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Issue 28 17th June 2016 Headteacher : Mr John M Stephens

Dear Parents, Carers and Children,

Welcome to Brook who has joined us in 4G. I hope

that you will enjoy your learning with us here at

Goosewell.

What a day yesterday! There was a great

atmosphere in the Main Hall and in classrooms

where the England v Wales Euros match was

watched by hundreds of children who wanted to or

were allowed to. A tense afternoon was

experienced by all. The children were taught

about fair play, sportsmanship and positive fan

behaviour during the earlier Key Stage 2

assembly. They demonstrated this during the

match after the vast majority of children sang

God Save The Queen extremely impressively

whilst a few of us sang Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.

A huge thank you to Mr Roscorla for providing us

with the technology to watch the match!

Just a reminder that next Thursday is a school

election closure day for children only, with the

exception of Year 4 children in London and Year 6

on residential. Staff will be here as normal for

training, doing Home Visits or out at residentials.

As I informed you previously, Plymouth City

Council cannot find alternative suitable premises

in this area for two polling stations, one each for

Plymstock Radford and Plymstock Dunstone.

Happy Father’s Day to all Goosewell Dads. Enjoy

your day!

John M. Stephens,

Headteacher

Diary Dates

JUNE

Monday 20th

Year 6 Residential Week

6LC Monday—Wednesday

6R Tuesday—Thursday

6SC Wednesday—Friday

12.00 p.m. FAH Parent Lunch

Tuesday 21st

Year 6 Residential Week

Year 2 walk around Plymstock

12.00 p.m. FEH Parent Lunch

Wednesday 22nd

Year 6 Residential Week

12.00 p.m. FJM Parent Lunch

Brickfields Athletics Championships

Thursday 23rd

Year 6 Residential Week

Year 4 London Visit

NON-PUPIL DAY FOR

EU REFERENDUM

Friday 24th

Year 6 Residential Week

Year 4 London Visit

2.30 p.m. 1KH Family Assembly

Year 2 Fun Evening

Monday 27th

Clubs end this week

Tuesday 28th

Class Photographs for Foundation,

Years 2, 4 and 6

Wednesday 29th

Year 6 Coombe Dean Transition Day

Friday 1st July

10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Foundation

and Key Stage 1 Sports Day

5.00 p.m.—8.00 p.m. PTA Big ‘n’

Bouncy BBQ

Friday 8th July

One-to-One Reading Finishes

Goosewell Knitters!

Well done to our fantastic Goosewell Knitting Club children and their helpers, Mrs Vaughan,

Mrs Crocker and Mrs Cooke who recently donated a precious knitted blanket to the animals at

Woodside Animal Welfare Trust. The children have been working on their

knitting and crochet skills over the past year and created a patchwork blanket that has been

given to the very cute

kittens at Woodside to snuggle up on! Woodside were very grateful for this gift and wrote a

wonderful letter

thanking the children.

Dear Friends

Thank you very much for all your hard work knitting the beautiful blanket for our animals. You are all

very clever to be able to knit so well and you chose such lovely colours. The blanket has been put in a

bed with some kittens and their mum, it looks very bright and cheerful and it will keep them all very

cosy.

Woodside has a lot of different types of animals. As well as cats and dogs we have rabbits, guinea

pigs, gerbils, ponies, goats, pigs, sheep and some other little furry friends. We look after all the pets

until they can find their own new family.

At the moment we are very busy caring for some very young kittens and their mums. We also have lots

of adult cats waiting for homes but because the kittens are so cute they are chosen before the older

ones. It just means that the grown up cats have to stay with us a little bit longer.

Thank you so much for helping us, without caring people like you we would not be able to look after

so many pets.

Kind regards

Carole Bowles MBE

We also say thank you and goodbye to our

neighbour, Mrs Cooke, who has been voluntarily knitting with our Knitting Club children for the

past three years. We are very grateful to her for

passing on her enthusiasm

wealth of knitting

experience and send her

our very best wishes.

Plymouth Schoolboy Trials

Well done to Jay 5, Herbie 5L, Sam 5O,

Daniel 5M and Jake 5O for being selected

for Round One of the Plymouth Schoolboy

Football

trials last week. Good luck to Herbie and

Jake who will be going on to Round Two next

week. Great work boys!

Golden Book for week ending Friday 10th June 1B Fraser for amazing progress in phonics.

1KH Grace for interesting ideas about pirates and trying hard to use conjunctions when writing

sentences.

1T Jake for managing his own behaviour positively and for being a helpful eco monitor last week.

2FN Jack for approaching all his learning with great enthusiasm, especially his writing.

2H Sophie for super writing of a recount.

2K Layla for super understanding about African habitats and non-fiction books.

Politeness Award

1B Vinnie for always saying please and thank you and for saying lovely things to your friends.

Music Tuition

If you have still not paid your Summer Term

Tuition Fees, can you please pay by 20th June

to ensure your child’s tuition can continue. A

text and email reminder have been sent to

remind you of the outstanding amount.

Thank You Mrs Patey!

Congratulations to Mrs Patey, our School Crossing Patroller who

has been recognised by the Local Authority for keeping our

children, as well as other members of our community, safe on

the roads around Goosewell School for the past 15 years! Mrs

Patey does a fantastic job, with a friendly smile, in all weathers

and is a familiar face to many of our children and parents. A

well deserved recognition for a vital member of our Goosewell

family. Thank you Mrs Patey and here’s to the next 15 years!

Dogs Onsite Please remember that dogs are not allowed onto school grounds, or

tethered to the school gates, particularly in the warmer weather. Recently, a dog has

been left by the Year 2 gate, barking loudly, which is unfair to both the dog and to

those children who may have a fear of dogs.

Lost Property

Would you please check your child’s school cardigan to ensure that they

have the correct one. Isabella 5O and Daisy 3H have both lost two

cardigans each and they are all clearly named. If you find any of the

cardigans would you please pass them to your child’s teacher or to the

school office.

100% Attendance

Well done to

Anthony FEH, Amy 4G and Livvy 6R who have all received a £10 book token for

100% attendance in Term 5.

Ready for the Residentials!

All the very best to Year 6 children who are taking part in their outdoor

education survival days next week. Their residential experience will include

camping in a clearing close to the lower banks of the River Dart, cooking from raw ingredients,

canoeing, tree climbing, developing teamwork and managing without hot water or electricity

for three days and two nights!

Year 4 children will be visiting London for two action packed

days next Thursday and Friday visiting the Houses of Parliament,

the Natural History Museum, the National Gallery, Buckingham

Palace, Trafalgar Square, watching Charlie and the Chocolate

Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and travelling on the

London Underground and so much more! Have fun everyone!

Junior Ten Tors Well done to our Year 6 Junior Ten Tors team who walked 19 miles last

Friday and Saturday, interrupted by an overnight camp out on Dartmoor. The children were

fantastic at navigating themselves from tor to tor and worked brilliantly as a team. Well

done Ella, Holly, Liam, Noah, Lily, Jack, Edward and Evie! Thank you to Mrs Williams and Mr

Case who have trained and developed leadership skills in the children as well as supervising

their walks.

Pupil Success

Well done to Poppy FAH who has achieved her Stage 5 Trampolining certificate and to

Charlotte 1KH who has gained her 4th Star Black Belt in Hybrid Mixed Martial Arts.

Congratulations to Thomas who recently took part in a swimming

competition with Plymouth Leander, coming 5th for an IM swim (Butterfly, Backstroke,

Breaststroke, Freestyle), 4th for a 200m Freestyle and 5th for 100m Breaststroke. Well

done all of you talented children.