Connecting school and home
Today, we remember the people who sacrificed their lives to end wars, so we prayed and sang in their honor. We also remembered all those animals that helped – the horses who carried our weapons and the dogs who kept out the rats. We made wreaths of poppies to remember the fallen.
On the 9th of November, some of our Year 5&6 class tag-rugbied it out at Merton’s Old Ruts tag rugby tournament. They all had a great time and played well!
We came seventh out of the twelve teams; won three and tied three.
In the Year 6 class, we made presentations on cool new Maths games.
To access them click on this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-NRWwHJMBteOzcTh5RX2o-UqdpX42SEn?usp=sharing
AFC Wimbledon Ladies v Chesham United – Plough Lane FREE TICKETS
Cherry Red Records Plough Lane has finally become the home for AFC Wimbledon Ladies, and we would love to get as many supporters as possible down for AFC Wimbledon Ladies game at Plough Lane.
AFC Wimbledon Ladies take on Chesham United in the FAWNL Plate this Sunday 7th November, 2pm kick off. All tickets are free, please follow this link to sign up for your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/afc-wimbledon-ladies-vs-chesham-united-tickets-200031287967
This will be a great opportunity for your pupils to experience live football at Plough Lane.
Email: Andrew.May@afcwimbledonfoundation.org.uk
Phone: 07825 433 532
Next week in Year 6, we are having a Greek Storytelling competition. It will start on Tuesday, then the Semi-finals on Wednesday and the Finals on Thursday! It will happen with our Greek banquet and the winner will win a £15 amazon gift voucher and get to wear a crown for the banquet!
Good luck contestants (all of Year 6!)
This year, Times Table Rock Stars are hosting a competition called England Rocks. All the schools in England can compete and the best schools at times tables will receive £80-£90 amazon gift vouchers with a whopping first prize of an £100 AMAZON GIFT VOUCHER!
It starts in in 4 days from now, so get practicing!
This year we welcome 8 more House Captains to lead our houses. But. a significant change to the way St. Matthew’s does its houses is that this year we have decided that every year we will choose a different social action project as supposed to having the same social action project every year. Another decision made (which is more permanent that the social action projects changing) is that we’ve chosen new House Names!
They are now:
Our new House Captains are
If you’re struggling to find a good read, then never fear, Year 6 are here! Click here for some great reviews!
The password is: maple
https://stmatthewscofeprimary.padlet.org/nleigh/v9267r4be5z52dkt
On the 12th of October, our Year 6 and 5 football team played in a Merton tournament in the Raynes Park cluster. They played six games in total with their final game going to penalties, after nail-biting extra time. They are now in the Borough finals, which will be played in November. We want to wish them all, “Good Luck!”
Our team consisted of:
And a huge thank you to Mr. Crome, Mrs. Carroll and Paddy for taking them all to the venue and shouting themselves hoarse in support!
In Year 5 last week, they measured the movement of their shadows and the sun with various different experiments!
