School website: www.garfield.enfield.sch.uk

Headteacher’s Message

A warm welcome to our last half term of the academic year. I hope you all had a restful half term and I know many families will have been celebrating Eid. You all know that I wrote to you earlier this week to explain that we will be opening on the 15th June to children in Nursery, Reception and Year 1 and on the 22nd June to children in Year 6. The letter is on our website. We are very busy with our preparations for the wider re-opening. We are also taking a further look at our home learning. Our analysis shows some classes have very different rates of pupils completing home learning regularly. We are therefore looking at ways to increase pupils’ learning at home. I do understand that all parents are trying their best under difficult circumstances and we want to do all we can to support you. Wishing you all a restful weekend. Karen Khwaja Headteacher

FRIDAY COMMUNITY FLYER

LET’S STAY CONNECTED!

Issue No. 7 5th June 2020

Birthdays Shout Outs Happy birthday to all the children celebrating their birthdays in the next seven days! Andrey from Bluebell Class - 7! Shazad from Marigold Class - 8! Sharnell from Flamingo Class - 9! Salmaan from Fuchsia Class - 9! Esther from Fuchsia Class - 9! Promise from Emerald Class—11!

Message Board From Staff

Ms Sesstein on her daily walk

Ms M Walls has been planting

Ms C Walls trying to blow Ms Siddique 2 metres away!

Things I have learnt during lockdown

I have learnt that there are really good people out

there; when things look bad we all come together,

help one another, appreciate each other, how strong

we are and can be, how adaptable and exceptional

we all are. It is important to forgive ourselves, to let

go of things. Having a positive attitude can change

your outlook on something and above all be kind to

yourself.

Ms Siddique

Hi everyone!

I'm Ms Cousins and when I'm not working in the school office I love to grow plants in my garden. Recently, I was planting some tomatoes when I noticed a tiny round disc in the soil, only about the size of a shirt button. It was dark brown and I thought it was just a piece of earth. However, something made me pick it up. I turned it over and rubbed it - and guess what? No, no genie appeared, but something nearly as exciting! I could see the outline of a woman's head. It was a coin! A really old coin! I rushed indoors and washed it carefully in a cup of water and what do you think? The date 1842 appeared! I was so thrilled. Although my coin isn't very valuable, it is so interesting that I'm going to do lots more digging in case I can find any more 'treasure'! Now - some questions for you: The date on the coin is 1842. Can you work out how old it is? There is a picture of a queen of England on one side of the coin. Can you find out what her name was? I wonder how the coin came to be in my flower bed - can you make up a story about what happened?

Ms Cousins

MESSAGES AND PHOTOS FROM CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Great effort everyone! Keep exploring, learning, discovering, but above all, have fun!

Cayaan - Nursery Tala - Hellebore

Amber and Aysu - Sunflower Miriam - Bluebell Eleonora—Emerald

Kamil Y - Bluebell

CHILDREN OF THE WORLD TODAY

Challenge: can you act it out?

Stomp your feet and clap your hands Children from so many lands. Jump for joy and jump for fun. Jumping’s great for everyone! Singing, giggling, laughing smiles, Happiness across the miles. Hop for joy and hop for fun. Hopping’s great for everyone! Tap your head and touch your toes, Woggle your ears and wrinkle your nose!

Skip for joy and skip for fun. Skipping’s great for everyone! Sit down small and sit up tall. Whack the floor and wallop the wall! Run for joy and run for fun. Running’s great for everyone! Children of the world today It’s time for fun! It’s time to play! Brenda Williams

CHOCOLATE CAKE IN A MUG

This simple recipe requires only few ingredients; it is super fun to make and delicious to eat!

You will need : 4 tablespoons of self-rising flour

4 tablespoons of caster sugar 2 tablespoons of cocoa

1 egg 3 tablespoons of milk

3 tablespoons of sunflower oil a few drops of vanilla essence

Mix the flour, sugar and cocoa in a big mug and stir in the egg. Then, add all the other ingredients and mix well. You can also add chocolate chips, raisins or nuts if you want. Put the mug with the chocolate mixture into the microwave and cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until it’s firm on the top. Wait for it to cool down and enjoy. You could even make it into a competition with other members of your family to see who has got the tallest cake or have a ’virtual cook-off‘ with a friend as Ms Pericleous did (she wrote about in a previous issue).

French

Of the week!

1. Can you order the months as they appear in your calendar?

avril

2. In which month were you born? (girl) Je suis née en………………… (boy) Je suis né en…………………..

Bienvenue à notre French challenge of the week! I hope you had a restful break. For the final term of the year, we will be learning about birthdays! Joyeux anniversaire

if it is your birthday soon!

Did you know there is no capital letter for the month of the year in French?

février

novembre

janvier

septembre

juin

août

décembre

juillet mai

octobre

PUZZLE TIME! 1. Gemma the snake has up to 20 eggs. If she counts them in

fours, she has 3 left over. If she counts them in fives, she has 4 left over. How many eggs does Gemma have?

2. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were all

born in 19__.

+ = 45

+ x

x = 14

= =

32 40

x - = ?

TEST YOUR SCHOOL KNOWLEDGE

Our school has been closed for most of our children for over two months now. Let’s see what you can still remember abut it.

1.What is the colour of the school gates? 2. What kind of animal is Garfield? 3. What colour is Year 1? 4. Which class’s anagram is SLOWER FUN? 5. Which of the school values begins with I? 6. Which class performed the last nativity play? 7. Which teacher has been here the longest? 8. What is the name of the school’s office manager? Well done if you got all the answers right!

Home Learning It is important that every child continues

to complete some schoolwork every school day. The school would like to say a

big thank you to all parents and other family members who have been

supporting their children with their work and also to the pupils themselves for all

their efforts while learning in such different circumstances.

Home learning tasks and activities for every class are updated weekly, every

Monday, on the school website at: https://

www.garfield.enfield.sch.uk/online-educational-websites/

Please login to see what your child needs to complete this week.