Dear Parents Thank you Y4 for sharing your wonderful assembly with us all last Wednesday. You reminded us all how important it is to take care of our beautiful planet. I hope Y4 have shared their excellent Rap with you and their friends!
We enjoyed an excellent day in London yesterday with our Y6 children visiting the Oceania exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. Our children were a joy to spend time with and we received many compliments from staff at the Royal Academy. The trains and buses did not let us down yesterday and we were able to return in time for the Walton Girls' Primary Christmas concert , where our choir and choral speaking group were performing. Many thanks to all parents and my colleagues for supporting the enjoyable evening and challenging transport arrangements, to ensure we were present at the correct venue with the correct clothing!
Good luck to our swimming team who will be representing ISA Midlands at the Olympic pool in Stratford East, London, tomorrow.
Enjoy the weekend Kinds regards
Calendar & Events
Autumn Term 2018
Term Starts:
Tuesday 4/9/18
Half Term:
22/10/18 - 2/11/18
End of Term:
Friday 14/12/18
Spring Term 2019
Term Starts:
Monday 7/1/19
Half Term:
18/2/19 - 22/2/19
End of Term:
Friday 5/4/19
Summer Term 2019
Term Starts:
Tuesday 23/4/19
May Day:
Monday 6/5/19
Half Term:
27/5/19 - 31/5/19
End of Term: Wednesday 17/7/19
ISSUE: 354 30th November 2018
IMPORTANT PARENT INFORMATION
Cool Cats Uniform Supplier: TGPS website - Please access the Uniform & Equipment heading on the home page there is a direct link to the Cool Cats website.
WEEKLY EVENTS Tuesday 4th December Infant Choir and Senior Band visiting Brick Kiln Place Wednesday 28th November U11 Rugby v St Hughs (home)
Reception, Class 1 and Class 2 Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood Pantomime Friday 7th December Friends of Grantham Prep. Meeting 9am
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Monday 10.12.18 Christmas Dinner, at school
Christingle Service, 6pm
at St Wulframs
Boxes will be in the school entrance hall from Friday 7th December for donations of toys for the King's School Toy Bank appeal. We would also like to collect quality pre-loved warm coats for children or adults and we will donate these to the Food Bank in Grantham.
Infant Production 2018 - Born in a Barn
Rehearsals are well underway for this year's Infant Production. The children are working hard to remember their lines and to learn all the songs. We are all looking forward to entertaining you! Performances will take place on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th December at 2 pm. Tickets will be available for the two afternoon performances on Tuesday 4th December; please see Mrs Howard or Mrs Dawson at the School Office to collect yours! Please could we request that all costumes are brought in to the Infant Classes by this date in readiness for dress rehearsals and practice sessions? As always, your support is greatly appreciated at this busy time of year. We look forward to sharing our talents with you soon.
Mrs Bell
Congratulations to former TGPS student Edward Marshall for passing his Trinity Grade 8 Drums with Distinction. What makes this all the more remarkable is that he is still only 12 years old.
Edward completed his Grade 7 with Distinction at the end of year 6 at TGPS having started in Year 2. He has spent the last year working through the pieces with occasional pointers from Mr Monaghan. In conjunction with his teachers at Oakham he is developing into an exceptional musician and dreams of Wembley await.
On the 3rd of December Kate Rusby will begin her annual Christmas tour, performing fourteen concerts to capacity crowds up and down the country.
Luckily for me she will be augmenting her band with a brass quintet comprising of cornet, flugel, horn, euphonium and tuba. A euphonium is mainly used in brass bands and concert bands (military bands), so I feel very privileged to be part of her wonderful music, and playing at great venues such as The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and The Sage in Gateshead.
Kate’s unique style of folk music is authentic with a contemporary twist, playing Victorian Christmas carols that were banned in the church for being too happy. The Victorians loved singing these tunes so they were performed in the pubs all over Yorkshire. On her travels, Kate has collected many tunes and arranged them, often rescuing them as many were never written down, only passed down the generations. The brass quintet complements the music beautifully, giving the sound a very Christmassy feel, after all, what would Christmas be without a traditional brass band. If you are interested please check out Kate’s website and hopefully I will see you on the road.
The weather was definitely on our side on Monday 26th November when the children in Reception and Pre- School set off on their adventure to Sundown Adventureland. They enjoyed an action packed day from the very start to the finish. Their first experience was with Santa's reindeers who took the children on a magical sleigh ride to the North Pole to see Father Christmas. Of course,as you would expect when they got there all the children promised that they would be good and would continue to be for the rest of the year! They received a present from Father Christmas to open on Christmas Day and not a minute before.
In the afternoon the children visited the other parts of the adventure land which included Robin Hood, Lollipoppet Castle, Shotgun City and the Rocky Mountain train ride to name but a few. They enjoyed their lunch in the Rodeo Drive cafe and had lots of opportunities to explore the whole theme park! There were so many things for the children to choose from that they were spoilt for choice. On the way back home most of the younger children slept soundly on the coach!! Everyone, including the adults thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and the children were extremely well behaved throughout the day. Well done to everyone - what a fun day!
