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Reception Class We began this term learning about celebrations. We thought about celebrating the New Year and we each made a resolution which we displayed on our Tree of Resolutions painting inspired by Gustav Klimt’s “Tree of Life.” On the feast of Candlemas we learned about Jesus visiting the temple for the first time and Simeon saying that Jesus is the light of the world. We shared a class liturgy and made some candle biscuits to celebrate this feast. We also learned that we can celebrate each other’s gifts and talents and we made medals for one another. During Lent we are learning about growing and new life. We have planted sunflower seeds and sweet corn. We have investigated how to make a Gummy Bear grow! We are learning to grow in kindness like Jesus. Some of our buddies came to read their Dragon Stories and Magic Spells to us. We were entranced listening to the dragon adventures and we were very impressed by the amazing illustrations! They have inspired us to be authors and illustrators too. The spells our buddies read to us were magical and we fell under their spell! We enjoyed them so much that some of Reception decided to write their own magic spells. This has given us the idea of making our own, “Little Shop of Spells!” Our shop will stock recipes for a variety of spells, such as, a spell to make you laugh, smile, change colour or change into a different character. We are making a magical boat like Max’s boat in “Where the wild things are,” so we can sail away to an imaginary world. We have designed our own imaginary creatures and we have written stories about them and painted life sized pictures of them. We have looked at David Hockney’s paintings of trees and we have used some of his ideas to paint our own trees. NEWS REVIEW ISSUE 6 – MARCH 2015

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Reception  Class    

We  began  this  term  learning  about  celebrations.  We  thought  about  celebrating  the  New  Year  and  we  each  made  a  resolution  which  we  displayed  on  our  Tree  of  Resolutions  painting  inspired  by  Gustav  Klimt’s  “Tree  of  Life.”                                

 On  the  feast  of  Candlemas  we  learned  about  Jesus  visiting  the  temple  for  the  first  time  and  Simeon  saying  that  Jesus  is  the  light  of  the  world.  We  shared  a  class  liturgy  and  made  some  candle  biscuits  to  celebrate  this  feast.                      

We  also  learned  that  we  can  celebrate  each  other’s  gifts  and  talents  and  we  made  medals  for  one  another.              During  Lent  we  are  learning  about  growing  and  new  life.  We  have  planted  sunflower  seeds  and  sweet  corn.  We  have  investigated  how  to  make  a  Gummy  Bear  grow!  We  are  learning  to  grow  in  kindness  like  Jesus.      

Some  of  our  buddies  came  to  read  their  Dragon  Stories  and  Magic  Spells  to  us.  We  were  entranced  listening  to  the  dragon  adventures  and  we  were  very  impressed  by  the  amazing  illustrations!  They  have  inspired  us  to  be  authors  and  illustrators  too.  The  spells  our  buddies  read  to  us  were  magical  and  we  fell  under  their  spell!  We  enjoyed  them  so  much  that  some  of  Reception  decided  to  write  their  own  magic  spells.  This  has  given  us  the  idea  of  making  our  own,  “Little  Shop  of  Spells!”  Our  shop  will  stock  recipes  for  a  variety  of  spells,  such  as,  a  spell  to  make  you  laugh,  smile,  change  colour  or  change  into  a  different  character.    

 We  are  making  a  magical  boat  like  Max’s  boat  in  “Where  the  wild  things  are,”  so  we  can  sail  away  to  an  imaginary  world.  We  have  designed  our  own  imaginary  creatures  and  we  have  written  stories  about  them  and  painted  life-­‐sized  pictures  of  them.  We  have  looked  at  David  Hockney’s  paintings  of  trees  and  we  have  used  some  of  his  ideas  to  paint  our  own  trees.            

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Year  One  In  Year  ONE  this  term  we  have  been  learning  all  about  ‘buildings’.    

                     

We  looked  at  lots  of  paintings  by  L.S.  Lowry,  including  one  called  ‘Coming  out  of  school.’  We  discovered  he  liked  to  paint  churches  in  his  pictures.  We  used  grey,  black  and  brown  chalk  pastels  to  draw  our  ‘Lowry’  buildings.  We  also  looked  at  the  work  of  an  Austrian  artist  and  architect  Hundertwasser.  He  liked  to  paint  and  design  colourful  buildings,  using  unusual  shapes.  We  used  silky  crayons  to  draw  our  own  ‘Hundertwasser’  buildings.  

                       We  listened  to  the  story  of  ‘Jack  and  the  Beanstalk’  and  talked  about  the  giant’s  castle.  We  thought  about  what  the  giant  might  look  like  when  he  was  angry.  We  worked  together  in  partners  and  created  enormous  faces  using  chalk  pastels.                                                                                              

 In  R.E.  we  have  have  been  thinking  about  Lent.  We  have  thought  about  how  we  can  be  closer  to  God  during  this  time.  We  made  a  Lenten  tree  for  our  classroom.  Each  leaf  has  something  that  we  will  try  to  do  during  Lent.  We  also  thought  about  how  we  can  make  our  lights  shine  bright,  by  being  kind,  caring  and  thoughtful  to  others.  We  each  wrote  a  Lenten  promise  on  a  special  candle.    

