Congratulations to the following children who have impressed me with

their wonderful work and attitudes since the last newsletter: Alfie Mc in 4T for correcting and improving his maths independently

Oscar in 1H for fantastic improvement in writing

Jayden in 6C for excellent answers to reading comprehension questions

Nellie in 4P for great use of the word of the week 'dwindle'

Teddy in 2S for counting in tens all the way to 300 and writing all the

numbers down

Marley in 3O for writing a wonderful biography of his mum

Sophia B and Kelsey B and Thomas W in 6B for achieving full marks in arithmetic test

Theo in 6B for excellent maths

Karma-Lee in 4T for excellent writing and catching up quickly after being ill

Elin, Dexter, Florence F and Ruben in 1H for brilliant maths problem-solving

Bright in 4P for completing a whole times tables booklet over the holidays

Willow, Lillie and Finn in 4P for excellent Viking writing

Oscar, Thea and Emma in RB for excellent part/whole models in maths

Junior in 3O for huge progress in his times tables

Jack in 6B for excellent improvement in arithmetic

Willow in 3C for amazing maths

Nellie and Bright in 4P for excellent descriptive writing

Weller in 3S for amazing times tables progress

Theo and Ruby in 6B for using known facts in maths to produce excellent work.

Kimberley-Ann in 1H for excellent maths

Florence B and Emily for extending their writing and using excellent sentences

Lucas, Charley and Riley M in 1H for excellent focus in writing

Millie, Livie, Annie-Rose and Lexi in 1B for brilliant maths work

Well done to them all!

Fantastic Fireworks

Thank you so much to Tasha Buckland-Smith and all the

Friends of HPPS for organising a spectacular firework display

on Tuesday – it was exceptionally well-organised and over 1100

came to enjoy what was a great community event, with a

mixture of families, school staff and football club volunteers.

We raised a total of £2,700, to be split between the school

and the club – a wonderful achievement! Thank you to everyone

for all your support. We have raised enough money to get

going with the playground refurbishment – you will start to see

the changes and new equipment appear very soon.

Newsletter Friday 8th November 2019

Jamal 5W

Greek Shield

Luna 1H

Cat Book

Taiyaba 5W

Greek Writing

George 6C

Tornado Model

Kyrah and Freyah 6C

Volcano model

Zack 6C

Tsunami Model

Lily-Mae 6C

Tornado model

Riley-Scott 5G

Greek Story

Jazmin 5G

Greek Gods Poster

Freya 5G

Greek Scrabble

Miley 2S

Rain Stick

Bella 2S

Model

Ollie 5W

Greek Alphabet

Holly 4T

Viking Facts

Bronwyn 4T

Viking Boat

Dylan 5G

Greek Writing

Lydia 4P

Viking ship

Theo 4P

Greek Project

Jack 5G

Greek model

Lily 5G

Greek Facts

Alfie K 4P

Viking Boat

Jensen 4P

Viking Cake

Lottie 3O

Lots of writing

Sofia 3O

Frida Kahlo work

Scarlett 1B

Story writing

Sofia 3O

Stone Age Facts

Ranuki 3O

Stone Age Facts

Lily-Mae 3O

Stone Age

Questions

Charlie 3O

Stone Age Poster

Eshan 3O

Stone Age Writing

Ellie-Jayne 3O

Stone Age Writing

Alfie B 3O

Stone Age writing

and weapon

Noah R 3O

Stone Age Facts

Isabelle P 3O

Cave model with hot

tub

Isabella 4T

Everything Practice

Jenson 3S

Dinosaur poster and

jewellery

Rubi-Mae 3S

Stone Age weapon

Cora 3S

Stone Age Model

Mia 3S

Stone Age drawing

and writing

Oriana 3S

Valley of the Dead

Mask

Ryan 3S Willow 3S

Stone Age Story

Niamh 3S

Stone Age weapon

and writing

Molly B 3S

Stone Age Cave

model in lego

Lennon 3S

Stone Age Facts

Esther 3S

Stone Age writing and lego model cave

Maths Champions

Congratulations to all the maths champions who took part

in the maths challenge at the end of last term. They were

chosen for their attitude to and brilliance in maths and

took part with focus and enthusiasm. Well done to Annie-Rose and Jax in 1B; Luna and

Riley in 1H; Lucas and Teddy in 2S; Holly and Ollie in 2T; Lennon and Aryton in 3S;

Holly and Jakub in 4T; Theo and Issy in 4T; Todd and Lottie in 5G; Harry and Mia in 5W; Kaden and

Kyrah in 6C; Zoe and Edy in 6B.

