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Issue: 19 1st February 2019
Grow Learn Persevere Succeed
admin@greatleighs.essex.sch.uk
GREAT LEIGHS SCHOOL NEWS
Dear Parents/Carers
Another busy week in school! The children had a very interesting assembly on Monday presented by
Chris McGrath, a historian, who took the children back into the Roman times. The children shared their
knowledge about life in Camulodunum (Roman Colchester) and, by using the model of an arch and an
aqueduct, the children explored the building processes of these structures. It was a fascinating assembly,
full of interesting information.
On Tuesday we had a School Review on reading and vocabulary, carried out by other local Headteachers
and senior staff from the River Chelmer Primary Cluster. It was a very positive review and your children
spoke very confidently to our visitors, giving them a very good insight into their learning of reading and
vocabulary both at school and at home. Very positive comments were made about the whole class read-
ing sessions at KS2 and the complexity of the texts the children were reading and studying together, and
the breadth of vocabulary the KS1 children were using in their creative writing.
Treat Day Reminder
Just a reminder that ‘Treat Day Friday’ allows children to bring in chocolate bars or crisps,
but not sweets. Many thanks
Parking Outside the School
In order to keep all children safe, please keep the zigzag lines outside school clear at drop off and collec-
tion times. Many thanks.
Parent/teacher consultations
We look forward to seeing parents at our consultation evenings on Tuesday 12 th and Wednesday 13th of
February, do book your time via Parent Mail.
Digital Leaders Assembly
On Thursday, Digital Leaders led an assembly promoting Educational games at home. They would like to share the
games they showed everyone. Here are the games and the links for them.
Mymaths escape (Username: Greatlps Password: circle) Login, Click ‘Games’ on the left hand column, then ‘Latest’
and Escape is at the bottom. https://app.mymaths.co.uk/935-game/escape There are lots of other games to ex-
plore here for all ages.
Ninja Keyboard https://www.typing.com/student/game/keyboard-ninja
Type Racer http://play.typeracer.com/
Sky Writer http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html
Jet Pack Maths https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/454/Jetpack-Mathematics-Multiplication
Hit the Button https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Top Marks is an excellent website with lots of games on it for ALL ages too!
Maths https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
English https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
The children loved seeing the games in assembly, so we’re positive they will love playing them at home!
Maths - A puzzle to match the equivalent fractions together to make a triangle.
Forest School Rabbit class enjoyed their snowy visit to the woods. Thank you to all the volunteers who braved the cold! Butterfly Class ‘In science this week we have been learning about magnets. We did an experiment to see what was mag- netic and non-magnetic. Also we learnt what repel and attract mean.’ By: Freddie
Space Day - Mole Class ‘On the 31st January, Georgie Hutchins, our Space Cadet boss came in for our first Space Cadet training session. We identified what a space training room looked like and then made ourselves one of the many pieces of equipment in the room. First of all, we got a NASA training record to keep track of our progress. We looked at pictures of para- chutes and then got into groups of three and drew a diagram of a parachute and made them out of bin liners and newspaper. We then took them outside and checked if the different things we attached changed the speed and if it had an impact on when the astronauts land. Before we took them outside we had to discuss with our team what independent variable we wanted to change and dependent variables we wanted to keep in my group we kept size and weight and changed the height. When we took them out we always took an iPad to time how long it took to come down. Some people put very light things on but they just flew away and stayed on the roof. We were also told to identify things from a rocket blasting off into space. As we came to a finish, Georgie made us draw blueprints of a rocket and write down what our experi- ment was and how long it took for the parachute to land. We had a fun day and wished it would never stop.’ By: Millie and Alessia
Football Home Match - Girls v Boreham Fundraising update
Despite the chilly conditions our girls played an ex-
cellent game against Boreham Primary. Even after
having a goal disallowed we still managed a 3 - 0
win! Well done to the team and thank you to eve-
ryone that braved the cold to support us.
Lost Property Performance of The Greatest Showman
These items have been found in the school grounds, Act First will be presenting their latest film, The
please pop to the office if they belong to you! Greatest Showman, on Friday 8th February at the
end of Achievement Assembly… do come and join
us!
E-Safety tip of the week
Check parent controls are on and
restrictions are in place.
SCHOOL DINNERS
Week 1 - Don’t forget to order!
Don’t forget to check for duplicate orders before you submit and pay. If you have any
queries, firstly check your payment history, then contact the office if you have any fur-
ther questions.
PARENTMAIL
Keep an eye on announcements within your ParentMail app.
There have been many improvements made recently, especially for Android users which include:
An ‘Unread’ section, where parents can find all new and unread items quickly and easily.
A new ‘Announcements’ feature to keep parents up to date with important ParentMail news.
You may need to delete your current app and reinstall.
FOGLS NEWS
Thank you to those who have signed up already. There is still time to join in the fun, just
turn up on the night!
Other dates for your diaries are our silver smarties campaign launch on 11th February, our annual chocolate
cake competition on 28th March followed by our Chocolate Day coffee morning after assembly on 29th
March plus our Easter fun run on 4th April.
This Week’s ATTENDANCE CUP
Golden Award Reading Star Spelling
Awards
The Attendance Cup
Squirrels Aidan A/Myron Alanis Henry goes to
Robins Brooke Tony Mae Rabbit Class
Dove Ben Kai Ruby N 100% attendance for
Rabbits Albert Aaron Samuel R last week.
Butterfly Poppy Sch Alex Lucas Well done to you all!
Osprey Lillie B Rylan George
Mole Scarlett Tyler Alessia
Owl Amelia Ben Arabella
Staff Training Non-Pupil Days
2018/2019
Monday 3rd June 2019
Many thanks for all the support you give your child and the staff of Great Leighs. Together we can provide
the very best learning opportunities.
Yours sincerely Janis Waters
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