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Headteacher's Cup Winners

• Football Team

  Fri 23 Oct 2015

  Congratulations to the entire St. Andrew's Boys' Football Team.  5 goals were scored, 3 by Zac Poter and 2 by Jack Furlong.  In the final match the goal was scored in the final 20 seconds to give St. Andrew's School the much needed win to attain the position in the final at Lyons hall on Wednesday 11th November at 1.45 pm.

   

  Congratulations and good luck for the final!

  

• Headteacher's Cup Winners

  Fri 16 Oct 2015

  This week’s Headteacher Cup Winners

  Love Birds:  Kalen  -  Respect yourself and others

  Kalen is such a respectful Love Bird; patient, caring and he listens on the carpet very well!  Whoosh!

  Pandas:  Lily  -  Don’t give up

  Lily has shown determination in abundance this week.  Not only did she improve her spelling challenge score, she has challenged herself to count in tens.  Such a pleasure to see, well done, Lily!

  Seahorses:  Tilly  -  Respect yourself and others

  Tilly was both thoughtful and helpful during our language days.  She helped her friends with their learning, showing them how to make origami fortune tellers, what great teamwork, Tilly.  Well done!

  Giraffes:  Vinnie  -  Improve

  Vinnie is taking steps to make things easier for himself.  He has been listening, working hard and doing the right thing.  Keep it up Vinnie!

  Ocelots:  William  -  Work hard and concentrate

  William is always ready to learn.  He focusses, concentrated on the right things to help himself and works hard.  Well done, William!

  Polar Bears:  Erin  -  Work hard and concentrate

  We are so impressed by the effort that you put in at home to build on what we learnt about Australasia this week  -  and how keen you were to share with the rest of the Polar Bears!  What great learning, Erin!

  Golden Eagles:  Alesha  -  Try new things

  Alesha has worked hard this week, especially during ‘Languages Day’.  She approached the challenges of making Origami pumpkins, learning an Indian dance and African batik art with super enthusiasm and effort.  Really well done, Alesha!

  Falcons:  Reece  -  Charlotte  -  Improve

  Charlotte has approached all of this week’s work diligently and with enthusiasm.  She stood out in our two language days due to the great work she produced.

  Sports Cup:  Oliver  -  Improve

  Oliver showed great effort and determination to make the right choices this week, the result of this was a really positive lesson, well done, Oliver!

   

  

• Baddow Ridge Orienteering Report

  Sun 11 Oct 2015

  More fabulous scores at Baddow Ridge

   

  Sunday 11^th October saw the second ESSOL league event of the year and another collection of great scores. 

   

  Showing no signs of fatigue from his exploits at the score course competition, Harrison Dixey produced a super round to win the white course (100) in the year 5/6 category and Isabel Peters won the girls (100) on the white. 

   

  Other excellent scores included Ryan Skeet (94, white)

  Thomas Leader (78, white) and Thomas Martin (77, orange)

  A brilliant effort by all orienteer’s on a course that was tricky, many paths and clearings seemed the same and the bracken made things awkward. Keep this going and above all, enjoy it!

   

  Many thanks go to the continued support of the parents and to Essex Stragglers for hosting the event.

  More fabulous scores at Baddow Ridge

   

  Sunday 11^th October saw the second ESSOL league event of the year and another collection of great scores. 

   

  Showing no signs of fatigue from his exploits at the score course competition, Harrison Dixey produced a super round to win the white course (100) in the year 5/6 category and Isabel Peters won the girls (100) on the white. 

   

  Other excellent scores included Ryan Skeet (94, white)

  Thomas Leader (78, white) and Thomas Martin (77, orange)

  A brilliant effort by all orienteer’s on a course that was tricky, many paths and clearings seemed the same and the bracken made things awkward. Keep this going and above all, enjoy it!

   

  Many thanks go to the continued support of the parents and to Essex Stragglers for hosting the event.

• Chobham Orienteering Report

  Sat 10 Oct 2015

  St Andrews Scores huge success!

   

  On Saturday 10^th October a team of 6 boys and 4 girls made their way to Chobham Common in Surrey for the British Schools Score Course Championships.

   

  Louis Dove, Thomas Leader, Oliver Prince, Harrison Dixey, Ben Partridge and Thomas Martin formed the boys team with Sophie Blower, Katie May Blower, Katie Higgins and Amy Skeet representing the girls.

   

  On what looked like a tricky area for running, with its large areas of marsh and endless contours, each competitor had to plan their own route and collect as many controls as they could in 45 minutes without being late back. Finishing after 45 minutes would incur -5 points for each minute, therefore reducing their overall score.

   

  Everyone of our runners showed excellent navigational and decision making skills and confidence to make the school proud, and wonderfully each one came back with a big smile on their face!

   

  Fabulous scoring meant that at the prizegiving St Andrews won both the girls and boys primary school team events! Huge bags of chocolate were given with the medals resulting in huge smiles.

