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The Newsletter of The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School Issue No.79
To The Parents
House Spelling
Music Week
Having a Ball
The JSA Ball last Saturday proved to be
huge success and a very enjoyable
evening.
Portsmouth
Cathedral
provided a stunning venue for the
Junior School’s social event of the year
with around 130 parents and staff
attending. The cathedral looked
resplendent and guests enjoyed a
fabulous dinner. The auction, which
included lots of signed, farmed photo
of Sir Steve Redgrave and an exotic
holiday in Thailand, raised £1800 for
JSA funds, and I thoroughly enjoyed my
first bash at being an auctioneer, ably
supported by Mr Ashcroft (and his
waistcoat!).
The cathedral then echoed to the
sound of a live band and DJ as guests
hit the dance floor. Carriages arrived at
1130 and the general consensus was
what a great evening it had been.
Thanks to the JSA for organising such a
fabulous event and especially to Mrs
Giordano for all her hard work and
meticulous planning.
PS Hopkinson
Headmaster
Rory’s Story of the Week
While Rory awaits more new stories
from the children he would to
encourage as many families as possible
to take part in this Sunday’s Beach
Clean. The Beach Cleans are great fun
and also help the children to learn
about the importance of looking after
our environment. Children in Years 3 –
6 who take part can also count this
towards their House badge.
Next week is our annual celebration of
all things musical in the Junior School
and there are lots of events you are
invited to attend. On Monday we have
our Strawberries and Cream concert in
the DRT at 1600. On Thursday we are
at Portsmouth Cathedral for the Junior
School Music Celebration Assembly,
starting at 0910 and we round the
week off with the Junior School Music
Week Concert next Friday from 1600
in the DRT. I do hope that you are able
to support these events as I guarantee
will suitably impressed and entertained
by the children.
Music is such an important part of the
Junior School and I am always filled
with great pride when I hear our young
musicians play and sing. One of the
highlights of every one of my weeks is
singing along with the children in
assemblies, and witnessing the
progression from Reception to Year Six.
10th May 2013
Rory is looking forward to receiving
more stories from the children next
week.
Join the Beach Cleaners
This week we held the final of the House
Spelling Competition. This hotly fought
contest saw every child take part in the
preliminary rounds last week, before the
best two from each Year Group in each
House made it into the finals. The
standard was extremely high as the Year
Three finalists began their battle, spelling
tricky words such as shelves and plough.
In the end, a draw between Elsa Hares of
Nicol and Christopher Yang of Hudson
was a fair result. In Year Four the finalists
spelt such words as tomatoes and
cylinder before a few tricky spellings
knocked out all but two contestants.
Eventually, Avi Sengupta of Jerrard was
crowned the winner. In Year Five another
draw was on the cards, this time
between Ewan Fleming of Privett and
Hudson’s Alex Ellison. There was nothing
between them as they attempted
spelling words like symphony and
aquarium. They were both deserved
winners. Lastly the Year Six competition
began, and it was a challenge to think of
words that these children may not be
able to spell. Tricky words with silent
letters caught a few children out and
soon Tori Toh of Jerrard was found to be
the winner.
During the event, a series of challenges
were set for each Year Group, which also
kept their concentration focused on
spellings. Whether recognising spelling
errors,
using
homophones
or
unscrambling
anagrams
everyone
enjoyed the event and supported their
House superbly.
Walk along a UK beach and, on average,
you’ll find 2000 pieces of litter per
kilometre. Beach litter is now a problem
on a global scale and has major impact
on wildlife.
It’s amazing what you find on the beach
We will be meeting at 10.00am on
Sunday 12th May at the public car park
on the beach between Gunner Point
and the Ferry on Hayling Island. The pick
will begin at 10.00am after we have had
a health and safety briefing; clear
instructions will also be given on exactly
how the ‘pick’ is to be carried out. The
event will be finished by 11.00 and
pupils can be picked up from the car
park where they were dropped off.
Parents are welcome to join in/or drop
off their children.
Nursery News
Pieces of Cake
Fire Drill
Year Four have been
writing
explanation
texts.
We
have
thought about what
they contain and have
been very careful to
put in why and how an
activity is done. We were asked to write
and explain what happens during a ‘Fire
Drill’. Here is an example of our
explanations:
What happens during a Fire Drill
The Nursery would like to introduce you
to Handa, you may recognise her from
the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’. We are
entering her in the Scarecrow
competition being held at the Hampton
Court Palace Flower Show this year. The
theme for the competition is ‘World
Costume’ so we thought that Handa’s
Surprise would be a lovely story to
represent this. The children have helped
making her every step of the way from
sticking on lots of papier maché to
painting her. Fingers crossed that our
scarecrow will be chosen to be on display
at the show.
