VPS Newsletter

Welcome to Vauxhall's Newsletter:

Spring 1 , Week 3: Friday 24th January 2025

Remember- All newsletters can be found on our school website, which includes links to archived newsletters.

In this issue...

Headteacher's comment - Team 12 Video
Children's learning
Coding Club
Parent Cafe
#WakeUpWednesday - Roblox
Weekly awards
Attendance and punctuality
Dates for the diary
Term dates

Headteacher's comment

Team 12 video

As a Gold Rights Respecting School, we are dedicated to continually deepening our understanding of children’s rights. Team 12, with the support of Mr. Sime and Mrs. Henry, has created a thoughtful and engaging video to showcase and educate our school community about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Click below to watch and learn more about this important work.

Nursery

What great fun some of the children in Nursery had, exploring the ice with sea creatures inside. They spent all morning trying to rescue them by using spoons to crack and break the ice.

Here are some observations the children made...

“ They are stuck we need to get them out.”

“ It’s melting.”

'It’s changed to white” (describing the ice as its breaks and cracks).

This week, the children have been learning about different positional language: on top, beside, under, below, next to, behind, and in front. They have been doing 1:1 work using pom-poms and placing them in different positions.

Reception

Our story book of the week was Snow bear. The children enjoyed listening to the story and contributed significantly to the story. We discussed how the little snow bear felt when he got lost using words, such as sad, grumpy, lonely, angry and frustrated. We also described the little snow bear using words and sentences.

Year 1

Year 1 are taking part in the Evelina Hospital School Art Exhibition. They created pieces of artwork based on the theme of “London Landmarks.” At Evelina Hospital School, pupils are learning about the life and work of two artists – Stephen Wiltshire and Yoni Alter.

Year 1 based their art work on the artist Yoni Alter. The children created abstract pieces of art using shapes and colours to represent famous London landmarks.

We are hopeful that some of the children’s artwork will be displayed in the exhibition for children and parents to enjoy.

Year 1 have been learning about Emily Davison and why she remains such an important figure in history. The children explored the fight for women’s right to vote and discussed why achieving this equality was such a critical milestone. To bring this to life, the children examined real suffragette posters, discovering the powerful messages and emotions behind them. This inspired, the children to design their own Votes for Women posters. Then, in a burst of energy and determination, the class staged a lively march around the school, chanting slogans and proudly holding up their posters. It was an unforgettable way to step into the shoes of suffragettes and truly feel the power of standing up for what’s right!

Year 2

Year 2 visited Vauxhall City farm as part of learning about where our food comes from and how different food types make their journey from the earth, seas and trees, to be part of our balanced diet. Students also had a fantastic opportunity to meet some of the different animals on the farm and feed them – some of the children were also able to overcome their fears and give it a go! Well done Year 2!

Year 3

In science, Year 3 learnt about air resistance using paper. They dropped a flat piece of paper and a scrunched-up ball of paper to see which one fell faster. The flat paper fell slowly because air resistance pushed against its large surface. The scrunched-up paper fell faster because it had less air resistance. This experiment showed how air resistance works and how the shape of an object can change how quickly it falls!

Year 4

This term Year 4's Science topic is ‘States of Matter’. They have been looking at the different particles of the three states of matter (solid, liquid and gas) and recently have conducted experiments identifying if a gas has weight.

The first experiment conducted included weighing fizzy drinks with the gas still trapped inside, then weighing them again after shaking the bottles and letting the fizz out.

The second experiment included a water bottle, some vinegar, a balloon and some baking powder. The baking powder was our solid material and the acid vinegar which was our liquid. The children got to see that when the solid was mixed with the liquid it caused a chemical reaction creating a gas. This gas is called carbon dioxide (CO2), the CO2 tries to leave but as it is trapped it travels up into the balloon pushing against the balloon inflating it.

Year 5

Year 5 worked hard in using blocks to find the volume of irregular shapes. They worked

systematically to build the taller “towers” first and then built the smaller ones around them.

It was an exciting lesson and the children should be proud of how they worked in a methodical

way to solve the volume.