 We  have  been  thinking  about  how  we  can  talk  to  God.  Each  of  us  have  written  our  own  message  to  God,      for  our  class  prayer  book.        

We  have  also  been  thinking  about  reconciliation.  We  listened  to  a  story  about  a  little  boy  who  made  lots  of  wrong  choices.  We  all  quietly  thought  about  what  bad  choices  we  had  made  recently.  Everybody  was  given  a  button  to  hold  tightly  in  their  hand.  Each  button  helped  us  

remember  a  wrong  thing  we  had  done.  Reverently  and  slowly  we  placed  our  buttons  on  a  cross  and  said  sorry  to  God  for  what  we  had  done.  We  all  promised  we  would  try  to  make  better  choices  in  the  future.  Emera  said  it  was  like  making  a  fresh  start  in  Lent.      

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Thank  you  to  everyone  who  came  to  our  'Last  Supper'  assembly.  We  hope  you  enjoyed  watching  the  children,  telling  this  important  story.  This  assembly  helped  the  children  remember  what  happened  to  Jesus  in  the  days  before  he  died.  We  hope  that  during  the  holidays  you  can  read  more  of  the  Easter  story  at  home.    

   The  children  in  Year  One  have  been  learning  about  signs  of  new  life  and  spring.  We  planted  beans  and  watched  them  grow.  We  were  very  lucky  to  see  some  of  the  chicks  that  were  hatched  in  Year  Two.  Mrs  Deakin  and  Mrs  Ladbrooke  held  the  chicks  carefully  and  we  all  got  a  chance  to  gently  stroke  the  chick’s  head.      

We  went  into  the  cookery  room  and  made  Easter  biscuits.  We  made  baby  rabbits,  chicks  and  egg  shaped  biscuits.  We  enjoyed  eating  them  afterwards.    

Year  Two  Chick,  chick,  chick,  chick,  chicken  ….  

Meet  Greg,  Francis,  Fran  and  Kim  –  the  latest  additions  to  Year  Two.    These  four  little  chicks  have  caused  great  excitement  across  the  school.  We  carefully  placed  our  newly  laid  eggs  into  the  incubator  and  waited  patiently  for  twenty-­‐one  days.    On  Monday  16th  March  we  arrived  in  school  to  find  four  little  chicks  had  hatched  over  the  weekend.    We  watched  them  grow  day  by  day  until  it  was  time  for  them  to  leave  for  their  new  home  with  Martha  and  her  Mum.        

Mrs  Palmer-­‐Thompson  promises  that  she  will  send  updates  and  photos  of  the  chicks  so  that  we  can  see  how  they  are  getting  on.  

 As  part  of  our  current  topic  Our  Amazing  World  -­‐  Lorraine  visited  Year  Two  in  March  to  teach  us  some  Aboriginal  dancing.  We  learnt  different  moves  to  represent  different  Australian  animals  and  then  performed  a  dance  together.    We  loved  taking  part  in  the  workshop.  

   

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Visiting  Author  On  Tuesday,  3rd  February,  the  children’s  author,  Paeony  Lewis  came  to  visit    St  Francis.    In  our  assembly  Paeony  read  us  a  book  she  had  written  called  “Hurry  Up  Birthday”.    Her  daughter  inspired  her  to  write  the  book  because  

she  was  so  excited  about  her  birthday  that  she  crossed  off  each  day  leading  up  to  it.  It  takes  Paeony  up  to  three  years  to  write  each  book  and  she  has  written  lots  of  books.      Paeony  helped  Year  Two  to  tell  a  story  about  the  Morning  Bird.      We  acted  out  our  story  and  then  we  went  off  to  create  our  own  Morning  Bird  

