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Nelson Primary News Term 3 Issue 11

Friday 1st July 2016

Nurturing One Another, Discovering Together, Inspiring All

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Learning in Year R This week we have been taking part in ‘active week’. This began by Reception taking part in a sports morning, where they participated in a range of activities with Year 1. All of this week, we have been promoting healthy living by ensuring teeth are clean. Children have responded really well to this and have been taking ownership by cleaning their teeth after lunch. We have continued with Balance-ability, with Dolphin class having completed the course and doing brilliantly! Last week, our teddies were sadly stolen by a band of pirates and we hatched a plan to rescue them by having a Pirate Day and dressing up. Reception have done fantastically completing the many tasks set by the pirates and we are happy to announce that our teddies have now been returned!

Learning in Year 2 Why do we like to be beside the seaside? This is Year 2’s big question for their new Nelson Learning Challenge topic. The children have been investigating the human and physical features of the coast and thinking about why the seaside is such a popular holiday destination. The children have also been exploring the different jobs that are found at the beach and using this information to compare the positive and negative impacts of tourism. This is all in preparation for their school trip in a couple of weeks to Littlehampton Look and Sea Centre. They will be seaside experts by then! In other learning the children have been looking at time and becoming more confident with time intervals, having solved problems on how long different activities can take. Finally, Year 2 put their creativity in action as they wrote their own section of ‘James and the Giant Peach’. The children thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and describing the different characters in the story. The children were able to use the different sentence structures they have discussed this week to write an exciting narrative about James and his friends.

Important dates:

Industrial Action, SCHOOL CLOSED, Tuesday 5th July

NEW DATE Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6 Sports Morning, Friday 8th July at 9.15am

‘Class Move Up’ morning Thursday 7th July

Golden Grill Tournament, Thursday 7th July

End of Year Reports sent home, Friday 8th July

Year 6 Production, Tuesday 12th July at 1.45pm and Thursday 14th July at 7.00pm

Year 6 Tea Party for parents, Mon-day 18th July at 1.45pm

Year 6 Leavers Disco, Monday 18th July, 6.30pm-9.00pm

Summer Term Ends, Tuesday 19th July at 1.30pm

Music Events

Strawberry Tea Concert for parents of Choir, Recorder Club, Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 Instrumental Clubs, Guitar Group, Violin Group and Brass Group, Wednesday 6th July 2.00pm-3.00pm

Year 3 Concert to parents, Tuesday 12th July 9.10am-10.00am

Learning in Year 4 Last week Year 4 began learning how to write a discussion text. Following on from the themes in Fly! Eagle, Fly! the children considered whether or not it is alright from animals to be kept in captivity and zoos in particular. They researched reasons for and against, as well as sharing their own thoughts and opinions on the issue. In our classes we looked at the structure of a discussion text and how to use topic sentences to start paragraphs. On Wednesday the children in 4P independently started a discussion about the E.U. referendum and I was impressed with their knowledge and understanding. It is brilliant that Nelson has so many students who are interested in what is happening in the world and lots of children wished that they were able to vote too.

Following last week’s results the children have applied their knowledge of discussion texts to write a piece about the pros and cons of being a member of the European Union. We have gathered key information from both the leave and remain campaigns by watching Newsround reports and reading transcripts of reports by Newsbeat. Children will then present their work, have the chance to share their thoughts and discuss what our lives could be like now that the U.K. has left the E.U.

Learning in Year 6 Year 6 have taken part in a fun-filled week of activities. On Monday, we went to Kidzania where the children became adults for the day. They had the opportunity to taste what working life may be like. On Tuesday, we went to the beautiful village

Attendance & Success High attendance: more successful children. We set high standards for attendance and punctuali-

ty. Our target for attendance is 97%+. Good attendance is strongly linked to pupil achievement.

What time should my child be in class by each day? The bell is rung at 8.45 in the morning to allow children to start coming in to school as part of our ‘soft start’ in to school in the morning. Children in Year 3, 4 5 and 6 need to be in class for registration by 8.55am. Arriving after 8.55am means a child is late. For children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 registra-tion closes at 9.00am. Arriving after 9.00am means a child is late.

