The Newsletter of Goosewell Academy

Goosewell Road Plymouth PL9 9HD

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Issue 3 29th September 2017 Headteacher : Mr John M Stephens

Dates for your diaries — OCTOBER

Monday 2nd — Non Pupil Day

Wednesday 4th

Cross Country at Eggbuckland CC at 4.00 p.m.

Y1 Phonics workshop for parents in classrooms

5.15p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

PTA AGM in the Foundation Stage classrooms

at 7.00 p.m.

Friday 6th

Year 2 Peep into Pepys Day

Class 6MT Family Assembly at 2.30 p.m.

Monday 9th

Individual photos all day

Tuesday 10th

Family group photos

Wednesday 11th

Year 6 Barbican Visit

Thursday 12th

Cross Country at Coombe Dean School 4.00 p.m.

Friday 13th

Scholastic Book Fair

Class 2K Family Assembly at 2.30pm

PTA Foundation and Key Stage 1 Disco 4.30pm-

5.30pm

PTA Key Stage 2 Disco 5.45pm-7.00pm

Monday 16th

No clubs this week

Year 1&2 Teacher/Child/Parent sharing time

2.00-4.00pm

Scholastic Book Fair

Tuesday 17th

Foundation Stage parents pop in 9.00am-

12.00pm

Year 2 Walk in the Woods

Years 1-6 Teacher/Child/Parent sharing time

3.30-5.30pm

Scholastic Book Fair

Wednesday 18th

Year 3 Mexico Day

Scholastic Book Fair

Years 4&6 Teacher/Child/Parent sharing time

Thursday 19th

End of Term 1

Foundation Stage parents pop in 9.00-12.00pm

Scholastic Book Fair

Cross Country at Staddiscombe from 12.30pm

Years 3&5 Teacher/Child/Parent sharing time

Dear Parents, Carers and Children,

Following on from the our previous newsletter,

I had some great news about another former

pupil. At Coombe Dean’s recent rewards and

celebration evenings for four separate year

groups, Assistant Headteacher, Melissa

Dennis, told of her son’s, Connor, journey

through school and life that has recently seen

him land a fantastic job with the Bank of

America - one of 15 positions for which there

were over 600 applicants. In telling that

story, she praised the Goosewell staff, and in

particular the SENCO, Mrs Hampshire, who

recognised Connor's talent in Maths.

Many of us remember Connor and his sister

Jasmine with fondness and are thrilled with

the success both young people have achieved.

I am grateful to Mr Woodland, Coombe Dean’s

Headteacher, for letting me know this as a

way to acknowledge the staff who sowed the

seeds which overtime, have grown into

success.

As this tale tells, we never give up on a child

at Goosewell and aim to recognise each child’s

talent.

Have a great weekend. John M. Stephens

NHS Flu Vaccinations for Foundation,

Years 1,2,3 and 4

Thank you for returning your child’s NHS flu

vaccination consent forms. Boots will be

administering the vaccines in school on

Thursday 2nd November.

If you need to inform Boots of a change to

your child’s health or have any questions

about the vaccine or the service, please con-

tact Boots directly on: 07384 247470

Pupil Successes Well done to Megan 1NH and Bethany 2C who have both received their purple belts in

Taekwon-Do after only 5 months. Well done too to Sophie 1KW who has received her orange

belt in Doryoku Ryu Karate Justsu. Congratulations to Francesca 1NH who has received her

15 metres Rainbow Distance Award, and to Lyle 4Y who received his Life Saving Award in the

summer holidays. Congratulations too Evie 2BH who has received her Stage 4 Learn to Swim

certificate. Well done, too, to Mazie 1KW who has recently made her Rainbow Guide

Promise. Well done everyone.

Foundation Makeover

The Foundation Stage has begun its transformation. The children are busy enjoying our new

‘Doodle Den’, water play, stage area and mud kitchen.

We have a few people to thank for providing materials and also their precious time. A big

thank you to Michelle Coleman for providing pallets and a day’s painting, to Cathy Jackson for

an amazing mud kitchen, to the Jenkins family for the tractor tyre and to the Gilding family

for the mud kitchen sink. Thank you to Ben Murphy for the enormous, tyres, spools and

pallets. Thank you to Robbie Boalch for the decking, spools, sails and lots of DIY! Thanks to

Peter Taylor, Mrs Hosking’s Dad, for more finishing touches and DIY. A big thank you too to

Mr Daniels for his hovering, instructions and health and safety checks!

We are still looking for bits and bobs to complete our transformation. If you are able to

help us with sourcing any of the following, we would be very, very grateful:

old sieves, cutlery and kitchen utensils

white cotton sheets

bottle crates

spools

artificial grass/astro turf

Cross Country News The first of the Plymouth inter-schools cross country races took place yesterday at Plymbridge. Our

teams ran well with great individual and team performances; the first four in each team count to a

team result. We are delighted that every single child ran with determination and pride, and received

great support from family supporters and their teammates at the end of their 1.2 mile run with over

80 other children.

The Plymbridge race results are as follows:

Years 3 and 4 Girls: 27th Imogen, 35th Poppy,v 38th Isla, 45th Taylor, 51st, Summer, 63rd Isabel

and 64th Isabelle.

The team finished sixth tbc.

Years 3 and 4 Boys: 2nd Rory (silver medalist!), 4th Sammy, 7th Charlie, 9th Frankie, 11th Tom,

21st Edward, 23rd Matthew, 39th Harry, 43rd Will, 48th Alexander, 63rd Sam and 54th Ashdon.

The team finished first.

