STARS OF THE WEEK 04.10.19

William George Amelia Powley Phoebe Nunn Myla Boon Arthur Garnham Elle-Louise Riches Bethany Farrington Mylee Davidson Oscar Davies Edie Nicholas Isaac Banks Lilian Neville Austin West Jacob Howlett Daisy Marchand Giles Huggins Georgia Reavil Rio Loines Rowan Jackson Natasha Capps-Jenner Aiden Starr Maya Shipley Luna-Rose Wilson Caitlan Lewis Travis Crisp Bradley Wood

ATTENDANCE AWARD BLACKBIRDS 99%

STARS OF THE WEEK 11.10.19

Clara Elliott Ben Ottley Lana Chenery Harry Searle Violet Lewis Lucy Nelson Charlie Brooks Alfie Willimott Ethan Sparkes Oscar Hoye Connie Rzysko Hanley Crisp Alex Turner Riley Fox Jack Foot Max Eveson Lilly McDonald Logan Snowling Ellie-Mae Anderson Mia Lisle Isobelle Thornton Delilah Brown Harry Rix Ruby Mathews Lily-Grace Klein Charlie Potter

ATTENDANCE AWARD GOLDFINCHES & SWIFTS 100%

STARS OF THE WEEK & OUTSTANDING WORK

17.10.19 George Smith Agnes Langham-Fitt Ewan Fletcher Isla-Mai Thirtle Alfie Willimott Lucy Nelson Lucy Marchand Jack Fairs Ruby Foster Ruby Bargewell Imogen Stringer Charlie Potter Kyle West Tyler Martin Samantha Hunn Lyla-Rose Bargewell Max Coman

ATTENDANCE AWARD GOLDFINCHES 100%

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow growgrow

Issue 122 17.10.19

It has been a busy beginning

of term and lots has been happening

in terms of teaching and learning!

The children have been involved in a

lot of sports tournaments (see

overleaf).

School Council

Council Members for the Academic Year

2018/19:

Jimmy Chenery (Robins)

Luca Clark-Blyth (Wagtails)

Edward Simmons (Wagtails)

Noah Payne (Goldfinch)

Alfie Rich (Swallows)

Anna Clayton (Swifts)

Olivia Clare (Songthrush)

Lucy Hynard (Eagles)

Imogen Waters (Owls)

Abi Hope (Skylarks)

Henry Watson (Blackbirds)

This term the school council will be

focusing on charities. We helped prepare

for the Harvest Festival assembly and will

be supporting Children in Need and

Remembrance Day by selling Pudsey

merchandise and poppies in school.

Whilst it is impossible to capture everything,

I hope this edition of the Acorn Newsletter

gives you some insight into the rich half term

of learning we have all had together.

I am sure that you will join me in both

congratulating and welcoming Mr Garwood

and Ms Holbrough as new Parent Governors.

Equally, I am delighted with the appointment

of Mr Paul Seeman as our new Headteacher

from January 2020. I shall continue to work

closely with Mr Seeman after half term to

ensure as smooth a transition as possible in

to the New Year.

May I wish you all the best of half terms and

I look forward to welcoming everyone back

on Monday 28th October.

Yours sincerely, Mr Page.

The table below shows the percentage of pupils in each class with 100% attendance.

Attendance for this half term has been amazing. It continues to be monitored by Mrs Kim Gill, our school attendance officer, and our Education Welfare Officer. Well done to all those children with 100% attendance so far.

Swifts 86.2% Goldfinches 77.2% Eagles 74.0% Songthrushes 66.6% Wagtails 62.9% Swallows 61.2% Kingfishers 58.6% Songthrushes 70.0% Owls 70.0%

Wrens 56.5% Blackbirds 56.0% Robins 55.5% Greenfinches 55.1% Skylarks 52.0% Owls 48.1%

We will be running a book fair on Monday 4th

to Thursday 7th November from 3.15pm to 3.45pm. Please remember to visit!

The Science Week was full of exciting experiments which

made the Wrens wonder and question why things react the way they do. From dancing raisins to

travelling water and exploding coke.

What fun!

The Skylarks decided that

Science Week was our most

exciting learning experience.

We really enjoyed making

bread, lava lamps and

meeting Professor Nitrate.

The Goldfinches

enjoyed learning about toys

throughout history and investigating

Goldilocks’ crime scene.

The Blackbirds have been fascinated to

see their salt crystals grow as part of Science Week.

Each day the salt becomes more like barnacles growing

on a rope.

Seeing the Owls’ shocked faces

during Science Week when the “Scientist”

exploded onto the premises!

In the Swallows class we enjoyed using drama to

learn about the Stone Age and also biblical stories

about Jesus. We have also enjoyed playing matball!

Seeing the awe

and wonder on the

Robins’ faces when

watching Professor

Silly Billy.

This set off our

amazing

Science

Week

The Swifts enjoyed

learning about the Stone Age

with cave painting, an

Archaeological dig and going back in time with their

Story Island Drama

The Eagles took a journey as a

pebble using our imagination and

being creative

with our ideas

The Wagtails’ favourite moment

was when Croc the Crocodile

came to help us with our maths!

The Kingfishers and

Greenfinches have settled into

their first term at school so

well. We have enjoyed a range

of fantastic activities and

amazing experiences. We have

made so many new friends too!

The Songthrushes have loved making lava lamps in Science Week. They have also enjoyed

writing their Stone Age stories and learning about

Christianity in RE.

We look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Monday 28th October, with

the Autumn Term finishing on Thursday 19th December. Have a lovely half term break.

The attached photos show our teams who competed in the Year 6 Tag rugby tournament at Lowestoft Rugby Club. The focus was on “respect” and we showed a great positive attitude to all the other schools and were excellent ambassadors for our school.

We hosted our annual cross country tournament at Worlingham CEVC Primary on 27th September. This was a great success and we deservedly finished second. Thanks to all the parents and grandparents who supported this event. The Year 3 teams enjoyed their matball tournament at Sir John Leman High School, with one of the teams finishing in a fantastic second place. The Year 6 Quick Sticks Hockey team also participated in a tournament at East Point Academy in which they finished as semi-finalists.

During week beginning 7th October, we held a whole-school Science week with a theme of Chemistry. The week was launched with some exciting chemical reactions in Monday's assembly and ended with each Key Stage sharing their learning from the week on Friday afternoon. We also had a v isit from Professor Nitrate, who made the week more 'explosive' with some amazing chemical reactions! Chemistry week was thoroughly enjoyed by all children and was a huge success throughout the school! Miss Stevenson would like to thank all staff for their hard work and input during the week.