Dear Parent / Carers,
This time of year is my favourite as it feels like everyday a different class is enjoying an amazing trip. In the last week Year 4 have visited the Science Museum, groups from Year 6 and Year 4 have taken part in Quad Kids Athletics; Year 2 visited the Aziziye Mosque in Stoke Newington and Year 1 went to Temple Bar in Central London to learn about the Great Fire of London. This week children have also enjoyed making all sorts of amazing items in Design and technology Week. You can see picture sand details of all these trips on our news page. Campsbourne Primary School | News Archive
INSET Day Monday 3rd June
Reminder that Monday 3rd June is an INSET Day so school reopens on Tuesday 4th June.
Dogs, Bikes and Electric Scooters
Whilst we are happy to accommodate dogs being brought into the playground we politely request that you:
Can all bike and scooter users please use the bike park which we have by the main entrance if they need to go to the school office or meet with a member of staff. Under no circumstances should they be brought inside school buildings. Thank you for your cooperation with these matters.
SEND children Parent/Carer Coffee Morning
All families and carers are invited to attend our SEND parent coffee morning on Wednesday 12th June at 9am (after morning drop off) hosted by Morgan Currie. Please sign in at the main office. Come and join us for a coffee/tea and a chat. This term we will host Zoe Buxton from CAMHS who will discuss her role with supporting children at our school and “Brain Buddies”. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.
Latest from the HSA
Comedy Night
Last week’s Laugh for Staff was a rip-roaring success, with over 70 people from the Campsbourne Community in attendance. There was a fantastic atmosphere, the variety of comedians had people crying with laughter, the bar was stocked with a great variety of drinks and the homemade chilli supper went down a treat, all washed down with watermelon and banana cake! In total, we raised an incredible £800 which will be spent on staff perks and treats and we will update more once the staff have decided how they want to spend it! A massive thank you to Diana Smith, Robyn Ballin, Alex Lawson, Raj Kotecha and Jenny Cundill from the HSA for putting in so much time and hard work to pull it together. Thank you so much to all who came, and who knows, perhaps this could become an annual event!
“Celebrate our differences”
Campsbourne’s annual “Celebrate Our Differences” event is on Friday, June 7th, from 3:30-5:00 pm in the top playground. Parents and carers are invited to help in the following ways:
* Bring a favourite or traditional dish to share
* Volunteer to help with setup from 2:30 pm, serving food during the event, or cleaning up afterwards.
Donations can be dropped off in the morning or at the Top Gate between 2:45 and 3:10 pm. Please be mindful of allergies and, if possible, label your dish with the name and ingredients. Also, label containers and serving ware for easy collection after the event. If you can volunteer on the day please contact Gwen John Parent Raj Kotecha.
Campsbourne Online Auction
Our school online auction will be going LIVE on the 14th of June and we need YOUR help! We’ve already started collecting an amazing range of big and small prizes including tickets to a Spurs game, meal vouchers, experiences, toys and more! We want to know if you have a service or product that you can donate to help raise vital funds for our wonderful school. For example, you could offer to bake a cake, donate a piece of artwork, create graphic design, offer a night of babysitting, or DIY services – you get the idea! We need all donations by 10th June so contact Becky Lupton or Raj Kotecha if you can help! See our attached poster for more details! Auction Info
Summer Fair
It’s been in the diary for a while now, but in just over 4 weeks it’s our Summer Fair!! We need all hands on deck, to make this the best summer fair yet and your class rep will be in touch about ways you can help get involved and volunteer slots for your class – keep an eye on Classlist. We literally can’t do these massive whole-school events without whole-school involvement and not only will all your favourite highlights from last year be happening: inflatables, live music, food, drinks and games, there are some new and exciting additions including a Campsbourne Photo Booth and the chance to drive a real fire engine from Hornsey Fire Station!! We even have it on good authority that there will be not 1, not 2, but up to 3 hours of splat Mr Smith – you wouldn’t want to miss that! So make sure to save the date and we can’t wait for an amazing Campsbourne Community event! Campsbourne Summer Fair
The donation drive begins now!
To ensure our summer fair is packed full of fun prizes for all, we need some help collecting the following items:
After half term, there will be a “Summer Fair Donation Box” by the school office. Please help us by bringing in any unwanted items from home that are on the list – speak to your class rep for more information.
