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• Author Visit - Nizrana Farook

  Tue 22 Nov 2022 Mrs Rushton

  Nizrana Farook did a writing workshop with Year 4 and Year 5. She taught us (Year 5) how to start a book in her style. Her way is to have a picture in front of you and visualise the setting. She also taught us that to make a book starter you have to make it sudden and make it tense by starting in the middle of the action! To describe the setting, Nizrana encouraged use to use our senses to describe the setting rather than saying where we were. As reading and writing ambassadors, we were able to interview her. Nizrana shared with us that to publish a book, it takes one to two years but it depends on the book you are writing. At lunch time, Nizrana did a book signing and signed our books and writing. In assembly, she told key stage two how her life was in Sri-Lanka. We did a quiz with her and she played a video of elephants swimming in the sea because she was proving that elephants can swim. Nizrana likes to use facts about the animals in her story as a way of informing children about the animal. She also told us why she moved to the United Kingdom because of the war but it wasn’t in her area but she wanted to be safe and write books here. In assembly, she also said that leopards can carry two times its weight up a tree. We learnt lots of things at assembly and we really enjoyed it. It was a really fun experience.

  (Liam, Writing Ambassador and Laura, Reading Ambassador)

  ‘ I really enjoyed having Nizrana Farook come to our school! She taught us how to write a story in three stages. Number 1 senses, number 2 the worst possible thing that could happen and number 3 writing it. I thought it was very fun!’ Iris (5P)

• Cross Country Inter Schools Competition

  Tue 22 Nov 2022 Miss Lyons

  On Saturday 19th November 28 of our Key Stage 2 children participated in Turnfurlong's Inter-School Cross Country competition. It was a tough competition and a challenging course but every single one of them did an amazing job and we are so proud of all of them for taking part and representing our school. Well done to: 

  Year 3 

  Ellis S, Alistair S, Jack N, Edward C, Fergus S, Johnny D, Oscar B, Toby M, Marnie K, Bella S, Issy R, Olivia F, Elsie W  

  Year 4  

  Lachlan W, Charlie P, Lily N, Lucy W, Lois G 

  Year 5 

  Wilbur S, Arthur A, Zach H, Archie W, Cole S, Jack B, Isla H  

  Year 6 

  Sonny K, Ben P, Sammy A,Thanush M, Diana B 

  A special mention to Lachlan who came 3rd place. Isla H who came 4th place. Lucy who came 8th place. Ben who came 6th place. Marnie, Bella and Elsie who came 3rd place for Year 3 girls team and Zach, Archie and Jack who came 3rd Place for Year 5 boys team.

   

  Miss Lyons PE Lead 

• Ranvir Singh visits Aston Clinton School

  Sat 19 Nov 2022 Year 6

  Last Friday, Ranvir Singh came into the Year 6 classroom to talk to us about her life and career. She is a presenter and journalist. She presents on ‘Good Morning Britain’ and the ‘Lorraine’ show and now also on her own quiz show called ‘Riddiculous’. Ranvir has been on many celebrity quizzes herself and donates the money that she wins to charity. This is important to her as she grew up in a poor family, her father having died when she was 9 years old. She described how she loved English and Drama at school and this was perfect for a career in journalism.

  As a journalist, Ranvir has travelled to many countries and met many important people. She described how she interviewed the Prime Minister, Theresa May, on a flight to USA in her first day as a political journalist. She said it was exciting as she got to fly on RAF Voyager, the Prime Minister’s aeroplane! She also described how tired she was so that when she was presenting live on TV later, she forgot Donald Trump’s last name and was standing in silence for a while!

  Ranvir explained how she works very hard; for ten years, she woke up at 3am every day to get to work. She did not mind as she enjoyed her job.  So, her wise words to us were:

  ‘Don’t get a job just for money, you spend a lot of time working so you need to enjoy it and be happy!’

  Do you agree with her?

   

  The Year 6 Writing Ambassadors