Reception in Bloom
This week in Year One we made Pirate
Rock Cakes as part of our English
lesson. It was really exciting because
we also went over to the main kitchen
to get them to cook them for us.
Before we went there we needed to
follow the instructions from the recipe
very carefully and we enjoyed
weighing out the ingredients and
mixing them together. We looked
carefully at the ingredients and made
sure we followed each step.
1. The fire bell rings to warn you that
there may be a fire.
2. Line up quietly by the door. You
line up quietly because there may
be instructions spoken.
3. You line up to reduce the risk of
somebody getting hurt.
4. The last person to leave the room
must close the door to stop the fire
from spreading.
5. Then you line up outside so that
the teacher can check that
everybody has got out of the
classroom.
6. When the fire alarm stops, Mr
Ashcroft will say if it is safe to go
back in. You should only go in
when he says because he has
checked.
7. Walk sensibly back to the
classroom and carry on with your
work.
By Avi 4P
Dangerous Plants!
During the recent beautiful weather the
children have been searching for signs of
spring around school. Having walked
around the school site and seen the trees
in blossom, they have used paint and
tissue paper to carefully create their own
blossom trees. These will all be
displayed together to brighten the school
corridors.
Afterwards we had to remember what
we had done just in case we wanted
to make them at home. We ate our
rock cakes for our snack and we even
found weevils in them! They were just This week the children in Year Two have
like the ones pirates had to eat with been very excitedly observing and
recording the growth of their sunflowers
their stale, dry crackers.
and grass in their classroom gardens. The
Contrasting Locations
highlight of the week was a visit by Matt
In Geography we have been learning Soper from Hampshire Exotic Plants. The
about India and comparing Portsmouth children learned how clever these
with Bangladesh. We have paid special carnivorous plants are, particularly the
attention to the difference in lifestyle Venus Fly Trap which can move and
between rich and poor people in both count! Jesal and Sam from 2Y touched
cities. It has made me appreciate what I two of the three trigger hairs on the plant
have.
within five seconds and the leaves closed
By Noah 3G
suddenly, trapping their fingers!
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HEADMASTER’S AWARDS
The following Headmaster’s Awards
were awarded:
Joseph Russell, Joseph Hopkinson,
Charlie Walker, Jack Moyse and Izobel
Rudge for accurate and detailed symbols
work in geography, Nikhil Sen for writing
a brilliant letter to Nana about flying to
Neverland, Manas Harish for fantastically
thorough and accurate percentage work
which went above and beyond
expectations, Elsa Hares and Christopher
Yang for outstanding research on edible
flowers for science, Charlie Walker for
excellent thinking skills on finding the
percentages of amounts, Max Higgins for
an amazing frog poster, Hannah
Millerchip and Sophie Gale for their
excellent explanation of urbanisation,
their use of geographical vocabulary was
brilliant, Adam Stokely and Georgina
Lewis for their excellent description of
the sea, using figurative language and
brilliant vocabulary, Buddy Wells for a
fantastic moon diary in science, Katy
Meah and Daniel Kirwan for marvellous
multimedia English, Mariia-Olena Hodell
for excellent describing words in Journey
to Neverland, George Gregory and
William Davis for a fantastic Oompa
Loompa rhyme, Hannah Rayner for super
problem solving in maths
ROLL OF HONOUR KS2
The following pupils signed the Honours
