The National Guildhall Music Visit

On Friday 8th May, we listened to a performance from a Wind Quintet from the Guildhall school of music. The Quintet was made up of an oboe, a flute, a clarinet, a French horn and a bassoon. At first, each of the musicians showcased their instruments and asked us to name them. I think they were quite amused when quite a lot of the students thought the French horn was a trumpet :). They played a variety of pieces, mostly from the 20th century period, including some pieces by Malcolm Arnold. Most of the music was in a major key, therefore quite lively and cheerful. The proficiency of the players was very impressive to listen to, especially as they didn’t have a conductor. The tone they made was also very pleasurable to listen to with the delicate flute on top, the piercing oboe in the middle with the mellow clarinet, the deep bassoon and bright French horn strengthening the sound underneath. I think this visit was very inspirational and enjoyable to all of us and it was very nice to be

able to see and hear a variety of different instruments. Christopher 6SF

May 4th- 10th 2015

Colman Junior School marked this week with some interesting assemblies. Everyone sang and signed ‘Firework’ by Katy Perry and Mr Sinclair talked about how best to communicate with Deaf people. The Unit children gave a performance of ‘Why the Whales Came’ by Michael Morpugo. Everyone on the island thought ‘The Birdman’ was very rude because he never turned round when they called his name. Gracie and Daniel made friends with him and discovered that he was Deaf and that he was a very kind man. The children gave a wonderful performance and you

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can watch our films if you go to ‘Unit’ on the website. (FW) Role-play clothes for the Unit We are trying to collect as many clothes as we can for drama activities so if anyone has any old-fashioned or unusual children’s clothes that they no longer need, we would be very grateful for any donations e.g. hats of all kinds, waistcoats, pinafores, smart jackets, small bags, scarves, etc. We will keep a box in the unit. Thank you very much . (FW)

5SB's Poetry Quest has begun! 5SB are fortunate enough to have been chosen, along with 3 other schools, to spend time working in school with a professional performance poet - Luke Wright. We are going to be exploring how we can use spoken language and performance techniques of our own. We will have 3 workshops, where Luke is coming into school to work with us to create our own poem. We are going to be performing this on stage at The Playhouse in Norwich in June. Luke came in to work with us this week and we had a fantastic, creative and very entertaining morning!

Sports Morning

We look forward to seeing parents at sports morning which is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday June 10th (if weather is dry) starting at 9am. The reserve date is Monday 15th June should this be necessary.

General Election

On Thursday 7th May, while the nation was busy voting in the General Election, CJS held its own mock election. All children were invited to vote for their favourite party and the turnout was fantastic! Year 5 pupils played a central role in organising and running the event from designing the ballot papers to manning the polling booths. It was wonderful to see how positively so many children responded to the election; researching the manifestos of each party and thinking seriously about their own political beliefs. A candidate was selected to represent each of the major parties and the winner, by some margin, was the Green Party. Feedback from the pupils was that they really enjoyed the opportunity; I think we have a number of budding Politicians in our midst! Mrs Brewster.

School Council Sponsored Dress Up Day The School Council has organized an endangered animal day which will take place on Friday 12th of June 2015 (WWF day). You are allowed to dress up as any animal and bring in £1. Donations will go to the World Wildlife Fund conservation work. You are allowed face paint but you can’t bring in a toy. So get choosing! From The School Council

Race For Life 2015

On Saturday 16th May several Colman staff went to the Norwich Race For Life and either, ran, jogged or walked the 5KM. Altogether, Team Colman has raised over £700 for Cancer Research UK, and several achieved personal best times. A fantastic afternoon! Miss Cole

Your Voice Matters Thank you to all the families who completed our Healthwatch Survey and told us what you think about health and social care services in your area. Your Voice Matters and we will feed back your comments to those who make decisions about health and social care provision in your area. Key findings from the survey will be available for you to access on our website later this year. If you did not get the opportunity to share your experiences of health and social care services in your area please email enquiries@healthwatchnorfolk.co.uk. We guarantee your anonymity. Congratulations to Fahmida Hussain who has won the “what makes a child happy and healthy poster” competition. We look forward to finding out even more about what young people think about health in June 2015 with the help of the MoMo theatre and their healthy eating show. Stephanie Tuvey Healthwatch Norfolk Engagement Officer

Swimming Donations Please remember to donate any unwanted swimming costumes, trunks, hats, arm bands or inflatable

rings. All will be gratefully accepted. Please leave at the school office clearly marked for ‘swimming pool’. Miss Cole.

