Steve Hatt, Marketing Director,  for Thanet Earth visited us to congratulate  Rhys (Y5) on winning the Thanet School Recipe challenge. He showed us the recipe card that will be available for Tesco customers, which contains Rhys' recipe and a picture of him making his delicious dish. The school also received £300 of Tesco vouchers, which Miss Powell, who runs our cookery club is going to spend on equipment to ensure that more children are able to create their own dishes in the future. 

Year 5 spent the day at Dreamland this week to inspire their DT moving toys topic and maths designing a theme park project.  The children had a guided tour, session on the roller disco and fun on all the rides.  The children were absolutely amazing and a credit to the school.  They co-operated about which rides to go on as a group and many of them faced and overcame their fears.  A big thank you to all the adults involved in making this trip possible, especially the parent helpers who gave up their time.  Don't forget that parents can come into the Year 5 classrooms after school on Monday to see photos from this trip as well as all the other exciting trips and activities we have been involved in to support our learning this year.

The Year R team would like to thank all of the parents who have come along with their children to the 'Rising 5' sessions.  Feedback has been incredibly positive which is lovely.  The suggestions will be used to develop and shape next year's transition sessions.

Link for the phonics information

http://www.cliftonvilleprimary.co.uk/year-r/

School Games Mark: Silver Award

Cliftonville Primary School has been awarded the Silver School Games Mark award for our commitment, engagement and delivery of competitive school sport in 2015/2016.  We are hugely proud of the children and staff...and parents who support in so many ways, including transport and cheering from the side on wet and windy tournament days!!

This is a wonderful achievement for all staff and children at the school who have trained and participated in a wide variety of competitions in school and across Thanet. A big thank you must go to Mr Holyer, Mrs Adams and Mr Kirby for organising these tournaments and who are spotted regularly around Thanet evenings and weekends with teams of children supporting and encouraging them to be the best that they can be.

Well done everyone!

A Midsummer Night's Dream

After rehearsing for months, including giving up their lunch times to participate, eight children were able to spend the day performing at Dreamland. As a part of a National celebration, eight local schools all performed extracts from the Play ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’ in Margate.

The event took place at a series of ‘pop up’ locations from the Turner Contemporary, to the seafront and into Dreamland. Working into the evening, our actors performed their extract four times to 200 members of the community, local leaders and the press. Their performance demonstrated a deep understanding of the text emotion of characters and an understanding of the play’s roots in comedy.  During the day, two of our pupils were filmed in an interview by the Marlowe Theatre to share their enthusiasm for The Bard.

This fantastic day was made possible through our school's links with The Royal Shakespeare Company and a partnership run with King Ethelbert's School and The Marlowe Theatre. Over the  year the children at Cliftonville have celebrated Shakespeare's works with several theatre visits, art workshops at the Turner Centre, a visit from an RSC director as well as a Year 5 focus on Shakespeare through Literacy.

Special thanks to all of the children who made this project a success, including our actors but also our costume designers and members of the Shakespeare Club whose continued efforts are greatly appreciated. You are a credit to the school and we are incredibly proud of our talented children.  Thanks also to Miss Page who has led this work with the children and to King Ethelbert School for their support and encouragement.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ceop

Please use the link for some excellent resources to share with your children at home.  Mr Clayson is always available if you need support and advice.

Please follow the link below to read the latest newsletter.

http://www.cliftonvilleprimary.co.uk/stream/newsletters/full/1/-//

The new menu for September to December is now available from the link below.  There is a slight increase in school meals to £2.20 a day or £11.00 per week.  Please speak to Miss Cooke if you would like to pay using our online School Money facility.

http://www.cliftonvilleprimary.co.uk/school-meals/

I am pleased to report that our children have done incredibly well in the phonics assessment in Year 1 with 80% of children meeting the expected standard.  This is above the national data for 2015 and represents outstanding progress from their starting points in Year R.  It is a measure of the great teaching in Early Years, the work we have done to improve transition into Year 1 and the fantastic teaching they have had under Mr Sharpe's leadership.  Thank you to our parents who have supported by attending workshops, playing phonics games sent home and coming to the information sessions.  Individual pupil data will be reported at the end of term.

Well done to all the staff and their families who have taken part in the Heart of London Bridges Walk this weekend to raise funds for the CRY charity in memory of Oliver Thompson.