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st March 2017

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Parent Hotline: 08447 707576; school ID: 60256 William Tyndale School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils.

Dear Children, Staff, Parents and Carers, Governors and Friends

We’ve had another busy month at school with so much going on!

I enjoyed catching up with many of you over the two evenings of

parent conferences. We are very proud of all the children in the school

and of the wonderful progress they are all making. This is down to the

hard work of staff and parents and, of course, the children themselves.

Thank you, parents, for your continued support with your child’s

learning – it makes a real difference, reading with them, helping them

to master spellings or multiplication tables, enriching their learning with

visits to many wonderful London museums, getting them into school

every day on time and just being with them as a family to support their

emotional growth. I am also pleased to see a growing number of

children in years 5 and 6, whose parents can see the benefits of them

attending Homework Club.

You can find out about the wonderful class assemblies we have had

from Dahl, Tolkien, Grey and Carle classes and read Year 5

children’s accounts of their exciting Drone Workshop! Also discover

how our wonderful recorder players fared with the London Symphony’s

Take Note event. Music was also the order of the day with concerts

featuring our own school orchestra, flute, brass and cello groups.

Find out who won the Spelling Bee and Poetry Recitals. Discover and

read all about our Read Aloud campaign.

Finally I wish you all a very restful and happy holiday and look forward

to seeing you again at the beginning of the summer term, on Tuesday

18th April at 8.55 am!

Warm regards

Tanya Watson - Head Teacher

EVENTS

Class assemblies @ 10.20 in the Ground Floor Hall (GFH):

April 27

th Jeffers Class

May 16

th Sendak Class

April 18

th Year 2 Museum of London

20th

SRE Parents meetings for Yrs 2, 4 & 6

May 3

rd Yr 2 to Geffrye Museum

8th

– 11th

Year 6 SATs 10

th Yr 5 to Geffrye Museum

12th

Yr 3 to Geffrye Museum 15

th – 19

th Centenary and

Science Week 17

th Morpurgo to Geffrye Museum

18th

Almond to Geffrye Museum 18

th Centenary Parade

22nd

Yr 3 to Little Angel Theatre 24

th Yr 3 to Central Mosque

25th

Class Photographs

June 5

th Yr 6 Project-visit to London

Met University 15

th Yr 2 &3 to lunchtime concert

26th

– 30th

Yr 6 to School Journey 27

th Nursery to Little Angel

July 4

th KS1 Sports Day

5th

KS2 Sports Day 18

th Yr 6 show Morpurgo class

parents to watch@ 6pm 19

th Yr 6 show Almond class

parents to watch@ 6pm 20

th Yr 6 graduation @ 5pm

21st

Last day of Summer Term Autumn Term starts for all children on Wednesday 6

th

September at 8.55 am.

Newsletter Dates

Next term’s newsletters will be published on: 5

th May, 9

th June and 7

th July

Occasionally there may be a reason to publish an extra letter and we will inform you via a text message.

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Dahl Class Assembly

Dahl Class sat impressively, in anticipation of their exciting class assembly. We could tell, by the way the children sat and as soon as it was most confidently introduced, that they were ready and meant business!

First up was a confident and eloquent recitation of Jill Tomlinson’s The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. This lengthy tale was delivered with much expression and a mature sense of timing, showing the children’s understanding of the importance of punctuation. Recited from memory and accompanied by actions to complement connectives, particular adjectives and adverbs, as well as nouns and verbs, was a testament to the children’s empathic understanding of the text!

Following on from this tale, we were then treated to a voluble and insightful commentary on their Challenge Day projects. Enterprise Education sits at the core of our curriculum and these children really understood its purpose, conveying to the audience the skills they had used and the rationale for their inventions. The groups worked well as a team, used their imagination, shared ideas and aimed high!

Dahl Class then underlined their support for their namesake by singing a full rendition of Naughty from the musical, Matilda. The song is complex in a multitude of ways: high level vocabulary e.g. subsequent, inevitable; a difficult vocal range; complex timing, which involves much counting in silence; and many words to memorise! In addition all 30 children had to keep together and dance together. Well done Dahl Class! And well done Nicola, Tracie and Susan for enabling each and every child to sparkle, leaving us with a real spring in our step as we went on our way!

