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St Faithian Spring Term 9 March 2018

Friends of St Faith’s We hope you are all surviving the thaw, after the Beast from the East! We are delighted to announce the Easter disco has been confirmed for Friday 23

March from 2-4pm. We will update you on where and how to buy tickets next week, as we may be trialling an online booking system. We are also very excited to let you know that the Easter Bunny has confirmed attendance on the last day of term – hop hop hurray! Completing the trilogy of good news is the announcement that the Summer Hoedown will be going ahead on 23 June, so plenty of time to practice your Belfast Duck or Alabama Jubilee! Don’t worry if that sounds like a foreign language to you as we will have an expert on hand to lead the dancing!

Till then, have a great weekend!

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‘Glide Further than the Rest’ - Full STEAM ahead for pupils in Year 4, our engineers of the future. ‘Rise above the rest’ is the official motto of the RAF and this is what the children in Year 4 will be hoping to do in their current STEAM project. “What is a STEAM project?” I hear you cry? It is a real life scenario project based around the teaching approach of - The Engineering Design Process. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths as such projects encompass skills from all these subjects. A further aim is to link these projects to industries so that children have an appreciation of how they can use the skills they are learning everyday in the future. We have modified the RAF motto to ‘Glide further than the rest’ as that is what the children will need to do to be successful in their current project. Year 4 are taking part in The Fly to the Line Challenge, run by RAF Cosford. The children have been put into teams of 3 have been given one foam sheet of A3 to make a glider. The group whose glider flies the furthest will represent the school at the regional finals. If successful at the regionals the children will travel to RAF Cosford for The Grand Final! Our first lesson looked at paper gliders. The team were required to explore how adding weight to different areas of the glider affected the flight. 'I'm loving this lesson!' beamed Rosie as her paper glider soared high above the fence of the court and into the new playground trail. Next, the teams will be reviewing current gliders on the market (expect to duck if visiting the classroom on Thursday morning) before using a Virtual Wind Tunnel app on the iPads to learn about drag and lift, and how the angle of the wings affect these values. It's shaping up to be our most enjoyable project yet and is helping the engineers of the future hone their skills!

Head’s Corner

It’s been a great relief to be back in the swing of things with more seasonal Spring weather. It is unbelievable that the weather has been so good this week that the children have been playing sport in the sunshine on the field, in comparison to last week when we had to close the school due to atrocious ice and snow. Some schools in Kent and East Sussex are still closed due to no water and so we are quite fortunate with our outcome. Many thanks to you all for your patience and understanding, and please be assured that closing the school is one of the most difficult decisions I have to make and I deliberate over it with a good deal of anxiety.

Weekly Sport Roundup

Competitive sport is highly prized, and both boys and girls regularly take part in Football, Netball, Hockey, Cricket, Rounders and Cross-country competitions. This week was no exception as our plucky girls hosted both Lorenden Prep School and Kent College. All the girls in the U9 Netball Teams had the opportunity to play on a lovely sunny Thursday afternoon. Great teamwork and tremendous effort was evident and you can read an in-depth report on our website www.stfaithsprep.com We would like to thank our catering department for the delicious afternoon tea, and warm soup served to our grateful and hungry guests.

A Special Sunday!

We heard that this Sunday is a very special day for our Mummies! It is a day for us to tell them how much we love them and thank them for all that they do. “My Mummy reads me stories” said Harry. Whilst Matyas told us “My Mummy gives me lots of kisses and hugs.” We have been very ‘busy bees’ in Recep-tion this week, although we cannot tell you what we have been doing as it is secret...sssshhhhh!! Happy Mother’s Day!

Year 1 Assembly This term in PSHE Year 1 have been thinking about different families. Every child wrote about their own family, and spoke about all the people who were important in their lives. Also the children talked about someone with whom they could confide in if they were feeling sad or worried. One child said she liked to go outside and talk to her chickens! The children also compared our school to an extended family; friends being like extra brothers and sisters, teachers like

parents, always there to help and listen. Mr Groves was compared to a grandfather who said funny things to make them laugh! The assembly finished with Year 1 singing “We are family”.

Kingswood memories from Year 5 With the sound of laughter and Mr Andrews’ scream filling the hall, it is safe to say that the Year 5 Kingswood assembly went to plan! The pupils were keen to share not only their highlights of the week they spent at Kingswood activity centre, but also their own personal achievements and the areas where they dared to challenge themselves and thrived. In what is undoubtedly a demanding and exhausting week, all the pupils were exceptional. Their levels of enthusiasm and energy were unwavering throughout and every pupil managed to push their individual boundaries. Memories such as ‘overcoming my fear of heights’ and ‘surviving away from home for a whole week’ were common between all of the pupils.

The newly appointed Mrs Gibbs (Harriet), Mrs Allen (Molly), Mr Burrett (Kuda) and Mr Mackenzie (Toby) would like to thank the brave volunteers” who took on their Night-Line course during assembly. Just be thankful they weren’t allowed to bring the mud which covered the course completed by the pupils at Kingswood.

Clubs & Hobbies Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

What is full of holes but still holds water?

Last week’s answer: Water

Deputy Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

Name the song and the film these lyrics are from “I’ve been staring at the edge of the water, long as I can remember, never really knowing why” Last week’s answer: I just can’t wait to be king from The Lion King

Reading Competition — Reception Well done to all those who took part in the Early Years reading competition, in particular our Reception finalists; Imogen Norman, Amber Vince, Matyas Oprchal, Arnav Siddappa and Millie Dixon. Mrs Coombs has a hard decision to make after listening to our readings! Congratulations go to these two who were awarded the Early Years cup for a poem ‘On My Lap’ and the Reception cup for a version of ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.’

