Newton's News This week, in ‘Newsletter Club’, we are writing our very first review! Our review is going to be about the Harvest Assembly, which took place on Thursday 11th October, 2018 at Isaac Newton Academy. Today we had a ‘Harvest Assembly’. During the assembly, we sang lots of harvest songs. Altogether, five songs were performed (with one from each year group). We also learned why we celebrate ‘Harvest’ and why we donate food to the Welcome Centre. The reason why the ‘Harvest Assembly’ happens (and is very important) is so that we can celebrate the fact that we now have delicious food in the cold winter. This is because many years ago, it was very hard to grow food in the winter, so people had to grow their own food in Autumn, and then store it for the winter. It is also very important that we celebrate harvest as some people in the world, sadly, don’t have any nice food in the winter (or at all) – so therefore we should be very grateful that we have nice food to eat. As part of our Harvest celebrations, last week, the school council went to the Welcome Centre. They encountered some of the people who work and volunteer at the centre, and also identified how the welcome centre works and how food can be sent there. In the welcome centre, they provide: • • • • • • •
Hot showers Medical services Food Lessons (particularly English language lessons) Clothes Fitness gyms Kind services
During the assembly, we learned about why we gather together to celebrate. In the assembly, Year 4 got to showcase their Djembe skills, Year 3 got to play their Ukuleles, and the other year groups got to sing with their lovely voices. We learned about the school council’s trip to the welcome centre, and we learned all about where your generous donations go. We would like to say thank you to the secondary school representatives, the school council, Mr Ball and Mr Morgan (and all teachers!) for their participation and hard work in the run up to the Harvest Assembly. We would also like to thank Ms West for running the assembly and for taking the school council to the Welcome Centre. Finally, we would like to thank you, the parents, for your incredibly kind donations, without which, we wouldn’t be able to help to make a difference in many people’s lives. We strongly appreciate everyone’s help and contributions; everyone has played a vital role and our Harvest celebrations have been very successful!
12 October 2018 Primary Newsletter
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