Merit Assembly

Welcome toRight start : Bright future

World news:Olympic stars honoured with dame and knighthoodsOlympic heroes Andy Murray, Jess Ennis-Hill and Mo Farah are being given a special award by the Queen. The Olympians join more than 1,000 other people who have done exceptional things to help inspire others this year. They have been nominated for the Queen’s New Year’s Honours - a special list which helps to recognise the people who made a difference to their community, or were amazing at what they do for a job. This year the list is full of some of Britain's top sporting heroes who competed in the Olympics and Paralympics.Astronauts do the Mannequin Challenge on space stationCelebrities, pop stars, sports stars... just about everyone has been giving the Mannequin Challenge a go. But can you imagine trying to stay still up in space where there's no gravity? Astronauts and cosmonauts living on board the International Space Station did a pretty good job of it when they froze for the challenge. Find out what the Mannequin Challenge is all about and why people are doing it.

Pirate Ships with Year 2

Wellington News:Back to schoolOn Tuesday this week we all went back to school, all tired from the holidays. The staff were very pleased at how alert and clever we were on the first day of school. All the children were very well behaved and listened to the teachers. Here is a quote from Mrs. Norton “ I was particularly impressed by all the children and how well behaved they were.” Well done for being so good this week. Lets hope the good behaviour carries on throughout 2017

Year four testsThis week year four have been tested and all hopefully did well. Both Mohammed and Karinveer quoted "I really enjoyed the tests and put a lot of effort in them hoping to get a good score.” After hearing what both Mohammed and Karinveer have said the tests must have been really hard for them to put a lot of effort in. Thank you to all the year 4 staff who made this happen and for giving their support.

Question of the week:

Try and use a thinking mapSend your answers to Mr Berrymen

If you had the chance to

invent something

what would it be and why?

On the Life Bus with Year 3

Local news:See the giant LEGO animal structures which have taken over the London Wetland CentreIt took a whopping 75,000 LEGO pieces and 244 hours to build a giant frog as part of a spectacular new animal trail at the WWT (Wildfowl and Wetland Trust) London Wetland Centre. More than 170,000 LEGO bricks and an incredible 1,200 hours have been used to create 11 larger than life wetland animals at the nature reserve in Barnes. The world's most popular toy has been used to make sculptures of real life species including an otter, a kingfisher and a dragonfly. This year's path includes more animals following the success of the LEGO figurines last year.See the iconic Coca-Cola Christmas truck complete its UK tour in Wembley ParkThe Coca-Cola truck has made its final journey of 2016, concluding its UK tour in west London. Arriving on Tuesday December 20, the 16.5 metre truck stood in the shadow of the Wembley Stadium Arch. From 1pm queues began to build as visitors grabbed their chance to snap a picture with the eight wheeler giant. The iconic Coca-Cola Christmas truck made its way into popular culture when the "Holidays Are Coming" advert first aired on television 21 years ago.

Growth mind-set quote of the week

“Dreams don’t work unless you

do.”John C. Maxwell

Team Points for this week:

42 31 31 19Blue is first with 34 points, Yellow and Green are both in second with 25 points and Red is last with 15 points.

Jigsaw Weekly Celebrations

This week we were celebrating :Knowing how to give and receive compliments: In

KS1, we saw: Gia-kaur, Marwa, Ibraheem,Ismaeel and Pheobe. Well done

to these children.

Jigsaw Weekly CelebrationsThis week we were celebrating: knowing how to give a nd receive compliments

.In KS2, we saw:Deeksha, Izza , Zymal, Camila, Ayan,

Pehal, Muaqdam,Mary, Dhang, Sabrina and Anjali. Well done to these children.

Jigsaw Weekly CelebrationsNext week, we will celebrate people in our school who staying motivated when doing something challenging. (Jigsaw Piece 1)

Remember:� Don’t forget to use bug club and Purple Mash. Purple

Mash will help you with your new Topic and bug club will help you with your reading.

� Make sure you read about 5 minutes a day at home with a parent

� Do not forget to do your homework and bring it in on the date it is due in.

� Please wear either a burgundy coat or a black coat to school, no other colours are acceptable.

This week’s slide show was prepared By: Bushra, Jack, Mannat, Sumukh