Dear RFA families,

Head teacher’s hello Coming up at RFA JUNE 2019

3rd—7th Healthy Schools Week

3rd Shoreham Lifeboat Centre trip—Year 2 Mandarin Class

4th Horniman Museum trip—Year 4

5th-7th Getting Ready for School (New Reception intake)

4th—5th Summer production auditions—Year 6

6th Shoreham Lifeboat Centre trip—Year 2 Caspian Class

7th Shoreham Lifeboat Centre trip—Year 2 Everest Class

11th Frylands Wood trip—Colorado Class

12th Frylands Wood trip—Lake Tahoe Class

13th Frylands Wood trip— Niagara Class

14th Frylands Wood trip— Yukon Class

14th Non Uniform Day—PTA event

15th Summer Fair –PTA event

17th Year 6 Careers Week

19th Sports Day (KS1)

20th Sports Day (KS2)

21st Play Street

JULY 2019

3rd Enterprise Arts Festival

5th Year 6 Leaver’s Party—PTA event

10th Parent/Teacher meetings

11th Parent/Teacher meetings

12th WOW Work Assembly

12th Play Street

16th-17th Year 6 Summer Production

19th Leaver’s Graduation assembly

19th LAST DAY OF TERM (1pm finish)

A huge well done to all of our Year 6 and Year 2 pupils who have taken SATS exams this term. They have worked extremely hard and showed resilience throughout. We are very proud of them. This half-term has been incredibly short and jam-packed and next half-term, though longer, is just as busy. Please look at the dates coming up - I look forward to seeing you at as many of the events as possible.

Among other things, we are busily trying to organise our first careers fair as part of transition activities for Year 6. We would love representation from a wide range of occupations- can you volunteer for a morning during the week of the 17th? We really appreciate your support. Please get in touch with the school office if you can help.

Over the years the ‘goal posts’ often change within education - during my headship at this school for example we are now working under a 3rd OFSTED evaluation schedule - the document that is used to judge the quality of education in schools. I am happy to say that the latest guidance for schools could have been written directly about the RFA. In particular the words cultural capital are used throughout, the idea of which I introduced to the school some years ago. We have always been and will continue to be committed to ensuring our curriculum is broad and ambitious, giving our young people every opportunity to experience learning that fires their imagination and their aspirations. As adults we may talk of ticking things off our ‘bucket list’. But what about a ‘bucket list’ for our children as they move through primary education? We are very proud of what we offer here but recently I’ve been working with a team of teachers to stretch this even more. What big experiences should children have at primary school to look back on? We want your thoughts!

Please contribute to our bucket list survey monkey here:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RV7S5N2

Wishing you all a wonderful and relaxing half-term break. We look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Monday 3rd June.

Letter Log

There are no letters home this week.

Goodbye! We are saying goodbye (for the time being) to Miss Mattis this term as she goes off to expand her family.

We are also saying goodbye to Miss Sterling. Miss Sterling has been integral in supporting children in the school. She has rarely been phased by any situation and we wish her well as she goes on to continue her good work out in the wider Croydon community.

Friday 24th May 2019 -Issue 128

S INGALONG

Friday 28th June

4.30pm - 6.30pm

CHILD

TICKET PRICE

(over 4YRS)

£1.50

FAMILY

TICKET PRICE

(2 ADULTS, 2 CHILDREN

OR 1 ADULT, 3 CHILDREN)

£5.00

ADULT

TICKET PRICE

£3.00

Tickets available through ParentPay only

Please make sure you purchase the correct ticket,

as refunds cannot be given.

PTA NEWS

SUMMER FAIR 2019 - SATURDAY 15TH JUNE

CONTACT US

If you want to get in touch, please e-mail us at

PTA@robertfitzroyacademy.com

The Summer Fair is fast approaching. We have lots of great stalls and activities lined up so make sure that Saturday 15th June is written on your calendar and in your diary. Yes it’s much earlier this year as we have Year 6 leaving events to organise.

Come and support your school and bring family and friends too!

PARENT STALLS STILL AVAILABLE

PARENT STALLS £15 (1 table, 2 chairs)

Please note we are not accepting anyone making or selling slime!

SUMMER FAIR VOLUNTEERS

As always without the support of volunteers events like the Summer Fair would be a lot more difficult to hold. Can you spare 45 minutes to man one of the stalls? If so please contact your Parent Class Rep or email the PTA.

RAFFLE PRIZES

If anyone can get any prizes from work (Supermarkets, clothes outlets, hotels, spas, gyms etc) that would be lovely. Contact PTA via email or you can find us in the play ground at pick up and drop off i.e. money off vouchers, free tickets, anything big or small is greatly appreciated.

Advice for parents on

gangs The vast majority of young people are not involved in gangs and want nothing to do with them. However, the behaviour of the small number of young people who are involved has a significant impact on communities, on their families and associates, as well as themselves. For more information, you can read the leaflet - ‘Advice to parents and carers on gangs—Helping young people make the right choice’ at the web address https://bit.ly/2XOLVbd

Parental control Software With the advancement in technology and the easy access to modern gadgets that children have, it’s possible for our children to get addicted to certain applications or even get exposed to inappropriate content.

Fortunately, there is plenty of parent control software freely available that will make it easier for you to monitor your children’s activity on their phones, computers or tablets.

This link leads to a roundup of the best free parental control software for 2019

https://bit.ly/2JBWTh0

Book Amnesty At the start of the school year we invested in a whole

new set of reading books for our children to enjoy.