Korfball Clubs All Korfball clubs will restart straight after the half term holiday: Year 5 and 6 will resume on Monday 1st

June, with the last club session on Monday 8th June. Year 4 Korfball club will have their last club session on Wednesday 3rd June, with a match planned for Tuesday 9th June. Korfball Clubs have been lots of fun and very popular. I have arranged friendly games for early June, please look out for the letters and return as soon as possible. The Schools Summer Korfball Tournament will be on Friday 19th June and this is always the finish of Korfball for the year. All clubs will restart again in September. Miss Cole.

Year 5 & 6 Teaching

As many of you will know, in Year 6 we teach English and maths in three classes rather than two, with Mrs. Davis taking the third class. This has worked extremely well over the last two years and the children have really benefited from smaller class sizes, as well as more targeted support. We will be continuing this three class structure in English and Maths again next year in Year 6, but in order to give our Year 5 children a flying start to their final year, we will be starting it earlier. After half-term, Year 6 will be going back to two ability-grouped maths sets and to their base classes for English. Year 5 children will be working in one of three classes in English and Maths, with the third group led by Mrs. Davis. Your child will have been informed which group they will be working in after half term and these will be the same classes they will work in for English and maths in Year 6. If you have any queries about this, please speak to your child’s class teacher who will be happy to help.

Attendance From September 2015, the Department for Education is changing the level at which pupil absence is classed as persistent absence. This means that from September 2015, any attendance of 90% or below will be classed as

persistent absence. Until the end of this term, the level will remain at 85% or less.

Absence Please leave any pupil absence messages on the dedicated absence phone line 01603 508530 (Option 1) as early as possible on the first day of absence. If we are not able to identify the reason for absence within one week, we are obliged to record the absence as unauthorised, so please make sure to contact us as soon as possible.

Sunhats and Sandals We have had a number of queries about the shoes children can wear to school now that the weather is warmer. Children are able to wear

sandals to school, but in the interests of safety these must have flat soles, closed toes and closed heels. Socks must also be worn at all times. There is very little shade on our school site and on very sunny days, children will need to bring a hat to school for use at breaktimes and lunchtimes. JS

Posted on the website recently: • Year 6’s Fascination of Plants Day • Year 6 Shipwrecked! • Year 6 World Art Day • Unit News and much, much more!

A few reminders...

Lost Property There is a very large amount of lost property in the basket in the school hall. Please have a look at the end of any school day for your child’s lost items. Anything not claimed soon will be placed in our clothes recycling bin. We are collecting

• Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers (deadline 12th June)

• Used inkjet cartridges (originals only, not compatibles)

• Unwanted mobile phones and chargers • Clean clothes and rags in the outside

collection bin

Dates for the Diary Every Friday 3.15 to 4.15pm, Library Drop-In May 21st The Big D Festival at the Forum (Unit and Signing Club) 21st Mobile Planetarium in Hall for Y5 & 6 22nd Luke Wright, poet, with 5SB Year 4 visit to Harry Potter Studios June 3rd Luke Wright, poet, with 5SB 4th Team photos 4th SSP Year 6 Cycling Event, Earlham Park 5th SSP Athletics Event, UEA 8th Year 6 Korfball home to Avenue Junior 8th Year 5 Korfball home to Avenue Junior 9th Luke Wright, poet, with 5SB 9th Year 3 visit to Minsmere 9th Year 4 Korfball away to Avenue Junior 9th SEND tea & cake social event 2.00pm 9th Orchestra and Recorder concert 7pm 10th Sports Morning 9-11.30am (if dry) 11th SSP Cricket Event, Eaton Park 11th Year 6 transition evening at CNS 7pm 12th WWF Sponsored Dress Up Day £1 18th Children’s University Graduation 18th ‘Scratch Off’ coding competition, UEA 19th Korfball Tournament at UEA 22nd Mike Linley, nature expert, with year 3 24th Book Fair and Stories all day 26th ‘Playground to Podium’ at UEA (Unit) 26th PTA Discos July 1st 1.30 and 7.00pm Year 6 ‘Alice’ Performance 1st SSP Active Kids Year 3 & 4 3rd PTA Summer Fete 3.30pm 6th City Sports Field Events 3.30pm 6th, 7th Year 6 pupils transition at City Academy 6th, 7th, 8th Year 6 pupils transition at

