The children were very well behaved for lunch and arrived safely in Swanage. They were mesmerized by their first sight of the sea - a clear view of the Isle of Wight over the English Channel.

We are all looking forward to the many adventures that are planned this week.
All the best for now!
 

What a great day we have had for Sport Relief! Thank you to everyone that dressed up in their sports gear today and brought in their £1 to raise money for this fantastic cause.  Children took part in the Sport Relief mile (12 laps of the playground!) and the obstacle course with our fabulous PE coach Mr Plummer.

In class, children have looked at why raising money for charity is important, as well as how the Sport Relief money is used.

As a school we raised over £250 for Sport Relief which is amazing – thank you and well done everyone!

Below are a few photos of the day – the children had a wonderful time!

Miss Tayler

Today Ailiyah Oki, Laxmi Venkatanarayanan, Kenisha Ngundu, Jayden Scantlebury, Narain Nair and Karsin Pirapakaran met the Lewisham Mayor, Sir Steve Bullock.

As our Junior Travel Ambassador's they did a presentation on air pollution to three other Lewisham Primary Schools and the Mayor, they also asked the Mayor some probing questions on how he will make things better in Lewisham.

Well done to our JTAs we are very proud of you.

This week we have had a tremendous book week. The children have taken part in drama workshops and seen a West End musical production in the school hall. Reception and nursery had a special story teller in which they really enjoyed. They have also done lots of work in class and designed a picture book for Mrs Dummer's baby!

The week ended with our traditional dress up as book character assembly. The turnout was fantastic and we had an amazing array of books and genres covered.

Another superb themed week at Athelney, well done everyone!

The winners were:

Pluto - Matthew Karge

Neptune - Athos Ciceu

Uranus - Sonny Read

Saturn - Mehmet Aslan

Jupiter - Jayda Bridge

Mars - Sara El Madi

Earth - Vyte Rinkeviciute

Astra - Harley Hutton

Venus - Dehjah James

Ulysses - Benetta Biokoro

Sun - Alfie Garvin Sargent & Sophia Awosika

Mercury - Ralphie Acton

Voyager - Daniel Carballo

Apollo - Aidon Hook

Atlantis - Simon Alegbe

Voyager - Emmanuel Ebhohimen

Nursery  - Lewis Simonatis & Jack Sagers

Our Year 4 trip to the Arethusa Centre in Kent has been a huge success so far! Throughout the week the teachers and senior leaders have taken turns to visit the site to spend quality time with the children and we have all had so much fun!

Please check out our Gallery for more pictures of the fantastic activities and our happy children. We look forward to welcoming them all back tomorrow (along with all of the mud that they have collected along the way).

We would like to invite parents and carers to attend a meet and greet Parents Forum on Monday 18th January 2016 at 3.45pm in the gym where you will be able to meet with Mrs Wong, Mrs Dummer, the new Acting Head of School, the new Acting Deputy Head and the rest of the management team. 

Mrs Dummer will be on maternity leave, thus away from school from Friday 22nd January until the Summer term.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Do you want to find out more about our online homework sites?

Come and join one of our taster sessions after school:

KS1 – Friday 27^th November 2.30-3.30 – School Library, next to Uranus Class

KS2 – Friday 4^th December 2.30-3.30 - School Library, next to Uranus Class

If you have children in both key phases, you are welcome to come to either session.

Look out for a parent letter, and sign up with Mrs Rose in the office.