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Friday 5th November 2021

LEAP NEWS

HSOF AUTUMN TRAIL EVENT

Thank you to the LEAP families who joined us for the Hackney

School of Food’s Autumn Trail. We all celebrated Autumn in

style with magical story characters, sparkling wands, cups of

warm soup and other delicious food and of course lots of

pumpkins. Tickets for the community event sold out completely

…. and we received very nice feedback from those who

attended. The event managed to raise lots of money for the

School of Food which will go towards ensuring that LEAP

children continue to have access to this incredible resource at

no cost to our families. A HUGE thank you to LEAP staff who

gave up an evening to carve the pumpkins, which made the

event so special. With votes counted we can announce that the

winners of the LEAP staff pumpkin carving competition are:

Rod Ally Joanna & Kaltum

(joint winners)

SPANISH PHRASE of the week Necesito una bufanda y guantes…. I need a scarf and gloves….

Kingsmead, Gayhurst and Mandeville Primary Schools working in partnership

LEAP WELCOME LITTLE AMAL Three teams of excited pupils came

together on the first day of half term to

welcome Little Amal to London. Little

Amal is a giant puppet, who has

walked from the Syrian/Turkish

border to raise awareness of the plight

of child refugees. She arrived at St

Paul’s Cathedral tired and nervous.

The children started to chant her name

and encourage her to come forward,

welcoming her to our ciy. She then

danced with them as they sang

Consider Yourself from the

musical Oliver. The children’s

performance did not go unnoticed

and they have been featured in

various news articles including

The Independent and Evening

Standard, as the group of children

who began the chant “Amal! Amal!

Amal!” You can watch their

performance here: Or you can

read more here:

Religious

leaders from all

the main faiths

were ready with

individual messages of Welcome

for Amal. Our LEAP children’s

kindness and compassion has

made us all very proud of them -

they sang their hearts out and the

whole event was incredibly

moving.

UFO E8 ART PROJECT As many of you know already, our three schools have all

participated in an exciting Hackney wide art project ,

funded by the Arts Council and led by public artist Tom

Pearman. A wonderful display of artworks created by

participating schools is now up at the Rio Cinema in

Dalston—and open for the public to see. You can also

look at artworks created on the project website https://

ufo.tompearman.co.uk …...and keep your eyes peeled

for a landing soon to take place at Gayhurst!

SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS Our new School Council have

already started feeding back

in their new roles – as the pupil

voice representatives for their

classes. Some of the early

suggestions that have come

from their classes have been

for children to be able to try

more International dishes at

lunch, such as Sushi and

Chinese/Asian recipes….

these suggestions will be

passed on to the Kingsmead

Kitchen team to see if this can be incorporated into next

terms menus.

Next week the School Council are receiving Road Safety

Training, so they can share information about how to stay

safe when out and about, especially as it gets darker in

the coming winter months, with the children in their

classes….watch this space for more on this topic soon as

Road Safety Week is coming up on Week Commencing

15th November.

This term the School Council have decided they

would also like to focus on becoming EcoWarriors –

promoting actions and choices that help look after the

planet. You can recognise who our school councillors are

as they all now have their new School Council jumpers.

SINGING ASSEMBLIES Every week on Friday morning years 3, 4, 5 & 6 take part

in a Singing Assembly together, led by Ben, our Nursery

Teacher and Music Lead. So far this term children have

learnt Mamma Mia by Abba, So Strong by Labi Siffre

and Livin on a Prayer by Bon Jovi.

They are now learning Mr Blue Sky

by ELO. On Friday afternoons, chil-

dren in Nursery, Reception, Year 1

and Year 2 have their Singing

Assembly, again led by Ben. Songs

they have learnt so far include Hey

You!, and Hands, Feet, Heart, a

call and response song called

Boom Chicka Boom , an English

folksong In a Wood There was a

Tree and they have just started

learning a Senegalese children’s

song Fatou Yo. Ben uses these

assemblies as an opportunity to develop children’s

musical knowledge & vocabulary, introducing them to a

range of writers, musicians and singers from diverse

genres (Classical, Jazz, Folk) from past & present and

from all over the world.

SEASONAL GREETINGS

CARD COMPETITION 2021 Hackney Education are launching another

competition for artwork this year

for Hackney Education’s seasonal

greetings card. All schools in

Hackney are invited to join. All

entries must be either A4

or A5 portrait, and all wording

should be checked for accuracy.

Hackney Education’s Senior

Leadership Team will be

selecting the winning artwork to

appear as this year’s Season’s

Greetings card. Hand you card

in to your teacher. We look forward to seeing your entries

and wish you the best of luck!

Deadline: Wednesday 17th November 2021

WALKING NETBALL GROUP

Parents and carers—don’t forget our

Walking netball group starts up on

Monday 8th November and will run every

Monday from 4:30 until 5:30 at

Mandeville Primary School. This FREE

club is available to women over the age

of 30 of any fitness level and ability.

Walking Netball is a version of netball

that focusses on the teamwork, shooting and passing

aspects of regular netball but played at walking pace.

Kingsmead and Mandeville schools have teamed up with

England Netball to offer this exciting, FREE weekly club

where you can learn the game of netball for the first time or

get back to the sport after a time away.

Please come along, join in and have fun playing netball

with other women from our local community. Wear

comfortable clothes and trainers or sports shoes.

Bring your sister or friend, Aunty or Mum…..A free

creche offering eight places for 2-5 year olds will be

available on a first come, first served basis.

KEY DATES FOR THIS TERM Mon 8th Nov Walking Netball group at Mandeville starts

4.30 - 5.30pm

Thurs 4th Nov Yr 3 Diwali Assembly

Thurs 11th Nov Yr 2 Class Assembly

Thurs 25th Nov Rec Class Assembly

Fri 17th Dec Last day of term - early finish at 1.30pm

KINGSMEAD

NEWS

AUTUMN TERM 2021

1st half of term 02/09/21 — 22/10/21

Half term: 25 - 29 October 2021

2nd half of term

01/11/21 — 17/12/21

INSET DAY:1 Sept

1st half term dinner money £59.20

2nd half term dinner money £56.00

Ouse class (Nur)

Lea class (Rec)

Lagan class (Yr 1)

Tyne class (Yr 2)

Severn class (Yr 3)

Ness class (Yr 4)

Fowey class(Yr 5)

Avon class (Yr 6)

GOLDEN

AWARDS

Daiwik

Neveah

Taliah

Rayyan

Please remember to inform the main office of any changes to your contact details i.e: home number, mobile phone

number, address, or if your child has a medical condition.

Musa

Cormac

Asha

Maryam

Nursery 90 Year 3 118

Reception 84 Year 4 75

Year 1 87 Year 5 73

Year 2 101 Year 6 95

CROWN WINNERS

Some of Kingsmead’s School

Councillors