character.    We  really  enjoyed  our  morning  of  storytelling.          For  more  information  about  Peaony,  check  out  her  website:  www.paeonylewis.com/page3.html    We  travelled  by  coach  to  St.  Andrews  Hall.    When  we  got  there  we  were  shown  where  to  put  our  coats.    While  we    were  waiting,  we  told  jokes  and  you  couldn't  really  hear  them.    Everyone  sang  to  each  other  and  the  helpers  listened.  Soon  more  mums  and  dads  came  in  and  then  the  real  performance  began.  First  everyone  sang  'She'll  Be  Coming  Round  The  Mountain'.  Another  school  sang  two  other  songs  then  it  was  our  turn.  We  sang  'Day  Off'  and  'Our  Ship  Sailed  From  China’.  And  then  we  all  sang  ‘Chatanooga  Choo  Choo’.  Then  one  other  school  sang  'There  Was  An  Old  Lady  Who  Swallowed  A  Fly'  and  'Lets  Go  Fly  A  Kite'.  Finally  the  last  school  sang  'Square  Wheels'  and  an  aeroplane  song.  And  then  all  of  us  sang  'I  Want  To  Ride  In  A  Tuk  Tuk'.  Finally  it  ended  and  some  people  went  home  in  the  car  with  their  parents  or  they  walked.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Beth  and  Laura  2  O'K            The  Teddy  Bear  Hospital    On  Wednesday  4th  February,  some  doctors  came  to  our  school.    First,  we  went  to  the  operation.  There  was  another  Teddy.  He  had  an  operation.  Then  we  went  to  the  healthy  eating  game  and  me  and  my  teddy  shook  the  tambourine.    Next  we  went  to  the  Doctors.  She  gave  me  a  plaster  to  put  on  my  teddy.    Finally,  we  went  to  the  skeleton  game.    I  found  out  kidneys  are  in  our  hips.  I  didn’t  know  you  could  put  plasters  on  teddies.    I  loved  it  because  I  got  to  shake  the  tambourine.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Luke  B      2K              

                 

 Year  Two  Learn  Orienteering  Skills  

On  Monday  afternoon  something  amazing  happened  …  Mr  Hall  came  and  did  map  skills  with  us!  First  Mr  Hall  showed  us  some  map  signs.  We  had  to  tell  him  what  they  meant.  Next  we  went  outside  and  stood  on  the  yellow  line.  Mr  Hall  gave  us  a  map  each.  Then  we  went  with  our  talk  partners.  With  our  talk  partners  we  searched  for  the  flags  with  letters.  Then  when  we  found  the  flags  with  letters  we  wrote  them  on  our  maps  and  we  couldn’t  tell  anyone  and  when  the  whistle  went  we  had  to  go  to  Mr  Hall  and  give  our  maps  to  him.  We  really  enjoyed  that.  We  know  something  about  maps  now!  

Rivana  and  Summer  -­‐  2  O’K    

 

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 Year  Three  

 This  term  our  topic  has  been  ‘Different  Places,  Different  Times’.  

     At  the  beginning  of  the  term  we  were  visited  by  the  physicist  Stephanie  Taylor  from  the  Ogden  Trust.    She  helped  us  to  understand  the  planets  from  our  Solar  System  and  we  have  since  been  colouring  in  a  planet  on  our  own  solar  system  picture  every  time  we  get  all  our  spellings  correct.  By  the  end  of  this  term,  if  we  have  managed  to  colour  in  the  eight  planets,  (not  counting  Pluto  as  it  is  now  considered  to  be  a  dwarf  planet)  then  we  will  officially  become  a  St  Francis  of  Assisi  astronaut  in  a  celebration  assembly.  As  part  of  this  topic  we  have  studied  other  countries  and  we  all  made  our  own  ‘Flat  Stanley’  based  on  the  book  by  Geoff  Brown  and  sent  these  flat  versions  of  ourselves  to  different  places  throughout  the  world.  Thank  you  to  all  those  of  you  

who  have  been  able  to  return  these  well-­‐travelled  ‘Stanleys’  before  the  end  of  this  Spring  term.  In  music  Year  3  have  been  following  a  programme  of  work  called  ‘Charanga’  and  each  class  has  videoed  their  own  performance  of  ‘The  Three  Little  Birds’  by  Bob  Marley.  All  the  children  had  the  opportunity  to  play  the  glockenspiel  and  the  recorder.    We  have  been  fortunate  enough  to  have  a  specialist  gymnastics  teacher  work  with  the  children  in  PE  and  the  children  have  been  learning  the  correct  way  to  perform  such  tasks  as  a  tuck,  a  pike  or  a  straddle.  In  this  picture  some  of  3K  are  performing  a  Japana!  

This  week  we  have  celebrated  the  end  of  our  topic  with  an  International  Day.  Well  done  to  all  the  children  who  managed  to  dress  up,  and  for  all  the  delicious  food  that  has  been  cooked,  prepared  or  provided  by  parents.  Finally,  in  RE  we  have  been  thinking  about  reconciliation  and  how  we  can  change  for  the  better  in  this  period  of  Lent.  Many  of  the  children  are  in  the  process  of  making  their  first  confession  in  preparation  for  their  First  Holy  Communion  which  they  will  be  receiving  soon.  Next  term  we  will  be  having  a  celebration  Mass  in  the  school  Hall  on  10th  July  at  9:30  am.  Parents  will  be  most  welcome  to  celebrate  this  occasion  with  us  and  we  are  extremely  fortunate  this  year  as  Bishop  Alan  will  be  leading  the  Mass  for  us.  So  please  make  a  note  in  your  diary!  

