Barton Seagrave News March 2014 Newsletter Y4 Greek Experience On Monday 24th February Year 4 enjoyed a marvellous Greek Day. The amazing Time Zone Company arrived at school and then swiftly transported Year 4 back to the lives of the Ancient Greeks. Classes 9 and 10 were set the challenge to make their own interpretation of the argument between the Aetheans and Spartans as to who should lead the battle against the mighty Persians. After a closely fought debate, the Spartans were given the role of leading the Greek Army into battle. N ext , Year 4 wr o te m es s ag e s translating Ancient Greek into English and then attempted to translate English into Greek. (English to Ancient Greek was much, much harder!) After that they had a fabulous time working with beeswax tablets. Here’s how they worked—a stylus which is a bit like a needle, was used to scratch letters and numbers into the soft beeswax tablet. The children used the P.E County Finals stylus and tablet to write sentences in Ancient Greek. They erased their writing with the end of their stylus. This did make the tablet a little rough to write on. Year 4 also found time to play Greek games. Here are just a few: quoit throwing (we learned to throw the quoit in a new way), a game a bit like bowling (just with sticks) and 5 in a row which was very popular. All in all it was a great day and a brilliant start to the term! Report by Sophie A. Our Greek Warriors in action. On Monday 24th February 2014, 29 children from Year 5 and 6 went to the Sports Hall Athletics tournament at KLV. There were a variety of track and field events and everyone had to take part in at least one. Barton were competing against nine other schools in the county to try and win the finals and be number 1! They showed great determination and resilience during the day putting in lots of effort in events that they were not strong in. Barton completed their events cheering each other on, even though they were not always at the top. (Well done to all the children involved. Coming third is a fantastic achievement and let us not forget, we are still the top school in Kettering.) At the end of the day Barton came in third place and returned to school with bronze medals hanging from the children’s necks. They now have a new challenge for next year! Report by representatives from Y5/6. Barton Seagrave Primary School Belvoir Drive Kettering Northamptonshire NN15 6QY Newsletter Date: 7th March Bits and Pieces ☺ Please be aware that if a leave of absence is taken without authorisation you may be referred to the E d u c a t i o n a l Entitlement Service. This may result in a Fixed Penalty Notice or prosecution proceedings. ☺ A polite reminder to all dog owners that dogs should not be brought onto our site nor should they be left tied to our gates unattended. Thank you for your cooperation. NEED TO GET IN TOUCH? Our telephone number is: 01536 722793 Fax: 01536 726671 Website: http:www.bartonseagraveprimary.ik.org If you want to e-mail us the address is: [email protected] World Book Day Y2 Sing In Children and staff had a fabulous day celebrating a day of reading and books. The morning started with a whole school assembly where we got the chance to see everyone’s costumes. All the staff were really impressed with the efforts the children had gone to with their costumes. (Thank you parents!) Earlier this week our Year 2 children went along to Millbrook Infant school to take part in an inter-school ‘Sing In’ activity. As well as ourselves there were children from Havelock Infants, Loddington Primary, Meadowside Primary, Kettering Park Infants and Millbrook Infants to name but a few. The children taking part had to learn a variety of songs which they then had to perform to each other. Our children performed magnificently and rose to the occasion, singing our selection of songs with confidence and enthusiasm. It was also lovely to hear how well our children represented our school during the morning. We are always proud of how well our children conduct themselves when attending events outside of school and it is nice when members of the public notice this as well. My thanks go to all the staff involved in organising the event and supporting the children with learning their songs. Well done everyone! During the day our children worked through a range of activities, all linked to World Book Day. These involved paired reading, music and movement, art, character description and describing imaginary creatures. Much fun was had by all and learning soared! The children also enjoyed working with different teachers across the school and being in mixed groups. World Book Day 2014 has certainly been a day to remember; great activities, lots of fun, memories that will last and, most importantly, fantastic learning. We look forward to next year! School Meals If you haven’t already done so please could you let us know your plans for your child’s lunch provision next year. It is important for us to know how many children in Reception and Year 1 will be taking up the Government offer of a free school meal. If you have a child in KS2 next year we would also like to know whether or not you will be purchasing a meal for them. The information that you provide will be analysed and used to support our case for extra funding to Northamptonshire County Council. An electronic copy of the form is attached with hard copies available from the office. Thank you for you support. Diary Dates! Wednesday 12th March: Glee Club travel to Wembley Arena for the Voice in a Million concert. Friday 21st March: PTA Movie Mob-details to follow. Wednesday 26th March: Full Governing Body meeting Friday 28th March: PTA Easter Café, 3pm-4pm Wednesday 7th—9th May: Y4 residential to Manor Adventure Monday 12th-Friday 16th May: Year 6 SAT’s Week Monday 19th May: Whole School Arts Week Thursday 22nd May: EUROPEAN ELECTIONS, SCHOOL CLOSED Tuesday 3rd June: After school art gallery for parents. Wednesday 11th June: Class Photos, details to follow. Issue 11 Spot your favourite book character! Term Dates for 2014 Spring 2014 Closes: Friday 4th April Summer 2014 Opens: Wednesday 23rd April Closes: Friday 23rd May Opens: Monday 2nd June Closes: Wednesday 23rd July Autumn 2014 Opens: Monday 8th September Closes: Friday 24th October Opens: Monday 3rd November Closes: Friday 19th December Spring 2015 Opens: Tuesday 6th January Closes: Friday 13th February Page 2 Barton Seagrave Primary-School Dinners from September 2014 I am likely to sign up for my Infant child/ren (current Years R and 1) to have Free School Meals in September 2014. Yes [ ] No [ ] If yes, how many children do you have in the Infants? ………………………………… I am likely to purchase meals (regularly or occasionally) for a child/ren in KS2. Yes [ ] No [ ] If yes, how many older children would be involved? ………………………………… Comments (and name if you wish): Thank you for your help with this matter. Points to note:  There is not a cash alternative so if you decide that you do not want to take this offer up you cannot have the money instead.  We may not be able to operate the current flexible system between packed lunch and hot dinner. Should you decide not to join and later change your mind, we would need notice for your child to join the scheme. (This is because of the ordering of food, staffing etc)