Class PASB using new cooking room

The year 6 children have been looking at the Aztecs (from Mexico) this term. They have made tortillas and salsa using the new kitchen facilities. They really enjoyed what they had made.

County Hockey Champions

Yesterday our school hockey team took part in the County tournament at St Joseph's School in Ipswich. The tournament featured 12 district champions - divided into 3 groups of 4.

SRH won 4-0 vs St Felix, 2-0 vs Horringer and 2-1 vs Holbrook.

Each of the 3 group winners then played each other to decide 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Framlingham beat Whatfield and Nayland to become County Champions for the first time.

Election of Parent Governor

Mrs Catherine Hill, one of our Parent Governors, is stepping down when her term of office ends and we would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her hard work since she joined the Governing body in 2011. 

I am therefore writing to give you details of the arrangements for nominations and voting for a new Parent Governor.

 We have one vacancy to take office from 1^st May 2015.  All parents have been sent a letter with a nomination form on which four parents who have children at the school can jointly nominate another parent for election as a Parent Governor.  No parent may nominate more candidates than there are vacancies.  It is necessary for a parent Governor to have a child at the school at the time he or she is elected.  Certain people are disqualified from being Governors and these are described on the back of the nomination form. 

 Completed nomination forms must be returned to school by Friday 17^th April 2015.

Newsletter 31

CLASS PHOTOS TOMORROW - Wednesday 25 March

Please remember your school sweatshirts on Wednesday for the class photos.  Thank you. 

EASTER SERVICE – THURSDAY 26 MARCH
The service is being prepared and run by children from class ES and JA, so we would welcome the parents and grandparents of these pupils to St Michael’s Church this Thursday at 1.30pm. The rest of the school will go to the same service in the morning. Unfortunately Mrs Picton is unable to attend these services due to another commitment.
 
FRIENDS CAKE STALL – THIS FRIDAY 27 MARCHRemember to bring some money in to buy a sweet Easter Treat from the Friends stall in the pavilion on the front playground on the last day of term, baked by NS & JC.

UNIFORM SALE - FRIDAY 27 MARCH

The parent council has a number of Summer dresses, PE kit and other uniform items that they will be selling on the playground on the last day of term.  Do come along to stock up your child’s uniform at bargain prices.

MUSIC TUITION INVOICES

Invoices for Violin, Guitar & Play-On Flute have been sent by email (or hardcopy if that’s how you received it last time) on Monday 23 March. 

If you have not received them by Wednesday then please contact the office. 

Payment is due on the first week back before Wednesday’s lessons.

DINNER MONEY COST FOR SUMMER 1^st 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 = £62.10   14 April – 21 May = 27 days

                                                                   (NOTE: Non pupil days 13 April, 4 May (Bank Holiday), 22 May)      

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 20 APRIL***

PHOENIX SINGERS – ‘Carmina Burana’ Saturday 28 March 

A group of boys from Sir Robert Hitcham’s are taking part in this performance with the Phoenix Singers at St Michael’s Church on Saturday.  Tickets are available from william@glasse.org.uk or 07802 597071.  This will be a very exciting experience for the boys who have been practicing hard.

PLEASE NOTE ***THERE IS NO HOLY HORRORS OR READING CLUB THIS WEEK

LOCAL ROAD CLOSURES

We have been notified by Highways that they will be installing temporary supports on the boundary wall of the property currently fenced off at the bottom of Mount Pleasant from 23 - 25 March from 7am-5pm each day.  Vehicle access will be manually managed on site.

Also, from 28 March (for up to 4 weeks) there will be work on Pembroke Road (drainage pipes/inspection chambers).  The road will be closed to through traffic for the first 2 weeks.  The surgery can still be accessed from Mount Pleasant. For the last 2 weeks vehicle access will be managed by temporary traffic lights.

CLUBS – START OF SUMMER TERM

Clubs/tuition starting in the 1^st week back (from Tues 14 April):

CMS Flute/Clarinet/Guitar

Violin (on Friday for those who normally have Monday lessons, Weds as normal)

Clubs/tuition starting in the 2^nd week of term (from Monday 20 April):

Multi-Sports; Gardening; Reading; Cricket; Tennis (letter to follow);

Holy Horrors;  Cookery; Orchestra; Art

MFSF Wind & Brass; & all lunchtime clubs.

WE FINISH THIS FRIDAY FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAY
Children return to school on Tuesday 14 April.
May I wish you all a peaceful and relaxing Easter break,
Mrs Picton

Digital Music Composing with Ogenerator

Marcel and John from Bassistry Arts came back to do a workshop with class DB on using their online music composing software - OGENEATOR

Click on picture to find out more.

The software allows you to choose instruments, tempo and styles to compose a piece of music.

The compositions can be saved as MP3 files and used in other programs.

School Team Wins Swimming Gala

On Wednesday our school won a swimming gala for 10 local schools at Framlingham College.

The gala featured individual races (heats and finals) plus relays and a raft race.

The SRH team with their medals - they will take part in a County gala in the Summer.

9 days...and counting

 

Why do Miss. Ashberry and Mrs. Mawson think these boys are fab?

 

If you want to know why....

 

Ask them what they have been up to!

 

Very well done for today boys. You did us proud! 

 

Orchestra enjoy an afternoon of music making

Marcel from Bassistry Music kindly came back to spend some time with our young musicians in orchestra. He helped us compose and improvise through his program Ogenerator. At first we found it quite challenging to learn by ear and improvise but soon found confidence to just go for it and trust our ears and musicality. 

  

Thank you to Marcel, we had a fantastic afternoon!

Mrs Fell and her 27 violinists WOW us all!