 Year  Four  

Our  Trip  to  the  Castle  Museum    On  Tuesday,  3rd  of  March,  my  class  4M  went  to  the  castle  museum.  We  went  because  we  are  learning  about  the  Romans.  We  met  a  Roman  soldier,  Roman  official  and  two  Iceni  tribe  members.    Firstly,  we  went  to  one  of  the  Iceni  tribe  members.  We  got  to  make  some  necklaces  called  torcs,  and  we  got  to  look  at  some  of  the  statues.  She  told  us  all  about  how  the  Iceni  lived.  I  liked  the  bit  where  we  got  to  make  the  torcs.  I  learned  that  if  an  Iceni  got  caught  by  a  Roman  with  a  torc  on,  then  the  Roman  would  take  it  off  the  Iceni.      Next,  we  got  to  meet  a  Roman  official  called  Marcus.  Marcus  showed  us  two  types  of  roof  tiles,  tegula  and  imbrex.  Matilda  got  to  place  tegula  on  top  of  imbrex.  I  liked  it  when  he  went  round  the  room  saying  “Samian”.    I  learnt  that  when  children  were  at  school,  they  had  to  write  on  wax.  Then  we  had  lunch.  After  lunch,  we  got  to  meet  another  Iceni  member.  We  got  to  chant  round  a  fire  “Iceni,  Iceni,  ICENI”  until  we  got  a  bit  too  loud.  We  also  got  to  pretend  to  be  part  of  the  Iceni  village,  my  group  got  to  be  fishermen,  some  of  us  got  to  be  fish,  some  fishermen.  I  liked  being  a  fish.  I  learnt  that  children  didn’t  get  to  go  to  school,  instead  they  worked  all  day  long.    

Phoebe  4M    

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 4S  Class  Mass    On  Wednesday  21st  January  we  had  our  class  Mass  to  celebrate  God's  Word.  Father  David  led  the  mass.  Some  parents  and  relatives  came.  Father  David  told  us  why  he  wore  his  garments  and  showed  us  what  he  put  on  the  table.  Before  all  the  parents  arrived  we  were  allowed  to  ask  Father  David  questions.  He  told  us  it  could  be  about  anything,  so  someone  asked  him,  "What  is  the  moon  made  out  of?"  Father  David  said,  "Green  cheese  and  I'm  telling  you  the  truth!"  At  the  start  of  the  Mass  Father,  David  lit  a  candle  and  we  sang  and  signed  'Share  the  Light'.  Father  David  then  welcomed  us  all  and  we  asked  God  to  forgive  our  sins.  We  were  all  involved  in  the  Mass.  We  heard  a  reading  from  the  Old  Testament,  read  by  Rushvinth,  Hannah  and  Aoibhe.  After  that  some  children  

read  the  Psalm.  Four  children  then  read  the  Bidding  Prayers,  which  is  now  called  Prayers  of  the  Faithful.  Then  some  of  us  brought  up  the  Offertory.  Bells  were  rung  to  represent  the  blessing  of  the  bread  and  wine.  We  learned  that  this  is  called  the  transubstantiation.  After  we  received  Communion,  Father  David  said,  "Go  in  peace,  the  Mass  has  ended."    “My  favourite  part  of  the  Mass  was  ringing  the  bell  because  me  and  Pedro  rang  it  for  the  first  time.”  (Josephine)  “The  most  special  part  for  me  was  seeing  my  dad  walk  in  the  room  because  I  didn't  think  he  was  coming.”  (Aoibhe)  “For  me,  the  most  special  part  of  Mass  is  always  Communion.  Taking  the  body  and  blood  is  a  very  special  thing.  It  always  makes  me  concentrate  on  God.”  (Jasmine)  “The  most  important  part  is  when  we  light  the  candle  because  Jesus  is  the  light  of  the  world.”  (Miriam)  

 Year  Five  

 During  the  Spring  Term,  Year  Five  children  looked  at  Greek  Myths  and  Legends  and  other  aspects  of  Ancient  Greek  civilisation,  read,  analysed  and  wrote  about  the  poem  'The  Highwayman',  and  started  some  map  work  on  the  Broads  topic  ready  for  their  visit  early  next  term  to  How  Hill.    The  children  enjoyed  the  varied  but  narrative  style  work  and  created  some  lovely  written  work  and  art.    Work  in  RE  centred  on  Reconciliation,  Lent  and  the  importance  of  prayer.      

