Newsletter
Friday 1st March 2024
DIARY DATES
SPRING TERM
Monday 4th to Friday 8th March
Year 5 - Bikeability Course
Monday 4th March
Year 4 Eat Them to Beat Them: Cooking at Chessington School
Tuesday 5th March
Year 4 Easter Experience - Kings Centre
Wednesday 6th March
Drama Workshop for EYFS and KS1
Thursday 7th March
World Book Day
Drama Workshop for Y4/5
Thursday 7th March to 16th May (every Thursday)
Year 4 Swimming
Friday 8th March
Year 4 Sleepover
Monday 11th March
Year 6 SATs and Residential Briefing at 6pm
Friday 22nd March
Year 4 South Bank Trip
Year 2 Class Assembly - Brazil/Carnival Day
Tuesday 26th March
Year 4 attending High School Musical Production at Chessington School
Thursday 28th March
Last day of term (early finish) - No Explorers
Friday 29th March to Friday 12th April
Easter break
Monday 15th April
Children Return
Reminders -
Thursday 7th March: World Book Day - Dress Up Day
ELLINGHAM SCHOOL NEWS
Healthy Eating at Ellingham - Eat them to Defeat Them!
It's time to get eating vegetables! All children have been given a pack to take home; inside there are reward charts where children can give themselves a sticker for each vegetable they eat. In school, children will be given stickers at lunchtime for eating the vegetables and some classes will be cooking vegetable concoctions. Happy vegetable eating!
At school, we encourage children to enjoy fruit and vegetables. Snacks at breaktime are fruit or vegetables only. No wrapped bars. Thank you for your support with this.
CALLING ALL SCIENTIST PARENTS AND CARERS - Can you help?
Science Week is fast approaching and this year it will focus on the theme of ‘Time’. British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of events running throughout the whole of the UK with the aim of celebrating Science, Engineering, Technology and Maths.
During the week, we will be looking closely at the different areas of Science, learning about real life scientists and the impact of their work as well as becoming scientists ourselves and carrying out investigations.
We would love your help!
• Do you have a science background?
• Do you work in a field of science?
• Do you know someone who does?
If you have a background in any field of Science or STEM and would be willing to do a short talk (15 minutes is fine) with a class about what a job in Science entails, please contact the school office.
World Book Day - Dress Up Day
Thursday 7th March is World Book Day with a dress-up theme of Traditional Tales and Nursery Rhymes.
Are Your Boots Made for Walking?
We are delighted to be joining the the Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel from the 11th-15th March. All the children need to do is walk, scooter or cycle to school everyday that week. We will then record the amount of children doing so each day and put the school into a draw to win some amazing prizes. Alongside these prizes you will also be helping the environment by not using your car.
Have fun walking and wheeling!
Keeping Up with the News - Thanks to FoE
With Ellingham School's focus on reading for pleasure, it is so important to have a range of reading materials so we are grateful to all of you Friends of Ellingham for purchasing our First News papers. Children that love to learn facts, details and all about the world can get their news fresh. Thank you to our Ellingham community for their generosity in supporting fundraising events.
LEARNING TOGETHER
Fantastic Beasts in Reception
As part of our topic Fantastic Beasts, Reception have been watching YouTube programme 'Art For Kids Hub'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ2h6W4YVz0 to learn how to draw a dinosaur.
We think the drawings are amazing!
Year 3 Present the Egyptians
Thank you to our Year 3 children for a wonderful assembly explaining the history of the Egyptians, which they studied in depth last half-term. They remembered their lines, spoke clearly and sung beautifully. Thank you to teachers and families for supporting the children with this.
Year 4 New Wave Collage
Year 4 begun their new art topic based on mixed media. This week, we explored the life and work of Katsushika Hokusai. We took inspiration from his famous piece ‘ The Great Wave’. In groups of 6, the children used collage techniques to recreate his most iconic scene from Tokyo.
Year 6 Amazing Learning
Year 6 have had a busy few weeks, with lots of fun and practical experiments in Geography and Science lessons!
In Science, we have explored how we see, learning how light travels in straight lines and how mirrors work. This included the challenge of trying to use 2 mirrors to see a mystery object on the table We also represented how light travels using freeze frames and creating periscopes to see around corners.
In Geography, we learnt about the three types of weathering (physical, chemical and biological) and erosion. The children carried out a range of investigations to see how this works.
As well as all this, they have been working very hard in English to write letters of advice to Jeff based on our class text 'There's a boy in the girls' bathroom.' Today they came together as a year group to celebrate and share their amazing writing!
SAFEGUARDING, HEALTH AND SUPPORT
Apply now for 15 or 30 hours childcare to start your place in April.
If your child turns two on or before 31st March and you are an eligible working parent in England, you can apply for up to 15 hours childcare or early education per week, over 38 weeks of the year. Read the Governments Education Hub blog to find out more about how to claim 15 hours childcare including how to get your code.
If your child turns three or four on or before 31st March and you are an eligible working parent in England, you can apply for up to 30 hours childcare or early education per week, over 38 weeks of the year.
The deadline to apply is 31st March. We recommend you do so by the end of February to get your childcare code in good time.
If you haven’t used a childcare provider before or want to change it, find the right one for you and check whether they offer 15 or 30 hours childcare.
This is the full safeguarding team in school. They are all trained to Level 3 and everyone in the school received the annual update of Safeguarding Level 2 training at INSET.
Contact details: 020 8397 3864 or email: office@elp.rbksch.org to request a safeguarding call back. For pupil support, contact 020 8397 3864 or email: pupilsupport@elp.rbksch.org
LOCAL EVENTS
Kingston Adult Education - Courses for parent and carers
Please click here for a brochure outlining some of the courses available at Kingston Adult Education, part of Kingston Council, during the Spring Term.
A number of these courses are free.
Courses take place at various times and locations across our borough, and include:
· Reducing anxiety and developing resilience in your child
· Help your child be a good friend
· Support your child through exam stress
· Assisting your child with their math's school work
They also offer a comprehensive range of vocational and creative courses to develop your skills, increase your earning potential and improve your wellbeing.
For further information, please contact Kingston Adult Education directly on 020 8547 6700 or at adult.education@kingston.gov.uk