Newsletter 9 - w/c 7th November 2022
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DATES AND REMINDERS
Monday 14th November - Anti-bullying Week
Wednesday 16th November - Year Five - Gunnersbury Park Museum
Thursday 17th November - School Tour 10.00am (please book a tour on our website)
Friday 18th November - Reception - Autumn walk - Moormead Park
Tuesday 22nd November - School Tour 10.00 am (please book a tour on our website)
Thursday 24th November - Year Five - Lau - Class Assembly
Friday 25th November - Year Three - Mandela - Richmond Museum
Tuesday 29th November - Year Five - Lau - Dickens Museum
Tuesday 29th November - Year One - Strawberry Hill House
Thursday 1st December - Year Five - Attenborough - Class Assembly
Friday 2nd December - Year Five - Attenborough - Dickens Museum
Saturday 3rd December - FOSS Christmas Market with Grotto
Monday 5th December - Friday 9th December - Year Six Obama - Bikeability Cycle Training
Monday 5th December - Reception - Nativity Dress Rehearsal for KS2 and KS1 siblings - School Hall
Tuesday 6th December - Reception - Nativity - 2.30pm - School Hall
Wednesday 7th December - Reception - Nativity - 9.30am - School Hall
Wednesday 7th December - Year Three - Thunberg- Richmond Museum
Tuesday 13th December - Children's Christmas Market
Wednesday 14th December - Christmas Service - 10am - St Stephen's Church
Friday 16th December - Christmas Lunch
Wednesday 21st December - End of term - school finishes at 2.15pm
Bonjour From Madame Goalen
We caught up with Madame Goalen to find out what has been happening in her KS2 French lessons ...
We have exciting news about our French classes! We now have French ambassadors in years 4, 5 and 6 – or we should say un ambassadeur et une ambassadrice in each class!
Our newly-appointed French ambassadors have the very important task of … speaking French!
They will be using our target language outside of our French classes, at drop-off, lunchtime, playtime, pick-up time, by starting up conversations with their peers (and teachers - beware!). They will be greeting everyone in French, asking questions, using high frequency words and going over our newly-acquired vocabulary. So be vigilant, they might be even speaking French at home! Their peers in class can also ask them questions to keep them on task.
The following children have been volunteering for this role:
Year 4 Rashford: Annabel and Eli
Year 4 Turing: James and Sarah
Year 5 Attenborough: Bartu and Isla
Year 5 Lau: Nisha and Theo
Year 6 Obama: Samara and Thomas
Year 6 Kamkwamba: Jacob and Tina
BILLY BEAR DOES STRICTLY
If you are as keen on dancing as Anning class's Billy Bear, your aim in life is probably a visit to the Strictly Come Dancing television set. But how to manage it? Even dancing bears need friends in the right places and that's where kind Archie and Freddie came in. It just so happens that their Dad works on Strictly and after a quiet word in his ear, the boys took Billy along to the studio to make all his dancing dreams come true. He got to meet loads of the Strictly gang and even got to perch on the judges' desks. Don't tell Craig! Our only worry now is if his twin brother Bobby finds out, he will want to go too! Oh dear. Either way Billy had a wonderful time and has been showing us his cha cha cha which is now much improved after getting a few tips from Gorka. Thank you boys, you have made a quick stepping bear very happy. Keeeeeeep Dancing.
CHRISTMAS LUNCH - CAN YOU HELP
We are thrilled to announce that our annual Christmas lunch will take place on Friday 16th December. A traditional turkey feast and vegetarian alternative will be on the menu with all the trimmings. Festive music and lashings of Christmas good cheer always makes this one of the highlights in our Christmas calendar. As always we will need some wonderful parent volunteers to help serve the delicious feast, prepared by our chef Nicola and her hardworking team. So, if you are able to help, please save the date. We will be sending out a further communication for you to sign up to serve. Thank you.
Overcome Common Fears and Worries
A workshop for all St Stephen’s School parents on
Monday 21st November at
9:00-10:00 am, in the Studio
Join us for a coffee or tea and a presentation delivered by
Nicola Flaxman, Child and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner, where we will explore:
Spotting if your child is worried
Talking to your child about their fears and worries
Helpful ways to support your child when they’re worried or scared
If you would like to attend, please use the link below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ddZ8tJ7fMBm_R7Q8aDk7aYpWzk8n9fG3OF8IrqjkB5c/edit
For further information about the coffee morning, please speak to Naomi Mulholland at school.