Congratulations to the following children who have achieved their reading awards:

Thomas S – Emerald Award Violet P – Bronze Award Eleanor P- Silver Award Well done to Ben C in Class Cuckoo who has been awarded a Gold medal in the national bonus round of the Primary Maths Challenge. He was amongst the top 5% of the 894 primary age children who entered.

Certificates will be presented in Birthday Assembly on Wednesday 22nd March 2017 at 3.05pm Families are welcome to join us.

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Dear Parents,

Danbury Park School – An Outstanding School (Ofsted 2013)

At Danbury Park we all aim… Be wise, be happy, belong

Website: www.danburypark.essex.sch.uk 17th March 2017

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High 5 Netball Tournament

“Pass, Eva!” shouted Eleanor.

On Monday 13th March 2017 Danbury Park Netball team competed in a High Five Netball Tournament at Great

Baddow High School. Overall there were 22 teams split into four pools; we were in pool two. The first team

we played against was St Johns B and we won 4-1. Following our victory we felt very confident and ready for

the next game. Another win for Danbury Park against Tyrrells B 2-1. With two matches won our confidence

level grew higher and higher 4-0 “yes!” Another win for Danbury Park. Onto our final match we felt the

pressure as Miss Bridge explained that if we won this match we could win our pool. With the parents cheering

on the side lines we knew we could do it. Another 4-0 win, well done Danbury Park we did it. With all the

matches played anticipation awaited us as we were waiting for our scores. The results were read out…….Yes

we did it we came first out of our pool!!

We are now looking forward to the finals in May. Thank you to the parents for transporting and cheering us

on with Miss Bridge.

By Eleanor and Eva

Well done to our great team! .

Class Dove Book Week

As you know parents, two weeks ago the school had a book week. This is all about what Class Dove have

been up to during Book Week…

Firstly, we found out what book we were reading, which was The Terrible Thing That Happened To

Barnaby Brocket. As soon as we found this out we got down to business, reading our books. We knew that

Barnaby Brocket was our protagonist.

As we began deciphering the first few pages, we explored characters and filled their character profiles.

We gradually read some of the story, filling maps and drawing pictures along the way. Barnaby’s family

members are: Eleanor, Alistair, Henry, Melanie and of course Barnaby and their delightful dog Captain

W.E. Johns.

As well as class work we also thoroughly enjoyed doing whole school activities. On Tuesday we read with

Class Flamingo. We shared books with them as if we were a reading partner in year six! On Thursday we

dressed up as a book character and there was an awful lot of People from the Harry Potter series. There

was also quite a lot of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonkas around the school.

On World Book Day Miss Johnston organised a grand competition for everybody in the school. She hid

sixteen pictures of where’s Wally? Around the school. Our class winner was Jessica M with all 16!

Thank you for reading about Class Dove’s Book Week.

George B and Francesca H

Class Cuckoo Book Week Report

This week was a very special week called book week. It was fun, educational and filled with lots of cakes! In

Class Cuckoo we were looking at an author; he was called Ted Hughes. He wrote a vast selection of children’s

animal books and poems.

We even had a try at writing our own creation tales. Creation tales are short, snappy stories that tell the

reader how an animal was created (not actually, of course!) To start us off, Mrs Marsland read us a Ted

Hughes creation tale, called How the Tortoise Became, which gave us an idea of the writing style and the

standard of work she was expecting.

In the ICT suite we researched Ted Hughes and typed up a biography on him. We had to write in the third

person and try and use the passive voice. Mrs Marsland challenged us to include a quote. I used something

Hughes once said about writing, “...imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it.”

We also read to the year one and two children in Class Goldfinch as reading partners. My partner was Max.

We read “Explorers”. I found out that Max persevered reading tricky words and is good at reading. It really

surprised me.

On Wednesday parents, grandparents and carers were invited into school to share reading with us.

And then there were the cakes. On Thursday, the whole school lined up to buy a small cake. It was extremely

hard to choose one! Also, on Thursday, we had a special lunch. It consisted of a rat-burger (chicken burger),

and cake that was decorated with sweet teeth.

We then made our own fabric prints of our animals we chose to write about in our creation tale. Mine was a

Snowy Owl that had golden eyes. I sewed golden and silver thread around them for a shiny effect.

We also made 3d paper mache models of our animals. We used a technique called pebbling, which involved a lot

of paper!

We then used coloured tissue paper to add colour. I got a feathery effect from tearing thin strips of white

tissue paper and for the darker feathers, I used thin strips of black tissue paper.

On Friday, we read a book with a teacher; I chose Mrs Marsland as she was reading “A Midsummer Night’s

dream”. We acted it out in a very humorous way. It was one of my favourite activities of book week.

Altogether, I think that book week was extremely successful and lots of fun! I have learnt a lot and best of

all, had a great time! Report by Ben C.

To read Ben’s full report and to see class photographs please see class Cuckoo’s class page on our school website

Class Dove and Eider Author Visit

On Tuesday we Class Dove and Class Eider had two

really exciting visitors. Because we were reading

Swapna Haddow’s book, Dave Pigeon, during book

week, the author and illustrator came into school.

