Eversley Primary School Newsletter 12. Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see Mark Twain

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1 Eversley Primary School Newsletter 12 Website: This month s value is Kindness In this artwork, world famous street artist Banksy uses a quote by the ancient Greek story writer Aesop to demonstrate his feelings about kindness. The artwork illustrates a child reaching high to write the quote, which in itself gives us an idea of how kindness can help us to be the best we can be. Kindness quotes: "When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." Sophia Loren A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. William Arthur Ward No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted Aesop Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see Mark Twain Yr2 Soldiers & Nurses Day On Tuesday 28th November, Year 2 enjoyed a 'Soldiers and Nurses' day at school. The children enjoyed acting out different scenarios at Scutari Hospital, including treating the wounded soldiers. They learnt about the terrible conditions at the hospital and how Florence helped to improve things. The children then wrote a letter from Florence to her Father recounting her experiences. It was a great day! Children In Need We can announce that the two classes that brought in the most money for Children In Need are:- 1C with 113 & and 5D with 100 Each class will receive a Pudsey Bear!! (Ms Lauder and the House/Vice Captains)

2 Dear Parents/Carers Re: North London Food Bank As part of active citizenship, the House and Vice Captains have decided to collect food for the North London Food Bank. By donating items of food we can make a great difference to the less fortunate people in our community. From 4 th to 8th December we would be grateful if you could donate any of the following items. Reception Christmas food e.g. mince pies, Christmas puddings Year 1 toilet rolls and washing powder Year 2 shampoo, conditioner and shower gel Year 3 savoury snacks e.g. popcorn crackers, chocolate and biscuits Year 4 instant mash, instant noodles and noodles Year 5 tinned puddings, tinned fruit and veg, custard and rice pudding Year 6 tinned savouries e.g. tomatoes, meat, soup, spaghetti hoops Items must be non-perishable and have a use by date. We hope that you can help us to make a difference. Thank you for your support. (Ms Lauder and the House/Vice Captains) We would like to wish the following children a wonderful birthday. Hannah (1C), Aanya (1EM), Graciella (4K) and Andrew (5D) We hope you had a great day. Thank you for donating a birthday book to your class. If you would like to donate a book to your class, please collect a donation sticker from the school office to stick your name and a message to your class in the book Head Lice We have had cases of head lice reported throughout the school. Please can we remind parents to check children s hair regularly and treat the whole family if head lice are present. Advice from the NHS is to use a nit comb regularly after washing to thoroughly check hair and regular use of the comb can prevent re-occurrence. (Welfare Team)

3 Well done to the pupils who received a Thank You Certificate for making Eversley a better place by demonstrating one of our Eversley Values. Thank You Certificates 1C Elyssia & Lolek 3E Ayden & Simran 1EM Carter & Seray 3G George & Alicia 1M Leo & Charlotte 3O Stefan & Hana 2DC Nikeel & Emilia 5G Dea & Theo 2F Beau & Clio 5L Lexie & Luca 2TW Maria & Christian 6R Christianna & Tiana Superstars 1C Oliver 4C Luke Congratulations to our Superstars of the week. 1EM Aishvitha 4K Anoosh 1M Chloe 4S Sofia 2DC Michael 5D Ruben 2F Maria 5G Alice 2TW Alana 5L Saira 3E Emily 6P Amalia, Rishon 3O Valentino 6JR Harrison 3G Miao Miao & Adithya 6R Gamze

4 Year 6 will once again be running a Christmas Postal Service as part of their enterprise project. They will have job roles which include, selling, collecting and delivering post. If your child wishes to send Christmas cards in the Eversley Post they will need to buy stamps at a cost of 2p each. Christmas cards should have the name (and surname initial if more than one in the class) and class of the child they are for as well as a stamp on the envelope, otherwise they will not be delivered to the correct person! The Eversley post office will be open from 8.45am-9.00am and from 11.15am-11.30am in the junior building. The service will run from Monday 4 th December to Friday 15 th December. Please bring in the correct money for the number of stamps required. Infants may also order their stamps by completing the slip below and enclosing the correct amount of money in an envelope addressed to Eversley Post. Their stamps will then be delivered to their classrooms. Nightingale Cancer Support Centre Year 6 children will also be selling the Christmas Cuddlies this year and all donations will go to The Nightingale Cancer Support Centre Supporting the people of Enfield affected by Cancer. The Cuddlies cost 2.00 each and will be sold alongside the Christmas Stamps (please bring in the correct money for number of cuddlies required) Christmas Stamp Order for Reception/Year 1 and Year 2 Childs Name.... Class Number of stamps 2p each Total Amount Enclosed:.....

