Wednesday, 12 March 2014

School Hockey Team Win Local Tournament

Yesterday we had 20 children taking par in a hockey tournament at Debenham High School.
Our children looked very smart and professional in our brand new hoodies.


Warming up before the tournament started.








Robert Hitcham's teams won the Gold and Silver medals in this 9 team tournament.
Our A Team won all 8 of their games scoring 46 goals.
They then won the final 7-0 playing some outstanding hockey.
They have now qualified for the County Finals on 2nd April.

Our school Football teams (boys and girls) are playing in the County Finals this coming Saturday morning.



Monday, 10 March 2014

Newsletter 26

PARENT CONSULTATIONS – 12 & 13 MARCH
Parent Consultations are on Wednesday 12 or Thursday 13 March from 3.30pm – 6.00pm in the hall.  Please allow enough time to collect your child’s work tray from class.  Parents of PASB wishing to see both Mrs Akerman and Mrs Beddow together would be best to put in an appointment request for the Wednesday.
Please book your appointment via your oldest child’s teacher by Tuesday.

In addition to booking an appointment to see your child’s class teacher you may also book an appointment to see Mrs Picton or a parent Governor.  Please contact the school office who can book you an appointment time.

REMEMBER THERE IS NO MAYPOLE ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK
(Holy Horrors will be on)
AND NO ART OR ORCHESTRA ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE – 12 & 13 MARCH
The parent council will be selling second hand uniform during the parent consultation evenings on 12 & 13 March, including summer dresses.  They will be set up in the computer suite near the hall, so do bring some money and go along if your child is in need of more uniform.

MATHS GAMES FOR KS1 PUPILS
KS1 should have 100 maths games that the children are given to take home to play as part of their maths homework, however they currently only have 10 games left in school. This means there is very little variety that the teachers can give the children.
Please can we ask ALL PARENTS to check at home for any maths games which might have been forgotten and return them to the teacher.  Thank you.

BOOK FAIR SUCCESS
We would like to thank everyone who came to the book fair, especially those who had to wait in the queue while we took down the orders.  It was a very successful event raising £457 in commission which has been allocated for the teachers to choose class books.

GYM CLUB & FENCING – longer sessions until end of term
Just to remind parents that because Gym & Fencing were cancelled due to Book Fair last week, the next 4 sessions of this term have been extended by Premier Sport by 15 minutes.
Collection time will now be 4.30pm.

MUSIC SURVEY FOR PLDD & RV – PLEASE RETURN ASAP!
Please return your completed survey to the office by THIS WEDNESDAY – so far we have not had a large enough response to be able to determine what parents feel about these class music lessons – your feedback is essential in helping us make decisions for the future.


EARLY COLLECTIONS FROM NURSERY LUNCH CLUB
Parents who wish to collect their child early from lunch club should, in the first instance, let the Nursery know in the morning.  If you are collecting before 1.15pm you should go via the office. Between 1.15-1.30pm parents should go via the front playground entrance, but should wait until all the KS1/Foundation pupils are off the playground after lunch.  Thank you.

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Class DB enjoy creative Share Session

Class DB had a great turnout of parents for a sculpture Share Session.
Laurence Edwards (a professional sculptor) was invited in to lead the workshop on Inuit Engraving.

The Inuit people create carving / engravings from discarded Walrus tusks and whale teeth.
Laurence prepared imitation ivory out of plaster and demonstrated the engraving technique used by the Inuit. The plaster is then painted and washed to show up the markings. 

The results were amazing.
Laurence encouraged us to engrave anything to do with our own lives.















Figure paintings by Class CA









Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Newsletter 25

WORLD BOOK DAY DRESS UP – THURSDAY
Just to remind all families that this Thursday 6 March, we would like the children to come to school dressed as their FAVOURITE BOOK CHARACTER for World Book Day. 

SPRING REPORTS & PARENT CONSULTATIONS
Reports will be coming home this Friday.  Along with the report you will find a slip to be returned to book an appointment to meet with your children’s class teachers for Parent Consultations on either Wednesday 12 or Thursday 13 March from 3.30pm – 6.00pm.
Parents of PASB wishing to see both Mrs Akerman and Mrs Beddow together would be best to put in an appointment request for the Wednesday.
Please return this slip to your oldest child’s teacher by Tuesday 11 March.