* This is defined as the total number of minutes lateness of children within the class Whole School Attendance for this week is 95.4% Whole School Attendance to date for the whole school is 95.7%

Attendance Punctuality*

Minutes of lateness = lost learning

Attendance Punctuality*

Minutes of lateness

= lost learning

Dolphin 92.3% 53 3B 88.4% 0

Starfish 92.9% 25 3J 96.4% 98

Turtle 91.4% 6 3N 97.1% 56

1FH 94.1% 97 4F 98.8% 88

1D 94.3% 0 4P 98.1% 46

1W 98.2% 17 5La 98.1% 41

2B 94.9% 0 5Le 95% 32

2C 96.4% 42 6M 97.3% 0

2H 95.8% 21 6W 98.1% 105

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of West Wycombe where we climbed St Lawrence's church spire which is 24metres high. We also visited the Hellfire caves which lie 300 feet under the church and extend for a quarter of a mile from the cave's entrance. On Wednesday and Thursday the children had the time of their lives kayaking and raft building! Teepees kept us dry (ish) and the fire kept us warm. The children are now looking forward to their next trip when we take on the tree top challenge at Go Ape on Friday.

Dramatic Edge Dance Festival On Tuesday children from Year 3 and 4 took to the stage at Twickenham Academy and performed their piece ‘Carnival Kids’ inspired by the upcoming Rio Olympics. Their performance was vibrant and filled with energy as they got the audience up and dancing! The dance group received an award for performing the ‘Most beautiful and energetic dance’ award which was well deserved after all the effort the children have put into practicing for the festival. A massive well done goes to Caitlin, Lily, Lottie, Micah, Zac, Imran, Alina, Sienna, Maria, Kayla, Beryl, Megan, Sam, Lily and Yasmin for representing Nelson. Another well done goes to Ria and Eliza, unfortunately the girls were unwell on the day but they have both been stars throughout our practice sessions! Finally a big thank you to all the parents that came to support us and dance! It has been a real pleasure working with the children and they should be proud for their commitment and drive. You can view a recording of the performance from our website Twitter feed. Miss Doyle

Year 2 Cluster Festival Ten children from Year 2 took part in the Cluster Festival on Monday at Twickenham Academy and they were sporting superstars! The children had to complete a number of activities including hurdles and dribbling footballs as well as tackling other

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obstacles. Nelson cheered on one another keeping up their spirits throughout the activities, coming in second place overall for the afternoon! A huge well done goes to George, Theo, Zain, Liam,

Caleb, Ashpreet, Sadie, Ellie, Demi and Emma for

representing Nelson at the event.

The Olympics are coming …... Next Monday Nelson has a special visitor coming in the afternoon. Jessica Walker has been successful in securing a place on Great Britain’s women’s canoe team for the Rio Olympics this summer; this will be Jessica’s third Olympic Games! Jessica will be coming in to talk to Year 1, 2 and 3 about the upcoming Olympic Games and will be answering questions that the children may have about the games and other events she has competed in as well as finding out what it takes to be a dedicated athlete.

Music News

Congratulations to Maya (3J) and Olivia (3N) who took part in the first ever Richmond Prom on Friday 24th June. They played cornet and pocket trumpet respectively in the Richmond Junior Brass Band. Over 600 young musicians from the borough participated representing schools, ensembles, bands and orchestras. Four pieces were played en masse. A wonderful evening was had by all.

Strawberry Tea Music Concert We are looking forward to welcoming parents who have children in Choir, Recorder Club, Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 Instrumental Clubs, Guitar Group, Violin Group and Brass Group to our Strawberry Tea Music Concert on Wednesday 6th July 2.00pm-3.00pm. Jan Lall (mother of Maya in Year 3) will be

in the school playground on Wednesday morning from 8.45am to collect any cakes being kindly donated for this event.

Our Values Happiness In July we are focusing on understanding the importance of Happiness.

