INTERNATIONAL DAY – MARCH 12TH 2009
Our International Day is the highlight of our school year, with every child in the school participating. Each class creates a unique performance from one of the many countries represented at Tidemill. This year we began with a costume parade before travelling across the globe with a variety of acts from punk Britain in ‘London calling’ to Jamaican carnival via a Brazilian country dance. We heard stories from India, Somalia and Sierra Leone, songs from Nigeria, China and Scotland and a West Indian Sea Shanty. The performance ended with a United Nations performance reminding us about the important message of Peace in a troubled world. As usual it was a great success and it was brilliant to see so many of our families and friends of Tidemill at The Albany in Deptford.

This year the children also spent time in class thinking about their own identity based on the theme ‘Who do we think we are? Children wrote books and designed flags to represent themselves.

RED NOSE DAY – FRIDAY 13TH MARCH
On Friday 13th, the children came into school sporting red noses, hair and/or red clothes for a day of fun after their late night performances the previous day at International Day. The children had a great day and raised £135.70 for Comic Relief. The children also raffled a teddy bear for Barnados and raised a further £32.00.

INSPIRE WORKSHOPS (SPRING TERM) – FEBRUARY 09
Our Spring Term Inspire Workshops were very well attended and we have had some fantastic feedback from parents who grappled with number lines and new mental maths techniques so they could understand better how to support their children when they are doing homework. Thank you to all of our parents and carers for their time and commitment - it makes a huge difference to the children’s learning and they love having their parents and carers in school for these sessions.

CHINESE NEW YEAR STAY & PLAY MORNING – FEBURARY 09
In February we invited all of our Foundation Stage parents and carers to come and join us for a play and stay morning. Parents and carers joined in making lanterns, dragons, lucky envelopes, tried using chopsticks and practised writing Chinese numbers. The creative talents showcased by the children and the parents were inspirational!