Year 4 have used Anthony Browne's book 'Into the forest' as inspiration for their art work.
Investigating circuits in Science.
Year 1 investigating different spellings for the same phonemes.
Dates for your Diary 19th February - 23rd February
Mon 19th
INSET DAY - School Closed
Tues 20th
ALL children back to Fox
Wed 21st
Thurs 22nd
Year 4 out @ Museum of childdhood
Florence Nightigale workshop
Premises Governors 8am (Fox)
Fri 23rd
Upcoming dates:
Year 2/3 reading gladiators - Monday 26th Feb
Year 4/5 reading gladiators - Tuesday 27th Feb
Year 6 school journey meeting - Wed 28th Feb 4pm
FSA meeting - Friday 2nd March
Parent Consultations- 8th & 9th March
Parent Mindfulness workshop -Wednesday 14th March 8.40am
Year 5 charity - UNICEF
Year 5 are raising money for UNICEF, which helps children in Africa get a better education. UNICEF has formed a partnership with Clarks allowing us to give any old or unwanted shoes to them. In exchange, Clarks will give money to UNICEF for every tonne they receive. Therefore, we ask you to help by giving us shoes that you don’t want anymore.
Please ensure that:
The shoes are paired with rubber band to make them easier to sort and pack.
They also need to be in relatively good conditions (no holes, no broken souls).
You can give them to your class teacher between 20.02.18 and 05.03.18.
Year 5 will collect the shoes and send them to a Clarks Store, who will donate money to UNICEF (which they make from reusing their parts). Therefore, the more shoes you bring in, the more money we raise.
The Year 5 Team! J
www.commonsensemedia.org can be used to find out about the content and recommended age for films, TV, books, games, apps and websites. www.forestapp.cc/en/ can encourage you and your family to put down their devices and unplug.
We are aware that some children in the school are using the app Musical.ly at home. Below are some useful articles to provide more information about this app and its potential safety risks.
We want all of the children to get designing and create an information poster for E-Safety! This should be to inform others about all/any online safety issues e.g. being kind online, not talking to strangers online, not opening pop-ups. Children can decide whether to design a poster by hand OR to use Purple Mash. This children have been set a ‘to do’ notification on their Purple Mash account. This will come up when they login to Purple mash and will take them to the poster design activity. The designs will be judged by school council and announced in assembly after half term. The winning posters will be displayed inside the school. If doing by hand, please send designs in with your child, remembering to write your full ness and class clearly on the design. All entries must be in by Tuesday 20th February.
Thank you to the parents who attended this morning’s e-safety parent workshop. We hope you found it useful and informative. For those parents who could not make the training, the link to the presentation is below and on our website. There are also some links to useful websites mentioned in today’s session as well.
STEM workshop
Y5 and 6 were treated to a chemistry workshop on Tuesday. First, they learnt about chemical bonds and even acted out chemical reactions. Then, they took part in creating a chemical reaction by combining hydrogen peroxide, a catalyst and soap. We had such an inspiring and fun afternoon. Maria Ocampo-Hafalla even told us that we should all aim to do something we love when we are older and added that, ‘To practise, is to progress.’ Something we have thought about for the rest of the week!
Alternative Book Cover Design Competition for World Book Week
World Book Week starts on the 26th February and we will of course be holding our very popular World Book Week competition for the children to design their own book cover. Children need to draw the front cover, spine and back cover of the book, making sure they include the book name, author, blurb and that they use illustrations that show the main themes from the text. Please be creative and design an ‘alternative’ book cover. They can choose any book they like! The only rule is that every entry should be of A4 size. Entries MUST be given to their child’s class teacher by Tuesday 20th February so they can be judged and the winning entries sent to Waterstones in Notting Hill Gate to be displayed in their window!
Cello lessons - SPACES!
We now have more spaces for beginner cello for children in Year 3 upwards. There is also a space in a pre-grade 1 group if a child already plays the cello.
We will give priority to children who are not already learning an instrument.
Please contact Michelle Foster on michelle.foster@foxprimary.co.uk to register your interest.
