Grazebrook Primary School Bulletin
Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Message from Mrs Beecroft
Dear Grazebrook families
I hope you all had a very enjoyable bank holiday weekend. To those in our community who celebrated the end of Ramadan, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you Eid Mubarak!
We have had an excellent start to the summer term at Grazebrook. The children have been enjoying their new geography and science topics and being able to take their learning outside in subjects such as maths as well as PE. We have seen some really impressive writing from children across the school inspired by their new class books. It has been an absolute pleasure seeing so many of you at our weekly events: Come Learn With Me, Sharing Assemblies, Come Dine With Me, Workout Wednesdays and Nursery Family Fridays. Your continued support and impressive crafting skills has been greatly appreciated by the staff.
The week beginning May 9th sees the start of our statutory assessments for pupils when pupils in Year 6 will sit their SATs examinations. The results of these are used to help the government understand how well children across the country are doing and, for our Year 6 pupils, they will help with their transition to secondary school. Year 2 will also sit SATs later this half term which form part of their assessments for the end of Key Stage 1. In June, Year 4 sit their Multiplication Times Table Check and Year 1 take their Phonics Screening Check. Information sessions for families of children in these year groups will be held later this half term.
We have booked Finsbury Park for our Year 1 to 6 sports day on Wednesday 15th June and are looking forward to being able to welcome families back to watch the event. We are also once again holding an EYFS and KS1 end of year celebration and KS2 trip to Joss Bay. These will take place on Friday 15th July. Events such as these and our annual pantomime trip are heavily subsidised by the PSA, which is currently busy organising a family film night and the summer fair. If you are interested in helping with the organisation and running of these events, please get in touch with the PSA via their website link here.
The next round of Come Dine With Me dates are as follows:
26/05/22 – Reception
09/06/22 – Year 1
16/06/22 – Year 2
23/06/22 – Year 3
30/06/22 – Year 4
07/07/22 – Year 5
14/07/22 – Year 6
Any families currently on the waiting list will automatically be given a place. Please contact the office team if you would like to join your child for lunch at any of these dates.
Key Dates
Summer Term 1
Week beginning 2nd May
02/05/22 - Early May Bank Holiday - School is Closed
04/05/22 - Family Workout Wednesday (9.00am - 9.45am in the Main Hall)
04/05/22 - Year 4 LSO Concert at the Barbican
05/05/22 - Mayoral Elections - Nursery Closed
05/05/22 - Year 5 Come Dine With Me (book through the school office)
06/05/22 - Year 3 Come Learn With Me 9am Small Hall
06/05/22 - Year 4 Sharing Assembly 10am Main Hall
Week beginning 9th May
09/05/22 - 12/05/22 - Year 6 Breakfast Club from 8.15am Main Hall
09/05/22 - Year 6 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling SATS test
10/05/22 - Year 6 Reading SATS test
11/05/22 - Year 6 Mathematics Arithmetic and Reasoning Paper 1 SATS test
12/05/22 - Year 6 Mathematics Reasoning Paper 2 SATS test
13/05/22 - Year 3 Sharing Assembly 10am Main Hall
13/05/22 - Class Photos
Week beginning 16th May
16/05/22 - Key Stage 1 SATs begin
18/05/22 - Family Workout Wednesday (9.00am - 9.45am in the Main Hall)
19/05/22 - Year 6 Come Dine With Me (book through the school office)
20/05/22 - Year 4 Come Learn With Me 9am Small Hall
20/05/22 - Year 2 Sharing Assembly 10am Main Hall
20/05/22 - Year 3 Personal Best Sports Sessions
Week beginning 23rd May
23/05/22 - Key Stage 1 SATs continue
25/05/22 - Family Workout Wednesday (9.00am - 9.45am in the Main Hall)
26/05/22 - Last Day of the Half Term - school closes at 3.30pm. Our Space and clubs will run as usual.
27/05/22 - School Closed (additional bank holiday)
30/05/22 - 03/06/22 - May Half Term (School Closed)
Summer Term 2
Week beginning 6th June
06/06/22 - Start of Summer Term 2 at 8.55am
06/06/22 -10/06/22 - Year 1 Phonics Screening Check (PSC)
08/06/22 - Year 2 Voces 8 Workshop
08/06/22 - Work Out Wednesday
10/06/22 - Year 5 Come Learn With Me 9am Small Hall
Week beginning 13th June
13/06/22 - 17/06/22 - Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check (MTC)
15/06/22 - Year 1 to Year 6 Sports Day - timings tbc
17/06/22 - Year 1 Sharing Assembly 10am Main Hall
Further Ahead:
01/07/22 - New to Reception Gruffalo's Picnic
15/07/22 - EYFS & KS1 Celebration and KS2 Joss Bay Trip
Greetings from Mr Middleton
It's a pleasure to have been so warmly welcomed to the school. I can't wait to get to know your children and ensure they are receiving the very best education here at Grazebrook. I'm joining from Grasmere Primary and taking on the role of Assistant Headteacher. I'll mainly be based in Key Stage 2, working with teachers in Years 3 and 4. I'll also have responsibility for maths and science, where we have some very exciting things planned. If you have any questions for me, please talk to me at the gate or leave a message/send an email via the school office.
Our Learning
Reception using numicon to identify odd and even numbers
Nursery playing parachute games together in their learning garden
Reception developing agility and coordination playing team games in PE
Making flowers at our Year 2 Come Learn With Me
More flowers at our Year 2 Come Learn With Me
Making seasonal scenes at our Year 1 Come Learn With Me
Getting creative at our Year 1 Come Learn With Me
Year 4 using Mark-Up on the Photo App to identify perimeters and areas
Year 4 enjoying their first swimming lesson at Clissold Leisure Centre
Our Year 3/4 football team becoming the Hackney Schools' champions!
Year 3 using their senses to write descriptions inspired by their class book A River
Year 6 problem solving using bar models and algebra
Year 5 engrossed in their class book, When Stars Are Scattered
Year 5 retelling their favourite Ancient Greek myths.
Pandora and Epimetheus at the Year 5 Sharing Assembly
Key Contacts
If you have any queries regarding you 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 with them. At times, you may wish to contact the member of staff in charge of your child's year group. At Grazebrook, these are:
Nursery, Reception and Year 1: Ms Joanna Ichim (Interim Assistant Headteacher)
Year 2: Ms Becki McCready (Lead Teacher)
Years 3 and 4: Mr Joshua Middleton (Assistant Headteacher)
Years 5 and 6: Mr Duncan Kilty (Deputy Headteacher)
SEND: Ms Lindsey O'Shea (SENCo)
All email queries 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.