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• School journey Day 1

  Mon 01 Oct 2018
  The team had a great journey down to Swanage, arriving just before 1 o'clock.  After some lunch and bed making, they hot footed it to the beach!

  

• Year 6 Farewell Prom

  Wed 18 Jul 2018

  On Tuesday July 17th the parents of Year 6 organised a farewell prom for the Year 6 children.  There was a red carpet, a disco, sweets and candy floss and a beautiful cake. 

  The children made a huge effort and looked amazing.  There was even a gift of flowers for one lucky partygoer! 

  A big thank you to all of the parents who helped put this together, especially to Lewis-Jae's Mum who made sure that it all happened and to Jay's Mum for getting the cake. Thanks to the PTFA as well for providing the tuck shop.

  Good luck Year 6, we will miss you all.

  

• Sports Day

  Wed 18 Jul 2018

  What a great day we chose for our re scheduled sports day this year!  There was enough sun to make for a bright day, but enough cloud and wind to keep the heat lower than we have seen it recently.

  The younger children took part in lots of different activities in the morning including hurdles, relays, sprints and egg and spoon races.  Everyone sat down for lunch together on the field at midday before the older children began their activities.  The long jump as ever, was very popular as was the three legged race which had people laughing uproariously all the way through!  A big thank you to the staff for their organisation and participation, especially to Miss Heat for her work behind the scenes and Mr Simms for keeping us all to time!  Thanks as well to the parents who came to support their children.  

  This would also not have been possible without the help and support of Sedgehill's PE department, Mr Barrett and his student team, so a big thank you to them as well.  

  

• Summer Fair Success

  Mon 16 Jul 2018

  July 13th saw Elfrida hold their annual summer fair.  The weather was beautiful and the turn out was fantastic!  As usual the bouncy assault course was hugely popular as was the BBQ.  The raffle tickets sold like crazy and there were many lucky winners.  The less said about the sliming of Miss Cartwright the better!!

  A huge thank you to the PTFA for all of their hard work in putting this together, especially to Clare and to Michelle.  Another big thank you to all of the staff whose efforts on the stalls ensured that the maximum fun was had by all.  

  

• Year 6 present Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  Fri 13 Jul 2018
  On July 12th, the Year 6 children performed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in front of a huge audience of proud parents.  They performed at 9.45am and then came back for the final evening show at 6pm.  The acting was amazing - We expect to see Charlie on stage in the West End soon!  A big well done to the children who stepped into parts at the last minute in the evening show to make sure it ran smoothly.  The props, lights and music were expertly managed so a big well done to the back stage crew as well as the centre stage performers.  A huge thank you to all of the people that worked so hard to put this performance together, the children, the parents and the staff.  

  

• Reception and Year 1 go to the beach!

  Fri 13 Jul 2018

  The sun shone and the sky was clear on the day that Reception and Year 1 went to Broadstairs.  What an adventure they had!  Train rides, paddling in the sea, building sandcastles and of course eating ice lollies in the sun.  Thank goodness it was a bit cooler at the coast.  Looking at the pictures, I am not sure who had more fun - the adults or the children!  Thank you to all of the parents for their support on the day and to all of the staff for their excellent organisation of the day! 

   

  

• Universal credit changes

  Tue 10 Jul 2018

   

  Please see the link below for information about changes to the benefit system and the change for new claims to universal credit

   

   

  https://www.phoenixch.org.uk/advice-support/universal-credit​

• United Nations of Elfrida Week

  Mon 02 Jul 2018

  Last week saw every class in the school take on a different country and become experts in it! Each class sent delegates to other classes to share the information that they had learnt and we had out own United Nations meetings in the hall.  Key Stage one had a flag ceremony in the playground and then they all shared things they had learnt about their countries.  Cedar class came into the hall as a giant Chinese Dragon and performed a fan dance; we had a traditional poi dance from New Zealand as well as a beautiful French song amongst other performances.  In KS2, Beech class demonstrated how to have fun with the traditional pinata and created so much Mexican inspired art work they had to have their own exhibition! Redwood class performed a dance from Canada and Baobab shared facts they had learnt about Portugal to name just a few acts.  

  The week ended up with a cultural cafe, with many parents bringing in food to share.  The final event was a huge success with lots of people sharing and enjoying food from allover the world.  

  Thank you to all of the parents for their generosity with their food and to Mr McNulty for organising the week's activities. 

  

• NED assembly (and yo-yos!)

  Thu 21 Jun 2018

  On Wednesday 20th June we had a visit from Ned and Nate all the way from California.  They came to talk to us about using our growth mindsets.  Ned's name stands for Never give up, Encourage others, Do your best.

  The assemblies were really good and the children were spellbound.  The story of NED and his journey was a great way to explore the ideas of using a growth mindset with the children which has built on a lot of the work we have been doing in school.  The use of the yo-yos and some magical illusions were a great way of captivating the 250 children in the hall!  Ask your child about Yet the yeti, Captain Kindness and the brain aliens!

  Yo-yos are available in the school office should you wish to purchase them.  There is no obligation to do so and the school receives no money from their sales.  

  

• Football Triumph!

  Wed 20 Jun 2018

  Lewisham district team won the London cup final on Saturday 16^th June, beating Islington 7-1 in the process. They played some outstanding football and Callum from Year 6 and Rashaard from Athelney played starring roles. Callum set up 3 of the Lewisham goals and Rashaard got on the scoresheet adding the 5^th goal in an excellent performance. They should be very proud of themselves and will also be representing Lewisham again in the Greater London cup final on June 23^rd.

  Good luck boys!