Voice of the Parent I want to thank you all for taking the time to complete the Voice of the Parent survey towards the end of last term.

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1 NO.39 3rd March 2017 Page 2 Calendar Dates High Fliers Page 3/4 Book Day/Perform Visit/Year 1 Page 5 Nursery Pancakes Year 4 Marble Reward Page 6 Yulia Chaplina - Piano LAMDA pupils Page 7 Pupil Achievements House Points Page 8 Sports Dear Parents Voice of the Parent I want to thank you all for taking the time to complete the Voice of the Parent survey towards the end of last term. Thank you for all your comments; our senior leadership & management team, teaching & learning, school communication and student support were rated highly and I wanted to share some of our current thoughts regarding these and the areas that we know need improvement. I note that communication is good but I also know we can be even better and we will make every effort to do that. One positive achievement in this respect is that we have for the first time given parents assessment scores based on externally set tests and parents have expressed their support for this. I note the comments regarding homework and I will continue to ensure that homework is at the right level and in the right quantity. There were a number of requests for improved facilities. Facilities have already been improved with the changes in the playground and classroom revamps. This term we have introduced railings at the front to improve our safety and security. We now have very good sports set up at Clifton Lodge, with our competitive sports fixtures having significantly increased in number and we continue to win more and more of our games, raising our sports profile. We will continue to improve our clubs options and the science club has been very popular, as have our hockey and football clubs. In addition, we have recently introduced a Spanish club. We welcome your comments regarding how our school can be developed further and this insight is invaluable when undertaking our future planning for the school. Kind regards Tony Thamia Headmaster

2 Forthcoming Calendar Dates MARCH 2017 Friday 3 rd March - World Book Day Pupils & staff dress up as book characters ( 1 charity donation) - School themed lunch Friday 3 rd March all day (A) - U11 Girls In2Hockey London Schools Championships Monday 6 th March all day (A) - U12 Boys In2Hockey London Schools Championships Tuesday 7 th March all day (A) - U11 Boys In2Hockey London Schools Championships Friday 10 th March PM Hockey v St Philip s (A) - Teams TBC Monday 13 th March 1pm-2.30pm Perform Dance Workshops - Year 1-Year 3 Thursday 16 th March PM U12 Boys Hockey v St Benedict s (H) Thursday 16 th March 6.45pm-7.30pm Y5/Y6 Bude Trip parents information evening Friday 17 th March PM U10/U11 Boys Hockey v St Benedict s (A) Saturday 18 th March 10am-12 noon Open Morning (Pupils will be invited to assist) Thursday 23 rd March PM Boys Hockey v St Philip s (H) - Teams TBC Thursday 23 rd March LAST DAY OF CLUBS Friday 24 th March - School Council Mufti Day Friday 24 th March - PM Hockey v Ashton House (A) - U9/U10/U11 girls & boys Tuesday 28 th March - PM Y4-Y6 Trip Unicorn Theatre (The Velveteen Rabbit) Wednesday 29 th March 2.15pm-3.15pm Whole School Spring Performance The Victoria Hall, Ealing Town Hall parents welcome Thursday 30 th March Inter-House Hockey Tournament Friday 31 st March - LAST DAY OF TERM - Pupils leave before lunch - 12pm Nursery/Reception & Y1 2.15pm Y2 and Y pm Y4-Y8 FUTURE KEY DATES Wednesday 26 th April 3.30pm-5pm Uniform4Kids in school to sell Summer Uniform to parents Saturday 6 th May 2017 PTA Scavenger Hunt & BBQ Sunday 7 th May 2017 Friday 12 th May 2017 Y5/Y6 Residential Trip to Bude Monday 15 th -Friday 19 th May Book Fair Saturday 20 th May 2017 Open Day 10am-12pm W/C Tuesday 6 th June 2017 Common Entrance & Exam Week (No Clubs except Lamda/Chess/Drama) Monday 12 th June 2017 Class Photography Sports Day Thursday 15 th June 2017 Thursday 22 nd June 2017 (alternative day) Monday 26 th June 2017 PM - Induction Day Friday 30 th June pm-4.30pm Summer Fayre & Raffle Monday 10 th July pm-7.45pm Drama Production - Liz Cantell Room, Ealing Town Hall Wednesday 12 th July 2017 Speech Day No children in school, parents accompany pupils to the Town Hall, Ealing at 2.15pm High Fliers Holiday Club Monday 4 th - Friday 21 st April 2017 EASTER 3 weeks of FUN For children aged 3-12 years A COMBINATION OF EXCURSIONS AND WORKSHOPS If you wish your child to take part, please fill in a booking form and return it to High Fliers high fliers@hotmail.co.uk or call the team on or

3 World Book Day Today we celebrated World Book Day at school. We had a wonderful array of characters, from Hagrid, Voldermort and Harry Potter, Cruella de Vil, Thing 1 & 2, the Cat in the Hat, Zorro, two girls from Little Women, Juliet from Romeo & Juliet, Sherlock, Little Miss Sunshine, Alice in Wonderland and many, many more. Well done to everyone who joined in the fun today.

