COLLINGWOOD NEWS 15th

March 2019

It has been a week of scientific discovery,

investigation and fun and, most importantly, it

has certainly been a special and memorable

time at Collingwood this week. I would like to

again thank the number of parents, friends and

relatives who have come into school to share

their interests, expertise and career paths with

many of the children. We always look for ways

to inspire the children and encourage them to

be curious and you have helped us in that aim.

There has been a whole range of activities

going on over the week, so look at the photos

on the newsletter and my Twitter

feed @LHardieCSHead for updates. One of the

highlights was surely the morning of forensic

science, in which there was a buzz of

collaborative thinking and mystery solving.

Wednesday also saw the annual house football

competition take place. It may have been cold

and windy, but the boys and girls who

competed played with determination and

commitment to their house. Congratulations to

Drake for being the final victors.

Today, it has been Red Nose Day at

Collingwood and, as part of the charity support,

we have had an excellent assembly from 5A,

who have been responsible for today's

organisation as part of their Collingwood Way

award. As well as entertaining us with song and

dance, they told us about the important causes

across the world that Comic Relief supports.

The afternoon was another example of our

school's unity as the whole school came

together to take part in a number of fun

activities for this special day. Look out for the

video that I will send out soon!

Finally, we have one other special Collingwood

event coming up this evening as we are all

looking forward to the school gala. Our pupils

from Years 1 to 6 are all very excited about

competing for their houses and showing how

they have improved in their swimming. I hope

to see many of you there later.

Mr Leigh Hardie, Head

Headlines Celebration Assembly

Kindergarten Alayna Music Ethan L

Reception Leo MFL Sam H

Year 1 Terran DT Ryan & Luca

Year 2 Sian Football Kelley & lara

Year 3 Luca & Ryan Drama Phoebe

Year 4 Hania House Drake

Year 5 Frankie

Year 6 Sana & Amelia W

Tree of Virtue Leaves: Sian & Rose

As we have had a week of scientific discovery and fun, here is a

statement from George Bernard Shaw.

Can you think of any problems

that have been 'solved' or

helped by science?

What is the difference between

an invention and a discovery?

Can we think of an example

when we have solved one

problem and then created a

new on? Does this mean we

should stop trying?

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We are excited to announce a new after school club coming to

Collingwood soon. STEMKids is based on the idea of educating

children in four specific disciplines — science, technology,

engineering and mathematics. Rather than teaching the four

disciplines as separate subjects, STEM integrates them into one

learning model based on real-world applications.

Projects include balloon powered cars, vibrating bugs, electronic

pocket torches, helicopters and slime (all projects can be taken

home).

Full details of sign up and dates to follow.

We will be running an Easter Holiday Activity

week during the week commencing 1st April

where children will take part in a wide variety of

fun things including sports, craft and art and

various team games as well as lots of other fun

activities. Due to essential electrical works

taking place at Collingwood, the club will be held

at Old Walcountians Sports Club in

Woodmansterne, where our KS2 games lessons

take place. The scheme will run from 8am to

5pm. If you are interested, please complete the

sign-up process on our ParentPay site.

CollingwooD’s

90th

Birthday

Book tickets online here!

It would be helpful to know if you are intending to

purchase tickets and we would appreciate a

moment of your time to complete this survey –

thank you!

Our wonderful PTA have organised an end of

term treat afternoon on Friday 29th

March from

midday until 4pm. The children with gather for a

movie afternoon with pizza, drinks and a dessert.

The price is £10 per child and payment can be

made online via ParentPay. If you are able to

help with the event, please sign up here.

Our Easter Service will take place at Holy Trinity Church, Maldon

Road at 11am on Friday 29th

March, all parents and family are

most welcome. The children have been working hard learning

their presentations – each class will take part in the service.

There will be no aftercare on this day, however our PTA are

running a movie and pizza afternoon. We return to school on

Wednesday 24th

April in summer uniform.

Summer Uniform

As we return from the Easter break in summer uniform, it is a

good opportunity to plan ahead and ensure you have all the

necessary items. We hold some stock within School, and all

other items are available to purchase direct from Mapac with

free delivery to the School (next order due 29th

March).

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This week at Collingwood …….

Storm? What storm?! House football went ahead at Old Walcountians

3A visited Butser Farm and enjoyed open fires, spinning and wattling

KS2 Sing Up!

4A welcomed a Collingwood parent to learn about Indian cuisine and culture

Drawing famous scientists at Art Club

5A’s finished bird boxes with a motor theme!

Congratulations!

1A sampled a French breakfast as part of their MFL learning

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Reception enjoyed a fun day at the Horniman Museum

6A have created games and tested them out on Kindergarten

This week’s Woodland Adventure took the adventurers to Oaks Park

Kindergarten feeding Bored Claude

5A’s amazing Red Nose Day assembly – well done!

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Fantastic forensic science workshops

Chromatography

Making light rainbows

What happens when you mix acid with alkali?

4A growing crystals

Engineering challenge for 5A – building a bridge from spaghetti and marshmallows!

5A explored irreversible processes

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2A tested balloon propulsion to make balloon powered cars

Making a spaghetti bridge

Investigating tension and compression in a 6A design task

4A tested their boats to a Reception audience 5A used magnetic attraction, sieving & filtering to separate materials

4A learnt all about PH testing, coagulants, sand filters and carbon filters

5A explored outdoors with their visitor, finding materials to make their own habitat for the creatures in their gardens and were fascinated by frogspawn and the wormery

Is it a solid or liquid, 4A?

Learning about engines

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Key dates

Monday 18th

March Year 5 High Ashurst residential trip until Wednesday

Wednesday 20th

March Top of the Form Semi Final – away at Nonsuch Primary

Friday 22nd

March Year 3 Assembly 8.50am

EYFS Fun Morning

Dancekids Assembly 8.50am

Saturday 23rd

March PTA Music Quiz

Monday 25th

March Final swimming lesson

Tuesday 26th

March 3A Trip to Horniman Museum

Soloist Music Evening 6.45pm

Wednesday 27th

March Old Boys Football Tournament (under 11)

Thursday 28th

March KS1 Drama Presentation 8.50am

Friday 29th

March Easter Service 11am

Term finishes midday

PTA Movie & Pizza Afternoon

Saturday 30th

March Future Stars Football Tournament for Year 4 and 5 at St David’s School

Tuesday 16th

April Drama Rehearsal Day 9.30am-4pm

Red - denotes new date

Whole School Photo

Our annual whole school photo

will be taken on Wednesday 18th

May. All children must wear full

uniform please and Y3-Y6 bring

your tracksuits to change into

after the photo. Many thanks.

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Future term dates:

Spring Term 2019

Term finishes Friday 29th March 2019 at midday

Summer Term 2019

Wednesday 24th April to Tuesday 9th July 2019

Half Term: Monday 27th May to Friday 31st May inclusive

Autumn Term 2019

Thursday 5th September to Friday 13th December 2019

Half Term: Monday 21st October to Friday 25th October inclusive

Spring Term 2020

Tuesday 7th January to Wednesday 25th March 2020

Half Term: Monday 17th February to Friday 21st February inclusive

Summer Term 2020

Tuesday 21st April to Thursday 9th July 2020

Half Term: Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May 2020 inclusive

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