5 Tag Rugby Season Starts! On Friday 17 th November, we took five boys and five girls to the borough Tag Rugby tournament at Enfield Ignatians. Eversley started the tournament against Brettenham and some early tries from Isabella and Ehizojie gave us a good lead going into half time. Further tries from Harrison, Zachary and Anthony were enough to give Eversley victory in their first game. Next up for Eversley was a strong Raynham team. The game was very much end to end with both teams very attacking and despite great running and tagging from Harrison, Ada and Olivia we were unable to find the winning try, with the game resulting in an exciting draw. After two strong performances the boys and girls were excited going into the next match against Suffolks and showed some great tries from Rishon and Isabella which gave them another early lead. Despite a Suffolks fightback Eversley stayed resilient with great work from Talya and Chloe both attacking and defending helping to earn Eversley their second win of the tournament. After a short break, next up was a very strong Raglan team. Eversley were looking very organised and were used to the rules by now however Raglan were just as competent and despite some great tagging and try scoring from Eversley, it wasn t enough to prevent a late Raglan surge and a first defeat. Eversley bounced back quickly for their next game vs Eldon and after early tries, Chloe and Rishon took control of the game despite Eldon adding a couple of tries of their own, with Zachary, Talya and Olivia helping them to their biggest win of the day. The final game was against an impressive St Andrews team and despite Ehizojie, Anthony and Harrison scoring some brilliant tries, they weren t enough to prevent our second loss of the tournament. After all matches were played it was announced that Eversley finished the afternoon with a very impressive 10 points. Although this wasn t enough to go through to the finals, all the children enjoyed their afternoon and were pleased with their performances, with Isabella earning a special mention and winning a medal for her bravery throughout the matches. (Alfie Bougourd) Even More Tag Rugby! On Friday 24 th November, Eversley played their first two leagues matches of their local cluster against St Pauls and Merryhills. The team was made up of five boys and four girls. The day started with their first match against St Pauls. After some strong early running from Zachary, Rishon and Chloe along with good tagging from Chris and Talya Eversley had an early lead before St Pauls quickly got an equalizing try. Eversley again went into the lead thanks to tries from Ehizojie however our opponents kept bringing it back to end the half an exciting 5-5. The second half was much the same with Anthony and Olivia coming on to help the team and with a very end to end game, Eversley unfortunately ended up losing the game The second game against Merryhills was very much the same however a couple of early tries from our opponents meant Eversley were always chasing the game, going into the second half 6-4 down. The boys and girls all went into the second half with the same enthusiasm and Eversley soon found themselves level, with more good work from Chris along with Ada and Olivia helping Rishon and Zachary to some great tries. The game was very open with both teams showcasing some great attacking play, however a late try from Anthony wasn t enough to prevent a further tight loss All the boys and girls put in some great performances and look forward for more games in the coming months. (Alfie Bougourd)

6 Dates for your Diary Autumn Term Time Event 4th to 15th December 2017 Christmas Post 5th December am 1M: Christmas production for parents 6th December am 1C: Christmas production for parents 6th December Christmas Lunch 6th December pm yr3: Recorders Concert 7th December am 1EM: Christmas production for parents 11th December yr3: Ancient Egyptian Workshop 12th December am-3.35pm Secret Santa 12th December am Kingfisher class: Christmas performance to parents ** 13th December am 4S: Roman Assembly for parents ** 13th December am 4K: Roman Assembly for parents 13th December pm Musical Concert (selected children) 13th December am Woodpecker class : Christmas performance to parents 14th December am Nightingale class: Christmas performance to parents 14th December pm Carol Service at St Thomas's Church for yrs1-6. Yr6 parents are invited to attend 15th December 2017 Christmas Jumper Day - donations for Save the Children 18th December am 4C: Roman Assembly for parents 21st December pm School finishes at 1.30pm for the Christmas holiday period 22nd Dec 2017 to 3rd Jan 2018 school closed Christmas Holiday - School closed to pupils ** Indicates a date change

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