MID YEAR REPORTS - ADVANCE NOTICEMid-year reports will be coming out on Friday 4 March; further information will follow at the end of this week regarding opportunities to discuss your child’s progress with teachers if required.
UPDATE ON CROSSING PATROLI would like to keep you informed of the action we have been taking with regard to the proposed SCC axing of the Crossing Patrol Service. Many parents have sent in letters of protest to SCC as well as registering on the on-line petition, and we thank you for your support. Within the school the Junior Road Safety Officers have gathered over 300 signatures for a petition which has been submitted – and we are told it was the best petition they received. The school have made contact with our MP, Dr Daniel Poulter and local County Councillor, Colin Hart. Mr Hart has visited the school to see the issues first hand and has taken up our cause with great feeling. With his support we are hopeful of action in being allowed to replace our Crossing Patrol officer despite the SCC recruitment freeze, and are developing a longer term plan to sustain the service by other means if the County Council do decide to axe the service. Schools have been told that they will not be allowed to fund the Crossing Patrol from the schools budget, so there will be a need to find continued long term funding from elsewhere - we welcome any ideas parents can offer on this.
CAKE STALL – Friday 18 FebruaryOn Friday 18 February, the Friends will be holding a cake stall in the pavilion on the front playground straight after school. Classes DBGM and RV are baking for this event, please remember to bring some pocket money. Any parents from these classes who are happy to help price the cakes at 9am, or to set up to sell them from 2.30pm please let the office know.
HALF TERM – Monday 21 – Friday 25 FebruaryThe last day of this half term is this Friday, and the children return to school on Monday 28 February.
FRIENDS FAMILY FILM NIGHT – NEW DATE Friday 11 MarchDespite low numbers for the KS1 Film Night, feedback on running this type event in the future has been very positive. The Friends are proposing another Film Night on Friday 11th March - full details will be sent out after half term. This will be a Film Night for the whole family to enjoy - all are welcome. We are hoping to show Alpha and Omega (U cert.) which is due for release on DVD at the end of February.
So why not be one of the first to watch it? Ticket price will be £1 per person or £3 for a family ticket. Snack Packs will be available for the children and a licenced bar for the adults. If this type of event proves to be a hit, the Friends plan to hold these on a regular basis. All films will be shown under a specific licence, which allows access to certain new films, 10-12 weeks after being in the cinema and before DVD release. Our very own Sir Robert Hitcham's premieres!
SPIRITUALITY & THE CHILD ART PROJECTIf you have any cardboard boxes/tubes/egg boxes (all shapes and sizes needed, but not toilet rolls) or any newspapers please can you send them into school? We require them for an art project we are running with the Church, before 2 March please. Thank you.
CHILD-FRIENDLY OARS/PADDLESDo you have an unwanted pair of child's oars/paddles that the Reception children could have for their outside pay area? If so please can you give them to Mrs Hopkins. Thank you.
A MESSAGE FROM THE ECO COUNCILDear Parents
Please can more children have letters by email
because lots of letters get scrunched up
at the bottom of their bags.
Letters never get given to their mum or dad.
This is a waste of paper
If we don’t do anything about it trees
are going to get cut down for no reason
and think of the world without any trees,
There would be no paper, no houses and
no wooden instruments.
We would be in a right old state.
Just imagine no trees at all.
Just think about it for one moment!
From Freya
(Eco Councillor)
TO REGISTER FOR WHOLE SCHOOL LETTERS BY EMAIL
PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO admin@hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk
UPDATE ON CROSSING PATROLI would like to keep you informed of the action we have been taking with regard to the proposed SCC axing of the Crossing Patrol Service. Many parents have sent in letters of protest to SCC as well as registering on the on-line petition, and we thank you for your support. Within the school the Junior Road Safety Officers have gathered over 300 signatures for a petition which has been submitted – and we are told it was the best petition they received. The school have made contact with our MP, Dr Daniel Poulter and local County Councillor, Colin Hart. Mr Hart has visited the school to see the issues first hand and has taken up our cause with great feeling. With his support we are hopeful of action in being allowed to replace our Crossing Patrol officer despite the SCC recruitment freeze, and are developing a longer term plan to sustain the service by other means if the County Council do decide to axe the service. Schools have been told that they will not be allowed to fund the Crossing Patrol from the schools budget, so there will be a need to find continued long term funding from elsewhere - we welcome any ideas parents can offer on this.
CAKE STALL – Friday 18 FebruaryOn Friday 18 February, the Friends will be holding a cake stall in the pavilion on the front playground straight after school. Classes DBGM and RV are baking for this event, please remember to bring some pocket money. Any parents from these classes who are happy to help price the cakes at 9am, or to set up to sell them from 2.30pm please let the office know.
HALF TERM – Monday 21 – Friday 25 FebruaryThe last day of this half term is this Friday, and the children return to school on Monday 28 February.
FRIENDS FAMILY FILM NIGHT – NEW DATE Friday 11 MarchDespite low numbers for the KS1 Film Night, feedback on running this type event in the future has been very positive. The Friends are proposing another Film Night on Friday 11th March - full details will be sent out after half term. This will be a Film Night for the whole family to enjoy - all are welcome. We are hoping to show Alpha and Omega (U cert.) which is due for release on DVD at the end of February.
So why not be one of the first to watch it? Ticket price will be £1 per person or £3 for a family ticket. Snack Packs will be available for the children and a licenced bar for the adults. If this type of event proves to be a hit, the Friends plan to hold these on a regular basis. All films will be shown under a specific licence, which allows access to certain new films, 10-12 weeks after being in the cinema and before DVD release. Our very own Sir Robert Hitcham's premieres!
SPIRITUALITY & THE CHILD ART PROJECTIf you have any cardboard boxes/tubes/egg boxes (all shapes and sizes needed, but not toilet rolls) or any newspapers please can you send them into school? We require them for an art project we are running with the Church, before 2 March please. Thank you.
CHILD-FRIENDLY OARS/PADDLESDo you have an unwanted pair of child's oars/paddles that the Reception children could have for their outside pay area? If so please can you give them to Mrs Hopkins. Thank you.
A MESSAGE FROM THE ECO COUNCILDear Parents
Please can more children have letters by email
because lots of letters get scrunched up
at the bottom of their bags.
Letters never get given to their mum or dad.
This is a waste of paper
If we don’t do anything about it trees
are going to get cut down for no reason
and think of the world without any trees,
There would be no paper, no houses and
no wooden instruments.
We would be in a right old state.
Just imagine no trees at all.
Just think about it for one moment!
From Freya
(Eco Councillor)
TO REGISTER FOR WHOLE SCHOOL LETTERS BY EMAIL
PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO admin@hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk
