St George's CE Primary School Parent Portal - St. George's Weekly Newsletter

Weekly Newsletter

Issue Number 20

5th November 2021

Our vision statement: Be brave. Be great. Be you.

Our culture statement: We are fun. We are together.

Dear St. George's families,

It is very much the beginning of the cold season but we have kept ourselves warm with learning on our first week back after half term!

On Thursday next week, it is Remembrance Day and we will be marking it by all coming together in the hall to participate in the two minutes silence at 11:00am. We will also be speaking to the pupils about what poppies represent and why we remember those who died at this time of the year.

We do have lots of exciting things coming up this half term, including our Christmas celebrations, so please keep an eye on the school calendar below and on our website, as well as checking SchoolPing regularly.

Please enjoy any Bonfire Night or Diwali celebrations you have planned and stay safe whilst doing so.

As ever, we wish you the very best of weekends, full of rest and fun, ready for learning on Monday.

Mr Janes

Head teacher

St. George's CE Primary

Stars of the week

Class	Star One	Star Two
Reception	Malaki	Yvana
Year 1	Sincere	Godfavour
Year 2	Torie	Hayden
Year 3A	Emely	Tyler
Year 3B	Malik	Zackary
Year 4	Adam	Paris
Year 5	Nikara	Keon
Year 6	Dimitri	Shanay

Latest News and Learning

05 Nov 2021

Role Model Junior Citizens!

Year 6 took their first trip this year to the Junior Citizenship Event to learn how to be role models within society!

05 Nov 2021

Singing like Superstars!

Years 1, 2 and 3 begin practising for the Turning of the Year concert 2021!

04 Nov 2021

Happy Diwali!

Reception have been busy learning all about the Hindu Festival of Light - Diwali!

04 Nov 2021

Illuminating Lights!

Year 6 have started their new 'Light' topic and illuminated their imaginations with how light travels!

04 Nov 2021

Kandinski's Kaleidoscope

Year 2 have been learning all about colour and shape during our art lessons this week!

25 Oct 2021

Personal Best Heroes!

Have a look at this half term's Challenge Zero winners!

School Council Action:

Class Names Voting

Have a look out for a letter on SchoolPing very soon which will be asking you to contribute to the options School Council have decided about renaming our classes.

We are proud to have a school where all voices are heard and are part of the decision-making process.

School Council Action:

Improving Playtimes

Part of School Council's agenda for this term is to help improve our already fantastic offer at playtime.

In the next two weeks, we will be setting up a stall in the quad for pupils to write their ideas down on how to improve our play and lunch times.

We look forward to hearing all of your fabulous ideas and making improvements where we can.

School Council Action:

Anti-Bullying Week 2021

School Council have been busy looking at our upcoming events on the school calendar.

The week beginning 15th November is Anti-Bullying week and they will begin preparing a whole school assembly on the 'One Kind Word' theme after half term.

We look forward to hearing pupil voice on how to make sure we all stay safe at St. George's.

We will also take part in 'Odd Socks Day'. This is a day when pupils can come in wearing odd socks, to celebrate and recognise that we are all different and unique. Check out the calendar below to find out when this will take place.

School Council Action:

Children in Need 2021

We are all courageous advocates at St George's and want to make a difference where we can.

School Council have come up with ideas to help raise money for Children in Need this year.

Because of their creativity and drive, we will be holding an own clothes day, a cake sale and poster competition.

Turning of the Year Concert 2021

Pupils from Years 1, 2 and 3 invite

On the evening of the 29th November, we have been given the opportunity to bring up to 30 pupils from Year 1, 2 and 3 to perform at Blackheath Concert Halls for the Turning of the Year Concert.

It is a fabulous opportunity for our pupils to feel what it is like to perform on a large stage with a captivated audience.

We have already begun learning our songs together and the pupils have been singing really well!

Look out on SchoolPing for a letter to say that you would be interested in bringing your child to Blackheath on the night, watching them perform and then taking them home from the venue.