 Year  Five  children  visited  the  Sainsbury  Centre  Gallery  as  part  of  their  Ancient  Greece  topic.  In  addition  to  a  guided  introduction  to  some  of  the  works  in  the  Collection,  children  were  able  to  investigate  and  discuss  some  of  the  earliest  and  most  mysterious  sculptures  of  human  figures  -­‐  originating  from  the  Cyclades:  a  group  of  islands  in  the  Aegean  Sea.    Learning  focused  on  just  a  few  artefacts  from  the  huge  variety  on  display;  as  well  as  modern  art  by  artists  such  as  John  Davies,  Degas  and  Henry  Moore.  It  is  hoped  the  visit  will  inspire  the  children  to  continue  their  interests  in  sculpture  and  painting,  as  well  as  their  own  creative  responses,  during  our  Creative  Arts  Week  in  the  Summer  Term.          Mother  and  Child  by  Henry  Moore  

 The  Sainsbury  Centre  is  like  a  world  of  history,  with  paintings,  sculptures  and  many  other  fascinating  artefacts  from  all  over  the  world.    On  3rd,  4th  and  5th  March  each  Year  5  class  went  there  to  learn  about  art  and  history.    5C  went  on  a  bright  but  windy  Wednesday  4th.      Soon  after  arriving  at  the  Centre  our  class  was  split  into  two  groups  and  introduced  to  our  guides,  who  showed  us  some  very  interesting  and  unusual  artefacts.    We  studied  some  Cycladic  figures  –  which  had  large  heads,  no  eyes  or  mouth  but  a  big  nose!    We  saw  

a  modern  sculpture  of  the  ‘bucket  man’  which  was  so  realistic  it  looked  as  though  he  would  walk  off  his  platform.    Degas’  ballerina  stood  in  an  elegant  pose  as  we  marvelled  at  her.    By  the  entrance  we  saw  a  smooth  Henry  Moore  sculpture  of  two  people  sitting  on  a  marble  square.  After  a  short  break  we  were  allowed  to  explore  the  whole  area  in  small  groups,  draw  sketches  of  our  favourite  artefacts  and  record  information  on  our  worksheets.    We  saw  the  little  stone  hippo,  which  looked  quite  cute,  the  silver  llama  and  a  strange  fox  mask.  

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All  too  soon  it  was  time  to  get  back  on  the  coach,  where  we  could  excitedly  exchange  stories  of  the  weird  and  wonderful  things  we  has  seen,  and  return  to  school  in  time  for  lunch.    Thank  you  to  the  parents  who  kindly  gave  up  their  time  to  accompany  us  on  our  trip.    I’m  sure  many  of  us  will  be  encouraging  our  parents  to  take  us  on  a  second  visit  to  this  amazing  centre.                                                                                                                                                                                                          (With  contributions  from:  Molly,  Saffron  and  Ita)    5C  Choral  Project  

On  Thursday  12th  March  5C  went  to  the  Anglican  Cathedral  for  a  special  concert  with  two  other  schools  and  some  of  the  Cathedral  choristers.    We  were  greeted  and  shown  to  our  seats  by  Mr  Weekes,  who  had  come  to  our  school  on  two  occasions  to  teach  us  the  three  songs.    Each  school  had  a  quick  run  through  their  own  song  and  then  the  three  choirs  climbed  onto  the  special  tiered  stage  to  rehearse  the  two  joint  pieces  together  for  the  first  time.    After  that  some  familiar  faces  arrived  –  our  parents!  –  who  wished  us  well  and  took  their  places  behind  us.  The  concert  started  with  the  Cathedral  choir  singing  ‘O  for  the  Wings  of  a  Dove’  which  

everyone  enjoyed  and  thought  it  a  fantastic  start  to  the  concert.    After  that  there  was  a  short  organ  demonstration  where  the  organists  played  some  really  quiet  and  very  loud  notes!    Next  it  was  our  turn  to  sing  our  song  ‘This  Little  Light  of  Mine’.    We  gave  our  best  performance  and  our  parents  (and  Ms  Crook)  were  very  proud  of  us.    Hillside  Junior  were  next  up  and  sang  a  beautiful  song  called  ‘When  you  Believe’,  followed  by  Costessey  Junior  who  were  lucky  enough  to  get  to  sing  ‘Let  it  go!’    To  finish  the  concert  all  three  choirs  joined  forces  to  sing  ‘Paradise  Bop’  and  ‘Zadok  the  Priest’,  which  sounded  amazing  in  the  brilliant  acoustic  of  the  cathedral.  It  was  a  truly  unique  and  special  occasion  which  we  all  enjoyed  immensely.      Mrs  Ludden  was  so  thrilled  with  our  performance  that  she  even  asked  us  to  sing  our  pieces  again  in  the  Celebration  Assembly  the  following  day!                                                                                                                                                                          (With  contributions  from:  Ella,  Amy  and  Paul)        

Year  Six  In  Year  Six  this  term  we  have  been  studying  the  Victorians  which  has  been  full  of  drama  activities,  writing  and  lovely  art  based  on  the  artist  William  Morris.  In  RE  we  have  been  studying  the  topics  Jesus  Bread  of  Life  which  included  the  Catholic  Mass  and  Jesus  Son  of  God  which  particularly  examined  the  role  of  Jesus  as  Man  and  as  Son  of  God.  We  have  been  enjoying  gymnastics  and  dance  this  term  and  produced  some  great  Hakka  and  Bollywood  routines.  The  writing  in  Year  Six  is  now  awesome  and  all  children  have  made  brilliant  progress  this  term.    We  have  been  continuing  to  work  on  our  grammar  and  spelling  ready  for  SATS  and  all  children  are  working  hard  in  Maths.    We  hope  all  the  children  have  a  great  Easter  holiday  and  come  back  refreshed  and  ready  for  lots  of  hard  work  and  fun  in  the  summer  term.        

