BOOK SALE

At the end of the school day tomorrow, we will be selling exercise books that we no longer need in school. 

They would make great scrap books, holiday diaries, drawing books and story writing books. We will even have some handwriting books if you want to get some summer handwriting practice in and a few high quality hard back sketch books with special art paper.

The books are a bargain – starting from just 10p.

 

New Class Collection Points 20th & 21st July 2015 ONLY

• New  Year 1 (Old Robins/Wrens) collected from Puffins and Kingfishers room (now Rosen and Donaldson) – Through main entrance, past hall on right hand side
   
• New Year 2 children (Old Puffins and Kingfishers) collected from Peregrines and Jays room (now Hargreaves and Aesop) – Through main entrance on left hand side
   
• New Year 3 children (Old Owls/Woodpeckers) collected from front of school by the tiles/benches.
   
• New Year 4 children (Old Swift/Pipits) collected from front of the school by the tree.
   
• New Year 5 children (Old Peregrines/Jays) collected from front entrance as previously
   
• New Year 6 children (Old Buzzards/Kestrels) dismissed through front entrance as previous
   
• Old Year 6 will leave from the EYFS building and will walk through the front entrance
   
  Adults in hi-vis vests will be able to direct you

 

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike…

 

Thinking about getting your family out on their bikes more this summer but not sure where to start?

Have you thought about taking part in a free Sky Ride Local ride with British Cycling?

With Sky Ride Local all the planning has been done for you. British Cycling have found the best

routes, trained up Ride Leaders to guide and support you, and picked some cracking places to visit

along the way.

 

With three different ride levels, there’s something for everyone regardless of age and ability. The

rides are perfect for families looking to have fun together on two wheels!

 

There are short, easy-going traffic free rides for those looking to build confidence, and steady rides

which offer a great opportunity to practice new skills learnt during bikeability training.

 

The guided rides are free of charge and take place on Sundays throughout the summer from various

different start locations across the City.

If you would like to find out more about the rides and register please visit:

www.goskyride.com/Portsmouth

10 FREE Things to do in the Holidays.

• Visit Cumberland House Museum – see the butterflies, take part in their craft activities and look at some of our local wildlife.
   
• Love Southsea Market (1^st/ 2^nd August) Love Southsea's street market in Palmerston Road. Every first weekend of the month, from 9:00am to 5:00pm
   
• Great British Tennis Weekend 1^st/2^nd  August. 

FREE family tennis. Portsmouth gets set for its biggest ever summer of tennis! Pop along to one of the venues below offering free tennis:

- Portsmouth Tennis Centre
- Milton Park
- Canoe Lake Leisure
- Southsea TC
- Langstone Sports Facilities                                               To reserve your place for free visit www.lta.org.uk/gbtw

• Monday 3rd August - Manic Stage Productions: Cheerleading, Free face painting
• Tuesday 4th August - Library bus (AM)
• Wednesday 5th August - Manic Stage Productions: Clowns, Free face painting

As well as these FREE events, there will also be bungee trampolines and a bouncy castle on some days (charges apply).

There's no need to book, just turn up and join the fun!

• City Museum - Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock, Portsmouth football (top floor), Hard Choice exhibition.
• Picnic at Petersfield Heath- feed the Ducks, enjoy an ice-cream , play on the equipment.
• Southsea Castle - A magnificent castle designed by Henry VIII to protect Portsmouth, Fascinating facts to discover, a range of cannons to see and an underground tunnel around the moat to explore.
   
• Clocktower classics Motor Show - Guildhall-- 22^nd August- 10 am – 4pm Classic car and motorcycles, live music, art galleries – see more at www.portsmouthguildhall.org.uk/events#sthash.BNdCN99f.dpuf

Shared Collective Worship and a Cuppa

Good Morning.

I just thought I’d write a short message of thanks to the parents/carers/families who joined us on Monday for Collective Worship and to all those who came to see Kingfishers Class Worship today - it was a full house.

