Headteacher Newsletter 27th January 2017

Best Class Punctuality Best Class Attendance Whole School Attendance

Week ending 20th Jan: Y4 & Y6 Week ending 20th Jan: Y5 100% Week ending 20th Jan: 99%

Week ending 27th Jan: Y1 Week ending 27th Jan: Y6 100% Week ending 27th Jan: 97%

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Governors’ Morning Y6 Trip to Junior Citizenship Y1&2 Trip to The Tower of London Break for half term Back from half term World Book Week 9am Reading Workshop for parents 6pm Bedtime stories and pancakes World Book Day—dress as favourite book character Y5 Trip with Thames Explorers 9am Y6 Class Assembly 2:30—5pm Parents Evening (school closing at 2pm) 3:30—7pm Parents Evening National Sing-Up Day 2pm Year 3/4 Production 6pm Year 3/4 Production Y5 Easter Experience at Kings Centre Y5 Class Assembly 9:15 Easter Service in church 2pm Break for Easter Holidays First day of Summer Term Please see our website for additional dates

Dear Parents and Carers, Thank you to all parents who came to our Book-look on Tuesday 24th. We hope you found it a useful opportunity to talk with your child about their targets, progress and learning and to meet informally with their class teacher. In continuing to strive to move forwards and work in partnership, we would like to invite you to our next Parent Forum on Wednesday 8th March on the theme of The Vision for St. Paul’s by 2020 and beyond. Please see letters in order to contribute to the discussions. On Monday 30th of January we will be saying goodbye to Mrs Whittington as she is retiring after 25 years in the profession and 9 years at St. Paul’s. Please do pop into the office to wish her well on the day, as I know she has worked closely with many of you in supporting your child at school. We are looking forward to welcoming Ms Kim Smith after half term. I know you will make her feel very welcome and be patient as she gets to know us all. Thank you for alerting the school about the TFL proposal to remove the railings at the crossing in the middle of Hook Road. I would refer you to my previous letter (available on our website) with contact details and a reference number to use. Please click for more information: http://www.stpaulsp.kingston.sch.uk/Letters-home Thank you to all who have given such positive feedback about the Daily Mile. The children (and staff) are really enjoying it and we are already seeing improvements in stamina and fitness as well as increased concentration when back in the classroom. We will be continuing this, with some adaptions for safety purposes, and hope that you will soon start noticing the difference when walking with your child.

Mrs Kathryn Hemming

Playground Update We are delighted to inform you that the second stage of our playground development, including

the boat, wet-pour and sail, will be being installed in half-term week and the following week. This

means that we can then move on towards part 3 of the plan, involving the planting beds, play-

ground markings and KS2 Table Tennis Tables. By the summer we will have beautiful outdoor space

for our children. Thank you for your patience!

The Guildford Flames. Thank you to our local

Ice-Hockey Team, who came to talk to the Y5 and Y6 children about keeping healthy and safe and to

educate our children about the dangers of using drugs.

Growth mindset quote of the week: “The important thing in life is not the

triumph but the struggle” Pierre de Coubertin

Class news

Red: We have been finding ways to help Mr Grinling from our focus book this week: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. We have used a basket and pulley system to deliver his lunch to him across the ‘sea.’ We have written lunch menus for him to decide what to eat—so far he could have watermelon, chocolate or fish-fingers! Yum yum! Yellow: We have been using out knowledge of traditional fairy-tales and descriptive language to create some fabulous character descriptions. In computing we are learning how to animate fairy-tale characters and create scenes. We’ve also been incredibly creative and have been designing our own coats of arms to symbolise our families and friends as part of our theme on castles. Blue: We are really enjoying our new class book and have completed some wonderfully descriptive pieces of writing based on the savannah. In maths we have been learning about money and counting-on to make sure we get the right change. We love spending time in our reading corner, which is a castle in our classroom, with a drawbridge!

Year 3: “My favourite part of this week was maths because I learnt a new way to add. I am more confident now,” Sara “I loved science this week as we experimented with mirrors and light,” Habiba “I also really enjoyed finding out about reflections in science,” Zara.

Year 4: We have been engrossed in our book for Literacy and have enjoyed exploring the characters, using adventurous language. In maths our focus has been developing a variety of methods of multiplication and division. Alongside this, we have learnt why the Romans conquered and who was involved in the events. Year 5: We have been sketching plants and flowers to inspire our sculptures to link with our theme of landscapes. In science we have been learning about gravity and we designed and made parachutes, testing their suitability for purpose. We have also been writing really thoughtful prayers of intercession, reflecting on issues in our local area and around the world. Year 6: This week, have been using our trip to Kidzania to inspire us, when writing job adverts in a career of our choice. We have been brainstorming persuasive devices and learning about how to punctuate bullet-pointed lists consistently. In RE, we have been looking at the similarities and differences between the Christian and Muslim understanding of creation, and have been drawing circuit diagrams in Science. Miss Rowlandson was incredibly impressed by how well we performed our 'BalletBoyz' dance routine as a class in PE - we looked like professionals!

Y3 Tag Rugby. We were very proud of our

Y3 rugby stars as they performed so well in

the tournament run at Surbiton School

Grounds. Although they did not win any of

their games, they played brilliantly as a team

and their determination and behaviour were a

credit to the school. ‘Agur the Tagger’ will

now become part of St. Paul’s folklore as a

result of his great efforts and speed on

the field. Well done to all involved!

Traffic Survey

Year One are learning about tally

charts and so have been conducting

traffic surveys and counting the

number of vehicles on the Hook

Road. They worked well with their

partners to count the correct number.