Grazebrook Primary School Bulletin
18th June 2024
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Message from Mrs Beecroft
Message from Mrs Beecroft
Dear Grazebrook families
A huge thank you to all the Year 1 to 6 families who joined us on Friday at Finsbury Park for our Sports Day. Although the rain shortened the day, we had a fantastic morning where children showcased focus, resilience, kindness and determination while taking part in a range of track and field events. The children will complete the postponed relay races over the course of this week, after which all the points will be added up. We will announce the winning team to the children in our whole school assembly on Monday 24th June.
Today, it was the turn of the Reception children to have their Sports Day. At Clissold Park, they took part in an egg and spoon race, sack race, javelin throw, scooter race, space hopper race and sprints. A huge thank you to all the families who joined us and made it a very special morning for the children. The final Sports Day on the Grazebrook calendar will take place for Nursery children on the morning of Wednesday 3rd July at Clissold Park.
As we head towards the end of the academic year, we still have lots of exciting trips and events taking place. We are also looking forward to our Nursery and Year 6 graduations, our New to Reception Gruffalo Picnics, and Moving Up Day, where the children will spend time with their new teacher. There are two key community events: the Grazebrook PSA Summer Fair on Saturday 6th of July from 12–3pm and our Summer Project Showcase on Friday 12th July. On this day, the children will take part in a range of workshops, including dance, cheerleading, photography, drama, music and cooking. We will then invite families to join us at the end of the day to celebrate with us. Please look out for further details from Ms Conlon and Ms Bunbury.
Key Dates
Key Dates
18/06 Reception Sports Day at Clissold Park from 9am
21/06 Year 2 Reading Breakfast at 8.30am
21/06 2B History Trip to the Ragged School
22/06 Zero Waste Hub at Shacklewell Primary School
24/06 - 28/06 Y1 to Y5 Assessment Week
26/06 Reception Come Dine With Me at 11.45am
28/06 Year 5 Reading Breakfast at 8.30am
28/06 EYFS and Year 1 Family Friday and Bake Sale
01/07 Year 6 Safer Travel Workshops
02/07 6G Redstart Careers Workshop, State Street Global Advisors
03/07 6B Redstart Careers Workshop at State Street Global Advisors
03/07 Nursery Sports Day at Clissold Park from 9am
04/07 Nursery Closed to staff and children for polling
05/07 Gruffalo Picnics for new to Reception families
05/07 2G Trip to the Ragged School
05/07 Year 6 Family Bake Sale
06/07 Grazebrook PSA Summer Fair 12-3pm
10/07 Nursery Graduation at 10am in the Main Hall
10/07 Year 6 Come Dine With Me at 12.30pm
12/07 Summer Project Workshops and Showcase
15/07 End of Year Reports to go home
15/07 Splash Pad Visits am: Reception and Year 3
15/07 Last Day of Swimming Lessons for 4G
16/07 Last Day of After School Clubs
17/07 Splash Pad Visits pm: Year 1 and Year 2
18/07 Last Day of Swimming Lessons for 4B
19/07 Year 6 Graduation and Fun Day
22/07 Moving Up Morning
23/07 Last Day of Our Space and Wraparound
24/07 Last Day of Breakfast Club
24/07 Last Day of Term - School Closes at 2pm
03/09 First Day of the Summer Term Y1-Y6
Early Years News
Early Years News
Nursery saw the arrival of some very special visitors last week. Ten eggs were delivered at the start of the week and, by the end, they were replaced by ten chicks! The children (and adults) have been enjoying watching and looking after the chicks before they are collected and taken to a local farm later this week. A huge thank you to the families who made donations to support us in continuing to give the children these rich experiences in Nursery.
KS1 News
KS1 News
The year 1 children have been exploring ScratchJr in their computing lessons, discovering how they can choose backgrounds, move characters on-screen using commands, and join blocks of code to run programs. In art lessons, the children have been inspired by the work of visual artist Andrea Butler and have been sketching birds in preparation for creating 3-D models later in the term.
Year 2 are busy working on their self portraits for the summer project showcase. They have also been working hard in their music lessons, where they learned simple melodies on the ukulele. Neriah explained, "We have been learning how to hold the ukulele, strum the strings, and play the A minor chord."
KS2 News
KS2 News
Year 4 took part in the Sports and Games Legacy Festival at Britannia Leisure Centre. The children participated in a wide range of games and activities and came back to school with medals and a very large and shiny trophy, which is now on display in the front of the school.
Year 4 have also been excellent scientists. They loved investigating the impact of different drinks on the health of teeth. They used hard boiled eggs to identify which drinks damage teeth and learned how to look after teeth so that they could give advice to others on how to have healthy teeth. They even set up classroom displays so that visitors would be able to understand what they were investigating.
Year 6 used their final learning celebration assembly to showcase their science knowledge about evolution and adaptation, including the work of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Thank you to the families who were able to join us. The children are now very busy working on their leaver's show for their graduation, which will be held on Friday 19th July. Year 6 parents and carers, please look out for further information from Ms Bunbury and the Year 6 teachers later this week.
Key Contacts
Key Contacts
If you have any queries regarding your child's learning, the first point of contact is your child's class teacher. You can speak to them at the end of the day or contact our school office to arrange a phone call or face-to-face meeting. At times, you may wish to contact the member of staff in charge of your child's year group. At Grazebrook, these are:
Nursery and Reception: Ms Kelly O'Callaghan (EYFS Leader)
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3: Ms Caireann Conlon or Ms Joanna Ichim (Assistant Headteachers)
Year 4, Year 5, Year 6: Ms Simone Bunbury (Assistant Headteacher)
SEND: Ms Caireann Conlon (Assistant Headteacher)
All email queries, including those for the attention of a class teacher or school leader, should be sent to gboffice@newwavefederation.co.uk in the first instance with the addressee and/or topic in the subject line. These will be forwarded to the relevant member of staff.
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