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St Faithian Spring Term 24 January 2020

Friends of St Faith’s Congratulations to Mrs Montgomery, our winner of the £200 Christmas special of the Friends lottery!! We would also like to welcome the newcomers to the Friends Lottery. If you haven’t already done so and would like to join, (it’s only £5 per month) click the following link Registration Form-Friends-StF-Lottery . It could be your lucky turn next. Pre-booking is now available for the Wine and Wisdom evening (Friday 6 March), please don’t forget to book your place at this popular event, you don’t want to miss out (especially if Mr Groves team loses)!!! Please see the email from Mrs Bourne, dated 17 January. Our next meeting is 7 February at 8:30am. If you have any wonderful fundraising ideas or feel there is something your

children could benefit from with the funds of Friends, please do come along and share with us. We are always open to everyone’s thoughts and ideas. Vicky, Alison & Zoe Please contact Vicky, via email Victoria.Crocker@stfaithsprep.com

Year 3 learn that making medicine is a time consuming and difficult process. Three scientists from Pfizers came to talk to Year 3 children last Wednesday about the importance of handwashing. Using a special glow in the dark hand gel, the children were tasked to wash their hands thoroughly before checking how well they had achieved this in a UV light box. Results were varied, but on the whole we were very impressed with their attention to detail. The scientists continued to bring science to life by asking the children to mix a specific colour of slime that would help eliminate a ‘nasty toxic rash’ that was about to break out in the school. They needed no encouragement to get out the aprons and mix some pretty gruesome slime, some of it was even the right colour! The children realised that making medicine is a time consuming and difficult process and were told that to get a medicine from the idea stage to being used by the public can take up to 20 years. A huge thanks goes to Emma Ainsworth, Courtney Roberts and Hashini Gunawardena for taking the time to come and see us and for such a fun afternoon.

Head’s Corner We were delighted to welcome five Wishford advisors to the school this week and even more thrilled for them to give us a sound ‘pat on the back’ for our excellent standards of compliance and delivery of quality education. I always very much appreciate the support we get from Wishford. As ever, our children were extremely polite and friendly to our guests. Thanks to Mr Wyon for organising the delivery of 1000 daffodil bulbs. Mr Andrews, the children and myself have spent many happy hours planting them this week alongside the sports field! PS: Can’t see my team losing at Wine & Wisdom

Music Report Another busy week of music ended with Daniel and Tom performing during Friday’s assembly and the school enjoying singing ‘Shotgun’. Year 5 are at the O2 today, performing with Young Voices, and other year groups have been busy during their music lessons this week. Pictures below are of the wonderful children in Year 4 embarking on their second composition task of the school year. Having produced music describing a storm before Christmas, this term they have been composing short pieces of music, each of which represented a dog from the ‘Hairy Maclary’ stories by Lynley Dodd. This idea of using a leitmotif is key to the music dramas of German composer Richard Wagner, which the children have also spent time listening to.

Over the next few weeks they will continue to compose music to accompany an entire ‘Hairy Maclary’ story, with their leitmotifs being central to this task. They will then perform their work which will be evaluated by the rest of the class. After such a great start, their finished compositions will be amazing! We have exams with RockSchool, Trinity and ABRSM over the next couple of weeks together with Twilight Concerts and of course the House Music Competition. More on all of these over the next few weeks.

Down in the Nursery The Children in the Turtle room have been exploring The RSPB Bird Watch this week and enjoyed looking out for the birds and learning their different names. As you can see they have made a fantastic display for their classroom! The children have had lots of fun listening out for birds in the garden and around the school setting as well as participating in lots of craft activities. Some of the children have brought home some bird food they lovingly made at school in the hope of sharing the experience of looking out for birds with their families.

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year from everyone in Reception. Did you know that this special time, which is also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is China's most important holiday. This years celebrations will begin on Saturday 25 January and last for a total of sixteen days. This is The Year of the Rat, the first of all the zodiac animals that is said to bring wealth and good fortune to people. The festival is traditionally celebrated with dragon and lion dances, exchanging gifts and the most amazing displays of fireworks and lanterns. We are looking forward to learning more about this celebration next week. Follow us on FB, Instagram & Social Media and listen to the fantastic video the children made

Chinese New Year is celebrated with style in the dining hall. Fortune cookies, spring rolls and a variety of chicken and vegetable dishes were on the menu to celebrate the Chinese New Year. What a delicious way to be enlightened about other cultures, and learn about their history and geography.

We’re not very excited about seeing this Pantomime. Oh yes we are!

This week Henry, Lucy, Mrs Harrop and Ms Bernard are all starring in the Ash Village pantomime ‘Dick Whittington’! The panto was written by our super-smashing, Ms Bernard, and is being performed at the village hall by the New Ash Players. It promises to be a smash, especially with our St Faith’s performers, Henry and Lucy as Custard and Cookie the rats! Mrs Harrop and Ms Bernard can also be seen singing and dancing in the chorus, looking unusually sparkly!

