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1 Dates for your Calendar 2020 Term starts Friday 4 th September Autumn half- term holiday Oct 26th- 30th Term ends- Friday 18th December Dear Parents/Guardians, What a difficult and sharp learning curve we have all gone through. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our parents and especially our wonderful young pupils for enduring this difficult time and coming out stronger and wiser. Thank you for all the support you have offered your children and The Fordway Centre. Most importantly, thank you to the pupils for attending all the online lessons and completing your work packs. Our staff were so excited when home ‘eyes-on’ visits were done and we were pleased to see that you were safe and happy albeit during the lockdown. We would like to express our condolences to the Kingham/O’Brien family for the sad loss of their mother to Covid-19. The family is in our thoughts and prayers. We have now opened our school to the Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils. It has been difficult to maintain our social distancing and we would have liked to have had all our pupils back at school but as you know our school is very small and our classrooms even smaller. However, we are thrilled that we will be able to open to all pupils in the new school year. I would like to thank Mole class and Miss Sileno for taking on an outreach project during lockdown to Uganda, (The Firmrock Children Helper Charity Organisation.) There is more in the newsletter. A special thank you to Michael Prichard, Kay Rai and others, who would like to remain anonymous for donating £493 to cover postage. A huge thank you to Mail Boxes ETC from Staines who offered the best price to ship our books and adding to the donations. We know that these books will be put to good use. Finally, we would like to wish our year 6 pupils, that are leaving our school at the end of the year, the absolute best. We know that they are going on to good schools and they will continue to make Fordway proud. I hope that everyone has a well-deserved holiday Best Wishes Linda Whitehorn Contents What the students say Trip to the Chocolate factory 2 Whats going on at KS1/2? Curriculum day 3 Sweets & Treats 4 Mole class 5 Ash class 6 Gardening club 7 Fund raising 8 Favourite recipe 9 Just for fun 10 Books to Uganda 11 Just for fun 12 Fordway Centre NEWSLETTER Spring/Summer 2020 Issue 15

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Page 1: Spring/Summer 2020 Issue 15 · Doctor Choc’s Windsor Chocolate factory What the students say... “Pre -Covid 19” KS1 and KS2 students have enjoyed a trip to Doctor Choc’s Windsor

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Dates for your Calendar

2020

Term starts –

Friday 4th September

Autumn half- term holiday

Oct 26th- 30th

Term ends-

Friday 18th December

Dear Parents/Guardians,

What a difficult and sharp learning curve we have all gone through. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our parents and especially our wonderful young pupils for enduring this difficult time and coming out stronger and wiser. Thank you for all the support you have offered your children and The Fordway Centre. Most importantly, thank you to the pupils for attending all the online lessons and completing your work packs. Our staff were so excited when home ‘eyes-on’ visits were done and we were pleased to see that you were safe and happy albeit during the lockdown. We would like to express our condolences to the Kingham/O’Brien family for the sad loss of their mother to Covid-19. The family is in our thoughts and prayers. We have now opened our school to the Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils. It has been difficult to maintain our social distancing and we would have liked to have had all our pupils back at school but as you know our school is very small and our classrooms even smaller. However, we are thrilled that we will be able to open to all pupils in the new school year. I would like to thank Mole class and Miss Sileno for taking on an outreach project during lockdown to Uganda, (The Firmrock Children Helper Charity Organisation.) There is more in the newsletter. A special thank you to Michael Prichard, Kay Rai and others, who would like to remain anonymous for donating £493 to cover postage. A huge thank you to Mail Boxes ETC from Staines who offered the best price to ship our books and adding to the donations. We know that these books will be put to good use. Finally, we would like to wish our year 6 pupils, that are leaving our school at the end of the year, the absolute best. We know that they are going on to good schools and they will continue to make Fordway proud. I hope that everyone has a well-deserved holiday

Best Wishes

Linda Whitehorn

Contents What the students

say

Trip to the Chocolate

factory 2

Whats going on at

KS1/2?