Alexandra Park Cricket Club – Junior Taster Sessions!
Hope you are well. We would like to invite your son / daughter to take part in some FREE outdoor Cricket Taster Sessions run by Alexandra Park Cricket Club.
We are keen to continue to grow our thriving Junior Section and require some more participants to make this happen! We have come in, through Middlesex in the Community, to deliver some sessions in your school and would love to get more children playing at cricket clubs.
We are offering your child 2 FREE Cricket Taster Sessions, in conjunction with the work we are doing with your school, in the hope that they would like to continue with cricket throughout the Summer!
Our sessions run at Alexandra Park Cricket Club, N22 7AX at 18:00 – 19:30 on Thursdays – the free sessions we are offering are any combination of:
If you are interested in taking us up on this opportunity and getting involved, please contact Johan de Silva, Director of Junior Cricket at Alexandra Park CC.
We will be Celebrating Differences at Campsbourne the week of 4th– 7th June 2024!
Different cohorts will have a certain focus for the week:
| Year Group | Theme |
| Rec | Different families, same love |
| Yr 1 | Differences and/or Looking at Language we use |
| Yr 2/3 | Neurodiversity |
| Yr 4/5 | Celebrating our cultural differences and global community |
| Yr 6 | LGBT and Gender Equality |
Assemblies:
On Friday 7th June 3:30 – 5pm, parent/carers are invited to come and celebrate our differences together:
Please note:
We look forward to celebrating with everyone 😊
Weekly Attendance and Punctuality
Congratulations to Gainsborough in the Infants and Cameron in the Juniors for registering 100% attendance respectively! Well done to Gwen John and Moore Classes in the Infants and Cameron class in the Juniors for such good punctuality! THANK YOU!
| Infant Class | Attendance | Punctuality | Junior Class | Attendance | Punctuality |
| Gainsborough | 100% | 97.92% | Cameron | 100% | 99.55% |
| Gwen John | 97.08% | 99.58% | Hockney | 96.55% | 97.84% |
| Ofili | 98.61% | 98.61% | Kapoor | 92% | 97.50% |
| Riley | 95.98% | 94.19% | Whiteread | 95.98% | 98.21% |
| Hepworth | 84.20% | 98.66% | Thompson | 97.82% | 97.62% |
| Moore | 99.58% | 99.17% | Turner | 95.63% | 97.49% |
| Himid | 97.22% | 98.61% | |||
| Shonibare | 93.52% | 98.61% |
I hope you have a lovely half term.
Jonathan Smith
Head Teacher
Year 1 went to the Wren300 experience at Temple Bar to develop and extend their knowledge about the Great Fire of London. The children learnt about how quickly the fire spread and saw on a huge map which parts of London were burnt down to......
This week Year 2 were lucky enough to visit Aziziye Mosque in Stoke Newington. Whilst there, we spent time with one of the Imam’s from the mosque who explained to use the significance of prayer within the religion Islam. We had such a great time......
In DT this week, Year 1 have been learning about free standing structures. With a partner, they have been designing, making and evaluating a free standing structure that has doubled up as a marble run! The children have really enjoyed this DT project!...
In Year 6, we have been looking at different types of pulleys and lever systems as we created our own. The children planned how they would make a well – they thought about the steps that they would follow in order for them to achieve......
On Monday we took 8 children from Year 6 to New River Sports Centre for the Quad Kids Athletics. They took part in 4 different events: Standing long jump, vortex, 75m sprint and lastly 600m long distance run. Hanna and Milly both finished 1st in their......
On Tuesday we took 8 children from Year 4 to take part in the Quad kids Athletics at New River Sports Centre. Again, children took part in 4 different events which were: Standing long jump, vortex, 50m sprint and the 400m long distance run. Overall......
This week, year 5 took part in TasteEd for Design and Technology week. The children had opportunities to taste different foods and conclude their learning by collaboratively making a Greek salad. They enjoyed tasting different healthy foods and learning about food nutrition through the different......
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Last week, Year 4 had an exciting trip the the Science Museum where they were able to see some the topics we have been learning in school in practice. The children had the opportunity to explore the WonderLab before we went to look at an......
This week, year 3 have been exploring the five senses by preparing, flavouring and eating lots of different types of fruits, herbs and vegetables! We started the week by focussing on purple vegetables and then made fruit and herb salads! On one of the days, we......