Our stocks are now sadly depleted, so please can we

ask you to check at home or in your child’s bag to see

if you have any of these to return.

If so please return them to your class teacher or the

school office.

No questions asked…..

UNIFORM REMINDER As we reach the hopefully warmest part of the

school year, just a reminder that the following

should not be worn to school.

Jeans

Flip-flops and other sandals

Jewellery, except for watches and small stud earrings.

RECEPTION TRIP TO FRYLANDS WOOD by Mr Lemin

YEAR 5 TRIP TO THE TURF ART GALLERY by Lucy & Niki (Year 5 pupils)

YEAR 5 TRIP TO THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM by Hamza & Amelie (Year 5 pupils)

At the beginning of May, Year 5 visited the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, where we came to enrich our learning about Egypt. Our topic ‘Pharaohs’ is all about Egyptians and how they lived. During our workshop, a specialist gave us unique artefacts to hold and examine- some over 3000 years old! We got to ask many questions to extend our own knowledge. At the end, we talked about where the artefacts would be placed in a tomb and we got to place them on an x-ray of a real Egyptian mummy! In the museum, there were many artefacts on display. Some of us particularly enjoyed the canopic jars (because we liked thinking about what was placed inside- yuck!)

Earlier this term Reception embarked on an adventure to Frylands Wood as an entry point for our new topic 'Why do ladybirds have spots?'. As always we returned inspired and full of questions about minibeasts and creatures of the forest! As well as building our own shelters in the woodland using branches and bluebells, the children explored ponds and orienteered for hidden clues in the treetops. It was absolutely wonderful to see the school's youngest pupils consistently act as such great role models for RFA and we were incredibly proud of how kind, safe and responsible they were for the duration of our time at Frylands. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to make our day such a success even in torrential rain!

On the trip to the Turf Gallery in the Whitgift Centre, Year 5 explored the technology of green screen! The first activity we did with Sophie (the director) was to pass around a roll of tape and use our imaginations for what it could be e.g. a ring, ball, or even food! Next, we were given a background and an object to use to make a story. In our groups, we were lucky enough to visit a real exhibition- Strange Loop by Karanjit Panesar. We had to pick three installations and decide what we thought about it e.g. where had it come from? How old was it? This was then inspiration for our final piece of art- the green screen. We created a scene including the object with a background that we had chosen. We loved our trip to the Turf Gallery and would recommend it to anyone!

Many congratulations to these children who all received a ‘Special Mention’ this half term in Family

Assembly. We are very proud of you.

Special Mentions

Jaedon – Adaptability Lucas – Niagara Alasia – Lorikeet Alexandra – Caspian Kai – Da Vinci Elaycion – Mayan Ibrrahim – Lorikeet

Matheo – Yukon Saphire – Lake Tahoe Lilanna – Kookaburra Carter – Rock Hopper Jasmyn – Picasso Saphire – Lake Tahoe Lydia – Caspian Shamani – Adelie Nana – Emperor Kuba – Zulu Amahria – Mandarin Keyarna – Da Vinci Tamra-Kay – Van Gogh

Mohamed – Van Gogh Malik – Picasso Jacob – Hepworth Elisa – Carib Noam – Ashanti Naasia – Hepworth Elizabeth – Yukon Ruby – Aztec Phil – Kookaburra Faith – Everest Jessica – Ashanti Tobias – Wallaby Asia – Lorikeet Naasia – Hepworth

Kuba – Da Vinci Riya – Niagara Bianca – Colorado Mason – Rockhopper Diego – Carib Charlie – Niagara Asia – Yukon

Zachary C – Kookaburra Alisha – Mandarin Bastian – Emperor Dolce – Zulu Vijktorija - Kookaburra

Ralph – Koala Kymani – Everest Jack – Zulu Harleah – Yoruba Junaide – Koala Charlie – Ashanti Resida – Yoruba Giovarnni – Wallaby Jake – Koala Prerna – Aztec Jaminda – Lake Tahoe Raverick – Picasso

Mahima – Colorado Iscander – Wallaby Kyron – Carib Kalarna – Mayan

Sienna – Mayan Jaden – Aztec Cemre – Caspian Isabella – Van Gogh Zaki – Mandarin Franceska – Yoruba Kacper – Colorado Jaminda – Lake Tahoe Malakai – Picasso

WHOLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE 96.5%

Class Name

Latest

attendance

figures %

Pts this

week

Points

Total

Emperor 94.0 0 2800

Adelie 91.8 0 1400

Rockhopper 97.8 200 4100

Zulu 99.2 200 3800

Ashanti 100 500 4100

Yoruba 98.3 200 4800

Mandarin 100 500 800

Caspian 96.6 300 3700

Everest 97.0 200 4900

Wallaby 95.5 0 4200

Kookaburra 96.4 200 4900

Lorikeet 95.1 0 3400

Koala 95.8 0 3900

Aztec 98.1 200 4100

Mayan 95.3 0 4700

Carib 97.5 200 3600

Niagara 94.2 0 1000

Yukon 94.8 0 3800

Tahoe 98.4 200 5700

Colorado 96.1 200 800

Van Gogh 95.7 0 4500

Da Vinci 98.1 200 5500

Picasso 98.6 200 4600

Hepworth 99.1 200 3600

WALK FOR WATER

FUNDRAISING

TOTAL

£1883