Book this week:
English: Nadine Hugec (x3), Jevon
Hannah (x2), Lucy Budgen (x2), Grace
Powell, Oscar Tagg, Victoria Toh, Grace
Taylor, Rufus Hornsey, Omar Chowdhury,
Alex Ly, Priya Badial, Abigail Brader, Toby
Foord, Evie Chapman, Cameron McClure,
Robert Quinn, Isabella Devereux, Michael
Stylianou, Emma Hale, Benjamin Jones,
Christian Sim, Daisy Crane, Solomon
Haba, Sakina Khaja, Thomas Drabble,
Julien Schouller, Sam Tran, Alistair
Wilson, Jason Shiu, Imogen Potts, Sophie
Hamer, Bella Digby, Imran Vloemans
English Homework: Grace Powell, Lucy
Budgen, Lucy Albuery, William Davis,
Harvey Hill, Jake Jordan, Milla Macanovic,
Avinandan Sengupta, Rosie Harfield,
Samuel Hemingway, Imran Vloemans,
Oliver Durrant, Arya Prasad
Maths: Sara Hill (x5), Grace Powell (x2),
Matthew Walton (x2), James Rixon (x2),
Charlie Walker (x2), Oliver Durrant (x2),
Izobel Rudge (x2), Henry Simmons,
Stewart Jack, Alexander Barker, James
Christensen, Priya Badial, Charlotte
Howard, Lucy Albuery, Cameron
McClure, Benjamin Jones, Emily Parekh,
Milla Macanovic, Tom Shahran,
Avinandan Sengupta, George Downing,
Sophie Hamer, Freddy Wood, Samuel
Hemingway
Maths Homework: Sophie Hamer,
Samuel Hemingway
Science: Emily Parekh (x2), Verity
Glading (x2), Tilly Goldman, Grace
Powell, Ben Priory, Cameron McClure,
Tom Lees, Anna Caldwell, Oliver
Thomas,
Ella
Saunders,
Lauren
Johnstone, Sacha Hemingway, Timothy
Downing, James Rixon, Phoebe Hiller,
Imran Vloemans, Katy Meah, Arya
Prasad
RS: Grace Powell (x2), Verity Glading
(x2), Grace Taylor, Lucy Budgen, Henry
Simmons, William Hartridge, Omar
Chowdhury, Lucy Albuery, Amun Laly,
Sakina Khaja, Sara Hill, James Rixon,
Imran Vloemans
Geography: Harry Tolcher, Matthew
Pidden, Louie Howe-Walsh, Adam
Heyes, Robert Quinn, Edward Moger,
John Taylor, Sam Gale, Rosie Harfield
French:
Charlie Watts, Avinandan
Sengupta, Caleb Hillier
ICT: Priya Badial
Reading: Grant Jackson, Stewart Jack,
John Taylor, Alistair Wilson, George
Downing, Freddy Wood, Johannes
Luckmann
Spelling: Victoria Toh, Isabella
Devereux, Max Povey, Amun Laly, Susie
Taylor, Jacob Barca
Dance: Chi-Yiing Lim
Moon Diary: Alexander Barker, Manas
Harish
pride
KS1 HONOURS
The following pupils signed the Honours
Book this week:
Molly Moriarty-Turnbull (x2), James
Chivers (x2), Roman Robertson-Cross
(x2), Christian Appleby-Mell, Annabel
Wainwright, Luke Wiseman, Florence
Yearsley, Abi-Mae Budgen, Piers Webb,
Grace Alexander, Reuben Thomas, Elliot
Hartridge, Aimee Jennings, Archie
Simmons,
Honor
Gillies,
Samuel
Hargreaves, Finlay Hoddle, Martha Bell,
Jimmy Cathie-Kirby, Evie Abrams-Wilson,
James Cuthbert, William Parker, Emilia
Talen, Jesal Patel, Craig McGeever,
Vidhyabhushan Balaji, Harry Ariaratnam,
Amelie Roseblade, Arya Patel, Gabriella
Boydell, Heloise-Thiané Cisse, Archie
Lockyer, Nicholas Ball, Arthur Guillo,
Matthew Guyver, Samuel Zhou, Themis
Orfanidis, George Cuthbert, Lu-Li Reader,
Dawn Sands, Eva Durrant, Jessica
Richards-Kellett, Nikhil Sen
Badges
GOLD BADGE – Congratulations to Elliot
Chubb for gaining his Gold Badge
RED BADGE – Congratulations to Grace
Saunders and Buddy Wells for gaining
their Red Badge.
BLUE BADGE – Congratulations to Sophie
Matheson and Maddy Oliver for gaining
their Blue Badge.
GREEN BADGE – Congratulations to MeiLing Reader for gaining her Green Badge.
Mrs
Budgen’s
Brain
Boggler:
PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to:
Craig McGeever (1G) for achieving his
25m Rainbow Distance Breaststroke
Award and Kelloggs Freestyle Swimming
Award.
Ewan Fleming (5J) for passing his Grade
3 Trumpet and Grade 1 Piano exams
with merit.
This Week:
The more you take, the more you leave
behind.
Answers from last week:
Your Name.
