Newsletter
Friday 4th April 2025
DIARY DATES
SUMMER TERM
Monday, 7th April to Monday 21st April
Easter break
Tuesday, 22nd April
Children return to school
Monday, 28th April to Monday, 14th July
Year 4 Swimming (every Monday)
Friday, 2nd May
Reception Trip to Bocketts Farm
Year 4 Class Assembly
Friday, 9th May
Year 1 Class Assembly
Monday, 12th May to Thursday, 15th May
KS2 SATs Week
Friday, 23rd May
End of term
Monday, 26th to Friday, 30th May
May half term
Monday, 2nd June
Children return to school
Sunday, 8th June to Wednesday, 11th June
Year 6 Residential Trip PGL, Isle of Wight
Thursday, 12th and Friday, 13th June
Year 6 Cake Sale for leavers event
Friday, 13th June
Mufti day to collect for the Summer Fair
Tuesday, 17th June
Class Photos
Thursday, 19th June
Rose Theatre Singing Festival
Friday, 20th June
Mufti day to collect for the Summer Fair
Reception Class Assembly
Thursday, 26th June
Year 5 Taster Day at Chessington School
New to Reception (Sept 25) Parent meeting at 6pm
Reminders
Tuesday 22nd April
Children come back to school
ELLINGHAM SCHOOL NEWS
Friends of Ellingham Easter Events
Children had the most wonderful lead up to our Easter break with special events laid on by Friends of Ellingham. Children l(and staff) loved the Hopathon and certainly took up the challenge. It's incredibly difficult to hop just for a couple of minutes!
On Wednesday and Thursday, everyone got the opportunity to visit the Hop 'n' Shop sale. The Easter bunny visited every classroom and spread the joy of chocolate. Children guessed the number of eggs in the box and had their prizes awarded today in assembly.
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Bling it On
The last two weeks we have been taking part in the big walk and wheel. Well done to all those children who came in last week with blinged up bikes, sparkled scooters and came in with funky feet.
Year 1 are the winners of some extra playtime. They were actually the winning class last year when in Reception so ones to beat! https://bigwalkandwheel.org.uk/schools/7/profile- This is our school page
Eat Them To Defeat Them
Eating healthily was also part of this drive and the children were sent home with eat them to defeat them packs. We hope these have been helping them to try new vegetables. During lunch time they have been giving out stickers to children who have been trying and eating their vegetables.
Team Ellingham - Mini Marathon
The children taking part in the mini marathon have now got some lovely Team Ellingham t-shirts. Please find the link here. https://gofund.me/a349d534
Go Team Ellingham 💙💙💙
Friends of Ellingham
March Artist Winners
Congratulations to Isabel (Y6), Fernando (Y5) and Eliza (Y2) for their artwork inspired by Picasso.
April Artist of the Month is Stephen Wiltshire
STEM Poster Winners
Well done to Orla (Y1) and Rosie (Y3). Their posters promoting STEM were amazing.
Times Table RockStars
For the third time in a row 4CS won the Times Table Rock Stars battle and Eden was the winner in all three weeks. What super Rock Stars!
The next event is over the Easter break - get battling now!
LEARNING TOGETHER
Tackling Toothbrushing in Nursery
In Nursery we are taking part in the national toothbrushing scheme where they brush their teeth in school. They have all been really enjoying taking part and its had been helping some children with brushing their teeth at home.
Egg hunt
The children went on an egg hunt this week in the garden trying to find the egg with their initial letter. All of them were able to find it.
People who help us - request for help!
After half term Nursery will be learning about people who help us and we are looking for some visitors to come and talk to the children. If you work as a nurse, paramedic, fire fighter, postman, dentist and would be willing to come dressed in your uniform and talk to the children about what you do please get in touch with Mrs Kingshott or the office.
Year 1 Get Creative!
Year 1 finished reading Grandad's Island this week and enjoyed the story so much! The children watched a step by step video and followed the instructions to draw their very own Grandad - take a look at their amazing drawings outside Maple Class.
The children also got crafty on Friday to create some lovely Mother's Day cards for their very lucky mummies!
Yummy Yummy in Year 1 Tummies!
This half term, Year 1 have explored fruits and vegetables and their seasonality. The children tasted different salads and designed their own. This week they got slicing and dicing and enjoyed their healthy dishes!
