Year 6

Year 6 have been looking at Banksy’s ark work and also having discussions about the Black Lives Matter movement.  For homework the children were asked to come up with their own ‘Banksy’ style poster for the Black Lives Matter movement.  This is Jasmine’s – we think it is great; it gives a clear message, thinks about our current restrictions as well as using the Banksy style.  Well done Jasmine.

Abbey Primary Celebrates VE Day

A big HELLO from all the staff at Abbey!

High Ashurst

The Year 4 children who went to High Ashurst recently had a fantastic time.  They made fire (and cooked popcorn on it), built shelters, became archers, went for a hike on Headley Heath, had a go at climbing and abseiling, took part in team challenges and went for a night hike!  We had such a fun time.  Thank you Y4, you were amazing.

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Staff room fairies

The Staff room fairies came to Abbey Primary this weekend.  They cleared out all the clutter that was in there, repainted, re-organised and added a table so we can actually sit down to eat lunch!  Many thanks to those who were involved; it is a much more pleasant space for us to work and relax in.

Reading

Recommended New Reads – January

Looking for a new book to read to the children?  Here are some new released books worth a look!

The boy Who fooled the world – Lisa Thompson

A girl. A Raccoon and the Midnight Moon – Karen Romano Young

Greta and the Giants – Zoe Tucker

Aegh! There’s a skeleton inside you! – Idan Ben-Barak

Top of the Form!

Every year, The Rotary Club of Carshalton Beeches hold a quiz for Year 6 children attending schools in the borough. This year our team are Hannah D, Krissh, Attiya and Ninad. We were drawn against Sutton High Preparatory in Round 1 which we played on Monday 9th December. The 2 teams were similarly matched and the lead kept changing hands but I’m delighted to let you know that we won! Round 2 will be played towards the end of January!

Abbey receives TFL Stars Bronze Award

 

Abbey has been able to maintain Bronze level status for active travel to and from school with TFL Primary Stars. Every year we receive our Bronze star, which are all hanging on a plaque in Reception! Well done to all those who make a conscious effort to actively travel to school!

 

Mini Masterworks

All our children were given the opportunity to learn how to draw portraits; developing observations skills and ensuring that they looked carefully at the proportions of our features, for example – how wide our eyes are.

The children also studied the style of a famous artist and then recreated a portrait of themselves in that same style.  We think that the self-portraits the children produced were amazing!  We hope that you enjoyed the exhibition and we would like to extend our thanks to the PTA for their continued help and support.

 

Anti Bullying Week

This is an important week in the Abbey calendar as we think and talk about the effects of bullying and how we can stop it dead in its tracks before it starts. In class, the children have completed a range of activities including reading comprehensions, class assemblies, wordsearches, colouring odd socks and most importantly, talking about bullying and what children can do about it, if it happens to them. 

A very big thank-you to all the children who wore odd socks to school on Odd Sock Tuesday. 

Please chat to your children about the week and encourage them to talk to their teachers if they are worried or concerned.