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Nailsworth C of E Primary School Nympsfield Road, Nailsworth, Glos. GL6 0ET. Phone 01453 832382 Fax 01453 836348 Email admin@nailsworth.gloucs.sch.uk; head@nailsworth.gloucs.sch.uk

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Newsletter Date 13th May 2016

No:31 Head’s message

MAY 15th 11am Church Service at School 16th 11-1.30pm Drum Lessons 1-3pm Y3&4 Mindfulness 2.20-3.15pm Y4 Chess NO KS2 DRAMA CLUB 17th 9am - 12.30pm Y5 Winning Robotic Team to Renishaws 9.40am-2.10pm Piano Lessons 18th 8.20-10.30am Y1 Swimming 10.45-12.05 Guitar Lessons 19th 1-3pm Y4 & Y3 Mindfulness 2.50pm Celebration Assembly - NO Y4 - Parents Welcome 20th Non-Uniform Day - bring a bottle for PTFA Stall at Nailsworth Festival Charity Clothes Collection 21st Please support PTFA Stall at Nailsworth Festival 12.45pm 23rd NO KS2 DRAMA CLUB 25th 3.30-5.30 Archery Team at Archway 26th 2:30pm KS1 Drama Club Performance 27th Last day of Term 5 JUNE 2nd & 3rd 9am - 3pm Kick Off Summer School £12 per day 6th INSET Day 7th First Day Term 6 9th 3.30 - 5.30pmY5/6 Cricket Match 10th 2 - 4.15 pm Queens 90th Birthday arty 13th Y6 Primary Challenge day Cirencester Deer Park School 15th Y5 Taster Day SWR 16th 3.30 - 5.30pmY5/6 Cricket Match 20th Class & Leavers Photographs 21st 9-12pm Pulsar Games Y4,5 & 6 Sports Spiritual Discovery 3.30 - 5.30pm Athletics (Throwing) at St.Mathews 23rd Marling Open Day 3.30 - 5.30pmY5/6 Cricket Match 24th Parents Forum 2.45pm McMillian Cancer Fundraiser Our Christian Values this term

focuses on:

An incredibly exciting week with Year 6 pitting their knowledge and skills against the ever changing end of Primary School SATS tests. We are all so proud of them, their perseverance and determination to the end was fantastic and a great role model to everyone. Now to enjoy school in a different way – building go-karts and racing them! Within an afternoon the kits had been unboxed and major parts assembled – electrical circuits next! Hopefully you will see them roaring around the playground towards the end of next week. Their first race meeting is Saturday week at Renishaw.

Added to the excitement was the BBC visiting yesterday to talk to the FGR fans looking forward to Sunday’s big match at Wembley. Please see picture over the page. The children enjoyed a kick about and then a whole heap of them stepped forward to be interviewed! The piece goes out on BBC Points West at 6.30pm tonight. We are trying to get a recording to share with the children on Monday if they miss it. For all of you venturing down to Wembley on Sunday – good luck and give FGR a huge cheer from the school.

Staying with sport, we have just taken delivery of a brand new Archery Set! Mr Davis will be holding team selection/practice at lunchtime next Wednesday for Year 3&4 and lunchtime Thursday for Year 5&6. So come along if you would like to have a go and want a chance to be selected for the school team.

We are pleased to share our plans for a right royal knees-up at school where we will have a Queen’s Birthday Celebration Assembly and Street Party, in partnership with St George’s Church, on the 10th June to commemorate her 90th Birthday. The afternoon begins at 2.00 pm with a Celebration Assembly for the whole school, where the Reverend Mike Smith, Vicar of Nailsworth will lead children in collective worship.

