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Ferry Lane Playground Appeal!
With the recent playground works having been completed, we are now left with two large, beautiful green spaces. However, we want to do more to improve our playground. Our children are appealing for donations to fund play equipment, consisting of a climbing frame, a Harting Trail, Dragonfly seating area and wooden gazebo which incorporates a ...
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Turkish celebration
To mark the day that Turkey gained independence and became a republic (29th October) a group of Turkish pupils peformed a dance in school. Pupils had been learning this dance for several weeks and it was a wonderful performance. After school we then celebrated with some traditional Turkish food which was delicious!
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Black History Month
A group of Ferry Lane pupils visited Percy House in Tottenham to learn a bit more about local black history – and most excitingly learnt about Tottenham Hotspur’s black history from some of the players! Pupils met Ledley King, Kyle Walker-Peters and Becky Spencer. As part of the workshop, Spurs Women goalkeeper Becky, men’s right-back ...
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Two exciting visitors
Last week Ferry Lane was lucky enough to host two exciting guests! Deputy Mayor of London, Joanne McCartney, and British Paralympian shot putter, Vanessa Wallace, came to meet pupils. The reason for the visit was so they could see pupils running their daily mile and celebrate the school’s achievement in receiving the ‘Healthy Schools’ silver ...
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The Fiver Challenge
A group of year 4 pupils have done Ferry Lane proud! They won the fiver challenge (as part of the National Fiver Challenge) – they were given five pounds and had to develop their own business idea. Pupils from Ferry Lane Primary School set up a business and won the Best Group award for their ...
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Pendarren Trip
The annual Pendarren trip was as exciting and enjoyable as ever. Year 6 spent a week in the Brecon Beacons, in Wales, exploring the landscape, experiencing new activities and having a fantastic time. The trip encourages children to connect more with nature and to learn new skills and enjoy being away from the city. The ...
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Visit from Tottenham Hotspur
Pupils at Ferry Lane were excited to welcome Spurs player Oliver Skipp into school this week! The footballer joined a year 5 maths lesson and then took the class outside to teach them some football skills. Skipp visited the school as arranged with the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, as part of the Premier League Primary Stars ...
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Active School Hero
We are very proud of Mrs Eleftheriades who was awarded the title of “Active School Hero” for Haringey. Active School Heroes are nominated for their outstanding work to promote physical activity in schools. Mrs Eleftheriades has spent years promoting the TfL Stars scheme (we are a GOLD school!) and encouraging pupils to use bikes and ...
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Disco fun
Thank you to everyone who came along and threw some shapes at the three discos recently. They were a lot of fun and in total raised around £300 which is excellent news. The money will be spent on resources for our school which is fantastic so thank you everyone who supported this and thanks to ...
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Find us on Facebook
We have recently launched our very own Facebook page where we can share our news and keep you up to date with life at Ferry Lane. We hope you like it! If you haven't found us already then do give us a 'like!'
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World Book Day
Everyone at Ferry Lane had a great time celebrating World Book Day last week. The costumes were fantastic. Throughout the day pupils took part in reading activities and we welcomed some guest readers into school. We also collected donations of unwanted books to add to our library and this number was matched by Anthology (property ...
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Community Hall Kitchen
We are delighted to announce that we have a new kitchen in our community hall. It was a real team effort: Ms Eleftheriades sourced it and Ms Theodossiou’s dad (the builder!) installed it for us. We are very grateful to everyone who helped make this happen. The community hall is a busy place – breakfast ...
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Black History Month
Pupils at Ferry Lane attended a Walter Tull workshop at the Marcus Garvie library in association with the Tottenham Hotspur foundation. Walter Tull was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham and one of only 3 players in the league to be of mixed heritage. He also fought in the First World War. Pupils learnt ...
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Adventures around Haringey
Every year Ferry Lane, along with many other local schools, take part in ‘Hari Bear’s’ adventures. Hari is a bear who is taken for a walk around the borough from school to school to promote greener travel and as an opportunity for pupils to get out, have a walk and see some local sights that ...
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Vote for Ferry Lane
We have applied for some funding to improve our playground but the project needs votes to secure this. Please follow the below link, register (it takes 30 seconds!) and cast all 10 of your votes on our playground project. Anyone can register to vote so please do share this link with anyone who you think ...