Tolkien Class Assembly

As we entered the hall, we found Tolkien Class sitting motionless and as ready as any West End professional for their performance. The song, I Believe I Can Fly, was playing in the background and it was a hint, in more ways than one, of what was to come! Not only did it link nicely to the class’ performance of their myth, it also underlined the extremely high standards the children reached during their presentation.

With a brisk and confident introduction we heard all about how myths and legends had evolved over the many hundreds of years, being passed down from their origin in Greece. I learned that the myth we were about to be presented, Daedalus and Icarus, was the Roman version as the names were spelt with ‘us’ rather than ‘os’ at the end. Fascinating! So the scene was set and the children narrated impressively and expressively in the style of a Greek Chorus, interspersing their narrative with inventive dramatic skits which underpinned the story as it unfurled. We were treated to all the elements of a great show, including a dangerous looking and terrifying sounding Minotaur who surprised us all, as he proceeded up an aisle from the back of the hall!

Tolkien Class impressed us with their empathy, their clear understanding of the story itself and, above all, their phenomenal memory of complex vocabulary throughout. We also loved the slick movement of props and scenery, lifelike cries of gulls and an overall capture of the sense of desperation in this myth. There was a message to be learned and the children acknowledged how important it was to listen to your parents and do as you are told. Also couched in the message was knowing when you are doing something well and not to exceed your limitations; however, this is exactly what these children did, only a couple of terms into the Juniors, and they did it with immense maturity.

Well done Tolkien Class and well done Mel and Christine, whose support and encouragement allowed us this treat!




Grey Class Assembly

Grey Class were waiting with great anticipation as their parents, carers and fellow pupils walked into the hall. Given what followed we understood why. These children were itching to share their wonderful presentation which they knew they were entirely confident to do. They began by sharing the overriding skill they have been focussing on this term: teamwork. The skill was in superabundance throughout their class assembly.

Supporting each other as they moved from one entry to the next with the utmost confidence, we heard all about how they had studied The Jolly Postman, wrote some of their own versions of the letters and learnt just a thing or two about debating and justifying characters’ actions. This was very impressive for such young thinkers. They were not daunted and proceeded to demonstrate some of their debate around Goldilocks: Should she be forgiven? Not only did Grey Class have some opinions, they were also able to back up their points of view with strong reasons.

There then followed a delightful rendition of The Three Little Pigs. This tale was excellently narrated, complete with chorus actions and enacted scenes, bringing the story and its characters to life with much energy and humour! The children worked so closely together and their timing was impeccable.

Linking neatly from the Three Little Pigs story, we then found out that Grey Class had also been studying the properties of different materials. They chose to convey their immense knowledge through a complicated song which extolled the virtues of paper, plastic, glass, rubber amongst others; the lyrics were challenging and the timing of the interspersed motif, ‘Can’t See!’ was done effortlessly. Well done to the children and thank you to Emma for all the inspiration she gave them to perform their parts so slickly!

Carle Class Assembly

Carle Class children sat excitedly as their parents and carers entered the hall. They had a very complex story performance brewing in their minds! Children confidently introduced the centrepiece of the presentation: a complete rendition of The Smartest Giant in Town. The children had various roles to enact including providing the all important narrative to glue it all together. All voices were loud, clear and well timed. Working effectively as a team, the narrators skilfully interwove their lines between the dramatic scenes depicting all sorts of animals and their varying malaises! It was good to see maths introduced into the drama and plenty of enthusiastic expression: a howling dog, squeaking mice and a crying fox! The children demonstrated phenomenal memory as they built up the story, remembering everything George had given away and the reasons for it.

Carle Class also shared with us their enthusiasm for the Enterprise Skills they had been focussing on this term. Each one was acted out confidently, showing us they really understood what was being asked of them in terms of their working attitudes.