This will be followed by a festive Street Party where members of the local community are invited to join the celebration and enjoy afternoon tea, served in the playground, surrounded by hundreds of colourful flags designed by the children. No birthday party would be complete without some delicious cake, and for this one cakes for the school will be baked by the pupils under the guidance of our school chefs, while adults will be treated to home-made cakes by St George’s Church. Party-goers will be entertained with live music from the School Choir, Drama Club and individual performers (you may be one yourself) while tea is served. In addition, everyone attending is asked to don a special hat for the occasion, to add to the party atmosphere! Following tea, a family rounders matches will take place on the playing field at 3.15 pm with festivities due to conclude at 4.15 pm. Please put it in the diary, it should be a fun event!

Finally, thank you for all the messages from home saying how great your children are. It’s such fun hearing how they have helped at home. This weekend’s challenge is for the children to do as many spontaneous acts of kindness without being asked! I really look forward to hearing how they do. Please could you help your child to sew on their cloth badges to their jumper. Finally, finally! There is a growing heap of lost property in the boys changing rooms – coats, jumpers and a mound of other stuff. Please come and have a look. Enjoy your weekend… We are FGR!

KS1 Drama Club

Presents “The Giant’s Tears” May 26th at 2.30pm, before the

Celebration Assembly

Please could all children bring

costumes in for Monday 16th May

in a named bag to stay in school

until the performance.

See notices on Yr 1 and 2

classroom doors for costume

details.

Please note: KS1 Drama Club for

the next two Mondays

(16th & 23rd) will finish at

**4.45pm**

CLASS NEWS

Rec Class

In Reception this week we have been learning about

trains. How they work and that some trains are

underground, some are steam trains and some are normal

trains. In Maths we have been learning to subtract,

halve and share things so it’s the same. We have liked

being good role models and have been very quiet during

SATs week. It has been a bit of a challenge though!

By All Reception Class

Y1 Class

We have been learning the story of Jack and the

Beanstalk. We enjoyed our swimming on Wednesday. In

Maths we have been learning half and quarter numbers.

By Jas Tanner & Isla Choppin

Y2 Class

We painted a coloured wheel using primary and secondary

colours. We made a French Fortune Teller to practice

our French.

By Jacob Sutton & Owen Christie

Y3 Class

We have been making clocks and solving time problems.

We have been writing play scripts and we have also been

learning how seeds are dispersed. In Art we are making

Death Masks out of clay and Egypt is our Topic.

By Ruth Hopkins & Brandon Gardiner

Y4 Class

Excitingly, this week in Y4 we have been learning Aladdin

stories and then we have been writing them ourselves.

In Maths we have been doing fractions and decimals.

Our Class Governor, Mr Holmes joined us for a morning

and we challenged him to the 99 Club !

By Maddy Jarman & Thomas Ingram

Y5 Class

This week we have been writing a biography on Charles

Darwin. We also have been doing co-ordinates and

graphs. In DT we have made shelters out of straw,

paper, blue-tac and cello-tape and in a few weeks we

will be making full size ones.

By Keira Hynes & Zane King

Y6 Class

This week, we have been working hard and are tired

because of our SATs. On Thursday we built our Goblin

Cars. Today is a fun day because we are watching movies

in our pyjamas. We would like to thank the school for

being so quiet whilst we were doing our SATS.

By Zerin Islam & Chloe Shaw

Y6 Class

All were stars this week because of SATs

Y5 Class

Keira Hynes & Zane King

Y4 Class

Ollie Christie, Nevaya Ostle, Tom Ingram &

Charlie Grant

Y3 Class

No Stars of Week as we had Mindfulness

4 Stars next week

Y2 Class

Evan Manders-Trett & Teddy Dutton

Y1 Class

Kaitlyn Dudek, Joe Halsey & Alfie Bulbeck

Rec Class

Poppy Garnett & Toby James

Stars of the Week

We have just taken delivery of a

brand new Archery Set! We will be

holding team selection/practice at

lunchtime on Wednesday 18th May

for Years 3 & 4 and lunchtime on

Thursday 19th

May for Year 5

& 6. So come

along if you

would like to

have a go and

want a chance

to be selected

for the School

Team.