Raglan Primary School
Newsletter Friday March 4th 2016
Dear Parents, Carers, Governors and Friends, We have had another very exciting week at Raglan. Below is a flavour of what has been going on, please also look on the Website and Twitter for further details. Thank you to the parents who were able to attend the Parent Forum meeting on Wednesday . The focus for this term’s meeting was Developing the Vision for Raglan. I shared with parents the work that staff and governors had already done towards this and then parents were asked to talk in groups about what they would see as being Raglan School Values and the qualities they would like to see in a ‘Raglan’ child. We will also be talking to the children about what is special about Raglan and how they would like to see Raglan in the future. We will then take into account the views of everyone to agree a forward thinking vision for Raglan which is understood and shared by the whole community.
Enjoy your weekend, Kath Margetts and Staff
Fantastic Learning at Raglan Year 3 are reading the book ‘Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf’. In the story, the children imagined they were an animal and then created it out of sticks and other natural materials. This really got them thinking about the characters within the book and also linked to Science as they had to think about the materials they were using.
A lion made out of sticks and the children working together to create an animal.
World book day is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it is a celebration of reading. Thank you to all the parents for your support in making this such a successful day. Throughout the week, we focussed on different authors and favourite books in class and in assemblies. It was lovely that so many children linked their character costumes with books they had read and enjoyed.
The winners of the KS1 and KS2 best costume were Thomas Townsend for his three Headed Dog from the Harry Potter series and Amber Zafar for her Elmer the Patchwork Elephant costume. Well done. I hope your child brought home their £1 book voucher. These are redeemable in local bookshops and can be used to buy one of ten exclusive books; alternatively, you can put the voucher towards the cost of a book of your choice. Happy Reading!
KS2 winner
KS1 winner
Banner Competition There were so many outstanding banners it was very difficult to choose winners! The winner from Reception class was Ivy Duggan in RE who drew a lovely picture of Rapunzel. The winner from KS1 was Wissal Mestoura in 1R who drew a picture of Horrid Henry and the winner from KS2 was Murodullo Muradov in 4D who drew characters from several of his favourite books. A £5 gift voucher has been given to our winners to use at the Scholastic Book Fair next week. Special mention to Isabella Fairclough/ 5F, Annie Hollis-Barter/5F, Amelia Coleman/6R, Gayathri Botta/5O, Courtney Jewitt-Ricketts/5F and Aryman Singh/5O, Isla Morris Pratt/2H, Madison Brierley/2H, Amelia McMillan/2HY, Aidan Plail/2H, Sherbeck Muradov/2HR, Beth Turner/2HR, Martina Andonova/1R, India Hawkins/1R, Ruby KinderCartwright /1R, Yobitha Vijayavinthan /1R, Ava Simpson/RE. All the banners will be laminated and strung together and hung along the school gates during our Book Festival on the week beginning 18th April. Please keep sending in banners as we would love to have as many as possible to display.
Ivy Duggan in RE
Wissal Mestoura 1R
Murodullo Muradov 4D
Children’s University The Children’s University is affiliated with several Museums and other destinations
Football Last week the girls’ and boys’ football team played Perry Hall School. Although they did not win, we are very proud they represented Raglan so well. Thank you to Ms O’Donnell and Mr Rob for their time and support in running the girls’ and boys’ football teams.
offering Children’s University Activities. Children gain university credits by taking part in extracurricular activities at school and in the wider community. Please remember to take your child’s University passport if they visit any of the places listed below and make sure to ask for a stamp in their book. Science Museum
BBC Tours London
Natural History Museum
Bromley Museum
Museum of London
Crofton Roman Villa
Museum of Childhood
Horniman Museum
The local library may also have activities during the holiday
Transport Police visit Year 5
3B Family Assembly
We had a visit from the British Transport Police on
3B wowed the other children,
Tuesday; they talked to the children about safety on the railway. The children were able to see their car up close, try on their hats and see some of the equipment they
their parents and the staff with
use.
their re-telling of ‘Oliver and the Seawigs’ by Philip Reeve. Well done 3B!
Upcoming dates… 8th March – Year 4 trip to Horton Kirby
BYMT Bromley Youth Music Trust will be participating in this year’s NATIONAL LEARN TO PLAY DAY on Saturday 12th March 2016. This is an opportunity for pupils and parents to come in to the Music Centre, try all the instruments, talk to the music teachers and see all the music opportunities that Bromley children can partake in. BYMT will be open on Saturday 12th March, from 10.00am – 1.00pm and everyone is welcome to come by at any time.
10th March – Scholastic Book Fair arrives at school 11th March – Closing date for R-Factor entries 11th March – 1R Family Assembly 12th March – Crystal Palace Run, children to arrive at 9am. 16th March – School Photographs (class, individual and siblings) 18th March – Easter Disco 18th March – Sports Relief, details coming out
SCHOOL DINNERS Thank you to those who have already paid. The amount due for school dinners for KS2 Children ONLY from nd
Monday 22 February to Thursday 24th March is £48. (The cost of school dinners will be increasing from 11th April to £2.20 per dinner/£11 per week). School dinners are payable in advance with cheques made payable to Raglan Primary School or via Schoolcomms. Please ensure your child’s name and new class is clearly marked on the reverse of the cheque.
soon 18th March – Year 4K Family Assembly 24th March – Year 3D Family Assembly 24th March – 9th Annual RFactor 26th March – Friends of Whitehall Rec – Easter Egg Hunt 2-4pm
FOR Photography Competition These are the winners in each category: EYFS: 1st Emilia Baines RS 2nd Aleksandra Holden Nursery 3rd Sonny Langley-Singh RE
Y3/4: 1st Teddy Morrison 4K 2nd Elizabeth Parker 3B 3rd Paul Reilly LLC
KS1: 1st Lucy and Naomi Frost 1MR/1R 2nd Ondina Simionescu 1MR 3rd Frankie Knowlden 1MR
Y5/6: 1st Morgan Willmott 6R 2nd Gracie O'Donnell 5F 3rd Thomas Townsend 5F
Adult: 1st Rob Marlow 2nd Helen Reilly 3rd Julia Porritt
Class Reps We currently have several vacancies for class reps. Class Name RS RS RE
Emma Prescott
RE
Jess Milton
1R
Caroline Engles
1R
Lucy Macartney
1MR
Victoria Turner
1MR 2H
There were over 100 entries in total. The 3 judges were very impressed with the quality of photographs in every age group and it was a difficult job selecting the winners. The Y3/4 category was particularly difficult to judge. Congratulations to everyone who placed an entry and a big Thank You to the FOR for organising the event, particularly Gemma Himsworth and Annabel O’Docherty who gave up a great amount of time to organise the competition and exhibition. There is a PowerPoint presentation, that Mrs Burgess created and shared with the children at morning assembly, with all the winning photographs and this will be available on the website for you to view!
Nicola Austin
Elizabeth McMillan
2H 2HR
Jane O’Donell
2HR
Gemma Page
3B 3B 3D
Rachel Penney
3D 4K
Helen Renwick
4K
Caroline Engles
4D 4D 5O 5O 5F
Maxine Williams
5F 6H
Samantha Howard
6H 6R 6R LLC ULC
Vicky Phipps
Please speak to your class teacher if you are interested.
