Royal Russell

Junior School

Bulletin

Spring Term

1853 Comedy Night and Event News I and the committee would like to thank all parents, staff, and their friends who

put their trust in us for our first ever 1853 Comedy Night: And what a night! Courtesy of JokeKlub who had booked four amazing comedians, Great Hall was

transformed into our very own comedy club and the sound of laughter and people having a really great time filled the space for over 4 hours.

I suppose this perspective does depend on if you were lucky enough to be sitting in the front row of tables….. Both headmasters escaped relatively

unscathed as did your chair: phew! This is certain to become a regular on the calendar: so my thanks to all who

assisted make the evening go so smoothly: and for such a great evening’s adult entertainment.

The popularity of this evening for grown-ups, means that we have decided to move the Race Night to the first couple of weeks in the Autumn term (date to be announced)- my apologies to those who may be disappointed, but we then have an event to also appeal to parents whose pupils have recently joined the school.

So the next event we are hosting is the Royal Russell Summer Ball on the 20th June.

This is a black tie event open to all the Royal Russell community of Parents, Governors, Staff, ORs and their friends.

We will be providing great value in a full evening of entertainment in 5* surroundings and raising money for a Sports Pavilion on the new sports complex. We will shortly be putting booking forms on the new web site and will drop you

a line with a link over the next couple of weeks as well as arrangements for booking rooms or transport as you wish.

We expect demand to be high and Governors have got in early and already reserved two tables.

Wishing you and your families a great Easter holidays. See you soon! Nigel Haigh, Chairman.

Tuesday 14th April

Summer Term Begins

Friday 17th April

8.45am - Year 4 Assembly

Year 3 & 4 House Swimming (during games)

Saturday 18th April

Football: Boys U11A Five – Side vs Monks Orchard Collection from School at: 2pm

0930 – 1215 Croydon Performing Arts Festival Guitar Group

1230 Croydon Performing Arts Festival Woodwind and Year 1 Recorder Group

Communication, Language and Literacy

Talk about what we have done over the Easter holidays.

Listen to the stores of Mr Tall and Mr Small.

Continue to play games to develop children’s understanding and

knowledge in phonics.

Looking at and listen to the letters ‘f’ and ‘m’ the sounds they make, without

over pronouncing them.

Revise and revisit previous learnt sounds and apply the sounds

independently in our writing. Phonics games on IWB and carpet area using

clipboards. Continuing to practise the correct letter formation.

What’s happening in Nursery during week beginning 14th April 2015

Additional Focused Activities

General news updates & reminders

Just to reminder you that the beginning of the Summer term starts on

Tuesday 14th April at 8:30am.

Please continue to make observations and send them into school.

Please encourage your child to dress and do their zips and buttons up

independently as this is expected of them in Reception and it is good for

their fine motor skills.

Please label all clothing and bags visibly where your child can identify it

themselves easily.

Please return all items of clothing borrowed from Royal Russell School to enable us to lend it to others who may need it in the future.

Please keep a spare set of clothing including pants and socks in a bag on

your child’s peg.

Have a lovely Easter holiday.

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Taking responsibility for our own belongings. Changing our books and storing our items on pegs and in our drawers.

Mathematics

Games involving number recognition , counting and matching – e.g dominoes.

Ordering and naming items and people according to height .

Using vocabulary of tall and short , big and small.

Understanding The World

Sharing news of how we celebrated any family or religious events over the

Easter holiday.

Looking at seasonal changes around

the school grounds.

Physical Development

Using the stories of the Mr Men as a starting point , ‘walking tall, walking

small’.

Jumping and landing with bended knees.

Improving scissor control with cutting and folding activities.

Using tap a shape to make pictures, handling the hammer and small

pins safely.

Expressive Arts and Design

Cutting out shapes to make pictures of Mr Men.

Painting and drawing activities linked to the Mr Men.

Singing and music with Mrs Mosely.

Dance with Lisa.

Mr Men

Stories

Communication, Language and Literacy

News writing – what have you done over the Easter holidays.

Facts about frogs life cycle and recording each stage.

Write a story about a frog on an adventure.

Continue to play games to develop children’s understanding and

knowledge in phonics.

Revise and revisit previous learnt sounds and apply the sounds

independently in our writing. Phonics games on IWB and carpet area using

clipboards and mini white boards. Continuing to prastice correct letter

formation.

What’s happening in Reception during week beginning 14th April 2015

Additional Focused Activities

General news updates & reminders

Just to reminder you that the beginning of the Summer term starts on

Tuesday 14th April at 8:30am. If your child would like to wear your summer

uniform girls should be wearing the summer dress with white socks and boys

to wear shorts with short grey shorts.

Just a reminder in the holidays to continue with reading. You could go and

visit a library, write a book review which your child could then bring into

school. Continue with maths activities, adding and subtracting and telling

the time.