Westway Year 5 Boys Football Draw *** Time change
Pitch 1
Tue
20th Feb
4:00
4:12
4:24
4:36
4:48
St Thomas v Oxford Gardens
Barlby v St Mary Abbots
Colville 2 v St Thomas
Fox 1 v Oxford Gardens
Ark Brunel v St Mary Abbots
Pitch 2
4:00
4:12
4:24
4:36
4:48
Bevington v St Charles
Avondale 2 v Bevington
Fox 2 v St Francis
Avondale 2 v St Charles
Colville 1 v NHP
Westway Year 5/6 Handball Draw
Tue
20th Feb
4:00
4:20
4:40
Colville v St Charles
Bevington v Fox
Avondale v Fox
Whole school attendance to date 96.57%
RB
Alexander George
What a fantastic week it has been for Alexander George. His motivation and determination in phonics has paid off, as he is now writing amazing sentences with beautiful formation, full stops and finger spaces. Well done Alexander!
RC
Yaseen
Yaseen bounces into our classroom every day with so much energy and enthusiasm for learning. He always shows wonderful Fox listening and shares ideas and thoughts with his partner and the class throughout the day. It would be very quiet without him in RC! Thank you, Yaseen!
1B
Emma
Emma is extremely diligent in her learning. We have been impressed with her high level of focus, determination and resilience this week. She enjoys learning and working with her friends to solve problems. Emma, you are a star!
1J
Rio
Rio has had a wonderful week! While exploring Cuisenaire in numeracy, Rio came up with some fantastic observations. In literacy, his writing of Jack and the Beanstalk was a delight to read. He used carefully chosen time connectives and vivid adjectives to draw the reader in. What a brilliant week Rio. Keep up the hard work!
2J
Gaia
We were absolutely blown away by Gaia’s work in our Fantastic Mr Fox story writing this week. She carefully listened in each lesson and packed her writing full of ambitious words that she had learnt. She really concentrated during our writing sessions and included so many ‘big, juicy sentences’! Well done Gaia and keep up the excellent learning!
2S
Marco
Marco has been an absolute star in phonics this half term. He is bursting with enthusiasm in every lesson and has been putting so much effort into learning each new way of spelling a sound. We have seen Marco using his phonics in his literacy work too, including remembering his tricky words. Well done Marco!
3B
Y ear3
Wow! What can we say?! Year 3 should feel immensely proud of themselves this week as their effort and commitment to their class assembly has been fantastic. Well done for doing such a good job of clearly and enthusiastically presenting an important issue. They showed amazing team work and we are proud of them all. Well done year 3!
3M
Y ear3
Wow! What can we say?! Year 3 should feel immensely proud of themselves this week as their effort and commitment to their class assembly has been fantastic. Well done for doing such a good job of clearly and enthusiastically presenting an important issue. They showed amazing team work and we are proud of them all. Well done year 3!
4B
Delie
Delie has been impressing us all this week with her dedication in our latest literacy unit. She has tried her hardest in every lesson and today produced a fantastic piece of art work to top it off. Well done Delie!
4H
Oscar
Oscar is a star every week. He is always polite, kind and respectful to his friends and teachers and he always puts in excellent effort with his learning! This week, he has produced some fantastic art work and writing in Literacy! Well done Oscar!
5C
Edouard
Edouard has been working incredibly hard this half term. He is a pleasure to teach and has been extremely focused during all his learning. Edouard also made a very convincing Prince Albert during our trip yesterday. Well done!
5G
Ollie
Ollie has had a fantastic half term in Year 5! He has been working incredibly hard, supporting his peers and generally lighting up the classroom with his enthusiasm for learning. Well done Ollie!
6J
Jakob
Jakob turns up every day with a smile on his face and ready to learn. He is a kind and friendly member of the class, who helps both his peers and the younger children in the school. Well done for setting such an excellent example.
6M
Ian
Ian really embraced the science workshop that Year 6 had this week. He offered excellent and insightful contributions and the scientists were extremely impressed with his well-considered ideas. Well done Ian!
