At Normanton Common Primary Academy children celebrated the end of SATs with a Year 6 party everyone brought lots of food that was eaten in seconds by all of our hungry Year 6s.. Summer
Trang 1THE
Waterton News
SATS Celebrations
Well done to all Waterton Y6
children on the completion of
their SATs last week
At Normanton Common Primary
Academy children celebrated the
end of SATs with a Year 6 party
everyone brought lots of food
that was eaten in seconds by all of
our hungry Year 6s
Some children from Year 6 said
that the SATs were hard, but they
persevered and finished them all
The children also said that they
were consumed with a wave of
relief when they finished their
final test
To give the children an extra
boost in the morning they each
had a cereal bar and a drink, we
provided these snacks as some
children had not eaten breakfast
As a consequence, they were all
prepared when the time came to
do their SATs
As the Sats results have not come in yet, children [and teachers] hold their breath and cross their fingers in anticipation
The SATs have prepared children for their jump up to high school It also tests what they have learnt throughout the years of being in a Year 5 and
6 classroom and how much they have improved since they started school The test papers that the children did were arithmetic, spelling,
punctuation, grammar and reasoning[x2] The whole school are very proud of the Year 6s for their excellent achievements and perseverance
We hope that everyone got the results they hoped for
We hope that all the children have done well with their SATs
Summer 1’s Edition of The Waterton News is brought to you by children from
Normanton Common Primary Academy
Congratulations to
Y6 in all schools
Our Year 6 children celebrating completing their SATs
Where success is a shared experience
experience
Trang 2Our School Council
In our School Council, we have children from a variety of age groups We often meet to discuss problems that need
to be addressed, work together as a group and vote to ensure a majority vote to help make decisions that will benefit our school Teachers often help us orientate our School Council, helping us to run our meetings smoothly (such as a very helpful Mr Oldroyd)
Parliament News and Events
Every month Ruby and Gabrielle go to the Waterton Parliament meetings In the last parliament meetings, we discussed the art display
- which is currently being passed around all of the schools We also talked about the MAT
newspaper, how it would be presented and who would be preparing it first Recently, Bradley, Iona, Grace and Mr Dickinson went around the schools discussing how parliament works and whether there are any improvements to be made
to the academy We contribute to those decisions is our parliament meetings It is very important that Ruby and Gabrielle attend the meetings so that they know if there are any changes that have been made so that they can tell the other councilors
Our Parliament
Members
Gabrielle (Year 6) - is the chair and keeps
everything on track and ensures the meetings run
smoothly
Ruby (Year 6) - is the treasurer and writes about
what to do with the school’s money She is also
the secretary and writes down everything talked
about in the meetings
James (Year 6) councilor
Jake (Year 6) councilor
Ella (Year 6) councilor
George (Year 5) councilor
Luke (Year 5) councilor
Marcus (Year 5) councilor
Lacey (Year 4) councilor
Ruby (Year 4) councilor
Isabelle (Year 4) councilor
Jayden (Year 3) councilor
Ruby (Year 3) councilor
Nehal (Year 3) councilor
Max (Year 2) councilor
Evie (Year 2) councilor
Daisy (Year 2) councilor
Trang 3London
The year 6s have recently been on the 2017 London residential (which
was really enjoyable) They all enjoyed it lots, there was a lot of
mischief, fun, late nights and shopping
Day One
On the first day of being in London all of us went to the Rainforest café
The food was fantastic, but not many people ordered the vegetarian
pasta, although the pupils who had it said it was delicious At the rainforest café, the design was fascinating, every so often fake thunder sounds played which got everyone wondering if water was going to come down After our lovely tea, we made our way back onto the coach – we had a little sing song - then we headed over to the London Eye and 4D experience Whilst on the London Eye many people conquered their fear of heights, so well done to you We took some spectacular snap shots whilst at the top Next we went on the 4D experience, it was very life-like It also had special effects: smoke, wind, snow, water and fans It was very good even though it only lasted for 4 minutes Then
we went back to our hotel rooms, flopped onto to the beds, and went straight to sleep - some of us!
