Autumn Term 2 Week 3 Newsletter
Focused, hardworking, happy children!!
Welly Walk Wash Out!
Friday’s Children In Need welly walk went with a ………………big splash! Unfortunately, the weather put a dampener on our whole school walk but it did not stop us having a wonderful time in the warm indoors. The children arrived in spots, spots and more spots! Throughout school there were spotty faces, spotty tee-shirts, spotty tights, spotty socks, spotty trousers, spotty onesies, spotty jumpers and even spotty hair! The Year 6 children were star bakers--making enough cakes to ‘sink a battleship’ and raised an amazing £105! Thank you to Nursery too who raised a record breaking £100+ making Gledhow’s grand total …………………….£738! The biggest total EVER! Thank you to everyone for such wonderful generosity.
Parking Problems
Leeds City Council Parking Attendants paid a visit this week to help us in our quest to make drop off and pick ups times safer for all our children and families. They pointed out to several drivers that their parking was unacceptable.They also informed some that ‘ stopping and just opening a car door on the zig zag yellow lines’ is ILLEGAL and a fixed penalty fine can be issued. They also stressed that pavement parking causes an obstruction to pedestrians and particular difficulties for blind and partially-sighted people, wheelchair and mobility scooter users and those with pushchairs and prams. The end of the week was certainly calmer- please can we make it a daily priority to park carefully, safely and legally!
Athletics
Congratulations to the Athletics team who competed in the first round of this year’s competition. Their opponents were All Saints Primary and Chapel Allerton Primary. Every single one of the team jumped, threw and ran their hearts out. The team spirit was HUGE- with everyone cheering and encouraging each competitor to do their very best. Gledhow came second- only 4 points behind Chapel Allerton. The team now go forward to the next round of the Plate Competition and Mrs Lynch has promised us a CUP! Watch this space!
ASAC Netball
On Friday 11 November, the ASAC Netball team, coached by Alison Taft and captained by Grace Goodwin (5SL), won their first netball match against Talbot by a whopping 8-1! A special mention should be made to Colette Buck and Amelia Paddy ( 5SL) who showed true grit and a fiercesome determination to win. Well done everybody. Ene Kitching, ASAC Cordinator.
Inter House Maths Challenge
Year / Dragon / Griffin / Pegasus / Phoenix3 / Katie / Arran / Robert / Barney
4 / Kristina / Evie / David / Robin
5 / Bakhtavar / Jonathan / Grace / Ed
6 / Izzie / Lisa / Amit / Ricardo
The long awaited ‘Maths Challenge’, postponed from the Summer term, finally took place on Friday. The House Captains and Vice Captains put together an amazing set of challenges for their teams. There was a Quick Fire, an Ultimate Times Tables, a Random Calculations and finally a Murder Mystery round- where the teams had to calculate who was the murderer, the time of incident and the weapon used! Great fun was had by all. Final scores were Dragon 278, Phoenix 380, Griffin 433 and the 2016 Champions, with 454 points, were………..Pegasus!
Congratulations to all the competitors but a very special thank you to the House Captains and Vice Captains for their organisation, enthusiasm and sheer hard work . Next Inter House Competition? A Spelling Bee in the Spring term!
Gledhow Readathon Monday 21 to Friday 25 November
It’s simple…
1. Note down the books you’re going to read in your sponsorship booklet.
2. Get some sponsors.
3. Read loads.
4. Collect lots of money for our new library.
Also, don’t forget to send in pictures of your favourite place to read too?
Mark Trudgill, Sue McCann, Louise Jeynes, David Bickley
Dates for Your Diary New items are underlined
Monday 21 November Readathon Week
Closing date- Parent Governor Nominations
Friday 25 November Y1/2/3 Nasal Flu Immunisation
Tuesday 13 December Christmas Celebration- St Edmunds’ Church 9.30
Friday 16 December Save the Children-Wear Your Christmas Jumper Day School closes for Christmas Holidays
Tuesday 3 January School Opens Spring 1
Wednesday 18 January Y2 WW2 Workshop
Tuesday 7 February Parents’ Evening
Thursday 9 February Parents’ Evening
Friday 10 February Half Term
Monday 20 February School Opens Spring 1
Friday 24 March Red Nose day
Friday 31 March School closes for Easter
Tuesday 18 April School Opens Summer 1
ACHIEVEMENTS 18th November 2016
The following children featured in this week’s ACHIEVEMENT ASSEMBLIESfor work or activities achieved in and out of school:
Nursery / Nursery pupils have a Star Jar which
is filled with rewards earned by
Individuals or groups. When the jar
Is full, the whole Nursery receives a
reward.
RAC / Macy Williams and Jacob Harris
Always Club: Leila Wydra / RLW / Poppy Wearing and Neha Ahilal
Always Club: Rowan Durrant
RKJ / Nancy Stevenson and Toby Hawley
Always Club: Lucas Orange / 1AB / Safiyah Mirza and Georgie Ward
Always Club: Josie Rymer
1SH / Jack Whiteley and Amelie Drabble
Always Club: Olivia Dunning / 1SS / Jemima Khan and Elan Browne
Always Club: Arya Gungor
2PG / Arvind Lall and Kyla Woodrow
Always Club: Rosie Burrough / 2VW / Iris Wise and Imane Khatir
Always Club: Natalie Ward
3LF / Megan Cook and Arran Stirling
Always Club: Tayaba Shahzad / 3KG / Imaani Hussain and Harry Hobman
Always Club: Laura Clarke
4DB / Leah Sinclair and Ananya Tantry
Always Club: Isobelle Manford / 4SB / Sam Comyn and Noah Hurlow
Always Club: Kristina Batey
5RK / Leyla Gellan & Ishaq Hashmi
Always Club: Zane Cruise / 5SL / Taseen Yasin & Alfie Jones Blackett
Always Club: Amelia Paddy
6EC / Ned Lane-Berry and Yasir Khan
Always Club: Marilia Lampadarius / 6KW / Yahya Ali and Dylan Branfoot
Always Club: Lucie Sharratt