This Week’s Gospel “The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptise with the Holy Spirit.” Word of the Week: Witness Sacred Heart Herald Friday 24h January 2020 Dear Parents and Carers, Our KS2 choir sang beaufully at Mass on Sunday and were once again great ambassadors for our school. We started the week with our Spring into Learning parental sessions and the children and staff enjoyed sharing their learning with you. This morning our whole school enjoyed watching Robin Hood in pantomime which we are linking to our Talk for Wring class work. Later in the aſternoon children in each class shared and celebrated their learning acvies for Chinese New Year (Saturday 25 January) in a whole school assembly. I am very pleased that children at Sacred Heart are consistently given so many enriching opportunies to engage them in their learning. When we welcomed other Headteachers and a Merton School Improvement Partner to our school on Friday 17th January as part of 'Peer Review', they interviewed a range of pupils across the school. They asked children quesons about their learning, whether they feel safe happy and cared for and what they like about Sacred Heart. Our visitors all felt that pupil voice and leadership was exceponally strong, demonstrated through children's involve- ment and opportunies to represent and express themselves at Sacred Heart. The visitors interviewed the Year 5 children who led our Sacred Heart General Elecon in December about the impact of their learning and their role in leading this. Our School Council and Eco reps were able to talk about the impact of their work as well as an- swer quesons around safeguarding and bullying. Our visitors will be joining us for a second day later this month, in which we will be looking at 'Excellence in teaching and learning', parcularly focussing on assessment for learning in the classroom. On Monday 27th January we will hold a muſti to support Australia, in parcular for a charity supporng the care and preservaon of koala bears so remember to bring in £1 and dress in green/gold or any Australian themed are. Have a great weekend Lorraine Dolan-Walsh Something to Celebrate Stars of the Week Maria Upton Thomas Adams James Rees William Karkkainen Kaylinda Pedersen Kayden Malik Anchala Selvaranjan Dilakshika Ranjithkumar Nithyaa Nithiananthan Esther Lee Henry Beer Lucia Scott Akash Bastiampillai This Week’s Laureates Ria Puri Kristoff Caringal Livia Cornelius Joanne Yoon Linda Faysal Isabella Rahman Calvin Cornelius Eloise Marshall Bianca Slonopas Jairus Jude Sandra Wamsteker Best Class Attendance Week ending 17/01/20 St Josephine Class—100% St Bridget Class—100% Headteacher’s Awards Early Years - Luana Marns Marita Key Stage 1 - Hanishka Mahadeva Lower Key Stage 2 - Agishan Mahadeva Upper Key Stage 2 - Erin Eya
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This Week’s Gospel “The man on whom you see the Spirit come down
and remain is the one who will baptise with
the Holy Spirit.”
Word of the Week: Witness
Sacred Heart Herald Friday 24h January 2020
Dear Parents and Carers,
Our KS2 choir sang beautifully at Mass on Sunday and were once again great ambassadors for our school.
We started the week with our Spring into Learning parental sessions and the children and staff enjoyed sharing their learning with you.
This morning our whole school enjoyed watching Robin Hood in pantomime which we are linking to our Talk for Writing class work. Later in the afternoon children in each class shared and celebrated their learning activities for Chinese New Year (Saturday 25 January) in a whole school assembly.
I am very pleased that children at Sacred Heart are consistently given so many enriching opportunities to engage them in their learning. When we welcomed other Headteachers and a Merton School Improvement Partner to our school on Friday 17th January as part of 'Peer Review', they interviewed a range of pupils across the school. They asked children questions about their learning, whether they feel safe happy and cared for and what they like about Sacred Heart. Our visitors all felt that pupil voice and leadership was exceptionally strong, demonstrated through children's involve-ment and opportunities to represent and express themselves at Sacred Heart. The visitors interviewed the Year 5 children who led our Sacred Heart General Election in December about the impact of their learning and their role in leading this. Our School Council and Eco reps were able to talk about the impact of their work as well as an-swer questions around safeguarding and bullying. Our visitors will be joining us for a second day later this month, in which we will be looking at 'Excellence in teaching and learning', particularly focussing on assessment for learning in the classroom.
