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St Faithian Autumn Term w/e 16 November 2018

Friends of St Faith’s This week we think it is starting to feel a bit like Christmas as we make plans for the upcoming Christmas Fair on December 7

(3.15-5pm). As is traditional, we will be decking both school halls with fantastic festive frivolities, including an array of stalls laden with amazing gift ideas as well as some great games to play. We have even heard that Santa is planning on making a visit, so be sure to put the date in your calendar! Other great St Faith’s traditions at the fair are the tombola and the class hampers, so please look out for the letter asking for donations for these, as well as jam jars and mulled wine. As always, we would love for you to get involved, so please let us know if you would like to join our very merry band in planning and

helping out at the fair. We can’t promise to make all your Christmas wishes come true, but we think helping at the fair would definitely ensure your place on the Nice List . Emmabatch05@gmail.com (07971 014821) Victoria.crocker@stfaithsprep.com (07724917030)

Year 6 visit to Dover Museum—Mrs Woodhead Is it a sash? Is it a wig? No. It turns out that it’s a woolly skirt from the Bronze Age. This was just one of the many genuine and replica artefacts handled by our Year 6 historians during their trip to Dover Museum last week. They also looked in detail at bones, pots and tools from the period, drawing conclusions from these artefacts as to how our ancestors may have lived. We are very fortunate to live so close to the biggest and best (not that the staff at Dover are at all biased) Bronze Age artefact in the country – the magnificent boat which was discovered buried only a stone’s throw from the museum just over thirty years ago. Year 6 pupils were keen to learn all about the excavation of the open boat and amazed to discover that it would have transported not only humans and goods for trade, but also livestock across the channel. This seemed a bit alarming for all concerned. Personally I’m very happy with the ‘no pigs’ rule on the ferry. Bursting with knowledge about this amazing prehistoric watercraft, the children set about making a clay

replica, complete with cloth, crops and pots to trade (as well as the odd pig). Artistic skills were put to good use here and a very realistic looking flotilla is now drying out at the back of 6W’s classroom. No Year 6 school trip would be complete without a visit to the shop and this one was no exception. The children were complimented on their excellent behaviour and politeness by the staff at Dover. This helped them to have a memorable trip packed with useful information ready to bring back to school and apply to their History lessons. Sadly for a couple of our boys, the woolly skirt had to be left behind.

Head’s Corner

It’s been a wonderful week of competition where we have experienced both loss and victory but witnessed a passion and determination to achieve and never give up from our children. Their efforts have been a pleasure to behold and I take such pride in their ‘I can and I will’ attitude. I hope you all have a well-deserved family weekend and enjoy a rest.

Sport Report A super week of football for our U9s and U11s. Games were played both home and away against Kent College, Spring Grove, Northbourne Park, Dover College and Junior King’s Canterbury. All our little footballers played with spirit and determination. Do read about their skills here www.stfaithsprep.com

Christmas is coming! Nativity practises are in full swing at St Faith’s; costumes are being prepared, props are being gathered and lines are being learnt. As our parents eagerly anticipate their children’s performances on stage, Reception decided to give us a sneak preview of one of their songs. Hopefully the children have been practising at home too and we expect to see lots of you joining in on the day. Stars will shine, kings will bear gifts, shepherds will tend to their sheep and there will be lots to celebrate...don’t forget that tickets for the Nursery and Reception plays can be purchased from Mrs Bourne in the school office.

Year 3 learn about food, germs, and fitness. Mrs Bowyer The Year 3’s Science topic of Humans and Food really came to life on Monday with a

visit from Mrs Burrell where we spent a fun-packed afternoon learning all about food, germs and fitness. Armed with her UV light box and fake germ spray the children learnt how to wash their hands effectively and how quickly germs can spread. Don’t forget those wrists and finger nails! With clean hands, Mrs Burrell treated us to a crash course in smoothie making, with names such as ‘Cleansing Energy’. ‘Solar Energy Juice’, and ‘Blooming Energy’ and ingredients

including ginger, banana, spinach, carrot, cucumber, strawberries, melon and orange juice. Who wouldn’t want a taste? The children voted with their taste buds for either the green, pink or orange smoothie and unanimously chose the ‘Blooming Energy’ pink drink – delicious.

Year 2 visit Canterbury Cathedral—Mrs Latham Finding peace within a place of spirituality. On Tuesday Year 2 visited one of the most important places in the world to Christian believers of The Church of England. They went there to discover where St Thomas had been killed by Henry II's knights and they also looked around in awe at the magnificent building which was built using just hands. As they entered the Cathedral, they sat down to take in the peace and tranquillity of the building. They sat in silence and tuned into what they were feeling. Noah announced he felt holy and quite a few of the year group said that they felt peaceful and warm inside their hearts. Up in the schools’ centre, the children got dressed up ready to act out the story of Thomas a Becket. The guide took the children on a whistle stop tour of the Cathedral which took a bit longer than she had anticipated because the children were asking questions about what they saw. She was in fact very impressed with their knowledge and commented to Mrs Everton that they had been one of the nicest groups to take around. She couldn't believe they were just 6 or 7. After telling the story of Thomas in The Chapter House, the children went to see the actual spot where the knights killed him. Sancy noted that maybe the King didn't really mean it when he said, 'Who will rid me of this troublesome knight?' We all agreed because he was his friend to begin with and so the children of Year 2 concluded that we

must all think before we say anything bad about somebody...in other words, one of our school rules...make wise decisions! We also saw the altar of St Nicholas who helped a poor family by putting money down their chimney one night because they had no food. Yes, you guessed it, we know him today as Santa Claus or Father Christmas!