   

  Individually the boys did fantastically: Oliver Prince came 2^nd in the year 5 competition and Thomas Martin was crowned British Champion in the year 6 category. It was wonderful to see Thomas fulfil his potential at a National event after knocking at the door with two 4ths and a 2^nd in his three other competitions.

   

  Huge thanks must go to all the parents for their continued support to the school, Guildford Orienteers who hosted the event and Julie Laver of Essex Stragglers who supported all concerned.

  

• Headteacher Cup Winners

  Fri 09 Oct 2015

  This week’s Headteacher Cup Winners

  Love Birds:  Lola-Rose  -  Try new things

  Lola is always such a happy Lovebird, she enjoyed working in a team making a fruit salad and tried a very sour red currant!

  Pandas:  Jack  -  Don’t give up

  Jack has been working really hard at writing in Pandas’ Class.  He was determined this week to be a goal Scorer in Big Writing and all that effort paid off.  Well done Jack!

  Seahorses:  Tanisha  -  Work hard and concentrate

  Tanisha has worked hard to manage distractions and meet challenges this week.  We are so proud of you  -  keep up the good work!

  Giraffes:  Lexi  -  Improve

  Lexie has been working hard to do her best this week in maths and English!  Lexie’s effort has paid off as she is improving!

  Ocelots:  Elsie  -  Respect yourself and others

  Elsie has shown herself to be a fantastic role model in class.  She is always willing to help others and tries her best in all lessons.  A caring Ocelot!  Well done and keep it up Elsie!

  Polar Bears:  Joshua  -  Improve

  Joshua has worked so hard to apply all that we have learnt about using suspense in our writing and his writing certainly had us on the edge of our seats when we heard it!  Amazing effort, Joshua!

  Golden Eagles:  Finley  -  Improve

  Finley has shown a brilliant attitude to his work this week.  He has approached all tasks with enthusiasm and a real desire to improve.  He has also taken great pride in sharing his work and the effort he puts in really shows.  Keep it up, Finley!

  Falcons:  Reece  -  Imagine

  Reece has really used his imagination to produce some detailed ‘Pop Art’ style work  -  well done!

  Sports Cup:  Theo – Work hard and concentrate

  for working hard at dribbling a ball in hockey.

  

• Rendlesham Orienteering Report

  Sun 04 Oct 2015

  Sunday 4^th October saw a beautiful morning and the start of the new 2015/2016 ESSOL League.

  Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk looked stunning in the autumn sunshine and it seemed to inspire the 12 St Andrews competitors running. Thomas Leader has clearly made use of the extra Essex Stragglers coaching that he has attended, by storming to victory on the white course and scoring 100 points, closely followed by superb runs by Amy Skeet (first girl 100 points), Harrison Dixey (84) and

  Louis Dove (83)

  Oliver Prince and Ben Partridge had excellent runs on the yellow with Oliver scoring 99 points and Thomas Martin ran the orange course well to secure 102 points.

  Special mention must go to those just starting their orienteering

  ‘careers’. Holli and Daisy Dixey persevered on their debut white,

  Abigail Prince showed her mum Sara a clean pair of heels and Ben

  Martin bounced round, helping Holli and Daisy on the way. Thomas Walker had a small hiccup on the white but knowing Thomas, he’ll be back to challenge again another day.

  As ever, thanks must go to all the parents for continuing to support the school and to SUFFOC for hosting the event.

• Headteacher Cup Winners

  Fri 02 Oct 2015

  This week’s Headteacher Cup Winners

  Love Birds:  Marley  -  Improve

  For impressing Lovebirds so much with his much improved ‘Can do’ attitude!

  Pandas:  Amy  -  Work hard and concentrate

  Amy has had a super focussed week where she has produced whizzy Maths, taken on spelling challenges and even completed her first Big Write all with a huge smile.

  Seahorses:  Jodie  -  Work hard and concentrate

  Jodie has been a super star this week working hard and concentrating on her numeracy.  She has been ordering numbers and adding 2 digit numbers.  She even made up her own examples when she had finished.

  Giraffes:  Henry  -  Work hard and concentrate

  Henry has put in the hours to practise his spellings this week, his effort paid off as he got them all right.  Keep it up Henry!

  Ocelots:  Thomas – Work hard and concentrate

  Thomas has been a super Ocelot this week.  He has worked hard and focussed on his Maths and Literacy work to do the best that he can.  Thomas you have shown an amazing growth mindset approach to your learning.

  Polar Bears:  Connie  -  Don’t give up

  Connie has shown determination and striven for success in all that she has done this week  -  you should be rightly proud of all that you have achieved, Connie!

  Golden Eagles:  Katie  -  Work hard and concentrate

  Katie has been amazing this week and shown a super determined attitude to her learning.

  Falcons:  Chloe  -  Don’t give up

  Chloe has been a pleasure to teach.  She has tried so hard in all areas and was amazing counting in French this week.  What a superstar!

  Sports Cup:  Kevin

  For his hard work and effort during his tennis lesson this week.  Kevin listened carefully to all the instructions, watched the demonstration and was able to put it into practice.  The result was he could hit the ball with precision against the wall.