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Refugee Week - 16-22nd June
Our Year 5 children and their Y1 buddies took part in a Refugee workshop. The children worked together to produce a piece of work which will be displayed at Creek Creative. The theme for Refugee Weeks 2025 is “Community is our Superpower”  and being held 16–22 June.

We are very proud to be part of this fantastic community project run by the Faversham and Villages Refugee Solidarity Group (FVRSG).
 
A big thank you to FVRSG for the lovely books they donated to the school.

A huge congratulations to our Reading Ambassadors who were awarded medals and certificates at the Faversham GEMs Awards. We are extremely proud of all the support you give our youngest children with their reading.

🙌 Congratulations to our Miss Brown who was the guest speaker at the Medway and Kent PE Conference yesterday. She inspired many people with her football journey and spoke about working at Ethelbert Road. We are so proud of everything she has achieved and will go onto to achieve. A big thank you to everyone who has donated towards Miss Brown Deaf Olympics dream https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/emma-brown.

Happy Sign Language Week
This week, Miss Brown has been helping Yr R, 1 and 2 to learn the signing for their Easter Assembly.

We are supporting BSL week by learning how to communicate through signs. Miss Brown is teaching us new signs in order to communicate with the deaf community. 

Year 1 visited a Synagogue and the Turner Centre today. They are learning about different beliefs and faiths linked to their RE learning. We are very proud of them, showing respect and tolerance, which is one of the British Values. 

Ethelbert Road joined forces with different schools at the Young Voices Concert at the 02. The children had the most amazing time singing in the biggest choir.

Ethelbert Road had an exciting Thursday morning when a TV reporter and film crew for KMTV - KentOnline's TV station came to film. They had seen the Mayor of Swale’s Christmas card competition write up on BBC South East and wanted to cover the story. They spoke to the children, the Mayor and two staff. We will send out the link when it airs.

Ethelbert Road kicked off anti bullying week with an assembly this afternoon. Tomorrow we are wearing odd socks to celebrate being unique 🧦

🤩A big thank you to all our staff and families who donated to Children in Need today. We raised £180.49🤩

Today Ethelbert Road held their Remembrance Assembly. The assembly was led by our Year 6’s and finished with every child adding their finger print to a painting to represent the poppies.

To further support democracy in our school our sports Awards has the category of Pupil Choice. Pupils vote for the person they feel deserves this award and state their reasons why. 

Our Key Stage 2 school councillors represented the school at a special service to celebrate 30 years of democracy in South Africa. We had front row seats and a chance to meet Innocent Masuku who sang at the service and was a finalist on Britain’s Got Talent. At the end of the service we had the opportunity to visit the Grave of the Unknown Warrior and the Coronation Chair. Our children were commended on their outstanding behaviour and sense of respect in Westminster Abbey. 

With the support of the Faversham and Villages Refugee Solidarity Group (FVRSG), our Year 6 children and their Year R buddies produced work for Refugee Week linked to the theme of ‘Home’. The children designed a welcome meal and described what it was like to go to school in Faversham. The children’s artwork will be displayed at a fund raising event. A representative from FVRSG stated: ‘Thank you for having us at the session yesterday with the children. It was such a privilege to be there, not only to engage with the children on these important issues but also to witness the skills of the teachers. You must be so very proud!’

Global Intergenerational Week 2024 ran from 24 to 30 April 2024 and to celebrate the power of intergenerational relationships and to encourage everyone to embrace intergenerational practice and relationships The Ethelbert Strings played at Canterbury House Residential Home. Everyone had a great time and the music played created happy memories for the residents. We are so proud of our children. A big thank you to Jo Saul and Mrs Jago who took the children to this wonderful community visit. 

A lovely review from Canterbury Care Home.

Last week at Canterbury House Care Home, we were fortunate to welcome back the amazing Ethelbert Road Primary School, this time with their wonderful choir! Their performance was nothing short of spectacular, filling our home with beautiful melodies and joy. 

The #Intergenerational benefits of such visits are immense, as they bring warmth and connection across ages, creating moments of shared happiness and learning. Thank you, Ethelbert School Choir, for your heartwarming visit! We can’t wait to have you back!

