Grove News

A Newsletter produced by the Pupils of Grove Primary School Issue 1 - December 2015

Collecting Bones

Welcome!

We are delighted to welcome you to our first-ever Pupils’ Newsletter which has been produced by the School Ambassadors. We had great fun putting this first issue together and hope that you will have as much fun reading it. Please

speak to any of us if you would like to contribute to the Spring Issue of our Groovy Newsletter!.

I collected shells from the beach until one day I found a bone.

I got it sent to a

museum and I found out that it was a dolphin’s vertebrae and that is how it was that I started collecting bones.

I

got a few more since then but

I

don’t

know

which

creatures they come from. I have two collections now, a shell collection and a bone collection. By Ashton – Y4

Gangsta Granny On 3rd December, Year 5 went on a trip to the Marina Theatre to watch Gangsta Granny.

Noah, one of the students said on

his way to the theatre: “I am so excited, my head could explode!”. In the first part of the play, it is about a boy called Ben. He hates Fridays because it is when he has to go to his Nanny’s. He thinks that she is so boring…. until he follows her one Friday and spots her robbing a Jewellery shop!!! They gave us a 10 minute break after that and let us have some ice-cream. By Conor - Y5

What is it like to have a Role in our School?

As you may be aware we have many roles in our school. The reason why we

Inside this Issue Page 1 • • • •

Welcome Gangsta Granny Collecting Bones What is it like to have a role in our School?

• Cross-stitching

have roles is to be responsible and to care for the other people around us.

All Ambassadors, Digital Leaders, School Council and House Captains feel that everyone needs to enhance their skills and get out of their comfort zone. We also strongly feel that everyone has their own expectations and abilities.

We feel great when we are doing something good for others or the environment and are proud of all our achievements and that of others.

By Emily – Y6 - School Ambassador & Digital Leader

Page 2 • Learning Polish at Grove • Colouring

Page 3 • Socks for Refugees • Introduction to Judo • How to improve your attendance • British Values • The Magic of Crystals

Page 4 • Dot to Dot Competition • Original Story

Cross-Stitching I started cross-stitching when my mum was doing one for my great nan as a Christmas present. Then I asked for one for Christmas which I got. and I completed it in about 2 weeks.

Later I asked for one for my birthday and I got a big owl cushion.

It took me two years to do. I am getting quicker at it though because I did the horse and Rudolph The Reindeer

in

just

By Charlotte – Y4 Learn Together ……Grow Individually

a

week.

It was a small owl

Learning Polish at Grove

My sister and I go to a Club after school which is called the EscarGROVEs. We learn about how people live and speak in other countries. Last week Stephanie’s mum came to teach us Polish. She brought books and we had to guess what the stories were about. She showed us that Polish had funny signs on some letters and then Stephanie and her mum read “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” in Polish. It sounded really weird.

After that, we learnt the

names of animals in Polish. If you want to know what they are, look at the colouring below! As told by Sasha – Y1

Colouring

cat

pig

rabbit

świnia

królik

bird

dog

horse

koń

krowa

ptak

pies chicken

mouse

cow

kot

mysz Learn Together ……Grow Individually

kura

Socks for Refugees The charity that I want to get out in the news is “Socks for Refugees”. What the refugees need most are socks because winter is just round the corner and they will need to keep their feet warm and protected because if their feet are cold, they will not be able to travel and will possibly die from the cold.

So I want to make an emotional plea for you to donate new socks, still in their original packaging to the School Office so that we can sort them out and send them to the Charity. Thank You. The Ambassadors will also be holding a cake sale in January and all the money raised will be used to buy socks for families of refugees. Keep an eye on Mrs Hall’s Newsletter for details of the event. By Noah – Year 5

Introduction to Judo Judo comes from Japan.

It is a

Martial Art. You can start judo at any age.

When you join you

get a White Belt and when you get your first grade you move to Red Belt.

When you get to the judo class, you organise yourself into your grade order. You need to pray on your knees before you can do anything else. This is to show respect to the ancient art of judo. Then you do exercises like running to warm up.

When you have finished, you kneel around your mat and you are shown a throw. Then you find a partner to practise with. After that, you go back to kneel and show each other the throw you have just done with

your

partner.

By Esther – Y4

How to improve your Attendance by Willow Class

eat healthily – do sport – wash your hands

buy an alarm clock - wake up earlier – leave home earlier

British Values We have been learning about British Values in class.

The Magic of Crystals A crystal can make a

rainbow when the light

Democracy is when everyone gets a say in everything but sometimes it’s just tough!

goes through it and it

Rule of Law means that a rule is just because it is there for a good reason. If you

You should keep crystals

sparkles like a diamond.

break a rule, you face a consequence but if you break a law you might go to prison.

out of reach of babies

Respect means that you should respect yourself, other people, your street, the

in their mouths and choke.

just in case they put them

country and the planet.

Crystals are very valuable

Individual Liberty means that you have your rights but if you commit to do a job,

They are also very fragile

because they are rare.

then you have to do it.

and can easily break into bits. By Mia – Year 4

Tolerance is when you accept people who are different. By Aaron – Y5 Learn Together ……Grow Individually

Dot to Dot Competition

Hi, my name is Jack and with my companion Paige, we are holding a Dot to Dot Competition for the pupils of Grove. We want you to join the dots and colour the picture and bring it back to school. Don’t forget to write down your name on it!!

Stranded on a Desert Island One eerie evening, a small child called Ellie was walking through a forest. An old man with a white beard was found on the floor in agony. She was terrified that it was a trick but she knew it wasn’t. She leant down on her knees in front of the poor man and he reached out to her and gripped her arm tightly. “Help me…please, I am an old man and I don’t think that I have long to live!”.

The girl hadn’t known him five minutes yet but she had already gained his trust. Later on that day, the man asked for Ellie to take him to the airport so he could go home to Hawaii. Why did she trust him in the first place? The man, obviously an amazing actor, wasn’t really old and he asked if he could go to on a ferry trip before he left as a memory.

Little did Ellie know that she was about to be pushed into the depths of the ocean. “Why did you trust me, I’m not old!”

Ellie was so amazed that she froze for a second. “Nooooooo!” Before she knew it the man had pushed her in.

Four hours later, Ellie found an island, she was stranded! She had no idea what she was going to do either. On the floor was a bottle with a piece of paper inside, she opened it, puzzled at where it had come from? The letter read: “Dear Ellie, you have been stranded so you can learn about your parents’ story. The truth is, there is no story, anything you’ve been told is a lie! Your parents just went missing and there is no story to it!

An original story by Abbie.

Learn Together ……Grow Individually