Clubs & Hobbies

Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

Guess the LOGO

Last week’s answer: Dominoes

Deputy Head Boy & Girl’s Teaser!

What has two hands but no arms or legs?

Last week’s answer: A Candle

Week commencing 19 November 2018 Monday Tuesday 8.30am Pilates Wednesday 8.40am Class 5M Assembly 1.45pm U11ABC Girls’ Football Tournament @ Spring Grove AWAY Thursday 1.30pm U9 Girls’ Hockey Tournament @ Junior King’s Canterbury AWAY Friday 10.00am Tiny Toots 3.30pm U11 Boys’ Football vs Wingham, AWAY

Nursery love story time! Story time in Nursery is always a popular part of the day where the children get together for some quiet time. This week in lower Nursery our topic has been favourite stories. We have

enjoyed reading Dear Zoo, The Gruffalo and The Tiger Who Came To Tea, to name a few! The children were invited to bring their own favourite books to Nursery to share with their friends. Stories are an important part of our curriculum as they expand the children’s knowledge of literacy and develop their communication and language skills. But it doesn’t just stop there! The children have also been size-ordering their favourite Gruffalo characters for mathematical development and creating their very own ‘Dear Zoo’ giraffes using a range of media.

Week Commencing 19.11.18

Monday

Art Club Yr 2-6 YES

Gym Upper Nursery upwards YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Tuesday

Dance Pixies & Fairies Ballet up to Yr 1 YES

Drama Upper School Yr 2-6 YES

French Yr 3,4 &5 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Wednesday

Dance Ballet & Jazz Yr 2 upwards YES

Fencing Yr 2-6 (8.00am - 8.45am) YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Musical Theatre Yr 2 - 6 YES

Netball Yr 3 - 6 YES

Thursday

Badminton Yr 3 - 6 YES

Computers Yr 4-6 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

Friday

Dodge Ball Yr 2 - 6 YES

Music (During School hours) YES

READING SHELF

The following children completed reading shelves this week:

Cleo Parkinson, Jessica Hurst, Noah McCann, Portia Taylor-Wilson, James Payne,

Sophia Gudge, Jude Leberl, Jessie Wynn, Mason McCann, Sancy Carthew, Lucy Harrop,

Holly Matravers, Leo Harrison– Verrion, Evie Dove, Lily Read, Charley Woodhead,

Daniel Klosek, Mabel McGuirk, Michael Coombes, Rafi Brennan-Ray,

Holly Rooke, Maddie Ward, Cobi Booth

HEADTEACHER’S AWARD

Harriet Bolton, Danielle Aron, Sylvie Brown for writing a poem using the subjective

Ashmitha Palanisamy for her wonderful writing

Harpriya Dhaliwal outstanding work in Maths

CHILDREN’S ACHIEVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Sami Ur-Rehman received a certificate of merit for successfully completing part one of the John Thompson’s Easiest Piano course Sienna Drury has achieved the British Gymnastics proficiency award for level 8

MUSIC STAR OF THE WEEK

Elliot Finlay for his Music Theory work

SPORTS STAR OF THE WEEK Oliver Walker

PLAYERS OF THE MATCH

Oliver Barker, Oscar Irwin, Edward Dove, Oscar Farquhar, Poppy Batchelor,

Genevieve Jeer, Martin Long Castro, Nicholas Fox

BRONZE Poppy Andrews, Julie Oprchal, Yasmin Amin, Anaïs Andrews, James Cutting, Sienna Hirst,

Holly Rooke, Romy Todd

GOLDEN BALL

Krish Bhide, Nicholas Fox,

Jamie Montgomery, James Cutting, Elliot Finley

Times Tables Challenge

Mars stage 9

Jaspar Rae Alice Blease

Birthdays

Skye McGarry Bertie Hampshire

These children are Stars of the week for all their effort in class

RB Ethan Smith For a positive settled week

RR James Payne For greater focus in all areas

1CP Amber Vince For always being the best that she can be

1B James Evans For continually trying his best to listen to instructions and improve his writing

2E Gurveena Dhaliwal For supporting her partner brilliantly during Science

2L Alex Wynn For reading really well

3B Harper Skudder-Acaster For great listening/hardworking in all lessons and catching up on missed work

3F Edward Dove For being a role model for positivity 4A Kitty McCullin For outstanding effort in English

4M Romy Todd For a detailed talk on WW1

5A Logan Bouhours-Goodlad For a great approach to his learning

5M Martha Rang For thinking logically when applying her understanding

6G Martin Long-Castro For attention, participation and enjoyment of the day at Dover Museum

6W Om Patel For organisation in an independent task

FRIEND OF THE WEEK

Alex Wynn for being very kind and generous to his friends on the school trip

House House Points

Ash 150

Beech 183

Oak 187

Sycamore 202