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Royal Russell Junior School
Bulletin
Spring Term
Dear Parents, We have experienced some extremes of temperature this week as Cross Curricular, Hot and Cold fever has taken over the Junior School. From the igloo in 4U to the fires in Forest School the children have enthusiastically embraced another innovative and exciting learning week. I have just removed my Penguin Costume having spent a magical time with the ‘waddle’ in Year 1 as they recited some of their Hot and Cold Action Poetry to the largest waddle of penguins I have seen outside of Antarctica. A truly inspirational learning experience that has been mirrored across the school all week. My thanks to all the children for embracing the theme and to the staff for all the effort into making education so much fun. Monday night saw an excited band of supporters venture forth to the wilds of Milton Keynes Dons to support the 1 st XI Football Team in the Boodles ISFA U18 Cup Final. A repeat of the 2017 final saw us pitted against the might of Millfield School and, after a tense and thrilling match, the boys were victorious 2-1 to bring home the Cup for the second time in 3 years. The second Cup Final in a week took place on Thursday for the U15s and it was wonderful to see some ex-Junior School pupils playing in the team. Unfortunately they lost 1-2 to a very strong Aldenham team, however we hope to see some of them representing the 1st XI in years to come. Please can I remind all parents that pupils for Breakfast Club must not be left unattended at school before 7.45am as there is nobody to supervise them at this time. This time next week Disco fever will be upon us and we are all looking forward to the debut performance from our guest DJ. Don’t forget there is plenty of merchandise on sale during next week to light up the dance floor. Mr Evans spent another exciting day in the Junior School on Wednesday and he will be back again later in the term for Open Day. Thank you to all those who have given him such a warm welcome so far as he starts his journey towards becoming a fully fledged member of the Royal Russell community. The week was rounded off in magical fashion by Zoe and Molly singing for us in assembly this afternoon. Thank you girls for a wonderful performance. Have a great weekend. Mr James C Thompson Junior School Headmaster
LOOKING AHEAD
Week Commencing 11th March
Monday 11 March
3:45pm - 5:30pm Girls' Hockey: U11AB vs Aberdour (H) (ML)
4:00pm - 4:40pm Netball: U8AB vs St Christopher's (H) (LL)
Tuesday 12 March
3:45pm - 5:30pm Football: U10B/U11B vs Babington House (H) (ML)
Wednesday 13 March
All Day Year 1 Trip to Hever Castle (FR)
9:00am - 3:30pm Year 3 Trip to the London Eye
12:00pm - 5:00pm Gymnastics: U11 London Regional Acrobatics and Tumbling Competition
@ Lady Eleanor Holles (A) (SC)
7:00pm - 9:00pm Swimming: Croydon Schools Finals @ Trinity (A) (LL)
Thursday 14 March
2:45pm - 3:30pm Netball: U10AB vs Downsend (H) (LL)
Friday 15 March
8:00am - 12:30pm Boys' Hockey: U8AB St George's Weybridge Tournament (A) (ML)
4:00pm - 7:15pm Junior School Disco (VF)
Saturday 16 March
9:00am - 11:30am Boys' Hockey: U9A/U10A/U11AB vs Parkside (H) (ML)
9:00am - 5:00pm Girls' Biathlon: National Schools Finals @ Crystal Palace (A) (LL)
DATES FOR THE DIARY SPRING Friday 15 March 4.00pm – 7.15pm Junior Disco (VF) Wednesday 20 March 8.30am – 12.00pm Junior School Open Morning (CC) Friday 22 March All Day No Pens Day (HD) Wednesday 27 March 3.45pm - 4.40pm Recorder Soiree (JM) Tuesday 2 April 7.00pm - 9.00pm Joint Junior and Senior School Choir Concert Friday 5 April 3.15pm /3.30pm Term Ends (No Clubs, Prep or Tea)
Our Junior School Orchestra are presently rehearsing for a very exciting, collaborative concert with Senior School musicians. They have been enjoying the musical challenge of learning to play two contrasting and iconic pieces from the orchestral repertoire. The concert is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 2nd April and is sure to be a wonderful evening of music-making!
