District Netball Tournament

On Tuesday the 22nd of March, the netball team went to stradbroke to play a netball tournament. We all had a lot of fun including Mrs Spencer and Miss Dineen. The Blue team was Georgina, Annie, Mollie w, Jasmine p, Molly c, Zina, Madison, Poppy and Ellen. The red team was, Hikmah, Anneeta, Anneesha, Aleena, Anjel, Molly h, Brooke, Kate and Jaseena.

 In the first round the blue team played against Laxfield and the red team played against stradbroke. In the second round the blue team played against Fressingfield and the red team played Eye. In the third round the blue team played against mellis and the red team played against mellis but waited until the blue team finished. In the fourth round the blue team played SRH Debenham and the red team played Gislingham. And in the fifth round the red team played against Stonham Aspal.

Finally the Blue team got into the Semi Final against Laxfield but unfortunately we lost 3-2, but all the blue team are glad they got this far. We all got certificates for trying our best. When the other team won we shook hands. It doesn’t matter who won it’s the taking part that counts.

By Annie Smith and Jasmine Prime Photography by Miss Dineen.

Many Thanks to Mrs Spencer for a great morning

End of Term Disco Poster

Whole School Letter 34

STAFF CHANGESI am delighted to advise that Mrs Dwyer will be returning to school on Thursday 7 April, following her maternity leave. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Greenacre for all his hard work in covering for her, and I am sure the children in PLDD will thank him personally too.
Mrs Pascoe, our superb office manager, will be leaving us at the end of the summer term, she is retiring – we can’t believe it either! More information will follow nearer the time regarding a leaving collection.

OFFICE VACANCYWith the retirement of Mrs Pascoe, and a redistribution of duties in the office, we are advertising a vacancy for a Finance and Premises manager. Experience in a school office and knowledge of the SIMs finance and pupil systems are essential. Please see the school website for more details and an application form.


YEAR 6 ADDITIONAL SWIMMINGYear 6 need to bring their swimming kit for the next 2 Mondays please; on Monday 28 March there will be swim trials for the House Gala to be held on Monday 4 April and the inter-schools gala to be held on Wednesday 6 April. Children can have normal school lunch on both these Mondays.

HOLIDAY REQUESTSI would like to clarify to parents that holidays should be booked in school holidays, not term time. The school will only authorise holidays during term time in exceptional circumstances as specified in our Attendance Policy. May I emphasise that 10 days absence is not a parental right, but will be considered by the school in exceptional circumstance. There will be no authorisation given during Assessments weeks (SATs) and no authorisation given for the first week of the new academic year as this leads to difficulty for the child settling into their new class.
A copy of the policy is available on the website, or from the school office.

SUMMER DRESSES AND OTHER UNIFORMWe have some girls’ excellent quality second hand school summer dresses for sale in all sizes. They will be available outside the School Office on Monday 28 March for the week. They can be purchased for a donation to the school. We will gladly receive any dresses that are found to be too small this year – come and do a swap!

MUMS TO LUNCH LUNCHES – THURS 31 MARCH, MONDAY 4 AND THURSDAY 7 APRILWe have had an overwhelming response to this, and are unable to accept any late orders. For those already booked in, please may we remind you to pay for your child’s lunch on the Monday of the week you are booked in. Thank you.

MORNING DROP-OFFPlease can we ask parents not to ‘hang-around’ outside classrooms, in corridors or activity areas in the mornings, as it not only causes congestion but delays the children getting to class and settling in. Thank you.

ABSENCE MESSAGESPlease can messages regarding absences be left on the school answer-machine before 8.30am wherever possible, as the office is busy dealing with parents at the window between 8.30-9.00am.

Election of Parent Governors

The Voting paper handed out today contains the names of 2 candidates nominated in accordance with the procedures for election. Statements provided by the candidates are set out below. There is one voting paper for each parent irrespective of the number of children from the family on roll at the school.

STATEMENTS FROM NOMINATED PARENT GOVERNORS:
Mrs Catherine Hill
I have always wanted to be involved in, and make a positive contribution to my children’s school. I hope this has been reflected by my significant involvement with the Friends Committee in recent years. To further my contribution, I would welcome the new role of Parent Governor.

Mrs Sharon Lucas
My name is Sharon Lucas; I have a daughter in Year 5 and a son in Reception. I believe this exciting role is that of a mediator between school and parents. It is essential that, as parents, we can freely communicate with the staff, resulting in a positive relationship between all parties.

