Hitcham's Blog: 2014

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Classes PLDD, NS and RV lead Christmas Service in Church

Christmas Activities In School

Mr Osbourne's guitar group played some carols in assembly.

Christmas hamper draws were made in each classroom.

House captains served at the school Christmas lunch.

45 adults were invited to our Christmas lunch to thanks them for their help throughout the year.

Wednesday was also Christmas jumper day with money being raised for Save The Children Fund.

Monday, 15 December 2014

Christmas Holiday Lego Competition

Love Lego? Be creative and enter the SRH Christmas Holiday Lego Competition.
There are two options to choose from:

1. Design your own new minifigure character.

Design and draw a new minifigure.

A blank minifigure outline is overleaf, or is available from class teachers, from the office or can be downloaded from our school blog. Alternatively, you can draw your minifigure outline freehand.

2. Create a Lego Figure.

Start with a black mini figure base. If you don’t have one of these, you can use something similar.

Create a Lego figure. It can be as wide or as tall as you like, but it should be able to stand on it’s own. Take a photograph of your creation and hand it into the office.

All entries to be in by Friday 16^th January 2015.

There will be prizes for winning entries.

YOUNG ART EAST ANGLIA COMPETITION 2015 & EXHIBITION

If you would like to enter this competition, then your Art work should be on the theme of ’Animal Magic’ using any medium except collage, no larger than A3 size and must not be mounted or laminated. The entry must be accompanied by a minimum donation of £2.00 for Cancer Research UK.
Please put a sticker with child’s name, year and school on the back of each entry with an arrow to indicate which way up to hang the picture (see the website for a template).
Selected entries will be included in an exhibition at the Peter Pears Gallery in Aldeburgh from 13-15 March 2015. To have exhibited artwork returned it will need to be purchased at the Gallery.
Please hand all entries in to the office by Wednesday 21 January 2015.
For more information visit www.youngarteastanglia.co.uk.

Newsletter 20

CHRISTMAS HAMPER DRAW

The draw will take place in the classes on Tuesday 16 December.

FOUNDATION & KS1 CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION COLLECTION

We are delighted to advise parents that the collections at the end of these productions have raised £458 (before expenses) for Save The Children fund.

Christmas lunch on WEDNESDAY - REMEMBER YOUR CHRISTMAS JUMPER!

Wear your usual uniform but with a Christmas Jumper instead of a sweatshirt.

The cost is the same as a normal week (£11.00), the day £2.20 but please bring a small

donation to Save the Children Fund on this day (£1). NO Nursery Lunch club on Wednesday

LUNCH CHANGES REMINDER - THURSDAY (18 December)

On Thursday the kitchen will be serving Spaghetti Bolognaise & Garlic bread instead of the roast.

CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE – Thursday 18 December 1.30pm

Our Carol Service will take place at St Michael’s Church this Thursday.

Children in classes PLDD, RV & NS will be leading in this service.

Parents of these classes are warmly invited to attend. A charity collection will be made at the end of the service in aid of Save the Children Fund.

CAKE STALL – THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER

The Friends would like to remind you that classes ES & JA will be baking for their Christmas Cake Sale on THURSDAY this week, in the front playground pavilion.

CLUBS – THIS WEEK

Multi-Sport, Tennis, Holy Horrors (at the Church), Art & Gym WILL run this week.

DINNER MONEY COST FOR SPRING 1^st HALF TERM

NEW PRICE £2.30 - Dinner money should be paid on Mondays

Half term payments are due by the first Monday after each half term.

The cost for lunch every day will be = £66.70

6 January – 13 February = 29 days note: Year 6 = 28 days £64.10 (- London Trip)

Don’t forget you can pay for the whole term for 1/ 2/ 3 or 4 days per week too.

To pay on-line follow the link from the ‘Parent Information’ button on the school website

Weekly 5 days £11.50 / 4 days £9.20 / 3 days £6.90 / 2 days £4.60 / 1 day £2.30

Cheques should be made payable to Suffolk County Council (SCC)

with your child’s name and class WRITTEN ON THE BACK please.

DINNER MONEY MUST BE HANDED TO THE TEACHER IN AN ENVELOPE THAT STATES: Child’s Name + Child’s Class + Which days dinner money is for.

DEADLINE FOR HALF-TERM PAYMENT IS MONDAY 12 JANUARY.

DON’T FORGET TO COME IN YOUR PARTY CLOTHES ON FRIDAY!
Please remember clothes and footwear must be suitable for a normal day at school & outside.

CLUBS – START OF SPRING TERM

Externally run clubs/lessons starting from 6 January:

will be MFSF Wind & Brass, CMS Flute/Clarinet and Guitar, Violin (Weds as normal plus Friday9 Jan lesson for those pupils who will have missed Monday), Premier Sport Gym

Most other clubs will start from 12 January:

Hockey, Multi-Sports, Reading, Rugby, Tennis, Country Dancing, Holy Horrors, Orchestra, Art and all lunchtime clubs.

QUIZ NIGHT SUCCESS

The recent Friends quiz night was a great evening. Mr Brook did a brilliant job compiling & compering the quiz, with the aid of Mrs Hopkins & her daughter doing the scoring. The Friends would like to thank them for their support of this event, where they raised £210.

STUDENT TEACHER IN PLDD

Just to inform parents that in January, Class PLDD will have Miss Holmes as a student teacher for the first half of the Spring term, she will be teaching the class throughout the term under supervision of Mrs Lord or Mrs Dwyer.

MUSIC LESSONS –INVOICES EMAILED / SENT THIS WEEK

Please note that invoices are being sent by email or hard copy this week. Payment should be made for these before the first lesson at the start of next term to enable your child to continue with tuition.

Please speak to the office if required.

APPLICATIONS FOR RECEPTION PLACES FOR 2015/16

MUST be returned to the Admissions Team at Ipswich by 15 January 2015. For information go to: www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissionstoschools, or apply online www.suffolk.gov.uk/onlineadmissions.

You will need to complete a Supplementary Information Form to return to the school office.

RECEPTION OPEN MORNING on Friday 9 January from 9.15-11.00am for parents with children due to start school September 2015 (Born between 1/9/2010 – 31/8/2011).

SPRING TERM START

We have a non-pupil day at the start of term,

so the children return to school on TUESDAY 6 JANUARY 2015.

May I wish you all a peaceful Christmas and happy celebrations for the New Year!

Friday, 12 December 2014

Maya Houses made by Class PLDD

In class PL/DD the children have worked in groups to create houses in which the Maya would have lived. The Maya built their houses using wood and thatch, with mud to fill in the gaps; their houses had no windows and consisted of one big room, sometimes separated by a wall.