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Wednesday, 23 April 2014

CLUB & MUSIC LESSON TIMETABLE

DAY/TIMES	CLUB	AGE	LOCATION	CONTACT	START DATE
Monday
11:20-3:00	*Violin (Mrs Fell)	Y3-Y6	Computer/Music Room	School Office	(Fri) 25 Apr
12.35 – 1.10	*French Club	Y2	Upstairs Activity Area	Mrs Archer*	28 Apr
3.10 – 3.45 3.05 – 4.00 3.15 – 4.15	*French Club Gardening Club Fencing (Premier Sport)	Y3 Y1-Y6 Y3-Y4	Upstairs Activity Area Framlingham Community Garden Hall (max 20 places)	Mrs Archer* Mrs Hopkins & Mrs Eyles Office	28 Apr 28 Apr 28 Apr
Tuesday
12.30-1.00 12.15 – 1.00 12.15-1.15	Board Games Philosophy Club Cricket Club	Y3-Y4 Y5-Y6 Y6	Mrs Lord/Mrs Dwyer’s Classroom Mr Brook’s Classroom Field	Mrs Lord Mrs Cann Mr Brook	29 Apr 29 Apr 29 Apr
10:20 – 1:15	*Wind and Brass (MFSF)	Y3-Y6	AM - Comp/Music Room; PM - Mrs Akerman’s Room	Music For Schools	29 Apr
3.05 – 3.45 3.10 – 3.45 3.15 – 4.15 3.15 - 4.15	Reading Club French Club Tennis (Andrew Orton) Cricket Club	Y2-Y3 Y2 Y3-Y6 Y5-Y6	Mrs Akerman’s Room Upstairs Activity Area Back Playground Field	Mrs Akerman Mrs Archer* School Office Mr Brook	29 Apr 29 Apr 29 Apr 29 Apr
Wednesday
12.15-12.35 12.30-1.00 12.30-1.15	Recorders Make and Do club Cricket Club	Y3 Y2 Y4-Y5	Mrs Hopkins’ Classroom Mrs Spencer’s Classroom Field	Mrs Hopkins & Mrs Eyles Mrs Ambrose Mr Vaughan & Mr Brook	30 Apr 30 Apr 30 Apr
1.00-3.00	*Guitar (County Music Service)	Y3-Y6	Mrs Akerman’s Room	School Office	23 Apr
2.30-3.00	*Clarinet (County Music Service)	Y5-Y6*	Upstairs Activity Area *(‘play-on’ pupils only)	School Office	23 Apr
2.30-3.00	*Brass (County Music Service)	Y4-Y6*	Computer/Music Room *(‘play-on’ pupils only)	School Office	23 Apr
3.15 - 4.00 3.15 - 4.00	Hitcham’s Holy Horrors Maypole (from Feb half Term)	Y1-Y6 Y3-Y4	Upstairs Activity Area Hall	School Office School Office	30 Apr 23 Apr
Thursday
12.30-1.00 12.45-1.15	Board Games K’nex Club	Y5-Y6 Y2	Upstairs Activity Area Miss Montague’s Classroom	Mrs Colchester Miss Montague	1 May 1 May
3.05 – 4.00	Orchestra	Y3-Y6	Hall	Miss Ashberry & Mrs Mawson	1 May
Friday
12.15 – 12.45 12.35 – 1.10 12.45 - 1.15	Netball *French Club Singing Club	Y5-6 Y1 Y3-Y6	Front Playground Upstairs Activity Area Computer/Music Room	Mrs Spencer Mrs Archer * Miss Ashberry & Mrs Mawson	2 May 2 May 2 May
3.15 – 4.15	*Gymnastics (Premier Sport)	Y1-Y6	Hall	School Office	25 Apr
Activities marked with are external providers who charge a fee per term* House Sports matches will be held on Fridays 3.15-4.15, Mr Brook will advise pupils the week before each event.

Newsletter 31

Welcome Back to the Summer Term!

We have a very short first half term, just 4 ½ weeks which includes the SATs testing, followed by a much longer 2^nd half term of 7 ½ weeks.

Along with this letter of general information please also find a

Diary Dates leaflet which gives details of dates for the rest of this term and a Club leaflet with start dates of all summer clubs

– please note some start this week but most clubs start next week.

REMEMBER THE SCHOOL DAY TIMING CHANGES:

· The playground will still be supervised from 8.30am however the school doors will now open at 8.40am, at which point the children can come in to put their bags/coats on pegs, they should not go back out then but should go into class.

· All children should be IN class by 8.50am for registration.

· If it is raining the staff will manually open the doors from 8.30am for wet play in class.

· At the end of school KS1 will go onto the playground earlier to be collected at 3.00pm

· KS2 will come out at 3.05 as they have always done.

