SPORTS RELIEF – Friday 19th March
All pupils are invited to wear PE/Games kit, or similar for the day, along with funky socks!
Silver coin donations please – all proceeds will go to the national fundraising campaign.

COCO’S AFRICA
As you will know, our efforts for this fundraising day were somewhat disrupted by the
snow! We intend to run this charity day on Thursday April 1st, in order to support this
immensely worthwhile cause. In case you have forgotten, the whole school received an assembly led by 4 young trainees from ‘Coco’s’, with their managers, Chris and Debs –
some of you may know them! Their message was incredibly powerful and their task
simple – Chris and Debs are in the process of raising £8000+ to take the trainees to
Mozambique in May 2010 to work with youngsters in orphanages and schools –
teaching English and Life Skills, and they need our support. We are very proud to be
associated with such Global Citizenship and, indeed, it is an area that Ofsted highlighted
as something SJS could continue to develop further. On this day we will be holding a
non-school uniform day, for silver coin ‘payments’ – all monies raised will go to supporting
this immensely worthwhile venture. All pupils and staff are being encouraged to join in,
wear non-uniform and to get involved! It would be my hope that we can then develop links
with such pupils in Mozambique and really develop in our children a sense of community
that is local, national, international and global.

ASC SUPPORT PARENTS’ GROUP
Our next meeting is on 24th March at 6.00pm – it is likely that we will be joined by families
from within our West Horsham network who are unable to access this kind of support
nearer home – it would be great if as many of you who can do attend in order that the
vast differences of living with children diagnosed with ASD/ASC can be shared.

POLITE PARKING
Please can I request that anybody who has previously parked directly opposite the school,
in the private entrance to the farm, refrains from doing so, from today? I am aware that,
as a school, we are not responsible for this, but am concerned that pupils, families and cars
are at risk at many times during the day. We will accept no liability for any injuries caused
as a result of this and indeed often find it difficult to defend families who have parked there inconsiderately, or indeed who have behaved aggressively towards the owners of the
farm. I have advised the owners to contact the police if further incidents occur.

VALUES IN SCHOOL
The values we will be exploring over the next academic year are appreciation, caring,
co-operation, courage, diversity, freedom, friendship, happiness, honesty, hope,
humility, love, patience, peace, quality, respect, responsibility, rights, simplicity,
thoughtfulness, time, tolerance, trust, understanding and unity. This week we explored
the value ‘honesty’. Pupils and staff were asked to ‘recognise’ honesty in each other and
share these examples with all.

SADS
production of 'An Alien Stole My Skateboard' is at the Village Hall on Friday 12th and
Saturday 13th March. Children from the local schools, Nicky Fuller and Sam Lanning
all star in this! Tickets are available from Stems, Lintot Square.

LET’S GET COOKING!
Cooking club begins next week – 4th March for Group 1, Group 2 will begin again on
18th March and Group 3 on 25th March. As requested previously please ensure all club
members come to school on their club day with an apron and a named Tupperware
(or equivalent) container. Pupils without an apron will no longer be able to attend.

PE KIT
Another reminder, please, that it is a school rule, and part of our Partnership Agreement
that all pupils change for both indoor and outdoor PE/Games. Please ensure the correct
kit is brought into school each Monday and taken home each Friday. We no longer keep
spare kit in school and recently several pupils have been unable to participate in several lessons.

FLORA – COOKING FOR SCHOOLS
Please register your tokens at http://www.cookingwithschools.com/pages/Home.aspx
as soon as you can, in order for us to receive our free equipment. If it is easier for you to
send the ‘washed’ tokens into us – please do so.

SCHOOL NURSE DROP-IN
Jo Turner, our School Nurse, will be in school on 24th March at 2.30pm. Please feel free
to call in with any questions or concerns.

OPEN FUTURES – COOKING BUS
Please look out in the press for details of this amazing experience that many pupils and
families experienced this week. Everybody who visited this came away with a huge smile!

Letters/ParentMail this week, included…
Consultation Evenings
World Book Day

If you have not received these, by today, and they are relevant to you, please call in for
a copy from the School Office!

Here are a selection of thoughts from pupils about some of the recent events that have taken place.

