Diversity Day celebrated at Townsend

Today Townsend celebrated Diversity day!

Every form in school was given a country to represent.  They had to create a display and if possible include some kind of traditional custom/game/foods to share with spectators.  The event took place in the school hall at lunchtime for Townsend students, and local primary school Margaret Wix were also invited to come and take part in the games and see the display.  Each person through the door then had to cast their vote into the ballot box for their favourite display, with each stall being manned by a member of the form, along with their teachers.
 
Year 11 Natasja said "It was a fantastic event to be part of, I really appreciated seeing all the different countries' displays and foods.  We had Zimbabwe - not many people know about this country, so it helped to widen our knowledge about this and all the other countries.  The food was also a great addition to the displays, as people don't always know where popular foods in this country have originated form"
 
The wining display was Jamaica, who had lots of dishes and yummy cakes on display, including banana cake and Jamaican Ginger cake!
 

Urgent help needed for our Discovery Centre!!

Miss Ismail would like to ask if there are any parents who would be able to volunteer their time to help in the Discovery centre.  Volunteers would be required for one or two days a week (whatever you can manage) at one of the following times: 12pm - 2pm or 1pm - 3pm.  This would be to help supervise activities and students during their lunch break, but another hour to also help children find books, tidy the books and general maintenance helping to tidy and look after the centre.

If you are interested, please contact the school office on 01727 853047.

Thank you!

Upcoming PTA show at the Abbey Theatre

PTA upcoming event:

 

 

 

¨ Thursday 12th November 7.30pm Abbey Theatre St Albans. (behind Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre)

¨ Tickets £12 to include welcome drink on arrival. Play starts at 8pm.

¨ Profits from the evening being shared by Townsend School and The Prince's Trust.

See attached flyer for details.

Contact Finola@practice-perfect.net to book your tickets.

 

 

 

Message from the PTA

Many thanks to those who attended our AGM on Thursday 15th October. After the meeting Mr Wellbeloved gave all attendees a tour of the St Albans Music Centre, which during the day is used by the school for student music  and instrumental lessons.


CHRISTMAS HAMPER AND EASTER EGG HAMPER ROLLOVER RAFFLE
A Plea for items for Hamper Fillers.
We need any items with a Christmas Theme, long dated food items, chocolates, sweets, festive biscuits, snacks, crackers and Christmas novelties, tins and packets, wine, fizz, Christmas puddings: in fact anything that can make up a Christmas Hamper. The more we get in the more hampers we will have in raffle.
PLEASE SEND IN TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE ASAP.
Many Thanks in anticipation!
Remember all money raised will  help provide items and initiatives that we could not otherwise provide from our education budget.

Upcoming PTA show at the Abbey Theatre

PTA upcoming event:

 

 

 

¨ Thursday 12th November 7.30pm Abbey Theatre St Albans. (behind Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre)

¨ Tickets £12 to include welcome drink on arrival. Play starts at 8pm.

¨ Profits from the evening being shared by Townsend School and The Prince's Trust.

See attached flyer for details.

Contact Finola@practice-perfect.net to book your tickets.

 

Film night cancellation

Due to low interest, the film night planned for next Thursday is unfortunately cancelled.  We apologise for this happening.  Friends of Townsend PTA

Diversity event on Friday 23rd October

To celebrate the month of diversity, Mrs Bailey has started an inter form competition across school.

Students will be producing displays which will then be exhibited in the hall on Friday 23rd October.

Students and staff will judge each stall and vote for the best one. The winning form will win a form prize, certificate and house points.

See the below poster for more ideas for your displays and good luck everyone!

 

 

Black History Month at Townsend School

Win a prize in the Townsend Black History Month competition!

 

 

 

The slideshow shown in school features 20 famous black people, with a short description of why they are famous.  How many of the 20 can you identify?

 

A prize goes to the winning entry with most correct answers.

Hand your answers in to Mrs Bailey by Monday 2nd November.

 

Below is page 1 to get you started....

 

 

Friends of Townsend Meeting

Friends of Townsend  PTA    

AGM  

 Thursday 15th of October  7pm 

School Hall

All Welcome 

Light Refreshments available

October - Tolerance

WORSHIP AT TOWNSEND Our value focus for the month of October is ‘Tolerance’. Within school, we will be exploring how we can make a more accepting and inclusive society and the part we play in the wider world.

Sue Hampton Author Visit today

Local author Sue Hampton visited Year 7 students at Townsend today to give a talk with a workshop activity combined. 

In her talk, Sue spoke about her condition of alopecia and how it has helped with her writing her teenage novels.

She also spoke about the different characters within her books, teaching students how she begins an idea and character for each of her novels.  The students then had to work through the same process as Sue by creating a new character for her story "The Daydreamers"; what they were like using three adjectives, the location they were in to start their story and what the characters were feeling.

Year 7 student Jessica said: "I liked the part of the talk when Sue spoke about her life when she first had alopecia - when her hair first started falling out and how she coped with it.  I also liked when we made our spider diagrams for choosing our characters ourselves and what happens next in Sue's own story".

After the talk, Sue held a book signing in the Discovery Centre, where lots of her books sold out, they were so popular!!

Don't forget, you can buy your own signed copy of any of Sue's books by visiting:

www.suehamptonauthor.co.uk

All of Sue's books are also within the Discovery Centre to borrow as well.

Year 7 parent/carer get together with pupils

Friday 9th October 2015 7pm

All Parent/Carers and pupils are invited along to a get together for you to get to know each socially, while the pupils enjoy a fun film (U).
There will be free cheese, wine, and soft drinks available for parent/carers and popcorn and sweets for pupils.
If you need to bring other siblings please do.

Please sign the form previously given to your child to take home and return by by Tuesday 6th October at the latest

Thank you  From Friends of Townsend