This week Henry Fawcett school was asked to help out the London Borough of Lambeth who were having an Ofsted inspection to see how good they are at meeting their Health & Safety re-quirements. Lambeth specifically requested for children from our school to come and represent pupils across the borough. We chose Shamoe Bell from …
New Sports Facilities at Henry Fawcett
We are building two state-of-the-art artificial grass football pitches, one in the ball court and one on the roof playground, to provide our pupils with the best facilities possible for their physical education. The courts can also be used to play tennis, basketball, netball and hockey. We look forward to inviting you to the grand …
Our Teachers in Gambia
During the Easter holidays two teachers from Henry Fawcett, Miss Jenny Brough and Miss Katy Drake, travelled to Gambia to share their knowledge and expertise with Gambian teachers and to learn more about the Gambian educational system. Whilst in Gambia they taught lessons in a Gambian School and investigated recycling in the Gambia in order …
Introducing our Parent Governors
Following the announcement of our new Parent Governors in the last newsletter, we felt it would be useful to provide some photos of them so that you all know who they are. These parents will be representing you at meetings of the governing body in the future, and we would like to thank them for …
Henry Fawcett pupils create art for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Pupils from Years 2 and 3 have been hard at work creating a powerful piece of art for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration later this year. Helped by student artists from the prestigious City and Guilds Arts College, they have been enthusiastically painting, sticking, cutting out and constructing a huge model of a sea monster that …
Bulb Growing Competition
Spring is in the air and nowhere more so than in Henry Fawcett’s bulb-growing competition, which took place in March 2012. Budding gardeners from across the school spent weeks growing some fantastic flowers, all the way from bulbs to fully grown plants. The care and attention that they gave the flowers was plain to see, …
A New Governing Body for Henry Fawcett
For the past two years Henry Fawcett has been governed by an Interim Executive Board (IEB). This consisted of Pat Petch (Chair), Sandie Dunne and Shan Pinna-Griffith. They have contributed an amazing amount to Henry Fawcett, supporting the school through some difficult times, and working tirelessly to make the school the fantastic place it is …
Years 2/3 study electricity this term
This term in Science the children will explore Electricity by discussing the everyday objects that use electricity, constructing circuits using a light, battery and switch and finally represent electrical circuits in drawings using electrical symbols.
Reading with your child
Spending 10-20 mins listening to your child read every day really does make a massive difference to their reading ability. This works best if you talk about what has been read afterwards.
Term 4 Geography Topic for Year 1
This term Year 1 have the topic of Africa with a particular focus on geography. Year 1 will be performing a play at Easter. We will be asking children to learn lines for the Easter play. Here’s a fantastic website to try for maps: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/