Curriculum day 3

Sweets & Treats 4

Mole class 5

Ash class 6

Gardening club 7

Fund raising 8

Favourite recipe 9

Just for fun 10

Books to Uganda 11

Just for fun 12

Fordway Centre

NEWSLETTER

Spring/Summer 2020 Issue 15

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Doctor Choc’s Windsor Chocolate factory

What the students say...

“Pre -Covid 19”

KS1 and KS2 students have enjoyed a trip to Doctor Choc’s Windsor Chocolate factory.

This term student learnt about ‘Sweets and Treats’ for their topic.

The students had an opportunity to become familiar with the process of packaging design via

hands- on activity in which students learnt to design and assemble their very own chocolate

box with which to package the chocolates they have just made in the chocolate factory.

Unique chocolates in a uniquely designed box.

The highlight of the trip to the chocolate factory is the hands-on chocolate making

experience! Students learnt how to work with chocolate whilst making their very own

unique creations, e.g. Bars, truffles, dipped fruits, soft-centre chocolates etc. Choosing from

organic, sustainable and ethically sourced chocolate (milk, white and dark) along with 30

different ingredients with which to decorate.

At the end of the visit everyone’s delicious creations had set and are ready to be wrapped.

The students had a final question and answers session and a certificate. Students said it was a

great trip.

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What the students say…

“Pre -Covid 19”

Curriculum day - R.S.E.

Our curriculum day this term consisted of three activities.

Friendship characteristics- Students made friendship bracelets and a ‘What makes a good friend’

poster, to encourage students to have a greater understanding of what it means to be a good

friend.

Kindness-Students put a heart in a jar with kind words about each other. Students were taught to

understand that in school and in a wider society they can expect to be treated with respect by

others.

The importance of friendships- Students participated in a blindfolded obstacle course in pairs and

worked as a team. Also, in 3’s students had to rescue teddy from the other side of the playground

without stepping on the ground (imaginary acid water) with only having 4 pieces of card for all

three students to work with. The students learnt to trust others and build friendships.

“I nearly

got it!”

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What is going on at KS1 “Pre -Covid 19”

Sweets & Treats

This term Thames class have been learning about

Sweets & Treats for their Topic. The students have

made Gingerbread and chocolate Truffles.

Also, a trip to the local Tesco’s to choose some fruit

to make a smoothie. They chose their ingredients of

three different fruits each, which were liquidized to

make a delicious smoothie.

The smoothies were enjoyed by all, not forgetting the

trip to Doctor Choc’s Windsor Chocolate factory;

check out the pictures on page 7.

Our word of the week programme is extremely

popular with all the students. Thames class used the

weekly new word ‘laborious’ in their work and

remembered the word all that week, this was rewarded

with a drink of hot chocolate. Well done Thames class!

Delicious Hot

Chocolate!

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What’s going on at KS2? “Pre -Covid 19”

Mole class

The students in Mole class have been learning about Sweets & Treats also for their Topic. They

have looked at the stories; ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Hansel & Gretel’.

Also, they have been learning about Cocoa; where it comes from, when it was discovered and not

forgetting what it is used for.

The students have enjoyed making a Hansel and Gretel house made from sweets and some great

hand puppets.

Also, this term the students visited the local Tesco store to buy items to learn about different tastes

such as sweet, salty, bitter and sour. They bought sweets, crisps, fresh limes, popcorn and drinks.

It was a fun lesson especially tasting their purchases. The overall favourite taste was the sweet

taste.

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What is going on in KS2? “Pre -Covid 19”

Ash class

Ash class have been busy learning about chocolate this term for their Topic Sweets & Treats.

The students have learnt about the ‘Mayan Indians’ and their involvement in chocolate.

Apparently, the Mayans are one of the oldest civilisations on the American continent and were

the first people to grow cocoa trees.

They consumed chocolate by first harvesting the seeds or beans from Cocoa trees. They then

were fermented and dried out, then roasted, their skins were removed, and the beans were

ground into a paste.

The Mayan Indians and the Aztecs used the cocoa beans as a barter currency to exchange for

food or clothes, as well as for preparing a bitter drink, known as Xocoatl, which was nothing

like the hot chocolate we drink today.

