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Friday 19th November 2021 Autumn Term Issue # 10

Message from our Executive Headteacher Message from our Deputy Headteacher

Lucas Vale really has got talent! What a fantastic morning we had

celebrating the many gifts and talents your children have. Each

class put forward representatives who performed to the whole

school.

We

had:

Singers, dancers, magicians, comedians ….

and even some jugglers!

The performers did us proud, as did the

audience. It was so wonderful to see each

member of our school staff and children clapping, singing along and being supportive friends.

Not only did we have lots of fun, but we also raised lots of money for Children In

Need! Thank you all for your contributions. We will announce the final amount

raised as soon as we can!

Mrs Cobblah was away for a few days this week, studying with other Lewisham

headteachers. We missed her very much and look forward to telling her all about

our special day when she returns.

Have a wonderful weekend! Get lots of rest and enjoy family time.

Mrs Twyford

Deputy Headteacher

Message from our Executive Head

Windrush History

We were blessed to have Mr Eddie Capone come to talk to all the children in Year 6 from both the

schools in the federation, to share some of his experiences coming to Britain over fifty years ago. Eddie

explained how his parents left to come over to England to make a home, leaving him with his aunt in

Jamaica and how sad and lonely that made him feel. In 1960 when he was thirteen years old his parents

had established themselves. They sent for him to came over on a cargo boat. Eddie was shocked by the

racism he met in England. He explained that in Jamaica at school there were white, black, Chinese and

Indian children and no one ever though or spoke in racist terms.

There were only two black boys in his school in Birmingham he was persistently called racist names

mocked and bullied. His mother had made him promise that he would not fight, so he did not. He

endured the taunts for many years and he and his parents reported the bullying but nothing happened.

Eventually he could take it no longer and fought back. He was expelled from his school for fighting and

left secondary school without qualifications. This was a great shame for his family. Every job that he

managed to get he was expected to do the dirtiest most difficult tasks, things improved when his family

moved to London although finding accommodation was a problem as many private rentals would not

take Black people and the signs reading NO BLACKS, NO DOGS, NO IRISH were common at that time.

Eddie decided to join the army. He was awarded the accolade of being the top recruit of the 200 in his

intake. He served in Cyprus with the United Nations force and saw quite difficult

active service in Aden during which several his comrades were hurt.

On his return Eddie did many things but was influenced by his uncle who was a

famous Jazz musician in Liverpool. Eddie became a musician and a roadie

involved in all things to do with music and performance. Eddie worked with

producers, such as Trevor Vallis, Biddu Geoff Haslem and bands such as The

Foundations, The Elgins, Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come, Arthur Lee and Love,

Chairman of the Board, Billy Preston, Edwin Starr, The Upsetters, which later

became the Wailers with Bob Marley, also Casablanca was one of the first bands

to be signed to Elton John’s Rocket Label.

We were please to hear a little of Mr Capone experiences of coming to Britain in the 1960s. History is

brough to life by listening to the experiences of out Elders. Thank you, Mr Capone, for sharing with us.

Mr Mickey Kelly MBE NLE

This week in Nursery

In Nursery we came to school wearing odd socks and learnt about saying kind words to each other for Anti-Bullying week. For maths we washed and looked carefully to pair up patterned socks, then we hung the socks outside to dry.

On Wednesday we dressed up as Superheroes to launch our topic! We discussed their appearance and superpowers. Although we were inundated with so many calls at the Superhero headquarters to rescue families stuck in gigantic webs and cuddly pets stuck in slime!

This week in Reception

Reception have had another fantastic week! Our topic is 'Shine a Light'.

We read the story of 'Can't You Sleep Little Bear'. We have been reading the story of ‘Can’t You Sleep Little Bear’. It really is a lovely story about a little bear who doesn’t like the dark.

We have also been learning the value of num-bers! Did you know that 3 is 1 and 1 and 1, 3 is 2

and 1, 3 is 1 and 2 and 3 is 3 and 0 and 0 and 3! Some much information about the number 3!

We've been learning how to use scissors correctly. It's very tricky at first but we've been doing so well!

We've been playing lots in the outdoor area. We are still building our friendships and learning to share the toys and resources!

We've been brilliant at building! "No-one allowed on this building

site without a hard hat!"

We had lots of fun in PE with Mr Phillip. We were learning how to

roll and receive a ball with just one hand

The week in science, 6A were investigating how refraction changes the direction of how light travels

This week in Year 6

In class we researched facts about cameras from the past to the present day. We did this by first

matching sentences to the correct camera. We worked in pairs. Later we wrote our fact files about

cameras.

This week in Year 3

Fun Facts The Ancient Greeks and Chinese used an optical device called the ‘camera obscura’ to project an image of the surroundings on to a screen. This invention played an important role in the development of cameras and photography. The ‘Kodak’ camera was developed by George Eastman and went on sale in 1888, pioneering the use of Photographic film. It was simple box camera with a single shutter speed and fixed focus lens.

2021 Finalists

WINNERS!

THIRD PLACE!

SECOND PLACE!

Autumn term 2021

Monday 1 November to Friday 17 December

2022 TERM DATES

Spring Term 1: Wednesday 5 January to Friday 11 February

Half term: Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February

Inset Days (School closed to Pupils): Tuesday, January 4th, 2022

Upcoming Dates

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Some dates for your Diary

Christmas performances

(Reception / Year 1 and Year 2) 7th December 2pm

8th December 9:30am (tickets and details to follow)

Christmas performances

(Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) 13th December 2pm

14th December 9:30am

Christmas Jumper Day Weds 15th December

Christmas Crafts Day

Thursday 16th December

Christmas parties/Last day of Term Friday 17th December