Message from the Executive Headteacher Issue 6

July 2017 THE SCHOOLS IN OUR PARTNERSHIP How do you spell success? Primary

Hainford Primary "The secret of success in life is the cornerstone to success. success by how high he is for a man to be ready for "The real secret of success is climbs but how high he Primary his opportunity when enthusiasm." bounces when he hits it comes." - Walter Chrysler - bottom." Junior School - Benjamin Disraeli - "Success is the ability to go - General George S. Patton - How you spell success de- from failure to failure with- Finally, we need c-o-n-f-i-d-e- St. Faiths’ Primary pends on who you ask. Suc- out losing your enthusiasm." n-c-e; cess, it seems, means a lot of - Sir Winston Churchill - "Self-trust is the first secret White Woman Lane Junior different things to a lot of With enthusiasm on our side, of success." different people. Benjamin there’s not much we cannot - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Disraeli seemed to spell suc- achieve. Enthusiasm encour- Success can certainly mean a cess p-r-e-p-a-r-a-t-i-o-n, re- ages us to go farther, push lot of different things to a lot The Executive: minding us of the importance harder and reach higher than of different people, but one Miss Anatola - Executive Deputy of being ready when oppor- ever before - it’s hard to spell thing is for certain. The only for EYFS tunity presents itself. Henry success without place in the world where suc- Mrs Pellatt - Executive Deputy Ford, concurred, say- e-n-t-h-u-s-i-a-s-m. cess comes before w-o-r-k is for School Improvement ing, "Before everything else; Dr. Joyce Brothers says that in the dictionary. Mrs Porter - Executive Deputy getting ready is the secret of "Success is a state of mind. If Want to be super successful? for SEND success." you want success, start think- Then roll up your sleeves and Dr. Schweitzer spelled suc- ing of yourself as a success." get to work! And always re-

cess h-a-p-p-i-n-e-s-s; She emphasizes the im- member this: God gave us Heads of School: "Success is not the key to portance of holding a power- two ends. One to sit on and Mr Paul Cross - happiness. Happiness is the ful, positively charged picture one to think with. Success key to success. If you love of yourself succeeding in your depends on which one you Primary what you are doing, you will mind; s-e-e-i-n-g yourself use; heads you win — tails, Mr Gyles Longhurst - be successful" suggesting that succeeding – in your mind – you lose. Frettenham Primary pursuing our passions in life – paves the pathway to success. Here’s wishing you a super doing the things we love to do Here are a few more ways to successful day – every day – Mrs Tanya Kirton & – is the true path to prosperi- spell success; surely we need for the rest of your life. Miss Tracy Anderson - ty and achievement. When p-e-r-s-e-v-e-r-a-n-c-e; Horsford Primary you’re actively engaged in a "Many of life's failures are project that stirs your soul people who did not realize Mrs Kate Connelly - and makes you come alive, how close they were to suc- Old Catton Junior you're much more likely to cess when they gave up." Miss Lesley Rix - throw your entire heart into - Thomas Edison - the effort. And it’s precisely And d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n; St. Faiths’ Primary that type of all out commit- "Always bear in mind that Mr Daniel Richmond & ment to excellence that ulti- your own resolution to suc- mately insures your success. ceed is more important than Mr Nick Johnson - David Frost agreed, he any one thing." White Woman Lane Junior said, "Don't aim for success if - Abraham Lincoln - you want it; just do what you O-v-e-r-c-o-m-i-n-g a-d-v-e-r-s love and believe in, and it -i-t-y is also an important

will come naturally." contributor; Ashley Best-White Others argue that enthusiasm "I don't measure a man's Executive Headteacher The Nebula Partnership

Racing Goblins … On your marks, Get set, Go!