In Literacy lessons the students have been reading the book; Charlie and the chocolate factory

and have been describing the chocolate room.

Further thinking

One student which has been learning about Sweets & Treats for their Topic and attended the

Doctor Choc Windsor day where he learnt how chocolate is made. He remarked that he would

like to one day when he is older go to Ghana and buy a Cocoa plantation. He would pay the

workers decent wages. Also, he would not use Palm oil in the process of making chocolate

because the trees are cut down to make the oil. The animals need the trees to survive. This is a

great vision for a student to have and to stretch his thinking.

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A visi

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Gardening club “Pre -Covid 19”

Lunchtime Gardening club

Miss Sileno started a Gardening club this term

on Mondays and Tuesdays during lunchtime.

The students have been clearing leaves,

planting bulbs and seeds.

They have been using gardening equipment,

such as shovels, rakes and troughs. This has

proved a popular activity.

It has been great to see the transformation of

the grounds during this time. Tulips have been

planted in flower beds and herbs such as basil,

parsley, radishes, chives and coriander.

Students have been learning how to care for

something and have been taking turns to water

them. It has been amazing for students to see

how something can grow from a seed.

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Fundraising

Heartflow.org.za– Helping the Homeless

This term the school council decided to raise money for the homeless

in other countries. This charity helps all the homeless by providing

them with vital equipment and help.

Thanks to Heartflow the public is now able to help homeless and

hungry people in a sustainable, holistic way by connecting them with

local non-profit companies.

NEWS FLASH!

Due to the recent outbreak, of the Corona virus. Some students and staff have isolated

themselves, so with our numbers being down we have decided to postpone our fundraising

till the Autumn term.

Pancake Flipping The students enjoyed making and flipping pancakes this term. One student managed to flip his

pancake four times, can you?

“Pre -Covid 19”

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Favourite Recipe…. mmm

Pancakes

100g Plain Flour

2 Eggs

300ml Milk

Golden Syrup Lemon Juice Sugar

1. Whisk the flour and eggs together until smooth.

2. Gradually add the milk and carry on whisking.

3. When the batter is lump-free, put some oil in a frying

pan and put on a medium heat.

4. Pour some batter into the pan and tilt to move the

mix around

the pan.

5. Cook for about 30 seconds until golden, then flip over

and cook on the other side.

6. Serve the pancakes with Golden Syrup, Sugar or Lemon

juice.

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Just for fun ’’Happy Easter Holiday”

Newsletter 15 written by Mrs. Harper Please note- all the photos were taken before Lockdown- except

Books to Uganda page 11

Easter Word Search Instructions: Try to find all the hidden Easter words in the word search puzzle below. (Words can be spelled forwards, backwards, diagonally, up, or down.)

G Y C N N I A R S W

Z M L P P Q R D E W

W F Q I N Y H O U V

C L X E M O J L W K

A F G Z L A S E N G

N Z G I Z E F L B N

D L D L E B D M H H

Y A M D X K A Y T S

Y D S H Z L J F E C

P M T E N N O B O K

Word List

BONNET HOLIDAY

CANDY LAMB

DYE RAIN

FAMILY SEEDS

Newsletter 15 written by Mrs. Harper Please note- all the photos were taken before Lockdown-except

Books for Uganda page 11

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Books to Uganda

During our lockdown and having pupils in school, we

did a survey of all the old resources available at school.

We found that there were resources that there no

longer used. Pupils and staff set to work to find a way

to donate these resources to other schools that have a

need. Miss Sileno found a charity in Uganda. She set to

work, found donations and we are happy to say that

four boxes of Maths textbooks are on their way.

http://www.firmrockhelper.org/index.html Outreach Project sending books and resources to

Uganda Firmrock to help underprivledged children.

Incorporated in mathematics working out weights and

amounts of books per box

An excessively big Thankyou to our sponsors Kay Rai who

sponsored the postage. Also, Majid Ali in South Africa, a

sponsor in Norway and a few anonymous sponsors. These

people made the process happen. Thankyou!

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Just for fun ’’Happy Summer Holiday”