Happiness is being happy with yourself

Happiness is having a positive attitude Happiness is being cheerful and willing to help

others Read more about values-based education,

http://valuesbasededucation.com

New Nelson Breakfast Club Following positive parental feedback in the annual questionnaire regarding a Nelson breakfast club, we are pleased to announce that in September 2016 we will be launching a Breakfast Club at Nelson. It will provide breakfast and care for Nelson children from Reception to Year 6 from 7.45am to school start time each day. It will provide safe and creative play and care for children before the school day begins. It will be open on all school days and will be located in the school gym. We are now accepting applications, which will be dealt with on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Further details are available from the school office and on our website.

Nelson Nursery As parents know, we will be opening our new Nursery in September. Children born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013 will be eligible to start at the nursery in September 2016. We still have a few places available, and so if you know someone who might be interested, please contact the school office for more details.

The school car park Sadly we have had a number of issues with parents bringing their cars into the school car park and driving in a dangerous manner, putting the safety of children at risk. In the past we have said that parents can use the car park only after 4pm, but regrettably we are now going to have to

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implement a policy where parents may not bring their cars into the school car park at any time – neither to park, nor to drop children off. We have to implement this policy in the interests of child safety. Please ensure that you comply with this, and that you do not risk the safety of Nelson children.

Letters & parent emails sent this week Notice of strike action on 5 July

Community News Summer holiday activities at Orleans House Gallery - Monday 1 August to Sunday 4 September Join us throughout August for a series of workshops for all ages including early years drama workshops and an exciting new family programme! This year we will be inspired by nature, landscape and summer running full day and short workshops for ages 4 to 9+, and a special 3 day workshop for 11 to 15s.

Each workshop is delivered by a professional artist, specialising in a range of different techniques from drawing, painting and print-making to sculpture and textiles.

For more information go to www.richmond.gov.uk//holiday_activities

D-instinct Skate Club D-instinct skate club are offering a unique opportunity for pupils (and adults) to learn not only roller skating, but dance moves whilst skating! It’s a great workout in a fun environment, with a team of kind instructors ready to help. Beginner to experienced skaters are all welcome. Places are limited, so please contact Paul. Tel 07437 923369 or email [email protected]

Tweet Tweet Exhibition - Exhibition for children made by children Orleans House Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Tweet Tweet, a free exhibition made by children for children. Over 400 families and 1900 children in 30 schools across Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow have contributed.

Student Arden Eveleigh-Evans from Waldegrave

School won the ‘Design a bird’ competition (which had over 1000 entries) with her Music Macaw design. Arden and other students worked with artist Michelle Reader to transform her artwork in to a sculpture to be displayed along other commended entries.

Exhibition open: Friday 17 June - Sunday 7 August.

www.richmond.gov.uk/arts

The ‘Pressure Cooker’ Effect: 5-week programme, June 2016 This course, adapted from the Modern Stress Management Program, has been designed with parents and carers in mind, to help address challenges experienced in every day family life. It will introduce simple, practical, tools for life to use straight away. Group: Small group of 10 participants Frequency: 5 weekly sessions of 1h30min Time: Fridays 9.45am – 11.15am Dates: Fri 10, 17, 24 June; 1, 8 July Fees: £75 Venue: YMCA Hawker Lower Ham Rd KT2 5BH To book your place, contact the workshop facilitator: Mathilde Barbier, 07947 319 362, [email protected]

Live On: A new dance commission commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the Somme Friday 1 July 1pm & 6pm: Free event. On 1 July Richmond Riverside will be transported back to 1916 as characters, based on local women contributing to the war effort, face devastating news from the front line.

Performed on the riverside, this promenade dance piece marks the 100th year anniversary of the start of the battle of the Somme – and the devastating impact left by the loss of the men who fought & died during the battle.

