Sports Coach Vacancy

Salary:                              Grade 4 point 14

Job Term:                         Minimum 15 hours per week

Appointment Type:           1 year fixed term

Closing Date:                    20 June 2022

Interviews:                       w/c 27 June 2022

Required from:                 September 2022

We are proud of the opportunities our pupils have to benefit from a wide range of activities and sports. We are looking to appoint a highly motivated sports coach who is able to meet the following criteria:

Suitable qualification (Example: NGB Coaching Qualification, UK Coaching Certificate)

• Support teachers in delivering high quality curriculum PE lesson
• Organise and run lunchtime and after school sports clubs and activities
• Encourage participation and motivate pupils to take part in physical activities
• Co-ordinate School Sports Day
• Be confident in accompanying children to sports tournaments
• A good communicator with both children and adults who prides themselves on being a team player 

We are a successful and well-resourced CEVAP School of 350 children and a nursery, in the popular and attractive market town of Framlingham. We offer a supportive team of both staff and governors, a pleasant working environment and enthusiastic pupils who are confident and motivated. 

You should be passionate about children’s participation, have high expectations of yourself and pupils, and be supportive of the Christian ethos of the school. 

“This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.” 

Visits to the school are welcome, or find out more about us at www.hitchamsframlingham.org.uk

For further details please contact the Headteacher on 01728 723354 or email admin@hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk.

Completed forms should be returned to the school.

Fantastic Fundraising of over 28000 coins for EACH!

We are absolutely delighted to announce the total we raised for EACH in our Jubilee Runathon was an incredible £651.35

See the post on the EACH website here

A massive Thank You goes out to all the children and their families, for collecting and donating all your small change - from pennies to pound coins. 

All sorts of vessels were used to collect the coins in class this week from sweet jars, chocolate tins, measuring jugs, jam jars and some classes even resorted to cardboard boxes as they had so much!!  

We are very grateful to Mrs Hall and the School Council who planned this event and a huge thank you to the staff and Class VWe who were involved in counting the coins - Mrs Morgan, Mrs Colchester, Mrs Mawson, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Morgan, Miss Vaughan & Miss Elliott.  

We'd also like to thank the helpful team at Barclays Bank in Framlingham who assisted with the banking of over 28,000 coins totalling £651.35 

For the runathon that took place on Wednesday, the baton bearer for each class was the child who shared (or had the nearest) birthday to the Queen – 21st April. 

They started with the youngest children who were led by the Year 6 House Captains in a lap around the field, followed by each year group in succession as they lined up ready to take the baton and run their lap.  

Every child was smiling and laughing as they ran and were making every step count towards this special event. 

Let's go Fly a Kite!

To end our terrific Jubilee week, the children spent the afternoon on our wonderful school field, flying kites, having fun and enjoying cakes (kindly donated by the Co-op), with family & friends.

 

A Right Royal Parade!

Dressed in red, white and blue, wearing crowns and waving Union Jack flags the children left the Church Service at St Michael's to parade around Market Hill.

Apologies that we had to stop a few cars during the parade for a short while for the children to cross the roads!

We paused for a moment to sing the National Anthem to the delight of the locals and tourists who happened to be there.

Platinum Jubilee Church Service

First thing today, our children went to St Michael's Church for our Jubilee Church Service.

What a lovely atmosphere there was as we celebrated the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Our thanks go to the children in the Worship Group and to St Michael's Church and Rev Chris Davey for today.

Nursery Jubilee celebrations

We have had a busy week along with the rest of the school celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. 

We have been sharing lots of books to learn about the Queen and London, as well as doing a mini study on New Zealand as part of the whole school Commonwealth learning. We have shared some fiction books with the Queen in too, including The Queen's Hat, The Queen's Lift Off, The Queen's Present and The Queen's Knickers!

We have learnt about the Union Jack flag and took part in our own relay Runathon raising money with the rest of the school for EACH.

We loved wearing red white and blue and waving to the whole school parade today. 

We also decorated our own special table cloth in red, white and blue and finished our week with a celebration tea party! 

Jubilee Lunch

We're really looking forward to our Jubilee lunchtime - Mrs Aldred has made 249 lunches today including these wonderful Jubilee Cakes!

Awesome Jubilee 70 Drone Footage of our Whole School!

Following the Jubilee Runathon yesterday, over 340 children formed the number '70' on the field for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Key Stage 1 created the number ‘7’ and Key Stage 2 created the ‘0’.

We were delighted to have a wonderful photographer (Mr Rees) take aerial photos and videos from a drone for this occasion.

