Fairhaven Primary School Newsletter

Fairhaven Primary School Newsletter 23rd March 2018

Newsletter 14 www.southwalshamfairhaven.norfolk.sch.uk Dates for your Diary

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Wed 28th

Music Day Holt Hall residential payment due 1pm Cluster Football Challenge at Fairhaven Parent’s Evening 3.306.30pm Music Day Parent’s Evening 3.30-5pm Oak Class Parents Evening 4.30-6pm Cluster Film Festival Friends Easter Egg hunt Last day of Spring term

April Mon 16th First day of Summer term No clubs this week Tues 17th Sycamore & Chestnut trip to Easton College th Thur 26 KS1 Multiskills competition

Uniform Following feedback from parents about the quality of the sweatshirts and cardigans we have spoken to the supplier and they have sourced new stock. Unfortunately this does mean a small increase in price but hopefully you will be pleased with the better quality garments. Family Engineering Day The hall was filled with excited adults and children on Thursday for our annual Family Engineering Day. This year the task was to build a fan powered car. Each team of adults and children were given a motor, a fan and other craft materials to build their model.

The aim was to build the fastest model. There was a time limit of an hour and a half. At the end of the time the cars were raced in heats and then a grand final was held. All those who took part said it was great fun. It was lovely to see so many families taking part.

Norfolk Music Festival Friday 9th March Twelve our children, who have continued to have group violin lessons with Mrs Viigi, took part in the Norfolk County Music Festival. They played two pieces Shark Attack and Barrier Reef and were very proud to be awarded Highly Commended Performance Plus.

Cluster Engineering Day Wednesday 14th March When we arrived we were told our challenge was to build a glider and the winner would be the model which flew the furthest without losing the play dough aviator from the cockpit. Leah drew a sketch of the glider and then I helped her to draw all the parts we would need to build it. I was aiming to build a Bristol Beau Fighter. Next we had to cut out the parts and Dylan and Summer did lots of the gluing. We used some wood to reinforce the wings and to make a secure seat for the aviator. We sat the cockpit on the middle of the wings so the glider was balanced. We made sure both wings were of equal length, we had to cut a bit off to make them the same.

Gardens to be part of the opening ceremony for the ‘Bridges Project’. The new bridge is 120m in length and goes over an area which was regularly closed at different points during the year due to flooding! It was opened by Paralympian swimmer, Jessica-Jane Applegate and the Chairman of Broadland District Council. Also present were a number of trustees including Lord Fairhaven and staff from Fairhaven Gardens.

When we fitted the tail wing we had to make it suit the size of the hole we could cut. We made sure the tail wings were exactly half the length of the main wings. Once we had made the base and main wings we were able to build the body of the glider. We were very pleased when we tried our glider because it flew very well. So well, that it was the second best at flying of all the models made. It flew most successfully when launched by Summer. By Toby

Film Festival 2018 The Story of Two Churches in one Churchyard by Beech Class

For our film this year, we decided to focus on our village and in particular the two churches which stand next to each other; St. Mary’s and St. Lawrence’s. We were very lucky to have the opportunity to work with BBC Voices again this year who trained the children and supported them throughout the whole filming and editing process! Without them, this wouldn’t have been possible!

Fairhaven Garden’s Bridge Opening On the 20th March 2018, Year 3, 4 and 5 children walked over to Fairhaven

In the film you’ll find out why both churches are there and what is special about them. You’ll notice that they are very different which isn’t surprising when one of them caught fire, was struck by lightning and eventually crumbled due to a sonic boom from a low flying military aircraft. Enjoy our film; we hope you find it interesting and informative as it is not

common around Norfolk that two churches exist next to each other. The film will be available to view via our website from late next week.

Skylar 5 on 13th Toby 10 on 14th Grace W 10 on 16th Taylor 5 on 16th Zack W 11 on 16th Speeding through village

Sad News We were very sad to learn of the sudden death of Mr Powles (husband of Mrs Powles) after a short illness. Mrs Powles is one of our midday supervisors and has been volunteering as a teaching assistant (mainly in Chestnut Class) while undertaking the formal training.

After School Clubs Clubs will run as normal next week with the exception of Craft Club. There won’t be any after school clubs in the first week back after Easter. A letter will be sent home in the new term outlining the clubs available and a sign up form.

Happy birthday to Alice 5 on 2nd April Amelia B 5 on 2nd Florence S 5 on 4th Malaika 5 on 12th

A few mums have been enquiring into the issue of the ever increasing speeding cars at school times and during the day. After attending an Acle Police surgery this has been made their priority. South Walsham Parish Council have funding in place to install a flashing speed notification sign like the one in Panxworth. They now require the funding to be matched by Norfolk County Council. The council have had this request since last December but nothing has happened as yet. We are calling on all parents please and anyone else you know who is affected, to send a short email in support of getting this put in place asap to [email protected] and as Parish Clerk she will pass these onto the council. We ask again for everyone to consider children who walk to school on very narrow pavements to be aware of their speed. If you want more information please approach myself Melanie Minns or Louise Coke. Thank you, Melanie Minns 07930 869912

Good Work Oak Class Charles & Ben for always trying their best and putting lots of effort into their work. James loves words! He is always reading which means he has an extensive vocabulary; making him an accomplished talker and writer. Michaela for always trying her best. She is organised, works well with others and takes responsibility for her own learning. We would like to wish her all the best in her new home and school; we are very sad to lose her! Summer C & Summer K for planning and carrying out an experiment to demonstrate and measure the effect of water resistance.

Jenna & Lydia for planning and carrying out an experiment to demonstrate and measure the effects of air resistance. Beech Class Macy for demonstrating a super understanding of completing divisions that involve remainders. Isla & Lyra for working together superbly in order to make a stringed instrument in science. Noah – nominated by Madame Dagg for his very hard work across all lessons in Spanish. Ellie & Rosie H, Felix & Ryan and Jacob & Zac BS for their great work on animations. Chestnut Class

THE GUIDES’ EASTER EGG HUNT ST LAWRENCE’S CENTRE - SOUTH WALSHAM, Saturday 31 March, 10am1pm The Easter Bunny will be hiding some Easter Egg clues in the gardens at St Lawrence’s ready for you to discover on Easter Saturday. It’s still only £2 a go and you are guaranteed to win a yummy chocolate egg each time. There will be games, competitions and challenges for all ages and some egg-stremely tasty cakes, teas and coffees too. The whole thing is being run by 1st South Walsham Guides and proceeds are going to their unit funds for camps this summer. Hope to see you all there!

William for lovely work during phonics. Ted for sharing his knowledge about different animals that live in our local environment. Betsie for all round good work and great participation in lessons. Riley & Matthew for fantastic work on fractions! Noah for drawing pictures to show the life cycle of a kingfisher. Sycamore Class Cooper for good progress with his reading. Florence for good work explaining the chicken life cycle. Polly for her excellent writing in her Little Red Hen book. River has been working really hard at home with his sounds and writing. Talia & Alyse did some super writing for our chick display.

New Menu We will have a new school dinner menu after Easter. Please check out our FaceBook page or website for details. We haven’t received hard copies to be able to send any home with children. Hopefully they will arrive soon.

🎾🎾🎾ACLE TENNIS CLUB🎾 🎾🎾🎾 SIX tennis lessons, FREE TSHIRT, FREE RACKET and 3 BALLS all for £25 Available for 4-11 year olds. Sign up at tennisforkids.co.uk Our lessons start Sat April 21st or Tues 24th April. Contact Ann Nicholls 07815563123 or [email protected]