Finally, Carle Class sang a complicated song, Each Day Different, about the days of the week, which had some tongue tying moments with the words as they were having to sing quite quickly! The song was perfectly in tune and rhythmic with excellent diction too. The children had mentioned that they had been thinking about the Enterprise Skills, hoping to lead to success – success was the order of the day. The sense of enjoyment was palpable as was their energy for learning. Well done Carle Class and many thanks to Orla, Jane, Tracie and Yasmine for enabling it all to happen on the day.


Drone Workshop



When: Wednesday the 15th March 2017. Who: Pullman class, William Tyndale We had a company at our school called Drone Craft who make drones but don't sell them, they rent them. They were going to teach us about drones and how they work.

Before we got started the two people introduced themselves and told us that every time before we moved on to the next activity, we had to make sure everything we used went back in the box. We were put into teams of 3, my team was me, Maya and Jannah.

First for Formula 1 we had to use the force of gravity to learn how a drone flies. We made a small rocket out of water in a canister and put half a pill inside. It flew up like a real rocket would. Next in Formula 2 they gave us the main body of a drone and we got to build our own drone. I had to work out how to put the propellers on to the main body. It was very hard because of the small hooks.

Formula 3, which was very difficult, involved vinegar, lemons, 2 small poles and lots of wire to power batteries. The wires and nails were placed in the vinegar and the small metal poles were squeezed into the lemon. We used a small machine to tell us how much electricity we were generating. Quickly, we moved round to Formula 4 where we had to find codes in our teams. It was very hard but we were pleased to get 4 out of 6 correct. The walky-talky told us to go back up to our classroom.

Finally came Formula 5, we went downstairs to fly a parrot drone which was a big drone with a camera that was controlled by an app on the tablet. First the instructor told us what to do with the left joystick, it was for going up and down and turning left and right. The right joystick was for moving left, right, forward and backward. We ended the workshop with a lot of questions and answers and a big round of applause.

I loved the drone workshop, I learned lots of interesting science. It was my favourite day at school EVER!!!!!

By Joe, Pullman Class




OUR DRONES WORKSHOP DAY On the 15th of March 2017 our class (Pullman Class) had a fantastic Drones workshop from 9:00am to 12:30pm. At the start of the workshop, we got put into teams of three and within the teams had to make up a team name. The three people in my team were: Ismail, James R and me, Jasper. Our team name was … The Three Dronateers!

After that, we got told about the different tasks that we were going to be set. The equipment for each of the tasks was all in different boxes, and the groups were rotated so that we could all get a go at the tasks. Our group started with task number three which was about batteries and we got to make our own batteries using vinegar. Although we didn’t finish, we still had a lot of fun!

Next, we got to go on a difficult treasure hunt around the school finding where we needed to go using co-ordinates like 08, 08. Once we found the first piece of card, it told us where to go next and so on until we reached the end where we wrote down our team name on another piece of card -although unfortunately our team didn’t make it to the end of the treasure hunt. Meanwhile, other teams struggled to finish the treasure hunt too. Therefore, I think that if we had a bit more time on that task, it would have been better, but it was still really enjoyable going around the school with no adults. (It was fine, we are very reliable.)

Our next task was actually to come face to face with the drones and fly them ourselves, although our time was shortened because we had assembly and break time which cut through the middle of our 20 minute session. Another reason was that when I was flying the drone, it got stuck in the ceiling of the hall and took a bit of time to dislodge it, but all in all we did get to fly drones in school time, which was such good fun.

Then we got to make a rocket in the next task: using some water, a vitamin c tablet and a canister. The way it worked was to break the vitamin c tablet in half and pour some water into the transparent canister. Then you quickly had to put one half of the vitamin c tablet into the water, put the lid on the canister and turn it upside down in a bowl to catch the water. After that, the water and the tablet mixed together to create gas which put pressure on the canister until it could not take the pressure and, pop, you made your rocket!

The next and final task was to build a drone and James R who, out of the three of us, was probably the most interested in the whole of the workshop, was a great help at giving us some of the parts we needed. This was a great day and got me much more interested in science and how things work!

