Monday 21 May 2012







News & Notices


Spot the Spelling Mistake

Last week’s deliberate spelling mistake was ‘weather’ which had been incorrectly spelt as ‘whether’. Congratulations to Louis in 5R who was last week’s winner of a £2 book toekn.

3KR Class Assembly
Congratulations 3KR for your wonderful Ancient Egyptian assembly this morning! You are a very tallented class and we were all so impressed with your acting skills, singing and dancing. I know that you all worked very hard for this morning’s performance, and it showed. You were all superstars! Thank you 3KR and, of course, a big thank you to Mr. Kirk and Mrs. Reisman for their work helping you all with the preparations.



Nut-Free Zone

Please be reminded that we are a strictly NUT-FREE ZONE. Please ensure that you or your child never bring nuts or nut products to school. We have a number of children with severe nut allergies and by adhering strictly this policy, we can all help to ensure their health and well-being. Please also be reminded that, to ensure the safety and welfare of all our nut-allergy children, the only birthday treats we can accept in school are Cadbury’s Chocolate Buttons. Thank you for your assistance with this.

Year 6 SATS
Well done to our Year 6 pupils who completed their English, maths and science tests this week. All the children have have been working extremely hard and we’re very proud. Their week long trip to Skern Lodge takes place before half term and we know they will have a wonderful time!


Thursday 31st May

A council by-election in the Brunswick Park Ward has been called for this day and Barnet have directed us, along with a few other local schools, to be a polling station. Because of the short notice, the local authority has agreed to provide us with additional support and resources so we can keep the school and nursery open. Breakfast Club and After School Club will be closed on this day and all children will be required to bring in a packed lunch, as the dining hall will be closed. If your child receives a free school meal, their packed lunch will be provided by the school. I will write with further details next week.

Eco Day
Next Thursday we are holding an Eco Day when all the children are invited to come to school dressed in an item of green clothing. The Eco-Committee have arranged several activities such as a fashion show of recycled clothing, the planting of a mulberry tree and the Osidge Restaurant will be serving specialist green foods. We look forward to everyone joining in, having fun and at the same time learning about environmental issues.



Book Fair

Mrs Robinson-Hobbs writes: ‘We have pleasure in inviting you to our book fair which begins after school on Monday. Just like previous book fairs, books start from as little as £2.99 and there is a special offer of 3 books for the price of 2. Every book sold helps us to get new books for our classrooms and library. The book fair will open from: Monday 21st May until Wednesday 23rd May from 3.30pm till 4.30pm. We hope to see as many of you there as possible and thank you for your continued support.’

School Payments
From Monday 21st May the school office will be able to accept payments (over £10) by debit or credit card. These payments can be made in person to the school office or can be taken over the telephone. Unfortunately this operation is not currently available for Nursery payments.



Vote for Osidge

Arnov Chakraborty in 5F is one of hundreds of school children who have entered into a London primary schools’ art competition with a picture depicting the Olympics

The 3 entries with the most votes will win their school £2,500 to spend on sports and playground equipment.

See Arnov’s picture (below) then use the links below to vote for Osidge School. Voting closes on Monday 28th May.

Vote for Osidge HERE
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Year 4 Football Finals
On Wednesday 16th May the Year 4 boys took part in the Barnet football finals. There were 15 teams taking part, all of whom had qualified for this event from a tournament that took place earlier in the year. Our team made it through the group stages into the quarter-finals, where they beat St Johns in a penalty shoot out. Unfortunately the penalties didn’t go our way in the next two games and we finished fourth overall. The team played some fantastic football and the boys were fabulous sportsmen. Well done and congratulations to Matthew, Jake, Harry, Luciano, Anthony G, George and Finlay.



Jubilee Lunch

Due to the Restaurant being used as a Polling Station on Thursday 31st May, the Jubilee Lunch has been moved to Wednesday 30th May. Children who usually have packed lunch on a Wednesday may join us for that one day. If you would like your child to take part please let the school office know by Monday 21st May so that sufficient food can be ordered. The cost of the meal will be £2.10. The menu will be: Fishfingers, chips and baked beans followed by special Jubilee cupcakes.

Oakhill Tigers FC
Oakhill Tigers FC who play at the Walker Ground in Southgate on Sundays are looking for players for their new Under 8s team for next season (players must be under 8 on 31st August – current year 2).

The team trains at Oak Hill Park on Wednesdays at 5.30pm. To find out more or arrange a trial please contact Kevin Taylor (Matthew’s dad in 4L) on 07540 108149 or Dave Marett (the team’s head coach) on 07931 434355. Find out more about the Club on their official website (http://www.oakhilltigers.co.uk/index.php)



Big Writing

This week’s piece of writing is by Katie in 3KR who has written a lovely piece about Lemony Snicket. She has made good use of punctuation and WOW words, such as violent, cunning and devious. Well done Katie.




The virtual learning
environment that goes by the name of ‘Fronter’ can be found here: www.fronter.com/barnet



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This Week ...

MONDAY 21 May


Optional SATs week

Book Fair begins today


TUESDAY 22 May


Trip to Paradise Park
For Class RM


WEDNESDAY 23 May


ICT Homework Club for
Children & Parents
at 8.00am

Trip to Paradise Park
For Class RY

Book Fair finishes today

Share a book for Children
& Parents in Years 1 to 6
from 3.30pm to 4.00pm


THURSDAY 24 May


Junior Dance Assembly
at 9.15am

Eco Day


FRIDAY 25 May


2B Class Assembly
at 9.10am



Restaurant Osidge

This week Restaurant Osidge will be serving Menu 2.

See all of the menus in the cycle for our Summer Term Menu.



Stars of the Week

Congratulations to our
Stars of the Week –
Mia, 4L and Sabina, 6C.


Walking Person
of the Week


Congratulations to our
Walking Person of the Week
Yagmur, 3KR.


The John Kraushaar
Award for Excellence


Congratulations to the children who earned themselves a
JK Award last week:

Sabjana 1JB
Nia 1RH
Mark 2A
Anthony 2B
Deborah 3K
All of Class 3KR
Lewis 4L
Amelia 4M
Katerina 5F
Ahbtin 5R
All of Class 6C
All of Class 6L



Thank you for taking the time
to read this newsletter.

David Worrall
BSc (Hons) PGCE NPQH
Headteacher










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