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This week in Foundation the children have been learning how to use our class Chromebooks. They had fun using two simple programs to compose their own music. We added the links to the Google Classroom for you to have a go at home. Leave us a comment to let us know how you got on. They are all very excited about their first school disco and have been telling us all about the costumes they are going to wear.  We hope that they have fun at the disco and that you have a restful and relaxing half term.  

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Year 1 have had an exciting couple of weeks. The children loved going on their trip to Tesco to see what shops in the present are like. They also enjoyed shopping and paying for their fruit! The children have worked hard in their English and have enjoyed their new book ‘The Storm Whale’.  In maths, the children worked practically to solve both addition and subtraction questions using numbers to 10.  

We are incredibly proud of how hard the children have worked this half-term and hope they enjoy the rest!

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Recently, we have been writing character descriptions. It has been wonderful to read these. This week we are exploring the book Mrs Noah's Pockets, which is a wonderfully illustrated and authored book and is full of creativity for us to engage with outside. Year 2 has started to learn all about the Great Fire of London! You will have received communications this week all about our Big Bang day based upon this. If you have any questions, please let us know. 

Tuesday 5th September - Big Bang Day: The Great Fire of London (dress up day)

Thursday 7th November - Visit by the Hatfield Fire Service - children can build a paper / cardboard house if they would. The Fire Service will set the houses on fire! 

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We have had a fantastic time celebrating all things Anglo-Saxon lately in Year 4. The children have really enjoyed being historians and have even used recent experiences from their Anglo-Saxon Day to write-up exciting diary entries. They have considered how to create an informal tone using contractions, colloquialisms and reported speech. They've all written so much and should be very proud. In Reading Practice we are halfway through an exciting adventure story about a girl who tries to rescue her friend by stealing an elephant! Then in maths, the children have continued their focus on metal strategies – learning how equal sum and equal difference can be applied to answer questions.

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This week we have been busy in our D&T sessions exploring different diets in different cultures. We have learnt how to make flatbreads and Danish open sandwiches and these recipes will be posted on our Google Classroom page if the children would like to make these again with any adaptations that they may wish to try. There is also a recipe we did not do - a mezze bowl so feel free to make some of these over the half term break!

As well as this, we have been looking at how to use and recognise word play in our poetry for English and made a start with our new class book Secrets of a Sun King. Lastly, we have been focusing on our knowledge of times tables, known facts, to help us calculate multiplication and division problems mentally.

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It has been another busy couple of weeks in year 6, both inside and outside of the classroom. In class the children have been learning about volcanoes, mountains and earthquakes in geography. They have been enjoying researching different natural disasters and finding out about why these occured. In English, the children have been writing stories that include a moral. They have worked so hard on these and have really tried to include the different features that we have been discussing within our lessons. We look forward to reading their finished pieces. 

Outside of the classroom, there have been various sporting activities taking place, such as boys football, girls football and a netball festival. The children were all successful and were amazing at representing the school. We are very impressed with how hard they have worked in the first half-term of year 6, they thoroughly deserve their break!

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Hi we had an excellent response to the Sub-Review meetings this half-term with over 50 parents booking. For anyone who didn't book because they were unsure if it applied to them and their child, I will be asking Teachers to mention booking next half-term at the upcoming parent consultations. The Inclusion team is here to support many things, so please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. 

 

I hope everyone has enjoyed the first half-term of the 2024/25 school year and some of you may have even volunteered to help at, or be just about to enjoy, our frighteningly spooky Halloween Disco!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank some fantastic people who have been heavily involved with the GLSA for many years and now, with their children progressing from Year 6, have decided to step down from being committee members.

Firstly, the amazing Jen Lomas who has been Chairperson of the GLSA for the last 5 years and as a committee member for even longer.  We all want to say a huge thank you to Jen for all the blood, sweat and tears that she has given in leading, organising and supporting the GLSA.  I’m happy to say she will remain on the committee as a trustee but more of a supporter from a distance rather than an active hands-on member.  We are definitely going to miss her enthusiasm and leadership within the team.

I would also like to thank Ian and Jen Kirby who have been stalwarts of all things GLSA for more years than they may wish to remember.  Ever-present and dependable beyond requirement, they will both be truly missed in the green t-shirts of the GLSA - I’m hoping they are still able to make an appearance at the Summer Fair, even if it’s only on the paying side of the bar!

However, with every cloud there is a silver lining.  We have been extremely lucky to have 2 new volunteers join the GLSA; Layla Kaye-Yorke and Gemma Langstone.  Both of whom have a passion for all things ‘event-organising’ and will bring a wealth of knowledge and fresh enthusiasm that will be invaluable as we look to organise some new events for both the children and parents at the school this year, not forgetting the Discos and the Summer Fair.

I’d also like to introduce myself, Mike Penn, as the new Chairperson of the GLSA.  I’m married to Michelle and have 2 boys currently at Green Lanes, Finley in Year 4 Picasso and Harrison in Year 1 Kahlo, and we’ve lived in the Garden Village since 2012.  I joined the GLSA at the start of the 2023 autumn term.

I’m confident that with the dedication and enthusiasm of the amazing team of volunteers that make up the GLSA, along with all the parent helpers that give up their time and effort at every event, the events that the GLSA have planned for this academic year will be successful, enjoyable and hopefully live up to the expectations of the children, parents and staff of Green Lanes Primary School - and maybe even raise some much-needed funds for the school along the way.

Our amazing volunteers currently include;

Mike Penn - Chairperson

Pete McCorkindale - Treasurer

Dave Roberts - Charity Co-Ordinator

Nikki Roberts - Secretary

Caroline Lindars - Member & Trustee

Rob Dissington - Member & Trustee

Rachel Andrews - Member

Abi Hooper - Member

Jill Golding - Member

Gemma Langstone - Member

Layla Kaye-York - Member

Jen Lomas - Trustee

Please remember that you can also be a member of the GLSA and that you can join at any time!

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This year we are supporting two charities. We are supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital with their Christmas Present appeal and Isabel Hospice with donations received from our Christmas Party / Christmas Jumper Day (wear party clothes or Christmas jumpers) - see details below. 

Green Lanes Christmas Lunch & Non-Uniform Day - Wednesday 18th December. Come dressed for a party! Pre-order your child's Christmas Lunch on School Grid by no later than 15th November to enable our cook to place the food order! Donations welcome and can be made through Arbor (under Trips).