On  Monday  2nd  February  the  Chetham’s  School  of  Music  came  to  show  us  how  talented  they  were.  The  group  consisted  of  two  violin  players,  viola  and  cello  their  group  was  called  a  string  quartet.  In  addition  to  the  string  quartet  there  was  a  pianist.  The  five  students  inspired  many  of  the  children  to  practice  more  and  take  music  lessons.  After  listening  to  them,  they  played  a  game  where  one  of  the  violin  players  played  a  tune  without  the  other  players  and  the  children  had  to  guess  what  the  tune  was.  The  competition  was  pupils  versus  adults  and  the  adults  won.  Overall  it  was  very  

good  as  it  was  a  great  opportunity  for  the  children  to  hear  live  music.  “I  really  enjoyed  thinking  about  the  way  they  performed  the  music.  I  don’t  know  how  they  got  to  move  their  fingers  so  quickly!”  Cleo.                                                                                                                                                            “I  didn’t  expect  to  enjoy  it  when  I  first  saw  them  but  actually  it  was  really  good.”  Lachlan  “I  thought  that  they  were  really  brave  to  perform  in  front  of  so  many  people.”  Alex  “We  learnt  a  lot  about  different  composers  and  the  countries  they  came  from.”  Daniel  

Evangeline  and  Maddie  –  6F      

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In  February  all  the  Year  Six  children  walked  to  the  Playhouse  to  watch  Notre  Dame’s  performance  of  Les  Miserables.    Having  seen  previous  shows,  our  expectations  were  not  that  high.    How  wrong  we  were!    The  show  was  absolutely  outstanding  and  blew  away  every  child  and  adult  who  attended  with  emotion  and  joy.      Praise  could  not  be  high  enough  for  those  who  performed  in  the  production  and  indeed  for  those  who  directed  it.  As  always  the  Year  Six  children  were  a  credit  to  our  school  and  many  now  look  forward  to  performing  in  future  productions  when  they  attend  the  High  School  and  indeed  our  end  of  Year  Six  production.        

 As  part  of  the  Victorians  topic  each  class  dressed  up  as  Victorian  children  for  the  

day  and  travelled  to  Great  Cressingham  Victorian  School  to  experience  life  as  a  child  in  1895.                              As  well  as  writing  on  slates,  singing  songs,  playing  with  spinning  tops  and  hoops,  the  girls  made  lavender  bags  with  beautiful  stitching  and  the  boys  learnt  about  nature  and  the  world.    It  was  a  superb  experience  and  really  enriched  our  learning.  

     

Clubs  and  Events    

Film  Club  FilmClub  meetings  continue  to  be  popular,  although  there  is  always  room  for  more  audience  members!  This  term  we  have  watched,  and  talked  about,  a  wide  range  of  films.  We  watched  Hue  and  Cry  which  was  the  first  of  the  Ealing  Comedies,  made  in  black  and  white  in  1947  as  well  as  lots  of  more  modern  films  such  as  Rio  2.  Some  of  the  films  have  been  chosen  by  Miss  McDade  and  Miss  O’Kelly  but  we  have  had  lots  of  requests  from  the  club  members  too.    As  well  as  watching  and  enjoying  films  we  enjoy  talking  about  films.  After  we  have  watched  a  film  we  have  a  chat  about  it  …  3  word  reviews,  what  we  have  enjoyed,  which  parts  we  did  not  like,  whether  the  film  reminded  us  of  other  films,  members  are  then  able  to  write  reviews  of  the  films  that  we  have  watched  for  the  FilmClub  website.  FilmClub  runs  once  a  fortnight,  alternately  Tuesday  and  Thursday  –  see  the  poster  outside  Miss  McDade’s  classroom  for  details  of  the  next  screening.    

History  of  Art  Club  We  have  had  a  good  attendance  at  History  of  Art  Club  this  term  where  we  have  looked  at  a  range  of  modern  and  old  art,  inspired  by  the  Bible,  myths  and  legends  and  social  history.  The  carefully  observation,  considered  responses  and  opinions  that  have  come  from  the  children  have  been  truly  insightful  and  they  have  been  full  of  creative  ideas.  We  are  really  looking  forward  to  the  arrival  of  our  new  interactive  whiteboard  after  Easter  so  that  we  can  have  a  better  appreciation  of  the  true  colours  of  the  art  we  look  at!  

