FRIDAY FLYER

Friday 13th October 2017

DIARY DATES Monday 16th October KS2 Football Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) Year 6 Reading Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) Year 3/4 Philosophy Club (3.15pm-4.15pm)

Tuesday 17th October Mindfulness Club (8.00am-8.40am) Cookery Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) Year 5 Reading Club, selected pupils (3.15pm-4.30pm) Year 5 ICT Coding Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) KS2 Steel Pan Club (3.15pm-4.30pm)

Wednesday 18th October Year 5 Trip to HMS Belfast Year 6 Reading Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) Year 5 Reading Club, selected pupils (3.15pm-4.30pm) KS2 Gymnastics Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) KS2 Choir (3.15pm-4.30pm)

Thursday 19th October Black History Theme Day school lunch Year 6 Boys Football Squad (3.15pm-4.30pm) Year 5&6 Girls Football Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) SOTO Dance Club Bluebell and Sapphire (3.15pm-

4.30pm)

Friday 20th October Diversity Week Assembly 9.15am (All Parents Welcome) Helping Hands Christmas Fair Organising, Community

Room (9.00am-10.00am) After School Refreshment Sale (3.15pm) KS2 Netball Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) KS2 SOTO Dance Club (3.15pm-4.30pm) KS1 Little Voices Choir (3.15pm-4.00pm) Half Term Holiday - School finishes 3.15pm

Monday 23rd October – Friday 27th October Half Term

FUTURE DATES Monday 30th October - School re-opens 8.50am Thursday 2nd November - Trip to Synagogue (Tiger & Carnelian Friday 3rd November - Cup Winners Assembly 9.15am (All

Parents Welcome) Wednesday 8th November - INSET Days Staff Training (School

Closed to Pupils) Thursday 9th November - History off the Page (Opal, Flamingo &

Fuchsia) Friday 10th November - Year 5 Lavender Assembly 9.15am (All

Parents Welcome) Tuesday 14th November - Year 6 Trip to RAF Museum, Hendon Tuesday 14th November - History off the Page (Tiger &

Carnelian) Thursday 16th November - Trip to Synagogue (Fuchsia &

Flamingo) Friday 17th November - Children In Need Assembly 9.15am (All

Parents Welcome) Friday 1st December - Year 5 Hummingbird Assembly 9.15am (All

Parents Welcome) Friday 1st December - Christmas Fair (TBC) Wednesday 6th December - Parents’ Evening (3.30pm-7.30pm) Friday 15th December - Year 2 Christmas Assembly 9.15am (All

Parents Welcome) INSET Days (School will be closed on these days) Wednesday 8th November 2017 Wednesday 3rd January 2018 (New date) Friday 25th May 2018

Headteacher’s Message I would like to thank everyone for making it such a positive start to our academic year this half term. Our staff, who continue to work incredibly hard each and every day. Our parents, who make sure their children attend school regularly, wear school uniform and read daily at home. Our pupils, who are such enthusiastic learners, they make us enjoy every day at Garfield. With one week to go before our half term, there is much to be proud of. Wishing you all a happy weekend. Ms Karen Khwaja

BOOKS NOT CAKES FOR BIRTHDAYS Polite reminder that we are requesting parents do not bring birthday cakes, sweets or party bags into school if it is your child’s birthday. We have many pupils with a range of allergies and we also want to continue encouraging healthy eating.

Please do still let your child’s teacher know if there is a birthday and we still sing ‘Happy Birthday’ and make a fuss of their special day.

If you would like to mark your child’s birthday, you are welcome to donate a book for his/her class and we will put a special sticker to show it was donated to celebrate your child’s birthday.

This will be a more long lasting gift to the school. Reading is a key priority at Garfield.

Ms Khwaja Headteacher

Happy Diwali for next week to all of our staff,

pupils and families

RECIPE OF THE WEEK FOR CHILDREN & PARENT

FAJITAS INGREDIENTS 4 Chicken Breasts cut into chunks Olive oil For Marinade: 4 limes (juiced) 2tsp of fajita seasoning 4 onions finely sliced 1 big garlic clove sliced For Salsa:1 red pepper and 1/2 jar of roasted peppers 1 small apple peeled 4 ripe tomatoes 1/2 lime (juiced) Small bunch of coriander Chilli sauce for taste (optional) For Guacamole: 2 ripe avocados, halved & stone removed 1/2 lime (juiced) Grated cheese for serving

METHOD 1. Place chicken in marinade ingredients in fridge for 2 hours. 2. Chop peppers, roasted peppers, apples and tomatoes for

Salsa, mix with coriander leaves. 3. Tip salsa ingredients into food processor with lime juice and a

little seasoning. Pulse until finely chopped. Take 2 large spoons of mixture for younger children. Add chilli sauce to remaining mixture, if using then pulse again.

4. Spoon avocado into a bowl and mash it. Stir in lime juice with some black pepper.

5. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and pour the contents with the chicken into the pan. Cook for 5- 8 minutes until chicken chunks are cooked through.

6. Put the grated cheese, salsa, guacamole and sour cream in separate bowls to put on the table.

7. Heat the tortillas according to the pack instructions and put the cooked chicken in a bowl.

8. Choose your toppings, fill and roll tortilla. Lay them out ready to eat!

ATTENDANCE

Week Ending 6th October 2017

Rose = 99.31% Ruby = 96.79% Sapphire = 98.00 % Bluebell = 95.19% Carnelian = 91.84% Tiger = 95.52% Opal = 98.53% Flamingo = 97.67% Fuchsia = 94.67% Hummingbird = 98.33% Lavender = 97.59% Grasshopper = 95.67% Hellebore = 93.33%

TOTAL-96.60%

I am exceptionally pleased about last weeks’ attendance result. We exceeded national

expectation which we have all been working extremely hard to achieve.

Well done to Rose Class for achieving 99.31%

Let’s support and encourage each other to maintain and better this score. The only way is up!

Well done to everyone!

Attendance Officer Mrs Matas

YEAR 6 TRIP TO NATURAL

HISTORY MUSEUM On Tuesday 10th October, Year 6 went on a trip to the Natural

History Museum. We got off at South Kensington station which

is a five minute walk to the museum. At the entrance, we saw a

giant blue whale hanging from the ceiling.

We had a great time looking at Mary

Anning’s marine reptile fossils and

visiting the dinosaur exhibition. We

all had an exhausting but enjoyable

day out.

Sarah and Kyriakos

Year 6 Hellebore

ENFIELD MUSIC SERVICE New application forms for instrumental tuition starting in the Spring Term 2018 are now available in the school office. If you are interested in your child learning a musical instrument please collect a form from the office. Forms need to reach Enfield Music Services by: Friday 10th November 2017.

YEAR 1 AND 2 TRIP TO FREIGHTLINER CITY FARM

On Wednesday, I went to a City Farm with my class. I went on the train to the farm. When we got there, I saw chickens with eggs, met Matilda the cow, Red the sheep and a big chicken called Barney.

I ate a tuna sandwich and finally got to play in the park before travelling back to school. My class and I all had a really nice time.

Success Year 2 Bluebell Class

HEALTHY PACKED LUNCHES Parents are reminded that

chocolate spread often has nuts

in it and we are a nut free school

with many pupils who have nut

allergies.