Day Two
We all kicked off our day by having whatever breakfast we wanted, continental or full English Once our stomachs were full up we met Carol (our tour guide) As the traffic was so bad to get into Central London the teachers decided for us all to stay around the hotel and go to the zoo area We all had excellent views from our hotel rooms (they were fantastic) One of the best parts of the zoo was definitely going on the ‘Zoofari’ it was a ride where you went on a jeep and it took you up-close to animals: giraffes, white rhinos - which are endangered - and lots more Then we all had a packed lunch, which the hotel had kindly made for us all It had
a very large range of sandwiches for us to choose from and was very nice After a bit more looking around the zoo,
we went back to our rooms to freshen up ready for the theatre We were going to see School of Rock - the musical The performance was amazing, after the show all of the pupils were still stunned and astonished
It was our last day in London, everyone was excited to see their family members but were super sad to be leaving
We all had breakfast at the start of the day then we headed over to Hampton Court Palace Even though all of the pupils enjoyed learning interesting facts about Henry VIII, they were even more excited to go into the gift shop Some of the pupils bought teddies, pens, pencils, keyrings and much more - let’s just say it was money well spent Then before we headed back onto the coach, we all had a picnic outside Hampton Court Palace When we arrived back home there were many smiling faces from the adults and the children
We all had a lovely time in London Thank you, to all of the teachers who put their own time into the amazing trip from the pupils who went to London
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Trang 4Kingswood
On Friday the 23rd of June 2017, 27 year 5 pupils attended
Kingswood - an activity centre - and had an amazing time
Throughout the weekend the children challenged themselves
personally through lots of different activities To start with was
nightline (a muddy, dirty obstacle course) whilst wearing blind
folds
After this we went to our accommodation (dormitories) and had to make our own beds Some of us were naturals, some of us was were not brilliant! On that day dinner was fish and chips or chicken nuggets and chips Pudding was chocolate chip muffins - or blueberry muffins Yum!
We had one hour before our last activity Our last activity was Scrap Heap challenge; it was amazing! We had to put cardboard armour on someone in our team - we had 45 minutes When the timer ran out we had to defend our chosen person wearing armour from water balloons After we got back, we had an hour before lights out Some people had a shower, some played football on the grass When it was lights-out almost every one fell asleep straight away
In the morning,we had a choice of cooked English breakfast, cereal or toast After breakfast we experienced pond dipping and learnt about fishs’ habbitats Then we went fishing in two different ponds After pond dipping, the Year Fives dared themselves and tackled the LEAP OF FAITH Three skilful children managed to do what they had been dreaming of: to GRAB THE BAR – the rest did superbly and conqured their own personal challenges and fears
At lunch we had a choice of either cheese or pepperoni pizza We were all starving by the time we were done with our morning activities! After lunch, we took on the challenge of problem solving The first task was to move 5 tyres-5,4,3,2,1 - without them touching the floor or having a bigger number on top of a smaller number- to another post in front of us This simple-sounding challenge was actually really, really difficult It took us 10 minutes to finally
complete it! After this, we went on a gigantic see-saw, it was hard Then we had a go at balancing the sea-saw, it was
a bit tricky but eventually we managed it Later,we went for tea, it was bangers and mash (yum) Dessert was donuts
or choc ice
On the last two days we had lots of other exhilarating activities such as zip wire, shelter builiding, fire lighting and the epic disco
Trang 5The KS1 sports day is a sports day
for Nusery, Reception, Year 1 and
Year 2 It is run different to KS2’s
sports day The 4 teams are Blue,
Red, Yellow and Green In
Nursery, each child had to bring a
T-shirt in the colour of their team
to wear at sports day The rest of
KS1 wore a coloured sticker
depending of which team they
were in Upper KS1’s sports day
had a competition and the
winning team was…… GREEN
TEAM! All the children had a great
day and we looked forward to the
sports days for KS2, which were
yet to come at NCPA!
High 5 Netball
We decided to hold a Scatterball tournament (for years 1 and 2) at
Normanton Common Primary Academy, for all the schools in the Waterton Trust to compete in
Teams:
Lee Brigg 1&2 Sharlston 1&2 Walton 1&2&3 Cherry Tree 1&2 Normanton 1&2
The perseverance of the children helped them when they were losing battles
They suffered and slight injuries including accidentally getting hit in the face by a tennis ball - ouch!
Scatterball
This year’s UKS2 sports day consisted of
88 year 5 and 6 pupils competing in a series of sporty events These consisted
of Long Jump, Triple Jump, Javelin, Ball Throw, Speed Bounce, as well as lots of track races
Mrs Lovell (a teaching assistant at Normanton Common) said the following,” The children thought the day was fun as the sports had a competitive edge to it.”
