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Thursday 29th March 2018 Spring Term Issue 6

NEWSLETTER St Mary & St Pancras C. E. Primary School

www.stmp.camden.sch.uk

Dear Parents and Carers There was great singing from our children at the Easter Service yesterday along with

thoughtful prayers and good behaviour. It was good to see Reverend Anne and also parents who came along.

Many Camden schools are embarking on ‘Meat Free Mondays’. This is a worldwide campaign encouraging us not to eat meat for one day each week and replace it with vegetarian proteins

instead. We have decided to participate as we are a healthy school and promote healthy eating. See the article in this newsletter for more information.

Easter Bonnet Day today was a huge success. So many children made some fantastic bonnets. A child from each class received a prize for the best hat and it was extremely difficulut to

choose! Thank you to all of the children and parents for their huge effort. I hope you all have a restful Easter break and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 16th

April when school opens for the first day of the summer term. Kind regards Miss Belton, Headteacher

Attendance and punctuality

Winners for the last two weeks are...

Punctuality: Nursery & Year 5

Attendance: Year 5

House Points -- St Andrew 53 St David 68 St Patrick 59 St George 83

Key Reminders: for 2017/18

The office is closed from 1.30pm. If any

parent/carer needs to speak to the office, please either do so between 8.30am -1pm

or telephone leaving a message.

DINNER MONEY should be paid EVERY MONDAY at the START of the week

before your child has a meal. The cost of a meal is £2.35 a day or £11.75 per week.

Please remember that school finishes at 3.30pm and children should be collected promptly. The same applies to clubs, which finish at 4.30pm.

Please do not wear heels on the soft surfaces in the early year’s playground and around the jungle gym as this causes damage. Thank you.

If you wish to change your child’s meal arrangements, please give four weeks’

notice at the office.

Medical/dental appointments should be arranged before or after school wherever possible. Please provide evidence.

We do not encourage leave in term time, however, should you need to request this, please complete a form available from the office.

Diary Dates 29th March – PTFA Easter Bonnet Day and

Cake Sale at the end of the day

29th March – END OF TERM, SCHOOL CLOSES AT 2PM

16th April – SCHOOL OPEN

17-20th April – Year 6 School Journey

7th May – MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY – SCHOOL CLOSED

15th May – Year 1 trip – Orchestra Up Close performance

21-25th May – Assessment Week

23rd May – Share a Pencil Day

25th May – Last day of Half Term – school finishes at 3.30PM

1st

Week 1 Week 2

Nursery Tawhid & Ayden

Reception: Aria & Sara Year 1 Zakaria & Iqra Class trip Year 2: Lilia & Teddy Faye & Exaucee Year 3: Khadijah & Vena Rayan & Markella Year 4: Charlie & Zeshan Mario, Hamza, Nadia Year 5: Yusuf Lydia & Yasin Year 6: Sami & Aisha Isha & Jack

A Prayer for Easter

Blessed are you, Sovereign God. Conqueror of death, your light invades the places of darkness, restores sight and joy to the blind and summons those enslaved by death to walk free in hope. For us Jesus poured out his life like water and lay bound in the dusk of death. In his rising a new world is created, where light, goodness and joy spring forth. Joy of those who walk in darkness, Destroyer of death, Hope of resurrection, blessed are you, Sovereign God, Light of the World. AMEN

For the past four weeks, Years 5 and 6 brass bands enjoyed being involved in the Camden Jazz Connect project. We have had trumpeter Claude Deppa coming in to work with us, teaching us how to play by ear and helping us to improve our improvising. During the performance on Tuesday to the rest of the school, we were joined by three percussionists. We played two songs – The Homecoming and a piece by Dizzee Rascal. Mrs Waller-Box

Trombonists

Baritones Percussionists

Last week, Year 3 spent a day making music with some students and fellows from the Royal Academy of Music. We used a mixture of class percussion instruments to compose on as well as our voices. It was great to see the instruments the musicians from the Royal Academy brought in with them including a harp! We finished the day with a performance of our rainforest composition to the rest of the school. Mrs Waller-Box

Last Friday we enjoyed a performance by all the children who learn guitar in our school. Some played solo while others played in pairs and groups. It was great to hear our guitar club playing for the first time. They were even able to play and sing at the same time! We were especially impressed by the level of playing that the year 6 guitarists are achieving. Mrs Waller-Box

Reception had a wonderful time at Kentish Town City Farm on Monday. Farmer Chris gave the

children a tour around the farm and told the children many interesting facts about the animals! There were several activities for the children related to The Little Red Hen and The Three Little Pigs, which were two of our focus stories this half term. Ms Sheehan

Nursery had a lovely time when they visited the farm on Tuesday. They learnt that “All girl birds

lay eggs”. They also learnt about strong materials by roleplaying the story of “The 3 little pigs” and

learnt that we need to grind wheat to make it into flour. Ms Mani