Hitcham v Mills House Football

Just like the Howard v Bulstrode match, this was another close and exciting game. Hitcham have improved a great deal and gave the Mills team quite a few problems throughout a close first half. Oliver broke the deadlock just before half time with a David Beckham style free kick from outside the area - you can see the ball going over the Hitcham wall of defenders in one of the pictures.
Hitcham fought back in the 2nd half. Milo was brought down in the area and scored from the resulting penalty - see video clip below.
Oliver scored his second goal with an excellent chip over the keeper he earn Mills a narrow 2-1 win.
This leaves Mills and Howard level on points. They will play each other next week to decide the champions for this season.

Inter House Swimming Gala

Yesterday we held our annual swimming gala at Framlingham College.
It was a closely fought and really enjoyable afternoon with an excellent sporting atmosphere.

The final standings in the team event were very close.
Bustrode finished just a few points ahead of Mills.
There was also only a few points between Hitcham in 3rd and Howard in 4th.

Thanks to Matt Claydon for starting all the races and to everybody for taking part. If you watch the videos below you will also see that the quality of swimming was of a high standard.

House Football Howard v Bulstrode

This was the best house match so far with both teams playing really well. Howard took an early lead with 2 goals by Danny. Liam added a 3rd goal for Howard at the start of the second half. However, Bulstrode were still playing well and working hard. They got their reward with an excellent goal by Sam.

The game became quite exciting in the last 5 minutes when Sam scored his second for Bulstrode from the penalty spot.

Howard hung on to earn a deserved 3-2 victory. They now have 2 wins to sit on top of the league. Mills play Hitcham on Tuesday.

You can see 2 of the goals in the video below. Thanks to Mrs Hunt for taking charge of the camera and getting such great footage.

Key Stage 2 SATs Revision

The BBC website has some fun revision activities for Year 6 children preparing for SATs.
Click on the images to go to the variuos sections.

Floow these links to an excellent school website which offers helpwith SATs revision and homework:

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WHOLE SCHOOL LETTER (34)

CELEBRATION ASSEMBLIES
Celebration Assemblies are on Fridays at 2.30pm. Parents are invited to watch their own child’s class and we would ask that you take your seats between 2.20-2.25pm. We endeavour to bring the children in as quietly as possible and we would appreciate the parents joining us in this. The rota is as follows:
11 April - No Parent Assembly
18 April - No Parent Assembly
25 April - NH/PL
2 May - CA
9 May - KT
16 May - NF
23 May - GH
30 May - Half-Term
6 June - EM
13 June - CH
20 June - Non-Pupil Day
27 June - KG
4 July - No Parent Assembly
11 July - DD
18 July - KT