By Jasper, Pullman Class


READ ALOUD CELEBRATION

On the 24th March current and ex- Reading Recovery children celebrated their reading successes with the school and local community. The children wowed a range of adults which included governors, reading volunteers, parents, midday supervisors , teaching assistants and teachers as well as John Hegley, esteemed poet. We were supported by Arsenal in the Community; the Gunnasaurus was very impressed by the children’s reading: “Arsenal Community are proud to support the Read Aloud initiative run by International Literacy Centre & UCL. We had a great time with Gunnersaurus listening to the children at William Tyndale Primary read their favourite books to us. We look forward to working more closely with the International Literacy Centre & UCL in order to support children’s literacy in our local area and beyond.” - Jack McNicholl (Double Club Coordinator for Arsenal in the Community)

Other local businesses representatives such as Belle Epoque, Chestertons and Betsy, the owner of the bookshop Ink84, were also suitably impressed by the children’s reading. Sharon, our recently retired librarian, put in a guest appearance and really enjoyed seeing children devouring book and reading with such confidence. Well done, children!



Music Events

Ten recorder players from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Take Note concert at Stoke Newington Town Hall, performing with members of the LSO and two youth orchestras from Hackney in a large ensemble of over two hundred musicians. Working with their tutor, Lydia, the recorder players composed parts for their instruments using interesting techniques such as flutter-tonguing. After several small sectional rehearsals the musicians came together on the day to rehearse and then perform two large orchestral scale works to a packed and very appreciative audience. Well done recorder players; your playing was wonderful and you were a credit to the school! William Tyndale Orchestra and groups also impressed us all. With the theme from Star Wars getting us off to an energetic start, we also enjoyed hearing beautiful performances from brass soloists, a brass and flute ensemble, a flute and trombone ensemble, a flute and cello ensemble, the brass band and flute groups. It was remarkable, hearing the progress so many of these children had made since the beginning of the year. Many thanks go to Natalie and Emilia for their teaching and inspiration. The Cello Concert rounded off our many musical events. It was lovely to have such polished performance from groups and soloists. There was a splendid range of repertoire on show and right across the year groups. We heard music written by Bach and Schumann, folk tunes, reveries and even some spicy Mexican! Year Four played four extensive pieces completely from memory and displayed very good bow control and intonation. Soloists in Year 5 and 6 also played from memory demonstrating such things as varying finger positions, deft pizzicato and perpetual motion! Well done to all of the children and a big thank you to Laura, their teacher.

KS2 Poetry Recitals

Over the last few weeks all children in Years 3 – 6 have thoroughly enjoyed reciting and listening to off by heart poetry performances. Well done to everybody for taking the time to learn these and perform them with such confidence and enthusiasm in front of their class. Particular congratulations go to the winners from each year group who performed their poems in assembly:

Year 3: Elsie, Lulu, Lucas B, Gabi, Aphra, Sarah and Isabella

Year 4: Caiden, Max, Delilah, Oliver, Astrid and Flore Year 5: Mohamed, Loris, Hero, Thomas, Maya, Dora and Saul

Year 6: Izzy, Mohamed, Sonny, Nahom, Stanley and Holly It was an incredibly hard decision but a final winner was chosen from each year to participate in a poetry workshop with John Hegley. The final winners: Elsie, Year 3; Caiden, Year 4; Mohammed, Year 5 and Izzy, Year 6 impressed John Hegley when they brought these poems to life in a final presentation.

KS2 Spelling Bee

Teachers were thrilled with the number of children who were keen to compete in this year’s Spelling Bee. The first round was held in classes and children were tested on the spelling words for their year group. These lasted longer than expected as so many children had clearly been practising their spellings regularly. We could only put three children through from each class and those who made it to the final round managed to spell, in variety of ways, in front of a large audience. Fortunately, we had a dictionary to hand as the standard was so high! Well done to everybody who took part, particularly those who made it to the assembly final, and to the winners for each year group:

Year 3: Ava Year 4: Candy Year 5: Loris Year 6: Oliver

Year 1 and Year 2 Poetry Recitals and Spelling Bees are coming up next term!


ESPRESSO HOME ACCESS Don’t forget the chance to use Espresso Home Access! It is filled with wonderful resources across all subject areas for children to access from home. Please follow the instructions on how to get into all the great material. Open a webpage and type in www.espresso.co.uk

Choose from the list ‘Espresso Home Access System’ and click on ‘Login’.