Pupils from 17 primary Greenpower Education Trust ran the Viner, Tanisha Raviraj. Assemblers: schools raced in 25 cars in the coun- project to spark children’s interest in Connor Hanworth, Ashleigh Bunn, ty’s first ever Formula One-style engi- STEM subjects (science, technology, Aleta Castelino, Keira Edwards, Tom neering event on Wednesday, June 7, engineering and maths). The trust’s Dann, Johnny Edwards. including pupils from Frettenham Pri- chief executive Jeremy Way said: “The mary, Horsford Primary, Old Catton project has seen the most rapid Frettenham Primary Junior and White Woman Lane. The growth in Norfolk of anywhere in the Staff - Gyles Longhurst, Roxy Mason children were racing their single-seat UK.” and Pete Leggett electric ‘Goblin’ cars at Scottow Enter- The project is a really innovative way Pupils - Class 3. The drivers were Ruby prise Park; the former RAF site was to get children to develop their sci- -Mae Whittaker, Luke Spencer, Evan transformed into a children’s race- ence and technology skills and as you Budd, Sophie Banning and Rosie track for the day and can see from the pictures, they had a Plane. up to 200 10 and 11-year-olds drove lot of fun doing so. the cars they built at school, with the White Woman Lane budding engineers and racing car driv- Teams: Staff - James Savage and ers competing in slaloms, drag and Old Catton Junior Richard Queensborough sprint races. Staff - Stephen Pritchett and Pupils - Anya Aldous, Eve Bailey, Through participating in this project Katie Richardson, Fran Morgan and Rhiana Tibbs, Clark Concannon and the children have got hands-on experi- Jason Gunton Oliver Leggett. ence of engines in the classroom. They Pupils - Drivers: Sienna Price, Fay had to both build the car from Bridge, Bradley Copping, Luke Cop- Horsford Primary scratch, design the body and decorate ping, Harley Carolan, Joshua Legg, Staff - Tim Patient and Shayney Blythe it and then drive it in the races. They Joseph Sanderson. Designers: Ella Pupils - Lewin Razzell, Jamal Sohna, also learned how to work as a team, Murray, Jayden Beattie, Anna James Leveridge , Alanna Wright, to problem solve, demonstrate and Langeskov. Artists: Eli Wilshaw, Ava de Harry Betts and Xander Didwell. develop leadership skills, and build up Cooper Wride, Madeline Bunter, Daisy their confidence.

City Sports - July 2017

Well done to all the children who rep- want a gap in results on the trophies resented their school and the Nebula so they came up with a scoring system partnership at City Sports this year; based on Monday's results they were ALL brilliant! and Tuesday's races. This included a There were twenty two schools who weighting for the Field event winners competed in this annual event; the and the quickest children in the heats. City Sports Event takes place over All children who qualified for the finals three days. There is a field event that were awarded points. takes place after school where chil- All the children with the quick- dren compete in the high jump, long est recorded times for each event will jump and throwing events and usually be receiving medals. See the table the track events take place over two below. afternoons; during the first afternoon the heats take place and the second Yr 3 Girls Sprint Old Catton afternoon is when the semi-finals ( for Yr 3 Boys Sprint Woodland View the relays) and all the finals take place Yr 4 Girls Sprint Falcon Yr 4 Boys Relay Drayton with the addition of the 800m. How- Yr 4 Boys Sprint Yr 5 Girls Relay Old Catton/Taverham ever, this year, the second afternoon Yr 5 Girls Sprint Cringleford Yr 5 Boys Relay White Woman Lane was a wash out with heavy rain and Yr 5 Boys Sprint Angel Rd. Yr 6 Girls Relay White Woman Lane thunderstorms. This is the first time Yr 6 Girls Sprint Bignold Yr 6 Boys Relay Drayton I have ever known a complete cancel- Yr 6 boys Sprint St. Francis lation of the finals and I have been Girls 70m Hurdles Harnser The trophies were awarded to:

involved or entering for the past 20 Boys 70m Hurdles Drayton - Overall Winners years. Let's hope its at least 20 years Yr 5 Girls 150m Old Catton Drayton - Boys Shield before it happens again! Throughout Yr 5 Boys 150m Angel Rd Old Catton - Girls Shield the children competed enthusiastically Yr 6 Girls 200m Bignold Drayton - Relay Cup and supported each other. Yr 6 Boys 200m Drayton Cringleford - Small School trophy The committee met straight after the Yr 3 Girls Relay Old Catton Cringleford - Small Schools Relay event and decided that they didn't Yr 3 Boys Relay Drayton/White Woman Lane Congratulations everyone! Page 2

