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rd February 2017

Please find us online at www.williamtyndale-islington.co.uk

Parent Hotline: 08447 707576; school ID: 60256 William Tyndale School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its pupils.

Dear Children, Staff, Parents and Carers, Governors and Friends

The past month has seen all children (and staff!)

working hard to consolidate and extend the wealth of

learning from the autumn term. Part of this has been

complemented by an array of visits, for example to the

Little Angel Puppet Theatre and the Belle Époque

bakery. These visits have given children a wonderful

chance to become immersed in how organisations work

and to understand the relevance and importance of their

education in terms of plans for their own future. Our

website blog will be updated shortly in terms of our

Enterprise Education so please visit

www.williamtyndale-islington.co.uk to see and read

more. Additionally, classes are tweeting about the visits

so don’t forget to go to @WTyndalePrimary to catch up

on photos of the events and please click Follow as we

want to increase our numbers!

Please read below about the wonderful class

assemblies we have had from Browne Class, Pullman

Class and Umansky Class. The children never cease

to amaze me with their talent!

This month’s skill is Listening Carefully. Please help

support this focus. Talk with your child about how

important it is for their development as an individual as

well as for the rest of their lives.

Have a lovely weekend!

Tanya Watson - Head Teacher

EVENTS

Class assemblies @ 10.20 in the Ground Floor Hall (GFH): February

7th

Lewis Class March

3rd

Walliams Class 9

th Dahl Class

10th

Tolkien Class 23

rd Grey Class

30th

Carle Class

February 7th Tolkien Class to Pizza Express

9th Year 6 Trip to Jewish Museum

9th Year 4 to Sutton House

21st Year 2 trip to Discover centre

13th – 17th HALF TERM

March 3rd Pullman Class Cake Stall

6th Almond Class to Estorick

Collection

7th Lewis Class to Pizza Express

8th Bag2School collection

10th Sendak Class Cake Stall

13th Morpurgo Class to Estorick

Collection

15th Parent Conferences 4 – 7 pm

16th Parent Conferences 4 – 6 pm

17th Lewis Class Cake Stall

24th Almond Class Cake Stall

March 31st

Term ends at 1.45 pm

Newsletter Dates

This term’s newsletters will be published on: 3

rd March & 31

st March

Occasionally there may be a reason to publish an extra letter and we will inform you via a text message.

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Browne Class Assembly We all gathered excitedly for the first class assembly of 2017. Browne Class sat like consummate professionals as the audience of children, parents and carers entered the hall. With a totally confident introduction, in which it was hoped we would enjoy their assembly, Browne Class niftily embarked on a full scale story-telling operation. All thirty children kept 100% together and regaled us with the mighty tale of Possum Magic. This charming tale was communicated to us entirely from memory, with excellent diction, expression, a keen sense of the unfolding drama and its humour, and a very complicated cornucopia of complementary actions to boot! The entire story was remembered by the class without a single prompt for Surina or Nancy. Browne Class children now have a wonderful arsenal of story structure, with devices such as figurative language, from which they can now confidently construct their own compositions. This tour de force was complemented by a series of choreographed ‘dancelets’, composed by each group of children, based on the theme of the sea and seahorses. The groups showed how they could respond to changes in the music, whilst exhibiting skills such as balancing, fine footwork, coordination, imaginative movement and flow. Overall, Browne Class demonstrated how they have responded to our skills of the month: working together, staying positive, leading and, for this term, using imagination. We all left the hall with a cheery smile on our face; some children filed out trying to be seahorses as they did so! Many thanks go to Browne Class for their impressive assembly and particular thanks are due to Surina and Nancy, who enabled them all to be so impressive!

Pullman Class Assembly

Pullman Class got off to a brisk start with their class assembly, launching into a fabulously imaginative array of Victorian machines, depicted through dance! The children choreographed these completely by themselves, working successfully as a team and using their imagination. The Industrial Revolution inspired all sorts of complex skills: balances, coordination across a group and in pairs, and precise listening and response to match the rhythm of the music. The result produced veritable cogs and wheels of an intriguing new invention. A rap/song then followed, which captured the sense of Victorian history excellently. This comprised parts as well as call and response and was delivered with immaculate diction, expression and a sense of humour. Declaring their love of school at the end of it, the children led us neatly into a skit, written by them, of a typical Barnardo’s classroom. The scene was confidently delivered and very amusing! Alfred Noyes’ poem, The Highwayman, was then recited flawlessly, complete with suitable actions, a real sense of the metre and clear diction again. This was a real tour de force! Some children clarified the difference between metaphors and similes, supporting their explanation with examples from the poem, and others shared their poetry compositions. Finally we were treated to a sequence of play scripts, also written by the children, based on the story of The Highwayman. These were sensitively constructed with a real sense of the poem’s messages and characterisations. Well done! Many thanks go to Pullman Class and particular thanks are due to Bea and Vanessa who facilitated such a successful presentation from all of the children.




Fruit Snacks

Children in years three to six may wish to bring in a snack for morning break. Please help us avoid upset children by only providing fruit for this snack – dried, or fresh fruit is fine but no cereal bars/chocolate bars, crisps, etc.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Kids’ Club Number Change

There is now a new telephone number for Kids’ Club: 0207 354 6106

If you need to put your child on the Kids’ Club list as an emergency during the day, please call the school office before 3pm.

For all other Kids’ Club messages, please call the main Kids’ Club number.

Jewellery, Nail Varnish and Hair Dye! We know how tempting it is for children to experiment with adornments but ask you please not to let your child do this in school. This can cause upset and jealousy as well as, in the case of jewellery, present serious health and safety problems. Children are welcome to wear watches and stud earrings – no hooped earrings of any kind are allowed.