Clubs & Hobbies

Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

Which Fairy tale character slept for 100 years

Last week’s answer: Professor Dumbledore

Deputy Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

Who are the four judges in ‘Britain's got talent’

Last week’s answer: Washington

Week Commencing 27 January Monday Tuesday 8.30am Pilates 8.30am Second hand uniform shop open Wednesday 2.15pm U11 Netball v Wellesley House HOME Thursday ABRSM Exams 2.45pm U9 Netball v Wellesley House AWAY 3.00pm Second hand uniform shop open Friday 8.40am Celebration Assembly 3.00pm U11 Dodgeball v Cartwright & Kelsey AWAY

ROCK STAR TABLES

Nate Page-Phillips, Yuthushya Niroshan, Jack Manser

ACCELERATED READER

Target 1 Alex Fox, Holly Rooke, Penny Ford,

Rosie Hudsmith

Target 2 Poppy and Anaïs Andrews

READING SHELVES

Florrie Brown, Ava Riley, James Payne, Mya Wood, Amelie Coles, Fred Giles,

James Quinn, Harry Daw, Bertie Hampshire, Emily Daw

Week Commencing 27.01.20

Monday

Art Club Yr 2 - 6 YES

Gym Upper Nursery upwards YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Tennis YES

Tuesday

Chess Yr 2 - 6 YES

Dance Pixies & Fairies Ballet up to Yr 1 YES

Drama Upper School Yr 2 - 6 YES

LAMDA (During school hours) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Wednesday

Ballet Prep & Primary Yr 2 upwards YES

Dance Ballet & Jazz Yr 2 upwards YES

Fencing Yr 2 -6 (8.00am - 8.45am) YES

Kit Car Club Yr 4 - 6 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Netball Yr 3 - 6 YES

Thursday

Badminton Yr 3 - 6 (First half of term only) YES

Computers Yr 4 - 6 NO

Cooking club Yr 3 - 6 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Musical Theatre R - 1 YES

Musical Theatre 2 - 6 YES

Friday

Dodge Ball Yr 2-6 (first half of term only) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

St Faith’s Accelerated Reader Progress Party! On Wednesday, sixteen children in the Upper School took part in the first ever St Faith’s Accelerated Reader Progress Party and had a fantastic time. Lined up outside the party room with their

‘Golden Tickets’, they were full of anticipation, and the balloons, music, dancing and yummy snacks didn’t disappoint. “It’s the best day of my life!” said one excited Year 5 pupil. They were all being recognised as having made excellent progress with their reading comprehension since the beginning of the Autumn term. There will be a Progress Party every term and children who have made the biggest jump in their understanding will be selected. As with everything else, it’s all about practice – so keep reading! Mrs Allen

CHILDREN’S ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Portia Taylor Wilson won two firsts in the 80cm class at the Barleylands show jumping competition Roxi & Cobi Booth won rosettes for an amazing horse riding lesson and mastering their first jump independently using the rising trot Roxi Booth received her level 4 certificate from the Swim England Awards Leo Harrison-Verrion was awarded ‘Man of the match’ for Deal Town Wanderers Jennifer Ainsworth for achieving level 4 in the British Gymnastics proficiency award

GOLDEN BALL

Sami Ur Rehman, Henry Bowyer & Alex Fox

BIRTHDAYS Charlotte Donaldson, Safiya Van Ritbergen,

James Payne, Catherine Payne, Leo Alexander, Brayden Ingram, Ella Dibb-Fuller,

George Horn

STAR OF THE WEEK

RB Gigi Evans For her critical thinking skills

RR Myles Andrews For excellent thinking when practising number bonds up to 10

1CP Aarav Patel For fabulous thinking and reasoning in Maths

1T Catherine Payne For improved focus and trying her best

2L Alice Thomlinson For always being kind and working hard in everything

2R Matyas Oprchal For a noticeable improvement in his Maths and English work

3B Timothy Lewis For perseverance in Maths and applying the skills taught in class

3F Jennifer Ainsworth For being resilient

4A Ella Dibb-Fuller For outstanding effort in Maths & English

4M Jaspar Rae For Drama—facial expressions and body language

5A Helena Overy For being an all round superstar

5M Gideon Wade For starting the new year with a renewed focus and determination

6G Daniel Klosek For unfailing politeness and willingness when helping Madam Stokes

6W Abigail Heading For general excellent effort making a presentation in her own time

MUSIC STAR OF THE WEEK

Myles Andrews For his fantastic conducting

SPORTS STAR OF THE WEEK Jack Manser

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

George Steed

FRIEND OF THE WEEK

Holly Rooke for helping to remind her friend to get her asthma pump before sport, showing

thoughtfulness and care

House House Points Ash 128

Beech 148

Oak 131

Sycamore 150

STAR AWARDS BRONZE (100+)

Amelie Coles, Fred Giles, Sophia Gudge, Henry Maclachlan, George Steed,

Oscar Rae

SILVER (200+) Anna Woodhead, Sami Ur-Rehman, Freddie Heffer, Gurveena Dhaliwal,

Sienna Hirst

DOGS & BIRDS

Connie Reppin