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St Faithian Spring Term 2 March 2018

Friends of St Faith’s

After a very wintery week we are looking forward to Spring and our Easter celebrations on Friday 23 March (more information to follow soon). After that our next fund raising event is the much loved ‘Wine and Wisdom’ on Friday 27 April; tickets include food at the affordable price of £8.50. Thank you to all those that have joined our 100 Club, the prize fund will continue to rise the more participants there are!

As always please keep in touch with fund raising ideas and do contact us if you would like more information about the Friends. Victoria.crocker@sfaithsprep.com emmabatch05@gmail.com

World Book Day begins as Buzz Lightyear saves the day

Despite the cold and snow, a fantastic array of characters walked the pathways and passages of St Faith’s today! From Mary Poppins to Mrs May, Harry Potter to Winnie the Witch, many were recreated by staff and children in aid of World Book Day! The fun began with Assembly and every child being presented with their book token to spend on either a specially-written book for the event or to be put towards one of their choice. Perform For Schools were snowed in but we battled on to deliver creative workshops. The children lost their inhibitions and became pirates, dragons, giants, kings and princesses. Our very own bank of artists (Mr Clark and Madame Stokes) demonstrated the creation of characters through using our imagination and sharing ideas with talking partners, whilst other classes wrote book reviews of their favourite books inspiring others to enjoy them. Year 2 shared stories, wrote about various characters and then

acted out their favourite parts before participating in a word hunt. Year 3 designed their own book covers and had great fun bringing the story of 'Beowulf' to life through a drama workshop. Year 6 enjoyed a home-grown drama workshop with Miss Johnson based on the book 'War Horse' by Michael Morpurgo. Others enjoyed the well-resourced Library which became a storytelling sanctuary away from the biting wind. Throughout the day both children and adults shared and enjoyed book-based activities.

Finally, the 'Bring and Buy' book sale gave all the opportunity to recycle their well-loved stories and buy a new, exciting book for just 50p. All proceeds will be spent on new reading material for the Library. As the sun set over St Faith’s this evening everyone returned home with stories of having met many famous characters, jumping inside a well-known tale or looking forward to either reading or listening to a new book or story. Visit our website to see more lovely photographs of the children.

Head’s Corner

It has been a week of frustration as well as fun and frolics with the snow which has captivated us all, one way or another. Whilst some have had the inconvenience of being trapped at home or having to find unexpected child care, we have made the most of the snow at school with some amazing mass snow ball battles between staff and pupils, and of course the usual building of snowmen.

Whilst the roads are treacherous the scenery is stunningly beautiful and we have to be thankful that we live in an amazing part of the country.

Sports Report

This week we have seen more snowball competitions than sports fixtures taking place. The scheduled Netball and Hockey fixtures against St Lawrence College were cancelled early in the week but the children have still been active and enjoying the Dodgeball and Handball sessions in the warm and comfort of our halls. Next week will hopefully bring more suitable outside conditions as the girls have Netball matches against Lorenden and Kent College to look forward to whilst the boys are hosting Sandwich Junior School for the semi-final of the Hammond Cup. Good luck everyone and may the weather gods be kind to us!

‘Language of Learning’ - an interactive assembly delivered by Mrs Coombs Mrs Coombs recently delivered an interesting and interactive assembly. They explored Reflectiveness when watching patterns and listening to music. They giggled as the Minions from ‘Despicable Me’ worked in Collaboration to change a light bulb. They discussed Initiative with their classmates and considered how they might solve a problem or choose resources. We all decided that Resilience was a must and could be called Bouncebackability! Mark Ruffalo and Murray from ‘Sesame Street’ explained what Empathy was through a role play video and we explained how we could identify Positivity and Happiness in difficult situations. Einstein’s words ‘I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious’ helped us discuss our own Curiosity. Finally we shared together an inspirational video in which we felt Appreciation of scenes from nature, family relationships and friendships shown alongside Louis Armstrong’s version of ‘What a Wonderful World’. This is our language of learning: 8 little words that can

make a difference and help us grow into strong, successful young people.

Year 4 Teachers put their feet up!

