Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Class 5 Poetry

  Fri 29 Mar 2019

  Cinquain

  Snake,

  Smart, scary

  Searching, hunting, killing

  Silently waiting to murder

  Evil

   

  By Isla

   

   

  Backwards Poem

  It’s a lie

  Nobody can say

  The rainforest is disappearing

  It’s not true

  People are losing their homes

  People say

  Orangutans are dying

  It’s infuriating

   

  Now read it backwards

   

  By Anna

   

   

  Backwards Poem

  The forest is on fire

  So nobody can say

  Humans

  Are more important than

  Rainforests

  It’s all our fault

  The rainforest is dying

  So don’t tell me

  It’s all been under my control

   

  Now read it backwards

   

  By Harry

   

   

  Backwards Poem

  Rainforests are on fire

  You could say

  They get injured doing it

  Never will I confess

  I made it all happen

  Or maybe even

  I control it all

  I am determined that

  This is the end

   

  Now read it backwards

   

  By Hollie

   

   

  Haiku

  Deforestation

  We need trees to breathe, please stop

  We must change or else

   

  By Esme

   

   

  Haiku

  Trees have a surface

  They are important to earth

  We need to help them

   

  By Hudson

   

   

  Cinquain

  Jaguar,

  Vicious, scary

  Hunting, killing, eating

  Lurking around the understory

  Creepy

   

  By Mikey

   

• Class 4 - High Ashurst

  Fri 29 Mar 2019

  Class 4 have enjoyed their visit to High Ashurst this week.  They have taken part in lots of activities including high ropes, woodland skills and lots of amazing team building.

  We are looking forward to hearing about their experiences during their assembly next Friday.

  

• Class 1 - Great Fire of London

  Fri 29 Mar 2019

  Class 1 have been learning about The Great Fire of London. We made models of houses using cardboard boxes, paper and straw. Some children were happy to donate their models to our mini Pudding Lane in the playground. Mr Brand set fire to the bakery and we watched as the flames quickly spread from house to house as it would have in 1666!

  

• Pop Lacrosse

  Fri 29 Mar 2019

  On Wednesday I was privileged to take some Year 5 children to participate in a lacrosse competition with several other East Grinstead schools. I was extremely impressed with the good manners and behaviour of all our children. They each took turns to be substituted to ensure their other team friends had a turn. I was so impressed with how well they worked together as a team and within the first game they had quickly established their positions. They went on to draw in the first game and win every one of their games after. Thank you to Mrs Kallmann to helping to transport the children and to Mr Khouja for supporting the children from the sideline.       Mrs Sloane 

   

  

• Football Tournament

  Fri 22 Mar 2019

  Class 6’s final ever game of the Primaryship football league saw us take on Crawley Down and Copthorne schools.  First up we played Copthorne who were a very drilled-out outfit.  They pressed well and were equally as good on the ball, unfortunately we couldn’t find a way through their defence and lost by 3-0. 

   

  Next up, Crawley Down.  They boys were keen to avenge the previous loss and started well with an early goal from Jay following a good run from Fletcher through the centre of the park.  Our lead was quickly doubled with a sublime finish from Mikey.  We held on to our convincing 2-0 lead. 

   

  I have thoroughly enjoyed coaching the boys over the last two years.  They have put a smile on my face on many a Wednesday afternoon. I wish them all the best in their future footballing endeavours. 

   

  Thank you to all the parents who have helped to transport the children, without whom attending these events would not be possible.

   

  Mr Law

  

• Exotic Animal Encounters

  Fri 22 Mar 2019

  “I learnt that only two kinds of armadillos can roll into a ball.  I enjoyed seeing the python and like that it eats rats that carry diseases”.   - Noah M - Class 1

   

  “We saw lots of exotic animals on Thursday. My favourite animal was the meerkat”.    - Isla-Rose—Class 2

   

  “I enjoyed the laughter when we watched Wilbur the Coatimundi eating the grapes from the lady.  I learnt that spiders are helpful to us because they eat the flies and flies spread viruses”.  - Henry - Class 5

   

  

• Netball Festival

  Fri 22 Mar 2019

  A group of class 3 children attended a netball festival on Wednesday this week.

   

  “Netball is the best team sport in the world because you have to pass. In other sports like hockey, football and basketball you can dribble” .   - Toby

   

  “Netball was really fun. First we did skills and warm ups like passing, foot work, scoring positions. After a snack our group played our first game against Escots.  We won 3-0 with Oscar scoring every goal! After an exciting game with Escots we played Copthorne and drew with them 1-1 and Marley scoring the goal!”    - Marley and Lila

   

  

• Class 1 - Fire Engine Visit

  Fri 22 Mar 2019

  On Tuesday, a fire truk came to see class 1 and it was fun.  We got to spray the hoseis and I loved it so much that I wanted to do it agen.  Neimet got to wair a fire proof coat and helmet”.     - Sophie E

   

  “On Tuesday, the fire engine came to visit.  We went into the sighny red fire engine.  We squertid water at a cone.  The cutters were very big and they were for peepal stuck in cars.  The put marscs on so they can breef.”   - Joshua

   

  

• Class 6 - Home Front Bus

  Fri 15 Mar 2019

  On Thursday, Class 6 enjoyed a fabulous World War 2 day! We were visited by the Home Front Bus, an amazing museum on wheels! Inside, we: explored a typical home during the 1940s; visited a traditional corner shop, where we discussed food shortages and rationing; experienced a bombed street during the Blitz and took cover in an Anderson shelter. It was superb and really brought our WWII topic to life. Our visitor was incredibly impressed by the knowledge, enthusiasm and behaviour of Class 6. He described them as ‘a breath of fresh air’, well done Class 6! In addition to visiting the bus, in class, we enjoyed: reading and writing Morse Code messages, cracking cryptograms, making model spitfires and designing propaganda posters. What a brilliant day!

  

• PE Themed Week

  Fri 08 Mar 2019

  We’ve all had a wonderful week trying out new sports during our sports themed week. We even took part in a hockey tournament at the hockey club and finished 4th!

   

  “We took part in basketball, dance and squash. They were all very enjoyable”. Kamdyn and Finn.

  “My favourite was the squash because I enjoyed competing against my friends. I hope to start playing outside of school soon too!” Kamdyn

  “My favourite was basketball because I got to practise my passing, shooting and dribbling”.  Finn

  “My favourite was the dance because we did some really fun moves moving across the hall.” Elzaine

   

  If your child would like to take part in any of these sports outside of school please speak to the office who can give you further details.