The RPS blog

Football   Match!!! On Wednesday the 26 th of February 2015 Rayleigh Primary School played Grove Wood at a game of football. It was a tight game. Unfortunately we lost 2-1, however we put all our effort in. Well done to both teams, all of you did amazing!

Welcome Back Welcome back to Rayleigh Primary School everyone!!! We hope you had a nice half term holiday and now you are ready for some school work. So get your brains working and have some fun - 5 more weeks to go!!! Next Monday the Head Teacher’s award is to help others so they understand. So be prepared and good luck.

Thank You Miss Sun Miss Sun as you all know is the new Chinese teacher at Rayleigh Primary School. She has been so kind by giving us all a a chocolate coin as a gift. Yum yum! However someone might be lucky enough to get 2 coins! We have the coins in a red envelope because in China they put money in these for their children for Chinese New Year.

This weeks school award is given for the 'Best Role Model For Learning'. Congratulations to all those nominated.

After lots of patient waiting, the chicks finally hatched! Mr Buchan and Miss Ford watched the first chick emerge on Wednesday afternoon at about 5.45 pm. By the next morning we had 9 little chicks. Everyone was so excited! More Information  

Please see below a letter of thanks from the NSPCC which relates to the fund raising efforts of the children, parents and staff at Rayleigh Primary School. The £180 was raised through a sponsored P.E. challenge. The amount raised so far for this charity is £1,758.67p. Well done to all those involved.

On Monday 2 nd February we had a special delivery of ten fertilised eggs. The chicks are  a cross breed of ‘Rhode Island Red’ chickens and excellent egg layers. ( Click here for more details )

Year 4 Performance Year 4 are doing an exciting play about the Beauty and the Beast. They’re already practising all the songs and dances, taught by Mr. Hack and Mr. Gaskin. The auditions will take place in about a week’s time. The real performance will be at the end of next half term.  

Year 5 River Dancing!!! In drama Mr Gaskin is teaching Year 5 Irish River Dancing. Year 5 will soon be performing to the Year 5 Teachers.  If you do not know what Irish River Dancing is it is basically Tap Dancing but you use different shoes. In Tap Dancing you use tap shoes and in Irish River Dancing you use usual hard shoes!

Hatching Chicks On Thursday 5 th February some of the baby chicks hatched! There are 10 eggs altogether but only 9 chicks have broken free from the egg. Hopefully the last chick will come. What breed of chicken? The type of breed of the chicks is a Hybrid Strain. They’re not a true breed but these chickens do lay good eggs. Where do the chicks go? There are farmers that will look after the chicks as they get older. Some farmers will sell their chicks if they can’t have any more animals to keep. So come and see the chicks, they are so cute! They are in the KS2 building opposite Miss Antonioni’s classroom. 

Get ready to…….. sing     The Choir has started preparing for the...... Music  Festival! At the end of the year most of the choir will be going to the Cliffs Pavilion to sing songs. This year’s theme is Books. Many well-known songs are going to be sung by the Choir, like:        Bare Necessities        Mr. Mistoffelees        Naughty        I See the Light And lots more. So work hard choir and don’t let the school down!

This week's School Awards are presented for the 'Best Piece of Science'. Well done to all of the nominees

Year 5 visit Westcliff High School for Boys!!! On Wednesday The 21 st of January Year 5 (5DF + 5DM) visited Westcliff High School for Boys. They found out that there were 100 girls and 1000 boys attending the school! When they arrived Year 5 had a tour. The children were amazed with the size of the school and the art. They learnt interesting facts about sceicne and history. The 6th form students taught Year 5 about friction and the water cycle!   Ask someone in 5DF and 5DM about their time at Westcliffe High School! 

HAPPY EATING KS2 are taking part in an Eco Packed Lunch Competition!  In school all children will have the opportunity to design a garden. The garden must include food and ingredients that can be grown and also found in a lunch box. Can you think of any food or ingredients in your lunch box that are grown?  The lucky winner will have their garden created!  J GOOD LUCK RAYLEIGH PRIMARY J