4 Perform Drama Workshops - Nursery-Year 3 On Monday 20 th February, our Nursery and Year 1 to 3 pupils had a visit from Perform to take part in drama workshops. The children had a wonderful, energetic time with Charlotte exploring the theme of a Fairytale Forest and using drama, dance and singing to help develop their confidence, concentration and social skills. Thank you to Perform for their visit. Year 1 - Helicopters Year 1 had great fun this week when they made little helicopters. When finished we went outside and up the steps near Dr Thamia s office and let them float and twirl down to the ground. Leon s helicopter got caught in the wind and floated up and around the playground! The children learnt about the wind and how long it took for the helicopters to reach the ground.

5 Nursery Pancake Day On Tuesday 28 th February, our Nursery pupils got very excited at the prospect of making pancakes! They enjoyed mixing up the ingredients and eating the results afterwards. Year 4 Marble reward Well done to Year 4 who reached their marble target and chose to have a session of Origami and Lego as a reward:

6 Yulia Chaplina Piano Teacher We just wanted to share with you that Yulia has recently finished a recording for the new Trinity Piano Syllabus The selection (in which she participated) of the pieces for the Trinity Board piano syllabus took place last year. Here is a picture taken just after Yulia had completed the recording. If any pupils wish to take up Piano or singing lessons, please complete a Music/Lamda & Drama Application Form (available on the VLE). LAMDA A big well done to the following Lamda children who took part in the Ruislip Speech and Drama Festival over the half term holiday-ajay, Syn, Zach, Aaditya and Zariah. They all received marks in the 80's along with certificates for their performances and of course they gained confidence in public presentations - fantastic work!

7 Pupil Achievements Shriya (Year 4) Well done to Shriya who participated in the Chesham Dance Festival at half term. Shriya had a year s break from competitions and had to learn 3 new dances in 4 weeks: a Modern, Song & Dance and a National. Her parents are hugely proud of her, for her National she was positioned with a first a Gold! Ajay (Year 7) Congratulations to Ajay for receiving an Academic Achievement certificate for his impressive debating Skills during a recent Brexit debate in Critical Thinking. Well done Ajay. Raluca (Year 6) Well done to Raluca for gaining an Academic Achievement certificate for a fantastic model she created. House Points Overall House Points to date Congratulations to all the pupils who received certificates in assembly this morning. Cass 795 Mayet 669 Northover 759 Ward 689

8 Sports Friday 24 th February Hockey v St Benedict s (A) - U10/U11 Boys Hockey U10's report The U10 team, consisting of Daniel, Sai, James, Umar, Anik, Tom, Rui, Philip, Tommy and Ken, travelled to St.Benedicts on Friday 24th February. Sai was goalie and Daniel, James and Umar strikers, Tommy was mid position and the rest defenders. The match started well for Clifton Lodge School and we scored the first goal with a strike from Daniel being helped into the back of the net by James. Great defending by Rui and a few good saves from Sai meant that at half time the score was 1-0 to Clifton Lodge. In the second half Daniel scored a goal after some good passing by Tommy which took the score to 2-0. St.Benedicts did some substitutions which led to a skilful goal putting the score at 2-1 with 10 minutes to go. There was some great defending by Clifton Lodge in the final minutes of the match and then we got our break. There was a short corner taken by Umar, and James picked up the ball and smacked it into the corner of the goal. The score finished 3-1 to Clifton Lodge and everyone played a great game. Daniel (Year 5) Hockey U11 s report The U11 team also played on Friday and started their match just as strongly as they finished. Despite this being their first game of the season they were well prepared and raring to go, with a goal from Noah in the first few minutes. Slick movement down the wings with great opportunities from Jason and Rishi led to three more goals from Noah before the end of the match. Matthew picked up where he left off last hockey season with a strong performance in goal, well supported by Zain and Yousif in defence. Miss Law Zain and James Men of the Match Sainsbury s Active Kids 2017 Sainsbury's Active Kids 2017 launched on 25 January and with your help we hope to collect enough vouchers to buy extra items of sports equipment for the children. This year there are three ways to collect; in Sainsbury's Supermarkets and online at sainsburys.co.uk, you'll be given one voucher for every 10 you spend, and in Sainsbury's Local stores you'll get one voucher for every 5 you spend. There is a box in the school s main entrance hall for you to place any vouchers you may collect. Thank you for your support in advance.

9 Term Dates DATES SPRING TERM 2017 First day Half-term Last day of term Thursday 5 January Monday 13 February - Friday 17 February Friday 31 March SUMMER TERM 2017 First day Half-term Last day of term Tuesday 25 April Monday 29 May Friday 2 June Wednesday 12 July DATES AUTUMN TERM 2017 First day Half-term Last day of term Wednesday 6 September Monday 23 October Friday 3 November Friday 15 December