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BBC ‘500 words’ story-writing competition
Do you love writing stories? If so, why not write a story and enter this year’s BBC ‘500 Words’ children’s story-writing competition? Follow the link below to find out more. All entries must be submitted by Friday 10th November.
There are two age groups for the competition:
5-7 year-olds and 8-11 year-olds.
Use your creativity and imagination to write a story you would love to read
The competition will be judged by the well-known authors, Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Lenny Henry, Charlie Higson, Francesca Simon,
There are some amazing prizes on offer this year, so why not write a story and talk to your teacher about sending it in?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-words/about-500-words-collection/zj9b8p3
50 finalists, along with their parents or carers, will be invited to attend a grand final next February at Buckingham Palace!. The bronze, silver and gold winners of each age group will have their stories read by celebrities and published with illustrations by famous illustrators Joelle Avelino, Axel Scheffler, Fiona Lumbers, Sue Cheung, Jamie Smart, and Steven Lenton. There will also be a special ‘500 Words’ programme with the The One Show, on World Book Day on 7 March 2024.
You could also win a pile of books the height of Lenny Henry, Queen Camilla or an average 7- or 11-year-old!
This year, there will also be an amazing random draw prize. Every story submitted will be entered into a random prize draw. One lucky winner will receive a ticket to the final and a bundle of books, and their school will also be given 500 books and a literacy wall art – of their choice, to promote the love of story-telling.
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Lindsay Galvin, Call of the Titanic… and other adventures linked to the sea…
If you like historical fiction and exciting action and suspense, this new adventure story by Lindsay Galvin could be for you. Most suitable for Y5 and Y6 readers, it draws on the real story of the sinking of the Titanic and the imagined experience of a 3rd class steward on board at the time of the disaster that is based on Sid Daniels – the last crew member to survive the Titanic. Alongside Sid’s part-fact/part-fiction story is the dramatic imagined tale of 12-year-old Clara Scott who is fed up with being told what to do at home and desperate to see the world. In a split second of anger with her family, she decides to hide in her cousin’s trunk and run away, but finds herself locked inside the trunk and at sea on RMS Carpathia. Little does she know, that quite apart from her own troubles, she is about to get caught up in the Titanic rescue mission…
Facts are interwoven with imagination to create a fast-paced story which draws you quickly into the tension of the Titanic’s tragic voyage through the eyes of stowaway Clara and Sid’s imagined letters and evidence to the US Senate Inquiry into the disaster. Several of the characters are based on people who really were involved in the Carpathia rescue. We also meet a very lovable Newfoundland dog, Rigel (rhymes with Nigel!) who looks like a bear and plays a vital role in the story and helps to solve a rather fantastical mystery that has been intriguing Captain Rostron of the Carpathia and Clara.
If you enjoy this story, why not try another book by Lindsay Galvin? Her books are typically rooted in real events from the past and build on imagined lives of people who were actually alive at the time to develop exciting fantasy and adventure stories. As well as being dramatic, these tales also make you want to find out more about the characters and settings that they are based on…
Washed ashore on the Galápagos Islands after a violent storm, former cabin boy and now assistant to the young naturalist Charles Darwin, Syms Covington, encounters a mysterious lizard-like creature and some intriguing golden eggs. He faces a huge challenge as he tries to survive on the island and then find his way home… and make the difficult decision about what to do about his amazing discovery…
While 12-year-old Lavinia (Vinnie) Fyfe’s mother is unexpectedly away in Paris, she stays with her aunt and begins work in the aquarium tea shop in Brighton. She makes friends with Charlie, the aquarium keeper’s nephew, and Temitayo, the African ward of an English gentleman, and together they develop the confidence to challenge some of the social expectations of Victorian England. A new exhibit arrives – an enormous and intriguing giant octopus – and Vinnie begins to build up a special relationship with it as she develops her talent for art. As this bond grows, Vinnie and her friends become more determined to solve the mystery of her mother’s sudden departure, and work out what to do with the disturbing discoveries they make about Victorian fashion and the lives of the children who work in factories to produce it…
Why not give one of these great stories a try?
Macmillan Coffee morning
With the help of our new ambassadors, on Friday September 29th, 9:15-10:15, we will be joining in with the ‘World’s biggest coffee morning’ to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The money raised goes to support Macmillan in their work to provide Macmillan nurses, online advice, telephone support lines and many other ways to help people living with cancer and their families. Please come along with a donation to enjoy a cup of tea/coffee and a slice of cake with us to raise money for this great cause.
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Special lunch menu – 5th October
October 5th is our ‘census’ day for schools so there will be a special menu on offer that day for school dinners. Please see below for the choices that will be available for choosing in the usual way at registration. If you don’t normally have school dinners, you can still choose to have this dinner on the day if you wish. If you pay for meals, payments can be made on Parent Pay.
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Christmas Shoebox appeal
This year, we are taking part in the Christmas shoebox appeal to support people who will otherwise not have gifts at Christmas. Can you help us by saving any shoeboxes you may have and bringing them into school please? We will also be looking to collect any small gifts that we can use to fill these shoeboxes.
We will need to collect together our shoeboxes by the start of October half term (Friday 27th October) to get the shoeboxes to the charity in time for them to be shipped.
The list to the right shows the items we will be looking to collect. It would be great to start collecting these over the next few weeks. Our plan is to collect as many gifts together as we can and see how many shoeboxes we can fill. If you can help us with any one of the items to the right (or maybe more over this half term), that would be brilliant. We will be asking our ambassadors to work together to pack the boxes before half term and write some messages for the people who will receive them.
Thank you!
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Coventry Cathedral Choir
Do you love singing and music? Are you in Key Stage 2? If the answer is, ‘Yes’, then there is a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your talent and access an exceptional training and experience in music.
Coventry Cathedral Choir are recruiting boy and girl choristers from KS2 in primary schools across Coventry during September and October 2023. The choir is a free opportunity open to all children in the City and Diocese who love singing and show musical potential. The Cathedral Choristers attend schools all over the diocese, and continue to take leading roles within their own school choirs.
If your child is interested in singing in the choir, please let Mrs Watson know and we can contact the Director of Music to request a visit to school and support you with an application. We have had two children who have been members of the choir recently, and there is no doubt from their experience that this is a wonderful opportunity for keen musicians to develop their talent and enjoy performing in such an amazing and inspiring place as Coventry cathedral.
If you want to find out more about Coventry Cathedral choirs, follow this link: https://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/worship-music/choirs-music/cathedral-choirs
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Dot Day art activities
We had a lot of fun across the school yesterday sharing the story, the dot by Peter Reynolds. This story is all about having a go and gaining the confidence to find out that you can be successful and creative. The story also shows how when we believe in ourselves, we can help others to develop too.
We enjoyed making our own dot designs today and look forward to seeing these forming a new display in the Key Stage 1 corridor.
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Parent offer – key dates
You can find a copy of our key dates for parents on our website. We would love to invite you to join us for parent workshops, learning celebrations and performances. We hope you will enjoy finding out more about your child’s learning and sharing in their successes and progress.
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