election and our pledged Day of Fun is on Monday 26th June which will be a non–school uniform day. It should be hot so we will be having a water fight, a movie, fun lessons and a cake sale. If your children would like to participate in the water fight, please send in a change of clothes. We would also be grateful if you could send in donations of cakes and/or money to buy cakes on the day. Thank you from the Star Party.” Well done to the year 5 and 6 cricket team who reached the semi finals before being beaten; a terrific result, the best for a long time!

Another well done to the fencing club who competed in their first ever match at Beaudesert last Friday. They had some very competitive matches and lost out 4-2 on the day. Congratulations to Thomas and Cameron who won their matches and all the team for representing Nailsworth so well on the day. Fencing club (no session on 30th June) is on Fridays after school in the gym.

There are lots of inter school sports competitions coming up so keep coming to clubs to stand a chance of representing the school. Hot week next week so please cover up!

VALUES

DIARY DATES

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

Newsletter Date: 16 June 2017 Issue No: 34

We have had a fun packed Science Week with lots of great experiments and investigations. Year 4 have been roving reporters who will be sharing reports through the blog on the school website. They have discovered poo explorations in Reception, found out about germs in Year 1, looked at electricity in Year 2, made amazing paper planes in Year 3, and looked at non-solubles in Year 5. We are hoping you are looking forward to your next First News newspaper and that lots of you have managed to register for the online activities. Remember the code for the school is 14A492 and the hyphen in double barrelled names is just removed. Lots of children are enjoying the crossword and sudoku - they get easier with practise. Congratulations to Cheryl Parmenter who remains a Parent Governor after her recent re-election. We looked forward to continuing the great work together on safeguarding and many other aspects of school life. Having received this week, by email, a letter from Fi Cooper our new Family Link Worker, we hope you will find the help and support she can offer useful. We have fund-ing for her for three years in the first instance so let's work together to make her role a really successful one. The Star Party, winners of the re-cent school election, have agreed to run the school on Monday 26th June. Please see the first of many notices for the day: “We are the Star Party. As you know, we won the

Headteacher’s Message

JUNE 18th Help needed in our Community Garden 10am 19th Drum lessons Year 5 SWR Taster Day—all Year 5 children Hi-Jinks Drama—show at 4pm 20th Piano Lessons 21st Year 2 Swimming continues Guitar lessons Rags2Riches4Schools -Clothing Collection Spare bags available from the Office Y4 & Y6 Trip—Museum in the Park 22nd Celebration Assembly 2.50pm All parents/carers welcome Class Photos/ Leavers Photos Commoners Cricket Tournament 3.30—5.00pm 23rd Y5 Trip to SS Great Britain 9.00am—4.00pm 26th Fun Day—Non School uniform NO KS1 Hi-Jinks Drama Club today 28th Marling Open Morning 9-11am 29th Y4 Fit2Last Trip to FGR New Reception Parents Info Evening 6-7pm 30th SCHOOL SPORTS DAY KS2—10.00-12.10 Parent picnic lunch—12.10-1.30 KS1—1.30-3.00 NO Fencing Club today SHS Open Morning—9.15-12noon Registration closes for Grammar School entrance test JULY 7th 2nd hand uniform sale—Hall 8th PTFA Summer Fete 13th Art & Sports Award Evening—starts 6pm 21st Last Day of Term 6—1.10pm finish SEPTEMBER 6th First Day of Term 1 2017-18

Our Christian Values this term focus on

Friendship

CLASS NEWS

Reception Class This week is Science Week. We have been learning all about poo! We now know all about our digestive system and how our bodies turn food into poo. Our artist of the week is Christopher Ofili. He is famous for using elephant dung in his paintings. We tried painting using paint and mud. It was fun! Y1 Class This week we have learned all about germs for Science Week. We found out how they spread, what they look like and how to get rid of them. We mixed paint in a spray bottle to make snot on the paper to show how germs pread when we sneeze. It was fun and messy! We have written a booklet about Spring, Summer & Autumn. Next week we will be learning about Winter. By Skye Paris & Harry Hudd. Y2 Class Some of us made pizzas with the Chefs. By Carly. Milly’s Dad’s fire engine came for a visit. He showed us the water tank and inside the fire engine. By Milly. Y3 Class We have planned our explorer stories and had a whole day doing Science yesterday—we made things like gliders and planes and experimented with them. By Callum. Y4 Class This week we have been reading about climate change in English and in Maths we have been doing times tables. On Wednesday Grace, Thomas, Effie, Jakub, Ruth & Mason went to a Maths Challenge Day at Gastrells School. By Grace. Y5 Class In PE, we have been focusing on three main event in Athletics - Sprinting, Jumping & Throwing. In Literacy, we have been finishing our Edward John Smith biographies and have started writing our descriptions. In Science, we have been studying non-solubles. By Lewis Francis-Webb & Joe Skidmore. Y6 Class There was an important election in school last Thursday. The Star Party were elected. Our day of fun will take place on Monday 26th June. We are hoping for good weather for the waterfight. Children who want to participate will need to bring dry clothes to change into afterwards. We have also planned movies, fun lessons and a cake sale. We would be grateful if you could bring in cakes and also money to spend at the cake sale. We are looking forward to an enjoyable day. By the Star Party.

Stars of the Week

Reception Class Elsie Bartlett & Samuel Gibbons Y1 Class Lauren Wooldridge & Luca Dulare Y2 Class Out on a trip to FGR this week Y3 Class Lia Parkin & Luca Iordan-Stanescu Y4 Class Sophie Finlay Parslow & Harriet Mould Y5 Class Tom Ingram & Quin Dolan Y6 Class Riley McCaffrey & Daisy Griffiths

PE Kit

A reminder that all children need to have their PE kit in

school with them. This comprises white socks, trainers,

black shorts and a white t-shirt.

Fundraising Clothing Collection—Wednesday 21 June

Please help us raise funds for the school by donating

unwanted re-useable clothes, accessories and shoes,

jewellery etc. A flyer is being sent home with the

children today along with a bag for your donations.

Year 2—Meet the Firefighter

Our Election Day