Year 3 Rosh Hashanah
Year 3 have been answering the question 'How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jewish People?' We reflected on the festival of Rosh Hashanah and the importance of asking for forgiveness. We also tasted apple, honey and Challah bread to understand how these food are eaten as part of the celebration in the act of asking for repentance ahead of the New Year.
Year 2 and Year 4 Easter Baskets
To celebrate Easter, Year 2 and 4 spent time making and decorating Easter baskets. We also got visited by the Easter bunny so we hope our baskets get filled with some chocolate!
Year 3 in Concert
On Thursday we welcomed Anne Pearman and Greg Emfietzis, co-managers of Kingston Music Service, to lead an assembly. Greg got six children to play a violin while the rest of us joined in by adding the beat. They did so well in such a short space of time. Equally impressive were the 3BP Ukulele Orchestra, who, after ten weeks of Anne's lessons, were able to treat the school to a rendition of 'Roar'. 3G are now really eager to have their lessons after Easter and hopefully will be able to play something to the school at the end of term.
IMG_6718.MOVYear 4 Sleepover - Some Sleep Achieved!
The children had an amazing time. They created their own pizzas, which we ate in Ellingham's own pizzeria. They had a treasure hunt through the empty school and played games in the playground in the dark. Such fun!
Resistance in Year 5
Year 5 have been testing different forces over the last few weeks. We have learnt about gravity, air resistance, water resistance and buoyancy. We have had a lot of fun!
Year 6 - Measuring Angles
Year 6 enjoyed a practical maths lesson, investigating angles. They learnt how to use protractors to measure angles and found out that vertically opposite angles are always equal!
Year 6 See the Light in Science
The children have loved getting hands-on in science this week as part of their Light topic. They investigated refraction and found out why a straw looks broken when viewed through a glass of water. They also set up an enquiry to find out if the size of the shadow is affected by the distance of the light source from an object. They used many scientific skills such as measuring accurately, recording data, interpreting their results and evaluating the effectiveness of their investigation.
Ellingham Sports Update
Our sporting champions have taken part in more sports competitions.
This week we played in a friendly netball tournament against Castle Hill. All the children played brilliantly and had lots of fun! Out of the five games that they played they won 2, lost 2 and drew 1.
Our Tag Rugby team got to the finals having won all of their games but alas it was not to be. nNxt time!
SAFEGUARDING, HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Keep your Children Safe Online
It is really important to put safeguards in place to protect your children so that they are safe online. Children need to feel comfortable and confident if they have any worries about what they are seeing and who they are talking to online.
There are age limits on games and social media sites for a reason - because they can influence and frighten children in a harmful way. Please adhere to these as we are seeing more children mimicking computer games with play-fighting which quickly turns into more physical and upsetting play.
NSPCC has a new Techosaurus, an online safety dinosaur aimed at talking positively about on-line safety.
Online Safety Guide Kooth.pdf
New programme of speech and language support for Kingston families
Your Healthcare’s Children's Speech and Language Team has introduced a new approach to supporting families by relaunching their Facebook page and Instagram account, with a programme of topical content for families with children who have speech, language and communication needs and/or swallowing needs. The social media pages are designed to serve as a virtual support system, offering tips, resources, personalised and original content and a platform for connection among families experiencing similar challenges.
Click here to read more.
The Safeguarding Team
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. If you are worried about a child, please let one of the team know.
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
Lisa Keogh
Headteacher & Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Jacqui Malherbe
Pupil Support & Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
Sally Sephton
SENDCO & Designated Teacher (LAC/PLAC) Safeguarding Team Member
Esme Winn
Deputy Headteacher & Designated Safeguarding Team Member
Lorraine Davis
Pupil Support & Designated Safeguarding Team Member
Natalie Harris
Dan Martin
Designated Governors for Safeguarding and Child Protection
Easter FUEL Flyer.pdf
LOCAL EVENTS & COMMUNITY NEWS
Get your Kicks
Kicks sessions take place on Wednesdays 5 – 6pm at Weir Archer Sports and Fitness Centre. Parents/ Carers can register their child via the QR code. This is only required once and is valid up to 31st July. Sessions are FREE of charge.
Kingsmeadow_Kicks Flyer_Digital A5_.pdf
TeenTech Festival 2025 - Roehampton-2.pdfMove Well Live Well 11 April 2025 flyer with tasters.pdf