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SING UP Frettenham Primary On Friday 16 June, the Sprowston ‘The Time is Here’, ‘Just One Person’, Lauren Bates, Elspeth Brown, Rosie Plane, Jessica Burrows, Maisie Redgrave, Fraya Bishop, Lily Cluster proudly presented ‘Sing Up’ ’Put a Little Love in Your Heart’ (which Herring, Elspeth Murray, Ryan Bates, Sia Bishop, once again. Pupils and staff from was also signed by pupils from the Hayley Bradford, Martha Brown, Jacob Clow, schools across the partnership came Hall School) and ‘Believe’ - the ‘Sing Jasmine Herring, Poppy Joy, Skye Meekings, together to perform at the Festival at Up’ anthem. Kathryn Pegge, Hannah Turner, Gabrielle Bur- rows, Marcie Glasel and Lewis Green. St Andrew’s Hall. The schools involved Everyone was so impressed with the from our partnership were Fretten- behaviour, effort and beautiful voices Hainford Primary Mia Barnes, Laura Bates, Megan Bilverstone, Eva ham Primary, Hainford Primary, Old of the pupils. Britcher, Alannah Chudley, Lucy Cook, Alannah Catton Junior and White Woman Lane There were some very proud families Goshawk, Chloe Jarrett, Maia Jeffery, Alexa Mal- Junior. Over 260 pupils from the of the Sprowston Cluster pupils and lett, Faith Snowing-Dunford, Lydia Spears, Freya Walters and Alfie Marchant schools in the Sprowston Cluster were many thanks to all the family mem- involved. The children, along with bers and friends who supported the Old Catton Junior School Bella Blyth, Ellie Blyth, Maisy Jay Harvey, Keira their dedicated singing teachers, had children. Edwards, Natasha Maternak, Seth Queensbor- worked very hard preparing their Many thanks too, to Mr Reeve, Mrs ough, Yung Loh, Jasmine Bee, Ella Murray, Aleta songs to perform. Hainford and Allison and Mr Semmens for all their Castelino, Hayley Allen, Harry Craske, Tanisha Raviraj, Ivy Henderson and Emmy Allen Frettenham Partnership performed hard work. ’They Don’t Know’. White Woman It was a wonderful Friday afternoon. White Woman Lane School Lane performed ‘Everybody Needs Charlotte Beaumont, Holly George, Sienna Brown, Angel Griggs, Ella Ramm, Ella Freeman, Poppy Somebody’ with their feeder school, Powell, Tegan Brickley, Brianne Turley, Ruby Lodge Lane, and Old Catton per- Watkins, Emil Oulare, Grace Aldous, Phoebe formed ‘The Candy Man’ with Garrick Mears, Laila Lynes, Karenza Elgie, Lennon Mur- phy, Caitlin Brown, Emma-Jayne Savage, Joshua Green Infant School. All schools sang Chester and Kayleigh Wright.

SkillForce - Awards Ceremony

The schools in our partnership took This year we were also awarding the part in the third SkillForce Awards Year 1 pupils from Horsford Primary Ceremony on Thursday 12 July. Year with their certificates for completing 5 pupils from all our schools were the brand new Prince William Award. presented with certificates to cele- They are some of the first children in brate their achievements during the the country to achieve the award and programme. at the ceremony they watched a special video message from Prince Frettenham Primary, Hainford Prima- William himself congratulating them ry, Horsford Primary, White Woman all on their achievement. Lane Junior School, Old Catton Junior School, St. Faiths’ Primary and Dray- The certificates they were awarded ton Junior School held a joint cere- also have the Prince’s signature on mony in the Birkbeck Hall at The them - making them extremely spe- Great Hospital in . cial indeed. It is very rare that the signature of a royal patron is put on The awards were presented by Air anything, this is usually reserved for Commodore Kevin Pellatt FCMI, personal messages only. Chairman of SSAFA Norfolk and 65th master at The Great Hospital, and We were very excited to once again were given to celebrate the achieve- be hosting an awards ceremony to ments of the pupils who entered into celebrate the success of our pupils. the scheme in September last year. They have thrown themselves head- first into the both schemes, and The SkillForce Junior Prince’s Award teachers are certainly seeing the programme draws on the values and benefits of the SkillForce pro- skills of ex-Forces personnel to in- grammes. spire young people to achieve at school. The programme includes; We would like to thank our fabulous team-building, problem solving chal- instructors; Stuart McGuire, Paul lenges, team sports, outdoor pur- Charley and Jon Rippon. suits, first aid and navigation skills. ISSUE 6 Page 5

Nebula Film Festival

The first ever Nebula Film Festival was This is the list of the films which premi- held at The Auditorium at The Forum ered at the event; in Norwich on Thursday 29th June 2017. A huge thank you to Mr  White Woman Lane Queensborough for the idea and for Our Film About Social Media organising it.  Old Catton Junior This event invited our schools and Friend or Foe? pupils to take on the challenge of  Horsford Primary creating a short film about internet Stranger Danger Making our Film safety and exploring the impact that  Hainford Primary social media has on our young people. preventing families from interacting The Golden Rule All of the films that were submitted with one another. This was a great  St Faiths Primary showcased the chosen theme in a event to view the variety of films that Social Media Animations wide range of ways including anima- the children had made to explore  Frettenham Primary tions, films which contained advice their ideas and they also shared what Social Media Strangers about keeping safe, how social media they had learnt and enjoyed most about making their films. was used to hurt and upset and cau-

tionary tales about how devices were Thank You Letters Awards … a winner!

