On Tuesday 4^th July, Howard went up against Minister in a Netball Match. Minister had never played before in a netball match but a few children from Howard had done so previously. The tension was building up as Howard’s Coach [Miss Handley] blew the whistle for the first half of the game to begin. There were a few children in Year 6 and a few children in Year 5 in Howard’s team. The players were:

*Lucy [Yr6]

*Aarya [Yr6]

*Safia [Yr6]

*Emmie [Yr5]

*Yasti [Yr5]

*Layla [Yr5]

*Flo [Yr5]

*Adrijana [Yr5]

*Amrina [Yr5]

*Aarushi [Yr5]

Sadly, due to some accidents, Aarushi and Amrina could not play. That left us down to only 8 players but luckily we had a few players who could take their place. As a goal shooter, I thought that we, Howard, played exceptionally well even though we lost by 1 point. For our first game, that is excellent, wouldn’t you agree? The score was 4-3 so therefore, Howard lost. To congratulate the other team, we did three cheers for Minister and also told how well they played. Even though we lost, we got compliments on how we played by the Minister Coach. Even the players on the opposite team said we played very well. What a game it was!

By Yasti Maharaj

This is a very busy week for the children.

Tuesday 11th July-5 of the Year 6 children have an opportunity to Cycle at Herne Hill Velodrome.  It is one of the oldest cycling tracks in the world as it was built in 1891.

Friday 14th-The Year 6 children will be running the Reception classes Sports Day in the morning.  They have worked hard to design their activities and have been developing their Sports Leaders training in Year 5 to help them run a successful Sports Day.

In amongst all of this, the children will still be participating in a fairly normal timetable.

Maths-We will be looking reflecting and translating shapes

Reading-We will be continuing to read our new class book-Kensuke’s Kingdom.  We are also reading Samuel Squeaks from Fiction Express.

Writing-We will be looking at the poem The Highwayman for the next couple of weeks.  This week we will be looking at the figurative language used.

Topic-We are continuing our topic The Holiday which has a focus on different countries (linked to Geography)

PE-We will be creating and running activities as Sports Leaders for the Reception Sports Day.  We will also be developing our Kwick Cricket skills.

PSHE-We have a focus this week on SRE and how our bodies change.

Additional Information

Please also make sure your child has informed us when they will be out of school as  they are visiting their new school.

Year 6 Leavers Party reply slips need to be in by Friday 7th July please.