In our school there is currently one vacancy for parent governor. If you are interested in standing for election as a parent governor or want to nominate another parent to do so, please read our nomination letter below.
Secondary School Open Days
Over the next few weeks a number of local secondary schools will be running open days and/or evenings for prospective parents. Open Days provide a great opportunity to find out about the schools you will be applying for. We will be updating our site with dates of open day/evenings as and when we get them, so make sure you check our Open Day page regularly.
Yell-os V Pinkies
We are very sorry to say goodbye the brilliant Yellow and Pink classes in Year 6 who are on their way to secondary school. They did, however, go out in style with a fantastic leavers' assembly which included this incredible video directed by our Chair of Governors, Andrew Bethell.
Summer Fair Pictures
Thank you to everyone who came to our Summer Fair, the weather was fantastic and a great time was had by all. Take a look at our pictures in the Gallery.
Summer Fun Booklet
Haringey Council have released a special booklet with activities, courses and events for children and young people over the Summer Holiday.
Special Menus From The Kitchen
Our kitchen has planned a couple of special menus to celebrate the start of Ramadan and Spanish Day. Take a look at what will be on offer below.
Music Teacher Job Advert
We wish to appoint a part-time music teacher (3 days a week) from September 2015 to develop music across the school.
We are looking for someone with a real love and enthusiasm for music and who is hard-working, flexible, committed to high standards of achievement and who would make a contribution to the wider life of the school.
Application forms and further details are available below.
Music Teacher Person Specification
Completed applications should be returned by 9.00 a.m. on Friday 26th June 2015.
Interviews: Thursday 2nd July 2015. Shortlisted candidates will be informed by phone on Friday 26th June 2015.
The Earlsmead Star
The first ever edition of The Earlsmead Star is now online! You can read the newspaper below.
Earlsmead School Sports Day
Come and join in celebrating all our sporting talent on Wednesday 10th June for our annual Sports Day!
KEY STAGE 2
Key Stage 2 children will be at Markfield Park participating in traditional sports day games, including; wheelbarrow, sack and relay races.
We’ll also be having a picnic in the park, followed by adult and teacher competitions.
Please bring children to school at the normal time (8:55) in their school PE kit, with a bottle of water.
KEY STAGE 1
Key Stage 1 will have opportunities to race too, whilst also traveling around a basic assault course using our fantastic climbing frames in both playgrounds.
Children must come to school at the normal time (8:55) and must wear their school PE kit.
Please also provide children with water for the day in order to keep them hydrated!
We look forward to having a really fun and exciting time!
If you’d like any more information please see Mr Hadley or ask the office for another letter.
Half term holiday
The school will be closed for the half term holiday from Monday 25th May until Friday 29th May 2015. The children will return to school at 8.55am on Monday 1st June 2015. Thank you for your continued support as we approach the last half term of the academic year.
Eastern European Easter
This year's Easter celebration was focused in how some of our pupils celebrate Easter in Eastern Europe. We were fortunate to have staff and parents who told us how in Poland, Romania and Hungary they decorate and dye eggs for the occasion. We had a special assembly where all our Eastern European children and parents took part in singing and bringing in traditional foods.
School reopens on Tuesday 14th April
We hope you had a safe and fantastic Easter holiday! There is a staff training day this coming Monday so school will reopen on Tuesday 14th April for all children. See you then.
2015 phonics screening test
This Powerpoint is for Year 1 (and 2) Parents/ Carers wishing to know more about the 2015 Phonics screening test. It includes links to old past papers and videos. It also gives suggestions on how you may best help and support your child with this test. The test is a short, statutory assessment to ensure that all children in Year 1 (and Year2) are making sufficient progression the phonic skills to read words and are on track to become fluent readers who can enjoy reading for pleasure and for learning.
Bikeability courses
Haringey council have organised bikeability courses for children in years 5 and above, during the Easter Holidays. The training is free.
30th March to 2nd April - FInsbury Park
7th April to 10th April - Lordship Recreation Ground
If you would like to book a place, please complete the online booking form here.
The council continue to offer free cycle training for adults, of any ability, from complete beginners to confident cyclists. To book a lesson complete the online booking form.
Fantastic Football Fortnight
Team Earlsmead has sadly come to the end of two fantastic weeks of Football writing! Our goal was to introduce our pupils and staff to a variety of genres, guests and authors linked to football and to get children motivated and inspired to write!
True to form, the children have reached that goal and have written a range of excellent pieces of writing including, debates, interviews, match summaries, trip recounts, football information books, narratives and poems. A selection of this good work, as well as photographs, will be published in our very own magazine!
We would like to thank all our guests who gave up a bit of time from their very busy schedules and came in to help us with this project. These include:
Michael Bennett (Professional Football Association: Head of Player Welfare)
Karen Hills (Manager of Tottenham Spurs Ladies Team)
Gareth Dace and his Team (Tottenham Spurs Foundation)
Ben Pearce (Journalist for Ham & High News)
Maytaal Angel (Reuters Journalist)
Soccerkids Coaches
All the Football Players who sent in their videos and interviews ( Darren White, Nagore, Chris Powell, David Hunt)
Mrs Anthea Rose (Literacy Governor)
Angie Chandler ( Printing our magazine)
Ferry Lane Debating group
Pupils from Ferry Lane School for liasing with us over the last 2 weeks
Tom Palmer (Football Author for sending in Autographs for Prizes)
Ms Gosling ( Assistant Head at Ferry Lane Primary)
Mrs George (For running the Book stall after school )
Mr Hadley (For putting together an Earlsmead Football Team)
All the children and staff who worked so hard on this project
All the children and adults who donated to Book Aid International on World Book Day- We raised £141.50 for them.
Keep up the good work!
Best Regards,
Miss Roberts and Ms Trew
(Literacy Subject Leaders)
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Rainbow laces campaign
During our fantastic football fortnight the staff at Earlsmead decided to wear rainbow laces. This was a show of support for the campaign to kick homophobia out of football.
For more information, and to watch a video of Arsenal players Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain star in the campaign video, take a look at the Stonewall website.
Half Term Holiday
The school will be closed for the half term holiday from Monday 16th February until Friday 20th February.
The children will return to school at 8.55am on Monday 23rd February 2015.
Safer Internet Day 2015
Safer Internet Day 2015 is being celebrated globally today, Tuesday 10th February, with the slogan 'Let's create a better internet together'. There will be e-safety lessons taking part throughout the school, promoting safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology.
For more information please see the Safer Internet Day website and our Internet Safety page.
Turkish Caricaturist Visits Earlsmead
We were lucky enough to have a visit from famous Turkish caricaturist, Kamil Yavuz, last Tuesday. He did a workshop with both Year 5 classes on drawing cartoons and caricatures. It was a great session and the children really enjoyed it.
