Junior School - News Archive 2

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'Friends and Families Day' 22nd May - our speech day.
This was a great success - more to follow. Watch this space.

Change to February 2005 Half Term Dates

The dates for February half term in 2005 have been changed to run from the end of school on Friday February 11th until Sunday February 20th (boarders to return by 8.00pm). To find out more click here. 4 May 2004

Junior School production of 'Wind in the Willows' March 2004. Click on the photo to see more.

The Spring Celebration March 2004

The Early Years and Infant Department thoroughly enjoyed performing the musical ‘Wormzzz’. It was great fun waltzing and rapping at the same time as learning about worms. Such was the success of the show that we also performed it to the delight of the Senior School.

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Inter-schools Cross Country Friday 5th March

This was our second year at organising a cross-country event and our numbers had grown to seventy-two children with nine schools competing. The weather was perfect for running damp, drizzly and not too cold. The runners all did exceptionally well with successes in all age groups. Libby Whitfield did particularly well, our youngest runner and first girl home in the Under 9s. A big thank you to all those who took part and supported us.

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Ski Trip to Italy February 2004 Click on the photo to see more

Some places are still available for next year's trip to the Italian ski resort of Claviere which is situated near the French border, from Sunday 20th to Sunday 27th February 2005. Again the trip is being offered to pupils in years 5-8 plus a small group of sixth formers. Contact Jenny Allwood if interested.

A Famous Quaker In 2002 a new five pound note with Elizabeth Fry's image was issued.

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) was a well-to-do Victorian woman with a concern for the reform of prisons and the treatment of offenders. To find out more about Elizabeth Fry click here on on the five pound note.

Over 50,000 hits!
We have had over 50 000 hits to the website from different IP addresses since the counter was reset two and a half years ago in July 2001. (Feb 04)

Tesco Computers for Schools 2004. The vouchers will be given away in Tesco stores from Monday 23rd February 2004 until Sunday 2nd May 2004. Please help the school by collecting the vouchers and dropping them off in Reception.

Snow	Year 5 girls build a snowgirl

Click on these thumbnails to see enlargements of shots of the school with snow January 2004.

The Light Fantastic - visit of the Kinetic Theatre Company January 2004

Where has all the colour gone? The problem is black and white: something or someone is stealing the colours of the world! The sky is white, trees are black and the rivers are a murky grey.
Lost on the banks of the Ohio, County and Western singer Roy Gee stumbles upon the Light Fantastic café - the last remaining place to have any colour. In a desperate bid to save the precious colours, he and café owner, Dolly, set to work.
Using trays for mirrors, ice-cubes for prisms and saucers for lenses, they gradually unfold a major inter-planetary crisis - and only our own solar system can shed light on the problem.
Such was the drama performed by the Kinetic Theatre Company last week at Friends' Junior School. The pupils were involved in the action as they tried to discover which character was an alien in disguise, trying to steal the Earth's colours.
After the performance the actors undertook a Q&A session with the children.
"It was a very enjoyable show," said Sally Knight, Deputy Head of Friends' Junior School, "This Company aims to make learning about science accessible and fun, and they certainly succeeded. Our pupils loved it"

Our Seasonal Words and Music 10 Dec 2003

Year 5 Stay at the Aylmerton Field Studies Centre, Cromer, North Norfolk 29 Sept to 3 Oct 2003 Click on the photo on the left to see more.

AUTUMN CONCERTS	Featuring Concert Band String Ensemble + various other Solos & Ensembles from classical to rock, traditional to jazz Junior School Music Monday, October 20th Assembly Hall 12.30 to 1.l5 (entrance free) Senior School Music Thursday, October 23rd Assembly Hall 7.45 to 9.00 (admission £3.00 adults and £1.50 children and senior citizens - pupils free)

Eco Schools Award for Friends' Junior School

Pupils from Friends' Junior School are seen here celebrating achieving the Bronze Award in the Eco Schools scheme. They are pictured in the wildlife area which is being developed as part of the project. Andrew Holmes, Head of the Junior School, said, "I am very proud of our achievement. We have carried out a thorough environmental review which has involved pupils, teachers, governors and many other staff at school. We are making sure that our concern for the environment pervades all areas of school life. Our next target is the Silver Award".

New Term Dates for 2004 to 2005.

An early Easter in 2005. Click here to download latest dates.

Whole School Photograph

Our biennial whole school photograph was taken on Wednesday 17th September 2003. Copies will be available for sale to parents and details of costs and a proof will be available soon.

National Curriculum Key Stage 1 and 2 Results Summer 2003

An exceedingly good set of results as you can see...

Key Stage One

English - 100% level 2 or above (85% Nationally)
37% at level 3 (21% Nationally

Mathematics - 100% level 2 or above (89% Nationally)
32% at level 3 (27% Nationally)

Key Stage Two

English - 96% level 4 or above (73% Nationally)
50% at level 5 (24% Nationally)

Mathematics - 79% level 4 or above (73%)
45% at level 5 (26% Nationally)

Science - 96% level 4 or above (82% Nationally)
71% at level 5 (30% Nationally)

To see these results in pdf format click here

Senior School Examination Results Summer 2003

'Another good crop of exam results reflecting personal achievement'. With a 98.4% pass rate at A level nearly everyone has managed to get into the university of their first choice. Over half the A level grades were A or B grades. Well done.

At GCSE our pupils achieved a 100% pass rate with 70.6% achieving 5 or more A* to C grades, and 73.6% of the grades obtained overall were A* to C grades. In nearly all cases these pupils exceeded predictions. Well done.

To see a summary of the results click here.

Sports Day 2003

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Scary Viking Visitors!

"Scary!" was how Stuart Hall, Year 3, described Thorulf Hammrsson and his wife, Gudrid, who visited Years 2, 3 and 4 at Friends' Junior School this week

They brought in artefacts to show to the children and gave them various talks on where the Vikings came from, and aspects of Viking life.

In the morning session Thorulf demonstrated how to make chain mail and coins and
in the afternoon he spoke about how the fierce Vikings waged war and showed them his weapons of war - swinging his axe in a figure of eight and narrowly missing the lights. He also told them the gory details of what they did with captives from a battle.

Edward Parry, Year 3 said, "My favourite part was where we were learning how to party like Vikings"

Ben Kaye, also Year 3 said "My favourite part was when Thorulf cut a melon in half with his sword."

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New Website

Welcome to Friends' School's new Website which was was uploaded on Saturday 19th July 2003. Please be patient as there are still links to be sorted and material added.

Martin Hugall

Year 6 trip to Flatford Mill
Field Studies Centre
11 - 13 June 2003

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