John Perryn News www.johnperryn.ealing.sch.uk admin@johnperryn.ealing.sch.uk Volume 1, Issue 32 Monday, 14 October 2013

“Aiming high to achieve success in all that we do”

CELEBRATING ACHIEVEMENTBLACK HISTORY MONTH: October is the month set aside nationally to celebrate the achievements of black people. At John Perryn we are fortunate to have a rich diverse school community, and throughout the year we will aim to acknowledge the achievements of different cultural groups.So far we have enjoyed teaching the children about black people who have made a tremendous contribution to their country, and have inspired others.

Martin Luther King Jr. Malorie Blackman Preacher, Civil Rights Leader, Children’s Author, OBE, Nobel Prize Winner. Children's Laureate 2013-15

Usain Bolt – Most successful athlete in 30 year history of WorldChampionships.

This week Andrew Mohamed visited our school again and the children really enjoyed his wonderful enthusiasm as he taught about black scientists and inventors. He encouraged them to do their very best in school.

CHINA: We also celebrated Confucius Day on September29th. He was a famous Chinese philosopher and teacher. Ms El-gazi taught the children one of his wise sayings, “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.”EID: Many of our school community will soon be celebrating Eid this week, and there will be an Eid Assembly on Monday 14th October.

HOUSE POINTS

Week Ending 11/10/2013:- 1st Mandela - 586 2nd Teresa - 574 3rd Anderson - 536 4th Brunel - 428CONGRATULATIONS to Mandela House who gained the most house points.

HEALTHY EATINGJohn Perryn is a Healthy School. The children have been asked not to have sweets or chocolate in their lunch boxes. In the future, please could you help us by NOT putting these in your child’s lunch box.

Sweets Crisps Fizzy Drinks

ARE NOT ALLOWED!If you child brings sweets to school, they will be taken away and given back at the end of the day. Every Friday is now going to be a ‘TREAT DAY’.The children are allowed to have one treat/sweet in their lunch boxes.

Please help us to STAY HEALTHY! Mrs Kraska

“Aiming high to achieve success in all that we do”

IMPORTANT REMINDERS!14 October: Staff will be available to help parents complete application forms for secondary school in the ICT Suite. 3:45 – 4:45pm.15 October: School closed for Staff Training Day.17 October: TEACHER’S STRIKE. ONLY the teachers of Year 4 Lime, and Year 5 Plane will be on strike. The school will open for all other classes.22 October: Come and enjoy tasting the delicious food prepared for the children's school dinners. The food can be sampled from 2:30 – 3:10pm in the school hall. B. Joseph

BOOK REVIEWI have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as an adult. It is full of imagination, adventure and excitement. The author has indeed thought outside the box and created their own imaginary world where giants and humans live amongst each other. Ricardo Diaz

PUNCTUALITY AND ATTENDANCEWeek ending 30/09/2013

Attendance Winners1st Place Cherry 99.3%

2nd Place Plum 98.6%3rd Place Chestnut 98.5%

Punctuality winnersPlumBirchLime

ChestnutWell done Cherry class for achieving the highest attendance.Congratulations to: Plum, Birch, Lime and Chestnut class for ZERO lates.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBERSCongratulations to the following children who are our new School Council for this year.

Name Year Group ClassOmar 1 PlumMaymona 1 Cherry Sasha 2 WillowMohammed 2 BirchNelson 3 PoplarElla 3 Elm Nafisa 4 AshGabriel 4 LimeMaryam 5 SycamoreAdam 5 PlaneMohamed 6 OakRuhama 6 Chestnut

They have already met with Mrs Kraska and have shared their ideas with her. I can see that we have a very strong creative team this year, and I will find it hard not to grant their requests

OUR 1 ST CLASS ASSEMBLY Well done to Year 6 Chestnut and Year 6 staff. They told the children about the genre they were studying in Literacy which was ‘horror’, and they performed the famous Michael Jackson dance routine for ‘Thriller’.