Field to Fork - Growing kits being handed out on Monday

 For those families that registered last month....

Thanks for registering for a Field to Fork kit when we visited your Primary School a few weeks ago. I’m excited to confirm that your kit will be available for collection on Monday afternoon at pick-up time!

Your kit comes in a recycled cotton tote bag for easy transport home and includes everything you need to grow vegetables on your windowsill. We’ll also have extra water saving equipment free of charge from our friends at Anglian Water.

Our East Suffolk Council Communities Team will be in the playground at pick-up time. All you need to do is come along, let us know your name and collect your kit! There will also be a selfie frame for families to use to get everyone in the growing mood!

We would love to hear how you get on with growing this year – any updates, photos or quotes can be emailed to communities@eastsuffolk.gov.uk throughout the year.

 We look forward to seeing you on Monday!

Running success

One of our year 6 girls completed in the Anglian Schools Championship on Saturday 1st February at Woodbridge School. After successfully progressing through the Suffolk Schools trials, she was selected to represent Suffolk in the Minor Girls (Year 6 & 7) Race Championship.   Finishing 5th overall,  this marked her being the 3rd Suffolk girl to cross the line. Her performance played a key role in helping the Suffolk Minor girls team win their category. Along with the other age group teams, Suffolk Schools were crowned Anglian Schools Champions.

Young Voices at the O2

Today 57 of our KS2 children headed off to the O2 for the Young Voices event with other Primary Schools from across the country.

We are looking forward to hearing their stories from this exciting and very special day!

Take a look at the video clips at the end for an idea of the amazing atmosphere.

The Volcano

In Class RJKH we learnt, performed and added a few of our own verses to a poem called 'The Volcano' by Judi Billcliff last week. The children performed enthusiastically and were very proud of their actions, rhyme and rhythm.

LAST CALL FOR QUIZ TICKET PURCHASES BEFORE MONDAY

TICKETS AVAILABLE TO BUY IN THE PARENTMAIL SHOP UNTIL MONDAY

Doors open from 7:15pm and the Quiz starts at 8pm

There will be a bar (cash & card accepted) serving alcoholic and soft drinks throughout the evening.  Pre-order Nachos either beef chilli (£6.50) or cheesy (£5.00) with guacamole, sour cream and tomato salsa - suitable for vegetarians.  These are only available through pre-order, so you can buy your tickets now & come back before 3 Feb to add your Nacho order.  IMPORTANT - please let the Friends know if you have any food allergies.

You can book for friends and family to make up a team of up to 6 or purchase individual tickets and we will place you in a team on the night.

You can purchase up to 6 tickets and up to 6 pre-orders for nachos – the system will record your order linked to your child’s name.

TICKETS AVAILABLE TO BUY IN THE PARENTMAIL SHOP UNTIL MONDAY

Chinese New Year Celebrations in Class JT

On Wednesday, Class JT enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year. With it being the year of the snake, the children created their own snakes folding paper carefully at right angles. They also designed Ming vases using oil pastels, acrylic paint and a scratch technique to form the design. Finally, after enjoying some prawn crackers the children had a go at writing numbers 1-10 in Chinese.

Chinese New Year Fun in MB!

This week, MB have had great fun taking part in Chinese New Year activities. We have learnt why the Snake got a year named after him, tasted prawn crackers, learnt how to write our name in Chinese, made Chinese lanterns and used chopsticks. We finished the week off by creating our own Dragon dance. 

Dragon Dance

Our two Reception Classes had fun this morning as part of their Lunar New Year learning.

The children created two fabulous dancing Dragons in the hall.

Take a look at their dance here.

Class KN Volcano Landscapes

Class KN have been making 3D volcano landscapes in  Art.  We had to firstly design them, deciding what materials we would use.  We created our landscape then attached our volcano.  We have enjoyed using different materials. 

 

Learning rocks in RJKH!

 

RJKH have thoroughly enjoyed a varied week of activities this week in class. We made wonderful Chinese bookmarks yesterday to celebrate Chinese New Year and worked together to produce posters about sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks. We hope you enjoy looking at our photos of some of what we've learnt.

Morning Get-Together

We're really pleased that over 20 parents were able to come along this morning for a relaxed and informal coffee morning, where the senior leaders and parent governors also joined them to chat.

It was a great opportunity to meet other parents and talk about all things school or non-school!

The hot drinks were welcome on this blustery day and our thanks go to to Mrs Gavazzi for the amazing cakes and Mrs Rogers for the super chocolate cookies. When word gets out how good the treats were we expect even more parents at the next one!

We hope those who did come along found it an enjoyable event, and we will look to adding these regularly in the school calendar.

Did you miss the deadline to apply for a Reception place?

The closing date for applying for primary school places for the 2025/2026 school year has now passed. 

To apply after the closing date, you must complete a paper application (CAF1) directly to SCC Admissions.  Any paper application received after the closing date will normally be treated as a late application. 

Sometimes there are very exceptional reasons why an application cannot be made by the closing date. This only applies in circumstances outside your control which made it impossible for the application to have been made on time. If you feel that this applies to you, please write to us giving all your reasons and include as much supporting evidence with your application to reach us by Wednesday 5 February 2025. Your evidence will be considered by a panel and each case will be decided individually. You will receive a letter telling you whether your application will be treated as late or on time. 

For more information about how to make a late application please go to www.suffolk.gov.uk/admissions

Please ensure you have included your child’s name and DOB in all of your correspondence. 

Parents Quiz Night on Friday 7 February

Doors open from 7:15pm and the Quiz starts at 8pm

There will be a bar (cash & card accepted) serving alcoholic and soft drinks throughout the evening.  Pre-order Nachos either beef chilli (£6.50) or cheesy (£5.00) with guacamole, sour cream and tomato salsa - suitable for vegetarians.  These are only available through pre-order, so you can buy your tickets now & come back before 3 Feb to add your Nacho order.  IMPORTANT - please let the Friends know if you have any food allergies.

You can book for friends and family to make up a team of up to 6 or purchase individual tickets and we will place you in a team on the night.

You can purchase up to 6 tickets and up to 6 pre-orders for nachos – the system will record your order linked to your child’s name.

TICKETS AVAILABLE TO BUY IN THE PARENTMAIL SHOP UNTIL MON 3 FEB 

Mapac Uniform Sale

 

Visit their link which you can find on our website uniform page : https://www.hitchamsframlingham.org.uk/School-Uniform-Ordering/ 

COFFEE MORNING INVITATION

On Friday, 24 January, after morning drop off, we’d like to invite parents to come into the hall for a warming cuppa to meet the school’s Senior Leaders - 

Mrs Cann (Headteacher), Mrs Hall (Deputy), Mrs Cooper (SENDCo), Miss Whipps (KS2 Lead) & Mrs Mawson (KS1/Foundation lead).   

We are also hoping that the Parent Governors (Mr Winstone & Mrs Khan) and our Family Liaison Partner (Mrs Snowden) will attend.

It will be a relaxed and informal gathering where parents can have a coffee/tea and chat with the school team.

We hope many of you will be able to join us.