Year 5 made 3D nets. They each made one shape and had to work together to find the properties of 4 other shapes. They discussed cubes, cuboids triangular prisms, pentagonal prisms and cylinders. Well done all!

Year 6

This week, we have been finding out more about the main character, Edda, in our class text ‘Resist’. Edda is based on the real life Hollywood actress, Audrey Hepburn - it is such a fascinating true story! We learned even more about the Dutch Resistance in WW2 and used our new knowledge and understanding to write our own letters of support and persuasion to assist the Resistance!

Flexing our scientific enquiry skills to demonstrate how light helps us to see.

Leaning more about finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.

Coding Club

Coding Club has now started after school on Mondays. Children will be using a variety of coding software to program algorithms and improve their critical thinking skills.

The children have been using Micro:Bit hardware,which was donated to the school by the BBC.

Parent Café

For those unable to attend Tuesday's 'Meet the Parents' session, please find attached all the information from our Parent Café. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

KEEN.docx

Nature vibes.docx

Oasis play.docx

Spring Term - Parent Café Menu

Please see all upcoming Parent Cafés for this term.

Copy of Spring Term Parent Cafe Menu 2024-2025.docx.pdf

#WakeUpWednesday

The 'WakeUpWednesday' guides empower and equip parents, carers and educators with the confidence and practical skills to be able to have informed and age-appropriate conversations with children about online safety, mental health and well-being, and climate change.

Each week we will post a relevant guide to support our school community's knowledge and understanding of how to keep safe online and new things to be aware of.

This week is a online safety focus on the gaming platform 'Roblox'. Please click on the PDF to enlarge it.

Archived #WakeUpWednesday guides

roblox-2022.pdf

Weekly Awards

Rights Respecting Award

Celebrating Our Rights Respecting Award Winners!

A huge well done to the pupils who earned the Rights Respecting Award this week! Your dedication to respecting and promoting everyone’s rights is inspiring. Keep up the fantastic work!

Right Respecting Award Recipients - 17.1.25

Right Respecting Award Recipients - 24.1.25

Going for Gold Champion

A Big Cheer for Our Going for Gold Champions!

A huge congratulations to this week’s champions! It’s fantastic to see our Wall of Fame shining bright with your amazing achievements. Well done to everyone who earned Gold this week—keep aiming high and doing your best!

Going for Gold Champions - 17.1.25

Going for Gold Champions - 24.1.25

Rocking the Times Tables!

A massive congratulations to our Times Table Rock Stars for their amazing achievements! We’re proud to celebrate our Most Valuable Players (MVPs) for their dedication and hard work. Your enthusiasm and determination to master your times tables are truly inspiring. Keep up the incredible effort and keep rocking those numbers!

Remember to encourage your child to practice every day for at least 5 minutes.

TIMESTABLES ROCKSTARS

Most Valuable Players - 17.1.25

Most Valuable Players - 24.1.25

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance - Reporting your child’s absence

Each week, more of you are joining Studybugs, making it even easier to report absences quickly and efficiently.

If you haven’t already, be sure to download the Studybugs app! It’s the fastest and simplest way to notify the school about your child’s absence.

Thank you for your continued support in ensuring regular school attendance for your child!

Dates for the Diary

☕Parent Cafe 2 (Maths) - Tuesday 28th January 2025

🔡Early Words Together - Thursday 30th January 2025

🎭Year 2 Lunar New Year Performance - Wednesday 5th February 2025

🔡Early Words Together - Thursday 6th February 2025

✨Last Day of Term- Friday 14th February 2025

🏫Back to School - Term 4 starts- Monday 24th February 2025

Oval Learning supports as many people as they can within their school communities including children, young people, parents and carers. Click here to find out more and for low cost no cost family activities this weekend.

2024 / 25 -Term Dates

PLEASE NOTE : March INSET date is now Wednesday 19th March 2025

Contact Us

Vauxhall Primary School, Vauxhall Street , London, SE11 5LG

Call us: 020 7735 4535

Email us: office@vauxhallprimary.org.uk

Website: https://www.vauxhallprimary.org.uk/

Any queries should be directed to the School Administrator

Any queries related to SEND please contact Queene Darteh, school SENCO.

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