On the next page, type in your username and password (which your class teacher has already given to you). Tick ‘Accept the terms and conditions’ You are now ready to use the wonderful resources available on Espresso Home Access! Enjoy! Don’t forget our wonderful links to www.readingeggs.co.uk , www.MyMaths.co.uk and www.ttrockstars.com . If you have forgotten your passwords please ask your class teacher.



http://www.espresso.co.uk/

http://www.readingeggs.co.uk/

http://www.mymaths.co.uk/

http://www.ttrockstars.com/


WILLIAM TYNDALE TERM DATES 2016 - 2017

SUMMER TERM 2017

Good Friday Friday 14th April 2017

Easter Monday Monday 17th April 2017

FIRST DAY OF TERM Tuesday 18th April 2017

MAY BANK HOLIDAY Monday 1st May 2017

HALF TERM 29th May – 2nd June 2017

Spring Bank Holiday Monday 29th May 2017

LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 21st July 2017



REMINDER!!

Breakfast Club and Kids’ Club Charges are going up next term.

Breakfast Club: £4 flat rate

Kids’ Club: £9/child - additional siblings £8.50

Concessions: £7.50/child - additional siblings £7

Kids’ Club tel: 0207 354 6106


WILLIAM TYNDALE TERM DATES 2017 - 2018

AUTUMN TERM 2017 FIRST DAY OF TERM Monday 4th September 2017 INSET DAYS Monday 4th September 2017 Tuesday 5th September 2017 CHILDREN RETURN Wednesday 6th September 2017 HALF TERM 23rd October to 27th October 2017 INSET DAYS Monday 30th October 2017 Tuesday 31st October 2017 LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 15th December 2017 SPRING TERM 2018 FIRST DAY OF TERM Wednesday 3rd January 2018 HALF TERM 12th February to 16th February 2018 INSET DAY Friday 9th February 2018 LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 23rd March 2018 Good Friday Friday 30th March 2018 Easter Monday Monday 2nd April 2018 SUMMER TERM 2018 FIRST DAY OF TERM Monday 9th April 2018 May Bank Holiday Monday 7th May 2018 HALF TERM 28th May – 1st June 2018 Spring Bank Holiday Monday 28th May 2018 LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 20th July 2018


Parent Hotline: 08447 707576; school ID: 60256


William Tyndale School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils.



WORRIES OR CONCERNS?

If you have any concerns, no matter how small, about your child, please see their class teacher in the first instance. After school is the best time to do this and you can also arrange an appointment via the school office.

Please do not feel you have to wait until parent conferences to discuss matters about your child.

If you are not satisfied with the way in which your concern has been addressed then do please make an appointment to see Tanya (Head Teacher), Claire (Deputy Head Teacher), Bea (Assistant Head Teacher), Olivia (Assistant Head Teacher and SEND Leader), or Sophie (Assistant Head Teacher).

BICYCLE MANNERS

Thank you to those parents and

carers who always dismount and

leave their bicycles in our pods

away from all the children during

the morning and afternoon rush.

There is a real danger of them

falling on small children in

particular. We are also grateful

to those parents who remind their

children not to ride their scooters

and bicycles at any time through

the school grounds.

Collection from Kids’ Club

Thank you to all who enable Tina, Yvonne and Elvira to finish their work on time by 6 pm in Kids’ Club. If you are late three times in any one term you will not be able to send your child/ren to Kids’ Club until further notice. There is an immediate fine of £20 per child (including siblings) to pay if you do not collect by 6 pm. This increases by £1 every minute (per child), so please make sure you are at the door before then. Thank you.

Parking in Sable Street

We understand that some of you may

need to collect your children by car; if

you do please help us maintain good

neighbourly relations by making use

of public parking spaces and not

blocking exits. The Sable Street gate

will close at 9.05 a.m. and 3.45 p.m.

every day so please be mindful of this.

Thank you.

Playground Equipment

Thank you to those parents

and carers who remember to

keep their children off the

playground structures in the

morning and at the end of the

day.


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