BOOK REVIEW

The Wind in the Willows—Kenneth Grahame When I was a little boy my favourite book was The Wind in the Willows and the author was Kenneth Grahame. At the time of writing the book he had just retired as the secretary of the Bank of England. The book was first published in 1908.

I loved reading about all the characters and how they made everlasting friendships, along with the adventures they had and how they always seemed to end up safe and sound. I've read this book to all of my children at some point and they enjoyed it too. Badger is my favourite character, closely followed by Toad. The illustrator Ernest Shepherd inspired me to start painting and drawing. Even to this day it is really worth reading. By Mr Clark

Week Commencing 12 March Monday Yr 4 Residential to Carroty Wood Perform workshop KS1 12:30 U11 Boys’ & Girls’ Football Tournament 16:45 at Kent University Tuesday Yr 4 Residential - Carroty Wood 8.30am Pilates Wednesday 8.40am Yr 3 Assembly 9.00am Tiny Toots 2.00pm U11 A,B & C Netball vs Kent College Jnr Away Yr 4 return from Carroty Wood Thursday 9.00am Able Writers’ Day, Yrs 3 & 4 10.00 am Yr 2 trip to Whitstable lifeboat station and Herne Bay watch station 2.15pm U9 A & B Hockey vs St Lawrence College AWAY 3.30pm Twilight Concert Lower School- K Hall 5.00pm Twilight Concert Upper School– K Hall Friday Perform workshops KS2 2.45pm U11 A&B Boys’ Hockey vs St Edmunds, Canterbury—AWAY

Week Commencing 12.03.18

Monday

Art Club Yr 2-6 YES

Gym Upper Nursery upwards YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Newspaper Club Yr 3-6 NO

Tennis Rec, Yr 1, 5 & 6 YES

Tuesday

Chess Yr 2-6 YES

Dance Pixies & Fairies Ballet up to Yr 1 YES

Drama Upper School Yr 2-6 YES

French Yr 2,3 & 4 YES

Hockey Yr 4-6 (second half term only) YES

LAMDA (During school hours) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Wednesday

Dance Ballet & Jazz Yr 2 upwards YES

Fencing Yr 2-6 (8.00am - 8.45am) YES

LAMDA (During School hours) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Netball Club Yr 4-6 YES

Thursday

Computers Yr 4-6 YES

Football Yr 3-6 (second half term only) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Tennis Yrs 2, 3 & 4 NO

Friday

Music (During School hours) YES

HEADTEACHER’S AWARD Anaïs Andrews for retelling the story of Beowulf so effectively Ross Sutherland for typing, Ross is the first person to complete the Typing Club program and has a speed that most of the adults in school would envy George Steed for independent writing Sholto Douglas-Claydon for brilliant progress on the cornet

CHILDREN’S ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Charley Woodhead—Thanet Music & Drama Festival (11 & Under) 1st V8 Art Song

MUSIC STAR OF THE WEEK

Honor Leberl for the effort she is putting into her Music

SPORTS STAR OF THE WEEK Sophia Cresswell

PLAYERS OF THE MATCH Mali Nicholls, Zara Head, Poppy Andrews

Chloe Solley Maisie Bradley

STAR AWARDS

Bronze (100+) Nila Nagarajan

Portia Taylor-Wilson

Silver (200+) Krish Parthiban Anaïs Andrews

GOLDEN BALL

Rafael Brennan-Ray, Zahra Horne, Martha Rang, Louis Hunt

Times Tables Challenge MARS

Harleena Dhaliwal - stage 10, Poppy Andrews - stage 10 Alex Fox - stage 11,Julie Oprchal - stage 11

Birthdays Poppy Conn, Roxi Booth, Cobi Booth,

Nila Nagarajan, Freddie Heffer,Ross Sutherland, Alex Sutherland

FRIEND OF THE WEEK Isla Urquhart for encouraging her friend to conquer her

fears at the Kingswood week

House

House Points

Ash 157 Beech 171 Oak 139

Sycamore 135

These children are Stars of the week for all their effort in class

RB Connie Reppin For really careful and thoughtful answers

RR Ashmitha Palanisamy For fantastic letter formation

1CP Honor Leberl For a massive effort with cursive handwriting

1R George Steed For working well in a group in acting out a story

2E Arabella Porter For wonderful Maths this week

2L Hermione Porter For a great start to her new life at St Faith’s

3B Julie Oprchal For being an excellent Form Captain with 100% enthusiasm

3F Anaïs Andrews For super Maths

4A Louis Hunt For excellent ideas during independent writing and a positive mindset

4M Jessica Reynolds For positions and direction work

5A Isabella Reppin For always having a positive attitude in lessons

5G Jonny Irwin For always being keen, giving his best and always working with determination

5M Danielle Aron For being such a conscientious learner

6J Vivien Delo For taking on a challenge and showing resilience

6W Sholto Douglas-Claydon For all-round increased effort, especially at home

READING SHELF

The following children have completed Reading Shelves

this week

Bertie Taylor, Martin Long-Castro, Jasmine Marsh, Thomas Dowle, Alex Fox, Stanley Hampshire,

Joshua Tucker

INVESTIGATOR OF THE WEEK

Alex Sutherland