St Cuthbert with St Matthias CE School www.scwsm.rbkc.sch.uk Newsletter 13 July 2018

SPECIAL DATES

Summer

music concerts:

-Tuesday 17th July,

10am- EYFS, KS1

parents

-Wednesday 18th

July, 10am- KS2

parents

Summer term ends

on Friday 20th

Autumn term starts

on Wednesday 5th

Sept. for pupils

Year 6’s Blog

RAF Trip

RAF stands for Royal Air Force, and they are basically the army in the

sky with planes and fighter jets from WW1 to now. They have been

fighting in wars to defend England for the last 100 years. On Monday,

we went to the Horse Guards Parade to see some old and new planes. We saw the new stealth

jet, but it was a model. Also, we went the ‘Stem’ zone which is where we did workshops.

There were lots of games. Unfortunately, we only

stayed there for a short time.

On Tuesday there was an RAF flypast and we all

went into our playground to watch the jets fly past.

Our Project

On Tuesday, we started a project about our time in Primary School from when we started to

now. We have to write what we did in each Year and each section has to be at least one page.

By Demka & Layann

This week’s Queen and King of

Year 3 are Nadia and Ramy

for always doing the right thing

by following the 4C code.

Year 5’s Blog

Last week ,year 5 went to a trip to Southbank for the River Thames. First we went to Earls Court

Station to get the train to Westminster, next we walked through the bridge, and after that we

sat down on the mats and sketched the view of the river , Big Ben , Houses of Parliament and

London Eye .

There was a park where you can play with sand and we all covered our feet with it, then we went

to a fountain where we could go in and play, then we all went to the Jubilee Garden to have

lunch/picnic. Best trip ever !!!

In Maths we have been doing chunking problems (which means division with bus stop method )

with RUCSAC which is: read, understand, choose, solve, answer and check.

In Music we have been rehearsing a song called Shine by Take That and singing the solos . We

will preform our song on Monday 16th at our graduation to our parents, teachers, governors

and our school mates . By Auriza, Kenza and Fatima

Elyaa YN, “For our gradua-

tion we got into nice clothes

and ate cookies and strawber-

ries.”

Abdul YR, “For my gradua-

tion we sang ‘Singing in the

Rain’ and took pictures with

our parents.”

Dear St Cuthbert children and parents,

It is the hat season again, and just when you thought you

had seen all the most gorgeous hats in the world sitting a-

top heads at a Royal wedding or at Horse Races recently, I

am letting you know that they do not even come close to

the elegant and glamorous mortarboards that are appear-

ing in graduations and classrooms this week…well done to

the children and adults for helping our graduation ceremo-

nies to be stylish events of the summer season, and thank

you to the parents who are joining us on these occasions,

in our final two weeks of term.

We have so much to fit into our newsletter this week that I

will need to be mindful that I do not allow myself to ram-

ble on too much, and so with haste, I am speeding to share

with you some much-awaited news: statutory test results.

Our children and teaching team (as well as supportive

family teams) have much to celebrate this week. Well done

to you all for the hours of effort, dedication, perseverance

and determination that have gone into allowing us all to

celebrate your success this end of the year. The results we

are sharing with you in our newsletter today are credit to a

fabulous and dedicated teaching team and enthusiastic,

driven children. You should all feel very proud of what you

have achieved - you are all very deserving of a restful and

relaxed summer holiday in a week’s time.

With the joy of end-of-year results also comes sadness of

end-of-year Good-byes. We sadly say Good-bye to Mrs

Sokhi who will be leaving us this term. We wish her the

very best for the future and thank her for the time she has

been with us. We also say Good-bye to Miss Webster who

is moving on to new pastures and thank her for all the

years of teaching she has given to St Cuthbert children. We

wish her the very best in her new ventures as well.

We are sadly also saying Good-bye to Miss Cahill, Mrs

Qureshi, Ms Shafi and Ms Calero who will all be moving on

to new things. Thank you too for the time you have spent

with us at St Cuthbert’s, albeit short.

We are very pleased to let you know that our team will be

joined by Mr Derrington (Y6, Y3), Mr Crowley (Y4) and

Mrs Abu Ghaida (SENCo). We wish you all a very happy

stay with us in our school and welcome you to a school

filled with lovely children, eager to learn!

Very soon we will also update you with details of our lead-

ership team for next academic year.

With all this information now shared, I need to close and

wish you a happy weekend break.

Best wishes,

Gill Putterill and the St Cuthbert Teaching Team

PTA Announcement

Come join us for coffee mornings which take place

between 9-10am, fortnightly on Thursdays and are held in St Matthias House. Next

meeting is on July 19th at 9 am.

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to

improve the world.” Anne Frank

@SCwSMPrimary

HEAD TEACHER’S LETTER

Year 4 Blog

On Monday, we practised our

mental maths skills and complet-

ed a SPaG workbook to refresh all

of the wonderful learning we’ve

been doing over the year. We also did our weekly spelling

test!

In Spanish, we learnt how to describe people and their

feelings. For example: Sofia = tengo el pelo rizado y media

melena (which means: she has curly hair and a bob).

