Newsletters

Spring 1 Week 5

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Dear parents and carers,

Welcome to our new style newsletter!  As part of our continuing modernisation of William Ford and the embracement of technology, I am delighted that many of you who have installed the app would have just received a ‘ping’ alerting you to our latest update.  Hopefully this should make this easier to read (it also makes it much easier to produce)!  Our newsletter does receive much praise (thank you for that) but we do also receive some questions – namely why is it weekly, and why does it have so much information?  The reason for this is that we do aim to be a school that is not constantly bombarding families with letters but rather try to contain all relevant information in one place, in one publication.  We have also received feedback in the past about parents wanting further information about what the pupils have been learning in the past week, along with the upcoming learning hence this is also included.  We do hope you will find this new style more useful.

We also have a survey open at the moment regarding communication and parent workshops - we would be very grateful if every family could complete this by clicking here: https://forms.office.com/e/B6FjsjBPp6

Finally, although we have had a pause with our building works (set to continue on 8th March 2023), we have been enjoying a much more structured approach to lunch times including organised football, small world toys and even dressing up.  Not only was this lots of fun, but there was a drastic reduction in disagreements as well.  My thanks to Mrs Legg for co-ordinating and to the lunchtime team for sharing their ideas.

 

                       

I pray you all have a wonderful weekend.

 

Mr. David Huntingford

Headteacher

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On Friday 10th February 2023, William Ford pupils recognised Children's Mental Health Day by wearing their own clothes to school. Children took part in activities to help them understand the importance of having good mental health as well as good physical health. This day was arranged by pupils in 6I as part of the PSHE curriculum. 

This week the staff and pupils of William Ford surprised our headteacher Mr Huntingford.

On Tuesday they helped him celebrate a significant birthday with a cake prepared by our catering team and a verse or two of Happy Birthday.

We hope you had a lovely birthday!  

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Year Three

Asraq 3M

Year Four

Stephanie 4D

Year Five

Corey 5H

Year Six

Abraham 6P

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This week's book recommendation by Emmanuel 6T.

I recommend the book 'The Whispering Stone' by Saviour Pirotta because it is an exciting book with lots of events and action. I started to read this book on Monday and I only have 4 pages left! I will return it to the library once I have finished it. Who will be next to read this? 

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Proverbs 22:6

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

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Break up for half term (normal time)
3:15pm – 3:15pm
10
February
Children return to school
8:30am – 9:00am
20
February
Archery - Year 4
9:00am – 12:00pm
23
February
Parent Workshop- Drop in- Understanding reading & ways of reading text - Miss Trubshaw
3:30pm – 4:00pm
23
February
Parent Consultations Times TBC
3:00pm – 3:30pm
From 27 Feb until 03 Mar
27
February
Parent Consultations Times TBC
4:00pm – 4:30pm
From 27 Feb until 03 Mar
27
February
Parent Workshop - Drop in - MATH SATS Support
9:00am – 9:30am
01
March
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10 Feb 2023
Lunchtime Fun!
This week Gregory and Daimon from 3M write about the new fun activities at lunchtimes.
Read more
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Year Three

This week, Year Three have been researching and writing their own non-chronological reports, based around a country of their choice. The children have been using the ipads and laptops to complete research on their chosen country. They have included information such as physical and human features and have also found about cultural aspects such as food and sport. We look forward to reading their fascinating reports. In maths, the children have continued their work on multiplication and division, concentrating on work based around the four and eight times table. Keep practising those facts Year Three. In history the children have come to the end of their work on ancient civilisations including Ancient Egypt. They have looked at similarities between Egypt and Ancient Sumer, the Indus Valley Civilisation and the Shang Dynasty. They have also thought about why civilisations develop close to rivers. I wonder if they could explain this to you. Science has seen the children continuing their work as geologists, looking at how fossils are formed. They were interested to discover that they only form in sedimentary rock.  After this busy week, the children are looking forward to a peaceful and restful half-term.

Year 4 

This week in Year 4, the pupils have had another action-packed week, with the culmination of our literacy unit ending with our pupils writing recipes and instructions for their very own marvellous medicine, as part of their assessment. Year 4 also continued their learning of calculation in maths, learning how to divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. As well as this, pupils also took part in a dramatisation of the 'Last supper', as part of our Salvation unit in RE. Pupils learnt about the beginning events of Holy week and the specifics about the last supper, as well as splitting into smaller groups and acting out the last supper, breaking the bread and sharing the wine (juice!). This was really exciting and generated some excellent discussion. In technology this week, the children had the opportunity to put their recent science learning about electrical circuits into a meaningful context by designing and making a torch with a working switch.  The children thoroughly enjoyed this task and an impressive range of torches were made.  We really hope you have a restful half-term break and we very much look forward to seeing you in a weeks time, refreshed and ready for another fun-filled half-term!

