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Ea
arlsfiield P
Prima
ary Sc
chooll New
wslettter
Earlsfie
eld Primary School
Tran
nmere Roa
ad Londo
on SW188 3QQ
Th
he London Borough of
o Wandsw
worth
Issue 1
16 Monday 122th January 20
015 We ha
ad a great starrt to the new term last week! It was nice to see th
he children in
n school lookin
ng fit and heaalthy after the
eir break. In the two weekss before Christmas, our non
n‐
dance tumbled
d from 2.8% to 3.4% due to
o the sickness bug that has been hitting sschools and soome classes w
were down by 50%. attend
Hopefully this has n
now passed bu
ut we are impressing upon the children tthe importancce of hand waashing and being dressed priately in thee poor weatheer. Many of yo
ou promote thhat message aat home, thank you! approp
We ma
anaged to ach
hieve a great deal last wee
ek. •
On Monday, w
O
we were visited
d by Tim Bentton of Indepe ndent Thinkin
ng who certain
nly livened upp the room! http:///www.indepeendentthinkingg.co.uk/peoplle/associates‐‐a‐c/tim‐bento
on.aspx Tim ttalked to the sstaff about fearless teachin
ng and taking risks, someth
hing that is diffficult to do in a prescriptivee curriculum. •
On Tuesday se
O
enior leaders m
met with each
h year group tto talk about aattainment an
nd progress off the children.. •
On Wednesday
O
y Key Stage 2 sang beautifu
ully with Mr H
Hopcraft ‐ we don’t understtand why our r choir numbers are so low! •
On Thursday Y
O
Year 5 started their vocal prroject – in aroound 8 weeks they will be at the Royal Feestival Hall sin
nging in front o
of family and friiends! •
On Friday Alex
O
x Webster starrted work with Year 2 on thheir animation
n project; Year 5 visited thee Tower of Lon
ndon; Year 1 h
had an amazin
ng Astrodomee in the bottom
m hall and another set of pprospective paarents visited the school. As you
u know childreen are currenttly levelled in their work ussing the National Curriculum
m levels e.g. 22A, 3B etc. Fro
om September levels as we know them w
will be disappearing. This w
will be a huge shift in the cu
ulture of assesssment. This iss a significant piece of reform and h we have deccided to workk alongside a ffew other Wa ndsworth schools as we de
evelop our sysstem. Mrs Harre and I attend
ded our as such
first m
meeting on Frid
day and otherr staff will be iinvolved alongg the way. We
e will be holdiing a meeting g on this in the
e summer term
m. In the meanttime I would liike to direct yyou to relevan
nt articles but there are so m
many out therre I would sugggest that you
u have a web b
browse for ‘Liffe without Levvels’. Happy reeading! Debbie
e Stockwell (LLearning Mentor) will now be working thhree days a we
eek – Monday
y to Wednesdday. If you wish to leave a m
message for Debbie on a Thu
ursday or Fridaay you may do
o so by approaaching the sch
hool office. Thank you
u for all your h
help in reduciing the amount of cash we
e handle in school. We had a raftt of people siggn up for Pare
ent Mail last w
week. We ad for the officce so if you ha
ave internet isssues at have also bought an iPa
nd use the AP P. We hope to
o have this up
p and home you can pop in an
website is also
o up to date and all running in the next two weeks. The w
dates are ccurrent. Pleasse check in reggularly. The PTA w
will be moving swiftly into a ction on Thurrsday 5th February for Earlsfield's annual Quizz Night. Pleasee start gettingg your teams o
of 6 n preparation for a great niight! Ticket ap
pplication form
ms together in
coming ho
ome in Book B
Bags soon. We hope yyou can join u
us on 27th Jan uary to discuss E Safety. Th
he meeting w
will promote awareness wit h parents of yyounger childrren and challenge parents of old
der children oon their underrstanding of so
ocial ng. Did you know that childrren under the
e age of 13 sho
ould not networkin
be registered on Faccebook, Instaggram and most social netw
work sites? Do you know wh
ho are on friennd’s lists? Havve you met them? Just a few tthings to think about. Everyy year we havve a few issuess with older children in Yea
ars 5 and 6 whho shouldn’t b
be registered iin the first place! If the issues raise them
mselves in sch
hool then we ffeel that as a school we havve a duty to taackle that as tthey shouldn’t be ered with thesse sites in the first place! registe
n has returned to Australia. Her post hass been taken b
by Nichole Cra
awley. NIcholle will be working in a number of Finallyy, Kym Newton
classro
ooms with you
ur children an
nd we offer he
er a warm wel come and hope she enjoyss her time at EEarlsfield. Have aa good week. Steve TTrow Earlsfield All Stars
Class Star Student
Whole school Star of the Week
RD
RS
1B
1H
Sam
Cai
Joshua
Rory
1K
2P
2S
2T
Ruby
Ameera
Suha
Harry
3A
3V
4A
4V
Sam
Lola
Aisha
Nouman
5D
5R
6S
6W
Sam
Zain
Tabby
Lucy
Camara – fantastic learning and enthusiasm in all areas – this has been noticed by lots of other adults around the school.
Phase Stars
Reception
Key Stage 1
Lower KS2
Upper KS2
Isaac M
Aahil
Taliyah
Maida 100
435
98
99
98
430
96
425
420
Weekly
94
Termly
92
90
415
88
410
Piccadilly
Kensington Paddington Waterloo
96
95
96
95
94
Weekly
Termly