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An Engagement with the Queen!

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:08:48 +0000

At eleven O’clock on the 15^th May 2012, the 30 lucky children who had been pulled out of the hat to see the Queen, set off to Richmond Park. 13 of the children settled down in the school minibus and the other 17 walked round to Teddington station, where they caught the train to Norbiton and then continued the journey on a shuttle bus.

The minibus people arrived first with Miss Bray and a few minutes later the train arrived. We had a picnic lunch before walking round a little and then going into the schools’ tent with some farm animals. We then found a good place to stand to see the Queen. Unfortunately, it started to hail heavily and we rushed back to the tent. Then the teachers chose a few girls to hand posies to the Queen, including me! At first we thought we would not be able to hand over our posies, but luckily a Scout leader lifted us over the railings so we could. For me personally it was the most exciting moment, we gave the posies to the Queen and curtsied. We then hurried to the shuttle bus stop and had to stand around in the cold for an hour until Mr Butterfield saved the day and picked us up in the mini bus. When I got home I had a hot bath and an early night!

It was a most exciting day and I think we will still be telling the story when we are 86!

By Charlotte Stonehouse

Brentford Football Training

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:06:05 +0000

On Tuesday, 8^th May 2012, a couple of Brentford coaches, came to give the lucky 8 boys that were playing at Wembley, an hour long training session. Kindly, the coaches (Graham and Ryan) agreed to let the whole squad come along too.

First of all, we practised our dribbling skills by playing a game of tag, where you have to take other people’s bibs – which were hanging out of their shorts – whilst dribbling. However, you had to be careful not to lose your own one! Meanwhile, the club mascot, Buzzbee, was planning for a late arrival which surprised us all. Everyone cascaded into him, and we had a few photos.

Afterwards, we did about 20 minutes worth of games on a small pitch (AvsB), whilst the Cs played against each other. Next, for the rest of the session, Ryan took the As separately for some shooting practise; the B & C team took each other on in a game.

Overall, I think everyone had an excellent time and a huge thank you to the coaches. Also, good luck to the boys that are playing at Wembley. Hopefully, there is more excitement to come.

Written by Jake Berry

Photography Club

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:09:40 +0000

Photography club is a brilliant club only for Year 6’s on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30. It offers great new techniques that you didn’t already know about cameras. Also, they will teach you about the history of photography and solar prints which truly are amazing. There is another topic to do with fashion which lasts two weeks and you’ll get to do what the experts do for a living. Altogether, photography club as got to be one of the best clubs here at Collis.

Ben HH

Ray Wilkins’ Visit

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:53:10 +0000

At 11.00am on Thursday, 3rd May, an extraordinary man came to Collis; Ray Wilkins, professional footballer. The purpose of his visit was to train the A-Team for the N-power Kids Cup final to be held at Wembley Stadium. Although this was his target, a bunch of lucky children were also asked to attend the session.. For the first activity we were told to do required dribbling skills. We jogged around a marked-out square, keeping the ball at our feet. Ray taught us a feint trick and we all tried it whilst controlling the ball; it is a very effective move. Next we tried a volley exercise. We had to slow the ball down with various parts of our body, then, before touching the ground, we were to kick it to our partner who would catch it. Mr Wilkins made it look really easy.

Finally, Ray arranged us into a game – the A Team vs the B and C Teams. The Bs and Cs were doing quite well at first but then the As scored, twice, ending the game 2-0 to the A-Team. Then we asked Ray questions and got autographs. At the end of the day we were just thrilled that we actually met Ray Wilkins!

- Oliver Bridge

Newborns in the Nursery!

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:55:45 +0000

Finally after a long, tense wait, many adorable, fluffy chicks have safely hatched in the nursery. Arriving yesterday, Wednesday 25th April, herds of delighted nursery children came rushing through the gates; one saying “These chicks look fluffy and soft!”. Luckily for some older children, they have been able to visit the nursery filled with excited children, and gaze at the wonderful creatures. Hopefully there will be more excitement for these children soon, as the final egg out of a possible ten, hatches!

Written by Jake, Year 6

Year 5 & 6 O2 Trip

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:25:31 +0000

Year 5&6 went to the 02 on the 7th of March 2012 in London. While we were there we saw and did some amazing things, we are going to be telling you about our trip to the 02.

The atmosphere in the 02 was amazing! We were one of the first schools to arrive there. There was a lot of waiting but finally the rehearsal started at 2:00 and finished at 5:00. When it was time to go and sit in our seats everyone was looking for their parents in the busy crowd, luckily we found our parents and our parents knew where Collis was sitting.

