Wednesday, 25 February 2015

House Rugby Tournament

Yesterday saw a closely fought and exciting inter-house rugby tournament.
Each house had a squad of 9 players - playing 7-a-side matches.

Mills won all 3 of their matches.
Hitcham were 2nd with 2 wins
Howard and Bulstrode drew with each other.


 




 

Monday, 23 February 2015

Newsletter 26


DINNER MONEY COST FOR SPRING 2nd HALF TERM
PRICE £2.30          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 = £57.50   23 February – 27 March = 25 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:    5 days £11.50 / 4 days £9.20  / 3 days £6.90 / 2 days £4.60 / 1 day £2.30
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 2 MARCH***
This is only a 5 week term, so early prompt payment of dinner money is requested please.

RED NOSES FOR SALE
We have Red Noses for sale in aid of Comic Relief, from office for £1.  
The children should bring them back on Red Nose Day, Friday 13 March.

FRIENDS CAKE STALL
The Friends would like to thank all those from RV & PLDD who did so well baking for the last cake stall, they raised  £97.

REMINDER: World Thinking Day for Rainbows, Brownies and Guides
Those children that are part of Scouting or Guiding may, if they wish, come to school in their Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Beaver, Cub, Scout uniform this Friday, 27 February (as this is the closest Friday to Thinking Day). This is not a fundraising activity so no money is involved, just a nice thing to do!

REMINDER: CHANGE TO GYM & MULTI-SPORTS CLUBS on 6 & 10 March
Due to the Book Fair in the hall, the Gym Club on Friday 6 March WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, however to make up the 1 hour session, the other 4 sessions : 27 Feb, 13, 20 & 27 March will all run until 4.30pm (15 minutes longer).  The Multi-sports club on Monday 10 March will take place outside, so the children will need to bring suitable outdoor sports kit, including trainers.

MUSIC SURVEY FOR PLDD– 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.

WORLD BOOK DAY – THURSDAY 5 MARCH
Don’t forget that for World Book Day next Thursday, we would like all children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character.
We are also raising funds for Book Aid International (www.bookaid.org) which is a charity that take mobile libraries to developing countries and refugee camps.  A donation of £1 is suggested.

*****NO TENNIS CLUB THIS TUESDAY – 24 FEBRUARY*****

With this letter please find a School Lunch Survey for parents to complete, the Governors would welcome your response to this by Monday 2 March, please.

Mayan and Aztec Work in classes ES and JA

Classes ES and JA's home learning project has focused on the Mayans, Aztecs and Native Americans.
The response has been fantastic and Mrs Ambrose and Seaward would like to thank the children and their families for their creativity and hard work.
The artefacts that have been created are on show in the classrooms and look amazing.

















Barn Owl in School Assembly

Dean from Stonham Barns brought a barn owl called Spirit into our school assembly.
He talked about how the numbers of barn owls in Suffolk had increased over recent years.
The children asked Dean all sorts of questions about caring for owls in the wild or in captivity.
 



 

Chinese New Year - a lamb in school!


On Tuesday in class PLDD we learnt about Chinese New Year, which begins on February 19th, and will be the year of the sheep. Erin’s mum brought in a lamb, called Baby, which she is looking after as the mother sheep (ewe) is ill. We found out how Baby is looked after and some of us fed her with a special bottle of milk. We also made shadow puppets and tried writing Chinese numbers with black paint.



Class DB Share Session

Class DB invited their parents to join them for an afternoon of art and craft.
The aim was to make a quiver and some arrows for our forthcoming school play: Robin Hood.

















Friday, 20 February 2015

Create Your Own WORDLE

A wordle is an image made up of text.
I have used the text from part of our school website to create this one.
To make your own - go to this website.

You can alter the settings on your wordle - on the one above I used our house colours and the one below I used our school colours.


Thursday, 12 February 2015

LUNCH ON 23 FEBRUARY

The kitchen have been advised that their delivery for the first day back cannot be fulfilled, so there will be a change to the lunch menu for Monday 23 February - they will now serve Sausages instead of Spaghetti Bolognaise.

