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Issue 20 25th May 2018 Headteacher : Mr John M Stephens

Dates for your diaries MAY

Friday 25th

End of Term 5 at normal time. Mufti.

JUNE

Monday 4th

Year 6 begin swimming for three weeks

Friday 8th

Junior Ten Tors ( and Saturday 9th)

PTA Big’n Bouncy 4.30 –8.30 pm

Monday 11th

Year 6 swimming week 2/3

Year 2 Paignton Zoo trip

Year 3 Explorer Dome visit

Tuesday 12th

*NEW DATE* Year 4 London visit final meeting

5.00pm Main Hall

Wednesday 13th

Plymouth Schools Athletics Championships at

Brickfields 9.00am-6.00pm

Friday 15th

Junior Ten Tors reserve date (and Sat 16th)

1KW Family Assembly 2.30pm in the Main Hall

PTA Big’n Bouncy reserve date

Saturday 16th

Schools’ National Swimming Championships in

Sheffield for school swimming team.

Monday 18th

Year 6 swimming week 3/3

Tuesday 19th

Year 2 walk around Plymstock

Wednesday 20th

Foundation stage morning pop-in

Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd

Year 4 London Residential

Friday 22nd

3O Family Assembly at 2.30pm in the Main Hall

Year 2 Fun Evening

Dear Parents, Carers and Children,

Well, the end of Term 5 how time flies

when you are having fun! Welcome to

Linus who has joined us in 1B. I look

forward to you and your family having a

good time here.

Yesterday, the Governors of the school

spent their time visiting all classrooms

and meeting with different groups of

children. During the afternoon,

Governors shared what they had learnt:

Our children are:

well behaved;

confident to share their ideas and

learning;

proud of their learning and

achievements;

able to clearly explain what they

have to do to learn;

responding well to the new

feedback and marking policy, and

understand it;

able to articulate what they enjoy

about school and what we could do

to make it even better;

writing well using the cursive script;

able to talk confidently about

reading and the books they’ve read;

enjoying opportunities beyond the

classroom.

I felt really proud of our children when I

heard this feedback. Well done boys and

girls and thank you to the Governors for

giving your time to the school.

I wish everyone a happy term break.

Best wishes,

John M. Stephens, Headteacher

Well done to all the 53 boys and girls who took

part in the Schools’ Challenge on The Hoe last

Sunday in the sunny, warm weather. The runners

really enjoyed the opportunity and loved the great

support all along the 1.1 mile route. Thank you to

the staff and parents who supported the event.

Winter memories

Was it really just eight weeks ago that we were

in the midst of the ‘Beast from the East’?

Inspired by the frosty conditions we

experienced, 6MT wanted to share this poem

with you:

SNOW DAY!

Glove finder Hand rubber Foot stomper Scarf snuggler

Snowflake licker Teeth chatterer

Snowman builder Boot imprinter

Sleigh rider Toboggan slider Snowball fighter Dodging master

Snow-angel maker Penguin huddler

Ice shatterer Hot chocolate guzzler

Window starer Joy maker

School closer Parent waiter

By 6MT 28.02.2018

Parking around the school Again, we ask that you are considerate when

driving to school to drop off and collect your

children, and do not compromise the safety

of any of our children by stopping on the zig

zag lines, across our neighbours driveways or

by mounting the pavements. The safety of all

of our children is paramount and we would

urge you to be mindful of children and

families making their way to school on foot.

Incidents of bad parking may be reported to

the local authority and police by any member

of the public and we would urge you to park

and drive safely around the school perimeter.

Thank you for your cooperation and for

keeping our children safe.

100% Attendance

Well done to Aria FWH, William 4G and Travis 5L who were all randomly selected to receive a £10

gift voucher for 100% attendance in Term 3. Well done too to Rosie 1B, Toby 3T and Maisie 6R

who also received a £10 gift voucher for their 100% attendance in Term 4.

Plymouth Herald Playground Tokens This is the last call for your tokens to win

Goosewell a playground worth £9,000. Please

hand in your tokens to your child’s class

teacher, or reception. Thank you!

Reading Draw for Term 5 Well done to George 30, Broghan 4G, Fern 5S and Charlotte 6R who were our Key Stage 2 winners

for Term 5. All Key Stage 2 children have the opportunity to be entered into the reading draw to

win a gift card, by reading at home and completing their reading diaries each week. Well done!

Pupil Successes Well done to the following children who recently received their Learn to Swim awards:

Stage 2 - Amelie 2BH

Francesca 1NH

Stage 4 - Betsy 1B

Thomas 3O

Stage 6 - Isabelle 1KW

Well done too to Summer 4G for coming 3rd with her team at a Netball tournament

at Hele’s School, and to Thomas 4G for being voted Hooe Rovers Under 9s Players

Player for the 2017/18 season. Well done to James 2BH who was voted OPM Junior

Rugby’s Under 7s Player of the Season for 2017/18.

Congratulations too to Xander 2BH for achieving the Maroon Band Golf Access

Certificate and to Lyla 5S for achieving her Chief Scout’s Silver Award at 1st

Elburton Cubs. Well done!