Mrs Mellin and Mr Andrews put their feet up at the beginning of a Year 4 History lesson. A new teacher, Miss N, for whom teaching runs through the veins gave an engaging talk about the Bayeux Tapestry, which she visited whilst in France this summer. The children were amazed by Miss N’s knowledge and impressed with her excellent answering of their questions. Although a little trigger happy with house-points and stars, we are sure Mr Groves will be keen to tie this new teacher down to a long-term contract. Unfortunately for St Faith’s, it seems Miss N, although extremely talented, doesn’t see her future in teaching. Instead she has aspirations of becoming an Olympian. With her ability to

perform under pressure tested today, we’re sure she will go far with whatever career path she follows. Thank you for your help, Miss N, you’re a superstar!

March 1st What a special day March 1st is this year! As well as being World Book Day it is also St David's day and the Hindu festival of Holi. There may be snow on the ground but Holi is a time when Hindus celebrate their first day of Spring. It is a festival of colour and love. Happy Holi to all our Hindu families, and of course Happy St David's day to anybody who has Welsh blood in them. We certainly like James's Welsh dragon costume. Perhaps we should use him to melt the ice away from the car park!

Clubs & Hobbies

Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

What can run but cannot walk?

Last week’s answer: A STAMP

Deputy Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

Name the song and Disney Film these lyrics are from

‘I’m gonna be a mighty king so enemies beware,

well I’ve never seen a mighty king with so little hair’ Last week’s answer: ‘Let it Go’ from Frozen

Week Commencing 05.03.18

Monday

Art Club Yr 2-6 YES

Gym Upper Nursery upwards YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Newspaper Club Yr 3-6 YES

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 YES

Friday

Music (During School hours) YES

Week Commencing 5th March Monday Japanese students cancelled Tuesday 8.30am Pilates 8.40am Class 1R Assembly Wednesday 8.40am Yr 5 Kingswood Assembly 9.00am Tiny Toots 2.15pm U11 A & B Netball vs Northbourne Park HOME Thursday 9.00am Science & Engineering Challenge at St Lawrence College 2.15pm U9 A, B & C Netball vs Kent College HOME Friday 3.00pm U11 Boys’ Football vs Sandwich Junior School (Hammond Cup Semi-final) HOME Saturday 8.30am Chamber Choir at the Thanet Festival

READING SHELF

The following children have completed Reading shelves this week:

Harper Skudder-Acaster, Jessica Hurst, Henry O’Connor, Willa Bradley,

Stanley Hampshire, Honor Leberl, Sami Ur-Rehman, Sienna Drury

BOOK REVIEW

Grandpa’s Great Escape – David Walliams This books is about a grandpa and his grandson. He always calls his grandson ‘Squadron Leader’ as Grandpa still thinks he is in the war. At night Grandpa always runs off, forgetting what he is doing, and the grandson has to find him. He is made to move to a home for the elderly and after a while plans a dramatic escape with other residents. It all ends happily with Grandpa living where he would like to be. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to other people. 8 out of 10! By Albert Ray (Year 5)

HEADTEACHER’S AWARD Anaïs Andrews for retelling the story of Beowulf so

effectively

CHILDREN’S ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Madeleine Ward survived a night with the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum Evelina Salvatori took part in a Karate competition and achieved third place

MUSIC STAR OF THE WEEK

Honor Leberl for the effort she is putting into her Music

STAR AWARDS

Bronze (100+)

Portia Taylor-Wilson, Nila Nagarajan

SILVER (200+)

Romy Todd

GOLDEN BALL Danielle Aron, Zara Head, Jude Leberl,

Oscar Farquhar

Birthdays

Jasmine McGuirk, Julie Oprchal, Rosie Hudsmith

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 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

FRIEND OF THE WEEK Arabella Porter for taking good care of her friends and

making sure Hermione is always happy

House House Points

Ash 122

Beech 119

Oak 144

Sycamore 97

INVESTIGATOR OF THE WEEK

SPORTS STAR OF THE WEEK

Sophia Cresswell

BOOK BINGO 1 Lily Read