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Newsletter 16

12th January 2018

Welcome back and Happy New Year!

We are pleased to welcome our new Nursery children and their families who

started this week. The new children are all settling really well into the routines

and we have been very impressed with how the older Foundation Stage children

have been looking after them and even reassuring them that their grown up will

be coming back later!

Class Newsletters

Class newsletters are being sent home today. These give you an outline of the skills and knowledge that

your child will be learning this half term.

Staffing

Welcome to staff who have joined us this term:

Miss Aspinall has enjoyed her first week with Class 2; Mrs Gaimster, who was volunteering in Foundation

last term, has now joined us as one of our Foundation support staff and After School Club staff and we

welcome back Mr Hammond who did a teaching placement with us last year and has returned for his final

placement working in Class 3 this term.

Fairtrade

This week the Fairtrade action group held a special assembly encouraging the whole school to "make a

difference" and help our global community. They asked the classes to make a New Year resolution to

consider buying Fairtrade when possible. They described how buying Fairtrade products gave producers a

fairer income and protected workers’ rights. They also explained how the Fairtrade premium helped

communities and that the Fairtrade Foundation advises farmers on farming in a way to protect the

environment.

The children asked for a commitment from Mrs Jolly to use Fairtrade sugar and cocoa all the time.

The group will now to hold a Fairtrade lunch with special activities. Well Done to the group for organising

and presenting their assembly.

PFA (Parents and Friends Association)

The PFA will be meeting at the Bingley Arms this Monday, 15th January at 6.30pm to review their past

events and start planning for the next . Everyone is welcome to join them. If you are unable to come along

or if it’s just not your thing please would you spend just a couple of minutes answering their survey:

http://bit.ly/HBAPFAsurvey2017

Epiphany

This week in assembly, Father Christopher explained the

significance of Epiphany (6th January) as a celebration of the 3

wise men visiting Jesus. Foundation children watched him as

he blessed the school for the New Year in the traditional way

of using chalk to write above the entrance, 20 + C + M + B +

18. The letters C, M, B have two meanings. They are the

initials of the three wise men: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar.

They also abbreviate the Latin words Christus mansionem

benedicat, “May Christ bless the house.” The “+” signs

represent the cross and 2018 is the year. Look out for this the

next time you come into school or watch the video:

http://bit.ly/Epiphanyblessing2018

Holiday clubs

Dates and booking forms for holiday clubs for the rest of the year are being sent out today.

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Class News

Foundation Stage

What a busy week we have had! Everyone has enjoyed getting to know

our new nursery children and all of the older children have being

amazing at helping them to settle in; we are all very proud. Every day

this week the ‘magical story box’ has made an appearance, bringing us a

selection of traditional tales to read. Sprinkling the magic story dust

made some of the characters come to life and we were so pleased when

they stayed to read the books to us.

On Monday we will be celebrating our new theme of traditional tales by

encouraging the children to dress up as their favourite character from

one of these books. The children will have a fun morning of completing

activities such baking troll biscuits, building the three little pigs houses

and making masks. We can't wait to see all of their homemade outfits! Miss Painter, Mrs Lovell, Mrs Stearne, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Gaimster

Class 1

This week Class 1 have started their new book – ‘Rosie

Revere, Engineer’. We have learnt what an engineer is and

have researched some famous engineers and the

inventions they created. We then became engineers

ourselves, after being set the challenge of constructing

something using only wine gums and cocktail sticks! We

had lots of fun using our imagination and being creative –

we think we are going to enjoy being engineers this half

term! Miss Schofield, Mrs Ross

Class 2

What an eventful week it has been! First, the children had

to apply for jobs at Private Investigations Ltd! After

receiving correspondence from a concerned mother

regarding her missing daughter they got straight to work

trying to figure out the next steps they must take to solve

the mystery. On top of all this hard work, the children have

begun to uncover the secrets of the Chinese Shang Dynasty

in history and made enquiries about different states of

matter in science! Miss Aspinall, Miss Riley, Mrs Brammer

Class 3

Class 3 have had a great start back after the holidays and have worked

incredibly hard in all subjects.

We have been measuring angles in maths and thinking about our value of

perseverance and our goals for this year. As well as this, on Wednesday,

we had a science day where we were looking at lifecycles of living things.

The children investigated different species groups such as mammals,

reptiles and amphibians and also found out about parts of plants and

ways that seeds are dispersed. Mrs Findlay, Mrs Callaghan, Mr Hammond

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Achievement Awards this week

Foundation Oscar

Coming

back with a

‘can do’

attitude

and

increased

maturity

Ted

Being a great role

model to the new

children

Class 1

Ellie

Making

excellent

progress

with

writing

William

Coming

back with a

great

attitude

and trying

so hard

Class 2A

Alex

Positive

attitude

and

enthusiasm

to learn

Lydia

Persevering

to stay

focused;

producing

work to a

high

standard

Class 2R

Cameron

Improved

reading

through

practise at

home and

school

Luke

Returning

to school

with a

great

attitude

and hard

work

Class 3 Joy

Always

working

hard and

increased

confidence

Alice

Amazing

focus and

fabulous

attitude to

learning

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Term Dates 2017 – 2018

Date Event

Friday 20th October School closes for half term

Monday 30th October School reopens

Friday 17th November School closed for Inset Day

Friday 22nd December School closes

Monday 8th January School reopens

Friday 16th February School closes for half term

Monday 26th February School reopens

Thursday 29th March School closes for Easter

Monday 16thApril School reopens

Monday 7th May May Day Bank Holiday

Friday 25th May School closes for half term

Monday 4th June School reopens

Friday 20th July School closes for Summer. Please note 2 Inset Days have

been allocated.

Important Dates for your Diary

Date Event

Thursday 25th January Year 5 and 6 Athletics Tournament

Monday 29th January Year 2 and 3 Benchball Tournament

Thursday 8th February KS1 Multiskills Tournament

Thursday 15th February Year 3 Unihoc Tournament

Mon 19 – Thu 22 Feb Holiday Club

Mon 9-Thur 12 April Holiday Club

Monday 14th-Thursday 17th May Year 6 Statutory Tests (SATs)

Sun 1st - Mon 2nd July Year 3 and 4 Residential

Mon 9th –Wed 11th July Year 5 and 6 Residential

Monday 23rd July Inset Day. Holiday Club available

Tuesday 24th July Inset Day. Holiday Club available

Mon 23 July – Fri 17 Aug

Weekdays only Holiday Club