DE LUCY SCHOOL High Achievement in a Caring Community

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Issue 11: Friday 23rd November 2018 www.delucyprimaryschool.co.uk

Relentlessly

Headteacher’s update

From January 2019, our newsletters will revert to

being fortnightly.

This week has been Road Safety Week, please see

information inside from Mrs Marsh.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY November 26th – Year 2 Mary Hoffman – Science Museum 27th – Year 2 Dick King-Smith – Science Museum 27th – Selected Year 5/6 Mixed Athletics Competition at John Roan 9.00am-3.15pm 28th – Flu Vaccinations 28th – Open day 10am – New Reception children in September 29th – Enterprise Challenge Day Years 1-6 29th – Selected Year 3/4 Dodgeball Competition at Plumstead Manor School 10.00-2.30pm 29th – Christmas Craft deadline for slips to be returned 29th - Selected Year 5/6 Football League competition at Sporting Club Thamesmead 2.45pm-5.45pm 30th – 2 Roald Dahl - Science Museum 30th – Christmas dinner deadline for slips to be returned December Saturday 1st – FS Bring your Parent to Breakfast 10am-11.30am limited spaces 3rd – 5 Beverley Naidoo British Museum 4th – 5 CS Lewis and Anthony Horowitz British Museum 4th – Selected Year 5/6 Mixed Athletics Competition at St Pauls 12.00pm-3.15pm 6th – Christmas Crafts – more information to follow 10th – Year 2, 3 and 4 West End in School – Dick Whittington 9.00am and 10.30am 12th – Open day 10am – New Reception children in September 12th – EYFS and Year 1 Little Blue Monster Company A Christmas Wish 9.30am and 1.45pm 12th – Year 5 – Aladdin at Orchard Theatre – 2pm return to school 6pm 14th – Year 6 – Aladdin at Orchard Theatre – 2pm return to school 6pm 14th – Nursery and Reception Dress Rehearsals AM 14th - Nursery and Reception Dress Rehearsals PM 17th – Nursery and Reception Production 9.30am 17th – Nursery and Reception Production 2.30pm 18th – Year 1 Dress Rehearsal 9.15am 18th – Year 2 Dress Rehearsal 10.30am 18th Year 3/4 Dress Rehearsal 2.00pm 19th – Year 1 Production 9.30am – ticket only 19th – Year 2 Production 10.30am – ticket only 19th - Year 5/6 Dress Rehearsal 2.00pm 20th – Year 3/4 Production 9.30am 20th - Year 5/6 Production 2.15pm 21st – Children’s’ Christmas Dinner 21st – Last day of term – finish at 2pm January TBC - Open day 10am – New Reception children in September 7th – Pupils return to school normal time

Over the past three weeks, children throughout the school

have been assessed in their learning, teachers have

submitted this data and senior leaders have posed questions

for teachers to establish what has contributed the most to

children making progress or what is a potential barrier to

progress. Over the next two weeks we will be holding pupil

progress meetings with teachers where individual children

and their progress will be discussed and where needed,

actions put in place.

Children make the most progress where school and home

work together, please help us to help your child by:

Ensuring that they come to school regularly and on time

Reading at home with your child every day and once at

the weekend

Supporting your child to learn their spellings every week

Talking to your child/children about their day as being

able to relay the learning helps to consolidate it

Ask your child what they have learned during the day,

this is different to what they have done; for example,

they might have been doing subtraction in maths but

they have learned how apply their knowledge of place

value to exchange.

Before Christmas, you will receive a mini report informing

you of where your son/daughter is working at and the

progress they have made so far this year.

Now the weather has taken a turn, please ensure children

are warmly dressed for playtimes and lunchtimes. Please

label any hats and gloves so that if misplaced they can be

returned to their owner!