For more information go to www.richmond.gov.uk/ww1 or call: 020 8831 6000

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PTA News Summer Fair Thank you to everyone who attended our PTA summer fair last Saturday. It was wonderful to see such a great turnout of families! A huge thank you to everyone who helped us put on the event from the PTA summer fair planning and purchasing team; the adult and children volunteers who worked tirelessly be-fore, during and after the fair; all the families who donated supplies for our stalls and to all of the local and national businesses who very generously donated goods, services and money for our raffle or sponsor some of the fair experiences. We really hope everyone enjoyed coming.

We’re waiting for final expenses and sponsorship funds to be sorted, but it’s now clear that the Summer Fair raised over £4000 for the outdoor spaces at the school!

Raffle prize winners The winners of our Summer Fair Grand Prize Raffle 2016 are listed over the page.

After School Playground Sales Between now and the end of term we will have some playground sales for those who couldn't come to the fair last week- these will include a mini adopt a teddy - 50p - everyone a winner (because a few ted-dies still need a new home!), new pocket money toys (all £1 or less- bubble wands, stretchy snakes and lots more), and sweets for 50p/bag. We’ll advertise in the playground to let you know when these will be - it depends on the weather!

PTA Meeting and AGM – Monday 11 July The next PTA meeting with be Monday 11 July in the school staff room. This will be a short meeting, fol-lowed by an even shorter Annual General Meeting. All parents are welcome to attend! We will be electing officers and committee members for next year. If you would be interested in becoming a com-mittee member, please contact Meg Wiggins, PTA chairman, on [email protected] Please con-sider joining the committee – it’s a great way to get involved and help the school!

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Name of Company Prize winner ticket num-

ber Matthew Swing and Partners Chessington Annual Family Pass Steve Gigg 06095

Samsung Galaxy Tab A Tablet (9 inch) Vihangi S'koon 04156

Anoc 7 Android Tablet Tracey Boncey 10061

0800handyman £50 toolbox Naomi Epps 07524

Oliver and Daughters Family photo session Lina Elghamaz 09284

Oliver and Daughters Children's Christmas Portrait Session Andy Lloyd 00104

Panini/ Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who Book Bundle Becca 03334

Syon House Park and Gardens entry tickets T. Keenan 01783

Kerswell Kids Breakfast Club and Sessional Nursery -

Kerswell Kids £50 voucher Josh Berry 10188

Frizz Kids One day summer holiday club voucher Sara Jenkins 00573

Brentford FC Family Ticket to a match Alina Calendar 07802

NPL - MSF time controlled clock Carol Ashton 11712

Cineworld two tickets Luciano 00800

Rose Theatre theatre tickets Mrs Spagnoli 10448

Hounslow Urban Farm family pass Vokes 03094

Tesco Bracknell Canon Pixma Printer R. Vara 04567

Coach and Horses Isleworth - £65 voucher Suha Read 10503

Try Us Dry Cleaners Hounslow £15 Dry cleaning voucher Loretta Lau 09596

Whitton Pet Centre Snug 'L' blanket - suitable for Cat, Dog

or Human! Miss Johnson 10500

L Guess Ceramic Ring holder Carl Coley 04184

School Days and Just Dancing £25 Voucher Tara Drake

(collected at fair)

R Jones Whitton Hotpoint Kettle Joseph & Samu-

el Burke 10902

Pano Hair Design Voucher for £35 Giulio Palmer 11352

Colourbar Free Cut, Wash and Blow Dry Steve Bass 11792

Papa's Pizza and Chicken Shop Hounslow

Papa's Pizza Special Meals worth £11.99 each

S. Butler 05221



Dan Michelson 00298



William Reyn-olds Jones 00446

LSA LSA Glass lantern Andrew Harvey 06607

Chocimpress.com 10 ChocImpress chocolate bars Dagmara Wola-

nin 02912

Amida Spa 2 x day passes Bryn Horton 11687

Spectrum family pass Paul Glassett 00247

Sony Music 10 Chart CDs Roma 09818

Port Bottle of Port James Goodman 03329

Starbucks Starbuck gift pack Susan Lee 08161

Kew Gardens Kew Gardens - 2 entry tickets D. Barrow 11972

Richmond Theatre Richmond Theatre Emma

Cazemage 01643

Raffle Prize Winners

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