Please continue to take observations and send them into school.

Please encourage your child to dress and do their buttons up

independently as this is expected of them in Year 1 and it is good for their

fine motor skills.

Have a lovely Easter holiday.

Personal, Social & Emotional Development

Sharing what we have done in the holidays with our friends.

Forest School taking part in child led activities.

Working alongside our buddies to take part in activities.

Mathematics

Introduce money and playing lots of practical games.

Sequencing the life cycle of a frog.

Jumping up and down on the number line to practice addition and

subtraction.

Understanding The World

Life cycle of a frog – link to Literacy.

Pond dipping on site.

Physical Development

Continuing to develop team games and working with one another.

Practicing holding the ball in a ‘w’ shape to shoot in the hoops ,

remember to push the ball up.

Expressive Arts and Design

Write Dance – jumping patterns.

To create ponds using lots of different materials.

To make and create 3D frogs.

EVERYTHING

CHANGES

Well done to the gymnastics team at this week’s London schools competition.

The pupils performed some lovely sports acro routines, building on their performances

from the Surrey schools competition.

Daniel Haydon competed in the tumbling competition and gained 2nd place qualifying

him for the National schools finals later this year,

well done.

Gymnastics The London Schools Competition

Give Golf a Go – Free Junior Lesson A great opportunity for your child to see

How much fun golf can be.

Sign up today to register and should your

Child enjoy the lesson we have a host of

Junior coaching activities available.

Golf ball and equipment are included.

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3) Present your voucher upon arrival at

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A Nine Week course is £80.

Snap Shots Of The

Year 3, 4 & 5

Aquathon

Well done to all the girls who took part in the girls house

football on Monday. York were the

eventual winners winning all 3

matches.

Girls House Football

Well done to the U11A netball team who once again played

brilliantly at the Croydon schools league finals.

They won all their group stage

games and beat Ridgeway in the semi-finals.

They played a great game in the finals showing excellent team work

and determination. They lost to Croydon High 2-4 in a

very exciting match, well done a great way to

end the season.

Croydon schools league finals

Huge congratulations to the U10 Netball team at

St George's Weybridge Tournament. They played brilliantly to

win 2 games and draw another. They lost 2 games however, these

were against the eventual winners and runners up and they stepped up their game holding both teams to a draw

until the dying stages of the matches. Congratulations!

St George's Weybridge Tournament.

We have been learning about castles

and it all came to life for us when

we visited the magnificent

Hever Castle in Kent.

The talk from our guides was very

informative and child-friendly.

Class 1W beat Class 1R to find their

way out of the maze first.

An unplanned highlight of the trip came

at lunchtime when the castle ducks

decided to gate-crash our lunch.

Year 1 were all extremely well-behaved

and full of enthusiasm and were fine

ambassadors for Royal Russell.

A great day out for us all!

Year 1 Trip to Hever Castle

Junior School Blog

http://year6royalrussell.wordpress.com/

In it’s final week the bloggers have written all about the new Sports kit,

Summer term events and Summer clubs, Year 5 exploding volcanoes, Open Day, Meet the Prefects, Year 5 HTML and the

solar eclipse

Junior School Blog

http://year6royalrussell.wordpress.com/

We would like to thank you all for taking

the time to read the blog. Over the last 7

weeks the children have worked hard

and are very close to achieving 1000

views!

Junior School Blog

http://year6royalrussell.wordpress.com/

Next term we would welcome any submissions to the blog by visiting the web address above and writing your

own story. The best stories will be reviewed and submitted for the world to

enjoy

Royal Russell Players next production, the

Wonderful World of Dissocia will be performed

in the PAC 9-11th April at 7.30pm.

Tickets available from www.rrplayers.co.uk

Digital Parenting Magazine

This week your child has been given a free magazine from Vodafone called

Digital Parenting. It has lots of advice, hints and tips about using technology

at home with your children. Some of the stories this month are:

• “No tech at the table”

• “Who owns what you post on social media”

• “How our kids are growing up online”

• “How tech can enhance a child’s learning”

If you would like a digital download of the current magazine then please click

here:

http://www.vodafone.com/content/parents/digital-parenting/magazines.html (You can also access previous editions via this link)

We are once again collecting vouchers for the Sainsbury’s Active Kids programme.

The collection box can be found inside the foyer

outside the Headmasters office.

Thanks for your support.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids 2015

SuperCamps The Uk’s no.1 For childcare during the school holidays

Fantastic holiday activity camps

Royal Russell School Monday – Friday 8am – 6pm

Activities for ages 4-14

Easter * May Half Term * Summer

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Croydon Bikeability Easter Holiday Courses Free, 2015 Free Bikeability Easter Holiday Cycling Course Venue:

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