Hitcham's Blog

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Monday, 9 March 2015

Along with the report there was a slip to be returned to book an appointment to meet with your children’s class teachers for Parent Consultations on either this Wednesday 11 or Thursday 12 March from 3.30pm – 6.00pm.

Please ensure you return this slip to your oldest child’s teacher immediately.

****REMEMBER THERE IS NO COUNTRY DANCING THIS WEDNESDAY

(Holy Horrors & Cookery will be on)
AND NO ART OR ORCHESTRA THIS THURSDAY ****

PARENT COUNCIL MEETING – THIS THURSDAY

Just to remind Parents to speak to their Parent Council representative if you have anything you wish them to raise at the meeting this Thursday afternoon – 12 March.

*****VACANCY FOR MIDDAY SUPERVISOR - Wanted Urgently*****

Relief Lunchtime Supervisor to be available to work at short notice for

1 hour + 15mins, rate of pay is £6.99 per hour

***Likely to lead to regular hours***

RED NOSES – SOLD OUT!

We are sorry to say, that we have sold out of red noses, so have raised a brilliant £420.

The children who have them should bring them back this Friday for Red Nose Day.

WORLD BOOK DAY - SUCCESS

Do take a look at our BLOG and the EADT online to see some great photos from our fabulous day last Thursday. Thank you to everyone who donated to Book Aid international – we will be passing on £208 to the charity.

BIKEABILITY CYCLE TRAINING

Just to remind those Year 5/6 pupils who are doing cycle training either this Thursday/Friday or next Thursday/Friday to please bring your cycle to the back playground on the Thursday morning, make sure it is in full working order. Don’t forget your cycle helmet, rucksack and water bottle and come dressed in practical cycling clothes and footwear. You can leave your cycle in school overnight, at your own risk – we will put them in the Y6 covered courtyard).

MATHS WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS – Would you attend an evening session?

We have had a request to run an evening Maths Workshop – the same one as we did in the day time last year. If you would like to attend an evening session we would welcome a response on the attached slip to give us an idea how much interest there would be.

Please return the slip by Monday 16 March. Thank you.

FRIENDS EASTER DISCO – FRIDAY 13 MARCH

Parents must complete ALL the details on the ticket order form and send in with payment before the deadline of Wednesday 11 March to avoid disappointment.

There may be a very small number of tickets on the door but only for those children whose parents will be willing to stay & help for the event.

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 PARENT INFORMATION 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.

IF YOU STILL PAY BY CHEQUE PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PUT
YOUR CHILD’S NAME & CLASS ON THE BACK OF THE CHEQUE,
WITHOUT THIS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO MATCH PAYMENT TO THE CORRECT CHILD.

CLASS PHOTOS – Wednesday 25 March

Class photos are a bit earlier this year (normally in June), the change was made following feedback from the parent council about costs. Taking the photos this term has enabled us to agree a special deal to reduce the purchase price for parents.

Please can we ask that all children bring their school sweatshirt with them on Wednesday 25 March for the class photos. Thank you.

EASTER SERVICE NOTICE – THURSDAY 26 MARCH

The service is being prepared and run by children from class EM and JA, so we would welcome the parents or grandparents of these pupils to St Michael’s Church on 26 March at 1.30pm.

SPECIAL LUNCHES THIS TERM…

Year 4 have voted for their favorite lunch, so on Tuesday 17 March everyone can enjoy the special menu chosen by them: Macaroni Cheese, with Saute potatoes, Baked Beans and Sweetcorn, followed by Sticky Toffee pudding and ice-cream. Remember to pay for this lunch on Monday 16 March if you don’t usually have school lunch on Tuesdays.

The Easter Roast dinner on Thursday 26 March will be Roast Beef with the usual trimmings.

Thursday, 5 March 2015

World Book Day.... Where's Wally (there are more than 1!)

CLUBS THIS WEEK

Sorry that the letter was unclear this week... the note regarding clubs not running was following the Parent Consultations piece about next week..

so both Art & Orchestra ARE ON TODAY - THURSDAY 5 MARCH.