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Results
PGJS v Boundary Oak
Boys’ Football
Team
U11A
Opposition
IAPS Finals
Score
5 in group
th
Girls’ Rounders
U11A
U11B
U11A
U11B
U10A
U10B
U10A
U10B
U10C
U10C
U9A
U8A
Twyford
Twyford
Farleigh
Farleigh
Twyford
Twyford
Farleigh
Farleigh
Twyford
Boundary Oak
Hampshire
Collegiate
Boundary Oak
U11A
U10A
U9A
Stroud
Stroud
Stroud
Drew 5.5-5.5
Won 9.5-8
Won 5.5-1.5
Won 6.5-5.5
Lost 6.5-11
Lost 5.5-8.5
Won 15-12
Lost 3.5-6
Won 9-3.5
Lost 2-5.5
Won 11-4.5
Won 9.5-6.5
Boys’ Cricket
Won by 4 wickets
Lost by 44 runs
Won by 4 runs
Fixtures
Sat 11 Sep
1300: SASA Interschool Ski
Challenge, Southampton Alpine
Centre
1400: U11A, U10A & U9A Cricket v
Farleigh (a)
1430: U8A & B Rounders v Farleigh
(a)
1430: U9A & B Rounders v Farleigh
(h)
Wed 15 May
1430: U10A & U11B Cricket v
Boundary Oak (h)
1430: U10A, B & C, Rounders v St
Ives (h)
1430: U11A & B Rounders v St Ives
(h)
1430: U10B & U11A Cricket v
Seaford (a)
Thu 16 May
1430: U9A & C Cricket v Haslemere
(a)
1430: U9B Cricket v Boundary Oak
(h)
1445: U8A, B & C Rounders v
Brookham (a)
On Thursday 2 May the U8A rounders
team went to Boundary Oak. Everyone
was excited because it was our first
away game. When we got there we
did a warm up. We then started our
first game, we were fielding. We
worked well as a team and dismissed
Boundary Oak for 2 /2 rounders. PGJS
replied by scoring 3 rounders: Elsa 1,
Louisa 1/2, Amelie 1/2, Susie 1/2 and
Isabella 1/2.
sport
U10C Rounders
Last Wednesday the U10 rounders team
played two other schools at Hilsea. The
weather was so hot we had to put sun
cream on. We had 2 matches, the first
one was against Twyford. We played
really hard and in the first innings
Twyford scored 2 rounders. Izobel Rudge,
Claudia Bishop, Grace Powell, Verity
Glading, Alia Alayyan and Emily Clark
scored a total of 5 rounders. In the 2nd
innings Twyford scored 1.5 rounders and
Natalia Bradley, Emily Clark and Claudia
Bishop scored 4 more rounders which
secured an overall win of 9 - 5 to us! We
had to put more sun cream on for the
next rounders game. This time we played
Boundary Oak but unfortunately lost 3.51 in the first inning and 2 -1 in the second
so overall lost by 3.5 rounders. By the
end we were all really tired. We had
really enjoyed the afternoon's sports in
the sunshine and especially match tea!
Boundary Oak went in to bat in the
second innings and returned with a
score of 4 rounders. Inspired by Elsa
By Daisy 5P
we replied with a very impressive
score of 6 ½ rounders. It was a
Rounders Extravaganza at
resounding victory!!
Governors Green
Final score - PGS 9 ½ Boundary Oak 6
½
Wednesday afternoon at Governors
Scorers 2nd innings - Alice 1/2, Emily Green saw teams arriving from three
1/2, Elsa 2, Amelie 1/2, Susie 1 1/2 schools to take part in Year 5 and 6
rounders matches.
and Isabella 1 1/2.
After a well earned tea we boarded Ryde braved the stormy waters of the
the coach and headed back to school. Solent and brought four teams to Play
A very special thanks to Mrs Crossley Under 11 and Under 10 fixtures.
Portsmouth High School walked down to
and Mrs Evans our coaches!!
play an U11B triangular and West Hill
By Verity 3G
Park arrives, by minibus, to play an Under
11A triangular fixture.
HILSEA GAMES
There will be games
sessions for KEYSTAGE 2
PUPILS at Hilsea this
Saturday from 0900 to
1000. Saturday morning
games are voluntary. There
will be cricket for the boys
Passers by walking dogs witnessed some
closely fough rounders fixtures with the
Under 10s playing full matches against
Ryde. The A team match saw some
powerful hitting from our girls and they
won well. Our C team then took on the
Ryde B team and played very well,
demonstrating
excellent
fielding
technique. The Under 11 triangular
fixtures were closely fought fixtures with
PGS beating Ryde in both matches and
losing narrowly to the High School and
West Hill Park in the final matches.
It was lovely to a large contingent of
parents along to support the girls as they
played their matches.