Voting slips are to be returned by Tuesday 29 March

Children Raise Money on Red Nose Day

Our school office has sold 428 red noses (at £1 each) over the last few weeks raising a lot of money for charity.

On Thursday after school a group of children from Class CA held a cake stall to raise money for Comic Relief. The children organised everything with a tiny amount of help from some mums (thank you!). We are very proud of the children and amazed at the total of £150 and 10p raised. Thank you to all those who made cakes.

More interesting Suffolk photos

These photos were taken by Mr Byer. Above is the fantastic village sign in Capel St Andrew and below is a strange piece of wood on the beach at Covehithe (near Southwold). What do you think it looks like?

Do you have any strange or interesting photos from around Suffolk?

3 Classes go on Colchester Castle Trip

On Monday classes EM, CA and PL/DD went to visit Colchester Castle. We looked at many Roman artifacts and had a story tour under the castle. We learnt lots of new things and had a really good day out.

 

Whole School Letter 32

INTERNET SAFETY TRAINING FOR PARENTS

On Wednesday 6 April, we will be holding a special training evening for parents, from 7pm – 8.30pm, this is a repeat of the afternoon session held last November.

Following the huge rise in the use of the internet and ‘social networking’ sites we felt it would be useful to parents to understand more about them. We hope to help you identify the issues surrounding these sites for both you and your children.

We have arranged for the training team within SCC Safeguarding in Education to run this training. The overall event will be around keeping children safe on the internet and social networking sites. The training will cover ‘Facebook’ and Social Networking sites, what they are, the benefits of them and the not so good elements. They will also cover good and bad profile content and privacy settings.

If you are interested in attending this training please complete and return the slip below as soon as possible. Places are limited to 20 from this school, as the training is also being offered to staff from local schools.

INTERNET SAFETY TRAINING FOR PARENTS WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL

I would like to reserve _____ seats (maximum 1 per family please) for this training at 7pm-8.30pm

Parent Name __________________________________

Parent Signature __________________________________ Date ___________

Child’s name __________________________________ Class ___________

Whole School Letter 31

REPORT FEEDBACK
We are very grateful to all those families who responded to the reporting trial for the Spring term. Your comments have been very honest and therefore invaluable in our endeavours to make reporting to families more accessible and useful to children’s learning. These have now been collated and in due course will be shared with the Governors. There was an overwhelming support for the new format with 92% of the responses being in favour of it. As this format appears successful in the main, we will use this for the next academic year for the Autumn and Spring reports. The remaining 8% of the comments will be debated by staff as we formulate the Summer Term report format. Thank-you

PARENT CONSULTATIONS – Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 March
The parent consultations which are taking place on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 March will follow a similar format to previous meetings. The appointments will take place in the hall. The children’s work will be ready for you to collect in their classrooms. Do take time to look through their work before your appointment. A waiting area will be created in the middle of the hall which will create a confidential atmosphere. May I finally remind you that this is a ‘Grown ups’ only appointment. I look forward to meeting many of you this week.
Due to the staff being involved in Parent Consultations there will be NO Hockey, Football or Reading Club on Tuesday, and NO Maypole on Wednesday BUT HOLY HORRORS WILL BE ON AS USUAL.

UPDATE ON CROSSING PATROL
I had a meeting last week with Mr Hart the County Councillor and Mr Mottram the Highways Road Safety Manager to further discuss the future of the crossing patrol outside our school. Both gentlemen were extremely impressed with the petitions and individual letters sent to the County Council by children and parents from our school. Although we were not able to save the funding for our crossing patrol from the County Council, an opportunity has been created for a dialogue to occur between the Council, Highways and the school. Over the next few weeks we will be meeting to discuss the options for some form of crossing patrol for the Summer Term and indeed beyond. Issues to resolve are funding, recruitment, training, insurance etc. We will keep you informed of any progress and in the meantime would like to thank all those considerate drivers who slow down at the Vyces Road junction to give children and parents time to cross College Road safely.

RED NOSE DAY – Reminder
We are selling Red Noses at the office for £1.00 until Wednesday 16 March. Wear them on Friday!

NURSERY PLAY AND CHAT MORNINGS - Monday 4 and Wednesday 6 April
On 4 and 6 April parents are welcome to come into Nursery to chat to Mrs Stephenson or Mrs Eyles and look at their child’s learning journey, and to play with their child. Please stay for as long as you wish between 9.30-11.30am

FRIENDS FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Friday’s showing of ‘Alpha and Omega’ was a great success, raising about £270. The Friends wish to thank the children and parents for their support, there has been some great feedback, and they hope to run another one in May.

