CHRISTMAS HAMPER DRAW
***SEE THE HAMPER PHOTOS ON THE BLOG***
DON’T FORGET TO WRITE THE CLASS INITIALS ON THE STUBS.
HOUSE SWIMMING GALA – THIS
WEDNESDAY
A reminder for all pupils
in DB, PASB, JA & ES to bring their swim kit on THIS Wednesday for the House
Gala taking place at the College.
Races will start at 10.15;
pupils will walk up to the College at 9.45am.
If you are coming to watch
the gala, please meet at school at 9.35am.
NAMING YOUR CHILD’S BELONGINGS
It
was apparent when the Lost Property box was cleared recently that there are many
items of clothing or belongings that are not named. If you have not named your child’s
sweatshirt, shirts, trousers, skirts, coats, shoes or plimsolls etc then if
they misplace them it is VERY UNLIKELY that they will get them back, as they
all look the same!
PLEASE
can we encourage you to CLEARLY name your child’s clothes, NOT just with
initials; it needs to at least be a SURNAME, preferably with initial or first
name too.
We
have found lunchboxes, snack pots, trainers and lots more items that were
unnamed and unclaimed at parents evening, so these are being taken to the local
charity shop.
HAVE
YOU GOT THE RIGHT COAT?
It
has been brought to our attention that because items are un-named some of the
children’s school coats have become mixed up.
Please can you check if your child is wearing their correct coat, if not
then please see the class teacher.
FOUNDATION & KS1 CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION TICKETS
Tickets
are being handed out today (Tuesday) so please check in your child’s book
bags.
Doors
will open at 8.50am for the Foundation production, and doors will not be opened
for the KS1 performance before 10am.
CAKE STALL JA & ES –
NOW ON THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER
Due to the children having
class Christmas parties on Friday 19 December;
it has been decided to move
the usual end of term cake stall a day earlier. Remember to bring some pocket money in on Thursday
18 December to buy a yummy Christmas treat or two. Cake boxes & letters will be sent to
classes ES & JA shortly.
**IMPORTANT NOTICE** SCHOOL MEAL PRICE INCREASE
FROM JANUARY 2015
EATs catering are increasing the price of school meals from January
2015. The meal is increasing by 10p, to £2.30. All children in Reception & KS1 will
obviously continue to receive free meals, don’t forget that if you have a child
in KS2 and could be eligible for free meals through the Pupil Premium scheme
that you can apply through a link from the Parent Information page of our
website: http://www.roberthitchams.ik.org
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY ON
DINNER DAY, WEDS 17 DECEMBER
Wear a Christmas Jumper on
this day – this can be one that you have decorated yourself – adding any
Christmas themed decorations to your jumper (baubles,
tinsel etc) or a Christmas
jumper that you may already have.
We do not expect anyone to
buy a new jumper for this event.
THE MUSIC CONCERT IN THE HALL ON THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER IS AT 6pm
(not 4pm as stated on last week’s letter – oops!)
SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE
Many
thanks go to Mrs Walker, Mrs Mackenzie & Mrs Nathan for their hard work in
storing, sorting, washing, pricing & selling of the second hand uniform for
the sale. They raised a brilliant £168!
COMMISSION FROM SCHOOL PURCHASES
Just
to let parents know that through making purchases for items from the Scholastic
leaflet and buying school photos from Van Cols the school will receive a good
commission, sometimes up to 20% of the purchase price. We have just received £677 commission from
the individual photos, which is brilliant, thank you to everyone who purchased
these.
In
addition, if you buy items from Yellow Moon, the Northbrook catalogue or shop
online via the Giving Machine (naming Friends of Sir Robert Hitcham’s) then they
will also get commission which comes to the school.
SEVERE WEATHER ARRANGEMENTS
We make every possible
effort to ensure that the school remains open, but many of the staff live a
long way away which involves difficult cross country journeys. In the event of bad weather conditions,
please listen to the radio for information with regard to whether the school
has to be closed or not:
Radio Suffolk 95.5, 95.9, 103.9 and 104.6FM - updates at 10 past and 20 to each hour
Broadland Norfolk 102.4FM
/ SGR FM 97.1-96.4FM
/ Beach Radio 103.4 and 97.4FM
Also visit
http://schoolclosures.suffolk.gov.uk
The Reception classes will
be open 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).
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, you can apply online at www.suffolk.gov.uk/onlineadmissions
You will need to complete a SIF form (Supplementary
Information Form) to return to the school office.
Parent Council Meeting Dates for
2015 - 15 January; 12 March; 30 April; 18 June
If you have anything you would like your Class Rep to
raise at a meeting, please contact them a few weeks in advance. Minutes of past
meetings can be found on the school website under the ‘PARENT INDFORMATION TAB’
under ‘PARENT COUNCIL’ or just click this direct link: http://www.roberthitchams.ik.org/p_Parent_Council.ikml
LOOK OUT FOR Club letters
coming home SOON:
This
week: Premier
Sports Gym & Multi Sports, Art Club
for Year 5, **New Country Dancing for
Year 3 & 4
Next
Week: Y5 & 6
Girls Hockey; Boys Rugby;
Last
Week of Term: Tennis; Holy Horrors
