Friday 30 January 2015

Reading Club

Mrs Akerman's after school reading club - on Tuesdays.

After School Rugby Club

Some action shots from rugby club - after school on Tuesdays with Mr Vaughan, Mr Byer and Mr B-K.



Some of the 30 children who go to rugby club.


Tuesday 27 January 2015

Lego Competition Winners

Children collecting their awards for the Lego Figure Design Competition.

Sir Robert Hitcham lego figure


Mr Rainbow man

Paddington Bear


This boy even made his design in real lego bricks.

The picture below was the over all winner.


School Teams in County Football Tournament

Boys team
The boys played 4 games against other district champions.
Our team drew 3 and won 1 game, leaving them as the only unbeaten team in the tournament.
Unfortunately, with 3 points for a win, the team did not retain the trophy that the school won last year.
The 3 drawn games could all have been victories with a bit more luck. Shots kept hitting posts or flying over the cross bar. One more win would have been enough.
At least the team was unbeaten - they have not lost a school match for over 2 years.

Girls team with Mr Harrison and Mr Pope.
The girls were also hoping to retain the county title won last year.
They won 1, drew 2 and lost 1 of their 4 matches.
Their only defeat was to a very good Oaks team from Ipswich - who won all their games to be deserved champions.

Annual Chess Tournament

Children taking part in the lunchtime chess tournament - which has seen a record entry this year.



After School Hockey Club

Our after school hockey club for girls in years 4 to 6.
The club takes place on the Thomas Mills High School astro-turf pitch on Mondays.
The club benefits from the involvement of 4 of our ex pupils (now at TMHS) who help with the coaching.

Newsletter 24


NEW CURRICULUM KITCHEN LAUNCH
We are delighted that the launch of our New Curriculum Kitchen was a great success on Friday.  Invited members of the local press, Governors, Diocese (who funded the project) and the Hitcham’s Trust (who are funding ingredients for this year’s Food Technology lessons), watched as the brilliant local chef Peter Harrison did a fabulous cookery demonstration with a small group of pupils – making homemade ravioli & sauce and pizza.  This was followed by the formal opening of the recently covered lunchtime courtyard, where the children & guests tucked into the delicious food!
We thank Peter for giving us his time and for providing all the ingredients for the event.
Please keep an eye on the local press, including the Suffolk  Magazine and the Today Magazine for articles that they should be publishing.  Of course, there are photos on the school BLOG too.

SPECIAL MENUS – YEAR 3’s FAVOURITE CHOICE
The whole school will be able to enjoy the menu chosen by Year 3
(which will replace the normal choice for that day) on Tuesday 3 February.
The menu with the most votes is Pizza with Garlic Bread and Sweetcorn, followed by Chocolate Crunch and Sauce.
The children also volunteered a few new menu ideas which Mrs Chapman will follow up with EATs Catering.
An EATs catering nutritionist will be doing some taste-testing with the children with some of the EATs new menu ideas in the hall this Friday lunchtime.

PARENT PARKING - DO NOT PARK ANYWHERE ON THE SCHOOL DRIVE OR USE IT AS A TURNING AREA – YOU ARE CAUSING A DANGER TO OTHER CHILDREN & PARENTS.
There is no reason that parents should have to park anywhere on the school drive, either in front of the gates or in the staff car park. 
·         If you are late with your child, you should still find a safe place to park and then walk up to sign your child in at the office. 
·         If you are collecting from a club you should not use the staff car park, but should park in the Elms car park.
·         We have had strong complaints from a few parents about others who park on the school drive or on double yellow lines or have just blocked New Road who are causing a danger to others. 
 We have reported these incidents to the police.


NEW SAFETY BANNER ON COLLEGE ROAD
Because of the failure of a few parents to abide by safe and legal parking, with the support of the Junior Road Officers at school we have now put up a large banner on the railings on College Road opposite Vyces Road, where we have had a number of dangerous situations in the past.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE CONSIDERATE PARKERS WE HAVE AMONGST OUR PARENTS.

NEW LOST PROPERTY LOCATION
With some of the funds raised from the recent uniform sale, we have purchased a new dedicated lost property module that is now located near the office. 
If your child is missing any items, please ask at the office who will direct you to the new location to have a search!

HOLY HORRORS – IN CHURCH THIS WEEK
As per the original letter from Holy Horrors, please remember they will be in Church this week, so will need to be collected from there and not from school.

CHRISTINGLE SERVICE – SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY
This is a special service to be held at 9.30am in St Michael’s Church on Sunday 1 February, as part of the family service.  All children and families are invited, the Singing Club will be performing here, and the Holy Horrors children are especially invited.  Please do come along with your family, it will be a lovely service.


FILM NIGHT – FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY
How to Train your Dragon
Watch out for the Friends letter and booking form for the film night that is on the last day of this half term.

YEAR 6 LONDON TRIP
Do take a look on the school BLOG for some great photos of the Year 6 pupils enjoying a day in London, at the Houses of Parliament & the British Museum. 
They also had a meeting with Dr Dan Poulter, MP, in one of the wonderful meeting rooms above the House of Commons, where they were able to have a ‘Q&A’ session with him.

DATE CORRECTION - WORLD BOOK DAY – THURSDAY 5 MARCH
Correction to last week’s letter the day to dress up as your favourite book character is THURSDAY 5 MARCH.

MISSING LIBRARY SERVICE BOOKS
In a recent count by the Suffolk Library Service it appears that we are still missing over 100 books that should have been returned to them.  PLEASE CAN WE ASK YOU ALL TO HAVE A HUNT AT HOME for any books with the Suffolk Schools Library Service stamp in.  They will be charging us for every missing book which means that we will have less budget to buy books in the future – please help!!

LEGO COMPETITION WINNERS
Thank you to all the children who entered our Christmas Holiday Lego Competition.
The response was fantastic; with the designs being original and creative. We plan to display all the entries on the hall board soon.
Judging the entries was incredibly difficult but after much deliberation the winners were chosen and each win a Lego book.
YOUNG ART COMPETITION
Thank you to the children that have entered pieces of art work for the Young Art East Anglia competition, they have been collected for judging.

Friday 23 January 2015

NEW CURRICULUM KITCHEN & COVERED COURTYARD OFFICIAL LAUNCH

 
We are delighted that the launch of our New Curriculum Kitchen was a great success today.  Invited members of the local press, Governors, Diocese (who funded the project) and the Hitcham’s Trust (who are funding ingredients for this year’s Food Technology lessons), watched as the brilliant local chef Peter Harrison did a fabulous cookery demonstration with a small group of pupils – making homemade ravioli & sauce and pizzas.  The children had a wonderful time, and all learnt a lot of new skills.
This was followed by the formal opening of the recently covered lunchtime courtyard, where the children and guests finished off all the delicious food!
Please keep an eye on the local press, including the Suffolk  Magazine and the Today Magazine for articles that they should be publishing.






Wednesday 21 January 2015

Year 6 in The British Museum

The second part of the year 6 trip to London was a visit to the British Museum.
We concentrated on seeing 6 main areas of history:
The Sutton Hoo treasure - above and below



The Rosetta Stone

Egyptian treasures








The Parthenon Statues






Roman Britain - featuring 3 lots of treasure found in Suffolk: The Mildenhall treasure, the Hoxne Hoard and the head of Emperor Claudius - found in the River Alde in Rendham in 1907 by 2 Suffolk schoolboys.


Aztec treasures from Mexico




We also saw some other interesting items such as the original Beetle car from the Herbie films
An Easter Island statue

An amazing display of books


The Great Court