Scoring my first goal for the football team!

Last week I played a match against a football team called Meon Cross. It was fun! I was very tense during the journey because when I got there (Test Park) I was on the bench. Then I swapped with Megan. Soon after, I had got the ball from Anna. I ran up the side of the pitch, tried to pass to Anna however it came out of the blue - it was our corner! Everyone held their breath as Anna stepped up to take the corner; before I knew it the ball was at my feet and I was thundering towards the goal. BANG! Back of the net - I had scored. My heart was about to burst and I had a grin from ear to ear! This was a really special day for me as it was the first time I had scored for Springhill! The final score was 4-2  to Springhill.        

Springhill Girls' Football Team

Charlie

An Audience with John Denham - Book Week

On Friday 16^th January, in our school, an MP called John Denham came to visit.

 

Year 4 asked him questions and he answered all of them. One thing that we talked about was democracy. If you don’t know what this means already, it is when people vote for the people who lead their country. One question you might be thinking is if Springhill has democracy. The answer is YES! Our school council is democratic because each class votes for their member.

When everyone finished asking questions, Miss Duddy, our class teacher, went towards the MP. “One boy in my class wants to be an MP or Prime Minister and he would like to ask a question,” she told Mr Denham and all of the children.  I knew it was me! Since everyone was looking at me, I knew I had to speak. With my most sensible voice, I asked him a question.

“Have you ever went against your party on an important idea?”

I was surprised at his reaction because he thought it was an excellent question as he had disagreed with his party. “Yes, I have- when I was in cabinet, I disagreed with the Prime Minister so strongly about the war in Iraq that I actually left government, “ he told us. I was quite surprised. I suppose that would be like me leaving school council if I didn’t agree with something they had decided to do!

Also, we learnt that in Britain, we have laws that mean everyone gets treated equally. It doesn’t matter what colour or religion you are, what country you come from or if you have a disability- everyone must be treated with respect.

In Springhill, we have the same rules because our motto is “together we will do our best for Jesus” and Jesus taught us to treat each other as we would like to be treated.

To sum up, I really enjoyed Mr Denham’s visit as it has inspired me even more to be a politician. It would be great if I did become an MP but I’ll stick to school council… for now! Watch out, David Cameron, Alphen is coming!!!

 

Alphen

 

Book Week 2015

Hi ! I’m Mia and this week its book week!
To start off the week, we had a little quiz about Roald Dahl. We ALL were so excited as the teachers played as well ! Except for reception, the whole school had reading partners to read with. I’m in year 4 and we get year 1, who were so cute ! Also, Chris Wormell, who is an author and illustrator, came to visit us! He read us a few books of his like The Saddest King, drew us an animal made of different creatures and gave us tips for writing a book. Everyone wanted to be an author and draw illustrations for books.

Chris Wormell

The most exciting day of the week is Friday because we get to dress up as someone from a book! This time, each year group has a theme and our theme is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  

Another exciting part is the parents come and do a quiz with us in our class all about books. In addition, there is the extreme reading challenge where people can take photos of themselves reading in weird places like the swimming pool! Finally, there is a competition board which has photos of the teachers as babies with books and the children have to guess the teacher!  I love book week and I love reading.

Mia
 

My first Gymnastics Competition

I recently did a gymnastics competition with my partner Katie. We were against 4 partnerships and came first with a score of 27.34.We performed a grade 2  routine with grace, style and personality. Our coaches were very proud of us since it was our first ever competition together.

 I wasn’t nervous because once I got started  on the floor I forgot about all my  nerves.

My winner's medal

My parents say I was born to perform. I have performed lots of times  in shows but this was my first ever competition! I was 7 when I started gymnastics and this school introduced it to me. We went  to Redbridge school to perform a small and very simple sequence that I enjoyed a lot and because of this I asked my Dad if I could start gymnastics. After many weeks  of persuading, he finally said yes and I  ended up in a recreational class. I am now 9 and  I’m in a higher squad.

 

Eva Year 4