Thank you for your understanding.

Umansky Class Assembly As the audience filed into Umansky Class’ assembly, the mood was set to an upbeat version of Greensleeves, complete with seated disco moves. The children were in full Tudor costume, including several regal ones, and so we knew we would be in for some fun about Henry and his wives! We were not disappointed. Using the popular show, X Factor, as a model, Umansky Class tweaked it to become Wife Factor. The judges duly comprised, Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Danni Minogue although they were all dressed in beautiful Tudor garb! Thus we were treated to all his wives one by one who came to the front of the show and helped us to fully understand the sort of man Henry was and how his wives fared. The children showed enormous understanding of the period as well as showing empathy for all sorts of characters from the time: the wives were brilliantly depicted, as was Henry; Shakespeare came on to recite a sonnet; there was a real Tudor dance with all the moves particular to the era; a very informative poem about the queens and their demise; a song – Divorced, Beheaded and Died; and Greensleeves itself, sung beautifully accompanied by effective actions. The songs and poems were cleverly and skilfully interwoven throughout the Wife Factor, demonstrating how well these children work together as a team, listening carefully and supporting the action. The memory was formidable and their performance truly exceptional and professional. There was even a tech team for the sound and visual effects! Confident and imaginative, with a good dose of humour, Umansky Class put the smiles on our faces for the rest of the day. Well done to the children and especially well done to Lily and Maxine for bringing this production to its amazing fruition.


ESPRESSO HOME ACCESS Don’t forget the chance to use Espresso Home Access! It is filled with wonderful resources across all subject areas for children to access from home. Please follow the instructions on how to get into all the great material. Open a webpage and type in www.espresso.co.uk

Choose from the list ‘Espresso Home Access System’ and click on ‘Login’.

On the next page, type in your username and password (which your class teacher has already given to you). Tick ‘Accept the terms and conditions’ You are now ready to use the wonderful resources available on Espresso Home Access! Enjoy! Don’t forget our wonderful links to www.readingeggs.co.uk , www.MyMaths.co.uk and www.ttrockstars.com . If you have forgotten your passwords please ask your class teacher.



http://www.espresso.co.uk/

http://www.readingeggs.co.uk/

http://www.mymaths.co.uk/

http://www.ttrockstars.com/


WILLIAM TYNDALE TERM DATES 2016 - 2017

SPRING TERM 2017

FIRST DAY OF TERM Tuesday 3rd January 2017

INSET DAY Friday 27th January 2017

HALF TERM 13th February to 17th February 2017

LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 31st March 2017

Good Friday Friday 14th April 2017

Easter Monday Monday 17th April 2017

SUMMER TERM 2017

FIRST DAY OF TERM Tuesday 18th April 2017

MAY BANK HOLIDAY Monday 1st May 2017

HALF TERM 29th May – 2nd June 2017

Spring Bank Holiday Monday 29th May 2017

LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 21st July 2017




WILLIAM TYNDALE TERM DATES 2017 - 2018

AUTUMN TERM 2017 FIRST DAY OF TERM Monday 4th September 2017 INSET DAYS Monday 4th September 2017 Tuesday 5th September 2017 CHILDREN RETURN Wednesday 6th September 2017 HALF TERM 23rd October to 27th October 2017 INSET DAYS Monday 30th October 2017 Tuesday 31st October 2017 LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 15th December 2017 SPRING TERM 2018 FIRST DAY OF TERM Wednesday 3rd January 2018 HALF TERM 12th February to 16th February 2018 INSET DAY Friday 9th February 2018 LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 23rd March 2018 Good Friday Friday 30th March 2018 Easter Monday Monday 2nd April 2018 SUMMER TERM 2018 FIRST DAY OF TERM Monday 9th April 2018 May Bank Holiday Monday 7th May 2018 HALF TERM 28th May – 1st June 2018 Spring Bank Holiday Monday 28th May 2018 LAST DAY OF TERM Friday 20th July 2018






WORRIES OR CONCERNS?

If you have any concerns, no matter how small, about your child, please see their class teacher in the first instance. After school is the best time to do this and you can also arrange an appointment via the school office.

Please do not feel you have to wait until parent conferences to discuss matters about your child.

If you are not satisfied with the way in which your concern has been addressed then do please make an appointment to see Tanya (Head Teacher), Claire (Deputy Head Teacher), Bea (Assistant Head Teacher), Olivia (Assistant Head Teacher and SEND Leader), or Sophie (Assistant Head Teacher).

BICYCLE MANNERS

Thank you to those parents and

carers who always dismount and

leave their bicycles in our pods

away from all the children during

the morning and afternoon rush.

There is a real danger of them

falling on small children in

particular. We are also grateful

to those parents who remind their

children not to ride their scooters

and bicycles at any time through

the school grounds.

Collection from Kids’ Club

Thank you to all who enable Tina, Yvonne and Elvira to finish their work on time by 6 pm in Kids’ Club. If you are late three times in any one term you will not be able to send your child/ren to Kids’ Club until further notice. There is an immediate fine of £20 per child (including siblings) to pay if you do not collect by 6 pm. This increases by £1 every minute (per child), so please make sure you are at the door before then. Thank you.

Parking in Sable Street

We understand that some of you may

need to collect your children by car; if

you do please help us maintain good

neighbourly relations by making use

of public parking spaces and not

blocking exits. The Sable Street gate

will close at 9.05 a.m. and 3.45 p.m.

every day so please be mindful of this.

Thank you.

Playground Equipment

Thank you to those parents

and carers who remember to

keep their children off the

playground structures in the

morning and at the end of the

day.


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