Shaftesbury Park Primary School

Shaftesbury Park Primary School

Shaftesbury Park Primary School @shaftesburypk

Visitors to the School Office

this week will have noticed a

new addition – a beautiful

Christmas tree!

This second tree (in addition to the

one given to us by the Christmas

Forest on Lavender Hill) has been

graciously donated by the London

Farmers’ Market and I am sure you

will agree Mr Imms has done a

fantastic job of decorating it!

We hope you have all been

enjoying our Farmers’ Market, held

every Saturday 10am – 2pm.

In addition to all your favourite

stalls and produce, why not support

your local market by popping along in

the run up to Christmas for some

fantastical festive produce?

With gorgeous Christmas wreaths and award- winning charcuterie on sale alongside

plenty of other festive goodies, you’re sure to grab a bargain or two!

For further information, please visit:

http://www.lfm.org.uk/markets/lavender-hill/

Issue 11: Autumn 2 Friday 4th December 2015

www.shaftesburypark.wandsworth.sch.uk

The time has come for a little poem about our winter fete

It’s on Thursday 3rd

December (next week),

And friends, it’s going to be great

So come along for the chance to buy

Lots of goodies or even try

To win a raffle prize or bottle hamper

Have a cake or why not pamper

Yourself with Irish coffee, mulled wine

Relax, kick back and take some time

Make something nice, guess ‘What’s in the tin?’

Enjoy carol singing (and maybe join in...)

Have some fun before the rush

Get presents at our tombola to avoid the High Street crush

Don’t forget your child’s class make for you to take away

or miss your chance to see the guy who travels round the world by sleigh!

Yes Santa will be here, folks, in a twinkly magic grotto

COME ALONG TO OUR FETE after school

(You don’t want to miss our lotto)!

We are also very keen to receive donations of items

suitable for bric-a-brac and the raffle.

Thank you in advance.

The Winter Fete is NEXT WEEK!

We are desperate for volunteers to help

us prepare and to assist us on the day.

If you can help in any way,

please see Mrs Imms in the School Office.

Right of the Month:

Article 14

Every child has the right to think and believe what they want and to practise their

religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from

enjoying their rights.

Town Hall Cherubs This week, the first few groups of Reception

children went to Battersea Arts Centre to watch

the interactive festive show ‘Town Hall Cherubs’.

Helping a sleepy cherub to find his way home,

the children had great fun exploring the old town

hall building as they followed the Cherub’s

garland, discovering hidden rooms to play in and

plenty of surprises along the way. We hope you

all enjoyed yourselves!

Football This week the boys’ football team took part in the AFC Wimbledon Football Tournament

at Southfields School. Thanks to their excellent team work, the boys did extremely

well, only narrowly missing out on the top spot by just three points! Nevermind boys, Mr

Patterson is still incredibly proud of you and we are too. Next week, our sporting focus

switches to cricket, with our school team competing at the Oval. Don’t miss next week’s

Shaftesbury Update for a full match report!

Tennis On Tuesday 8th December, we look forward to welcoming Mark and Darren from the

Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative for some free tennis coaching. Please ensure that

your child brings their P.E. kit to school on this day. Many thanks!

Christmas Lunch Many thanks to Peter and the lovely kitchen staff for the wonderful Christmas Dinner

on Thursday. We hope that you all enjoyed it!

‘A Miracle in Town’ Foundation Stage Nativity For the last few weeks, children in Zebras, Tigers and Leopards

class have been extremely busy practicing for the upcoming

Foundation Stage Nativity.

With beautiful clear speaking from our narrators, lots of

memorable songs and some fantastic dancing, this is one

Christmas show you don’t want to miss! We look forward

to seeing as many of our Foundation Stage parents there

as possible.

Leopard Parents

Wednesday 16th December at 2:00pm

Tiger Parents

Thursday 17th December at 9:30am

Zebra Parents - Please sign up with Susan to one of the above days.

Thursday 10th December is not

only our Winter Fete.

It is also Human Rights Day.

Human Rights are the inalienable and inherent rights we all have.

On this day every year we remember the importance of these Rights and the part

they play in helping to make our world a more just place for everyone.

Marking Human Rights Day is especially important in 2015, the fiftieth anniversary

year of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of two treaties that,

together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, form the International

Bill of Rights.

In spite of the passage of time, the International Bill of Rights is just as important

now as it was at its inception. Issues such as hate speech, religious and racial

intolerance and the failure to respect the right to privacy (especially in the digital

age) persist even now in 2015, despite the progress made over the last half a

century. This year’s motto - “Our Rights. Our Freedoms. Always." - serves as a

timely reminder that all people are entitled to these rights and the freedoms they

guarantee. The ‘always’ part of the motto reminds us that the struggle for Human

Rights to be recognised the world over is still ongoing. We must continue to

campaign until they are.

Check out the Rights of the Month highlighted in blue

Something which cannot be

taken away

Something you are born

with them

To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December, we spent some time discussing disability with the children during our assemblies and circle time this week.

We were very pleased with the thoughtful comments made by the children on this subject. Miss Goodridge was especially impressed with what Shyanne in Sharks class had to say about how children with disabilities should be treated:

“It’s not right to pick on people who have disabilities because they are just like us but with a difficulty. We wouldn’t want to be treated in that way. You should respect and help people with disabilities because they can’t always do what we can. It’s important to talk about disability because you can come across it anywhere, sometimes you don’t even realise it as you can’t see all disabilities.”

Shoot to the Moon winners!

The best attendance and punctuality for last week!

Dates for the Diary - Autumn 2

Monday 7th December Choir concert at Burntwood School – details to follow

Tuesday 8th December Autumn term Parents evening 3

Tuesday 8th December Visit from the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative for some free

tennis coaching

Thursday 10th December Winter fete at 3.30pm

Tuesday 15th December Christmas performance KS1/2 at 2pm in church

Wednesday 16th December FS Nativity for parents at 2pm in school

Thursday 17th December FS Nativity for parents at 9.30 in school

Christmas parties and Santa in the afternoon

Friday 18th December Text Santa Christmas Jumper Day – Pay £1 to wear a festive jumper!

LAST DAY OF TERM - 2PM FINISH

Children return to school on

Tuesday 5th January 2016

Foundation Stage:

Zebras: Precious & Iyas

Tigers: Armani & Abdul-Majeed

Leopards: Mbayang & Fardeen

Key Stage 1:

Badgers: Clara & Haruki

Hedgehogs: Livia & Zion

Owls: Leon & Chelsea

Foxes: Avery & Jada

Key Stage 2:

Starfish: Mia & Jahaani

Seals: Joziah & Sofia

Sharks: Neajar & Luxshmi

Turtles: Eudella & Mason

Dolphins: Ayman & Angello

Our Foundation Stage winning class

Leopards Our Key Stage 1 winning class

Foxes Our Key Stage 2 winning class

Starfish

Don’t forget we finish at 2pm

on the last day of term!

Please note: there will be no

After School Club on that day.