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY FOR THE SUMMER TERMThursday 10 April -Tea & Chat (Parent Social) in the Nursery 2-3pm
Monday 14 April - N Suffolk Swimming Gala – selected team
Wednesday 16 April - N Suffolk Cross Country tournament – selected upper KS2 team
Friday 18 April - Friends Interactive Family Quiz Night (6-8pm)
Wednesday 23 April - School Farm Fair – Classes NF, CA & NH/PL
Thursday 24 April - Storytellers Theatre Company – “Treasure Island”
Tuesday 29 April - N Suffolk large school Netball tournament – selected team
Monday 5 May - BANK HOLIDAY
Thursday 8 May - Tea & Chat (Parent Social) in the Nursery 2-3pm
Monday 12 – Friday 16 May - Year 6 SAT’s Week (Standard Attainment Tests)
Year 2 Teacher Assessments Week
Monday 12 – Friday 16 May - Year 4 Internal School SAT’s Week
Monday 19 – Friday 23 May - Walk to School Week
Monday 19 – Friday 23 May - Activity Week – Asian Week
Thursday 22 May - N Suffolk New Image Rugby Tournament – selected team
Monday 26 May – Friday 30 May - HALF TERM
Mon 2, Tue 3 & Fri 6 June - Bring Your Grandparents to Lunch Days
Thursday 12 June - Tea & Chat (Parent Social) in the Nursery 2-3pm
Friday 13 June - Friends Family Fun & Sports Evening (5-8pm)
Monday 16 June - Photographer (Classes/Year 6 Individual/Sports Teams)
Tuesday 17 June - Cornelius & Jones Productions – Performance of “The Odyssey”
Tuesday 17 June - Friends AGM & Music Concert (6-8pm)
Wednesday 18 June - Photographer Whole School (Panoramic)
Friday 20 June - NON-PUPIL DAY
June 23 – July 22 - Friends After School Swimming Sessions (3-4pm)
Wednesday 25 June - Sports Day – Foundation & KS1 9.30am, KS2 10.30am
Thursday 26 June - Reserve Sports Day
Friday 27 June - Non-Uniform Day – donations for Summer Fete
Wednesday 2 July - TMHS New Intake Evening for Year 6
Friday 4 July - Charity Day - raising money for :
‘Guide Dogs’ – KS2 ‘Shades Day’ – come in sunglasses
‘Action Medical Research’ KS1 & Foundation – bring a Teddy
Friday 4 July - School Summer Fete on field (6-8pm)
Monday 7 – Friday 11 July - Year 6 Camp Week
Tuesday 8 July - Classes LC, JC & EM – Trip to Felixstowe
Wednesday 9 July - Classes KG, NF, CA, NH/PL & Year 5 (DB/GM) – Trip
Friday 11 July - Classes CH, KT & Nursery – Trip
Thursday 10 July - Tea & Chat (Parent Social) in the Nursery 2-3pm
Friday 11 July - N Suffolk large school Rounders Tournament – selected team
Monday 14 July - TMHS New Intake Day for Year 6
Monday 14 July - Whole School moves to new 2008/2009 classes from 11am-12noon
Monday 21 July 1.30pm – Year 6 Leavers’ Service – Parents invited
Tuesday 22 July - LAST DAY OF TERM
Tuesday 2 September - Pupils’ return to school for the new academic year

CLUB STARTING DATES
Rugby Tuesday- 8 April
Guitar Wednesday - 9 April
Maypole Dancing Wednesday - 9 April
Recorders Thursday - 10 April
Keyboard Friday - 11 April – contact Mrs Fisher on 01728 604056 for info
Dance Aerobics Monday - 14 April
Knitting Club Monday - 14 April
Norman’s Music Tuesday - 15 April
Holy Horrors Christian Club Wednesday - 16 April

FRIENDS AGM & MUSIC CONCERT - Tuesday 17 June (6-8pm)
As last year this will be an evening of musical entertainment from the children, with the Friends AGM being held in the interval. Refreshments will be served.

MRS DWYERI am pleased to advise you that Mrs Dwyer will be returning from maternity leave on Monday 2 June. Sadly, this means we will be saying ‘farewell’ to Mr Hawes who will be leaving us at Half Term.

BOOKS
We are looking for parents to help with cataloguing the Library books. If you are able to offer an hour or two to help we would much appreciate it. Please let the Office know. Thank you.

COUGH SWEETS
Please can we advise parents that children should not have cough sweets in school as they are a choking hazard.

TEA AND CHAT
Just a reminder that our monthly parent ‘Tea and Chat’ sessions take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Nursery. We view this as a chance to catch up with old friends and make new ones. Please feel free to bring your younger children along, if you have any, so they can play while we chat. Sometimes we hope to invite guest speakers along and we will welcome your suggestions.

CLASSROOM CONGESTION
Please can we remind parents that the school council has asked that you do not to bring pushchairs into the classrooms in the morning as this causes congestion, in addition please could parents refrain from coming into the classroom after the bell has rung at 8.50am when the children should be settled ready to take the register.

Term Dates 2008 - 2009

Autumn Term 2008
Begins 1st September 2008 Ends 19th December 2008

Autumn Half Term
Begins 27th October 2008 Ends 31st October 2008

Christmas Holiday
Begins 22nd December 2008 Ends 2nd January 2009

Spring Term 2009
Begins 5th January 2009 Ends 3rd April 2009

Spring Half Term
Begins 16th February 2009 Ends 20th February 2009

Spring Break
Begins 6th April 2009 Ends 17th April 2009

Summer Term 2009
Begins 20th April 2009 Ends 20th July 2009

Summer Half Term
Begins 25th May 2009 Ends 29th May 2009

See Suffolk County Council website

Family Quiz

The annual Friends Association Quiz evening is on Friday 18th April in the school hall.

This year the quiz is going hi-tech. Each team will have an electronic voting hand set - like on 'Who wants to be a millionaire?'

