FS and KS1 Sports DayOn Monday 13th February Year 1 and 2 children and Thursday 16th February FS1 and 2 children arrived at school with excitement and anticipation of what the day would hold for them. Today after weeks of prac-ticing children could demonstrate their sporting talents in the annual sports day.The sports day ran on a carousel of activities, ranging from sack races, egg and spoon race, obstacle races and many more. The children competed with grit and determination working hard until the last second of every activity. All the children that took part in the day received a certificate of participation to show how proud of the efforts the children had put in. Here are a few quotes from the students about the day:‘I had great fun, I really liked the obstacle race when we had to go through the tunnel‘ ‘My favourite part was running with a quoit on our head and trying not to let it fall off’ ‘Throwing the bean bags into the target hoops was very hard but after a couple of goes I got 1 in’ A big thank you to all the parents that came down to cheer children on and some even took part in the parent and staff race.

SPORTS WEEK at SRS

Year 6 Year 5 Year 4 FS2 FS1Year 3 Year 2 Year 1

The theme for this year’s Primary sports week was the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London. Each year group represented a continent and had the opportunity to select a country to represent for the day.

Important Dates

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Year 4 Trip to F1 (Formula) - Abu DhabiYear 6 Boys Trip to Jump Box

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Israa & Miraj Holiday

National Art Competition Award ceremony

UK Mt Maths Challenge

Primary Swimming Gala

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Tuesday 25th April

Thursday 27th April

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Mr JohnHead of Juniors

term: our Sports Days and STEAM week. Both events captured the

most of them from their Primary years and I was impressed and proud to see how well they are developing into leaders of the future! As we embark on our final term of the academic year there is an emphasis on academic achievement as our students sit a variety of

assessments in May and June. Due to importance of this term please

On Sunday 12th February and Wednesday 15th February, students in Years 3-6 Year arrived at school full of energy and excitement and ready to demonstrate their sporting prowess! Students and teachers really got behind the theme for this year, using time in their IPC lessons researching their selected country; everything from its representative athletes and sporting success, to the culture, language and history. Students also made a fantastic effort this year creating banners, flags and accessories alongside wearing brightly coloured clothes and face paint to support their class.

In Key stage 2, all students participated in a fun sports carousel with activities requiring speed, strength, agility and balance. Every student also represented their class in an official event, such as the javelin, standing long jump and the 75m sprint. Every activity earned points for their class which meant for an exciting end to a brilliant day. Congratulations to the following classes for scoring the highest amount of points over all activities and becoming sports day champions;

Year 3: RedYear 4: SilverYear 5: Yellow

KS2 Boys Sports Days proved a great success this year. Each student took part and completed various activities and challenges they had previously learned in PE including Javelin, sprinting, basketball, throwing, problem solving and golf. The most popular event by far was the Tug of War. The pupils (and sometimes parents and teachers) demonstrated their strength and determination by attempting to pull the other team over the finish line. The effort and enthusiasm demonstrated by each of the pupil was great to see as well as many of their sporting talents. I would like to thank all of the children for their attitude and behaviour as well as all the staff who helped to create a successful couple of days.

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SRS STEAM week was a huge success. Across the school it was a very busy week with children taking a break from everyday class routines to concentrate on developing their

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math skills

Throughout the week classes in each year group participated in cross curricular activities.Year 4 began building and designing their cars for the Formula 1 project. Each member of the team had a role such as manager, graphic designer, resource manager, design engineer.

Teams will travel to Abu Dhabi in April to showcase their projects and race their cars.Best of Luck!

Year 5 visited Ministry Science and participated in experiments in the key areas of Science such as weight and mass they observed volcanoes erupting using toothpaste.

Year 2 designed their own equipment to go along with their space ships. They made food for space, gravity boots, space suits and jet packs!

In FS2 they learnt about Humpty Dumpty, discovering which materials could save the egg. They were busy testing the strength of various materials then dropped the eggs from the stairs. Great fun was had by all! Some classes looked at the effects of mixing colours. Others

began developing their coding skills by giving directions to Beebots.

Class Activities

Part of this initiative involved children creating projects on a given theme. Thank you to all the boys and girls who took part. Thank you to parents who spent time gathering items and

supporting your child in developing their skills.

Projects

Year 4 task: ‘Start me up’ create or draw a small circuit to power a bulb, motor or buzzer.This topic allowed children to build on their knowledge they have learnt in class. Judges noticed how fantastic the children were at using the scientific vocabulary. A personal favourite was Haziq’s project in 4 Red. He created a money box that when taken made an alarm sound. This prevented anyone from taking his savings. Congratulations to the winning class Year 4 White.

INVENTIONS TIMEYear 3 task: Create an invention that improves the lives of humans or animals.Year 3 showed their caring and considerate side with their projects. A charity village was constructed with a hospital, school and homes for the less fortunate. Hussain (3 yellow) loves cats so he made a solar panel home for his cat which enabled them to keep cool in summer and warm in winter. The class winners were 3 red. Not only did the class have the most projects but judges found the ideas could prove very useful in the future. Rumaisa reused clothes hangers to make a strong, durable seat. She told us how she had to use her math skills to ensure it balanced. Judges were impressedthat each of the children could explain howand why they made the projects.

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HOMES FROM THE PASTYear 1 task: Build a house from the past.Year 1 are learning about The Great Fire of London, to tie in with this they built tudor homes. Congratulations to the winning class 1 gold.

SPACE SHIP TIME!Year 2 task: Build a model space ship at home. Many recycled materials were used to create rockets. Great research was carried out by asking questions, searching the internet and exploring non- fiction books. Congratulations to the winning class 2 turquoise.

HOUSEHOLD HELPERSYear 5 task: ‘Household Helpers’ children should come up with a solution to a household problem.Year 5 spoke to their parents at home and discovered items to make lives easier. In 5 yellow multi-functional robots proved successful. Ayesha Mohammad designed a hat which had a fire extinguisher, cleaning utensils, brushes and more. Aly Rayed designed a self- watering plant which would prove useful when travelling for long periods. These are definitely ones to watch out for in the future. Congratulations to the winning class 5 yellow.

ROLLERCOASTER!Year 6 task: Design your own rollercoaster using straws. It must transport a ping pong ball from the start to the finish.Creativity and teamwork were evident in Year 6 as they produced lots of new creations in transporting the ping pong. Year 6 Red were the winners with everybody in their class designing a rollercoaster. It was great to see all the children get involved in this project and come up with some very creative ideas. Most of the children found it tricky to keep the ping pong ball on the track; however, they realized that by creating a barrier it meant speed and control could be maintained. Some children really showed their creative skills.Huraiz designed a spiral rollercoaster which looked sensational,whilst Qais built his standing up on a piece of card so itcould be hung from a wall.Excellent ideas were seen in all classes!

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