Enid Blyton didn’t get to see this group but they are setting out on a journey this weekend to become the new “ famous five”. Martha, Orla, Cora, Joshua and Jack are off to the National Swimming Championships to represent the Midlands. We have had representatives in the past at these championships but never 5 children at one event. We wish them well and hope they do themselves and our school proud. I have an extra dimension to my own excitement and pride this weekend as I was asked, at very short notice, to take charge of the Midlands team at the Championships which in addition to feeling honoured will give me a ring side seat to watch our intrepid five going for gold.
County Netball Trials
Congratulations to Olivia, Iniya, Leila, Marianna and Annabella who were successful at the recent County Netball Trials. They have all been selected for the development squad and start training with the rest of the County Squad this week for the next eight weeks. Good luck girls.
U10 Netball v Peterborough
The weather conditions were torrential but that didn’t dampen the spirits of two teams of determined netballers. Both teams had good phases of possession but battling against the opposition and wind saw most of the shots off target. Marianna broke the deadlock just before half time. Second half saw more shooting opportunities for both teams but no additions to the score
Grantham Prep 1 – 0 Peterborough
Well battled Marianne, Charlotte, Alisha, Phoebe C, Lilian, Leila, Leah and Evie
U11 Netball v Peterborough
On a rather wet and wild November afternoon the under 11’s played netball against The Peterborough School. Both teams were highly competitive and there was a lot of determination to win the ball by both sides.
The girls played four quarters, initially of eight minutes, however, after being drenched in the first half, we decided to shorten play in the third and fourth quarters. Ironically, the rain ceased by the time the final whistle was blown.
The final score was a 4-3 to us.
Emily was nominated player of the match by Peterborough team.
Well done, I was very impressed with the girls. They remained undeterred by the weather. This was their first seven aside netball game of the season, as we now play hockey predominantly in the Autumn term.
I'm looking forward to a great term of netball after the Christmas break.
Mrs Klimes
Hairstyling tips from Mr Park!
U9 Netball v Ayscoughfee Hall & Peterborough
It was an extremely wet and wild November afternoon but that didn’t stop the excitement in anticipation of the matches that lay ahead. All the girls played their part in an exciting and educational match with some good performances. The team battled against the elements and some sharp shooters finishing the afternoon with one draw and 3 defeats.
Superb effort everyone involved. Watch the footwork next time girls.
Miss Linehan
Highfields Cross Country
Last week 23 children took part in the annual Highfields Cross Country event which is always a good test for our children. It was also a good test for our logistics team who managed to pull off a great effort of coordinating various support vehicles to arrive at Newark in time for the start of all four races. Well done to everyone involved.
The U9 girls team again pulled off a great second place overall with some fabulous results from all 6 runners. The picks of the bunch were Hattie and Pippa again who returned home in a fine third and tenth place respectively. Our boys U9 team also produced some fabulous results but just missed out on a team prize. The U11 girls produced another dazzling 2nd place in the team event as a result of Georgie coming home in 4th, Phoebe 22nd and Martha in 19th position. The U11 boys found it tough going and also failed to register success in the team race. Congratulations to Tom who finished highest place in 22nd
Don't forget Recorders on Thursday lunchtime in Class 6. Bring your recorder and your music.
Band in the morning,
Band in the morning,
Band in the morning.
Whoop, Whoop!!!!!!!!
Mr Giles's top tip …. “Practice the Rhythm Studies regularly to learn “Blocks” of rhythms. Be really accurate and count as you play. This will help you to become great sight readers!”
Moving up to middle school is often exciting and daunting at the same time. Everything is new; classrooms, teachers and schedules.
To give the 6th graders a helping hand in the transition, students in grade 7 wrote friendly letters to the 6th graders to tell them all about their experiences in middle school and shared a few tips with them on how to cope with the academic and social challenges during their first year.
The letters were very much appreciated and many decided to write back to ask more questions.
Sergio Vielman
Teacher
Colegio Internacional SEK Paraguay ASUNCIÓN – PARAGUAY
PYP 6 Exhibition
Last night was the culmination of six weeks of hard work for our PYP 6's. For the first time this year, the focus was on showing the action component of the Exhibition. Too often the students talk about what they are going to do, however this time they showed what they had already done. It was inspiring to witness how many different ways they have become involved in creating real change. They spoke with confidence, knowledge and a definite belief in using their passions to make a local and global difference.
If you are selecting your child's lunches on a weekly basis, it must be done by midnight Thursday of the previous week. Once you have made your choices, unfortunately, you are unable to change them. However, if your child would like to change a meal, please email the school office (contact.grantham@iesmail.com) with the date and meal choice that you would like changing and we will make the changes for you.
The Wise pay booking system for hot lunches is available through the TGPS website.
Thank you.
School Bus Collection Points & Times
Bookings for this week:
Please contact the school office to book a place for your child.
8.10am Normanton on Cliffe
8.20am Ancaster
8.25am Wilsford
On Fridays the bus will run 15 minutes earlier to ensure pupils arrive in time for the *Music Machine" School Band rehearsal.
Access to the School Building after 4.30pm
As you are all aware there is now a gate which has a key code access to the Creche in the evening. If you do not have the code, please call 01476 593293 and your call will be answered by Creche.
