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St Faithian Summer Term 25 May 2018

Friends of St Faith’s Where has the first half of term gone? We would like to thank everyone who has taken part in our friendly activities so far this year. The next half of term is set to be the busiest and most social yet, so please save the date for the Summer Fair Spectacular on July 1, and don’t forget to buy your tickets for the much-awaited Barn Dance at Grange Farm on July 7– a hot ticket for only £30 a head (tickets on sale in the School office)! We will be running refreshment stalls at the Nursery Sports Day on June 18, as well as during the main school Sports Day on June 21 (where we will also have the Pimms Tent available) so please do drop by. Many hands make light work so let us

know if you would like to help out with running a stall or baking some goodies to sell. Many thanks and best wishes for a great half term break!

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Le Château de Warsy

A smooth Ferry crossing, a beautiful château and a warm summer sun were parts of the jigsaw which ensured the Year 6 trip to France was a fantastic success. The children have enjoyed a variety of activities, dunkings in the lake, delicious food and practised their French, bartering in the markets at Mon Didier for food and souvenirs.

The children have all been fantastic and welcomed all challenges with enthusiasm and humour; the staff have enjoyed the company of every single one and they all feel a tad sad to leave the magic of Le Château de Warsy. It was an early departure this morning to the chocolate factory and Etaples Cemetery, and finally the ferry and home! I hope you have been checking the blog on our website for plenty of photos…they tell a happy tale.

Head’s Corner

We dodged the showers this week in the same way Year 6 have at Le Château! If you haven’t read about their amazing trip and viewed the photos catch up with their outdoor antics and Madame Stokes historic dunking on the website. St Faith’s has enjoyed its regular buzz with happy children enjoying many outdoor activities ranging from swimming, a trip to Quex Park, Kwik cricket and chalk drawing. The showers haven’t dampened our spirits but if they needed raising, the Reception assembly did this on Wednesday morning! Reception class seemed to have gained a new pupil ‘Duncan’ who helped them tell the story ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’. Watching their amazingly polished performance, with everyone playing an important role, reminded me how our school is like the box of crayons. We have many unique characters, each with their own valuable traits, which together make a complete picture.

Helen Coombs Deputy Head

SPORT It was a fun-filled day playing cricket at King’s School Canterbury. Ten schools were present and all were well organised into mixed teams, each with their own coloured t-shirt that the girls were allowed to keep. Although the weather was not on our side, the girls were definitely on form! The afternoon started with a motivational viewing of England’s women’s cricket team winning the cricket World Cup followed by an actual viewing of the trophy itself! This had the girls raring to go and they were all excited to participate in the bowling and batting masterclasses. Soon after, there were two pairs cricket matches where several of the girls put what they’d learnt into action, taking wickets and batting well. The day ended with some delicious food and the opportunity to have a group photo with the

awe-inspiring cricket World Cup.

Teddy Bear Sale Last week these two girls from Year 3 ran a Teddy Sale at lunchtime and after school. The girls raised a fantastic £56.00 for the school playground appeal. The success of this event was purely down to initiative of these two girls who planned the whole event. Their extensive advertising of the event, from posters, to in-class visits and announcements in assembly meant that it was very well-supported. Thanks to all those who brought in teddies, those who bought teddies and most of all to Julie and Jasmine for taking the time to organise and run the whole event.

Well done girls – two fantastic entrepreneurs of the future!

It’s all about Science this week for Year 5

Forces, gravity and pendulums – a recipe for a very busy afternoon in Year 5. When the pupils of Year 5 (and some Year 6) were told that they would be working independently to discover whether the height that a pen-dulum is dropped from affects the time taken for it to come to a stop, there were a few nervous yet excited faces around the classroom. Working in groups, the pupils had to design their investigation by selecting and controlling the appropriate independent and dependent variables, perfect a method that would help to col-lect valid data and work as a group to analyse and discuss their results.

It is safe to say that the pupils rose to the challenge and beyond! The afternoon was full of collaboration, fantastic scientific language and discussion and most importantly investigation and discovery! Mr Andrews would have been proud!

Nursery children go bug hunting. “We’re going on a bug hunt!” The children from the Turtle room have got some new residents! To enhance the children’s understanding of the life cycle of a butterfly, they are currently looking after 5 painted lady caterpillars. Inspired by our new bug friends, they decided to go on a bug hunt in the Nursery garden! They all looked high and low using

the magnifying glasses to carefully search for the creepy crawlies. They climbed, crawled and crept around the garden and eventual-ly found some ants under a log slice in the bark area! The Turtle room children are very excited to see their real life caterpillars turn into chrysalis. So what shall we do? Pretend to be butterflies with the ribbons while we sing our ‘Tiny Caterpillar’ song!

Clubs & Hobbies

Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser! A Cowboy rides into town on Friday, he stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How can

this be?

