grade 2 Tap and Ballet exams. Well done to Ebony Riches (5C) who had 10 inches of her hair
cut off during half-term which was then donated to the Little Princess Trust charity to make real wigs for sick children.
This week’s winning house: Jaguars
Rainbow Awards Well done to this week’s VIOLET award
winners: Imogen Garrett, Caitlyn De Kok, Oliver Gill, Cerys Marchant, Mia Alami-Merrouni, Harry
Fuller, Amy Norman, Harriet Borg, Anika Gupta, Sam Havis, Dulcie Olufawo, Brogan
Poulter, Jack Alsemgeest, Daisy Farrow, Ben Perry, Mar Torres-Gonzalez, Imogen Nichols, Lukas Tyler, Harrison Harlow, Oliver Park,
Taylor McGinness, Jamie Cooper, Lana Webb, Adam Bubb, George Hampton, Ruby
Walsh, Lila Eve, Sam Bowden, Harry Dackombe, Harry Young, Ana Sutton, Ruby
Toll, Freddy Crooks, Sophie Hill, Joseph Pierce, Oliver Gladman, Louis Burridge, Zachary Liggins, Tiffany Bullen, Henry Gilbert, Edward Dickinson, Charlie Cox,
Olivia Gladwin, Hayden Fitch, Emily Hyatt, Travis Lapsky, Liam Henshaw, Farrah
Keniry, Rosie Dearlove and Hannah Pitts. —————————————————— Well done also to the following children who
received their INDIGO award this week: Archie Cushing, Harrison Dempsie, Lola Johnston, Ollie Alsemgeest, Emma Tribe,
Archie Austin, Gemma Lague, Sophie Sills, Megan Mecham, Fatima Ahmed, Anya
Mistry, Katie Warden, Jack Warren-Gunn, Maci Behn, Harry Weston, Jack Sawyer,
Daisy Judd, Eloise Lock, Isabel Cheesman, Emma Hughes, Mary Alston, Emma
Humphrey, Aimee Storey, Angus Noble, Jasmine Briggs, Lucy Clarke, Tianah
Chapman, Hana Ahmad, Isla Joyce, Torsten Greenan and Benedict Guthrie-Blunkell,
Top Table This week, the children chosen by the Midday
Assistants to sit at the ‘Top Table’ were: Charlie Cox Emma Henry
Ben Perry Ryan Nyirenda Lana Tseayo
Well done for being selected!
This week’s Top Table winners!
Afternoon Tea The children eagerly joined us for this week’s Afternoon Tea and excitedly
made their way to the staff room to enjoy yummy treats such as cakes, chocolate biscuits and squash! They enjoyed tucking into their treats whilst
they listened with equal delight to other children talking about their favourite pieces of work! A wonderful way to end a Thursday afternoon!
Afternoon Tea - Thursday 8th February
Clockwise from top left: Lotty Smith
Zach Stevens Evangeline Pierce
Harveer Bawa Ebony Riches Amy Norman
Emily Simmons
Afternoon Tea - Thursday 22nd February
Year 4 Football Lessons Classes 4H and 4P had a lovely treat yesterday afternoon when they had the chance to take part in the first of a series of football lessons delivered by Mr
Cronin, on behalf of FA Lidl Skills Essex. They had a brilliant time and enjoyed learning new skills and games, participating with great enthusiasm,
Lessons for 4T and 4C will follow in due course!