George Tomlinson News

Dear Parents and Carers, It’s been a wonderful return to work from maternity leave and it has been lovely to see all the children so engrossed in their learning this week. On Monday, Year 3 began their Stone Age projects and I look forward to seeing how their oracy projects linked to the Stone Age develop over the term. I am looking forward to seeing all the Project Based Learning products from Y2-Y6 that the children are now busy planning. Year 2 had some parents in class to talk about life in Bangladesh as part of their Project Based Learning. Thank you to those parents for giving up their time to come in and share their experiences. Earlier in the week, I was very surprised when I walked into the Year 4 classes to see children sitting on the floor and on the tables to do their writing! I was about to tell them off when they explained the chairs had quit and they were writing a letter to persuade them to come back! I think their persuasive letters did the trick because thankfully they did come back! The Year 4 teachers attended some training this week for our next collaboration with the Barbican Box project. Curated this year by mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, the programme will introduce our pupils to imaginative and adventurous approaches by weaving the arts, writing and mathematics all together. We look forward to the workshops starting with the children later this term. I’ve seen some lovely writing in Year 5 this week - beautiful handwriting, presentation and wonderfully descriptive paragraphs. I also caught some Year 1 boys writing during their playtime. They were writing some helpful signs to remind people to be quiet when the chickens are laying their eggs! Our Rocksteady school music bands have also started up this week in EYFS, KS1 and KS2 and I’m really looking forward to seeing them perform later in the year! We will be celebrating Internet Safety Day on Wednesday 29th January and have lots of special events and workshops running for the staff and children. There will also be a parent workshop from 5:30pm – 6:30pm. Please do come along! Internet safety is becoming increasingly important for young people today and it is imperative that we also have a good understanding of how to keep our children safe. I hope you have a great weekend and I look forward to seeing you on Monday! Best wishes, Chloe Alder Deputy Headteacher

Verity Carter Headteacher,

Lead DSL

Chloe Alder Deputy Headteacher,

Deputy DSL

Parisa Angeletos SENDCo Inclusion Manager,

Deputy DSL

17th January 2020

1st, Y2F, Y3CA & Y6LK, 100.0%

2nd, Y3B, 98.9%

3rd, Y5M, 98.6%

No late marks, Y1K, Y3B, Y3CA, Y4M, Y6P

Weekly Events

Head Teacher Drop-in Every Wednesday between

9:15 am and 11 am (Please book at the office)

■ Toddler Group

Every Wednesday from 9:15 – 10:45 am

■

Parents’ Reading Morning with children in Y1, Y2 & Y3 –

Every Thursday between 8:45 am and 9:15 am

■ Star of the Week assembly

Every Friday at 9 am

Upcoming dates

Tuesday 21st January

Y6 Luther King Class Assembly

Wednesday 22nd January School Nurse drop-in session

2-3pm

Attendance

Children are nominated by the

Midday Assistants to eat at the

Top Table with a member of the

SLT for exceptional behaviour

in and around the dining hall.

Well done!

MEET THE BANTAMS

Please go and say hello, they are getting

used to being around the children. Lola is

definitely the boss!

A massive WELL DONE to our STARS this week:

Amanda, Jenaya, Jabir, Melissa, Tessa, Rayan, Brianna, Anastasiya, Penelope, Evelina, Lorin, Leo, Nawal, Leo and Ayaan

Star of the Week

Over 30 of our first band members took part in their Rocksteady workshop this week. Huge thanks to band

leader Sean who got everyone playing drums,

guitar, keyboard and on vocals for their first ever

practice! we've got some really enthusiastic natural

musicians and it was sounding great there in the studio. We will have even more members joining us

next week! If you'd like to sign your child up for this term or next, please let us know as soon as possible as we currently have a waiting

list which we're trying to accommodate.

We are very excited to announce that after lots of hard work and energy from our Eco-Warriors, George Tomlinson is officially an Eco-School! We have been awarded our

Bronze certificate by the international Eco-Schools programme and are now working towards our silver. Our keen Eco-warriors have identified their top three priorities as

Waste, Energy and Transport and we have lots of work to do in each area with challenges for children, staff and families. This week our Eco-Warriors have set

themselves the challenge of writing a report on why the school should get solar panels and how we could do this. They are also creating posters to persuade children and

families to stop bringing in single use plastic bottles ready for next Friday's meeting. Each class is going to nominate daily litter monitors to keep our playground clean and even remind grown-ups to use the bins and recycling bins responsibly when they visit us! We've discussed tree planting, eco-brick building, a scooter and bike loan scheme, an Eco reading zone for the Library and even a no-lights and no-boards Eco Day for the whole school! Our new display has started to fill up with their ideas and we will keep you updated on all our activity here in the newsletter. If you have any ideas to share

with our Eco-warriors please do contact Ms Garratt. Well done everyone on achieving our Bronze Award, now on to Silver!

Parents and carers, please keep the 29th January free in your diary 5.30

- 6.30pm, as you are invited to our

“INTERNET SAFETY NOW: "What parents need to know"

This is a not to be-missed event for all parents and carers at our school.

This session will be delivered by OpenView Education. OpenView Education specialise in internet safety training, their sessions are accessible for everyone, engaging and interactive. This presentation

will provide you with the essential information you need for keeping your young people safe online. You will learn what you need to know

about internet safety and gain access to new resources and strategies to help make your home a safe online space.

Wednesday 29th January

5:30 – 6:30 pm

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SCHOOL EVENT CALENDAR 2020s

* Important Dates for your Diary *

Important Women/Mother’s Day,

(Secret🤫🤫) POP-UP SHOP

Friday 19th March 3.30-5.30pm

Spring Disco Thursday 26th March 4.30pm

Important Men/Father’s Day (Secret🤫🤫) POP-UP SHOP

Friday 19th June 3.30 - 5.30pm

Summer Fair Saturday July 4th 12pm

Come and have some Fun

The next PTFA meeting will be held on:

Tuesday 4th February

@ 6:30pm in the school hall

(enter through the school office)

Meet other parents and vote on how we spend the PTFA money

‘Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much’

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George Tomlinson School, Harrington Road, Leytonstone, Ell 4QN

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