Year Five

We have been full steam ahead in Year 5 this week! As we come to the end of our study of 'Beowulf', the children have written some fantastic character descriptions based on the hero and villain of the book - Beowulf and Grendel. They have used their prior knowledge of expanded noun phrases and relative clauses to make their descriptions sound interesting. We have started our new maths unit on fractions this week - we have look at multiplying unit and non-unit fractions by an integer. The children have showed great knowledge and retention of their timetable facts this week. In PSHE, the children have been thinking about their dream jobs for the future and the steps they need to take in order to get their. They have created PowerPoint presentations where they presented their ideal job to the rest of the class. Aspirations are high in Year five - we have future data analysts, pilot engineers and architects at William Ford. We have continued with our DT unit on Structures and, for the past week, children have been created truss bridges out of spaghetti. Many apologies to the parents that find dried spaghetti in their child's pockets! The Year Five team hope you and your children have a restful and safe half-term.

Year Six

This week in year six, children have been working hard completing assessments in reading, grammar and maths. Next 1/2 term in maths, childre will focus on statistics where they will look at interpreting data from bar charts, pie charts and line graphs.  In English this week, children have written diary entries as part of their assessment from the perspective of the main character Ruby. The children applied their understanding of the book 'When the Mountains Roared' to write about key events Ruby experienced when moving to India. In Spring 2, children will being a unit on poetry focusing on the narrative poem The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. In art this week, children edited their photographs from last lessons by either cropping their background or adjusting the colours. In the next lesson, children will explore the work of Derrick O. Boateng and deign their own music album cover. In computing this week children explored Internet Safety as part of Internet Safety Day. Children worked collaboratively to discuss different tech milestones and consolidated how to be safe online. 

 

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Each week, staff select three children from each class who have shown effort and commitment to upholding an aspect of our school vision, shown at the bottom of the page. Congratulations to this week’s ‘stars of the week’ for their tremendous endeavours!

 

Working diligently

 

Acting generously

 

Promoting peace

Year Three

3M

Name: Urshita

For: an increased focus in lessons, fantastic artwork and improved writing.

 

Name: Ezinne

For: being a kind and helpful member of the class.

 

Name: Demilade

For: a more calm and settled approach to lessons and those around her. 

3N

Name: Sanjel

For: working diligently in history this week.

Name: Saydul

For: helping his friends when working with them.

Name: Frankie-Lee

For: being calm and ready to listen.

3P

Name: Elidar 

For: working enthusiastically in his reading group.

Name: Kamso

For: being a calm a peaceful presence within the school.

Name: Maysan

For: being a kind and polite member of the class.
 

Working diligently

 

Acting generously

 

Promoting peace

Year Four

4B

Name: Violet

For: excellent listening in maths resulting in her gaining confidence

 

Name: Daniel 

For: working calmly in technology and helping another pupil with the task

 

Name: Dylan 

For: being a welcoming friend to a new pupil in our class

4D

Name: Daniella O

For: showing resilience in her maths lessons this week. 

Name: Jasmine

For: always being kind and being helpful to others.

Name: Samuel

For: settling in perfectly and bringing a calmness in the class.

4W

Name: Juelz

For: working really hard and showing resilience in our DT project.

Name: David

For: Showing kindness to others and helping others when working in a group. 

Name: Ladyta

For: making excellent contributions to the worship council and promoting peace in our class. 
 

Working diligently

 

Acting generously

 

Promoting peace

Year Five

5A

Name: Julian

For: increased confidence in swimming this week.

 

Name: Deborah

For: being a role model to her peers.

 

Name: Soma

For: her calm approach to her learning.

5H

Name: Adoniya

For: great perseverance and resilience with work using inverted commas.

Name: Abdulsamad

For: being extra helpful when tidying up after Design Technology.

Name: Kaiona

For: being a great promoter of peace in our classroom.

5N

Name: David

For: working diligently to achieve his personal goals across all areas.

Name: Natasha

For: her consistent positive attitude to learning and desire to build positive relationships with others.

Name: Zaiya

For: working quietly and being respectful towards others in every area.
 

Working diligently

 

Acting generously

 

Promoting peace

Year Six

6I

Name: Ray

For: Being more focused in class and putting his hand up more during discussions.

 

Name: Chris

For: Being really generous with his time and always being really helpful without me even asking.

 

Name: Emily

For: Always doing her best in all lessons, she is always a pleasure to teach.

6P

Name: Lewis

For: fantastic efforts to improve his reading comprehension. 

Name: Edwin

For: consistently being a helpful member of the class and a great role model.

Name: Demi

For: always being a great role model in class, showing everyone a peaceful way of learning.

6T

Name: Emmanuel

For: great improvement in his attitude towards his learning, helping him to make good progress. 

Name: Ebun

For: being helpful around the classroom and with her peers. 

Name: Mario

For: always being focused and ready to learn. 
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