From next Monday we will be serving tea and coffee from 8.45am for all those who choose to stay for Collective Worship a requested by some parents yesterday.

We look forward to seeing you next week and don’t forget that tomorrow is Puffins class Collective Worship if you’d like to come along.

Izzy Lewis

As promised….

Thank you to those who have shown such a keen interest in finding out our literary heritage class names - they are as follows :

Year 6

Mr Goodenough- Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo, OBE, is an English book author, poet and playwright who is best known for children's novels including Running Wild, The Butterfly Lion and War Horse. Morpurgo became the third British Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005.

Mr Sparshott- Dahl

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. He has been referred to as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century”. His most famous works include The BFG, Matilda and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.

Year 5

 Mrs Jowers/ Mrs Simpson - Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Mr Harris – Golding

Sir William Gerald Golding CBE  was an English novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his novel Lord of the Flies, he won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth.

Year 4

Miss Barnard-Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. Was an American author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He is widely known for Of Mice and Men, The Pearl and The Red Pony. His novel Grapes of Wrath is a record breaker- In the first 75 years since it was published, it sold 14 million copies.

Miss Leslie - Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book  and Mandalay. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; in 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date.

Year 3

Mr Butler- Milligan

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan was a comedian, writer, musician, poet and playwright of Irish and English parentage and Irish nationality. His early life was spent in India where he was born. His poem On the Ning-Nang-Nong was voted the UK’s favourite comic poem in 1998. Hi works are often compiled into treasuries for children.

Mrs Eamer - Rowling

Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE, is a British novelist best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history.

Year 2

Mrs Eldrid - Hargreaves

Charles Roger Hargreaves was an English author and illustrator of children's books, best remembered for the Mr. Men and Little Miss series, intended for very young readers. The simple and humorous stories, with brightly coloured, boldly drawn illustrations, have been part of popular culture since 1971, with sales of over 85 million copies worldwide in 20 languages.

Mr Esposito - Aesop

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. Each story has a moral. Famous stories include; The Tortoise and the Hare, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The North-Wind and the Sun and the Fox and the Rooster.

Year 1

Mrs Ajayi - Donaldson

Julia Catherine Donaldson MBE) is an English writer, playwright and performer, and the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. She is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man.

Mrs Crane - Rosen

Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's novelist and poet, the author of 140 books. He was the fifth British Children's Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. On 2 April 2010 Rosen was given the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award from the National Union of Teachers for "campaigning for education".

Year R

Mrs McEvoy - McKee

David McKee is a British writer and illustrator, chiefly of children's books and animations. He is frequently referenced as David (John) McKee. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was UK nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006. McKee has produced several characters that have developed into book series, including King Rollo and Mr Benn. Another famous creation is Elmer the Patchwork Elephant.

Miss Rickard - Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer and cartoonist. He was most widely known for his children's books, which he wrote and illustrated under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss Geisel published 46 children's books, often characterized by imaginative characters and rhyme. His most-celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Sporting Fun!

Thank you to everyone who came to help out, man a game or cheer on at today’s KS2 Sports Day. It was SUPER weather but the children were prepared with water, sun hats and sun-cream. In fact… the children were better prepared sun wise than some of the grown-ups! Take Mrs Scott for example and her new stripy tan lines! Who knew a lanyard could make such a great pattern! After sun for her I think!

We had so many events for the children to take part in! Sack races, basketball shoot, running, balancing and team events like the 'Frisbee Challenge'. It was great to see a little healthy competition amongst the pupils and our values absolutely shone through - with people being hopeful for one another, honesty when we asked them to report scores and most of all love - as they helped each other, showed great teamwork, won together and commiserated each other when it didn’t go as well as they’d wanted.  Well done guys!

Finally - a VERY special thank you to the fabulous Mrs McCafferty and fantastic Miss Khanom, who timed each event, toted up the scores and never stopped smiling!