The Junior School have been exploring Hot and Cold
during our Cross Curricular Week
This is only a small sample of what we’ve been doing this week!
HOT AND COLD
Year 1 enjoyed dressing up as
penguins for the theme of
"Hot and Cold". Throughout
Mini the week they learnt about
assembly penguins and life in
Antarctica.
They made habitat boxes for penguins.
Year 3
Year 4 Had great fun making our own books
Year 5
Year 6 Creating hot Packing a suitcase for a hot and cold and cold destination and themed maths researching the origin of board games some of the items
Mr Urie built an Igloo and a beach area in 4U! The Igloo was so popular, he opened the igloo up to all the classes to read in when his class was out of use.
Science In Science we covered the water
cycle, testing the solubility of water
at different temperatures,
investigated friction (heat) and how
to reduce it, temperature changes
of liquids when heat is added and
take accurate measurements.Art Sculpting with clay and plaster
Painting
M. F. L.
P. E.
Some of the children went outside into the coooold
air for their PE lesson. They played Fire and Ice as
their warm up game. If the Ice tags you, you
become frozen and have to wait for the fire to come
and warm you up!Music The children enjoyed undertaking a creative composition assignment. They to transferred their emotional, sensory and artistic responses to imagery in creative music soundscape. They also learnt about Vivaldi and his iconic ‘Four Seasons’ Concertos
Perfect for our great British weather!
Junior School Sports
The Under 7 football
team represented Royal
Russell superbly well at
the weekend at the
annual Hawthorns
football tournament.
After two good draws to
start with against
Elmhurst and Solefield,
the team came up against
some strong opposition
but never gave up and
stayed positive
throughout.
A special mention to
William in goal who was
absolutely superb!Mitchell, Max & Alister travelled to Cannock at the weekend for the Nationals, having already qualified through 2 rounds this was it! They started the competition with great set routines followed by strong voluntaries. The boys finished in a brilliant 4th place. They have worked so hard for the finals it was lovely to see how much their routines had improved. A fantastic weekend for our first boys team to reach the National Schools finals!
We hosted a great afternoon of Netball on Tuesday with 8 teams attempting to secure 2 places at the
Croydon Schools Tournament finals.
The U11B squad
put in a solid
performance
against 3 A teams,
winning 3-0 to
Forest and 2 close
losses, the girls
worked hard
despite some last
minute changes
and improved
every game.
The A team continued their successful run with 5 wins out of 5 to win the tournament. They played
some superb netball with great shooting and awesome defence. They now qualify through to the finals.
Well done girls a fab afternoon.The Under 9 hockey team performed admirably at the Parkside tournament on Tuesday afternoon. In
a very strong group, the team suffered tight losses against St George’s, St Andrews and Hoe Bridge.
They then picked up their
work rate, picking up an
impressive draw against
Barrow Hills before going
one better in beating
Lambrook.
Special mention must go
to Jojo in goal who
received many
compliments from the
other coaches.Many Junior School pupils made the journey up to Milton Keynes on Monday night to watch the Royal Russell 1st XI in the ISFA Boodles Cup final. A thrilling game saw Royal Russell come out as 2-1 winners and there is no doubt that the travelling fans played a very important part in this. Here’s hoping that the current Junior School pupils will get to experience a similar final in a few years!
REPORTING AN ABSENCE
If your child is not well enough to come to school, please report it to the office before 9am
Calling
Junior
School
Office..Year 6 are embarking on an exciting project in the Summer term where they will be become budding entrepreneurs. They will be designing and creating their own unique product to sell at a whole school “market day”. In order to inspire them we are looking for parents who are willing to speak to Year 6 about their successes and challenges in creating their own business. We would be extremely grateful for the expertise and knowledge you would be able to provide. If you would like to speak to Year 6 as part of our inspiration day, even if your child is not in that year group at that moment, please contact: cking@royalrussell.co.uk Date: Monday 29th April at 9.30am.
