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• Tuesday 21 March 2023 Raphael's visit to Reception Today Reception had a visit from Raphael the tortoise. We watched him walking and eating lettuce.
• Tuesday 21 March 2023 4BE's visit to Northala Fields 4BE enjoyed an informative visit to Northala Fields this morning.
• Monday 20 March 2023 How does Holy Communion build a Christian community? 4BE enjoyed their visit to Holy Cross Church to learn more about Holy Communion.
• Friday 17 March 2023 Ranger Stu Year 1 enjoyed a wonderful animal workshop with Ranger Stu.
• Tuesday 7 February 2023 Posting and Places Year 1 went on a local area walk and looked at the key features of Greenford.
• Monday 6 February 2023 Young Voices: OVO Arena We were delighted to be part of Young Voices, the largest children's choir concerts in the world, for a third time.
• Friday 27 January 2023 Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year In Reception this week, the children have enjoyed learning about Lunar New Year.
• Thursday 26 January 2023 Stewards of God's Wonderful Creation 1,600 pupils and staff from 97 schools joined together at St Paul's Cathedral to give thanks for God's creation - and we were there!
• Wednesday 18 January 2023 The Verulamium Museum Year 3 had a great time visiting the Verulamium Museum as part of their History topic: How did the Roman Empire’s invasion change Britain?
• Wednesday 18 January 2023 Stars of the Term Today our Elms coaches presented Player of the Term certificates for fantastic work in PE before Christmas.
• Thursday 12 January 2023 Making sandwiches Reception had great fun making jam sandwiches. We learnt about the ingredients needed, the method and then made our own sandwich.
• Thursday 12 January 2023 Tic Tac Toe This half term, Year 3 will be designing and making Tic Tac Toe boards. They have been practising their sewing skills in readiness.
• Thursday 12 January 2023 Year 6 Science Year 6 enjoyed a practical, hands-on science activity dissecting lambs hearts. The children were fascinated by the difference in the thickness of the walls on the left and right sides of the heart and were able to identify the four different chambers and blood vessels. Well done, Year 6!
• Thursday 12 January 2023 No idling This term, our Junior Travel Ambassadors will launch our anti-idling campaign. Air pollution can be 30% higher outside schools due to idling vehicles. Will you pledge to commit to healthier air by switching off your vehicle engine?
• Thursday 12 January 2023 The Earth and Space To launch our new topic on the Earth and Space, Year 5 studied Van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night. Based on this, the children wrote a descriptive paragraph, imagining that they were inside the painting, gazing at the stars. In Art, all children designed and created an original embroidery using a combination of running, back, satin and cross stitches, French knots and woven wheels.
• Wednesday 11 January 2023 Judaism: Why are they having a party? Year 2 are learning about Judaism this half term, and the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish New Year. This festival takes place in September - the Shofar horn is blown and Jewish people eat Challah (special bread), apple and pomegranate with honey. Year 2 enjoyed tasting this food.
• Wednesday 11 January 2023 Year 6 Citizenship workshop Year 6 were given a very informative talk on the dangers of illegal drugs and the effects of excessive alcohol on the body. They also had the opportunity to look at replicas of illegal drugs. Thank you, PC Pidding.
• Monday 9 January 2023 Year 5 Gymnastics Year 5 Gymnastics Year 5 finished their gymnastics unit with a display of a range of balances on and off equipment. These included partner counter-balances and balances of different heights.
• Friday 6 January 2023 Our Five Senses: How bodies grow and move For the start of their learning about the five senses, Year 1 named the different body parts. They had a go drawing around their friend and then labelling the different body parts.
• Thursday 5 January 2023 Why is it cold in the Arctic? For the start of their new learning about the Arctic, the children in Year 1 learnt the names of the seven continents. They explored maps, globes and atlases before playing a game to correctly locate the different continents.
• Friday 16 December 2022 Active Travel Advent Led by our Junior Travel Ambassadors, we participated in Ealing's Advent Active Travel Challenge and completed a task every school day in December. Our final challenge was to sing the Walkin' and Wheelin' song - Year 5 loved joining in with members of the Villiers High School Choir!
• Thursday 15 December 2022 Our Christmas parties Thank you to parents/carers for contributing money towards the cost of our Christmas parties. These were as successful as ever, with plenty of food and fun. Here we see that children from 5LM certainly got into the festive spirit!
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Veggie Burgers For their Design and Technology work, Year 4 sampled, designed, made and evaluated veggie burgers.
• Friday 9 December 2022 Year 5 visit to St Paul's Cathedral Year 5 enjoyed their visit to St Paul's Cathedral and The Monument.
• Monday 5 December 2022 Football Scholarship Congratulations to one of our former pupils, Joseph Khoshaba, on receiving a scholarship with Crystal Palace FC. Joseph was a member of the Edward Betham football squad and one of the players who represented Ealing in the London Youth Games in 2018.
• Wednesday 30 November 2022 Year 4's outing to the Roald Dahl Museum Year 4 enjoyed their visit to the Roald Dahl Museum and shared their thoughts about the day.
• Tuesday 29 November 2022 Sky Sports News Staff and pupils were thrilled to be asked to speak to Gail Davis, from Sky Sports News, about Bukayo Saka. This was in readiness for the England v Wales match (FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Group B). Bukayo attended The Edward Betham CofE Primary School between 2006 and 2013.
• Friday 25 November 2022 BBC Breakfast We were delighted to be invited to be part of this morning's BBC Breakfast broadcast. Staff (past and present) and pupils shared their memories of Bukayo Saka, who attended The Edward Betham CofE Primary School from 2006 until 2013.
• Wednesday 23 November 2022 Founder's Day: 23rd November Today we celebrated Founder's Day and 242 years of our school. We were very pleased to welcome Bishop Lusa, Bishop of Willesden, as part of his Pilgrimage of Prayer, to join us.
• Wednesday 23 November 2022 A letter from Buckingham Palace Today we received a letter from Buckingham Palace, thanking us for the books of condolence we sent to the Royal Family following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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