Swapna was excellent; she used to live in London.

She brought with her a Dave Pigeon teddy pigeon.

She also had miniature characters of Dave and

Skipper.

She helped us write our very own Dave Pigeon story

whilst Sheena Dempsy, her illustrator, drew it.

The highlight of the day was when we got our books

signed by the exact author and illustrator.

For me the best bit was when we drew our own evil

characters. Emma

I enjoyed working with Chloe to create Mr and Mrs

Nugget. Ella.

I liked it when Swapna commented on what an evil

character I had drawn. Joe

Ella H, Emma B and Joe K

Class Jay Assembly

Well done to all the children in Class Jay who concluded our series of class assemblies last Friday. They confidently stood up in front of the whole school and their families to share their learning about their topic, Night and Day. They have been so busy and covered so many areas of the curriculum but we particularly liked the wishes they would make with their magic wands and their Maths games, as well as the film of their PE lesson.

Danbury Park Competes in English Competition As you already know, English is an essential section of our education. So, on Monday 13th March 2017, four of

us took this to a new level by taking part in an English competition against 150 schools across Essex.

When we first arrived at the gates, we were astounded by the competition that we had on our hands. Our

first round was based upon root words. We had three root words- love, dry and fun- and we had to make as

many words as we could using suffixes and prefixes, whilst including the root word still. We did quite well at

this, finding lots of words involving love, but not too many with fun.

Our next round was the noun swap, where we had a page of writing with some words missed out. We had to

fill in the gaps with words given to us in a list but there were a few too many for our liking!

After this, we had a bonus round because the competition was too tight. We had to find words to do with

‘snow’. This task was our least favourite because we struggled to understand what we were meant to do and

therefore we only ended up with one unique word.

Luckily, we then had a break (which we thoroughly enjoyed because we had one absolutely scrumptious cookie

with smarties inside it) were we talked to our hearts’ content. Annoyingly, the adults were allowed as many

biscuits as they wanted whilst we could only have one!

There was time for one more round - spelling. This time, the test was individual. We saw three words on the

board, but only one was spelt correctly. We had 5 seconds to quickly write down the correct answer before a

new word materialized.

Afterwards we felt incredibly proud of ourselves, even though we only came 7th out of the 10 schools who

were there on that day. It had been a great day and we all loved it.

By Natasha, Preet, Katie W and Hannah.

Maths Competition On Monday 13th March, four year 6s went to a maths competition at New Hall School. As we entered the

room we were filled with buzzing excitement. We chose a seat at the back of the room so that nobody could

hear our discussions during the competition.

When we were introduced to our first task, we were amazed how long it would take us to complete the sorting

diagram. To do this we split into two groups doing one sheet per group. Although we did not do as well as we

thought we would, we all knew that we had done our best. After the next task we had a break and were given

cookies with smarties inside. We all found this very amusing as we considered ourselves to be ‘smarties’.

After the next exercise we finally found the one that we enjoyed. We had to find the price of a trip to Harry

Potter World. On this we got full marks!

Next, it was the time for the results. Although we did not get as much as we thought we would we came 7th.

Despite this we all knew that we did our best and we all enjoyed the experience.

By Katie, Christopher, Woody and Preet.

As in previous years the school would like to support Red Nose Day on Friday 24th March 2017. Year 6 children will be visiting classrooms with red noses for sale for £1 during the next two weeks. If you would like your child to support this worthy cause please give them a donation to purchase a red nose. The noses will also be available to purchase in the school reception area. On Red Nose Day we would ask that children wear a red nose to show support for the cause, either by wearing the official merchandise, making their own red noses (perhaps a section from an egg box, paint and elastic) or just painting their own nose. The school will not be requesting any further donations to support the cause other than the purchase of noses.

We are taking part in the Shop for Schools Scheme at the Meadow Shopping Centre again this year. The campaign was launched Monday 20th February, customers in The Meadows Shopping Centre can able obtain tokens when they spend £10 or more in the centre, and start voting for their school to win a £700 top prize. What you need to do:-

Collect one token whenever you spend £10 or more in a single transaction from any of the participating stores in the Meadows Shopping Centre.

Post your token in the Shop for Schools collection box which is in the Meadows. The school with the most tokens at the end of the campaign will win the £700 prize fund. There will also be some runner up prizes.

You can follow our progress on www.themeadows.co.uk

Please support us by collecting tokens.

Thank you!

We are also collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers. Last year we collected a colossal 6522 vouchers which were exchanged for lot of free sports equipment. The school also received an extra treat at Christmas with another huge box of free resources. The vouchers are free you just need to say yes when offered them at the till and bring them into school. Please speak to all your colleagues, friends and family members and ask them to save the vouchers on our behalf. Thank you for your support.

DPSA news

Please donate Easter Eggs We run a very popular Easter Egg tombola at the Easter Fayre and are

asking for your kind donations of Eggs. If everyone donated just one egg

we’d have loads. (Tesco has buy 2 get 2 free!). Please leave by the office.

Easter Hamper raffle - we are organising an

Easter hamper raffle. There is be a list by the office if you are kindly

able to donate any items on the list. Please take a look if you can.

