Grasmere Primary School London N16

Parents and Carers are invited to attend the Grasmere Music Evening on Tuesday 19 May from 6.15pm – 7.15pm in the school hall. Pupils will be showcasing the development in skills with singing, instrumental performances and dance.

Tickets are available in the school office and priced at £3.00 Adults £1.00 Children (not performing). Monies raised will be used to fund further musical provision within the school.

Performances will include: Early Years singers, piano and violin soloists, Key Stage 1 and 2 choirs.

To see a short movie of the Oliver Production click here.

It was an outstanding night with everyone going home happy and talking about the show for days!

The whole school will be attending the Mother Goose pantomime at the Hackney Empire on Wednesday 17 December. Estimated time of arriving back at school is 4.00pm.

Ticket costs for children (£8.50) can be paid to the school office.

Hackney Empire’s tenth anniversary production is London’s must-see pantomime this Christmas.

Once upon a time there lived a kindly storyteller called Mother Goose. She lived in Hackneytopia with her son Billy and all the other fairytale folk.

One fateful day two magical sisters, Charity (the good one) and Vanity (the evil one) decide to find out who is the most powerful witch… and so out tale begins… Mother Goose is given the gift of Princess Pricilla, a magic golden-egg-laying goose. But what happens when all you wish for is offered to you on a plate? Do you give away the goose you have grown to love… for beauty?

Come find out and along the way meet the gorgeous Pricilla, laugh at the antics of Baron Bonkers and Evil Edna, visit the magic pool in the heart of an enchanted forest where skeletons dance and crows sing and most important of all - join in the fun, cheering and booing all the way.

After half-term adult singers are needed to support children preparing for the Winter Festival. Have fun, perform with your children!! Please see Paul if available or interested.

Vicky Jassy has places available on a Monday from 4.30 – 5.30 for beginner drummers. Sessions cost £4.00. Please speak with Mark for further details.

I am sure you will all agree that Tuesday night’s performance was excellent. Many thanks to everyone who contributed with the performance! £766 was raised by ticket sales and will go towards subsidising three arts projects next term: English Pocket Opera with Year 1 and 2, African Dance and Drumming with Year 3 and 5, Samba Project with Year 4 and 6

Many thanks to everyone who bought tickets for this years raffle. Details to follow shortly of the amount of money raised. Special thanks to Rachel for her efforts organising this year’s fundraiser.

A big thank you to the organizations who kindly donated the items for the raffle: Thorpe Park, Radley, Mother Earth, Sunday Times Wine Club, Fox Reformed, HUB, Ruby Blue, Steve Hatt, Shine Holistic, N16 Flowers, Il Bacio, Route 73, That Place On The Corner, Belle Epoque, Gallo Nero

Please note the performance starts at 6.00pm and will be held at Stoke Newington Arts and media College, Clissold Road, N16. Please be seated by 5.45pm in order for us to have a prompt start.

Please ensure you have purchased your Winter Concert tickets from the school office. Due to capacity restrictions only 2 tickets can be issued per family. Tickets are priced at £4.00 per adult and £2.00 for non Grasmere children.
Children should arrive for changing into costumes by 5.30pm. Please note staff will not be able to supervise children until this time. (Principal characters by 5.00pm)

Children who attend the After School Club, who are not collected by parents by 5.15pm will be brought by staff to Stoke Newington Arts and Media College.

Please collect children promptly after the performance. Estimated finishing time of the performance is 7.00pm.

Children will be in the following rooms:

• Nursery & Reception: B11 (Next to theatre)
• Year 1 & 2: B21 (Upstairs from theatre, above room B11)
• Year 3: D03 (on the ground floor to the right of the main reception)
• Year 4: D02 (on the ground floor to the right of the main reception)
• Year 5: D01 (on the ground floor to the right of the main reception)
• Year 6: J12 on the first floor, to the tight of the main reception.

Winter Concert tickets are now available from the school office. Due to capacity restrictions only 2 tickets can be issued per family. Tickets are priced at £4.00 per adult and £2.00 for non Grasmere children. Monies raised will be going towards the purchase of musical instruments for the school. Please purchase tickets early to avoid disappointment.