Year 5 and 6 Girls: 11th Kacie, 12th Grace, 13th Libby, 30th Charlotte, 32nd Daisy, 34th Jess, 35th

Esme, 38th Amber and 39th Fern. The team finished third.

Year 5 and 6 Boys: 9th Dylan, 25th Oliver, 27th Hugo, 39th Ellis, 40th Archie, 42nd William, 50th

Luca, 51st Matthew, 52nd Ben, 56th Thomas, 57th Jack and 58th Brooklyn.

The team finished fourth.

The next races will be at Eggbuckland Community College next

Wednesday.

Go Cycling

On Wednesday, a team of eight cyclists took part in a Go Ride event at

Hele’s School. The children cycled a long lap of a field in a time trial

and were then seeded to compete in a mass race with fifteen other

schools. The children had great fun and sore legs for some! They competed brilliantly and

finished 6th out of 16 teams. Well done to Dylan, Jess, Harry, Sophie, Brooklyn, Sophie, vArchie and

Chloe.

Many thanks to the parents and staff who helped transport all these children to and from these

events. The children would not have been able to take part without

you.

Please may we ask for your cooperation in an important matter. One of our pupils is receiving medical

treatment for cancer which puts them at risk if they are exposed to measles, chicken pox or shingles.

Please let us know immediately if your child is suspected of having measles.

Our pupil is also at risk from chicken pox and would need to be given an injection within three days of

contact. If you child is suspected of having chicken pox, you should let us know. It is also important

that you let us know if there is shingles in your household.

Your child is not at any risk whatsoever from this situation. However, the health and wellbeing of our

pupil who is at risk, does depend on the cooperation of all parents and we hope you can help us.

Thank you for your continued support.

PSA News

Don’t forget to look at the PSA section of the Goosewell Academy website, for information on

clubs, support and activities for families throughout the year. You can find further details by

clicking here PSA

Are you interested in becoming a Military Kid Club representative? You will need to be in Year 5

or Year 6 and from a military background, serving or veterans. If you think you might like to find

out more, please speak to Jo Penk in school.

Golden Book for week ending 8th September 2017 1B Ethan for helping his friends in computing. What a whizz!

1KW Emily for a super start to Year 1 with great sitting, great listening and super learning.

1NH Afia for really impressing her teachers with wonderful writing.

2BH Belle for a fantastic effort in spelling and for thinking of interesting questions about the Great

Fire of London.

2C Saskia for fantastic reasoning in Maths, explaining which number was smaller and why using place

value.

2K Harvey for having amazing ideas and listening carefully in class.

Politeness Award

1NH George for having wonderful manners and being polite to everyone.

Golden Book for 15th September 2017 2BH Harry for a fantastic effort in all of his school work. A super start to Year 2!

2C Dexter for following the class and school rules and trying hard in all learning.

2K Imogen for always keeping to our class promises, especially focussing and concentration.

Politeness Award

2K Maizy for being a great role model for others with good listening, good manners and a helping hand.

Harvest Thank you so much for your generosity in donating items of non-perishable food. These will be given to

the Plymouth Foodbank to help provide meals for families who have hit temporary hardship. Rev. Jen and

Rev. Dave Appleby from Plymstock Church led harvest assemblies and talked to the children about the

importance of sharing what we have with those who do not have enough.

School Photos Perfect Pictures will be here for individual school photographs only on

Monday 9th October 2017. Photographs of Goosewell siblings will be by request

only this year - a letter will follow shortly — and these will take place on Tuesday

10th October. If you wish to have family group photographs of non-Goosewell

siblings, you will need to book a session via the school office on 482960. We will

have six sessions available from 8.15am on each morning. These will be on a first

come, first served basis. Don’t forget to bring your best smiles please!

School Lunches…a hello from School Cook Just a quick reminder for any families that have a child with food allergies or special requirements,

could you please make the school kitchen aware of any changes of information or extra needs that your

child may have via the school office, or by talking to me directly.

Next week we will be doing a special selection of puddings on roast day with some old favourites making

an appearance. Come and enjoy your roast dinner Thursday 5th October 2017 and try the following

puddings

Victoria Sponge Cake

Meringue Nests with Fruit

Chocolate Shortbread.

Hope to see you all on Thursday!

Plymstock Road Runners

We cater for both juniors and seniors at the club, though at present there is a waiting list to join our

juniors section, but it would be great to see a few more adults attending our senior evenings:

Juniors on a Tuesday evening @ Plymstock School 18.15

Seniors on a Monday evening @ 18.15 start / finish Deans Cross Car Park — a free evenings training, any

level welcome.

Thursday evening @ 18.15 in the Church Hall, St Margaret Mary's Catholic Church on Quarry Park Road,

Plymstock PL9 7BB - it's just opposite The Drakes Drum pub, on Radford Park Road

If you are interested in joining this friendly club, contact Stephen Leonard at

www.plymstockroadrunners.co.uk

Do you like to sing? Do you like to have fun with friends?

Are you aged between 4 and 18? Is someone in your family in the Armed Forces or a Veteran? Come and join

The Military Kids Choir

The Military Kids Choir is part of MKC Heroes. We meet on Wednesdays, in Plymouth Guildhall, from 5pm to

6pm, to sing together and have fun as a team. We perform at events all over Plymouth and help charities to raise

money, especially the Royal British Legion. The choir is free to join and parents/carers can drop you off for prac-

tices or can stay for tea or coffee whilst you are having fun. (All staff have DBS Checks)

To find out more, contact MKC Heroes by emailing heather.ogburn@plymouth.gov.uk or call Heather at MKC Heroes on

01752 307445 or 01752 779657