As always your donations are very much appreciated and without them

we couldn’t run these popular stalls which raise lots!

Helpers please, for Easter Egg Hunt We need lots of helpers to man stalls. We will as always run a rota (2-3, 3-4) so everyone gets time

to enjoy the event with their children. Please let your class rep or Sally Pain (sallyj@doctors.org.uk)

know if you can help on the day or set up in the morning.

Cakes needed for Cake Stall Our cake stall is always popular so once again we are asking for kind donations of cakes for us to

sell on the day. Where possible please supply cakes on plates etc. that can be taken home. Can you face paint? The younger children love face painting and we have always been able to

offer this at our events. Each year as children move up the school we need to

find more. We provide books, paints, brushes etc. and you don’t need to be a

professional!!

Easter Egg hunt reminders: 1. Order your tickets in advance for £2.50 per child (only children

taking part in the hunt need tickets). £3.00 on the door.

2. Hand in Easter Egg Colouring/decorating competition entries with NAMES/FORM

ON THE BACK by Friday 24th March

Quiz night returns! - Saturday 20th May, 8pm

The quiz is always a popular night and is just a bit of fun. Tables are of up to 8 and tickets are

£5.00. The quiz takes place in the hall and everyone brings their own drinks and nibbles. Make sure

the date is in the diary and start getting your teams together.

Do you have a business you’d like to promote?

We are working on the Summer Fayre programme already. For those of you who don’t know each

year the DPSA produces an A5 full colour programme which is printed professionally and

distributed to everyone attending the summer fayre. We invite local businesses to support our

school by advertising in the programme. Ads are priced at £25.00 per quarter page. If you have a

business you’d like to advertise please email lucymbennett@yahoo.co.uk or ask your class rep.

Dates for the diary

25th March – Easter Egg Hunt 2-4pm

20th May – Quiz Night 8pm

Birthday Assemblies

Wednesdays at 3.05pm

22nd Mar 20th Mar – 26th Mar

29th Mar 27th Mar – 9th April

19th April 10th April – 23rd April

Families are welcome to join us for this assembly

to celebrate your child’s birthday.

Dates for the Diary

Week beginning 20th March 2017

Mon 20th March Pm Year 6 Bikeability Group 3

Tues 21st March

1pm-3pm Rising Stars invited year 5’s

Wed 22nd March

3.05pm Birthday Assembly

Netball match away St Johns

Thurs 23rd March

Pm Year 6 Bikeability Group 4

2.45pm Meeting for Year 2 parents re SATs

Fri 24th March Comic Relief

All Day Class Goldfinch Lunar Buggy day

Pm Inter- house Dodge ball tournament

Full term dates for this and the next academic year

(2016-17 and 2017-18)

are available on the school website.

SCHOOL MEALS

Week commencing: 20th March 2017

Week 1 MONDAY

Homemade Pepperoni or Cheese and Tomato Pizza

White and Wholegrain Pasta Coleslaw Corn on the Cob Cucumber

Jacket Potato with a choice of filling

Cranberry Flapjack with Yoghurt Drizzle Organic Fruit Yoghurt Selection of Fresh Fruit

TUESDAY

Local Butchers pork sausage or Vegetarian Quorn Sausage

Creamy Mashed Potato Fresh Sliced Carrots & Peas/ Green Salad

Jacket Potato with a choice of filling

Chocolate Sponge with Chocolate Sauce Organic Fruit Yoghurt Selection of Fresh Fruit

WEDNESDAY

Local Butchers Roast Beef served with Yorkshire pudding and gravy or Cheddar Whirl

Roast Potatoes Cauliflower florets Fresh carrots Green salad

Jacket Potato with a choice of filling

Ice cream Arctic Roll Organic Fruit Yoghurt Selection of Fresh Fruit

THURSDAY

Homemade Chicken Korma or Sweet Potato and Lentil Korma

White and Wholegrain Rice Naan Bread Sweetcorn, Cucumber

Jacket Potato with a choice of filling

Apple Crumble and Custard Organic Fruit Yoghurt Selection of Fresh Fruit

FRIDAY

Harry Ramsden’s battered Fish Fillet

Chips Baked Beans / Peas Green Salad

Jacket Potato with a choice of filling

Viennese Biscuits Organic Fruit Yoghurt Selection of Fresh Fruit

Yours sincerely

Carol Gooding

Headteacher

Danbury Park Community Primary School Dates for Spring Term 2017

Date Time Event

March 20th All day Year 6 Bikeability

21st Pm Rising Stars (invited Year 5s)

23rd 12.30pm Year 6 Bikeability

24th All day Comic Relief

pm Inter-house Dodgeball Tournament

All day Class Goldfinch Lunar buggy day

25th 2.00 – 4.00pm DPSA Easter Egg Hunt

27th All day Year 6 Bikeability

29th 10.00am KS2 Spring/Easter assembly for guests & infants

30th 12.00pm End of term lunch for staff and governors

31st 2.30pm KS2 Spring/Easter assembly for parents

Break up for Easter holidays