Last week’s answer: Two

Deputy Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

Guess the LOGO Last week’s answer: Real Madrid FC

Week Commencing 4 June 2018 Monday First day of term 8.15am South-East Regional Fly to the Line Competition Tuesday 8.30am Pilates 10.00am U7 Rapid Fire Cricket Tournament at St Margaret’s CC AWAY Wednesday 2.00pm U11 Hardball Cricket vs St Lawrence AWAY Thursday 8.45 Able Science Day at Hoath Primary 2.15pm U9 A, B & C Girls Kwik Cricket vs Kent College HOME Friday

Week Commencing 04.06.18

Monday

Art Club Yr 2-6 YES

Girls Cricket Y2-6 YES

Gym Upper Nursery upwards YES

Hardball cricket Y4-6 YES

Multi Sports R-1 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Tennis Rec, Yr 1, 5 & 6 YES

Tuesday

Chess Yr 2-6 YES

Dance Pixies & Fairies Ballet up to Yr YES

Drama Upper School Yr 2-6 YES

French Yr 2,3 & 4 YES

Kwik Cricket Y 1-3 YES

LAMDA (During school hours) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Swimming Y2-6 YES

Wednesday

Dance Ballet & Jazz Yr 2 upwards YES

Fencing Yr 2-6 (8.00am - 8.45am) YES

LAMDA (During School hours) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Netball Club Yr 4-6 YES

Swimming Y2-6 YES

Thursday

Computers Yr 4-6 YES

Kwik Cricket Y 4-6 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Russian Club Yr 4-6 YES

Tennis Yrs 2, 3 & 4 YES

Friday

Model Boat Club Y2-6 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Reception Assembly On a colourful Wednesday morning Reception children continued to tell the story of ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by transforming themselves into a box of crayons who learn to work together. As the curtains opened Year 5 were astounded to see their very own Mr Andrews playing the part of Duncan. Our assembly ended with the following poem:

We are a box of crayons, All of us unique, But when we get together, The picture is complete.

Go to our website to read and see more pictures.

HEADTEACHER’S AWARD Roxi & Cobi Booth for their research work on Planets Sienna Drury for her Space homework Eva Wyon for her performance in class assembly Mr Andrews for his performance in the Reception class assembly

CHILDREN’S ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Alex Fox received a medal for taking part in the Thanet Football Festival Joshua Tucker took part in the Faversham Strike Force Football and won an U8s runners-up trophy Oliver Barker was awarded a trophy for his determination, passing and defending skills by Barham Bears Football club Gurveena Dhaliwal achieved 10m in the ASA Rainbow Swimming Award Scheme

MUSIC STAR OF THE WEEK

Harry Ford for his progress on the violin.

SPORTS STAR OF THE WEEK

Zahra Horne

STAR AWARDS BRONZE (100+)

Hermione Porter, Zara Head, Sylvie Brown Silver (200+)

Martin Long-Castro, Molly Allen, Oscar Finlay, Pen-ny Ford, Gurveena Dhaliwal, Willa Bradley, Honor

Urquhart, Arabella Porter, Krish Bhide, Kitty McCullin, Caspian Finlay, Kitty McCullin, Martha Rang, Meena Hay,

Harriet Bolton, Isla Urquhart, Olivia Bywater, Rose Carruthers

GOLD (300+) Holly Rooke, Aryan Bhide, Charley Woodhead

Times Tables Challenge

The following children have achieved their Planet certificates this week

Mars Poppy Andrews, Jasmine McGuirk

Birthdays Henry O’Connor, Eva Wyon, George Hodges,

Chester Rogers, Madeleine Ward, Thomas Mills, Gigi Evans, Oliver Simms,

Joshua Tucker, Caspian Finlay

These children are Stars of the week for all their effort in class

RB Roy Benayahu For a confident assembly performance

RR Matyas Oprchal For developing phonic knowledge

1CP Flynn Marsh For fabulous effort in English

1R Max Rooke For a more sensible approach to everything

2E Freya Ralph For excellent research skills in Geography & History

2L Lilly-Rae Gammon For a good effort in all things

3B Kitty McCullin For 100% effort in Maths and an all-round positive attitude

3F Gideon Wade For being focused and on task 4A Jessica Wynn For excellent effort with English this term

4M Nicholas Fox For collaboration in STEAM

5A Esther Kuruvilla For a diligent approach to her work

5G Molly Allen For a cheerful and determined approach to her work

5M Isla Urquhart For a fantastic effort in all lessons across the term

FRIEND OF THE WEEK

Freddie Bickley for rescuing a toy from a tree

House House Points

House Champion

Ash

127

Zara Coombs

Beech

115

Penny Ford

Oak

120

Julie Oprchal

Sycamore

99

Jasmine McGuirk

INVESTIGATOR OF THE WEEK

Krish Bhide

READING SHELF The following children completed Reading shelves

this week

Roxi Booth, Lily Read, Freya Ralph, Oliver Barker, Harry Ford, Matin Long-Castro