ROAD WORKS
We have been told Mount Pleasant will have traffic lights from 16 – 25 March, so you may need to allow extra time for your journey to and from school.

OLD WELLIES!
If you have any old wellies sizes 11, 12 & 1 the reception classes would really like to have them. Thank you.

CUT YOUR BILLS
Suffolk Coastal District Council would like families to be aware that they may be entitled to Housing or Council Tax benefits. As long as you have less than £16,000 in savings you may qualify, even if you are working, for example a couple with two children earning £440 per week may qualify. They suggest you visit http://www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk/yourhome/benefits/default.htm, ring 01394 444838 or visit the Council Offices at Melton Hill, Woodbridge.

SUFFOLK COASTAL YOUNG PEOPLES’ PROJECT
This group runs a Saturday club once a month on the fourth Saturday and a summer play-scheme. They are based in Saxmundham and cater for children aged 7-13 years old who have disabilities/additional needs. They do a variety of crafts, activities, play on the Wii and get outside as much as possible. For more information contact Maria on 01728 747938 (evenings).

REMINDER OF SCHOOL DATES FOR 2011
End of Term Friday 8 April
Non Pupil Day Tuesday 26 April 2011
Start of Term Wednesday 27 April 2011
Bank Holiday Friday 29 April 2011 Royal Wedding public holiday
Bank Holiday Monday 2 May 2011
Half Term w/c 30 May 2011
Non Pupil Day Friday 24 June 2011
Non Pupil Day Monday 27 June 2011
End of Term Friday 22 July 2011

DATES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012

AUTUMN TERM
Non Pupil Day Monday 5 September 2011
Non Pupil Day Tuesday 6 September 2011
Start of Term Wednesday 7 September 2011
Half Term w/c 24 October 2011
End of Term Friday 16 December 2011

SPRING TERM
Non Pupil Day Tuesday 3 January 2012
Start of Term Wednesday 4 January 2012
Half Term w/c 13 February 2012
End of Term Friday 30 March 2012

SUMMER TERM
Non Pupil Day Monday 16 April 2012
Start of Term Tuesday 17 April 2012
Bank Holiday Monday 7 May 2012
Bank Holiday Monday 28 May 2012
Half Term w/c 4 June 2012
End of Term Friday 20 July 2012
Non Pupil Day Monday 23 July 2012

SATS week TBC May 2012
Y6 Camp week 9 – 13 July 2012

Spirituality Workshop

The children who worked on this project were chosen from across the school from the Nursery to Year 6. They worked in family groupings of 4 or 5 children to each sculpture. They had an introductory session at school and then spent the whole of the next day at St. Michael's Church in Framlingham working on the project. They came in old clothes, with a packed lunch and were ready for action from the word go.

The 24 children were chosen from mixed cultural and religious backgrounds and they all supported each other. They even ate their packed lunches together in the church.

The sculptures were based on 6 characters from the Easter story. The children discussed their characters and their emotions. The sculptures (created from scrap materials) were made to depict their chosen character.

Some quotes from the children:

"It was quite imaginative because we had to dream up all the ideas of what they would look like". Kasper

"It was exciting. I liked pasting the best because we were on the final stage and not sure what it would look like." Alex

"I would like to do another one and another one. It was such fun." Ben

"It was exhausting". Emma

"I made some new friends." Anvika

"It was good doing it in church because there's loads of space and the story comes from the Bible, and the Bible is read in church." Freddie

On Friday 25th March the sculptures are being taken to the Cathedral in Bury St. Edmunds for display over the Easter period.

Watch this video below to see all of the finished sculptures of Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimethea, Judas, a Soldier, Pontuis Pilate and Mary Mother of Jesus.

Textile Pictures by Class RV

These stunning pictures were created by children in class RV. Each one is based on a famous work of art. Molly's superb picture, for example, is inspired by Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting - see below.

Do you recognise the artist who inspired this soup can?

Unusual Images Around Suffolk

I really like walking in the Suffolk countryside and always take a camera with me. During half term I saw some unusual sites such as an island in a lake (near Shingle Street) which looks like a map of Britain.

This sculpture of a bicycle is in a field between Framlingham and Badingham.

This amazing piece of 'art work' has been made in the shingle near Bawdsey. Some one has made a line of white stones and shells which winds its way from their beach house down to the water.

If any body has photos of unusual or strange sites around Suffolk then please give a copy to Mr Brook. Perhaps they could go on our Blog.

Tesco Vouchers

There is now a collection box outside the school office for Tesco vouchers 2011.

We will be particularly grateful this year (much tighter school budget) for any vouchers you can give us.