Mrs  Hope    

Sign2Sing  On  Wednesday  morning  we  went  to  our  Sign2sing  assembly.  Sign2sing  is  where  we  learn  to  sing  a  song  and  sign  at  the  same  time.  It  is  very  important  because  there  are  people  who  can't  speak  like  we  can  and  use  signs  instead.  Doing  Sign2sing  helps  us  to  know  about  these  people  and  means  that  we  learn  some  signs  so  that  we  could  talk  to  them  and  they  could  talk  to  us.  

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Before  the  assembly  we  had  to  learn  the  songs  and  the  signs.  There  was  a  film  with  a  lady  called  Fletch  who  demonstrated  the  signs  and  we  had  to  watch  it  lots  of  times  to  get  the  hang  of  it.  We  learnt  two  songs.  We  learnt  one  new  song  called  Friends  Forever  and  we  relearnt  Get  Up  and  Sign  which  we  did  last  year.  Some  people  remembered  Get  Up  and  Sign  immediately  and  eventually  we  all  got  the  hang  of  it.  It  was  quite  hard  to  learn  the  songs  and  especially  the  signs  but  finally  we  learnt  them  really  well.      When  we  walked  into  the  hall  and  saw  all  of  the  Mums,  Dads,  brothers  and  sisters  we  were  amazed  and  delighted  that  there  were  so  many  people.  First  Mrs  Ludden  welcomed  all  of  the  visitors  to  the  assembly  and  she  told  them  a  little  bit  about  Sign2sing.  Then  we  sang  and  signed  Friends  Forever.  When  we  had  finished  all  of  the  visitors  clapped  because  they  thought  it  was  so  lovely.  Next  Mrs  Ludden  asked  us  to  turn  around  to  perform  Friends  Forever  again  facing  the  audience  so  that  they  didn’t  just  have  to  look  at  the  back  of  our  heads!  Adam  thought  that  it  was  tricky  to  sign  and  sing  when  he  couldn’t  see  the  film.  Miss  O’Kelly  got  in  a  bit  of  a  pickle  but  most  of  the  children  were  brilliant.  Summer  thought  that  it  felt  funny  and  Amelie  felt  a  little  bit  shy  because  there  were  so  many  people  looking  at  her.  After  that  we  sang  and  signed  Get  Up  and  Sign.  Finally  it  was  the  end  of  assembly  and  we  lined  up  carefully  to  walk  back  to  our  classrooms  but  we  had  time  to  put  some  money  in  the  pot  as  we  walked  past.  We  all  enjoyed  the  songs.  Jobe,  Chika  and  Jack  liked  Get  Up  and  Sign  best.  Jobe  found  it  easier  to  sign  than  Friends  Forever.  Martha  found  Friends  Forever  easier  to  sign  and  Ben  liked  the  tune  of  Friends  Forever  best.  Tatenda  liked  both  of  them  and  we  are  all  looking  forward  to  next  year  and  learning  a  new  song  for  Sign2sing  2016.    

School  Council  Yet  again,  the  School  Council  has  been  busy  in  its  weekly  meetings  representing  the  views  of  children  who  wish  to  bring  about  improvements  in  our  school  community.  Lunch  menus,  a  buddy  bench  and  new  play  equipment  have  all  been  hotly  discussed  with  regular  representations  to  Mrs.  Payne.  Democracy  is  alive  and  well  at  St.  Francis!  

Mr  Conroy  and  Mrs  Deakin  Farewells  

It’s  always  hard  when  someone  we  have  known  for  a  long  time  leaves.  This  term  we  have  said  good  bye  to  three  very  good  friends.    Mrs  Anson  left  St  Francis  at  half-­‐term.  Mrs  Marchant  and  Miss  O’Kelly  both  left  at  Easter.  We  gave  all  three  ladies  lots  of  cards  and  presents  and  thanked  them  for  all  they  have  done  for  us  over  the  year.  We  wished  them  all  well  for  the  future  and  hope  they  will  all  find  time  to  visit  us.  Mrs  Anson  is  already  sneaking  back  in  for  yoga  once  a  week  and  we  are  sure  that  Mrs  Marchant  and  Miss  O’Kelly  won’t  be  too  far  away!    

 SPORT  COMPETITIONS  THIS  TERM  

 Cross  Country  Trials  and  Finals  Another  cold  and  blustery  day  found  thirty-­‐two  pupils  from  Years  Three,  Four,  Five  and  Six  (eight  from  each  year)  in  Earlham  Park  for  the  Cross  Country  Competition.    The  race  distance  ranged  from  1200m  for  Year  Three  to  1600m  for  Year  Six.  Due  to  the  number  of  schools  taking  part  there  were  up  to  eighty  children  in  each  race,  with  a  separate  race  for  boys  and  girls  by  year  group.    In  order  to  go  represent  Norwich  Schools  in  the  Count  Finals  later  in  the  term,  children  had  to  finish  in  the  top  ten.    Our  Year  Three  boys  did  very  well  –  three  finished  in  the  top  ten.  We  also  had  top  ten  finishers  in  Year  Five,  and  Year  Six.    Everyone  ran  extremely  well  and  were  great  ambassadors  for  the  school.    In  the  County  Final,  later  in  the  term,  our  six  finalists  had  to  travel  to  Gresham  School,  Holt  for  the  County  Final.    All  the  runners  did  their  very  best,  and  Maddy  Short  did  particularly  well  to  come  sixth  overall  in  the  Year  Six  Girls  Race.      

