Wishing you a very happy and sunny summer holiday. Ms Fogwill (Acting Deputy Headteacher) and the Elmfield School team

Elmfield Early Years and Primary Newsletter Newsletter No 10 –July 2012 Dear Parents and Carers It may not seem like it in terms of the weather but ou...
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Elmfield Early Years and Primary Newsletter Newsletter No 10 –July 2012 Dear Parents and Carers It may not seem like it in terms of the weather but our Summer Term is drawing to an end! It has been an incredible year starting off with the best exam results the school has had and continuing with amazing learning experiences and Bristol City Council making the decision to keep our School OPEN! We are all looking forward to the excitement of the coming year! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents/carers and children for their support in making Elmfield the wonderful school it is and will continue to be in the future.

Wishing you a very happy and sunny summer holiday

Ms Fogwill (Acting Deputy Headteacher) and the Elmfield School team Dean Field Study Centre Camp Falcon and Ostrich went on a very exciting 2-day trip to Dean Fields Camp where we did lots of fun activities, such as river walking (the pupils’ favourite), the zip wire, climbing and the high-adrenaline polejumping where they had to jump from the top of a very wobbly 30ft pole onto a trapeze! All of our pupils and Mrs Gorely showed a lot of bravery that day!!

Jubilee Celebrations

We had an amazing day here at Elmfield celebrating the Queen's 60th Jubilee! The children created and performed some fabulous BSL poetry and made everyone feel really proud. Our street party was attended by lots of parents, members of the Deaf community and old friends. It was lovely. Everyone had a really nice time.

Thanks to our Teaching Assistants who worked so hard to organise this fabulous event!

Jubilee Quiz Who is this (very) young girl pictured at a street party in Exeter on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II back in 1952? The answer is at the end of this newsletter!

Mr Gill’s Baby Shower After the Jubilee celebrations, we held a baby shower for Mr Gill, whose little princess, Robyn Grace, was born on Friday 6th July!

Visit to Glastonbury and Wells On 21st June a group of our students travelled to Glastonbury to take part in a workshop on Mediaeval Hygiene and Medicine. They also had a guided tour round the Abbey, and an introduction to mediaeval cookery in the kitchen where they turned the spits and helped make bread. Since the Abbey buildings are in ruins (thanks to Henry VIII), on the way back we called in at Wells Cathedral so that they got a better idea of what the abbey might have looked like with its roof still intact. The Education Coordinator at Glastonbury was delighted with our students’ enthusiasm, good behaviour and penetrating questions.

Sailability at Baltic Wharf, Bristol Six pupils from Ostrich and Falcon classes went for two hours sailing at the Floating Harbour in Bristol. Each pair of pupils had a different coloured sailing boat, and everyone was provided with a wet suit and life jacket. We found that learning to sail was fun and also challenging when we had to sail against the wind. Towards the end of the session we were even allowed to sail on our own! Thanks especially to Anna Willoughby for her help in organising this session with Gill from Sailability, and to Mark Hester for his superb pictures. There will be another Sailablity session during Term 1 (2012/13) so please let us know if your child is keen to come.

Owl Class Goes Potty! Owl class were lucky enough to have a visit from an arts specialist. They learnt about how pots and vases were made in Ancient Greece and how through the decoration stories were told, which helps us to learn about how they lived. The children decorated their own pots and told their own stories.

World Sport Day

Sadly our sports day had to be cancelled because of rainy weather, but earlier in the term we all joined in with most other schools in the UK and celebrated World Sport Day, celebrating all of the international teams participating in the Olympics. We split up into 4 different groups representing 4 different countries. They were Jamaica, South Africa, New Zealand and Russia. Our pupils did some research on their own countries, its facts and culture, and presented it very well to the rest of the school. Then we competed against each other in the afternoon. Well done to the Jamaica team for coming first but a bigger well done goes to every child and staff member who participated and made World Sport Day a fun and informative day for everyone.

Visit to Brean Down As part of their reward for continuing good behaviour over the last three terms, Falcon class earned themselves the privilege of going to Brean Sands for the whole day on Monday 9th July! We tried out all of the rides, both big and small, and I'm pleased to report that no-one threw up! The dodgems proved to be a old favourite for all of the children (and Mr Ford) and we've lost count of the satisfying crashes given to each other. We were blessed with good and dry weather and even finished off the great day out with an ice-cream each.

Spud-We-Like! Back in March Duck class planted potatoes in our garden. We had to dig holes with a trowel and after we’d planted our seed potatoes, we watered the soil.

Then, on Monday 9th July, we harvested our crop!

We dug up our potatoes and sorted them. There were 12 pink potatoes and 50 white ones! We chose some of them to cook and taste in school. They were lovely. We shared out the rest of them and took them home to cook for our tea!

Goodbye, Mrs Angove! In April of last year, we said goodbye to Mrs Angove because she wasn’t going to be coming back to work at Elmfield. We didn’t know then that we would get her for another whole year from September! But now she really is leaving us, and we would like to thank her very very much for all her hard work in Duck class and throughout the school. From September Mrs Angove will be mostly working in Wales, but also with us on a supply basis.

