In the last week of term, we had a talent show called Geoffrey Field’s Got Talent. You could do anything you liked, e .g. singing, dancing, boxing, poems, raps, gymnastics, ka- rate and lots more. Children signed up from all year groups and we had a variety of acts. We had auditions two weeks before the fi- nal and then semi-finals in Upper and Lower school. In the semi-finals, the contestants had to perform in front of about 150 chil- dren and 5 teachers! In each semi-final, there were about 12 acts. From these 12 acts, 4 were chosen (so there were 8 acts in the final—2 from each year group). We had the final on Tuesday 18th October and everyone was watching: all the teachers, the children that are here and the judges (Mr. Clare and Miss Bunker). The finalists performed on Tuesday and we found out the winners on Wednesday 19th October. The contestants only had three minutes (or less if they wanted) to perform their act. It was run by Miss Fincken and Mrs Lancas- ter and they did a really good job. Mrs Lan- caster introduced all the contestants in the final. All of the children in the audience were really supportive and very kind—it takes a lot of bravery to perform in front of hundreds of children and adults! Lots of children took part in the auditions but by the final, we had 8 acts. These were singers, dancers, gymnasts, comedians and drummers. They were all absolutely amazing but there had to be winners! Third place: Jasmine (singing) and Megan and Eva (gymnastics) Second place: Gabriel and David (drumming) First place: Alana and Frankie (singing) Well done to everybody who took part! Geoffrey Field’s Got Talent The winners, who sang a mash up of Taylor Swift’s Trouble and Olly Murs’ Troublemaker. Autumn 1, 2016
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In the last week of term, we had a talent
show called Geoffrey Field’s Got Talent.
You could do anything you liked, e .g. singing,
dancing, boxing, poems, raps, gymnastics, ka-
rate and lots more. Children signed up from
all year groups and we had a variety of acts.
We had auditions two weeks before the fi-
nal and then semi-finals in Upper and Lower
school. In the semi-finals, the contestants
had to perform in front of about 150 chil-
dren and 5 teachers! In each semi-final,
there were about 12 acts. From these 12
acts, 4 were chosen (so there were 8 acts in
the final—2 from each year group).
We had the final on Tuesday 18th October
and everyone was watching: all the teachers,
the children that are here and the judges
(Mr. Clare and Miss Bunker). The finalists
performed on Tuesday and we found out the
winners on Wednesday 19th October.
The contestants only had three minutes (or
less if they wanted) to perform their act.
It was run by Miss Fincken and Mrs Lancas-
ter and they did a really good job. Mrs Lan-
caster introduced all the contestants in the
final. All of the children in the audience
were really supportive and very kind—it
takes a lot of bravery to perform in front of
hundreds of children and adults!
Lots of children took part in the auditions
but by the final, we had 8 acts. These were
singers, dancers, gymnasts, comedians and
drummers. They were all absolutely amazing
but there had to be winners!
Third place: Jasmine (singing) and Megan
and Eva (gymnastics)
Second place: Gabriel and David (drumming)
First place: Alana and Frankie (singing)
Well done to everybody who took part!
Geoffrey Field’s Got Talent
The winners, who sang a mash up of Taylor
Swift’s Trouble and Olly Murs’ Troublemaker.
Autumn 1, 2016
Spirited Art Spirited Art is where we painted what we imagined, for example
a scorpion or a hen. In class, we looked at the idea of ‘Rainbow
Nation’ and we were given a task to paint or draw a picture of
what it would like if we had a Rainbow Nation. I did a black back-
ground and went over the black with red to make a rainbow. Be-
fore we did that though, we talked about what ‘Rainbow Nation’
meant. Some people thought that it meant everything would be
like a rainbow and some people thought it had a deeper mean-
ing. They thought that it meant that the UK is multi-cultured and
has lots of people with a variety of skin colours.
We each created a response to Rainbow Nation and then we had a
gallery in the hall after school to show our parents and carers the
things that we’d come up with. Year 5 children served biscuits and
squash and music played in the background.
This picture is somebody’s art. Have they painted what you imag-
ined?
What piece of art do you like the most?
ROALD DAHL DAY!
Roald Dahl Day is a day where we celebrated read-
ing and how much we enjoy it by looking at the
books written by Roald Dahl. He wrote books for
children and you should read them! Here are two
books that you might like...
Matilda was the most famous book written by Roald
Dahl. Matilda had magic powers where she could
move things when her finger was pointing at it or
her eyes were looking at it but actually her brain
was the magical power. She lived with her horrible
mum and dad, but at the end of the story Matilda
lived with the nicest teacher ever: Miss Honey!
In the BFG, a girl is kidnapped from human
world into Giant world. Her name is Sophie
and she is scared when she’s in the hands of
a giant. The giant’s name is called BFG
(standing for Big Friendly Giant). As you can
see, the giant is friendly. The two of them
have lots of adventures together and have
loads of battles with unfriendly giants.
If you read any Roald Dahl books and like
them, feel free to send a review to the news-
paper and we might print it!
Send your work to the newspaper
club (in Miss Clark’s room) and
it might get published in next
term’s paper!
Gardening competition!
In the whole school Mr. Fox had a challenge for
everyone. He wanted us to grow as many FRUIT
AND VEG as we could.
Everyone in the school was
involved in the competi-
tion. We went out as clas-
ses and individually to get
our allotments ready, to
plant the seeds and then to
take care of them as they
grew.
Where was it based?
The garden was just outside yellow area, we
would have started in July but because we had
a lot to do before the competition, that is why
we had to start in May. Why did we do the com-
petition? We had to do the competition to see
how many fruit and veg we could grow in the
whole school.
What fruit and veg did we grow?
We grew lots of types of veg: carrots, lettuce,
green beans, tomatoes, courgette, cabbages
and any other veg that you can think of.
The fruit that we grew were cherries, golden
berries, strawberries and raspberries.
Who were the winners and the Judges?
The judges were: Scott (a year three boy but
now in year 4) and a professional gardener.
There were badges to show you if your class’
fruit and veg either came in first, second or
third. All of them looked like they were good to
eat or cook.
There were individual prizes for each and every
fruit and veg even if your fruit or veg didn’t get
a badge.
The winning team last year in year three were
Mrs Pratley’s class.
Last summer, Green Park Village held a competition to name their
statue of a swan. The competition was open to the whole school and
lots of children from Geoffrey Field Junior took part. It was open to
everyone though, so it wasn’t just our school!
The brass swan is made to look like it is taking flight. Eoghan
Herriott (9), who was in Year 4 at the time, won the name the swan
competition by christening the statue Hans. The prize was an iPad
mini which was presented to Eoghan in Green Park Village. Haribo
sweets were also given to every one else who entered.
