Ancient Greek VR Experience

On Friday, the children in KS2 were able to take part in a unique virtual reality experience. A gentleman called Mr. King came in and ran a session with each class. The children (and adults) really enjoyed familiarising themselves with the headsets and were able to explore different aspects of Ancient Greek life, such as: the Olympics, Gods and Goddesses, architecture, their contribution to modern society, etc. Here are some thoughts from the children:

"I loved it!"

"It was fun"

"I got to learn more about the Greek gods"

"It was a good experience. I liked it when they talked about all the different gods and their powers."

"It made Ancient Greece come to life"

Spring Time Soiree

A huge well done to our fabulous performers at our Soiree last night! 

You all played with such confidence and admirable musicality. Thank you for being inspirational. Well done too, for showing such courage, as it can be a bit scary playing in front of an audience but you would have thought you had performed many times before! Class KM really loved attending the dress rehearsal in the afternoon and are keen to start playing instruments now too, hooray!

We are really proud of you all.

 

Memorial Tree Planting - Remembering Mrs Harold

As a school, we felt it was important to establish a memorial for Mrs. Harold, a kind and caring member of SRH for 20 years who is missed by staff and pupils alike.

Yesterday, we welcomed Mrs. Harold’s family to join the school family for a memorial tree planting. 

Thank you to Barcham Trees and Mr. Johnson who kindly donated a beautiful Prunus Shirofugen blossom tree.

Revd Chris Davey led the memorial after school, where staff and Governors were joined by children from Year 5 and 6 with their parents.  He spoke about Mrs Harold's kind and caring nature and about the blossom on the tree being a reminder of the children who will have blossomed under her care.  

Mrs Cann presented Mr Harold with the school book of condolence, that also included all the hearts from the children from the Tree of Love we made.

We'd like to thank everyone who came along.

Mrs Cann, Mr Johnson & Mr Harold

Snapshot of learning in VW

Snapshot of learning in VW

Class VW have come back to school with a fantastic work- ethic. Here are some of the things we've been getting up to in class: 

Topic

KS2 have commenced a new topic, Gods and Mortals. With this, we used the computers to complete a comparative study of the human and physical geography of Greece and the UK. They compared aspects such as climate, active volcanoes, mountains, etc. 

English

As the class get closer to the statutory SATs tests in May, we've been looking at how we carefully structure 3-mark questions on 'impressions', making sure we collect suitable evidence from the text to help us with this. 

Maths 

We've been investigating shape and the sum of interior angles in polygons such as pentagons, hexagons, etc. the children have been successfully 'splitting' these shapes into triangles and using this information to assist them. 

Assembly

This morning the whole school walked up St Michael's Church for assembly which Mrs Cann lead.  We started to think about our new value for this term which is "Courage".  At first, we thought about times when we ourselves had shown courage and shared these.  We then remembered characters in in the bible and stories from the Old and New Testament which had stories of courage in - Daniel and Goliath; Noah's Ark; 40 days in the wilderness; were among others.   We then thought about people who had shown courage in their lives such as Florence Nightingale;  Greta Thunberg; Captain Tom and therefore been inspirational to us in our lives. 

For the rest of this term,  we will focusing on different areas of courage in our class and school assemblies. 

Vacancy for KS2 Class Teacher - Maternity Cover

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated class teacher to join our school team in KS2.

Required from September 2024

We are a successful and well-resourced CEVAP School of 350 children, in the delightful market town of Framlingham. We offer a dedicated team of both staff and governors, a pleasant working environment and enthusiastic pupils who are confident and motivated. Our teachers support a wide range of extra-curricular activities which enhance the breadth of opportunities available to our children.

 “This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.”

Personal attributes

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated practitioner who is able to meet the following criteria:

• a secure appreciation and understanding of KS2 curriculum
• have experience of working with KS2 pupils
• expects high standards from themselves and their pupils
• a good communicator who is willing to be a key member of the KS2 team
• ECT’s are welcome to apply

You should be passionate about children’s learning, have high expectations of yourself and your pupils, and be supportive of the Christian ethos of the school.

See attached Job Description with Person Specification

 Visits to the school are welcome, or find out more about us at www.hitchamsframlingham.org.uk

 Closing date for applications:    10 May 2024

 Interviews will be held w/c       20 May 2024

For further details please contact the Headteacher on 01728 723354 or email admin@hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk.

Completed forms should be returned to the school.

Vacancy for School Business Manager

We are seeking to appoint a School Business Manager who will work closely with the Headteacher and Governors on budget and financial strategies, and be accountable for all matters relating to the school site and buildings.

• You will have an understanding of FMS and SIMS schools management systems, an awareness of the mechanisms for school funding, and an ability to produce funding applications.
• You will also have some experience of Human Resources management in a school environment.
• You will have a good understanding of premises and how to manage the day to day running of the site, and to project manage small to larger jobs in line with the Head Teacher and Governors expectations.
• You will maintain the school site and liaise with the contractors to oversee the work.
• You will be able to demonstrate good administrative skills to help the running of the day to day office.

Salary:                          Grade 5 Point 15

Job Term:                     28 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (hours can be spread over 4 days)

Appointment Type:      Permanent

Required from:             Summer term ideally, but this is negotiable 

Application forms can be found on the website.  Visits to the school are welcome, or find out more about us at www.hitchamsframlingham.org.uk

Completed forms should be returned to the school admin@hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk

Closing Date                   6 May 2024

Interviews w/c               13 May 2024

For further details please contact the Headteacher on 01728 723354 or email admin@hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk.

or see the website: https://www.hitchamsframlingham.org.uk/School-Business-Manager/

https://www.suffolkjobsdirect.org/#en/sites/CX_1004/job/14838