Isabella S – 1R For showing consideration to another child Anastasia H – 1R Consoling and caring for a hurt class mate
Iam currently working on the seventh series of Child Genius and we are looking for parents with high-achieving children aged 8-12 year olds who might potentially be interested in hearing more about it. My reason for getting in touch in to see if you might be able to circulate the attached flyer to parents of children that might want to apply. You could attach it to a newsletter, put it on a noticeboard, post it on your website or social media feeds or if you’d rather hardcopies we can arrange this for you. Alternatively, follow this link to be taken to application form: https://www.walltowall.co.uk/casting/child-genius-2019_612.aspx Additionally We will be holding an Open Day on Saturday 4th May in London for lots of children and their families to attend, with no obligation to take part in the series. It is a fun day, offering parents and children a chance to find out more about the show, plus an opportunity to meet other like-minded children, and take part in a series of fun challenges and games. I can send you a flyer for this nearer the time, but anyone potentially interested can get in touch for further details if they wish. The new series of Child Genius is on every night this week at 8pm on Channel 4, and at 7pm on Saturday. Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing from you. Best Wishes, Hayley
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We are super cautious on
behalf of our children with
allergies, and as such are
a nut free school.
We won’t risk cakes and
sweets being brought in
from home, so when it’s a
child’s birthday, we
encourage the donation
of a book instead.
An inscription with your child’s name will go
into the book to mark the special occasion.FUTURE TERM DATES / 2020
Term Begins Wednesday 4th September at 8.30am for registration
Open Morning Saturday 28th September 8.00am – 1.00pm for all pupils in Y3-6
Autumn Half Term Begins Friday 18th October at 12 noon
Term
Half Term Ends Monday 4th November at 8.30am for registration
Term Ends Wednesday 18th December at 3.15 / 3.30pm
(There will be NO Clubs / Prep / Tea or Crèche)
Term Begins Thursday 9th January at 8.30am for registration
Half Term Begins Friday 14th February at 3.15 / 3.30pm
Spring
(Clubs / Prep / Tea and Crèche will run)
Term
2020
Half Term Ends Monday 24th February at 8.30am for registration
Term Ends Friday 3rd April at 3.15 / 3.30pm
(There will be NO Clubs / Prep / Tea or Crèche)
Term Begins Tuesday 21st April at 8.30am for registration
Bank Holiday Monday 4th May – SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED
Summer Half Term Begins Friday 22nd May at 3.15 / 3.30pm
Term (Clubs / Prep / Tea and Crèche will run)
2020
Half Term Ends Monday 1st June at 8.30am for registration
Royal Russell Day Saturday 27th June
Term Ends Thursday 2nd July at 3.15 / 3.30pm
(There will be NO Clubs / Prep / Tea or Crèche)Also available, Royal Russell branded: £3 - Water Bottles £10 – Cufflinks (in presentation box) £10 – Roary the Lion £2.50 – Trolley Coin £2.50 – Pin Badge
for Bollards Way
and others
Roadwatch is a partnership scheme run by TfL, MPS and CoLP
It aims to improve road safety in London by reducing speed in residential areas
and public confidence in the Metropolitan Police and TfL’s efforts to reduce speed
in residential areas.
Police Safer Transport Teams are managing the local schemes, recruiting and
training volunteers to operate speed detection devises on our busiest roads and
locations of concern.
What happens to the speeder?
WILL YOU VOLUNTEER TO HELP KEEP OUR ROADS SAFER FOR CHILDREN?
The 1st time, the registered
keeper of vehicle is sent 1st On-street training is given by fully-trained Police Community Support Officers
warning (PCSOs). Volunteers have to read a briefing sheet and sign a disclaimer at the
beginning of each session. All sites are risk assessed by officers prior to use.
If caught a 2nd time, the 2nd
letter warns that if caught a Volunteers will record details of vehicles are exceeding 10% plus 2mph above the
third time, the vehicle will be
limit (as per official guidelines) 20mph (25) 30mph (36) 40mph (47)
added ANPR and may be
targeted for enforcement.
At no time will an attempt be made to stop or signal drivers to slow down. This is
The 3rd time offenders will be not an enforcement exercise; education and engagement only.
added to ANPR and
considered for targeted If you would like to take part, look for more details on the website or email…
enforcement.
www.tfl.gov.uk/CommunityRoadwatch
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