Newsletter 21 - w/c 19th February - 2024
STOP PRESS ... WELLBEING WEEK ON PAGE TWO ... STOP PRESS ... FOSS NEWS ON PAGE THREE ...
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DATES AND REMINDERS
(DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Monday 26th February – Year 2 Great Fire of London Workshop – (This is a change of date)
Thursday 29th February - World Poetry Day (This is a change of date)
Thursday 29th February/Friday 1st March - FOSS Silent Discos
Tuesday 5TH March – Year One Turner's House Takeover
Wednesday 6th March - Reception trip to Polka Theatre to see ‘Tidy’ 1.15pm performance
Thursday 7th March - World Book Day Assembly
Thursday 7th March - Lau Class Assembly
Monday 11th March - STEM Week
Friday 15th March - Red Nose Day
Friday 15th March - FOSS Bounceathon
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd March - Neuro Diversity Week
Wednesday 20th March - Curie Class Assembly
Friday 22nd March – Year Five trip to The Science Museum
Wednesday 27th March - Easter Service St Stephen’s Church (tbc)
Thursday 28th March - End of term. School closes 2.15pm
Monday 15th April - INSET day
Tuesday 16th April - Summer Term Starts - Children return to school
Can you help during Science Week - w/c 11th March?
We would love to hear from any parents who work in a science-based job and could come and speak to our children during our upcoming STEM week. If this is you, please could you contact us on info@st-stephens.richmond.sch.uk for the attention of Mrs Chahil, our Science Co-ordinator. Many, many thanks. year2@st-stephens.richmond.sch.uk
CHILDREN'S POSTER COMPETITION FOR SCIENCE WEEK
The British Science Week 2024 poster competition is open now!
The theme this year is TIME. Children can create a poster showing how a certain type of technology has changed over time, or even the advancement of time-telling technology itself. Budding poster makers could also go futuristic to show how they think the world might look in years to come, or perhaps look at nature – lifecycles, lifespans, evolution and hibernation – nature is full of timely topics.
British Science Week 2024 marks the Week’s 30th anniversary. Children could think about scientific innovations since then, or explore 1994 itself – what was life like thirty years ago?
The closing date for entries is 6.00 pm on Thursday 28 March 2024.
Pairing up for some reading in Year Three
We're honing our fluency with lots of paired reading in Year Three. Our children were looking at non-fiction texts on the inspirational Malala Yousafzai. After taking turns at reading aloud to each other, they then skimmed and scanned to answer some comprehension questions.
ATTENBOROUGH TAKES TO THE STAGE
Year Five's Attenborough class took to the boards to present a parent-packed hall with a journey through their recent learning, highlighting all things Victorian.
Sports News
Tag Rugby - we won the league!
St Stephen's 10 (50) - 1 (5) St Elizabeth's
St Stephen's 3 (15) - 0 (0) Deer Park
Our Tag Rugby team is going from strength to strength, notching up a resounding win against St Elizabeth's. Hettie took the plaudits for player of the match with an amazing defensive performance. Indeed, not one player was able to get past her. In addition, Margaret and Alistair made their tag rugby debuts, slotting into the team beautifully. We finished the season as league winners and secured a place in the cup which will be played after Easter. Well done to all Seb, Hettie, Samuel, Margaret, Thomas, Isla, Alistair, Freddie and Eli.
Netball - league win against St Mary's
We travelled to local rivals St Mary's for our opening netball league fixture. The team has been working hard this term to get to the required level and we opened our league campaign with a hard fought 7-5 victory. Well done to Isla M, Isla H, Hettie, Eli, Zander, Albert, Mollie G, Hazel, and Zoe.