Miss Brown and the England deaf futsal team were invited to watch the England women’s team in the Royal Box. They were presented with the warm up tops the women’s team wore which had their names on in sign language.

Year 6 visited Canterbury House Care Home this afternoon to share their learning about World War 2 in the local area with the residents. The children had an amazing time talking to everyone and learning about their personal experiences. 

Ethelbert Road has enjoyed taking part in Sign Language Week. The theme was Promoting BSL and we engaged in lots of different activities. The whole school took up the challenge of learning different signs and enjoyed taking part in a special PE session where the children communicated via signing only. Some classes joined in the largest sign language lesson, learnt songs and we ended the week by making a special video.

The theme for Neurodiversity Celebration Week this year is 'Challenging Stereotypes'. Ethelbert Road is actively working to raise awareness about neurodiversity and how different neurodivergences can present themselves, as well as debunking the myths associated with neurodivergent individuals.

Miss Brown has been selected to play for GB in the deaflympics. Fingers crossed they get the support they deserve! 
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-68129645 

Support the Women’s Deaf GB Team!
Our amazing Year 6 children have written to sporting heroes to inform them of Miss Brown and the GB Futsal teams fight to get to the Deafolympics. They were shocked to find out that the team players must raise the funds needed to go to this event, even though they are representing Great Britain! The children linked this to the British Value of Equality and felt this value was not being used by the government in this case. Here are some of their powerful letters.

Ethelbert Road held their annual Christmas Tree Assembly today. The children came together in the hall to hang their decorations on the tree and to sing some festive songs. In good old  Ethelbert tradition the youngest and oldest child in the school switched on the lights 🎄🎄🎄

This week we explored the vibrant festival of Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights! Our children had a fantastic time learning about the culture and traditions associated with this special celebration 🪔

A huge thank you to our families who donated books for our children to learn about diversity and inclusion. At Ethelbert Road we celebrate differences, including race, gender, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Inclusion at our school means creating an environment where every individual feels valued and respected, and where everyone has a sense of belonging.

Congratulations Niamh and Evelyn (Year 5), who both received their Brownies Gold Awards on Monday. The Brownies Gold award badge was awarded to them as they have both completed all six section theme awards from the Girlguiding programme. This is a very special achievement as they are the only two Brownies in Faversham to have been awarded the Gold this year. Their leader described them as great role models and an inspiration to younger Brownies!

A huge thank you to our school councillors who have done a fantastic job of being the voice of the school this year. They have been busy organising discos, Ethelbert Road’s Got Talent and capturing the views of our children. They raised enough money for new blinds in the hall and brought play equipment for the playground. Well done everyone ⭐️

A huge thank you to our school councillors who organised another fantastic Ethelbert has Talent. The show was as outstanding as last year. Congratulations to all our entries and the winner Ellie and Elliott and our runner up Evan. 🎉

You can see all our photos here: https://youtu.be/sO8SR_UIrQM 

Our Year 6 children enjoyed a school trip to the Kent Police Open Day. The children enjoyed watching live demonstrations where they saw police officers in action, including pursuits and arrests. A particular favourite, was the dog unit display where the children saw police dogs in action too! The children also had fun visiting the 'firing range' unit and trying on police fire arms kit which was extremely heavy! 

Ethelbert Road celebrated the Kings coronation yesterday with a special assembly. The Scout, Guide, Cub and Brownie community planted a special Coronation bed designed by James in Year 3, we created a whole school picture using our finger prints, and each child received a commemorative medal.

Two of our amazing Year 5 children, Adam and William, shared an idea for a kindness project With the Headteacher. Adam and Will would like the adults to give out WEKIND tokens to any child or adult that has been kind. The child will put their token in the class box and then at the end of the week Adam and William will count them and allocate each class a prize. These boys have been amazing and worked hard with their plan. I know the Wellbeing Team are super proud of them.

‘WEKIND is all about kindness and support. This means supporting your friends and helping whenever. Classes will be rewarded for random acts of kindness. Adam and Will (Year5).