Enter a Writing Competition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1
Click on the picture above to go to the 500 Words Competition Website.
You can watch some great videos for tips on writing your own story.
You can also listen to and read the best stories from last year.
Why not have a go this year?
There are two age groups: 9 and under or 10 to 13 years.
 

Monday, 9 February 2015

Newsletter 25


FRIENDS CAKE STALL – THIS FRIDAY
Remember to bring some money in on the last day of term for the cake sale.
FILM NIGHT – THIS FRIDAY - How to Train your Dragon 2
This is a ticketless event so please remember to bring slips & payment to the event.

DINNER MONEY COST FOR SPRING 2nd HALF TERM
PRICE £2.30          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 = £57.50   23 February – 27 March = 25 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:    5 days £11.50 / 4 days £9.20  / 3 days £6.90 / 2 days £4.60 / 1 day £2.30
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 2 MARCH***
This is only a 5 week term, so early prompt payment of dinner money is requested please.

RED NOSES FOR SALE
After half term we will have Red Noses for sale in aid of Comic Relief, they will be available in the office for £1.  The children should take their Red Noses home and bring them back on Red Nose Day, Friday 13 March.

Y3/Y4 START SWIMMING
After half term classes PLDD, RV & NS will start 5 weeks of swimming at Framlingham College on a Tuesday.  Please remember your kit!

BASSISTRY ARTS IN SCHOOL
We are delighted to welcome back the Bassistry Arts musicians in school this year. They will be with us on 25-26 February and all the children in school will have a workshop session with them, culminating in a whole school assembly.  Visit  http://www.bassistry.com/projects.html to see more.

WORLD BOOK DAY – THURSDAY 5 MARCH
Don’t forget that for World Book Day, we would like all children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character.

BOOK FAIR IN SCHOOL – FRI 6 – TUES 10 MARCH
This event is an opportunity for parents and children to come to the hall to look at the books that can be bought from the Travelling Book Fair. 
After half term the children will be given a leaflet with a selection of their books on offer and a £1 voucher (which can be used towards any purchase). 
Please come along with your children between 3.05-4.00pm on Fri 6 March to Tues 10 March to look at (and order) the books.
Nursery parents can see the books in the Nursery on Monday 9 March at 11.50am or 1.30pm.   
Each class will have the opportunity to visit the book fair during school over the 3 days, for the children to have a good look at them.

CHANGE TO GYM & MULTI-SPORTS CLUBS on 6 & 10 March
Due to the Book Fair in the hall, the Gym Club on Friday 6 March WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, however to make up the 1 hour session, the other 4 sessions : 27 Feb, 13, 20 & 27 March will all run until 4.30pm (15 minutes longer).  The Multi-sports club on Monday 10 March will take place outside, so the children will need to bring suitable outdoor sports kit, including trainers.

World Thinking Day for Rainbows, Brownies and Guides
February 22nd is World Thinking Day for Rainbows, Brownies and Guides and it is a time when the girls think about all our guiding members across the world. February 22 was chosen as it was the birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and of Olave Baden-Powell, his wife and World Chief Guide.
Those children that are part of Scouting or Guiding may, if they wish, come to school in their Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Beaver, Cub, Scout uniform on Friday 27 February (as this is the closest Friday to Thinking Day).
This is not a fundraising activity so no money is involved, just a nice thing to do!

HALF TERM
Next week is half term, and the children return to school on Monday 23 February.
Please note: Thomas Mills High School have a PD Day on Friday 13 February.  We do not have a non-pupil day here, so children should be in school that day.

Wishing you all a relaxing short break.

Remember: Please ensure you always write your child’s name and class on the back of any cheques you pay to the school or to SCC.


Monday, 2 February 2015

Orchestra to play in Assembly

Please Remember:
Orchestra need to bring in their instruments on Wednesday to play in asssembly.

Christingle Service on Sunday

It was lovely to see so many children and their families at church on Sunday for the Christingle. It was a wonderful service full singing, candles, dramatized Bible stories and sweets!
We all now know the true meaning behind the Christingle candle.
 
Well done and thank you to all those who took part.

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