New Seating Area Opens

A new area with benches and gravel has been added to our back playground.

Film Night this Friday

Whole School Letter 30

BRING YOUR MUM TO LUNCH
ON THURSDAY 31 MARCH, MONDAY 4 OR THURSDAY 7 APRIL

We would like to invite mums to come and experience a school lunch with their children on Thursday 31 March, Monday 4 April or Thursday 7 April.

We ask that you attend on 1 day only; if you have more than one child here you can all eat together.

The costs of school lunches are £3.17 for an adult (£2.10 for a child).

Our cooks strive to make all the food appetizing and at the same time to produce a healthy meal. To achieve this, they oven bake food whenever possible, make their own bread and rolls, and use fresh vegetables in season. Fresh salads are on the menu every day. They also use the humble potato, not instant mash, and there are at least two vegetable options on every day. Fried and pre-processed foods are kept to a minimum and chips are only on the menu once a week, the meals are appealing, balanced and healthy. Mrs Chapman, our cook, makes great efforts to cook new and imaginative dishes. On the reverse of this letter is a menu for the 3 days for your information.

Please fill in the reply slip below and return it to the office with the money FOR THE ADULT MEALS ONLY by Thursday 17 March AT THE LATEST. Sadly, we are NOT able to accept any late requests as the ingredients have to be ordered in advance. Children should bring in their money as usual on Monday 28 March or Monday 4 April for lunch arrangements for those weeks.

Please also state if you require a VEGETARIAN option.

We would ask mums to sign in outside the hall and wait in this area for their child/ren to collect them at 12.05pm and take them into lunch. Could we remind you that unfortunately you will not be able to park in the school car park due to lack of space. We would ask that mums do not stay after you have eaten lunch. At this time the children will go to their playground for play and we ask that you leave but please do not forget to sign out.
We would also welcome your feedback on the forms outside the hall when you have finished. Bon appetit!
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FRAMLINGHAM SIR ROBERT HITCHAM’S CEVAP SCHOOL
BRING YOUR MUM TO LUNCH: Thursday 31 March, Monday 4 April or Thursday 7 April

Please may I have my school lunch on: Thur 31 March OR Mon 4 April OR Thur 7 April

I enclose £ 3.17 (adult meal price) Please make cheques payable to Suffolk County Council.

I DO / DO NOT REQUIRE A VEGETARIAN CHOICE * delete as appropriate

PLEASE DO NOT PAY FOR THE CHILDREN’S MEAL UNTIL THE WEEK OF THE LUNCH

Name of pupil 1 ______________________________ Class _________
Name of pupil 2 ______________________________ Class __________
Name of pupil 3 ______________________________ Class __________

Mum’s Name _____________________________ Signature_____________________


BRING YOUR MUM TO LUNCH
MENU CHOICE

Below are the menu choices for the three days.
You do not have to choose in advance, this is for information only:

Thursday 31 March

Roast Beef with Yorkshire pudding and gravy
Homemade Vegetarian Burger (Vegetarian)
Parsnip Bake

Roast Potatoes
Cabbage & Carrots
Home-made Bread

Apricot Layer Shortcake and Custard
Rice Pudding
Yoghurt
Fresh Fruit

Monday 4 April

Suffolk Sausages & Onion Gravy
Spicy Bean Casserole (Vegetarian)
Homemade Cauliflower Cheese with Bacon

Creamed Potatoes
Peas & Swede
Home-made Bread

Apple Crumble and Custard
Oaty Finger and Fruit Juice
Yoghurt
Fresh Fruit

Thursday 7 April

Roast Pork, sage & onion stuffing & gravy
Vegetable Frittata (Vegetarian)
Shepherds Pie

Roast Potatoes
Broccoli & Carrots
Home-made Bread

Oaty Fruit Crunch and Strawberry Sauce
Tropical Fruit Salad
Yoghurt
Fresh Fruit

New playground surface

As you will have probably noticed, we have a new front playground surface. This was done amazingly during the half term holiday. Some new drainage was put under our back playground. This has solved a long standing problem. The plan is to resurface the whole of this playground soon. Over half term 6 classrooms also had new carpets fitted.

Roman Dance by Class EM

In Class EM we had to make up a Roman dance. It had to include marching, turning, fighting and defending.

We got told that it mustn’t be just 5 minutes of play fighting. You must not make any sound with your feet or hands.

Our favourite bit was the ending. You can watch some videos below.

By Eddie Baker and Zac Brady.

Hand Sculptures in Clay

These stunning sculptures were made by children in class DB.