Lyonsdown News - 22nd June 2018

From the Headmaster’s Desk

The weather is glorious, the World Cup is taking place and England have remembered how to win at cricket – summer has finally decided it is here to stay.

In fact, it was a particularly successful week for Lyonsdown on the sports field, with a highly successful Barnet Primary Athletics Championships. All of our school events have been blessed with good weather this week, including Year 4’s outing to the Saatchi Gallery. We also welcomed the remainder of our new Nursery children to School – it is always exciting to see the next generation of pupils being their journey here.

It is funny to think that we are all on a journey, even if we are standing still. As I type and you read, we are spinning at roughly 1,000 miles per hour and orbiting the sun at 70,000 miles per hour. It is these incredible speeds which mean Thursday saw the longest day of the year. The sun rose at 4:43am and set at 9:22pm; a 16 hour and 22 minutes day. 21st June always seems to come too early in the summer, but if you consider that the Winter Solstice of 21st December only provided us with just under eight hours of daylight, our journey becomes clearer.

As you know, things certainly do not slow down at Lyonsdown as we move towards the holidays, although we may not quite move at 70,000 miles per hour. This Saturday sees the FLS Summer Fete, closely followed by a bevy of major events – the Sports Day programme begins with the Year 2-6 on Friday 29th June, the highlight of the penultimate week of term must be the Upper School Performance and the final week of this year treats us to a School Disco and End of Year Celebration. Summer is here, and the final act of the final term is rightly full of exciting activities that our pupils will remember during the break and beyond.

So, onto the first of these fantastic events: I look forward to seeing all of you at the FLS Summer Fete; a glorious event that will take place in glorious weather.

C. Hammond

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Year 1

In Geography, the children have developed an

awareness of localities in and beyond their

country. They were encouraged to observe their

surroundings and examine maps of distant places.

The children were excited to learn that Barnaby

Bear visited Scotland last week, visiting some of

the landmarks the country has to offer. This week

he visited The Artic, which helped him to cool off

after his trip to India at the weekend. What an

amazing bear!

Year One children and team

Pre-Reception

Pre-Reception have been learning about the

World Cup this half term and we were delighted to

welcome Sehri and Selvi’s dad in to the classroom

to teach us some Russian words. We looked at the

map of the world to see how big Russia is as well

as learning that there are 34 characters in the

Russian alphabet. Some of them look very similar

to ours but they don’t sound the same.

Sehri and Selvi’s dad shared a book with the class

showing the children lots of different animals. We

could all say what they were in English, but the

Russian names were much harder.

Thank you, Sehri and Selvi’s dad for sharing with

us.

Mrs Badger

Year 1

On Monday, Year 1 had their second maypole lesson in the glorious sunshine. This week, they learnt the Chrysanthemum dance, collaborating by colour, to produce a beautiful flower which cascaded down the pole. Mrs Young

Year 3

Moving Monsters

The Year 3 girls are beginning to assemble their moving monsters in DT lessons.

Thank you to Year 3 parents for helping to collect the resources: washing up liquid bottles, kitchen roll inserts and egg boxes. All have been creatively recycled and will be coming back to you at the end of term!

Thanks also to Zachary, Mrs Silve’s cat, for eating his way through 22 boxes of cat food so that we could use these too.

Mrs Silve

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Year 4

Year 4 had a lovely day out at the Saatchi Gallery this

week. The theme of the exhibition is ‘Known

Unknowns’ and Year 4 focused on the work of

Stefanie Heinze – painting, Francesca Di Mattio -

Sculpture and Kristine Roepstorff – collage. All three

pieces combined elements of abstract and figurative

art and were very detailed, playful pieces designed

to challenge their audience. In their workshop, Year

4 made collages based on the work of Kristine

Ropestorff and the result of the art produced was

very impressive. Mrs Windsor, Dharmani’s mum and

I were very impressed indeed. We were also lucky to

have had a beautiful day for our trip and we were

able to eat our lunch outside in the grounds. I would

like to complement Year 4 on their excellent

behaviour throughout the day and I know Mr Ham-

mond was delighted to hear that the Saatchi Gallery

had been very complementary about the Lyonsdown

group. Well done everyone!