PARENT CONSULTATIONS – 12 & 13 MARCH
In addition to booking an appointment to see your child’s class teacher (using the form enclosed with your child’s report) you may also book an appointment to see Mrs Picton or a parent Governor.  Please contact the school office who will book you an appointment time.

****REMEMBER THERE IS NO MAYPOLE ON WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK
(Holy Horrors will be on)
AND NO ART OR ORCHESTRA ON THURSDAY NEXT WEEK****

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE – 12 & 13 MARCH
The parent council will be selling second hand uniform during the parent consultation evenings on 12 and 13 March, including summer dresses.  They will be set up in the computer suite near the hall, so do bring some money and go along if your child is in need of more uniform.

BREAKFAST CLUB OPEN
Following the successful trial of the Breakfast Club before half term, we would like to advise parents that this club is open to any child from Reception to Year 6.
It runs every morning from 7.45am to 8.30am when the children are escorted to the playground.  No need for advance booking, just turn up at 7.45am via the side door to the hall, sign your child in and pay for the session (£3 per session).
Please see the office if you have any further questions.

MODEL MAKING – PLDD & EM
These classes will be making a large model of a combine harvester for the Suffolk Farm Fair competition.  They would like any items of packaging that would be appropriate to be used to build this model, please bring them into the school office if you have any.  Thank you.
  
YOUNG ART EAST ANGLIA
We are delighted to announce that 3 of our pupils, Edie Evans, Imogen Johnson and Olivia Lapage have been selected to be exhibited at the Peter Pears gallery in Aldeburgh on 14, 15 and 16 March. Congratulations go to these three whose work was chosen from 1800 entries.
Anyone can go along to see the art work from these pupils and others, entrance fee is £2 per adult (children free) and all proceeds go to Cancer Research UK.

FRIENDS CAKE STALL & AFTERNOON TEA
The Friends would like to thank classes PLDD & JA for their baking at the end of half term which raised £90 despite the awful weather.  Well Done!
Also, they would like to thank those parents who came along to the afternoon tea on Tuesday, and especially to Mrs Romero and Mrs Wood who baked the delicious cakes for it.

VIOLIN CONCERT – WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 3.15pm
Parents are warmly invited to the annual concert of violin and viola pupils. It takes place at 3.15 on 26th March in the school hall, and lasts about 30 minutes. It is informal and fun. Parents and pupils who are considering starting lessons in September are also most welcome.

ONLINE DINNER PAYMENTS ARE PROVING SUCCESSFUL
We now have a good proportion of parents paying on-line for school dinners.  If you wish to give it a try please do so. You can access the SCC payment site via the link on the front page of our website http://www.roberthitchams.ik.org/
In order for your payments to register on our system on a Monday when we reconcile the dinner money, you will need to make the online payment on a Friday.
You can overpay if you owe dinner money, but you have to write the details in the comments box so we know what the extra payment is for.
Don’t worry if you have made payments and then your child has decided not to have a hot dinner, or were off sick, as all payments will just carry forward.

 LOCAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION:
 Pies, Pasties and Pub Games Evening at Thomas Mills High School
The Friends of Thomas Mills High School are holding a Pies, Pasties and Pub Games Evening on Friday 28 March at 7pm.  An evening of fabulous fun for all the family! There will be Easter Egg prizes to be won.  Tickets at £5 per person available from the Thomas Mills school office on 01728 723493 will include supper and nibbles on arrival.  There will be a cash bar and raffle.  Pies and pasties supplied by Country Pies of Capel St Mary.


Monday, 3 March 2014

Then and Now

One of our year 6 children found a picture at home - from the local paper in 2008.
We have recreated the picture with the same children this morning.
The 10 children were in Miss Treen's class back in 2008. They are now split between DB and PA/SB.
They haven't changed much!



Sunday, 2 March 2014

Singing Club perform for Bishop David

Well done Singing Club!


Singing Club took part in a lovely Communion Service
at St Michael's today, singing beautifully to a packed church!
Miss Ashberry & Mrs Mawson were very proud.