The atmosphere was electric with excitement as everyone formed the number - it was brilliant, and will form an incredible memory for the children.

Our grateful thanks (and of course, photo credits) go to D.Rees for the awesome footage and images, and for helping out with the afternoon event.

Jubilee Runathon in aid of EACH

First thing on Wednesday morning, there was a real buzz of excitement around the school as children were bringing in their 1p, 2p and 5p donations for EACH.   

All sorts of vessels were being used to collect the coins in class from sweet jars, chocolate tins, measuring jugs, jam jars and some classes even resorted to cardboard boxes as they had so much!!  

The total will be announced after half-term, as we have been quite over-whelmed by how many coins have been brought in and so we are still counting!!

Mr Jewell and Miss Blowers led the whole school in a warm up which everyone –including staff – joined in with to get ready for the Runathon.  

The baton bearer for each class was the child who shared (or had the nearest) birthday to the Queen – 21st April. 

We started with the youngest children and the Year 6 team captains led them around the field.  While they were running, the year 1 children lined up ready to take the baton and run their lap.  While they were running, year 2 lined up and took over the baton.  This continued until every year group had run and completed their lap around the field. Every child was smiling and laughing as they ran and were making every step count towards this special event. 

Class VWh Home Learning- Climate Change and insect decline

A couple of weeks ago, the year 5’s in VWh were given a news article to read about the colossal loss of insect life in some areas of the world. 

It discussed the serious implications of this and the threat it might pose to food security and human health as pollinators are critical. The article went on to discuss the actions required to preserve natural habitats and gave stark statistics if action isn’t taken soon. 

The children had to create an informative poster to summarize the main points of the article, sign-posting the reader to viable, potential solutions. 

Some children continued their research further. Here are some example of their work…

Investigating a Commonwealth Country

As part of our in- school Jubilee celebrations, each class has been assigned a Commonwealth country to study. 

Today, class VWh have been looking at Jamaica and have been learning about its physical geography, climate, fauna and fauna, food, culture, etc. 

We found out that the country is 23 times smaller than the UK and has a population of 2.8 million. 

Additionally, we talked about the symbolic nature of the flag colours.

Jubilee Party Planners

Today, the children in Class VWh were transformed into Jubilee party planners!

They were tasked with planning a party for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations for their local village/ town. 

The following needed careful consideration: type of food they wanted to offer, decorations, entertainment and location. The budget was set at £1000 and they had to cater for 70 attendees. 

When contemplating the venue, they had to think about the hourly rate to hire and calculate percentage discounts when a certain duration had passed. 

Additionally, some offers seemed appealing but upon further investigation, they proved to be less cost- effective. With the food, were they going to provide a roast dinner for £23 per head, or give their guests a lighter meal option? 

There were a range of choices and children had to use ‘Trial and Error’ strategies in order to remain under budget. The class worked collaboratively and had to produce an invoice of options for the potential client.

Platinum Jubilee Commemorative Mugs

Framlingham Town Council have generously provided a commemorative mug for every child at school to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

We are delighted as a school that the Crown designs added to the mug were produced by the children.

The mugs will be handed out on Wednesday for each child to (carefully!) carry home.

Thank you to Framlingham Town Council for the donation of these mugs to the children.

Letter from the Queen

The School Council were delighted to receive a response to their letter to the Queen.  This was shared with the whole school in Monday's assembly.

VACANCY FOR TEACHING ASSISTANT

We are seeking an enthusiastic and flexible individual to join our friendly and supportive TA team. Full time position of 28.3hours per week/5.75hours per day for 38 weeks per year. Grade 2 (£18,333 pro rata); Fixed Term to 31/8/2023; Required from September 2022

Closing Date for applications is 27 June 2022.  

Interviews will be held on 6 July 2022

Candidates will demonstrate:

·         excellent communication skills

• minimum GCSE level Maths and English skills
• ability to work with children in whole class setting
• ability to independently deliver interventions
• a preferred knowledge of the primary curriculum
• ability to assist and support children on a 1:1 basis
• willingness to take direction from class teacher, but able to use initiative when required.

·         previous experience preferred but not essential

In addition, you should be passionate about children’s learning, have high expectations and be supportive of the Christian ethos of the school.  For further details please contact the school on 01728 723354 or see our website.  Completed forms should be returned to admin@hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk. 

Young Voices at the O2

34 very excited KS2 children have travelled to London today to perform in the Young Voices at the O2.

Here are a few shots of their day so far, we look forward to hearing more about their day singing when they return ...

Bunting & Union Jack flying

In celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee we are flying the Union Jack 

and have added bunting to the railings on College Road.