Hethersett High School 7th Year 2 parents’ meeting pm 9th Eaton Park Fun Run 9-11am, whole school 9th, 10th Year 6 pupils transition at Framingham Earl High 6th - 17th Year 6 pupils transition at CNS, Hewett and Ormiston Victory High 20th Year 6 visit to Pleasurewood Hills 21st Last Day of Term First Day of Autumn Term Thursday 3rd September 2015 School Term Dates Please see the website (office/term dates) for a calendar of the 2015/16 and 2016/17 academic years which may be useful when planning family holidays.

CLUBS

SUMMER TERM 2015

Children wishing to join an after-school club should see their Classroom Assistant for a letter

LUNCHTIME AFTER SCHOOL

MONDAY

YEAR 5 & 6 MATHLETICS/SPELLODROME Mrs Henery, ICT Room 12.30 to 1.00pm

YEAR 5 & 6 KORFBALL CLUB (20th April to 8th June) Miss Cole 3.15 to 4.15pm

TUESDAY

RECORDER CLUB (usually continuers) Mrs McInnes - Music Room 11.45am to 12.15pm MATHS SOLVERS CLUB (invitation only) Mr Roberts, ICT Room 12.30 to 1.10pm

YEARS 5 & 6 GIRLS & Y5 BOYS FOOTBALL CLUB Mr Genders & Mrs Phillips-Jones 3.15 to 4.15pm YEARS 3 & 4 TENNIS CLUB (pre-booked places) E A Tennis Tel: 07909 730836 Karen Highfield 3.15 to 4.00pm KIDDY COOK (pre-booked places 2nd June to 14th July) Fran Webster Tel: 07973 724870 Food Technology Room 3.15 to 4.30pm

WEDNESDAY

ART CLUB (pre-booked places 3rd June to 15th July) Miss Sandford & Mrs Phillips-Jones Art/Science Room upstairs 3.15 to 4.15pm LOWER SCHOOL SUPERVISED HOMEWORK SESSION Ms Hughes, 3SH 3.15 to 4.15pm YEAR 4 KORFBALL CLUB (22nd April to 3rd June) Miss Cole 3.15 to 4.15pm YEAR 5 GARDENING CLUB Miss Bridgham 3.15 - 4.15pm

THURSDAY

ORCHESTRA Mrs McInnes, Music Room 11.25am SINGING CLUB Mrs McInnes, School Hall 12.35pm LIBRARY CLUB Ms Hughes 12.45pm RECORDER CLUB (usually beginners) Mrs McInnes, Music Room 1.30 to 2.00pm

FILMMAKERS’ CLUB (pre-booked places) Food Technology Room 3.20 to 4.20pm 30th April to 9th July KTroo (pre-booked places, 4th June to 16th July) Tel: 07454 682382 3.15 to 4.15pm SAILING CLUB (pre-booked places, 23rd April to 16th July) Mr Ellis 3.15 to 6.30pm (Whitlingham Broad)

FRIDAY

YEAR 3 & 4 MATHLETICS/SPELLODROME Mr Roberts, ICT Room 12.15 to 1.00pm CHESS CLUB Mrs Brewster (experienced chess players only) 5RE classroom 12.35 to 1.05pm

YEAR 5 & 6 BOYS AND GIRLS CRICKET CLUB (22nd April to 24th June) Mr Furlong 3.15 to 4.15pm YEARS 3 & 4 FOOTBALL CLUB Mr Roberts 3.15 to 4.15pm

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Welcome  to  your  sixth  Maths  Challenge  for  this  year.  Well  done  to  the  37  children,  a  new  record,  who  successfully  completed  the  last  challenge.  Their  names  are  now  on  our  Hall  of  Fame  and  they  now  have  another  raffle  ticket  for  our  prize  draw  to  win  a  fantastic  7”  white  Android  Tablet.  As  always,  children  who  correctly  answer  either  of  the  two  challenges  will  receive  a  raffle  ticket.    Please  hand  your  complete  solutions  in  to  your  class  teacher.  

 

Mr  Roberts’  Maths  Challenge