Raglan
Primary School
Newsletter Friday May 6th 2016
Dear Parents, Carers, Governors and Friends, Another fantastic week of learning at Raglan. The Year 3 Roman Day in particular really brought the learning to life for the children. Maxine Williams, A Year 5 parent has kindly organised for a group of volunteers from her work place to come into school tomorrow and spruce up the KS2 garden area , so that the children will once more be able to use it – just in time for the good weather. A big thank you to her for organising this. Next week is an important week for Year 6 as they are doing their Key Stage 2 SATs tests. The children have worked really hard through out the year in preparation for them and we are really proud of them all. Now is their opportunity to show what they have learned. We wish them all the very best. Looks like being a lovely weekend weather wise – enjoy! Kath Margetts and Staff
Year 3 Roman Day Year 3 experienced life in a Roman town. We took on the role of slaves who were training to be apprentices. We visited workshops and were able to make a variety of artefacts. During the morning, rumours arrived that Boudicca and her army were advancing. When Boudicca was defeated, we celebrated with an afternoon of feasting and entertainment. Thank you to Mr Benning, Mrs Dossetter, Mrs Fodgen, Mrs Haffenden, Mrs Parker, Mrs Peelen, Mrs Slade and Mrs Toynton and Mrs Ward for helping throughout the day.
4D Family Assembly What a marvellous assembly it was! 4D retold ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine,’ by Roald Dahl and shared their work from the Book Festival week. We were very impressed with the recipes they had created and their descriptions of Grandma!
Raglan welcomes Sarah Lean
Sarah will be visiting on May 11th from 1.30 to meet the children and talk about her new series of books for 5-8 year olds. Waterstones will be with us on the day with her books if your child wishes to buy one. They cost £5. If you would like one please send in £5 in a named envelope labelled with your child’s name and “Waterstones book”. A more detailed flyer will be sent out early next week.
Quiz Night Thank you to everybody who has entered a team for the Quiz Night on Friday 13th May. For those of you who would still like to take part but have not yet entered a team, the deadline has been extended to Monday 9th May.
Summer Weather Please remember to send your child in with their water bottle every day! Water bottles are available to purchase from the school office for £1.50 Please also remember to send your child in with a hat and on sunny days please can you apply
Year 1 In Year 1 we had a mysterious start to the
sun cream.
week, when we came to school someone had been in our classrooms and made a terrible mess! We looked at a story about a lonely beast who visited a city like ours to find friends. We were not sure if he had been to visit our classroom as well!
FOR Meeting A reminder that the next meeting is Wednesday 11th May at 7.30pm in the schoolhouse in the KS1 playground. We will be continuing the planning for the Summer Fair. Everybody is welcome.
Bexley Selection Test 2016 Y5 Parents The test dates are either Tuesday 20th September or Wednesday 21st September. The test centres will be in one of four grammar schools in Bexley. Parents must register online in order to sit the test. www.bexley.gov.uk/selectiontests The closing date is 10th July. Late registration will not be accepted.
Ravens Wood School
Recycling at Raglan Our school is taking part in WEEE FREE for 2 weeks starting 9th May – 20th May. Search your home for old electrical items and bring them to the recycling bank at school. By recycling your waste electricals, you can help our school win £500. We can collect old and/or broken: Electrical kettles, microwaves, food processors, toasters, coffee machines, deep fat fryers, electrical irons, vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, video recorders, televisions, electrical lawnmowers etc.
A flyer will be sent to parents of Year
A leaflet is available at the school
5 children with regards to a taster day
office main entrance or have a look at the posters around school.
at Ravens Wood School. Parents must register to reserve a space. The
deadline is Monday 6th June.
Bromley Biking Buzz Saturday 14th May, 12 noon – 4pm. Free event at Norman Park. Lots of free activities to try that are suitable for all ages, please see posters in the School KS1 & KS2 playground for more details. Register at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Bikingbuzz2 016