The will be 9 rounds of 10 questions. Rounds will include pop music, sport, TV and Film and spellings.

The questions are designed to appeal to all ages - so please try to get your whole family involved.

During the evening there will be refreshments available.

Hurry up and get your tickets from the school office.

£3 for adults and £2 for children.

Easter Service

Some images from our Easter service at St. Michael's Church in Framlingham.
Rev Owen led the service under a theme of 'It's Amazing!'
The Key Stage 1 and Foundation children made their own crosses.
Some of theolder children read from the Easter story. Others read prayers or played recorders to accompany our singing.

School Orchestra in Assembly

The Robert Hitcham's orchestra, led by Mrs Fell, entertained the school during the last assembly of term.

They played two pieces which included creative percussion sounds.

Watch the videos below to see the wonderful perfomances.

Jazz at Robert Hitcham's

On the 19th March, Sir Robert Hitcham’s Primary school listened and watched exciting jazz and blues. There were two men called Jack and Dan. They played piano and trumpet pieces including one called my front teeth by Jack. They both played amazingly and everyone loved it. Jack played the piano and Dan played the trumpet. Mrs Mawson knew them both when she was at school she said they loved their music and were always playing their instruments. If Jack saw a piano anywhere he would start playing. Sebastian Roberts said he thought the piano was amazing and the trumpet was awesome. Jake Clucas said It wasn’t his type of music but he thought they were brilliant at jazz. Jack has never had a piano lesson in his whole life! And he sounds like a pro! Jack teaches young people piano.


By Sebastian Roberts, Jake Lal, Jake Clucas



Watch this video (filmed by Ewan Payne) of Jack and Dan in action

Prickles goes on an Easter egg hunt

When we got home, I first put in my bag a digital camera and a few other things. After that we set off to Framlingham castle and got ready for the Easter egg hunt. Me and some of my friends were on one team, oh and prickles 2 too. We had to find red cards with white dots on, there was also one red card with a green dot on. We all searched high and low for the cards. Our team collected 18 cards all together. Everyone got 10 mini eggs each and we also had 1 slightly bigger chocolate. One girl got a huge Easter egg because she found the red card with a green dot on it. Prickles had lots of fun so did I. We went home and started writing this on paper in my room. I’m so tired I think I should put prickles to bed. Goodnight.

by Kezia Bayfield (class KG)

Mr Cuddles

Mr Cuddles came to see Classes LC, JC and EM about his 'ABC Sports Skills' Clubs.

A is for agility
B for balance
C for co-ordination

Mr Cuddles (from Suffolk Schools Sports Partnership) presented certificates to the children who took part.

Class KG Litter Pick

On the 14th of March Class KG went around the school on a litter pick.
We got into groups of 5 and went to different places around the school. We went to the front of the school, the courtyard and both playgrounds. I really enjoyed the litter pick as it was a fun experience and good fun.









By Leah Allen.

Year 5 Horrible History Terrible Tudor Trip

On Monday 17th March the year five’s from Sir Robert Hitcham went to see Horrible History’s Terrible Tudor’s. The theatre we went to was the Ipswich Regent. The theatre was very large and a bit posh. We had a great time as for the second half we got to wear 3D glasses which turned evrything 3D. So when a canon ball was fired it looked like the cannon ball would hit you in the face!

After the performance we went to Christchurch Park for lunch. After lunch we went to a different part of Christchurch park to play some game’s. Once we had played some games we got back on the coach to come back to school, it the end of a perfect day.

By Alfie Hulbert.

listen to Terry Deary reading from one of his stories

The Victorian puppet theatre

On the 18th march we had a man come in and do a puppet show for the whole school. His name was called Neil. He did a story from about 1900s and then he started. It was about a boy made out of paper called Jack. He lives in a paper brown coloured theatre. He was in a play called Jack and the Bean Stork and at night the moonlight crept in a crack in the roof and they all came alive. Jack made a flying machine, which could fly out and take him to places. There was a man who had a monkey that made everyone giggle. Then there was an artist he painted him up with colour and gold coins as buttons. There were 5 people chasing him!! Then the monkey grabbed Jack and took him to the crack in the roof and just fitted him in. Then the monkey took some of the artist’s paint and Jack painted his friends, family and the theatre.
By Rob Scott

Photos by Jake Lal and Kitty Dunham

Video below was taken by Ewan Payne