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Tag  Rugby  On  a  cold  winter’s  day,  with  a  smattering  of  snow  still  on  the  ground  at  Lakenham  Hewitt  RFC,  two  teams  (thirty  children)  from  Year  Six  arrived  to  participate  in  a  Norwich  Schools  Rugby  Competition.    Unfortunately  for  us,  the  team  manager  (Mrs  Watt)  made  a  fatal  decision  and  told  the  children  to  not  wear  studded  boots.    As  the  day  warmed  up,  the  snow  melted  and  the  pitches  became  a  mud  bath,  making  it  very  difficult  to  run  and  dodge  past  the  opposition.  Despite  this,  both  teams  played  with  great  spirit  and  even  managed  to  score  tries  in  each  match  –  with  more  appropriate  footwear  they  would  have  been  hard  to  beat.    It  was  great  competition  and  everyone  enjoyed  taking  part  –  well  done  to  all  for  their  team  play  and  perseverance,  and  their  willingness  to  get  truly  muddy.    Swimming  Gala  The  annual  Colman  Pool  Swimming  Gala  for  Year  Five  &  Six  children  was  held  just  before  half  term.      Participating  teams  came  from  schools  that  use  the  pool  for  their  swimming  lessons  namely:  St  Francis,  Colman  School  and  Poringland  School.    The  races  include  all  four  swimming  strokes:  butterfly,  freestyle,  breaststroke  and  back  stroke  in  both  individual  and  relay  races.    In  past  years,  one  school  or  other  has  tended  to  dominate  the  gala,  but  this  year  all  teams  were  evenly  matched,  making  the  event  extremely  exciting  and  nail-­‐biting  right  to  the  end  to  see  who  would  win.  Colman  were  the  eventual  winners,  with  St  Francis  a  well-­‐deserved  second  and  Poringland  in  third  place.      Superb  swimming  and  team  spirit  was  shown  by  all.    

Mrs  Watt  Year  Six  Hi  5  Netball.  In  March  eight  Year  Five  girls  (Eva  P,  Eva  S,  Ciara,  Ava,  Maia,  Isabel,  Lily  and  Sahanna)  went  to  the  UEA  to  play  against  lots  of  others  schools  in  the  Norwich  High  Five  Tournament.    We  have  not  had  many  practices  this  year  so  we  knew  we  were  not  contenders  to  win  and  went  for  the  experience.      A  great  experience  was  had  by  all  and  the  girls  definitely  improved  throughout  the  6  matches  they  played.      We  all  look  forward  to  the  next  tournament  in  April.      On  Monday  16th  March  eight  Year  Six  Hi  5  netballers  had  the  opportunity  to  play  in  a  tournament  against  eighteen  teams  from  various  schools  throughout  the  county.  I  was  

immensely  proud  of  the  six  girls  and  two  boys  who  played  extremely  well  and  showed  tremendous  sportsmanship.  They  drew  two  of  their  matches  and  won  two  in  their  group  and  went  on  to  come  fourth  overall.  It  was  a  thoroughly  enjoyable  afternoon  for  all!  A  particular  thank  you  to  Mr  Lightfoot  who  gave  up  his  time  to  accompany  us  at  the  last  minute!  Well  done  to  all  the  team!                                              

Mrs.  Knowles  and  Miss  Furness    

Singing  Clubs  The  Singalong  Club  continues  to  meet  before  school  on  Monday  mornings.  Children  from  Years  Two  and  Three  who  like  to  sing  come  along  and  join  in  with  lots  of  different  songs.  Before  the  holidays  we  gave  a  little  concert  of  our  favourite  songs  for  our  families  and  friends.  Children  from  Years  Four,  Five  and  Six  who  like  to  sing  get  up  early  every  Thursday  to  come  to  choir.  We  have  spent  a  lot  of  time  learning  a  number  of  very  different,  and  some  difficult  songs  for  the  CASMA  concert  in  March.  We  were  really  excited  to  perform  at  St.  Andrew’s  Hall.  Thank  you  to  all  the  adults  who  support  the  choir!                                                                              

 All  the  children  took  home  World  Book  Day  Vouchers  on  March  5th  and  were  entertained  by  some  willing  members  of  staff  who  re-­‐enacted  the  first  chapter  of  Paddington  Bear  which  hopefully  inspired  many  to  read  the  book  and  maybe  even  become  actors!