DINNER MONEY COST FOR SUMMER 1^st HALF TERM

*******Dinner money should be paid on Mondays******

Half term payments are due by the first Monday after each half term.

The cost for lunch every day will be = £48.40 23 April – 23 May = 22 days

Don’t forget you can pay for the whole term for 1/2/3 or 4 days per week too.

To pay on-line follow the link from the ‘Parent Information’ button on the school website

Weekly payments:

5 days £11.00 4 days £8.80 3 days £6.60 2 days £4.40 1 day £2.20

Cheques should be made payable to Suffolk County Council (SCC)

with your child’s name and class WRITTEN ON THE BACK please.

DINNER MONEY MUST BE HANDED TO THE TEACHER IN AN ENVELOPE THAT STATES: Child’s Name + Child’s Class + which days dinner money is for.

DEADLINE FOR HALF-TERM PAYMENT IS MONDAY 28 APRIL.

NETBALL CLUB – NOW OPEN TO YEAR 5s

During the summer term a basic skills netball course for year 5 & 6 girls on the MUGA courts at Thomas Mills High School will run on Mondays after school, in a similar fashion to the previous hockey club run by Mr Brook.

We would require some parents to ferry the children up to the high school for a 3.30pm start and students would need to be collected at 4.30pm.

The course will be led by Mrs Constanti with the support of some 6th form members of the Framlingham Netball Club. The main aim of the course would be to build up skills and confidence in the sport before the girls move up to high school. The sessions would run on the following dates: 12th & 19th May, 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th June.

Application forms to be returned to our school office by Monday 28 April please.

SUN PROTECTION

Now the summer term has started I wanted to remind you about our Sun Protection policy. The sun’s rays are particularly strong in the summer and they can damage children’s skin, which can sadly lead to skin cancer in later life.

Your child’s health and well-being are very important to us, which is why we:

* spend time learning about the importance of sun protection;

* encourage pupils to wear hats when outside and to use sunscreen;

* encourage pupils to drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration.

More details can be found in our Sun Protection policy.

Of course, your support is very important if we are to make this work. You can help by:

* talking to your child about the importance of sun protection at home;

* applying a minimum factor 15 sunscreen to your child’s face, neck, arms and legs

(if exposed) before they leave home, in order to safeguard them through the day;

* always sending your child to school in a hat (preferably with a wide brim);

* ensuring your child brings in a water bottle (with a sports cap).

…..COATS

However… as the British weather is so unpredictable can we please ask that children bring a waterproof coat with them as we still like them to go out at break and lunch times even if the weather is a little wet.

BREAK TIME SNACKS

Please can we remind parents that the children should only be bringing in fruit or vegetables for their morning snack. Please DO NOT include packets of processed or coated fruit eg fruit winders or yoghurt coated fruits please also do not include other foods such as cheese & crackers. Thank you for your co-operation in following our ‘healthy schools’ guidelines.

VIOLIN LESSONS & OTHER MUSIC LESSON INVOICES

Please note that there are Violin lessons on Friday this week as well as Monday next week.

There are still a number of invoices outstanding for Violin, Guitar, Brass & Clarinet so please ensure you have paid for the terms lessons this week, otherwise your child may not get a lesson.

Friday, 4 April 2014

Monet Style Paintings

These beautiful pictures were inspired by French artist Claude Monet.

Some of the children (in Class DB) used pastels and others used watercolour paint.

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Easter Service in St Michael's Church

The children from class EM and JA led our Easter Service today in our local church.

We sang 4 songs.......

Listened to some excellent reading......

School Orchestra 'Flashmob' on playground before school

County Hockey Tournament

Yesterday our school hockey team took part in the County Finals at Coppleston High School in Ipswich.

There were 10 teams - each winners of a local tournament - divided into 2 groups of 5.

Framlingham got through to the semi final against Nayland after a series of comfortable wins.

Framlingham won 5-1 to get into the final vs Hadleigh.

Fram played even better in a dramatic final. Unfortunately the other team played a totally male team against us (leaving the 2 girls in their squad as unused subs). Infact Fram were the only team in the tournament to play a mixed team. Most of the teams had no girls at all in their squads.

In the final Fram went 1-0 and 2-1 up but Hadleigh equalised with a few seconds left. The match went into 'golden goal' extra time. Fram scored what appeared to be the winning goal - but it was disallowed. Despite having several more chances Fram could not score and Hadleigh scored the winner to leave Fram as County runners-up. This was still a good achievement - our boys and girls can be proud of the quality of hockey they played.

House Hockey Tournament

On Tuesday we held an inter-house hockey tournament involving nearly 50 girls and boys - 2 teams from each house played each other in a league format.