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Sportsperson of the Year Awards

Tue 19 Jul 2016

The school celebrated the 20th anniversary of its Sportsperson of the Year Awards on Tuesday 19th July.

The talented pupil crowned Sportsperson was Year 6 pupil Amelie.

Other awards presented were as follows:

Best Team - Winners Yr 6 Boys' Football Team
Governors Award for Sport - Winners Sarah, Amelie, Joseph, Patrick, Annabelle and David (All Yr6)
Sports Journalist - Winner Adam (Yr5)
Head Teacher's All Rounder Award - Winner Lorenzo (Yr6)
Head Teacher's Award - Winners Ellis, Eddie, Holly, Maddie and George (All Yr6)
Sporting Award For Effort And Progress - Winners Ben (Yr3), Stephanie (Yr4), Maisy (Yr5) and Rebecca (Yr6)
Darlow Good Egg Cup - Winner Sebastian (Yr6)
Dudley Cup For Musical Talent - Winner Holly (Yr6)
Most Improved Chess Player - Winner Kieran-Lei (Yr3)
Evans Cup For Excellence In Mathematics - Winner Mahrosh (Yr6)
Spring Shield For Performing Arts - Winner Elysia (Yr6)
Volunteer Of The Year - Winner Molly (Yr6)
Leadership Award - Winner Antony (Yr6)
Barrington Cup For Table Tennis - Winner Patrick (Yr6)

Computing Professor Teaches Magic

Tue 19 Jul 2016

Professor Paul Curzon from Queen Mary University, London, spent a day with Year 5 pupils recently teaching them about the reasoning and logic that lies behind many familiar magic tricks.

One of the tricks the Professor of Computer Science taught the children was Invisible Palming Magic where you invisibly move a card from one pile to another. By demonstrating a whole host of tricks to the children, Paul attempted to show the connection between algorithms and tricks and how to develop computational thinking.

Year 5 pupil and would-be professor himself, Eddie, commented, "It was a really engaging way of teaching computer science and I hope Professor Paul revisits us some time in the future."

For more insights into the magic of computer science go to :

www.cs4fn.org/magic

Talent Show

Tue 19 Jul 2016

Year 6 pupil Jared stole the show at the school's T-Factor talent contest held on Monday 18th July. Jared, a naturally gifted drummer, performed along to Uptown Funk by Bruno Marrs and gained the most votes cast by children from Year 3 - 6.

In joint second place were Year 3 pupils, Ellie and Archie, who performed a comedy routine and Year 6 pupils, Elysia and Holly, who performed a stunning version of Adele's hit, 'Hello'.

Nine acts performed in the final out of over 50 acts who took part in auditions.

Diving Lesson at the Olympic Park

Tue 05 Jul 2016

On Tuesday 5th July some children from years 3-6 got the opportunity to attend the Olympic pool to be trained by Tom Daley's diving coaches!

We spent time in the training room or 'Dry Dock' where we learnt the key skills of core strength. Then we went in the pool!

What a brilliant opportunity!!

FA Football Training

Mon 04 Jul 2016

On Monday 4th July. 20 lucky girls had the opportunity to train with an FA coach. The girls enjoyed a day of learning new skills and working as a team.

London Youth Games 2016

Fri 01 Jul 2016

Eight children from years 3-6 went to Crystal Palace National Sports Centre on Thursday 30th June to represent our borough at mini tennis and key steps gymnastics in the London youth games.

It was a long day - leaving Waltham Forest town hall at 7am and returning at 6pm, we got the coach with six other schools representing in other sports.

The children had an incredible experience and played/performed fantastically well against tough competition. It was lovely to see their confidence and determination. Their behaviour was brilliant too (as always).

Although we didn't medal, the gymnasts came 8th and the tennis players came 21st both out of the 33 London boroughs present.

Well done to all of the children for their efforts and to the grown ups for supporting. Here's to a return next year!!