Squirrels Heath Junior School

Well done to everyone who has been taking the time to read at hone for our readathon. We have had some superstars this week. Remember to keep on reading every day! Class Pages Read 3Palm 2240 3Willow 635 3Poplar 956 4Maple 3598 4Birch 623 4Holly 2012 5Ash 7416 5Oak 132 5Elm 6329 6Beech 9471 6Pine 4025 6Cedar 4649 6Fir 9568

On Thursday 6th February the Squirrels Heath Girls Football team attended a football tournament at Noak Hill Sport Centre. In the morning they completed some drills and activities lead by the Chelsea FC Foundation. Then they watched some of the other Havering Schools’ matches to get a feel for the level of competition and cheer on some known faces. After lunch it was time for the Squirrels Heath girls to play their socks off! In all, they played 6 matches with the following results. SHJS V Harrowlodge 0:2 Loss SHJS V James Oglethorpe 2:0 Win (Goals: Isabelle) SHJS V Towers 2:0 Win (Goals: Holly and Lyla) SHJS V Hacton 0:0 Draw SHJS V St Peters 0:0 Draw SHJS V Elm Park 1:1 Draw (Goal: Holly) The girls earned 13 points in total but unfortunately this wasn’t enough to get them through to the Quarter Finals. During the day, the Chelsea FC Foundation were watching the girls closely and trying to scout new talent. They were impressed by 3 of our girls and invited Holly, I

The School Council hit their first target of £1,000.00 this week. The total money raised so far is £1,049.23. Money spend so far:- £ 48.37 on magazines for the playground £ 299.98 on two crazy catch nets for the playground Each class has created a long list of items to buy which we are currently looking at. The number one choice was a school pet so it has been agreed that we will be purchasing a fish for each class, to go in the Bio Dome ponds. The School Council will be going to Wet Pets to choose a fish for each class and their class will be naming their fish. Thank you so much for all your support. The School Council and Mrs Lucke

On a dark, damp afternoon, the boys turned up at the field to play the quarter finals cup match against Parsonage Farm Junior School. The opposition team kicked off the game however, it wasn't long until the ball came to Harrison who took a long range shot from the half way line that sneaked in between the goalkeeper and his post. But then Parsonage Farm came fighting back and scored a goal against Squirrels. Heads went down and Parsonage Farm scored another three goals. After a good chat at half time, Ethan, Jack, Alfie L and George came onto the pitch ready to play their hearts out and Sam switched with Christopher in goal. Sadly, we let another goal in but then Harrison scored his second goal! Everyone lifted their heads and they knew they had an opportunity to win the game. The boys were putting their all into their tackles but upsettingly, Alfie L was involved in a hard tackle and hurt his knee! We won a free kick right outside right outside of the oppositions goal bu