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Year 5 met the Reception children for the first time this week, as part of our 'Big Friends, Little Friends' project. This first initial meeting involved becoming familiar with each other before next week, when we will match up two Year 5 children with their 'Little Friend'. We are so excited about the activities we have planned over the course of the academic year which will provide opportunities for the 'friends' to work together. We are all looking forward to seeing our older children take on this responsibility and the younger children reap the rewards of these special friendships. 

We really enjoyed welcoming our families into school on Monday afternoon to see the wonderful outcomes of our 'Around the World Day'. The children were so proud to show their families around the school. The children learnt about countries including Australia, Vatican City, Thailand and Mongolia. The children not only learned about the location and the physical geography of these countries but also about language, culture and any environmental issues including responsible tourism.  Please remember to complete the virtual passport for a chance to win a prize. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dLBD9Q9d9kuugeX4kvudEyvUFkBhm5CwSLT2Y7r3YsQ/edit

 

 

Our Autumn Term Tea-Time Concert was held on Tuesday.

Good afternoon, 

The running order for the teatime concert on Tuesday will be as follows:

Infants Choir

Junior Choir

Recorders

Dylan (Year 5) on guitar

Gabriela (Year 3) on piano

Nuwaira (Year 6) singing

Lisa (Year 4) on piano

Haim (Year 5) on piano

Tiyanshika (Year 4) on piano

Charlotte (Year 4) on violin

Raphael (Year 6) piano

There may be some further additions to the lineup, but as things stand quite a wonderful show to look forward to!

Families, please wait by the assembly hall at pick up time, and your children who are performing will be there waiting to perform. Doors will open from 3.15pm. The evening will be hosted by our two lead Year 6 music ambassadors, Raphael and Saoirse. 

Any queries, please email Mr Dennis on ddennis14@suttonmail.org 

Thanks, 

 

Over the last two weeks both the language ambassadors and music ambassadors had their first leadership meetings.

Language ambassadors

- we discussed how within our group of school leaders there were over 17 languages spoken!

- we unpicked what we thought were the core values of being a language ambassador, and how the roles would look over the year

- we talked about the kinds of activities we would undertake in class and across the school over the year - e.g. language of the week, national language days, cultural celebration days etc.

- we identified upper KS2 children as reading leaders who will support EAL children further down the school, or new arrivals who also share the same language. Below are Sahir and Minsong, two of our leading Year 6 language ambassadors.

        

Music Ambassadors

- we all introduced ourselves to one another, and expressed why we felt that music was a big part of our lives. Some answers included "Because I play an instrument...because I love the sounds music makes....because aIl love to sing and dance...because I really like rhythm....because I love rapping...because I love singing along to musicals."

- we discussed what we thought all the positive traits of a music ambassador should be, including looking after being extra responsible for the musical instruments around the school

- we thought about how we could promote the love of music more in our classes and across the school

- we talked about the upcoming teatime concert, which will be hosted by two of our senior Year 6 music ambassadors, Raphael and Saoirse. 

- we had a jam in the key of C using a variety of musical instruments!