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• Parliament Week

  Mon 30 Nov 2015

   

  To follow on from their work during Parliament Week, Years 5 and 6 were visited this morning by Sir Roger Gale, MP for North Thanet.  Although our school does not fall into his constituency, many of the children and their families who live in central Margate, Garlinge and the Millmead area are represented by him as their local MP.  Sir Roger talked to the children about his job and told them about other roles he has had in Parliament during his thirty-two year career.  The children listened attentively and asked very intelligent and thoughtful questions.  

  

• Pupil wins MP's Christmas Card competition

  Fri 27 Nov 2015

   

  We were very excited to learn that Kieron in Year 6 was this year's winner of the Thanet-wide 'Design a Christmas Card' competition.  As the competition winner, run by Mr Craig Mackinlay MP, member of Parliament for South Thanet, Kieron's card has been commercially produced and will be sent out by Mr Mackinlay's office.  There were over 120 designs submitted just by our school so it was a hard fought prize.

   

  Well done, Kieron.  We are very proud of you! 

   

  The photograph is Kieron receiving a framed copy of his design from Craig Mackinlay.

  

• Parliament week

  Fri 20 Nov 2015

   

  We were thrilled to receive such a complimentary email from Mr Dominic Woodward who visited the school as part of Parliament Week.  Mr Woodward is a civil servant, based in London, who works for the Department of Health.  The children were very interested in finding out all about the workings of central government.  They listened very attentively and asked some very mature and thought-provoking questions.

   

  Dear Miss Connellan,

   

  I just wanted to put on record my thanks for yesterday. From the moment I arrived I was thoroughly impressed with the school, its facilities and its staff and, most importantly, its students. It was a pleasure to speak.

   

  I hope that today goes (went) well, enjoy the remainder of Parliament week and have a restful weekend!

   

  Dominic Woodward

   

• Come and see....

  Wed 18 Nov 2015

   

  Come and see.....Year 2 home learning projects!

   

  Year 2 children have made some wonderful dragons at home.  Parents had an opportunity to come in and celebrate the amazingly creative designs.  Well done to everyone who took part.

  

• £922.28 for Children in Need

  Wed 18 Nov 2015

   

  Thank you for the amazing support for Children in Need.  Together we raised an incredible £922.28 through various fund-raising activities, mainly organised and run by the pupils.

• Fantastic feedback!

  Wed 18 Nov 2015

   

  We were delighted to have such positive feedback following the trip to the Houses of Parliament yesterday, received via the school office...

   

  Sophie's mum has just called to say a big thank you for how well you kept the parents informed during the trip. She said she was very impressed with how the school dealt with the whole trip & wanted to pass on her gratitude.

   

  Well done to the children for their exemplary conduct and to the staff and volunteers for arranging such a fabulous trip.

• Term 1 attendance

  Fri 13 Nov 2015

   

  The overall school attendance for Term 1 was 96.7%.  Special congratulations go to Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 who were all over 97%.

  

• National Young Mathematicians' Award

  Wed 11 Nov 2015

   

  The National Young Mathematicians' Awards are the only team maths competition for primary schools in the UK. The competition, now in its fifth year, is run in conjunction with the NRICH project at the University of Cambridge and is designed to inspire and challenge talented mathematicians from across the UK. 

   

  After much deliberation by Mrs Weitzel, due to the number of fantastic mathematicians at our school, a team of four children was selected.  Yesterday, they competed in the first round of the National Young Mathematicians' Award. They were given a challenge to work through and were judged not only on their maths ability, but also on how well they worked as a team. Our children scored a very impressive 35 marks out of a total of 40 and have earned themselves a place in round 2.

   

  http://nrich.maths.org/11576   Click on this link to see some of the past challenges and have a go yourself!

   

  Congratulations to the team!

  

• Parliament Week

  Tue 10 Nov 2015

   

  There are lots of amazing activities, trips and events next week to mark Parliament Week.  Parents and carers are welcome to a special event to meet local councillors and also find out what the children have been learning about Parliament, democracy and citizenship.

  

• Author of the term winners

  Fri 06 Nov 2015

  We had lots of really wonderful entries to this term’s Author of the Term challenge! The children’s use of descriptive vocabulary was brilliant.

  Special mentions must go to Kacper Gorny, Kerri-Ann Rolfe, Millie Rowland, Amy Appleton, Connie Cripps and Cydney Osbourne.

   

  Our overall winners are Alec Godden (1HA), Evi Ali (2L) and Sapphire Turner (6B).  Thank you to Mrs Wilson for organising the theme and competition.