Curriculum Update – Road Safety

Year 1 had a great time learning about how to be safe on the roads. They started by listening to the cartoon

hedgehogs teach them how to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, LIVE! This helped make them ‘The King of the Road!’ The children

used road safety equipment to act out how to cross the road safely on: a zebra crossing, a pelican crossing and with

a lollipop person. They then learned the slogan: Be Bright, Be Seen and played some games online. Finally, they

went on to design a bright top for Mo Farah’s late night runs, making sure that he could be seen by traffic!

Year Two have had a great week learning all about Road Safety. They took part in Miss Latham’s assembly, learning

how to cross the road safely in a safe place. In their classrooms, they consolidated this learning by making leaflets

on the Green Cross Code, writing instructions on how to cross the road safely and making posters with pictures.

They are now all very aware the Green Cross Code and have been spreading the word in KS1!

This week, Year 3 talked about the green cross code and how to cross the road safely. They learnt about road signs and how we use them to keep us safe whilst on the roads. The children all designed their own, child friendly road sign, which they thought would be useful for other children to use.

In Year 4, the children had a lovely afternoon taking part in Road Safety activities. They were able to discuss how to

use the road safely by different means as well as to spot hazards in different road safety pictures. The children were

also able to share stories they had relating to this topic as well as engage in role-playing different scenarios. For

their tasks, the children were able to create road safety posters while others were able to write an acrostic poem

based on what they have learnt about the topic.

In Year 5, the children took part in numerous different activities to promote road safety. Some children took part in role-plays where they were able to perform to the rest of the class the correct strategy when approaching a road crossing. Some children actually recorded their own adverts where they shared important knowledge with their viewers. Other children were able to create storyboards where their characters showed the best ways to cross a road.

This week in Year 6, pupils have considered the importance of road safety using resources from the charity known

as Brake. Brake aims to support schools, communities and other organisations in raising awareness of the risks and

rules of the road. At De Lucy School we take this subject very seriously and regularly remind children about road

safety, not just in Road Safety Week, but all the time. Each year there is a new theme for Road Safety Week; this

year the theme is ‘Bike Smart’. We encourage children to ride their bikes to school, but want them to always be

safe. Pupils thought about clothing and helmets to improve the safety of cyclists. They researched materials and

colours and then designed their own cycle helmet. They also wrote a set of instructions on how to cross the road

safely, which will be displayed around the school.

THE ‘PUPIL PREMIUM’: SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL BY APPLYING FOR

FREE SCHOOL MEALS

Please take up your entitlement to Free School

Meals if you have not done so already. It will

greatly help to improve the funding the school

receives and therefore the amount we can

spend on improving all kinds of resources and

opportunities for our children. The forms are

available in the school office.

Requests for spare PE kits As a school we ask that all children are provided with a

PE kit to enable them to take part in PE lessons every

week.

Although we ask this, not all children have PE kits. The

school has spent hundreds of pounds stocking spare kit

so that children do not miss out and would appreciate

any donations of any PE kit which your children no longer

use.

We would be particularly grateful for any donations

trainers/plimsolls in sizes 1-7.

Thank you, Mr Lado

Curriculum Update

Christmas Crafts - Reminder

Christmas Crafts will be held on Thursday 6th December £1.50,

deadline is 29th November 2018

This week in Reception we have been busy learning our new story of 'The Polar Bear and the Snow Cloud'. We have even begun to draw our own story maps to help us retell!

The children in the Nursery have had a fantastic week finding out about how the postmen and postwomen help them by delivering their mail; especially birthday cards and parcels! They designed several bags for them to use whilst delivering the mail.

Extra-Curricular Clubs

De Lucy pupils made good use of Cookhill Road this week as part of their work on Road Safety. Mr Ashmore carried

out his early morning football club on the road during closure times. The children thoroughly enjoyed the

experience.