You may recall from the previous reception followed by lunch in the newsletter that this year we decided Cholmondeley Room and Terrace, to take part in the Jubilee Centre’s where he and the other winners pre- annual gratitude contest - The Thank sented with their prizes. You Letter Awards. Children in our Congratulations Ryan—what an expe- schools were given the opportunity to rience! write a Thank You letter and some ‘I wrote my letter to say thank you to were sent to The Jubilee Centre at all the doctors and nurses at the hos- Birmingham University. They sent pitals I stayed in. I have had Leukae- almost 70,000 letters out to over 400 mia twice and I wanted to tell every- schools and organisations this year one how thankful I am to everyone and they received a huge number of who saved my life. extremely impressive and heart felt thank you letters from pupils across On Wednesday 12th July I was invited the whole of the UK. to the House of Lords to receive my award. We had apple juice when we All of the letters received were en- arrived and then lunch, which was, tered into the National Thank You believe it or not, fish fingers and chips! Letter Awards and considered by the After lunch was the awards ceremony. judges and I am delighted to an- Each winner was announced and nounce that Ryan Claxton from St. shared their letters. I was given a Faiths’ Primary School was chosen as glass trophy and a framed certifi- one of the competition winners. cate. I was very impressed with an- Ryan was therefore invited to attend other child who thanked their donor the Thank You Letter Awards Ceremo- for a new kidney. We had a fantastic ny, hosted by Lord James O’Shaugh- time.’ nessy, at the House of Lords, on 12th July. He enjoyed attending a drinks

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Nebula Showcase

On 27 June at High school, Norwich Playhouse earlier this aca- we held our second Nebula Showcase demic year. so that parents could see a sample of We should not underestimate the the wide range of work and experienc- courage of the young people who es that are going on in our schools, performed on the stage at Hellesdon focusing on dance, music and drama. High School to a very large audience. Once again, the schools were asked A huge thank you to everyone who not to prepare anything new but ra- performed - and a massive thank you ther Showcase all the amazing things to our enthusiastic and appreciative the children had participated in audience. throughout the year and the range of performances was amazing! We had singing; a range of songs the children had performed at the CASMA and Sing Up events. We enjoyed dance; including street dance and musical theatre. We had Shakespeare performed—a A NEBULA HOODIE wonderful reminder of the extraordi- nary productions we enjoyed at the All our Year 6 leavers were presented Shakespeare schools Festival at the with a Nebula Hoodie. We know they will have enjoyed all the events their individual schools will have organised for them but wanted to acknowledge the part they have played as pupils of the Nebula Partnership too.

The following staff will be leaving us at the end of term. We would like to thank them and send our The Breck Foundation very best wishes for the future:

Lorin LaFave came to the nation's WWL: attention in 2014 following the mur- - Mr Sebastian Sutcliffe

der of her son, Breck Bednar (14), OCJS: who was groomed via online gaming - Mrs Carin Pratt platforms and murdered on 17th February 2014. Since Breck's death, Horsford Primary: Lorin has set up the Breck Founda- - Mr Marcus Williams tion to raise awareness on internet - Mrs Jackie Andrews safety. We were delighted to wel- - Miss Jade Tucker come her to the Nebula Partnership on 11 July and staff, parents and Lorin also worked with all our Year 6 St. Faiths’ Primary: governors heard her powerful and pupils on Wednesday 12 July at - Mrs Erica Baldry White Woman Lane School. The ses- sometimes harrowing story told in sion was tailored to the needs of the her own words. Lorin was also avail- We welcome the following staff audience, so the content of the talk able for questions after her presenta- to our schools: tion and gave many suggestions re- and vocabulary used was appropriate garding how we could keep ourselves to the age of our pupils. Through WWL: informed about the new games and telling Breck’s story, she made our - Mr Stan Dunn APPs that come onto the market in children aware of the potential risks OCJS: order to keep our children safe: on line. She informed them how to keep safe online rather than discour- - Miss Teresa Norton Find The Breck Foundation on Face- age them from going online at all. - Miss Gemma Strange book; https://en-gb.facebook.com Lorin will provide them with the in- Horsford Primary: >thebreckfoundation formation they need to recognise - Mrs Carin Pratt And Lorin also recommended Inter- those giving them false information - Miss Charlotte Gooda netMatters.org, which gives useful online by listing the signs they need advice to parents to help keep their to look out for, as well as how friends St. Faiths’ Primary: children safe online. can look out for each other and help - Mrs Fiona Nerney eachother. https://www.internetmatters.org