Today, we joined people across the globe for World Book Day. Did you know that over 100 countries take part?
It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the joy of reading and storytelling and the importance of sharing books.
This day is not just about books, but it is about fostering a love for literature.
Year 5 have proudly finished their clay models based on our
class book Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold. We blogged about the early
stages a few weeks back, and it’s exciting to see how much the children’s ideas
have grown and developed. Each model is full of detail and shows great
imagination and character. Here are a selection of photos showcasing their
work.
Year 5 have made a brilliant start on their new violin piece, Mystic Mountain, which was specially composed for them by their teacher. To spark their imaginations, the children first listened to a Chinese piece of music and talked about sounds they could hear. They were excited to discover a new technique called col legno, where they tap the strings with the wooden part of the bow to create a light, magical effect. Over the term, the children will learn to perfect this new technique and master their new piece.
To celebrate our upcoming book 'The Odd Egg', Key Stage 1 have welcomed some egg-cellent visitors. Watch this space for some egg-ceptionally cute updates. Thank you to The Friends for providing us with this egg-citing opportunity. 😀🥚🐣🐤
We are so grateful to our
Friends for their incredible generosity in supporting the school. Thanks to
them, we now have:
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An
inspirational author visit
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Bassistry
Arts 2-day drum & bass workshops
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Helmets for
the children using ride-on toys
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A gazebo for Nursery
for outdoor activities
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A sunshade
for nursery to keep the children cool
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Large outdoor
clocks for both playgrounds
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Robust iPad
cases for our new iPads
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Hatching
chicks
There are many other projects in the works,
and we simply couldn’t provide all these amazing experiences and resources
without the support of our Friends. Fundraising is only possible thanks to the
help of parents, carers, and the wider community, and we are truly grateful for
everyone who contributes.
Our Violin pupils will be holding a recital this week. Everyone is welcome to come to the hall at 3.20pm on Wednesday.
This is an ideal opportunity for parents of children in Year 2 to consider whether Violin is something you may wish your child to take up when they move to KS2 in Year 3 in September.
A position is available, for 5 days a week with hours of work from 11.50am - 1.25pm, paid at £12.65 per hour (min). We are also happy to recruit for fewer days each week or for a relief MDSA position.
If you are interested then please contact Miriam Sidney in the school office for an application form, download it from our website or pop in to pick one up.
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KS1/R TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!
ENSURE YOU COMPLETE THE FRIENDS DISCO FORM IN PARENTMAIL IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT A TICKET.
A full-on day travelling into London and visiting the Natural History Museum and then off to the Houses of Parliament for a tour.
A great (& tiring) day for all!
Class RJ have had some really fun RE lessons this week. Under our new theme of "The Body of Christ", we began by exploring how the body is important to us. We talked about which parts of our body we can't survive without, learnt a body percussion rhythm exploring how our body can be used to make different sounds, and then finally on Friday we made moving dolls, learning how a lever can make things move.
The dolls represent our school as a body. We talked about how Mrs Cann is the head and the children decided which part the other staff members play at our school. Are they the feet as they keep the place running or the neck and body, holding us together?
The lesson on levers at the end of the week was incredibly exciting and the children enjoyed exploring how moving the fulcrum has an impact on how far objects travel. Then they made their dancing people.
We are so pleased with the final product and thoroughly enjoyed learning our rhythm. Do ask the children to perform "First you make your fingers click" to you! Thanks to Mrs Lucas for her creativity, as ever!
Year 6 have arrived in London and are having a fantastic time in the Natural History Museum!
In preparation for their trip to London and the Houses of Parliament today, the children drafted formal letters to their MP outlining their views on the Year 6 SATs papers.
They will be delivering these letters during their visit to Parliament today in the hope that their voices might contribute to future discussions about the role of SATs within the curriculum.
Children can dress as a character from their favourite book, a book title, or a word (eg stripey, orange).
We ask for a donation of £1, if you can, to Book Aid International please, this charity ships reading books to schools, hospitals, universities and refugee camps in deprived and war-torn countries.
This can be in coins on the day or via the Payments > Shop section of ParentMail (from 24 Feb), thank you.
The Friends of Sir Robert Hitcham's are excited to host another Let’s Glow Crazy School Disco.
Tickets are £4.00 and will be available via ParentMail from this Friday 27 February at 3:30pm.
KS2 usually sells out within 2-3 hours - so please be quick to secure a ticket.
We are delighted to share that we will soon be welcoming a PAT (Pets As Therapy) dog into our school. Her name is Izzy, and she will be visiting us regularly with her trained handler.
She met all the children today in Assembly :)
Pets As Therapy dogs are specially assessed for their calm, gentle nature and are known to have a positive impact on children’s wellbeing. Izzy’s visits will support pupils with reading confidence, emotional regulation, and general wellbeing through calm, supervised interactions. All interactions with Izzy will be fully supervised, and she will remain on her lead at all times. Hygiene procedures will also be followed before and after contact.
Ben and Ed from Hall Farm brought their tractor to school today to visit the year 3 and year 4 children. This is part of the 'Field to Fork' campaign which the year 3 and year 4 children will be involved with over the next half term. They brought buckets of rapeseed, barley and wheat and also a huge sugar beet to show the children what products were made from these grains which were rapeseed oil, flour, ale and sugar. The children were surprised at how big the tyres on the tractor were and enjoyed guessing and listening to the facts that Ben and Ed shared with the children.