Winter Concert tickets are now available from the school office. Due to capacity restrictions only 2 tickets can be issued per family. Tickets are priced at £4.00 per adult and £2.00 for non Grasmere children. Monies raised will be going towards the purchase of musical instruments for the school.

Drumming Club has resumed again. Sessions cost £4.00 each. Fees need to be paid for a _ term block. Sessions are held on:

Please inform Patsy if you wish your child to be part of the clubs. Places are open to both children and adults.

All children in Year 2 and 4 will be participating again in the Hackney Music Festival. Parents are welcome to attend. Children will need to be collected at the end of performances which takes place at the Round Chapel, Lower Clapton.

Class teachers will be circulating more information shortly.

Dates for events are:

• Year 2: Tuesday 10th July
• Year 4: Friday 13th July

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Last week Year 4 and 6 took part in a spectacular concert alongside 9 Hackney primary schools and the London Symphony Orchestra.

The concert was the culmination of a two year training programme which Karlie and Rebekah have taken part in each Monday night, which has enabled pupils at Grasmere to attend concerts at the Barbican and enjoy extensive workshops within school.

The children’s performances were outstanding and were a testament to the fantastic work carried out by these two teachers within school. Many thanks also go to paul, Siobhan and Emily for their support on the day, as well as several parents who gave up over 10 hours of their day yesterday supervising the children.

Year 5 took part last week in the Proms In The Park event alongside Betty Laywood, Parkwood, St Mary’s, Grazebrook and William Patten Primary Schools.

Wednesday night included a packed performance highlighting the skills and progress made by Grasmere pupils in a series of drumming, guitar, choir, piano, brass and tango performances.

Many thanks to Paul for organising the event and to Vicky, Steve, Rebekah, Seoidin, Toby and Lorena for their excellent teaching of the children.

Over £250 was raised which will go back into supporting the Creative arts at Grasmere during 2007/8.

The Year 4 children will now be taking part in the Hackney Music festival at the Round Chapel on the afternoon of Friday 13th July.

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Thank you to everyone who attended Wednesday evening’s event. A big thank you for everyone’s generous contributions of mouth-watering international food.

Many thanks go to the children for their fantastic performances and the Grasmere staff for all the hard work preparing the children.

Many thanks also to the FROGs team who set up, served and assisted with the clearing up after the event - couldn’t happen without them - well done guys.

Also special thanks go to Paul for coordinating Wednesday’s event.

The raffle raised £120.50 towards the Sheffield Girls’ College in Bagh, Pakistan which we are supporting in memory of Robert Wakefield. We have only managed to find one or two articles on the Internet about the college. Here is a link with an account of a visit to the area by one person [LINK].

We still have 2 unclaimed raffle prizes: Yellow ticket 359 and Pink ticket 1. Please see Mark or Ian to claim your prizes.

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Vicky Jassey will be continuing with Drumming classes at the following times:

Infants: Tuesday lunchtime 12.45 – 1.15
Juniors: Monday 3.45 – 4.45
Advanced: Wednesday 5.00 – 6.00

Prices are £2.00 for Infants and £4.00 for other classes.

Members of Year 6 will be participating in the Thames Music Festival on Sunday 17th September. Details of the event have been given to members of the school choir. Please return consent forms to school as soon as possible if you would like your child to be involved in this activity.
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Junior & Infant Choirs

Infant and Junior Choirs will start again shortly and are open to all children. They will operate at the following times:

• Infants: Mondays 12.30 – 1.15pm
• Juniors Tuesdays 2.30 – 3.30pm

Breakfast and After School Club

Breakfast and After School Club have already started. If you would like your child to attend please speak to Marcel or contact him on 07939251570

Infant & Junior Clubs

A wide range of activities will be offered to your child this year
Infants: Gymnastics, Football, Craft, Costume Making, Cooking, Recorders, Computers, Games

Create Arts Project

We start our second year as part of only 3 schools in London in the Create Arts Project. This year Years 4 and 6 will be taking part in music and dance workshops over 6 weeks, culminating in a performance on Thursday 19th October at 2.45pm which families are welcome to attend.