LARMENIER & SACRED HEART CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Issue 151 20th December 2016 41a Brook Green, London W6 7BL T: 020 8748 9444 F: 02082370959 E: [email protected]www.larshrc.lbhf.sch.uk IMPORTANT DATES December 20th Christmas Lunch Key Stage 2 Talent Show 21st Last Day of Autumn Term School ends at 1.30pm January 3rd Staff Training Day—School closed for pupils 4th Pupils return to school 6th Whole school Mass to mark the Feast of the Epiphany Years 4 and 5 Choir Workshop Years 4 and 5 choir took part in a workshop led by the Director of the W11 Opera. This year the opera is called ‘The Price’ and tells the story of the Suffragette's fight for votes for women. The workshop examined the different approaches of women who protested within the law and the followers of Emmeline Pankhurst who felt they would only be heard if they broke the law. The children learnt one song from the opera. They also attended the dress rehearsal on Friday 9th December and had a wonderful time. By Mrs Teverson Best Attendance Week ending 18th November Class 3G & 5G with 99.3% Week ending 25th November Class 1G & 3G with 99% Week ending 2nd December Class 1B & 1G with 99.3% Week ending 9th December Class 3B with 99.6% Week ending 16th December Class 3B with 100% Children in Need Sofia and Maria Costa would like to say a big thank you to everyone who participated in our challenge for Children in Need on the 18th November. It made them feel really proud to be part of this school. Singing ‘Three Little Birds’ they raised £61.30. Thank you for your generous donations. By Mrs Costa The Nursery Christmas Celebration Nursery performed their Christmas Celebration on Tuesday the 6th of December. They worked so hard to learn the songs and prayers and did a wonderful job of telling the Christmas Story. It was a first performance for many of the children and we were really proud of them! By Miss Dignan Erin Teatum - "I liked playing the instruments the best"
December 20th Christmas Lunch Key Stage 2 Talent Show 21st Last Day of Autumn Term School ends at 1.30pm January 3rd Staff Training Day—School closed for pupils 4th Pupils return to school 6th Whole school Mass to mark the Feast of the Epiphany
Years 4 and 5 Choir Workshop
Years 4 and 5 choir took part in a workshop led by the Director of the W11 Opera. This year the opera is called ‘The Price’ and tells the story of the Suffragette's fight for votes for women. The workshop examined the different approaches of women who protested within the law and the followers of Emmeline Pankhurst who felt they would only be heard if they broke the law. The children learnt one song from the opera. They also attended the dress rehearsal on Friday 9th December and had a wonderful time. By Mrs Teverson
Best Attendance
Week ending 18th November Class 3G & 5G with 99.3% Week ending 25th November Class 1G & 3G with 99% Week ending 2nd December Class 1B & 1G with 99.3%
Week ending 9th December Class 3B with 99.6% Week ending 16th December Class 3B with 100%
Children in Need
Sofia and Maria Costa would like to say a big thank you to everyone who participated in our challenge for Children in Need on the 18th November. It made them feel really proud to be part of this school. Singing ‘Three Little Birds’ they raised £61.30. Thank you for your generous donations. By Mrs Costa
The Nursery Christmas Celebration
Nursery performed their Christmas Celebration on Tuesday the 6th of December. They worked so hard to learn the songs and prayers and did a wonderful job of telling the Christmas Story. It was a first performance for many of the children and we were really proud of them! By Miss Dignan
Erin Teatum - "I liked playing the instruments the best"
Christmas Craft Club
After watching too many episodes of The Apprentice, Miss Page decided to start her own moneymaking venture and ‘The Christmas Craft Club’ began. The children made cards, painted jars for tea-lights and loads of Christmas decorations which were sold at the Christmas fair. The children had a vote and decided that they would like to donate the money raised to CAFOD. So far, £170 has been donated, but there are still lots of cards and decorations left if anyone is interested in helping to raise a bit more money for a very good cause. By Miss Page
Year 6 Advent Service This was a very special and beautiful celebration that took place in Nazareth House. The chapel inspired us to have a really amazing worship. We sung our hearts out and the readings and prayers will stay in our hearts, just like Jesus and God. We will never forget this day. We definitely touched the hearts of our parents and I know for sure there were a few tears of pride and joy. By Olivia De Cabra 6G
Cartooning Club In this club Mr Horton teaches the students how to draw cartoons. We've had lots of fun and amazing projects like; designing a superhero comic book cover and Care Bears (which was my favourite). Many pupils are looking forward to continuing this club next term. By Ricardo Da Silva, Class 6G
Year 1 Visit to the Museum of Childhood
Year 1 went on a trip to the V&A Museum of Childhood on Wednesday 7th December.