Next week there is NO COUNTRY DANCING ON WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH
& NO ORCHESTRA & ART ON THURSDAY MARCH

Netball Tournament

Well done to the Netball team who gained Silver in the local area High Suffolk Netball Tournament on Tuesday.

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Stoneage Houses by Class PLDD

As part of our Topic, children from class PLDD have made replica houses from the first part of the Stone Age (the Palaeolithic), the Mesolithic (middle Stone Age) and the Neolithic (new Stone Age). These homes have been made using clay, stones, cardboard, wood, or papier mache, and have been made more realistic by including twigs, hay and moss .

We’ve all been really impressed by these buildings, and the time and effort that has gone into making them.

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

EADT - Bassistry Visit

Class ES James Bond Dances

We spent 5 lessons developing our dances. Each dance had to include 3 basic elements; an obstacle scene, a 'fight' scene and an intimidation/escape. See if you can spot these in the dances. We also had to think about how to show a spy-like attitude through our movements and facial expressions.

Lego Programming in Key Stage 1

Children in Year 6 have been helping our younger children to use our new lego programming equipment.

The children made a robotic project - following instructions on a laptop.

They then connected the lego (via a USB lead) to the laptop and algorithm (set of instructions) on the laptop. This made the robot move and make noises.

Newsletter 27

WORLD BOOK DAY – THURSDAY 5 MARCH

Don’t forget that for World Book Day this 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. Donation of £1 is suggested.

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.

With this letter please find 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.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO COME, PLEASE USE THE ORDER FORM OVERLEAF…

REMINDER: CHANGE TO GYM & MULTI-SPORTS CLUBS on Fri 6 & Mon 9 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 9 March will take place outside, so the children will need to bring suitable outdoor sports kit, including trainers.

*****VACANCY FOR MIDDAY SUPERVISOR - Wanted Urgently*****

Relief Lunchtime Supervisor to be available to work at short notice for

1 hour + 15mins, rate of pay is £6.99 per hour

***Likely to lead to regular hours***

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 11 or Thursday 12 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 10 March.

****REMEMBER THERE IS NO COUNTRY DANCING ON WEDNESDAY
(Holy Horrors & Cookery Club will be on)
AND NO ART OR ORCHESTRA ON THURSDAY ****

YEAR 6 LEAVERS SERVICE DATE CHANGE

We are sorry we have had to change the date of the Leavers Service, but hope that as we are notifying parents this far in advance it won’t cause a problem.

The new date is: MONDAY 20 JULY at 9.30am in St Michael’s Church.

**Take a look at the EADT website for photos of our brilliant Bassistry Arts day last week**

CROSSING PATROL & ROADWORKS

We would like to extend our grateful thanks to Mrs Wright for managing the crossing of College Road last week in very difficult circumstances with road works in both directions.

We truly value her service here in keeping the children safe, and I am sure the parents do too. Please do not take her for granted! Thank you.

STAFF NEWS

We are delighted to let you all know that Mrs Venton is expecting her second child in the Summer, we would like to send our Congratulations as I know the children will too!

RED NOSES – SELLING FAST

We are selling Red Noses at the office very quickly, so to avoid disappointment do come and buy one sooner rather than later, if we run out it will give you time to look elsewhere.

The children should bring them back on Red Nose Day, Friday 13 March.

YOUNG ART EAST ANGLIA

We are delighted to announce that 2 of our pupils have been selected to be exhibited at the Peter Pears gallery in Aldeburgh on 13, 14 and 15 March. Congratulations go to Angus in KS1 and Ella in KS2 whose work was chosen from over 1600 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 FILM NIGHT SUCCESS

This was a really popular film, and raised £160. The Friends would like say Thank you to all the adults who helped at this event.

VIOLIN CONCERT – WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 3.15pm

Parents are warmly invited to the annual concert of violin and viola pupils.

It takes place at 3.15 on 18th 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.