 

Those of us who were lucky enough to be able to attend the violin concert enjoyed a delightful selection of performances from Cal Fell's talented and eager pupils. They all played with conviction, confidence and wonderful musicality.  

 An added bonus was a stunning performance by ex-pupil, Maddie Brooks. She showed us what years of hard work, dedication and practise can result in. 

 

Well done to them and thank you Cal for helping to fill the school with music!

 

Notification of Road Closures near School March-April 2015

We have been notified by Highways that they will be installing temporary supports on the boundary wall of the property currently fenced off at the bottom of Mount Pleasant from 23 - 25 March from 7am-5pm each day.  Vehicle access will be manually managed on site.

Also from 28 March (for up to 4 weeks) there will be work on Pembroke Road (drainage pipes/inspection chambers).  The road will be closed to through traffic for the first 2 weeks.  The surgery can still be accessed from Mount Pleasant. For the last 2 weeks vehicle access will be managed by temporary traffic lights.

Chess Final and House Tournament

The 30th annual chess tournament reached the final last week and featured a girl for the first time.

This week also saw the start of our first ever inter-house team tournament.

Howard beat Hitcham 3-1

Mills beat Bulstrode 3-1

Newsletter 29

SPECIAL EVENT FOR ORCHESTRA – THIS WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH

Please can ALL orchestra members bring in their instruments on Wednesday for a specialist workshop with Marcel from Bassistry Arts, this will be in the afternoon.

  DON’T FORGET…. THE VIOLIN CONCERT IN THE HALL THIS
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 3.15pm    (There is NO Country Dancing this week)

BIKEABILITY CYCLE TRAINING

Just to remind those Year 5/6 pupils who are doing cycle training this 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).

EASTER SERVICE – THURSDAY 26 MARCH

The service is being prepared and run by children from class ES and JA, so we would welcome the parents and grandparents of these pupils to St Michael’s Church this Thursday at 1.30pm. The rest of the school will go to the same service in the morning. Unfortunately Mrs Picton is unable to attend these services due to another commitment.

EASTER LUNCH – THURSDAY 26 MARCH

EATs catering will be providing a special Easter Roast Beef lunch on Thursday 26 March.

SCHOOL MENUS FOR APRIL TO OCTOBER 2015

With this letter please find the EATs catering menus that start after Easter. You can also find the link to the menu from the ‘Parent Information’ page of the school website.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE - FRIDAY 27 MARCH

The parent council have a number of Summer dresses, PE kit and other uniform items that they will be selling on the playground on the last day of term.  Do come along to stock up your child’s uniform at bargain prices.

FRIENDS CAKE STALL – NEXT FRIDAY 27 MARCH

Classes NS & JC will be baking for this Easter Treat Cake stall in the pavilion on the front playground on the last day of term.

Remember to bring some money in to buy a sweet treat..

BOOK FAIR COMMISSION

We would like to thank everyone who came to the book fair.  It was a very successful event raising £390 in commission which will be been spent on school library books.

NATURE AREA CLOSED

Due to children throwing stones into a neighbour’s garden and causing damage to their property we have taken the decision to close the Nature Area attached to the KS2 back playground.

***THIS WEEK WAS THE LAST READING CLUB UNTIL AFTER EASTER***

*****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***

PARENT COUNCIL INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

Following the recent Parent Council meeting they would like to raise to the following points parents:

Coaches on College Road

Please exercise caution near the coaches at the end of school. They do need to pull up partially on the pavement to allow traffic to flow past, so please stand back and give them space to manoeuvre and to keep you safe.

No Hot Drinks in School

Could parents please not bring in hot drinks to school (eg to Share Sessions/on playground) or to Church for safety reasons.

Please use the Path

Please can parents make sure children use the path onto school grounds from College Road and do not cut through the flowerbed/garden.

 Thank you for your co-operation with these items.

We have been asked by the local authority to share this with parents:

Public Health England (PHE) alert on bath safety and use of bath seats.
One in three deaths from accidental drowning in children aged 0-2 involve bath seats where the parent has left the child unattended for a few seconds to fetch something.  A bath seat is a useful tool, but is not a safety device. If a baby or toddler is left unattended in a bath seat for even a few seconds they can wiggle or slip out or the bath seat could tip over and immerse the baby in water. Babies can drown in just a few centimetres of water, very quickly and with no noise or struggle. This means babies need constant supervision while in water of any description. Older siblings should never be given the responsibility of looking after younger siblings in the bath.
Full press release from PHE - https://www.gov.uk/…/drowning-in-baths-a-risk-for-young-chi…

TERM DATES FOR 2015/2016 – CORRECTION

THE FEBRUARY HALF TERM DATES ON THE DIARY DATES LEAFLET
SHOULD READ W/C 15 FEBRUARY 2016

House Rugby Action

Action shots from house rugby.

This week I used a rapid sports photo mode - it took 3 pictures for every shot - see example below.

Watch the video below to see a series of action shots from all of the games.

Team photo below

Mills came 1st, Howard 2nd, Bulstrode 3rd and Hitcham 4th

 

 

Hockey Team Wins North Suffolk Tournament

Action shots from the tournament at Hartismere High School.

There were 16 teams divided into 4 groups.

 SRH A team won their 3 group games 8-0, 5-0 and 8-0

SRH won their semi final vs a strong Waveney team by 3 goals to 1

SRH played superbly in the final, passing the ball well to create a string of chances.

The result was 3-0 to SRH vs Wilby.

Our team now go forward to the County Finals in Ipswich in 2 weeks time.

SRH A team with their gold medals - surrounded by the players from our other teams.

Our B and C teams each won 2 of their 3 group games. A very good performance from some young players - mainly girls in year 5.