We learnt all about toys from the past and were given the chance to put them on a timeline. We looked at toys from our grandparents time, our parents time and our time. We also got a chance to look around the museum and explore all the different toys. Our favourites were the dolls houses and the board games. By Miss Watson
Choir trip to Nazareth House The now fifty-strong choir went to Nazareth House on St Andrew's Day and performed a variety of songs for the residents there. Alongside some traditional Scottish favourites like the ‘Skye Boat Song’ and ‘Maire's Wedding’, they sang ‘Amazing Grace’ and one of the songs they've been preparing for Christmas. Most of the choir are also performing at the Town Hall on Tuesday 13th December alongside choirs from other schools. There'll be a full orchestra accompanying. By Miss Page
Year 6 Visit to Sky Skills Studio On Tuesday November 15th and Thursday November 17th, Year 6 went to Sky Studios in Osterley, near Heathrow airport. We went to produce our own news report about Cyber-Bullying for anti-bullying week. When we arrived and entered the studio it felt like a dream. It was futuristic and multi-coloured! We were all very shocked and excited and were looking forward to our task. We split up into 4 groups. Each group had its own studio. First, we had to write the script together; we used an iPad. Then each of us took on a different role. Children who were being filmed went to the dressing room where there were all sorts of different costumes to wear. The roles that we could choose were: Reporter, Camera Operator, Director, Editor, Producer, Expert, and much more. Before coming we all also spent time researching the topic of Cyber-Bullying and we had our notes with us to help. We also saw the studios where they actually film things that we see on the television which was so interesting. It was an extraordinary experience! We would love to do it all again! It would be a great experience for someone who wants to work in television when they are older.
By Max Dybus and Olivia Garrido, Year 6
Skiing
At the start of November, we started skiing on an indoor ski slope and for the past eight weeks we’ve been going every Tuesday. We have progressed a lot since our first week when some of us had never even touched a pair of skis before! Last week we even skied backwards, facing up the slope! The slope is like a wet moving carpet. The instructor can change its steepness and speed using a control box which also allows them to set when the slope will start and stop! Three children ski on the slope at a time. There is a bar at the front which you can hold onto if you are unsteady, and a giant mirror so that you can watch yourself and make sure you are skiing in the right position at the right time. Altogether 41 children are taking part. We definitely recommend it to everyone. It is a great way to keep fit and have fun at the same time, and become a pro skier! By Eva Seymour and Carola Brooke, Class 5G
Year 5 Christmas Maths Project Last Friday, we made Christmas trees and Christmas boxes. For our ‘maths doing project’. We made our trees out of Rice Crispies and we had a Rolo at the bottom. We decorated them with sweets that we had brought in from home. We used icing to stick them on. When we made our Christmas box, we had to make the base and sides first. We then put tabs on them to stick them together. After that we made a lid and finally decorated them. By Aine Moroney, Class 5G
Years 4 & 5 Christmas Carol Service Last Wednesday, Years 4 and 5 led a Carol Service in Holy Trinity Church. We stood proudly in the pews and sang traditional carols to tell the Christmas Story. We also had some readings and also some solos. This was a lovely experience and all the parents loved it.
Some parents said it was amazing and the sound was brilliant. They also said we were outstanding and the sound was great.
By Eva Seymour, Class 5G
Prickly Hay
Last week, the children took part in a wonderful performance of 'Prickly Hay'. Everyone worked incredibly hard to ensure the words, songs, acting and costumes were ready for the big day. The children's enthusiasm and confi-dence shone through and they delivered the story of the Nativity beautifully. A particular highlight for many of the children was when Sam swapped the prickly hay in the manger for soft hay to make sure baby Jesus was comfort-able. By Miss Watson
In our Christmas show, we had some beautiful angels and there was a stable boy. There was also a mouse who was the friend of the stable boy. There were also three kings and they did a dance. We were so happy in our show. Our favourite part was when we sang all the songs!'
By Lea Bodson and Isabella Wall Francisco, Class 2B
Christmas Jumper Fundraising
Thank you for the positive response to our Christmas Jumper Fundraiser appeal. You raised a total of £400 for The Passage, a charity for the homeless based in central London.
Reception Christmas Nativity
“We did our Christmas show and some people were singing and some people said their lines really loudly. Some people played an instrument. I said my line super loud. My mummy and daddy thought it was so good.” Rosie Digby, Acorn Class. “I sang loudly and I loved We Wish You a Merry Christmas” Tristian Earl, Willow Class. “I liked seeing everyone dressed up and I loved the angels.” Liya Kebede, Acorn Class
Christmas Card Competition
Congratulations to Shaun Haynes and Rebecca Beautyman who were successful in being selected as winner and runner up in this year’s The Mayor of Hammersmith & Fulham Christmas Card Competition. The Mayor, Councillor Mercy Umeh, visited the school last Monday to meet the children and present them with their prize.
Willow Isabella Duffy Oliver Stefaniuk-Frank
Acorn Alice Orlando Filippo Pignatelli
1B Violet Bartlam Nalu Westcoatt
1G Grace Daniels Aniela Dybus
2B Matilde Montesi Isabella Wall Francisco
2G Zaryeh Shleemon Apolline Brian
3B Rafael Back Clio Espinosa
3G Reuben Clarkson Amelia Harry
4B Alec Macdonald Annie O’Connell
4G Lizzie Doherty Rosie Brown
5B Olivia Salmon Soliana Alemayehu
5G Amy Arroyo Anon Maya Amihyia Dixon
6B Natasha Barry Charlie Pais
6G Asher Ezeife Zoe Firth
Week Ending 25th November 2016
MERIT CARDS Merits are awarded for great academic work and to celebrate special achievements. Congratulations to the children who have been awarded merit cards over the last few weeks.
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