A Year 6 pupil at the same school said:” It was a well-planned out morning for all of us.” The people who competed said they liked how it had a competitive bit to it, as well as being lots of fun
Everyone had a go at and I’m sure everyone tried their best and improved the sporting skills they already had
Recently, some pupils
from Normanton
Common Primary
Academy attended the
West Yorkshire Summer
games at Leeds Beckett
University They
competed against 10
schools from all over
West Yorkshire and did
Wakefield proud There
were a few moments
where we were not
playing as well as we
could have played
however we picked it
up-scoring lots of goals
and defending the ball
When we found out we
Sports Days
were playing for 3rd or
4th place the pressure started rising It was a very close game and we were playing against the other Wakefield team
We had parents to cheer
us on, but when it was coming to the end of the match, we were getting really tired Somehow,
we found the strength to carry on and win! When
we received the 3rd place medal we were all jumping for joy and so were our parents!
On our (LKS2) sports day
we performed lots of different activities in a team round-robin event
We had lots of parents watching and cheering us
on in lots of different sports
Some of the activities we competed in relay, football dribbling, skipping, long jump, bean bag race and many more
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There were 5 pitches, with
2 referees per pitch -1 of the 5 pitches had 3 refs on
it - who either bowled or wrote down the points The teams played one another, for example, Walton 3 and Cherry Tree
2 The scores would then
be put down on one of 2 league tables There were
3 rounds, then the first team from league 1 and first team from league 2 would play each other for the finals and so on Also massive well done to all the parents who came and supported the children, and a massive well done to Lee Brigg - who won the finals!
Trang 6Freeston Teachers
Throughout the last few weeks, two of the teachers at
Freeston have spent their time teaching our Year 5 and 6
pupils how to sew and bake, it also letting us meet the
teachers and get to know them
Miss Byram - Food
Miss Byram – the food teacher – has taught us to make
fruit smoothies , pizza toast and most recently peach
crumble (yummy) They’re also teaching us to cook our
own food at home
Miss Laughlin - Sewing
Miss Laughlin – the sewing teacher – taught us how to
sew our initials (which they ironed on to keep the crayon
wax dry) and some bookmark birds In classes 9,10 and
11 they all got to take their projects home or keep to use
in school
These teachers have helped us with our cooking and
sewing for future years , the children appreciate the hard
work that the teachers have put for us to do our best
in cooking and sewing
Thanks Freeston
Transition Day
We had to arrive at Freeston Academy at 8:30 and sit down in the assembly hall Mr Peirson (the new head of year of year 7) presented an assembly to explain what the children were doing during the day
The lesson, which was the children’s favourite, was science The task was to use test tubes and find which pen had yellow dye in You had to fill 1cm of water in 6 test tubes and you were in groups of 3 so there were 2 test tubes per person You drew a 2.5 cm line on the piece of paper the children got You had 6 pens and on the line you did a dot of each colour and placed it in the test tube and waited to see what happened
Many people said that they saw some of their old friends and reunited with some other people Everyone enjoyed the day at Freeston Academy and thought it was a different experience compared to Primary School The children are definitely looking forward to September
Trang 7Leaver’s Play
As it is coming to the end of the year, the Year 6s perform a leavers’
play to say goodbye to their fellow classmates The play is a great way
to show off the children’s talents, at the end of the year, to parents
and the whole school
Story Plot
The play is called ‘An Inspector Calls’ by ‘Andrew Oxspring’.The story
plot is about a group of teachers (Miss Cropper, Mr Savage, Mrs
Barker and many more) who begin to panic when they find out they
are having school inspectors visiting the school…… Tomorrow! First
they have to put up the Ancient Greeks display which didn’t go so
well The inspectors arrived the next day and they go to observe Mrs
Barker’s ‘’Brand New Lesson’’ which wasn’t the best impression.Then
finally the game that all the children and staff had been waiting for -
the annual staff versus children Rounders Match! The game wasn’t a
complete disaster! Eventually the 3 inspectors start to write the
report until they find letters from the children only to discover the
real heart of Normanton Common Primary Academy
Reception Graduation
The tradition of our foundation stage graduation started when an american teacher came to our reception class
Our Graduation is a celebration of all the hard work that children have done throughout their time in the Foundation Stage We talk about the things we have particularly enjoyed We also share photographs and sing enjoyable songs
We have to wear a special Graduation blue gown and a blue cap with the school logo on
At the end of the ceremony our Head Teacher (Mrs Cavell) shakes the children’s hand and presents us with a scroll
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Summer 1’s Edition of The Waterton News is brought to you by children from
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