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Thursday 16th May 2019

www.evenswindon.co.uk

A big congratulations to the whole of

Year 6 who have taken their SATs

this week. Their perseverance has

been inspirational. Thank you to all

of the staff involved, especially the Y6

team.

Mrs Lowe

NON UNIFORM DAY AND DRESS

UP DAY

There will be a non uniform day on Friday

7th June. Children are asked to

bring in a donation for The

Summer Fete. Further details to

follow.

Friday 21st June will be a Wild West

Dress-Up day in preparation for the

Summer Fete. Please re-use your costume

from the maths Wild West Day.

ADVANCE NOTICE OF ST ERTH NURSERY

TRIP

We are planning an exciting trip to Cotswold

Wildlife Park in July. We will be writing to you soon

with more details.

Thursday 4th July—AM children

Thursday 11th July—PM children

Y3 PARENTS MEETING—

RESIDENTIAL IN YEAR 4

We will be holding a meeting for all our year

3 parents and children regarding our

planned residential trip in year 4. The

meeting will take place on Tuesday 21st May

at 3.15pm in Brunel Hall. Due to a change in

venue we invite all parents to come along and

find out more about the new location.

YEAR 1 ASSEMBLY REMINDER

Year1 would like to remind parents and carers that

their class assembly will take place on Wednesday

22nd May in Hawksworth Hall at 9.15am.

We hope you will be able to join us.

YEAR 5

Some of our year 5 children attended three

sessions at Commonweal school. They took part

in art, science, maths, ICT and English lessons

based on the GCSE text Frankenstein. We are

very proud of how well they represented Even

Swindon, even winning one of the teamwork

awards on the final day. Well done to Atharv,

Mahasin, Yashica, Tai Shi, Connor, Maisey, Zach,

Alicia, Lola and Rudra.

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CURRICULUM CORNER

STEM

Over the last two years, Even Swindon has been working hard to embed a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) focus into the curriculum. We have recognised that STEM is growing so important because it increasingly encompasses every part of our lives. Science is everywhere in the world around us. Technology is continuously expanding into every aspect of our lives. Engineering is the basic designs of roads and bridges, but also tackles the challenges of changing global weather and environmentally-friendly changes to our home. Mathematics is in every occupation, every activity we do in our lives. By exposing the children to STEM and giving them opportunities to explore STEM-related concepts, they will hopefully develop a passion for it and may choose to pursue it further in the future, building our next generation of Scientists and Engineers. STEM activities provide hands-on and minds-on lessons for the student. This year, we have had LEGO STEM focus, with the children being able to design and code machines using Lego. Thanks to the multi-talented Mr Rouse, we are also the proud owners of a lovely Lego wall next to the first aid room. The children have been exploring this during break times and lunch times.

Next week (20th-24th May) is STEM week, this year we have a technologies focus and each year group will be trying out some of the new technology we have in school, including BeeBots, Dataloggers, InoBots and WeDO LEGO. The children will also be filming some 'how-to' videos to explain how the technology works- keep your eyes peeled for this on the website.

If you would like to explore some STEM activities at home with your child, there are some great websites with activity ideas;

https://codecombat.com/ A brilliant site to learn coding while playing an adventure game.

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/products/categories/stem Designs and activities for STEM using LEGO.

https://thestemlaboratory.com/stem-activities-for-kids/

A brilliant site with lots of STEM activities to try at home.

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Well done to Casey,

Phoebe, Maisy and

Anne who

competed in a local

gymnastics

competition at the

weekend.

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Lucian has received an Assistant

Headteachers award for

wonderful English and

Dominika for producing an

amazing stained glass

window—well done

Diogo with his certificate for

being a reserve member of

the Swindon Primary Schools

FA Representative Squad for

the 2018-19 season

Yashica with her

medals after taking

part in a National

Badminton

Championship

Tournament

Well done Nazeefa on

receiving a Silver award

for brilliant homework—

cake making

Scarlet has

received a

Bronze award for

amazing reading

and Theo for

showing

kindness and

generosity

Thomas has worked

hard to earn his

yellow belt in

martial arts and has

also completed a

Superhero run

Fantastic swimming from Kieran, Bethany, Tom

and Farrleigh

Ansh has

received a

certificate for

brilliant

dancing

Laura took on the

challenge of climbing a

mountain in Poland

Xavier has worked

hard in a recent

martial arts

competition

Isabelle with her rosettes for 2nd and

3rd place in a horse riding competition

Congratulations

Sofia—Fighter Of The

Day in Kick Boxing

Caua and Jessica with their

medals for good football skills

in a competition

Well done to Ella who has

moved up to the next level in

ice skating

Good work Anne—a

Beavers badge for cooking

and experiments

Nihira has been

working hard

winning medals in

badminton Erin has gained level 4 in

gymnastics—well done

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Pupil Phoebe Maddison (a previous Pride of Swindon award winner) who appeared on The Voice Kids is a pupil at Abbey Park School and will be performing

on the day. Phoebe has type 1 diabetes.

Thank you in advance for any help you are able to give us with this and please do be in contact if you

would like any further details.

https://jdrf.org.uk/event/one-fun-run-swindon/

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Swindon Sports Camp is pleased to announce that we will be offering an exciting multi-sports camp in your

area. The Sports Camp is for all abilities with a real emphasis on allowing the children to choose their own

activities and having fun!

The camp will run from 8:45am to 3:00pm throughout the school holidays.

Come and join us for days full of fun, activities and friendship. Activities may include: Football, Netball,

Dodgeball, Rounders, Team Building, Crafts and lots more.

Please ensure that your child has suitable sports clothing and footwear for all weather conditions; we like to

spend a lot of time outside, even in the winter months! Children will also need a packed lunch and a water bottle

to stay hydrated throughout the day.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY MON T U E WE D T H U F R I

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9am Y3&4

Celebration Assembly

20

Science Week

2.30pm R,Y1 and Y2

Oracy Afternoon

21

Reception Wedding Dress

Up WOW Day

2.30pm Y5 and Y6 Oracy

Afternoon

3.15pm Y3 Parents

Meeting For Residential

Trip in Y4, Brunel Hall

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9.15am Y1 Parent

Assembly, Hawksworth

Hall

23

Debating Club Trip To

Houses Of Parliament

2.30pm Y3 and Y4 Oracy

Afternoon

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9am Y5&6

Celebration Assembly

School Closed

Half Term

School Closed

Half Term

School Closed

Half Term

School Closed

Half Term

School Closed

Half Term

3 June

Back To School

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Y3 Westonbirt Trip

Reception Open Day For

New Starters September

2019, 9.15am and 2pm

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7 Non Uniform Day—

Donations For Summer

Fete

Y6 PGL

9am KS1

Celebration Assembly

Deadline For Y2 Trip

Payments

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Y6 PGL

11 12

Y6 Trip To Wicked

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9am Y3&4

Celebration Assembly

Y1 Trip Payments

Deadline

17

3pm Cake Sale

18 19 20

Y2 Trip To Birdland,

Bourton On The Water

3.15pm Y5 Parents

Meeting For PGL Trip In

Y6

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Wild West Dress Up

9am Y5&6

Celebration Assembly

PTA Summer Fete

School Closed, Teacher Training Days

Monday 1st July 2019

School Closes At 1.30pm

Thursday 25th July 2019