Oakthorpe News

Dear Parents

What a lovely sunny few weeks we have had. Perfect

weather for most of our lovely trips! It has been an

extremely busy time in school .

However we were very unlucky with the weather for the

Year 2 trip to Paradise Park. We have never had to

return from a trip due to the weather before and we are

hoping to reschedule this trip before the Summer

holidays.

Our annual Science Week gave children opportunities to

problem solve and be creative, designing and making

their own inventions and learning about inventors.

Thank you to the huge number of parents who helped

children to share their work at our first ever Science

Fair.

We were thrilled to have another successful Father’s

Day Breakfast on Friday 16th June. This was the third

time that we have held this event and we welcomed

over 100 dads, uncles, big

brothers and grandads to

breakfast. We would like to

thank Arla Dairy very much

for their contribution.

July 2017

Father’s Day Breakfast

Our sports teams have had a great term. Mrs Murray

has been thrilled with the enthusiasm and the

improvement in the skills of the Rounders Team. It has

not been possible to arrange matches for the team

however there has been an excellent turnout to

sessions. The Girls’ Cricket team are league champions

for the first time! We are very proud of their

achievements. The Boys’ Cricket Team have also had a

fantastic season, they were semi-finalists in a league of

twenty-four teams.

The Year 3 and 4 Football Team were runners up in the

Enfield Football Festival at the Tottenham Hotspurs

training ground. Mr Oldham is thrilled as the team

performed brilliantly together. Look out for more news

of these stars next year.

Finally, the Oakthorpe Athletics team had great success

at District Sports. The Year 5 Girls’ Relay team took

gold. Individual winners were Krysiah in Year 4, Ty in

Year 5 and Natasha in Year 5 all taking gold medals in

their 60m sprint races.

All this and we still have our Health, Fun and Fitness

Week next week. Children can wear their PE kits and

trainers all week and we look forward to seeing you all

cheering your children on at Sports days .

KS1—Tuesday 11th July 9.30am

KS2—Tuesday 11th July 1.30pm

On Thursday 13th July we will be celebrating Walk to

School Day. Children and parents are invited to meet

their teachers in the carpark of Tottenhall Recreation

Ground at 8.30am. Children, parents and teachers will

then walk to school together to promote walking to

school as a healthy and environmentally friendly

alternative to car journeys.

Remember - Summer Fete Thursday 6th July

Summer Sporting Success

Trips and visits

Year 1 children had a fantastic trip to Legoland. Children

enjoyed a busy day with rides including Pirate Falls, the

Spinning Spider, the Lego Driving School and watching

the Pirates of Skeleton Bay show. Staff who attended

the trip were full of praise for the children’s excellent

behaviour. Thank you to the Year 1 parents for their

support following issues with transport all day and a

challenging journey home .

We had fantastic support

from parents who attended

this trip too!

Our annual reception trip to the farm is always a big hit

and this year was no exception! Children enjoyed

seeing a great range of animals including some very

cheeky meerkats and a heavily pregnant cow. Mrs

Hollamby felt right at home

with the highland cows. The

children particularly enjoyed

jumping on the large

inflatable pillow in the play

area.

Residential visits are an important part of the school

year. Both children and staff look forward to these

events as they offer opportunities for the children that

they cannot access in school.

Children develop independence, resilience, courage

and determination whilst on these visits as they take

responsibility for their own kit, take part in

adventurous activities and spend time with their

friends and teachers away from home.

Staff always come back from the visits enthusiastically

talking about children who have come out of their

shells and demonstrated special skills and talents.

Children come back full of excitement talking about

their achievements and favourite experiences.

Children who were not able to take part in residentials

have also taken part in day trips and activities

including park visits and cooking.

Year 4

Wild Child

Year 5

Tolmers Camp

Year 6

Isle of Wight

Wild child, Tolmers and Isle of Wight

Reception trip to the farm

Well done to Glee Club! In June the Oakthorpe Glee Club had the chance to

perform in Millfield Theatre. The children had a great

time singing and dancing to an audience and were

praised by the judges for their polished performance,

smart costumes and strong vocals. The children per-

formed Teacher’s Pet a number from School of Rock

the Musical. Special congratulations go to Krysiah

Travis who won a

Pineapple Performing Arts

scholarship for her out-

standing performance.

Year 1 trip to Legoland

New ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes will start in September.

Please come in to the office to put your name on the waiting list.

Diary of Events

During the Summer term we have been

focusing on improving our lunchtime

behaviour. Children have been remind-

ed about using their cutlery, eating with

their mouths closed, keeping food on

their plates (not on the floor) and taking

their plates and cutlery to the counter. Please spend

some time discussing table manners with your child.

Table Manners—a school focus!

We look forward to seeing all our families at school events. If for any reason you or a member or your family require special arrangements, please

contact the school office and we will try to meet your needs.

Attendance

Well done to the classes whose attendance is close to our target of 97% . Our overall attend-ance so far this year is 96.25%.

With just a few weeks left until the end of term, let’s see if we can reach 97%.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Family

Bingo event. We have received great feedback

from families who attended. It was lovely to see

such a great turnout for a new event. FOO raised

£600 at this event!

1N 97.88%

2Y 97.16%

2P 96.97%

5R 97.11%

5N 97.06%

6RO 97.81%

Value for July- Courage

Family Bingo

New ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes will start in September.

Please come in to the office to put your name on the waiting list.

Summer Fete Whole School Thursday 6th July

Health, Fun & Fitness Week Whole School Monday 10th to Friday 14th July

Sports Day—Reception/KS1 – am KS2 - pm

Parents Tuesday 11th July

Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly Time @ 2:30pm Year 6 Friday 21st July

Break up for the Summer Holiday @ 3:30pm Whole School Friday 21st July

Wednesday 6th September @ 10am Whole school Children return to school

Extra days and times the Uniform Shop will be open:

The two Inset Days in September—Monday 4th September 11am to 1pm & Tuesday 5th September 1pm to 3pm.

The following two Wednesdays—6th September 8:30am to 11am and 13th September 8:30am to 11am.