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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 21st – Friday 25th October HALF TERM – SCHOOL IS CLOSED

Wednesday 30th October Individual & Sibling Photos

Thursday 31st October Flu Vaccinations Re Visit - Year R to Year 6 Secondary School Application Deadline Jade Class Assembly

Thursday 7th November Reception/Nursery Tour – 11am - 2020/2021 Opal Class Assembly

Thursday 14th November Pearl Class Assembly

Thursday 21st November Amber Class Assembly

Friday 29th November Reception Vision Screening

RECEPTION PARENT TOURS & ADMISSIONS

If your child was born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 you will need to apply for a place in Reception 2020/2021.

Parents are required to apply online and the deadline for all

Reception applications is Wednesday 15th January 2020.

Please note Parent Tours for prospective Reception Pupils/Parents/Carers are scheduled for the following below

dates:

(We have now added an additional times to our Parent Tours)

Thursday 7th November – 11am & 6pm Thursday 5th December – 11am & 6pm

Thursday 9th January 2020 – 11am & 6pm

For information regarding the application process and criteria, please click the link below:

https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/A-brief-guide-to-

starting-primary-school-in-Lambeth-2020-21.pdf Primary School Admissions booklets will be handed out to all the

necessary parents/carers when they arrive. If you, a friend or family member would like to view the school on any of the above dates or would like to enquire

about an additional date due to scheduling please call the main office on, 0208 674 5601 or alternatively email us

at admin@richardatkins.org

We are also available to assist parents with their applications on line, please enquire via the main office.

Inspiring curiosity

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18th October 2019

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ATTENDANCE

Celebrating attendance achievements each fortnight!

Attendance Class Winners – Monday 7th October – Friday 18th October Well done to Opal & Jade Class of Key Stage 1, with 98.6% & Emerald Class of Key Stage 2, with a

fantastic 99.2%!

Attendance Year Group Winners – Monday 7th October – Friday 18th October Well done to Year 2 with 98.5% attendance and Year 4 with 96.7% attendance.

Our overall attendance for the first two weeks back is 95.7%, the expected percentage for Lambeth Primary schools is 97% as you can see we are below the expected percentage for the

borough.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind parent/carers that

holiday’s during term time are unauthorised unless there are exceptional

circumstances, in which original copies of evidence will need to be

provided.

REMEMBER: IMPROVING ATTENDANCE MATTERS!

FOOTBALL MATCH

1st Match of The Season RA started the new football season with a fantastic 9-2 victory over Streatham Wells Primary School. The first half was a very close contest as we went into the break leading 3-1, however RA really went up in gear scoring another 6 goals in the second half. Wonderful team performance! Squad v Streatham Wells: Rico (c), Isaac, Jayden, CJ, Diego, Hassan, Judah, Thierry, Vaughn, Yanis, Tyrell, Kamari. Goal Scores: Thierry 4, Yanis 2, Tyrell 2, CJ 1.

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2nd Match of The Season RA played their second game of the season against our close neighbours Holy Trinity Primary School in the Magazine Cup, it was a tight encounter but RA walked away with a 3-2 victory! Great, hard fought performance from the team!! Squad v Holy Trinity: Kevin, Edwin, Jayden, CJ, Diego, Judah, Thierry, Vaughn, Yanis, Tyrell (c), Kamari. Goal Scores: Tyrell, Yanis, Kevin

EYFS PHONICS MORNING

Parents and carers were invited in for a morning of phonics with their children. They were given vital information about how we teach phonics at Richard Atkins and then had the opportunity to do some fun and messy phonics activities with the children in class.

Thank you to all parents and carers that were able to attend

INTOUNIVERISTY – YEAR 6

Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic week at IntoUniversity. The Children were very enthusiastic and engaged with the topic of evolution, a visit to the Natural History Museum and were keen to research Charles Darwin theories. Their interaction with real life species during their workshop with the Zoolab

presenter was both informative and engaging Also children clearly enjoyed their tour of the university and the graduation ceremony. They did tremendously well to complete high-quality posters and university tree leaves.

Star students:

John: really impressed with his courage (especially since you mentioned he rarely speaks at school!), an excellent role model.

Desiree: consistently hard-working and impressive throughout the week.

David: engaged with every activity and was really enthusiastic.

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BOXCLEVER THEATRE PLAY & WORKSHOP – YEAR 5/6

Topaz and Sunstone class took part in a theatre play and worksho where , they were very entertained and greatly educated about anti- bullying in a creative way. They were shown how to turn a negative into a positive by being kind, promoting equality, friendship and being helpful. They learnt how to treat each other with care, respect and to be mindful of each other. They were given different strategies to be inclusive and thoroughly enjoyed the workshop.

CULTURAL EVENING/DAY

In aide of Black History Month, for Cultural Evening/Day we invited all pupils and staff to come in dressed in their finest cultural wear or wearing colours from the flags of their home countries. We had some beautifully dressed

pupils!

The children in Nursery did some activities on the story Handa’s Surprise and made a display of a small village in

Kenya, with musical instruments made in class.

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After school we then held our Cultural Evening Event and what a fabulous event it was! A big thank you to all those parents/carers who attended and/or dressed the children in what they consider to be traditional wear! It was wonderful to celebrate the pride that comes with a positive and powerful sense of identity. In addition, dishes traditionally from Madeira, Eritrea, Palestine, Jamaica and Somalia supplied and sampled by our school community, further enriched this wonderful experience. A huge thank you to Muna, Fosiya, Ilham, Rita, Wissam, Bouchra, Cyther, Katia, Paola & Musa.

Pupils, parents/carers and visitors thoroughly enjoyed the heritage presentation followed by interactive workshops. Special Acknowledgement to Lambeth Music Service who inspired us with an amazing performance by a youth orchestra! (the Mayors favourite!) Lastly a much appreciated thank you to our dedicated team of staff who contributed effortlessly towards the smooth running of the event.

Please do all come again next year!!

HALF TERM BREAK

School will be closed from Monday 21st October – Friday 25th

October. We hope you all enjoy the break and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday 28th October 2019!