Dear Parents/Carers
As we come to the end of another
year at Sir Robert Hitcham’s CEVAP School I would like to take a moment to
reflect on what has made up this highly successful year for our school.
Academically our standards
remain high due to the dedication of our Staff, supportive parents, Governors
and of course really engaged and motivated children. The new Government
freedoms from the curriculum have allowed for the majority of children to
explore their learning in a variety of ways helping them to achieve their very
best. Other successes are quite simply
amazing:
Our sporting achievements
continue to be a talking point with medals and trophies in abundance. The
children have yet again excelled themselves at swimming, cross country, hockey
and cricket. Musically the children have been involved in the BBC ‘Ten Pieces’,
Friday Afternoons at Snape, singing with the Phoenix Singers, performing in
Church, at school and in Framlingham. Artistically and dramatically the
children have been involved with many competitions both locally and nationally,
have performed in front of parents and the local community in a variety of
forms, for Year 6 culminating in our performance of ‘Hoodwinked’ at Framlingham
College. Cookery has been a key theme this year with the opening of our new
curriculum kitchen being utilised through lessons and the extremely popular
cookery club.
Our School Arts Festival this
summer was a tremendous opportunity for all children to be given the choice in performing
as a group or as solo performers in front of an audience. The quality of the
performances was outstanding and despite the weather you were a wonderfully
supportive audience and gave it a real festival feel. Due to the positive
feedback we have received we intend to run the festival every other year. The
involvement in our Festival and the Celebration of Framlingham held at St
Michael’s Church gave us case studies for the new Artsmark Award of which we
are awaiting news.
The Schools Council, Eco Council
and the newly formed Worship Group have worked hard this year to help increase
everyone’s opportunity to learn. Our House Captains have been very busy
organising sports, arts and inter-house experiences and we are very grateful
for their contribution to our school.
Once again it has been a very
positive year for the Parent Council who work hard to ensure communication
remains of a high quality and for the ‘Friends’ who work tirelessly to support
the school and enable us to give the children opportunities such as the
terrific ‘Bassistry Arts’.
I would like to especially thank
our wonderful team of volunteers who regularly give so much for our children.
You add a richness to the lives of the children you help.
Particular thanks must be given
to the staff who are leaving us this year. Mrs Dwyer, Miss Ashberry, Mr
Vaughan, Mrs Spencer, and Mrs Seaward together, have influenced the lives of a generation
of children from our school in their own inspirational ways. I know that they
will be missed by the whole school community and we wish them every success for
their futures.
Finally I would like to thank
all the children of whom I am so proud
who have contributed so much to make sure that this has been another
amazing year for Sir Robert Hitcham’s
CEVAP School.
I wish you all a very restful
and enjoyable summer break.
