File - East Tilbury Primary School and Nursery

Newsletter
Week 28
24th April 2015
Message from SLT
This has, once again, been an incredibly busy week with some wonderful events going on—please read all the details below.
The Nursery pupils excelled themselves with their outstanding behaviour and presentation skills during their assembly practice yesterday. It should be a fantastic assembly next week.
Year 6 pupils underwent practice SATs this week and were all very mature about the experience. The real SATs for Year 6
start on 11th May when we will be providing them with breakfast.
Our next coffee morning will be on Thursday 30th April. Please join us to share your views on how we can improve our
school.
The website is constantly updated (hopefully with Year 2 chick developments soon) so please visit it regularly to see what’s
happening.
Year 4 News
In year 4 this week we have been learning about moral dilemmas. The children learnt
that in stories with dilemmas, the main character often has a decision or choice to make.
We began by reading the story Tunnel, by Anthony Brown. The children really related to
this story in particular, as it about a brother and sister who are always arguing. We then
began reading a story called The Balaclava Story, by George Layton, which is about a
boy who really wanted a balaclava so he could join the balaclava boys in his school, but
his mum would not buy him one. After a messy handicraft lesson, the opportune moment
appeared, as the boy walked into the cloakroom he noticed a balaclava lying on the
floor. What should he do? Should he take the balaclava as he really wanted one? How
would the owner of the balaclava feel if the boy stole it? The children have loved planning and writing their own endings to
the story, thinking about which choice is moral and what the actions of the other characters would be depending on the
choice that he makes.
Reception News
This week in reception we have been celebrating Multi-Cultural week. We have been learning about India. We have had fun
making flags, trying on Indian clothes and looked at the food they have. In literacy we have read the story ‘Kipper’s Toybox’.
We have been learning about story structure, focusing on beginning, middle and end. We planned our own story, using what
we have learnt. In mathematics we learnt about 3D shapes. We focused on fun problem solving games to use our
knowledge of shapes. We are now able to name each 3D shape and name their properties.
St. George’s Day
On Thursday 23rd April, it was
St. George’s day. The whole
school got involved to celebrate the day. Each key stage
got the chance to make a human England flag. We had lots
of fun holding up pieces of red
and white paper to represent
the flag.
East Tilbury would like to welcome the
arrival of eight healthy chicks. There are
two more on their way and they are working really hard to push themselves out of
the egg.
Names are being chosen this week!
Ruby has been writing about the chicks
that hatched in Mrs Morgan's classroom
yesterday. Everyone is so excited!
East Tilbury Primary School & Nursery
Princess Margaret Road, RM18 8SB
Tel:01375 846181
Website: http://easttilburyprimary.thurrock.sch.uk
Summer Term Dates for your Diary
Wednesday 29th April—Year 1 Creative Cultures Parent/Carer Workshop, 4.30pm
Friday 1st May—Nursery assembly, 9.30 and 2.30pm Parents/Carers welcome
Wednesday 6th May—4SM assembly, Parents/Carers welcome
Monday 11th—Thursday 14th—KS2 SATs week, children may arrive for breakfast
at 8.00am
Friday 22nd May—INFUSE Equity Action Tea Party, Parents/Carers welcome
Monday 8th June—Year 4 visit to Royal Opera House, Convent Garden
Monday 15th June—INSET Day, school closed to pupils
Wednesday 17th June—Class Photos
Wednesday 17th/Thursday 18th—Year 6 residential
Monday 22nd June—New Reception Parent/Carer Meeting, 6.00pm
Wednesday 24th June—EYFS & KS1 Sports Day—times to be confirmed
Friday 26th June—KS2 Sports Day
Monday 29th June—Induction morning, children meet their new teacher
Monday 29th June—Friday 3rd July Year 6 transition week at St. Clere’s
Tuesday 30th June—Thurrock Infant Music Festival
Wednesday 1st July—KS1 reserve Sports Day
Tuesday 7th July—FUSED Festival, Royal Opera House
Thursday 9th July—Borough Olympics
Monday 13th July—Inaugural Exhibition, Parents/Carers welcome
Wednesday 15th July—Thurrock Junior Music Festival
Thursday 16th July—Year 6 Leavers Disco
Friday 17th July—Thurrock 100 Walk through East Tilbury
Friday 17th July—End of term, Autumn term begins Monday 7th September
St. Luke’s Hospice is holding a 5k fun run at Coal House Fort on 10th May,
10.30am start. Entry fee is £6.00 for adults and £4.00 for children, for more information call Diane on 01268 524973 or visit the website www.stlukeshospice.com.
Celebrations and Achievements
The following children all received a Star Award certificate in
school:
Walk to School Week
East Tilbury Primary School & Nursery
will be participating in the annual walk
to school week commencing 18th May
to 22nd inclusive.
The aim of this national campaign is to
encourage children and parents/carers
to walk to school more often for a variety of reasons including:
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To reduce traffic congestion
Improve children’s fitness
Raise awareness of environmental issues
To teach children road safety
skills and identify safety issues
on their routes.
We hope parents/carers will enjoy
walking to school during this week with
their children and are able to continue
throughout the summer term.
Year 5 News
As part of their Unit of Enquiry looking
at how people share responsibility towards a common purpose in a workplace, Year 5 visited the Bata Resource centre and used their learning
to create information posters about the
Bata factories
KS1
Nurs AM—Danielle Mc, Nurs PM—Lola B, RC—Liam R, RG—Ryan W, RM—
Kevin Q, 1CC—Alfie D, 1GS—Lily-Anne L, 1RJ—Harry C, 2HM—Violet H, 2KB—
Lacey G, 2KJ—Sky W.
KS2
3SO—Kally B, 3FS—Grace S, 3HS—Rachel J, 4TL—Amber C, 4SM—Albert H,
4NM—Ronnie G, 5KF—Lily P, 5DC—Kinsey L, 5AA—Cara C, 6JD—Flynn A,
6RM—Jamie B, 6LC—Kacie D
Attendance
Attendance across the school has dipped this week which we know is due to various viruses doing the rounds, however 5AA have still managed to reach 100%,
well done! 6JD and 6LC followed with 98.8% and 98.6% respectively. It is very
important that Year 6 children are in school every day
leading up to their SATs.
KS1 PE Award
East Tilbury Primary School & Nursery has been awarded
the KS1 Active Schools Sport and PE award. The award
recognises the school’s excellence and dedication to PE
and School Sport throughout the year. East Tilbury and
Deneholm Primary were the only two schools in Thurrock
to receive this award.
Year 2 pupils, Holly and Rosie attended the awards ceremony with Miss Taylor on
Monday 20th April. Both girls gave a speech during the ceremony on what they
enjoy and have achieved in PE and sport throughout the past year of being at East
Tilbury Primary School. The girls said "We enjoy our PE lessons, especially basketball and gymnastics and we take part in two hours of PE every week; we also
take part in inter-house competitions in school. We represent our school in Thurrock SSP competitions throughout the year and are both recognised as being gifted and talented in gymnastics. We both took part in the key steps 1 gymnastics
competition and placed 2nd. Thank you for our KS1 PE award.” This is a great
achievement for our school.
PFA Events
The PFA are organising Neon Nights
Disco’s for Year 2/3 and 4/5 on 21st
May 4.00-5.30 and 6.00-7.30. Letters will be sent out soon.
Save the Date—the Summer Bounce
will be held on Friday 10th July.
Adventure Island Wrist Bands are
still available at discounted prices,
please see a member of the PFA at
drop off or collection or contact them
via their Facebook page.