St John the Baptist Primary School Pebmarsh Lest We Forget 16th November 2018 Dates for your diary! Saturday 1st December PTA Christmas Fair 11.00-1.00 Thursday 6th December Sleeping Beauty Pantomine at Bury St Edmunds At 11 o clock on Friday, our children participated in a minute silence to remember those who had fallen in both World Wars. The children were once again enthralled as Mr Martin Elms played The Last Post on the bugle. Crosses were placed by the children on the village memorial as the names were read out for those who lost their lives in the First World War. Pupils read poems and prayers which had been written at school. At the end of the service pupils removed their own poppies and placed them in a tray which was left by the war memorial. As this was the 100th anniversary of the ending of World War 1, pupils in KS1 made a poppy 100 using their handprints as their commemoration. During the previous week, many pupils had been telling me about members of their family who had seen action or lost their lives in times of war, and these memories were read out during the service. Mr Lee Ivatt kindly drove his WWII, 6 wheel drive, American army truck, GMC CCKW 353 H1 to the war memorial for the children to see. It had been used in the Battle of Bulge - France 1944/45, the Battle of Remagen Bridge - Germany March 1945, the Liberation of Prague - Czechoslovakia May 1945 to name but a few. It was decommissioned from service in 1996. The children were able to ask Mr Ivatt questions about it and found out that it only does 6 miles to the gallon and was camouflaged so that it could not be seen from the air easily. Oskar was able to sit in the vehicle and put on the air raid siren. It was very loud! We were also fortunate to be able to view an American WW2 jeep complete with motor cycle to end the service.
Family Memories research by the children and read at our Service of Remembrance Milly s Great Great Grandad: Henry Lewis White, fought in World War 1 in Mesopotamia. Her Uncle Lewis was named after him just like Milly is named after her Great Nana Milly. Charlie s Great Grandfather was trained to go behind enemy lines. A group of men would parachute in to blow up power stations, weapon stores and other military sites. Then they had to escape back to Great Britain. His Great Grandfather was in charge of a patrol and some of his men were killed which really upset Charlie s Grandfather. Evie s Great Grandad Dennis Eves fought in World War 2. He was in the Essex Regiment and went to Italy and Africa to fight in the war. He was on the anti-aircraft guns. Lyssi s Great Grandad Challinor fought in Egypt in the Second World War. He sent jewellery home to her Great Gran but it was stolen in the post. When he was fighting in Crete he was captured and taken to Austria where he was a Prisoner of War he tried to escape but he was caught. He stole peaches and corn on the cob to eat and they stole a pig to roast. They also made a drink from potato peelings called schnapps. He returned home safely. Guy s relative, George Arthur Boyd-Rochford lived in the middle of Ireland. He won the Victoria Cross for bravery on 3 rd August 1915 in La Bassee in France. He was awarded it for fighting in the trenches against the Germans in World War 1. His Victoria Cross is displayed in the Wellington Barracks in London. His brother Cecil Boyd-Rochford of the Scots Guards was awarded the Croix de Guerre from France in 1916. They both came home alive. Arabella and Fenton s Great Grandad fought in World War 2. He was a Desert Rat because he fought in the desert. He won lots of medals which Arabella and Fenton brought to school to show everyone. Bobby and George s Great Grandad was a soldier when he was only 18 years old. He went to France in the war. He was very brave and they have seen his medals.