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More Pendarren
Days 4 and 5 of Miss Claudia’s diary… Day 4: This had to be everyone’s favourite day filled with so much outdoor education and learning. We did a river study. The children first began the day in classroom 1 learning about different types of rocks and how they are formed. They were then educated about ...
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Pendarren
Year 6 have just come back from a wonderful week in Pendarren… Miss Claudia kept a diary of what they got up to and it sounds like a great time for everyone: Day 1: Once we arrived pupils had to make up their beds in their rooms. Some more experienced than others (this was hilarious ...
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Pizza Express
Year 3 went to Pizza Express, it was part of their ‘Goals and Dreams’ topic at school. Some of year 3 say they want to become a chef when they are older and so this was a perfect opportunity to learn a new skill and meet some people who cook for a living and ask ...
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Science Museum
Year 5 visited the Science Museum last week. It was a fantastic trip. Year 5 took part in a workshop and learnt all about forces and magnets. They also immersed themselves in all the exhibits and had a really interesting day.
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Spitalfields City Farm
Last week year 2 visited Spitalfields City Farm as part of their science topic on diet and exercise. Pupils saw ducks, chickens, rabbits, goats, sheep and donkeys! It was a great day as pupils were allowed to stroke animals as well as collecting crops from the allotment and feeding the animals themselves.
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Wraparound Care
We are excited to introduce Ferry Lane Play Club, which will provide extended after school care for pupils from 3.30pm up until 6pm every day, starting on 1st October 2018. These sessions will be available to book through the office up until 3pm on the day before you would like your child to attend. You ...
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Ferry Lane estate is 40 years old!
Ferry Lane Primary School proudly hosted a celebration for Ferry Lane residents past and present as the estate turns 40 years old. Organised by FLAG (Ferry Lane Action Group) it was a lovely day to reminisce and look back at photographs of the estate over the years, meet people who have since moved on and ...
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Car Free Day
It was Car Free Day in London and other parts of the country on Saturday 22 September, and so pupils at Ferry Lane supported this idea. It is good for the environment as it encourages everyone to think of ‘greener’ ways to travel. Pupils designed posters to warn staff not to use their cars last ...
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Plastic Fishing
Year 6 visited The Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre this week to do some ‘plastic fishing.’ They learnt about the problems of plastic waste and the impact it is having on the environment and the marine life. They sailed in a boat called ‘Poly-Mer’ which is made entirely of plastic. During the trip year 6 ...
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Healthy Schools Award
Ferry Lane has been awarded the bronze level Healthy Schools award! Congratulations to the Healthy Schools Ambassadors and to everyone for taking part in the process. The school has been reviewing what everyone eats for lunch and brings in for snacks and is trying to encourage everyone to adopt a healthier lifestyle. This also includes ...
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Science Challenge
All classes in Ferry Lane are taking part in a Floating Garden Science Challenge this week. They have been looking at the problems with flooding that affects thousands of people every year in Bangladesh, and have been exploring solutions that will help combat the issue of flooded crops. Children will be using different materials to create ...
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Healthy Schools Consultation
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Healthy School consultation last week. As a school Ferry Lane is trying very hard to address health issues and encourage everyone to make healthy choices. We have recently chosen a different lunchtime provider and are now starting to create a policy on snacks and lunch boxes. It ...
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Year 3 visit the Walthamstow Wetlands
Last week year 3 had an interesting trip to Walthamstow Wetlands. This is a wildlife reserve and resevoir which is hugely important both scientifically and as a home to a wide range of fish, insects, birds and other wildlife. We are lucky to have such a place nearby to visit! Year 3 learnt all about ...
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The ‘Green Team’ wins £1500!
Ferry Lane, very proudly, had been selected as one of the finalists to pitch their ideas (Dragon’s Den style!) to a panel at City Hall – where the Major of London works! 10 children from year 5 (known as The Green Team) presented their idea for a social action project. Their idea was to clean ...
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Haringey Goes Wild
Pupils from Ferry Lane did us proud recently by taking part in a huge music festival at the Royal Albert Hall. Around 2000 school children across the borough participated in a fantastic musical extravaganza celebrating youth, culture and the natural world. It was a huge event which showcased new composers as well as a variety ...
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