Newsletter 12

W/c 27th November

2023

FOSS NEWS - PAGE THREE

🎅🏻🎄🎁 Christmas Fair, Saturday 2nd December, 12pm-3pm*🎅🏻🎄🎁 Have you got your ticket yet?Pre-order at:* https://www.pta-events.co.uk/foss

Children's Christmas Market ... press bring in presents from Monday 4th December and look out for the sign up sheet for parent helpers ...

DATES AND REMINDERS

(DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Saturday 2nd December - Christmas Fair 12-3pm, School playground and hall

Monday 4th December - Year Three - trip to Museum of Richmond - Thunberg am / Mandela pm

Monday 11th December - FOSS Christmas Market

Tuesday 12th December - Reception Nativity 2.15pm

Wednesday 13th December - Carol Service - St Stephen's Church - Year Two Nativity within the service 10am

Thursday 14th December - Reception Nativity 9.30am

Thursday 14th December - Year Four - Poetry Workshop with Harry Baker

Friday 15th December - Christmas lunch

Thursday 21st December - End of term. School closes 2.15pm

Monday 8th January - INSET day

Tuesday 9th January - Spring Term - Children return

Wednesday 10th January - Year Five - swimming assessment

Tuesday 16th January - Year Five - trip to Gunnersbury Museum (further details to follow)

Wednesday 17th January - Year Four - swimming starts

Thursday 18th January - Obama class assembly (tbc)

Monday 22 - Friday 2nd February - Year Six Bikeability

Wednesday 24th January - Earhart class assembly (tbc)

Thursday 25th January - Reception trip to Brooklands Museum (further details to follow)

Thursday 25th January - FOSS Ceilidh and Raffle

Monday 5th - Friday 9th February - Children’s Mental Health Week

Monday 5th February - Year Four trip to British Musem (tbc)

Monday 5th February - FOSS - The Great St Stephen's Bake Off

Tuesday 6th February - Safer Internet Day

Thursday 8th February - Attenborough class assembly (this is a change of date)

Friday 9th February - Year 2 Scooter Training

OFSTED PARENT VIEW

Ofsted Parent View is Ofsted’s survey which measure’s parent engagement. Ofsted will check this platform before they visit us to analyse parent voice. Please complete their survey:

Click to create a log in and password: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/login?destination=/give-your-views

TOP TIP: Use the school postcode TW1 1LF rather than the school name to find the school. (There are a lot of schools called St Stephen’s!)

Once you have registered please fill out the Ofsted Parent View survey by clicking ‘Give your views.’

How to use guide: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/how-to-use

SPORTING GLORY

Sporting fixtures are coming thick and fast and we have recently fielded teams in local football, tag rugby and cross competitions. Over to Danny Cain, our Sports Coach, for some in-depth analysis of the performances. "First up we travelled to the Russell School for our first tag rugby league fixture, hoping to build on our recent second place finish at the Richmond Borough Tournament. After a slow start we soon got into our groove and played some great rugby - our defensive play a particular highlight. Our ability to win back possession quickly has been a major factor in our success and this was evident on the day. Seb and Thomas led the charge with some scintillating tries. We battled and managed to secure an 8-1 (40-5) win. Well done to Hettie, Isla, Seb, Sam, Thomas, Eli, Freddie,Theo and George.

Next up we attended the Year Five and Six cross country competition. The children have been preparing for this in our PE lessons which was evident on the day. Our boys all finished in the top thirty and our girls did extremely well too, with Violet taking the biggest plaudits of the morning, finishing fourth overall in the girls race. This was a massive achievement as she is in Year Five and was one of the youngest runners on the day. Well done Eva, Violet, Isla, Mollie, Amelia, Hettie, Raff, Alex, Freddie, Shan-Wei, Oli and Albert."

We also caught up with Mr Dale for a report on the recent girls' football match. "Girls from Years Five and Six competed at NPL against other schools in the borough. They worked brilliantly as a team, encouraging each other from the first whistle. The girls did a tremendous job, not conceding a single goal until the quarter finals which unfortunately saw us defeated. They should be hugely proud of themselves. Well done Mollie G, Sybil, Hettie, Madi, Annie, Mila, Persey, Alice, Emi and Florence."

Thank you so much to Mr Cain, Mr Dale and Mr Munn for coaching and accompanying our teams.

Here are our Reading Leaders. Year Five's Owen is not shown but is also a Reading Leader

READING LEADERS - REPORT BY ZOE

Being a Reading Leader is a big responsibility. We have many jobs to fulfil, such as tidying the Reading Shed, reading with younger children and organising the library. Nevertheless, it is a fun role and we are looking forward to participating in and running events like World Book Day.

We also hope to encourage reading with displays and library days ( a time when younger year groups pick out books). I was chosen for this role, like my fellow Reading Leaders, because I have a passion for reading. However, reading is for everyone and is such a wonderful hobby. We can recommend many, many books that we have enjoyed reading. Although, in my view any book is worth reading. Happy reading.

Zoe, Year Six - Obama class

CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN RE

It is most definitely beginning to look and sound a lot like Christmas in Year Five, where the children's RE topic is all about the true Christian meaning of Christmas. They have been comparing Christmas songs and carols and finding out all about the differences and similarities. To find the origin of the traditional Christmas carol, they travelled back to the fourteenth century, when religious songs were performed and danced to in the midwinter to keep people's spirits high. The word carol comes from the old French word 'carole,' which meant a popular circle dance accompanied by singing. Carols are often set to music by composers, such as Gustav Holst. They tell the story of the Nativity and were a great way to spread the Christian message. In the coming weeks the children will be looking at how the Nativity is depected in art and drama.

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