Year 3

Southwater Country Park


‘We went to the Country Park. I loved it when the swans attacked us. We had half an hour of sketching. It was a lovely lake.’ Brooke

‘We went to visit the Country Park and did some sketching. I really enjoyed the sketching. I loved seeing the beautiful swans swimming on the lake.’ Polly

‘I loved going to the Country Park because I really liked sketching wildlife.’ Alex

Healthy lunch box

‘I learnt how to cook, it was fun. I liked all of the foods. It was great. It was very funny when we lifted up the lid of the popcorn and all of the corn was popping.’ Josie

‘It was fun and exciting. The food was delicious. We learnt how to make popcorn. The food was very tasty.’ Olivia

‘I found out that you can eat seeds but they have to be fresh seeds’ Zachary

Year4

Tudor Day

A memorable time was enjoyed by staff and pupils when they revisited the Tudor era for a day.
Dressed in period costumes they were able to take part in Shakespearian drama, sketch Tudor artefacts, learn about and do their own brass rubbings and hear about Tudor life from a visiting ‘Tudor Apothecary’

‘On Tudor day I liked dressing up in my Tudor costume and walking around in a long dress. I liked seeing Mr. Wisdom the Apothecary drink that terrible drink. He also told a great story.’ Elisha.

'On Tudor day we all dressed up in amazing colours and shapes. Our costumes were glittery, plain or dull. We went into the hall where we learnt how to do brass rubbings. They were Medieval and Tudor rubbings. Most of them were praying for better hopes to get to Heaven. We did much smaller ones than the ones we saw. They were fun to do and exciting. Later we did drama and learnt about the Tudor theatre. We were the three witches from MacBeth casting an evil spell!' Annie.

Swimming

‘At swimming lessons we learn to swim. It’s awfully cold when we get in. We do one stroke of breast stroke then we do front crawl and some backstroke and then we’ve done them all. We do some fun activities and then we go splish, splosh. When we get back to the coach we sit beside our friends and go back to school and wait for Friday again.’ Rhiannon.

Year5

Healthlinks with Horsham Leisure Link

Last year each Year 5 class was visited by Horsham Leisure Link for a ‘fitness fun day, a practical workshop and a fruit tasting day.
Our general fitness was measured with various tests including ‘sit & reach test’, a ‘grip test’ and a ‘standing long jump test’. Finally we had a ‘bleep test’ which measured the fitness of our heart and lungs. Finally we were treated to fruit tasting and we tried 3 different fruits; custard apples, grapefruits and even dragon fruit. They had very unusual but nice tastes.
It was a great day and everyone had fun and enjoyed it.
Thank you very much Horsham Leisure Link!
Craig (on behalf of Year 5)

Healthy Lunchbox parents workshop

‘First we made a Spanish omelette and left it to go cold. Then we looked at lots of different foods. We all had to pick an unhealthy food and read the ingredients so that we could tell the group what we thought about this. Next we tasted a selection of fruit and vegetables to see what they tasted like. After that the chef made some healthy sandwiches and we were allowed to try them. Lastly we were given some recipe cards. Just before we left we tried the Spanish omelette—it was lovely.’

Year6

Newhaven Fort

Newhaven Fort was very exciting and informative. The Blitz experience really got you into the action. I’m sure that that was everyone's highlight of the trip. Most people were glad that they weren’t cooped up in a small museum when we went up onto the cliffs to see the gun emplacements. It was a great day out and everyone enjoyed it.

'The best school trip so far!' James

'I really liked the 'Blitz Experience' - it felt like it was a real air raid' Robert

'The ramparts and the tunnels were fascinating and you could touch all of the guns' Craig

'I felt like I had gone back in time' Alice

Cycling Proficiency

'Cycling Proficiency was great fun and we all got the opportunity to go out into the fresh air. Not many people thought of it as learning though! Most passed with flying colours although it was a pity the weather was so cold during that particular week'.

African Dance

For two days we invited into school 'World Muzic Makers' to teach us about Afrikan song, dance and drumming. All of the children spent time with the Afrikan teacher, Millicent, learning the songs, their meanings, dance and drumming rhythms. At the end of the two days a performance was given by the Year 6 pupils to the rest of the school.

'It was really good because the lady really knew what she was doing' Katie

'She got everyone really involved' Craig

'She intereacted really well with the children and taught us Afrikan songs, she also had a good sense of humour' Danni

Junior Citizens

Yet another opportunity to get away from school and relax in the fresh air. But relax isn’t really the right word to use. We were worked to the bone with brilliant challenges. These included memory, sports, safety, strangers and germs. It was a great fun-packed morning with a side dish of information and safety tips.