Then it all began at 7: 1 0 this was the first year they said our name (unfortunately our banner was upside down), however we were still glad that the school was mentioned! When the first song was put on, everyone started to scream and dance. The lighting was amazing with all the different colours and shapes. The lighting made it all happen. Some of the songs were very slow or jumpy, to all of the jumpy songs everyone in the 02 arena was jumping up and down to the music.

The Young Voices in the 02 is a concert for primary schools around the London area giving them the opportunity to singing with thousands of other school children. In each concert there is a famous guest singer. In 2009 VV Brown was the guest star and in 2011 it was Dionne Bromfield but in 2012 we had someone extra special – Alexandra Burke!!

As well as Alexandra, Connie Talbot sang (who is 11 year old) the wonderful Randolph Mathews and the Irish band the High Kings, sang with the Young Voices choir. They all had moments to show us there amazing voices but the biggest moment was when we all came together (even the stars) and sang are hearts out in the finale which was the queen medley.

Some of the amazing songs we sang where: the power in me, pop medIey, toy story and precious. Everyone loved all of the songs but these where some of the most popular.

Our time at the 02 was great, maybe next time you could come and join us!!!!

By Ella, Kate, Hannah and Poppy

Richmond Borough Football 2012 League Winners

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:16:55 +0000

Congratulations to the Y6 Football team, who have been awarded yet more silverware, playing superbly once again to be crowned Richmond Borough Football League Champions, retaining the trophy from last year!

New PCs for ICT Suite

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:28:42 +0000

We’re delighted to tell you that, over the Easter break, we installed 30 new PCs in the ICT suite. They’re all high spec and run Windows 7. We’ve invested £18,000 in this phase of updating our PCs, with more replacements planned for future years. Although some of the older PCs couldn’t be saved, we will be using those that are still working well in other areas of the school.

Year 6 Boys Represent Brentford FC

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:22:05 +0000

We have had more sporting excitement as our Year 6 boys represented Brentford FC at the NPower Kids Cup Regional Finals at Charlton Athletic. Over 500 schools entered this year’s event, so to make it through to the last 12 was a great achievement. Our magnificent team defeated Walsall, Charlton Athletic, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town, Exeter City and AFC Bournemouth en route to being crowned Southern Champions. The event organisers and fellow competitors were full of praise for our boys, highlighting their technical brilliance and wonderful team spirit and attitude. We played some glorious football throughout the day and ended with a goal tally of 33 goals for and 1 against. We have now got a National Final to look forward to against Oldham Athletic to be played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 26th May. A truly outstanding achievement!

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~2703590,00.html

Year 3 & 4 Rose Theatre trip

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:29:39 +0000

Our Rose Theatre trip – the Lower School Choir sing their hearts out at this year’s singing festival.

Today, everyone in the Yrs 3&4 choir gathered in Miss Habershon’s class for a pre-trip chat followed by a very early lunch on the mound outside! Once we’d eaten lunch, Miss Habershon sorted us into groups. We formed a snaking line in pairs and began our very long but sunny walk into Kingston. It was very hot and we wondered if we’d shrivel up in all the sunlight!

When we got to the Rose Theatre we had to wait outside for the morning concert to finish so we made up lots of poems to pass the time. Once we were inside, we rehearsed our medley song and thought we were really loud! Some of us were soloists and felt very special! Our theme was Best of Britain and we included songs from Wales, Scotland, England and Ireland in our medley.

Then we went to have our snacks upstairs and everyone was chatting excitedly. It was so crowded with children from lots of schools!

We sang through some of the joint songs and listened to the other schools perform their songs.

Finally it was showtime! It was time to face the music!! We liked seeing all the Collis parents in their seats. We felt special because we were on stage at the start and we were the first to sing. First we sang In Dublin’s Fair City, then the soloists sang Jerusalem. Next, it was The British Grenadiers, then Auld Lang Syne, Men of Harlech, and finally our favourite, Rule Britannia.

They interviewed some of us. Charlotte and Archie were picked out for their fabulous costumes. They said our choir was really big. But we didn’t know exactly how many of us there were. Too many to count!

Our highlight of the concert was the joint song New Shoes and Shine. We loved it when the parents applauded us.

We hope we can go again next year! We will never forget the good time we had at the Rose Theatre.

By Louisa, Tilly, Issy, Olivia, Zara, Anna, Charlotte and Grace – 3C.