On Monday 27th January we will hold a mufti to support Australia, in particular for a charity supporting the care and preservation of koala bears so remember to bring in £1 and dress in green/gold or any Australian themed attire. Have a great weekend Lorraine Dolan-Walsh
Something to Celebrate
Stars of the Week
Maria Upton
Thomas Adams
James Rees
William Karkkainen
Kaylinda Pedersen
Kayden Malik
Anchala Selvaranjan
Dilakshika Ranjithkumar
Nithyaa Nithiananthan
Esther Lee
Henry Beer
Lucia Scott
Akash Bastiampillai
This Week’s Laureates
Ria Puri
Kristoff Caringal
Livia Cornelius
Joanne Yoon
Linda Faysal
Isabella Rahman
Calvin Cornelius
Eloise Marshall
Bianca Slonopas
Jairus Jude
Sandra Wamsteker
Best Class Attendance
Week ending 17/01/20
St Josephine Class—100%
St Bridget Class—100%
Headteacher’s Awards
Early Years - Luana Martins Maritati Key Stage 1 - Hanishka Mahadeva
I have always been scared of snakes. At scouts and cubs they always did a ses-sion on reptile handling and I never got involved until now. After our visit from Nick Carter who spoke about facing your fears I decided I was going to be brave and face mine. Last Wednesday when I went to Scouts we had a reptile handling session and I held an albino python. I was okay when they were walking round with them, they didn’t look very big but when it came up close to me my heart was pounding. I thought it would be really slimy and slippery and cold but it wasn’t. It felt quite warm and leathery, they put it in my lap – afterwards I felt really proud of myself.
Max—Year 6 We will definitely send this image off to Nick to see if Max could be sent a deep fear T-shirt.
This week in St Josephine Class What would it be like to win a golden ticket? This week, in St Josephine Class, we have been taking on the roles of different characters to imagine how they would act and feel. In Guided Reading, we did an activity called `Hot seating`. This is where one pupil pretends to be the character in question and the class asks different questions about how they are feeling, why they are feeling that way and the choices they will make because of this. This allows us to think at a deeper level about the story, it helps us to understand the authors’ choices and leads to our future story writing being more detailed, gripping and exciting.
Isabella (Speaking as Charlie Bucket) – “If I won a golden ticket I would feel over the moon. It wouldn’t just make my life better but the lives of everyone in my family. We are so poor you see and a lifetime supply of chocolate and sweets would mean we never go hungry again!”
Summer (Speaking as Grandpa Joe) – “If Charlie was to win I would be filled with energy. I could finally get out of this bed and go on an adventure. It would be so exciting to see that beautiful factory again after so many years. “
Year 6 at the Globe Last Friday Year 6 spent the day along the Southbank of the Thames. We spent some time exploring the river side and looking at the sights in order to put into context our topic on William Shakespeare. As well as visualising how the landscape has changed from Shakespearean times to our now modern built up city the children were able to explore the Globe Theatre.
“I was fascinated by all of the names around the outside of the Globe – so many people helped to re-create what it was like so we can experience it.” Joon Sung “To begin with when we got to the Globe I was a bit intimidated because I have never been anywhere like it before but I am glad we went because I learnt so much.” Leighton. “It was really cool that it did not have a roof.” Josh M “The drama workshop was amazing.” Min Jun and James
“It looked really old but I did not realise it was a copy because the real one burned down.” Camron “We learned so much about what it was really like in Shakespeare’s time which really helped us to understand more.” Eva
“I liked standing on the real stage at the theatre.” Marusha “I really liked seeing behind the stage and where the King and Queen would sit. It was all very exciting.” Lizzy “I really liked learning about all the secrets of the Globe Theatre; like how they used trap doors which symbolised heaven and hell – it was really cool to see.” Lucia
“The Globe has exquisite decorations and lots of detailed pictures unlike normal theatres. It was great to discover secrets from behind the stage.” Jacob
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