Newsletter
Friday 28th June 2024
DIARY DATES
SUMMER TERM
Saturday 29th June
FOE Summer Fair
Monday 1st July
Year 4 - Cooking at Chessington School
Tuesday 2nd July
Year 1 Trip - Natural History Museum
Wednesday 3rd July
Year 6 children visiting their new secondary school (Kingston Schools)
Thursday 4th July
Year 4 - Visiting Hook Church
Year 5 - Year 5 Hampton Court Trip
Friday 5th July
Reception Class Assembly
Monday 8th July to Friday 12th July
Culture week
Last week of clubs
Tuesday 9th July
Year 4 - Visiting Hook Library
Thursday 10th July
French Breakfast
Friday 12th July
Year 2 Trip to Littlehampton
Week commencing Monday 15th July
Reports go home
Tuesday 16th July
Year 6 Production (matinee performance - babies/siblings welcome)
Wednesday 17th July
Year 6 Production (evening performance)
Year 4 - Design Technology Day
Thursday 18th July
Drop in parent/carer evening
Friday 19th July
Year 4 - Ancient Greek Day
Nursery Sports Day at 10.45am
Monday 22nd July
Year 4 - Geography Field Trip
Tuesday 23rd July
Sports day
Wednesday 24th July
Year 6 Leavers Celebration
Last day of Term
Reminders
Save the dates
Nursery Sports Day - Friday 19th July at 10.45am
FOE Summer Fair - 29th June
Sports Day - 23rd July
ELLINGHAM SCHOOL NEWS
Don't Miss the Fun Tomorrow!
Summer Fair Poster.pdfEllingham Do-si-do!
Miss Peart took a group of year 2 and year 6 children to represent Ellingham at the Kingston Country Dance Festival this week. The children performed a number of traditional routines including Galopede, Donkey Riding and Farmer’s Jig. Despite the 29 degree heat, the children all worked so hard, had lots of fun and even got their parents up to join in with The Circassian Circle!
Nursery Update: Before and After Cleaning
The latest update: the nursery outside area has been jet-washed ready for the next instalment. We will be organising a painting day next week.
Please Be Respectful of Our Neighbours
We really want to have the best relationship with our neighbours and you can help by ensuring that litter goes into a bin or home with you and that children do not climb the fences or go into the gardens. Thank you for your support with this.
International and Cultural Week - 8th July
If you speak another language and/or come from another country and you would like to participate, please let us know - office@elp.rbksch.org. We would love for children to have a traditional tale from your country read to them or share or make a typical food item so if you would like to join us in school, please get in contact.
Impact of Low Attendance
The school curriculum and lessons are planned so that each small step of learning creates a solid foundation for greater understanding and for the children to make the best progress possible. Every missed day of school creates gaps in children's understanding and the cumulative effect can become a barrier for children to achieve their potential. Please ensure that your child is in school. All holidays are unauthorised.
LEARNING TOGETHER
Reception Welcome Ladybirds
There was huge excitement in Reception this morning when someone notice our ladybird larvae had transformed into ladybirds! We are now hoping they will eat the white fly aphids on Mrs Peters' plant as this is what would happen in nature.
Year 2 Designers
In DT this week, Year 2 have started to decorate their planters. They are already looking amazing, keep your eyes peeled for the finished product!
Year 3 Gladiators
This week Year 3 had a 'Gladiator' experience where they performed some drama as apart of their English topic based on the book Roman Diary the Journal of Iliona a Young Slave.
Year 4 Learn about Hinduism
Year 4 travelled into Wimbledon to visit the Shree Ghanapathy Hindu Temple this week. It was a wonderful experience and the children were able to ask many questions connected to their learning. The guide was able to inform us all about the temple's history as she helped to build it during the summer holidays of 1981 with her whole family. Once the children had finished exploring the worship room, they moved into the meditation room. Here, we were informed that the temple holds all religions in high regard and the people who attend, use this space to celebrate Christmas, Ramadan, Hanukkah and many more celebrations.
A Taste of Secondary Life for Year 5
This Thursday, Year 5 had a taster of what life would be like in a secondary school. We spent the day at Chessington School and had a History, Spanish, Art, Food Technology and PE lesson. We arrived at 9am and started by being lead through the school to our first lesson - History- which was all about Pompeii. Throughout the day, we got to learn snippets of another language, make mini pizzas, learn about Pompeii and create beetle pictures. We all had so much fun at Chessington school.
At the end of the day, there was an assembly hosted by the Headteacher, where lots of people were awarded certificates for our positive behaviour during the day. It was the best trip ever!
by Harrison 5C
The Court of Year 6
As part of Year 6's Crime and Punishment topic in History, they were visited by two of the magistrates from Lavender Hill Court this week. They put their acting skills to the test by taking part in a mock trial! It was a really informative morning and the children asked fantastic questions.
SAFEGUARDING, HEALTH AND SUPPORT
The SNUG is Open
The Inclusion Team would like to announce the opening of our new, exciting nurture space!
The SNUG (support, nurture, understanding and guidance) has been created as part of our Attachment Aware Silver Award project. It offers a safe space for ELSA sessions and small group work.
Feedback from our children include-
“It's a cosy room. The bubbles in the lamp make me feel happy”.
“I’m amazed. I love the carpet”.
ASD support group July 24.docLetter to primary schools.docInternet-Matters-Discovering-Digital-Primary-guide-Jan2023.pdfInternet-Matters-Digital-safety-at-a-glance-8-10-year-olds-printable-Dec-2023.pdfMental Health Support
MHST parent drop ins poster.pdfThis 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 & COMMUNITY NEWS
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Kingston Music Service: NEW workshops, concerts and Summer Holiday Programme
Kingston Music Service is delighted to be running a family Gospel Workshop at The Rose Theatre on Saturday 6th July. You will be able to listen to some of London’s finest Gospel singers and learn to sing with them! Tickets are available from: https://creativeyouthcharity.org/event/kms-workshop-come-and-sing-gospel/
Tickets are £13.50 for adults and £9.50 for children
Then in the afternoon, musicians from The Grenadier Guards will be leading workshops with our bands for a concert in the evening which is sure to blow the roof off! Concert, 6pm; tickets are £16.50 for adults and £10.50 for children
https://creativeyouthcharity.org/event/kms-concert-the-massed-bands-of-kingston-and-richmond/
Summer Holiday Music & Creativity FUEL course
Monday 29th July - Thursday 1st August
Hook Centre, Chessington
From singing and djembe playing, to writing their own music and learning the keyboard, this four day course is set to be lots of fun for children aged 6-11. Some sessions will be held in the library, for craft and lego activities too. Sign up here for a FUEL place or here for a non-FUEL place.
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Chessington Summer Cinema
‘Chessington Garden Centre Presents Summer Cinema’ and they are really excited to reach out to the local community to welcome you to the event. Parents who will be looking for ways to entertain children during the summer holidays may be interested. Link to the website is also here - https://www.chessingtongardencentre.co.uk/blog/chessington-garden-centre-summer-cinema/