Goodbye to Ciaran and Jack! We are very sad that Ciaran and Jack have come to the end of their time here with us at Elmfield Primary. We shall miss them both very much, but at the same time we are very proud of all their achievements while they were pupils here and wish them all the best for the future at Elmfield Secondary School and Mary Hare School respectively.

Sensory Room We have had lots of exciting deliveries lately for our new Sensory Room, which we are in the process of setting up. During the summer holidays staff are planning to come into school for a painting day, so that when the children return to school in September, the room will be ready to use. We shall report back on our progress in the next full edition of our newsletter.

Romeo and Juliet/Fun Olympics Also in next term’s newsletter will be a full report on our end of term activities.

Birthdays

There have been lots of birthdays in Falcon class recently! It was Jack’s 11th birthday during the half term holiday, Thursday 7th June, and Tobias celebrated his 10th birthday at home on Saturday 30th June. We hope Ciaran has a happy 12th and Angus a happy 3rd birthday during the holidays.

Olympic Tickets Ballot and Raffle

On Friday 13th July Olympic football tickets were allocated to Harry Pearce, Elfed Willoughby, Oscar Mott, Tom Bowden, Owain Sanders and Ciaran O’Brien’s families. On Tuesday 17th July the winners of pairs of Olympic athletics tickets were:

Khan Johns Martin Brooks Ben Ringrose

New School Year, New Class Names! The children and staff have agreed new names for the classes. These are: Butterfly (previously Duck) – Teachers: Kate Fogwill and Claire Spencer Ladybird (previously Owl) – Teacher: Mary York Grasshopper (previously Ostrich) – Teachers: Jo White and Kathryn Gorely Scorpion (previously Falcon) – Teacher: Nathan Ford

Class groups for September 2012 Butterfly Kate Fogwill Claire Spencer Emily Ayling Angus Sage

Ladybird Mary York Hugh Glanville Bailey Griffiths Hugh Lonergan Zakaria Nur

Jubilee Quiz Answer!

Grasshopper Kathryn Gorely Jo White Tom Bowden Oscar Mott Arron Nicholls Harry Pearce Rosie-May Potter Owain Sanders

Scorpion Nathan Ford Tobias Hester Jonathan Merritt Oliver Elliott-Chorley Elfed Willoughby

IT’S MRS ISAACS!

Looking Ahead… Wednesday 18th July: End of Term 6 - 1.30pm Monday 3rd September: Beginning of Term 1 NB: There will be NO In-Service Days at the start of Term 1. Friday 19th October: End of Term 1 Monday 21st/Tuesday 22nd/Wednesday 23rd October: In –Service Days. The School will be CLOSED to pupils. Monday 5th November: Term 2 begins Friday 21st December: Term 2 ends

The Elmfield School Team would like to wish you all

Information From The Family Centre 29th July - Trip to the beach and aquarium A day at the seaside building sand castles and maybe paddling in the sea if it’s warm enough! There will also be an interpreted guided tour of the aquarium. See website for details. Sunday 16th September - Castle Quarry Set in 30 acres of woodland in the north of Bristol offering a range of Outdoor Adventures to all ages. This should be great fun and is certainly not to be missed! Competition We would like our younger members to send us an image of their experiences with The Family Centre. We welcome drawings, photos or any other visual image, whether it is created by hand or on a computer. There will be two age categories and two fantastic prizes. There are three topics to choose from. For more information visit our website. Final entries in by 21st September. Information From Other Providers Family wildlife day Go Wild in Badocks Wood! st Saturday 21 July from 11am – 4pm Come to Badocks Wood to explore the t hidden wildlife in your local nature reserve. All ages welcome to this free event run by parents at Westbury Academy on behalf of Sustainable Westbury on Trym http://suswot.wordpress.com/ Meet us at the tumulus by the wildflower meadow above the wood. Bring a picnic and blanket, walking shoes, child-like curiosity and a magnifying glass or bug net if you have one. MusicSpace MusicSpace is throwing open its doors on Thursday 26th July 2012 from 12:30pm ‘til 4pm. Come along and find out more about the South West’s biggest music therapy charity at The Southville Centre, Beauley Road, Bristol, BS3 1QG. Please call

us on 0117 953 1731 or email us on [email protected] if you are interested in coming along or would like to find out more. NDCS Course A free environmental and conservation course for 16 – 18 year olds is being run by the NDCS from 30/7/12 – 3/8/12 at Goblin Combe near Bristol and attendees will gain a recognised qualification, the John Muir discovery award. For more information and to book a place visit www.ndcs.org.uk/events

Learn Baby Sign! The Centre for Deaf People is running a course in baby sign on 14th August from 11am to 12pm, at 16-18 King Square, Bristol BS2 8JL. Cost: £5. Babies and toddlers free. Tea and biscuits provided.

Signed Circus Show Stumble Dance Circus will be performing their show ‘Box of Frogs’ on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September at Circomedia, St Paul’s Church, on Portland Square. It will be an evening showing, starting at 7.30pm, a great show incorporating circus, tricks and fantastic visuals throughout. The show on Friday 28th September will be sign interpreted and we also have a hearing loop in the venue for hearing impaired. You can find details of the show here http://www.stumbledancecircus.com/shows/box-of-frogs/. Please email [email protected] if you are interested.

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