A huge well done to Charlie 6MT and James 6R who are going to be published

authors in the Plymouth Anthology of Young People’s Writing, with the title this

year of Mayflower - The Journey Begins 1620-2020. Yesterday, Charlie and James

both received a copy of the book from the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Sam Davey, at

a launch ceremony in The Plymouth Guildhall.

West Devon/Plymouth Kwik Cricket Festival - Tuesday 22nd May 2018 So early in the season – but great success already! Goosewell’s cricket champs have proven a huge hit in our

local West Devon/Plymouth competition held this week at Plympton Cricket Club.

On Tuesday, in glorious cricketing weather, eight Y5/6 boys proved that they were big hitters in the Kwik

Cricket form of the game. Having comfortably won two pool games against Woodford and Plympton St

Maurice schools, the boys had to face Mary Dean’s School in their final match.

A victory would see the team win through to the Devon County Finals. Some fantastic bowling and fielding

restricted our opposition to 202 runs. After a quick start, our runs began to dry up but some confident

batting towards the end of our innings saw Goosewell home to a slender 2 run victory with a total of 204.

The boys will now play at Newton Abbott Cricket Club later in Term 6 at the Level 3 County Finals.

Congratulations boys! Goosewell Kwik Cricket Team: Ben 6R, William 6R, Reece 6R, Toby 6C, Dylan 6C, Jack

6MT, Caiden 6C, Matthew 5S.

PSA News and Activities

Don’t forget to check the PSA section of the Goosewell Academy website

(Goosewell> Parents>PSA) for a range of information and free activities across the city during half

term. Click here for more information PSA News. You can also find information here on the

Plymouth Information Advice and Support for SEND PlymouthIAS Newsletter

Freedom Community Festival - Saturday 2 June Come on down to the Freedom Community Festival at

Freedom Fields Park to experience a mix of fantastic

live music, great food and drink, market stalls,

community workshops, children's rides and activities.

On Course South West are back this year to support

the event which brings together people from a range of

backgrounds to embrace the community spirit. We will

be hosting a variety of free activities for parents and

children to get creative, have fun and learn something

new. So come and find us at our gazebo!

Plymouth Flavour Fest Plymouth City Centre

1 to 3 June 2018

Click here for full programme including

children’s workshops

Golden Book 1B Ella for fantastic problem solving.

1KW Emily for being a wonderful help to her younger brother during a swimming lesson on Friday.

1NH Megan for fantastic reading with improved fluency and expression.

2C Thomas for excellent reading with improved pace, fluency and expression.

2K Oliver and Jack for persevering and great focus on their booklets.

Politeness Award

1KW Jack for being a wonderful friend who always helps other children.

Plymouth Tag Rugby Festival - Wednesday 23rd May 2018

As another rugby season ends, Goosewell enjoyed a fantastic day at Plymouth’s Rugby Festival which

was hosted once more at Albion’s home of rugby, Brickfields. The ten players – made up of boys and

girls from Years 4, 5 and 6 – have been working hard all year to prepare for the big day and they did

not disappoint.

Our morning pool matches involved games against five other schools and the results were as follows:

After a sun-drenched lunch, the afternoon pool matches were announced, and the team came up

against some very stiff opposition. The team tried hard to recapture their morning glories, but the

heat and tiredness crept into their game (unsurprising after eight games in the heat!). Afternoon

scores were as follows:

In all the games, tries were scored aplenty and the wonderful team ethos that was on show by

Goosewell meant that they were shared around by all players, testament to the teamwork the

children have generated over their time together. You produced some wonderful, free flowing rugby

that was admired and commented on by many officials and onlookers. Congratulations to all of our

team.

A huge thank you must go out to the fantastic support given to the girls and boys on the day by a

fantastic set of parents. Your voices of encouragement made the day even more of a success – thank

you!

The Goosewell Team 2018: William 6R, Poppy 6MT, Caiden 6C, Kyra 6MT, Daisy 6MT, Austin 6MT,

Shaun 6MT, Thomas 6MT, Hollie 5D, Rory 4G.

v Widey Court Wasps WON 7 - 0

v St Edward’s WON 9 – 0

v Beechwood WON 8 – 2

v Hyde Park WON 6 – 5

v Chaddlewood LOST 4 – 2

v Whitleigh LOST 3 – 2

v Eggbuckland Vale WON 4 – 2

v Widey Court Wallabies LOST 8 – 1

The Big ‘n’ Bouncy BBQ is Back!

Friday 8th June - 4.30pm — 8.00pm

Goosewell’s Big ‘n’ Bouncy BBQ is back this year and we look forward to seeing you at this popular

event on Friday 8th June between 4.30pm and 8pm. We’ll have all the usual fun inflatables, barbecue,

beer tent and all the traders, stalls and activities you would expect at a traditional fair: everything

from apple bobbing and the tin tombola through to the cake stall and our grand raffle! Also look out

for our Lego Building Competition which will be judged at the Big ‘n’ Bouncy - plenty of time for you to

get creative during the half term break! Further details can be found here

Wanted…..Your PTA needs you and your kind donations for the success of this huge event

~ food tins and packets (in date please) ~ plants ~ cakes

On Friday 8th June - come to school in mufti in exchange for your tins/packets, plants and cake

donations!