Celebrations

Class Star of the Week x 2 Home Learning award Driver of the week Writer of the week

1 Anthony Browne Olivia

Shay

Sarah Ruby Zeinab

1 Julia Donaldson Sebastian

Faith

Amie-Louise Maya Jun Hao

1 Simon Bartram Ephraim

Joshua

Joey Naz Larissa

2 Dick King-Smith Aazim

Beebee

Henry Louie Ocean

2 Mary Hoffman Rihanat

Lola

- Aisha Quareeb

2 Roald Dahl Lucas

Darian

Harrison Wini Bryan

3 Anne Fine Noah

Luchian

- Kai Treasure

3 Eva Ibbotson Lexi

Ali

Deborah Charlie Brooke

3 Ted Hughes Samuel

Georgie-Leigh

Nelly Ava Emily

4 David Walliams Amari

Ayisha

Shalom Chinnoso James

4 Gillian Cross Divine

Joshua

Mary Fatimah Princess

4 Michael Morpurgo Jesse

Alex

Zac Henry Eric

5 Anthony Horowitz Esosa

Aminata

Rebecca Emmanuel -

5 Beverley Naidoo Daniela

Micah

Iyanu Precious -

5 C S Lewis Daniel

Ralfs

- Ruby Khaliq

6 Louis Sachar Arounav

Hamdy Sabiha Chris

6 Malorie Blackman Hadya

Michael O

Ehiremen Alfie David B

6 William Shakespeare Peter

Keira

Frankie Ruby Precious

Spellings The following children have passed an end of year spelling test this week and have received a certificate to celebrate

their achievement.

Wini – 2 Roald Dahl Lacie – 6 Louis Sachar

Darian – 2 Roald Dahl Esther – 6 Louis Sachar

Brooke – 3 Eva Ibbotson Nathaniel – 6 Louis Sachar

Clarissa – 4 Michael Morpurgo Titilayomi – 6 Malorie Blackman

Caleb – 5 Anthony Horowitz Amazing – 6 Malorie Blackman

Esosa – 5 Anthony Horowitz

Chukwudi – 5 C S Lewis

Ayesha – 6 William Shakespeare

ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY Class %

23 11 18

N Michael Rosen 91.13

R Nick Butterworth 97.69

R Jill Murphy 92.92

R Claire Freedman 89.37

1 Anthony Browne 97.44

1 Simon Bartram 97.53

1 Julia Donaldson 90.48

2 Dick King-Smith 98.77

2 Roald Dahl 94.02

2 Mary Hoffman 97.69

3 Ted Hughes 96.89

3 Anne Fine 95.24

3 Eva Ibbotson 97.58

4 Michael Morpurgo 98.67

4 Gillian Cross 97.62

4 David Walliams 96.00

5 Beverley Naidoo 98.72

5 Anthony Horowitz 96.44

5 C S Lewis 96.03

6 Louis Sachar 98.89

6 Malorie Blackman 99.21

6 William Shakespeare 99.18

Whole School 96.6

Minutes Late 811

Packed lunches ideas

Please see link below for healthier lunchbox ideas. https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes

If you would like to provide you child with a hot pack lunch please ensure that the flask is double walled for thermal

insulation to keep the temperate inside constant for as long as it can, it is also cool to touch and condensation free

on the outside.

When a child arrives late at school, they miss important events like assembly, teacher’s instructions and introductions. Children also feel embarrassed at having to enter the classroom late.

How does it impact on my child’s learning?

Lateness has a negative impact. Being late can:

Disrupt lessons

Affect achievement

Embarrass/upset your child

Effect of late arrival

Minutes late per day

Lost days of teaching in 1 year

Number of

weeks missed

5 mins 3 days -

10 mins 6.5 days 1 week 1 ½ day

15 mins 10 days 2 weeks

20 mins 13 days 2 weeks 3 days

30 mins 19 days 3 weeks 4 days

The table above indicates how frequent lateness can add

up to a considerable amount of lost learning. This can

seriously disadvantage children and disrupt the learning

of others.

Our aim is for our children to achieve 95% and the

whole school to achieve attendance above 96%