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TEL : 020 8985 7898

We have had a fantastic Creative Week! All of the classes have been working on great art projects around the them: ‘Up’, most of which will be permanent art installations around the school. Nursery and Reception children enjoyed workshops creating art pieces on mirrors. The children had good fun and were supported by some very able Y6 pupils to create a mir-rored walk way in an otherwise bare corridor. Year 1 and Year 2 had great fun walking around the school, school grounds and local area looking up and taking photographs of what they saw. We have some budding photographers in our midst. The photos are going to form a montage that will be assembled as a bird and be installed somewhere around the school. Maybe the most exciting and most talked about event of the week has been the Year 3 and Year 4 work. It took the form of a space and alien 3D experience that culminated in the chil-dren producing a piece of writing, using torches in a dark and atmospheric hall. The writing produced has been amazing! Other classes also got to visit the experience, so please do ask your children about it! Year 5 have been working on creating a large spider’s web and wire-structured insects that will be installed as a permanent piece on the walls of the back play-ground. Year 6 have been very busy and excitedly creating mini films, using play scripts and writing that has been converted to a film animation on iPads. The finished pieces will form part of the ‘Up’ celebration event as outdoor film projection on the external walls of the school that is taking place next Thursday 4th February from 6.30pm. There will be 2 showings of the whole show, so please try to come along and join in celebrating Creative Week. It is £1 entry and there will be food and drink on sale. Also this week, some of Year 6 have started their debating training ahead of the HTSA and Linklaters’ Debating Leagues. We will be taking part in 2 separate leagues this year, so we are hoping that lots of children will have the opportunity to take part and show off their skills! In other news this week, the Millfields Prime Minister, Finlay McNally has been assembling his first cabinet. The ‘Give More, Get More’ party met this afternoon to vote in the first cabinet. The newly assembled cabinet will be visiting the Houses of Parliament next week and hope-fully meeting Hackney MP, Diane Abbot –more on the cabinet and their visit next week. The Governors have also been very busy in school this week. I met with the Chair of Gover-nors as I do once every 2 weeks, to discuss any developments in the school and to look at progress against the school priorities. Hamza Patel, LEA governor and ex-Millfields pupil visit-ed the school for a tour on Thursday. He could not believe how busy and vibrant the school was and was impressed by Year 1 pupils explaining about the Shakespeare play they are reading, Y2 explaining the plot and characters from their class text ‘Esio Trot’, a Spanish les-son in Liverpool Class and some beautiful singing in Manchester Class. Gordon visited, as part of his Link Visit, to meet with Belen to look at the Spanish curriculum and assessment. Also a reminder to please complete and return the data checking sheets, and look out for more information about ‘Spanish Week’ coming up 8-12th February. hope you have a good weekend. Best Wishes, Jane

Important Dates

Tues 2nd February

SATs Info Mee�ng

Thursday 4th February

Art Exhibi�on

Week 8th - 12th February

Spanish Week

Tuesday 9th February

Safer Internet Day

Fri 12th February

Non Uniform day

Last day of half term

A�endance

Week beg: 18th Jan

Our school target: 96.5%

Last week: 96.1%

Winning classes last

week:

KS1 York (98.7%)

KS2 Swansea (99.6%)

Well done!Well done!Well done!Well done!

School tours

Friday 5th February

9.30am Please book an appointment

with the office.

Tuck Shop

Well done to Leeds Class

for organising last week’s

tuck shop . Amount

raised was: £61.20

Thank you for all of your

support.

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SHARING ASSEMBLIES - Spring Term 2016

Date (Friday)

EY and KS1(Bottom Hall @ 9.10am)

LKS2 and UKS2 (Top Hall @ 9.10am)

1 - 5.2.16 Creative Week exhibition

12.2.16 Edinburgh Class

(Rana)

Oxford Class (Dorothy)

HALF TERM

4.3.16 Derby Class

(Wayne)

Swansea Class

(Lloyd)

11.3.16 Belfast Class

(Teague)

Canterbury Class (Abigail)

18.3.16 York Class

(Sevilay)

Bristol Class (Kingsley)

From the desk of your Prime Minister

Dear Parents and pupils, This week has been busy. I’ve formed my cabinet and thanks to the school council-lors, we are now getting some new chang-ing rooms . Many Year 6s are asking for Millfields’ Got Talent and it may be hap-pening. We still need more Year 6, 4 and 3 parents to help with taking year groups to the park at lunch time. Many thanks, Finlay McNally.

Happy Birthday to the children and staff who celebrated their birthdays this week:

23rd January ~ Guylshen Asenova, Harry Blandin & Nino Garnier 24th January ~ Tilishia Green 25th January ~ Kimanie Oakley, Evie Watts-Evans & Nisa Kyam 26th January ~ Laura Torre & Amaarah Siddiqui 27th January ~ Shazedul Islam & Amaan Rahman 28th January ~ Coco Dawson, Pavel Ivanov & Miyu Takawafari 29th January ~ Chiamaka & Chibuike Mbama Njoku & Toby Bewick Smith

Many happy returns to you all!

Crea5ng at Lunch5me

Marcie and Zahrah have been busy during

their lunch5mes making these beau5ful

bags! Next stop Fashion Week in

Milan! Well done girls!

MEDAL WINNERS!!

GOAL BALL IN ACTION!

Website of the Week www.creativitypost.com

The Creativity Post is a non-profit web platform committed to sharing the very best content

on creativity, in all of its forms: from scientific discovery to philosophical debate, from entre-

preneurial ventures to educational reform, from artistic expression to technological innova-

tion – in short, to all the varieties of the human experience that creativity brings to life.

Everyone Welcome!

Featured British Artist:

Peter Blake Did you know he:

• is an English pop artist, best known for co-creating the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

• was born in Dartford on 25 June 1932 and was educated at the Gravesend Technical College school of Art, and the Royal College of Art

• featured in Ken Russell’s monitor film on pop art, ‘Pop Goes the Easel’, broadcast on BBC television in 1962.

• also made sleeves for the Band Aid single, "Do They Know It’s Christ-mas?”(1984) and Paul Weller’s Stanley Road (1995) to name but a few.

• is a fan of Chelsea Football Club and designed a collage to promote the team's home kit in 2010.

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