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Number: 20  | 8 March 2021
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Dear Tallis family
We launch into a very exciting week as we finally bring our community together again. What a long time it has been! Please continue to look at the website so that you can keep up-to-date with all of our organisation.  
 
Despite the frequent national panics, we will never talk about ‘catch-up’ or ‘recovery’ at Tallis. We will work with all of our children to make sure that when they leave us they are ready for adult life. We educate so that they may understand the world and change it for the better, pandemic or no pandemic.
 
On we go!
 
Yours,
Carolyn Roberts, Head
Don't forget to read the latest blog post in Mrs Roberts writes, a regular column about school life.
This half term's Tallis Habits focus is disciplined. The return to school will give us an opportunity to really focus on the discipline of crafting and improving, reflecting critically and developing new techniques for understanding the world so that we can change it for the better. Thank you for everything you are doing at home to support our work. 
Food Newsletter
This weeks newsletter has a great flatbread recipe, tips for taking photos of food and how to make the ultimate mac & cheese -Enjoy!

Students and staff  keep sending me pictures of food products you have been making during lockdown. Pictures will be posted on @tallisfood and if you don't want me to include your name I won't.

Carlene King, Design & Technology
MAL News
Please click the links below to read more...
Speakers for Schools will continue to run our live broadcasts this year for young people learning online, at school and at home. Here are some of next week’s schedule LIVE BROADCASTS SCHEDULE. Next week is National Careers Week and there are a variety of speakers talking about their experiences in medicine, media and banking etc:
Below are some excellent opportunities for an introduction to the wider world of Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Students from year 7 to 12 can apply for the age-appropriate courses:
The Oxplore Book Club has now launched! 
Are you aged 11-14? Do you dig dystopian drama, spine-tingling short stories, and classic Young Adult fiction? Join the Oxplore Book Club -- it’s been created especially for you! Click here for more details.

Erica Lymer, Lead Teacher for More Able Learners
Word of the Week - Renaissance
Our next Word of the Week is Renaissance, a word with both French and Latin roots. We thought it was a fitting word for next week, as it literally means ‘re-birth.’ Try and use this word in your lessons and outside of school. Remember that you can get positive points for using vocabulary well in your subject areas.  
Kids read more when we Turn On The Subtitles
Turn On The Subtitles is a national campaign to help parents to double the chance of their children becoming good readers through encouraging them to turn on the subtitles on TV and other videos they might be watching. Here is Stephen Fry to explain the benefits of turning on the subtitles in more detail: www.turnonthesubtitles.org/parents.

Based on an academic study of 2,350 children, 34% became good readers with schooling alone. But when exposed to 30 minutes a week of subtitled film songs, that proportion more than doubled to 70% - a copy of the study can be found here. There are lots of studies about the benefits of subtitles. This is just one. 

Go to turnonthesubtitles.org/research to find out more.
Spring Reading Challenge
Well done to those of you who have been completing the reading challenge during school closure. You can send your completed grids to Ms. Church on echurch@thomastallis.org.uk – you have until the Easter holidays to finish them!

Elizabeth Church, English
World Book Day 2021
A huge well done to everyone who got involved in our virtual World Book Day celebrations!

Tallis Reads
Thank you to Mr. Malik, Ms. Walsh, Ms. Rawlings, Mr. Williams and Mr. Brunoir who read their favourite stories every morning of last week. You can listen back to the recordings here, as long as you are logged into your Tallis email account:
Monday (Mr. Malik): https://tinyurl.com/TallisReads0103
Tuesday (Ms. Walsh): https://tinyurl.com/TallisReads0203
Wednesday (Ms. Rawlings): https://tinyurl.com/TallisReads0303
Thursday (Mr. Williams): https://tinyurl.com/TallisReads0403
Friday (Mr. Brunoir): https://tinyurl.com/TallisReads0503

Our next Tallis Reads will be on Tuesday 16 March during AM tutor. We will also share the link afterwards.
 
Kahoot Quizzes
Well done to everyone who got involved in our Kahoot Book Quizzes. Prizes for the winners will be handed out next week when the students are back in school:

Year 7
  • Harry Malpass-Arthurs 7RA
  • Eva Zamboni 7HB
  • Ella Rush 7FA
  • Ryan Kingswell 7KB
  • Isabel Penny 7HB
  • Jayme Tesseyman 7HA
  • Nikita Grobler 7HB
  • Caitlyn Wright 7KB
  • Lily Bogan 7HA
  • Kikelomo Adewunmi 7KA
 
Year 8
  • Bruno Garreta Cabrera 8HA
  • Mateusz Bazan 8KB
  • Alexander Page 8FB
  • Stella Hider Light 8FB
  • Liam Taylor 8HA
  • Scarlet Friars 8HB
  • Oscar Smith 8OA
Dressing Up
Well done to the following students who dressed up for World Book Day! Prizes will be handed out when the students are back in school.
  • Ryan Kingswell 7KB - Wolf from Wolf Brother
  • Violet Morgan 7RB – Katsuki Bakugou from My Hero Academia
  • Asaph Bohlinger 7HB – Harry Potter
  • Skye Jones 7HB – Tom Gates
  • Lewis Roe 7KB – Monster from Lord of the Rings
  • Damien Gange 7HB – Slappy from Goosebumps
  • Darwyn Cox 7OA – Spiderman
  • Jayme Tesseyman 7HA – Ellie from The Castle of Tangled Magic
  • Samuel Vivian 7KA – Luke Skywalker
Kwame Alexander Virtual Author Visit
We were so happy to welcome best-selling young adult author Kwame Alexander for a virtual visit to our school on World Book Day! Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books. Kwame answered many questions from students and spoke about his books, his journey as an author and his inspirations. You can find out more about Kwame and his work here: https://kwamealexander.com/
RBG World Book Day Competition
We are excited to announce a borough-wide competition being launched for World Book Day. Key Stage 3 and 4 students from Greenwich Borough schools are invited to produce a creative response to their favourite book. There are lots of possible options to choose from, whether you want to write, draw, create or even bake. The winner will receive prizes for themselves and their school. The deadline is Friday 26 March. It would be fantastic if the winner could come from Tallis! Please see the flyer attached for more information and how to apply.

Elizabeth Church, English
Gayle Viegas & Charles Harvey, Library
The Reading Zone (www.thereadingzone.com) is running a competition for pupils aged 4-18 years.

There are three age groups:
Young Creators (4-7 years)
Primary Category (7-11)
Secondary (11-18 years)

The winner from each category will receive £100 of book for their school library, plus a free online author event.

The competition is running from January until Friday 23 April and the competition will be judged by children’s author Mini Grey of The Last Wolf and Traction Man.

Specifics:
  • Picture books entered for the award can be made by individuals, groups or whole classes and any medica can be used.
  • Each picture book can be up to 24 A4 pages in length, including the cover (they can be shorter).
  • Books should be in portrait style (upright) rather than landscape.
  • Entries must arrived by Friday 23 April 2021. Each entry must have a completed Entry Form attached, which you can download at the link below. ReadingZone will send feedback a certificate to those taking part.
Download your entry form and see more information here.

Picture Book Competition Guidelines
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