On Tuesday, sadly we went to our swimming lesson for the

final time in year 4 and we completed races such as: the

motorbike, the taxi and after (as a treat) we had 10 minute

of fun in the pool.

On Wednesday, we designed our own ancient Greek vases.

Ancient Greek vases often featured intricate, geometric

patterns and other significant features such as gods, god-

desses and warfare. Did you know that most houses in an-

cient Greece didn’t have running water? The Greeks had to

travel to a special water house nearby to collect water in

their majestic vases.

On Thursday, we also had a special visitor from the V&A

named Bethan - she gave us some special passports which

give us access to lots of activities that happen at the V&A

Museum, such as making your own ceramics and creating

and printing your own Islamic prints with iPads! Later on,

Miss Kennedy read the end of The Tiger Rising, our class

novel.

By Aliyah and Mariig

Crina Y3, “We went to Kensington

park and played on the soft ground

after taking our shoes off. We also

went to Battersea park and played

football.”

Mustafa Y2, “We graduated on

Monday and we sang our songs then

we got our certificates and had bis-

cuits and strawberries. We also took

our pictures with our parents. ”

Invitation

We would like to

invite parents to our End of Year Gradua-

tions at the School Hall as detailed below

Graduations Class

Monday 16 July 2pm Y5

Tuesday 17 July 2pm Y3

Thursday 19 July 2pm Y4

Friday 20 July 2pm

(our special Y6 Rose Assembly) Y6

Good Level of Development (GLD): 73%

(2017 National Average = 71%)

Phonics: Y1 78% (2017 National Average = 81%)

*Children newly arrived in Y2 this year without English have been dis-applied from % data.

2018 Key Stage 1 results*

% St Cuthbert

children

attaining

EXPECTED standard

2017 National Average

% St Cuthbert children attaining

GREATER DEPTH

Standard (GDS)

2017 National Average

Reading

74% 76% 26% 25%

Writing

70% 68% 11% 16%

Maths

78% 75% 22% 21%

*2018 National averages for GDS are not yet available.

These are all wonderful results given that 82% of our children are EAL (children who have

English as an Additional Language).

2018 Key Stage 2 results

% St Cuth-

bert children

attaining

EXPECTED

standard

2018 National Average

% St Cuth-

bert children

attaining

GREATER

DEPTH

standard

(GDS)

2017 National

Average

*

St Cuth-bert

Scaled Scores

2018 National Average

Reading 90% 75% 25% 25% 106 105

Writing 90% 78% 30% 18% - -

Maths

90% 76% 25% 23% 106 104

SPAG

(grammar,

spelling,

punctua-

tion)

100% 78% 50% - 110 106

2018 results

Judah Y1, “ The day

before graduation we

baked a few biscuits by

following a recipe . On

our graduation we

also read poems we

wrote. ”

Lara Y3, “We

enjoyed cooking

strawberries and

chocolate and ate

it afterwards.”

Nebila Y1

“In the hall in

our graduation,

I talked about

how important

are our 4Cs.”

ST CUTHBERT

WITH ST MATTHIAS

CHURCH OF

ENGLAND

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Originally founded as a choir school for St Matthias Church, our school has a rich heritage of education within the context of a Christian framework.

Our school can look back at over a century of providing an excellent education for the children of our community. We have the highest expecta-tions of each one of our children and we work to ensure that every child leaves our school having gained all the important skills and knowledge that will help them become successful in their future life.

St Cuthbert with St

Matthias CE School

Warwick Road

Earl’s Court

London

SW5 9UE

Phone: 020 7373 8225

Fax: 020 7460 0424

E-mail:

info@scwsm.rbkc.sch.uk

www.scwsm.rbkc.sch.uk

Answer for last puzzle

N Miss Lucilyn and

Miss Lisa

For being super-stars in Nursery-thank you for your support!

R Mrs Moss, Ms

Kasia, Ms Mel

For being stars all year and for making reception children and Miss Palmer

smile every day.

1 The whole class For being enthusiastic about their learning all year.

2 Rhys For using his common sense in the classroom and making sensible decisions.

3 Ramy For focussing on his reading.

4 Mariig For her excellent behaviour in school at all times.

6 Layann For improving his attitude to learning & completing his work to his very best.

STAR LEARNERS OF THE WEEK

Puzzle Time

No after

school clubs

next week.

Staff teams for 2018-19

Nursery Mrs Nawaz, Ms L Moss, Ms Santiago

Reception Miss Palmer, Ms Laguna, Mr Johnson (0.5), Ms Dimitrova

Year 1 Year 2

Miss Murphy, Mr Johnson (0.5), Ms T Moss (0.5), Ms Chaaban, Ms Szaz, Ms Davinson (0.5), Miss Coyle

Year 3 Mrs Unadkat, Miss Smith, Mr Derrington, Ms Mohammed, Ms Ichinkhorloo, Ms Khanom

Year 4 Mr Crowley, Ms Civati

Year 5 Miss Kennedy, Ms Civati, Mrs Trewick

Year 6 Mr Derrington, Miss Putterill, Mr Adamek, Ms Butters, Ms Mercurio