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School Council launch 'Cut your Carbon' Challenge
this November 

This November, our School Council led an assembly to launch their challenge to the school community. This consists of completing six small carbon-cutting activities at home with family and friends. These actions will help to reduce everyday carbon emissions and benefit the planet. Please log in to your child's Teams for more details and check out the challenge details below. 

Michael Rosen Poetry Day

This week we celebrated the wonderful children's author Michael Rosen with a day filled with poetry and laughter. Taking hints from the master himself, all the children learnt to recite a poem 'off by heart'. 

In Reception, they performed 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen and even showed their Year 4 buddies how to do the actions! 

In Years 1 and 2, they performed 'Cats Sleep Anywhere' by Eleanor Farjeon. Again, every child spoke with enthusiasm as they performed to a packed hall. 

The children in Years 3 and 4 performed 'The Sound Collector' by Roger McGough. The poem tells the surreal story of a stranger who collects everyday sounds. Well done to the children for using great expression in the poem.

And finally, our Year 5 and 6 pupils performed the nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll. The children have realised that, through learning the poem, nonsense words can still make sense! 

We finished the day watching Michael Rosen perform his own wonderful poem 'Chocolate Cake' which had the children laughing and giggling for some time! Click here to watch this wonderful example of performance poetry.  

Anti-Bullying Posters with Year 6 and Year 2 Buddies

Charlie and Archie represent Enfield in the London Youth Games

Congratulations to Charlie in Year 5 and Archie in Year 6, who represented the whole of Enfield in Cross Country Running at the London Youth Games last Sunday. Both boys ran great races, with Charlie coming first to the finish line for Enfield and Archie coming fourth. We are so proud of both of them, for their success outside of school.  

PTA Success

We are very grateful to Selin and her team of parent volunteers, for giving up their time to support the school, so that every child benefits. So far this term they have brought us the Smarties challenge, Bingo Night, the Fireworks Night and the School Neon Discos. 

St. Andrew's Christmas Fair on Friday 5th December 3pm

In order for any school event to be successful, we need AN ARMY! Yes, an army of volunteers to help run stalls, serve food, sell drinks, organise the raffle and put it all together on the day! With only 4 weeks to go, the PTA really needs your help if the fair is to go ahead.

We would really like more helpers from parents throughout the year groups, so that the PTA can continue to grow in years to come. Contact the PTA at pta@standrewspta.co.uk to find out how to book tickets for events or to lend a hand.

Road Safety Competition

Over the past few weeks, lots of children have been busy making posters for our Road Safety Competition. There were just under 80 entries, all of which gave strong messages of road safety awareness. 

We know that roads are busy in Enfield and finding safe places to cross is one of many important parts of our children's understanding of road safety. Every child who entered the competition has been awarded 5 house points each. The entries on the display board in the corridor will each receive 10 house points.

Well done to everyone who entered. The competition leads nicely into Road Safety Week from 16th November. 

Enfield Boys' Football Tournament

This week, our older boys took part in the Enfield Schools Football Tournament at Edmonton County School. The boys played four matches plus a friendly match. They started really well, winning their first game 3-0. The next three games were pretty tough and unfortunately we did not reach the semi-finals. The boys enjoyed playing a friendly at the end with Grange Park and were disappointed but pleased to have taken part. Thank you to Mr Cook for organising the event and for his support during the games.

WRAP UP LONDON 2025

This winter, the Saints' Foundation will be collecting winter coats for the Wrap Up London Campaign. This will be our 3rd year of supporting this great cause. If you have any pre-loved winter coats which you would like to donate, please send them in to school by Friday 28th November. They will be taken to a collection point after that date and distributed by the Hands On London charity.