Blythe s Great Great Grandad Edward Thomas Potts died in a big battle in World War 1. He went to war at the age of 25 and died at the age of 27. His body was never found and he now has a special grave. Her Great Grandad Ted Potts was only 4 years old when his father died so he never saw him again. As Edward s body was never found Blythe s Grandma has a special piece of paper, a certificate and a medal to keep. Harry and Eli s Nana, who is now 82 years old was only 4 years old and lived in London at the start of World War 2. When London was bombed she was sent to the countryside with her baby brother and her mummy was allowed to go too as they were under 5 years old. They moved around to different houses and her mummy had to work for the people who owned the houses to earn their keep. Her daddy was a Royal Air Force mechanic and was sent to Ireland to keep the planes running. He was away for 5 years! Their Nana wasn t allowed to take any toys with her to the countryside but her daddy made her some wooden toys and sent them to her. When the war was over they returned to London and found their house had been bombed and had no roof. They had to camp out in the house until they had enough money to get it fixed. Edward s Great Grandfather Alfred Earnest Day, from Cardiff, was born in 1919 after the First World War. He was one of three brothers who all joined the forces on the same day in 1939. One joined the Royal Navy and two including him joined the Army. He joined the Royal Engineers and spent a lot of time in France. He was trapped on the beaches in Dunkirk and was evacuated. He nearly drowned as he was small and couldn t swim. He was luckily one of the 12 soldiers who survived out of his battalion. He then sent a letter home when he arrived back in England which the family still have. Later he went back to France and Belgium and drove over a landmine and was badly injured. Libby and Lyla s Great Great Grandfather was in France during World War 1 and got shot in the leg during training and had to stay in hospital in France. He walked with a stick for the rest of his life. Their Great Grandfather fought in the Royal Engineers in the Second World War. He trained in Scotland and went to France and Belgium. He saw parachutists in Arnhem hanging in the trees where they had been shot on the way down. He went to Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp during the Liberation. Great Nannie worked at Stephen Walters in Great Cornard, sewing parachutes and crotches into men s trousers by hand, and she hated it! During World War 1, Riley s Great Great Grandad, Private George Gardner lied about his age to join up, telling them he was older than he was. He was sent back to England from France because he was wounded. He was sent home in hospital blues. During World War 2, his Great Great Grandad was in the Home Guard and looked after the towns near where he lived because he had military experience and was too old to re-enlist. His Great Grandad s Mummy and daddy worked in a factory called the Woolwich Arsenal making bullets.
An example of written work using similes. The Iron Hyena by Harry (Year 4) Howling at the top of a volcano, the iron hyena crouched in his bed of magma, leaning over the little village of Egypt, like a dragon towering over a brave and noble knight with armour shining like emerald stars. The iron Hyena s spots are as dark as 1,000 souls lying in the midnight sky and his fur is as thick as bread. His iron furry skin is as tough as a stone shining shield and his iron mouth with 1,0000ns and 1,000ns of razor sharp bronze teeth makes a shrieking howl like the devil dying slowly in pain. He was made by the scorpion king, with head and torso normal, but legs and arms like a scorpion all scaly and bumpy, like dinosaur s skin and a tail with a sting as big as a suitcase. The iron Hyena is as angry and determined as an everlasting grenade. His mammoth head is as big a giant sycamore tree with ears as big as a 10ft deer his giant iron legs makes him run as fast as a shooting star wiping out the dinosaurs like a towel gently drying your skin. His eyes are like magma flowing in a volcano as tall as two lorries vertical on each other. My Gymnastics Achievements by Nathan I have been going to Sudbury Gymnastics Club every Friday evening for the past six months. There is a small group of three of us ranging from Grade 2 to Grade 3. I passed my Grade 4 at the end of September after being graded on the vault, beam, rings and parallel bars, trampoline, bars and floor work. I am now working on my Grade 3 and hope to pass by Christmas. My favourite activity is the beam.
Shakespeare s Macbeth Last half term, the Upper Junior class were fortunate enough to be invited to watch the Young Shakespeare Company perform Macbeth. The actors were outstanding and there were several moments where you could have heard a pin drop, as the entire audience waited with anticipation! Thank you Grace and Edward for volunteering to become part of the performance too! Please let Mrs Stringer know if your child entered the University of Essex Creative Writing Competition. The deadline for entries was 11 th November! It would be lovely to mention entrants in the next newsletter. Thank you.
URGENT We have a few children in school with a nut allergy. Please do not send in items that contain nuts including items in lunch boxes. Thank you for your cooperation we need to keep all children safe! Weather Conditions The weather is due to become colder next week! Please make sure your child has a coat every single day as we do brave as much unpredictable weather as possible. The children will still go outside for fresh air in light drizzle and some lessons require children to go outside. September 2019 Admissions Primary (Reception for September 2019) You can apply for a primary (Reception) place between 12th November 2018 and 15th January 2019 Please pass these details to anyone you know with pre-school children! Lunch Orders Please, please, please ensure that you send in your school lunch menus to the school office no later than Friday morning each week. Menus received after this will not be processed and therefore your child will require a packed lunch the following week. The box at the school gate each morning is for menus and class messages or anything that needs to go to the school office. Cash needs to be in a named envelope. Children should not be filling in their own menus we are receiving unnamed menus and unclear orders. Please also ensure that your child knows what has been ordered each day. On the back of each menu there is a copy of the order for you to keep.
Children in Need Day A big Thank You from the School Council to everyone for supporting this charity today. Everyone looked great in their pyjamas and onesies! We have raised 80.00!