Mrs Murphie

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Music Café Lyonsdown School's first Music Café was a huge success, with the hall bursting at the seams with parents, grandparents and carers keen to watch the children, from Year 1 up to Year 6, perform. There was a huge range of talent to be heard, from children in their first few months of learning an instrument to the most accomplished of pianists and singers. Some of the children had dashed from a day at a gallery and others from representing the school at a Barnet athletics competition in order to participate. Mrs Roberts did a fantastic job in organising the café and a thank you must also go to Mr Sheridan for setting up the hall. I can't wait until the next one! Mrs Young

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Computing News Lots of Lyonsdown boys and girls enjoy tinkering in their coding lessons. Our code doesn’t always work and we learn to debug it when it goes wrong. Click here for the link to our latest apps. Mrs Everett

School Council 2017 - 2018

The Lyonsdown School Council met for the last time on Thursday.

It has been my pleasure and privilege to have worked with the Council over the last nine months, and I would like to thank them for all the passion and commitment that they have shown to their school this year, and in particular, to thank our Head Girl Charlotte, and Deputy Head Girl Annie, for chairing the meetings and writing up the minutes.

The democratic Pupil Voice at Lyonsdown - where every child has an opportunity to have their views and opinions heard through the School Council and latterly through the newly formed Eco Council - is an integral and valued part of school life. In keeping with this half term’s Lyonsdown Learning habit of Reflection, at our final meeting on Thursday, the Council looked back at what had been achieved this year. Some of the highlights were:

1. An Upper School football club;

2. More Childline posters up around the school;

3. More recycling bins – thank you to the Eco Council too;

4. A dance club;

5. More dress up days – we’ve had 3 this year!

Thank you once again for everything you have done in service to your school this year:

Year 6: Charlotte and Annie

Year 5: Mischa and Leyla

Year 4: Ava and Anjana

Year 3: Sianna and Sia

2F: Maya and Dhamma

2P: Lila and Delilah

In September, we will elect our new School Council for 2018 - 2019. So children, if you feel that you have what it takes to represent your class in this way, why not consider standing for election in the new term

Mrs Windsor

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Lyonsdown Learning competition – Reflection. Last chance to have your work included in our permanent display!

I am pleased to announce the opening of our sixth Lyonsdown Learning habit poster competition, for reflection. To enter the competition to create the symbol for this learning habit, your son or daughter should design (by hand or on the computer) a poster on a piece of plain A4 paper that they think best represents this learning habit. The word reflection must be visible on the poster and the symbol design should be as clear as possible.

Entries produced by Upper School girls should be handed in to the School Office no later than Monday 2nd July at 10:40am. Children in Pre-Reception to Year 2 should hand their entries to their class teacher, who will deliver them. Please ensure that all entries are named on the back of the piece of paper. Results will be announced before the end of the Summer Term.

Mr Hammond’s Challenge 2

“Time travel is an extremely interesting subject, but is it possible and will it ever take place?”

How you present your answer is entirely up to you: posters, PowerPoints and speeches are three suggestions. I would suggest you study both theoretical (if it is possible to time travel) and practical (if the technology or conditions will ever exist to make it possible) points.

Please present your answers to Mr. Hammond at any stage in the Summer Term, but no later than Thursday 28th June at 3:30pm.

Lunch Menu: week commencing 25th June 2018

Yogurts & fresh fruit available daily.

HM—Homemade V—Vegetarian

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The Week Ahead

Mon 25th LAMDA exams

Last Dramarama Years 1 and 2

Last week of (teacher led) After School Clubs

Tues 26th Year 2 trip to the Barbican

Wed 27th Last violin lessons

Thurs 28th Last Upper School Choir

Last Gym Club

2.30pm Parents Open Afternoon

Fri 29th Sports Day Years 2-6

Reception trip to Willows Farm

No piano lessons today

Last Football Club

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Main Course Option 1

Meat Free Monday Jacket

Potato HM with

Vegetable Chilli /Cheese

Savoury Lamb

Hotpot HM

Roast Chicken and

Roast Potatoes HM

Cod Fish Cake and

Minty New Potatoes

Sports Day Lunch on the

Field For Years 2-6

Vegetarian Option 2

Spanish Omelette HM and

Herb Pasta

Macaroni Cheese and

Garlic Bread HM V

Quorn Fillet V and

Roast Potatoes

Sweet Potato Ratatouille V

HM and Fluffy Rice

Pizza and Oven Chips in School

for Year 1

Sides Cucumber Sticks

Cauliflower Green Salad

Baked Beans

Cabbage Green Salad

Carrots Green Beans Mixed Salad

Broccoli Peas

Mixed Salad

Sweetcorn Green Salad

Dessert Coconut Apricot

Crunch HM Chocolate Mousse

Yoghurts Fruit Pots

Sultana Rock Cake HM

Orange Jelly Pot

Yoghurts Fruit Pots

Chocolate Brownie

HM and Ice Cream

Well done Zaid (2F) for being picked as the overall

winner for the FLS Summer Fete brochure