The final results were:

1st Place: 4T

2nd Place: 1B

3rd Place: 3S

Science CeLABration The Y6 Science Learning to Lead Team have been working

with Miss Bishop to organise this new science competition

and celebration event. All the children in Year 1 -6 have been

invited to enter the competition to devise an experiment or

investigation connected with their science topic:

Year 1 - Seasons

Year 2 - Animals including humans

Year 3 - Rocks and Fossils

Year 4 - States of matter

Year 5 - Properties of materials

Year 6 - Light and Electricity

They have until the 27th November to complete their investigation/experiment. This could be in the

form of a poster, a model or a video clip etc. Class teachers will judge the entries and one child per

class will be selected for the CeLABration event taking place on Wednesday 4th December at 2pm.

This will be a fun and exciting science celebration for the winners. Any support you can give at home

to encourage your children to enter, would be greatly appreciated.

Attendance

Well done to everyone who was entered into the draw for 100% attendance. This

week the lucky winners were Malone in RB who chose a fluorescent cap and Samuel

C in 1B who won a dinosaur game.

Whole school attendance this week was 94.5% - let’s hope for the magic 96% next

week….

Sports Update

On Monday 21st October, 20 of our children participated

in the final week of an intense month of tag rugby, that

included 24 teams from across the local area. The event

took place at Broad Plain Rugby Club in front of

hundreds of enthusiastic and competitive parents, with

the winners progressing to a county-level competition at

Bristol Grammar School in March.

Headley Park B had a tough first week of rugby; however they still qualified for the top division

against many of South Bristol’s top rugby school teams. They won third place and bronze medal in

the entire competition - a brilliant achievement and recognition for their hard work in training.

Headley Park A managed to remain undefeated throughout the entire competition; in fact, they won

every game they played in. At times, the opposition struggled to keep pace with our outstanding

young individuals, with the team averaging 7 tries a game. They were announced as competition

winners, maintaining the school record of having won the local-level league every year since 2008.

Team Captain Zac Bryant said: “I’m so proud of my team, especially the girls who got stuck in from

the first whistle! Everyone gave 110% even in the friendlies, which shows how determined they are

to win every point available. We’re looking forward to representing South Bristol in March and

hopefully going one better than last year’s team, who finished 6th in the West of England."

Online Safety

New Screen Time

Campaign Launched

You may have seen some of

the recent adverts by internetmatters.org targeting the amount of time some young people spend

online and encouraging responsible online behaviour. This article explains in a bit more detail the

thinking behind this effective campaign in an attempt to help protect and improve young people's

mental health.

Mr Braithwaite

Computing and E-safety Lead

Recycling Please bring in any used batteries, crisp packets and cling film as the Eco Team will send them off

for recycling. If you would like to explore alternatives to cling film to reduce use of single-use

plastic, this site has some useful suggestions:

https://www.gypsysoul.co.uk/7-reusable-alternatives-to-cling-film/

Children in Need – Crazy Hair Day On Friday 15th November, the Learning to Lead

Fundraising Team is organising a day of crazy hair fun

to raise money for BBC Children in Need. For a donation of £1 children

can come to school with any kind of crazy hair or Pudsey ears if they

prefer. All kinds of wigs, hair dye and crazy styles and accessories are allowed.

Purple Learners Go Wild with Bristol Zoo 40 lucky ‘purple learners’ were drawn from the jar at the end

of last term and got to get close up to some extraordinary

creatures from Bristol Zoo. It was a really informative and

exciting session and we are very grateful to the volunteers at

Bristol Zoo for giving their time and engaging the children so

well.

‘Purple Learning’ stars are given to children every time they

show growth mindset – determination and resilience and

a positive attitude to learning. The stars are collected

in a jar in Praise Assembly and names are drawn at the

end of each term for a very special treat.

The winning purple learners this time were: Matthew in

6C; Lily in 5G; Jaykay in 4T; Duffy in 4T; Willow in 4P; Jude in 1B; Sam in 4T; Lennon in 4P;

Jenson in 3O; Essie in 1B; Teddy in 1B; Florence B in 1H; Winney-Fleur in 1H; Miley in 2S;

Dougie in 1H; Livie in 1B; Alfie in 3O; Alfie H in 4P; Owen in 4T; Tallulah in 3O; Marley in 3O; Jax in 1B; Issy in

4P; Kaden in 6C; Mya M in 6B; Thomas in 6B; Cordell in 5W; Freddy P in 6B; Ashton in 5G; Freddie D in 6B;

Mason in 5W; Zoe in 6B; Lexie in 6C; Finnley in 4T; Edy in 6B; Shenna in 5W; Riley-Scott in 5G; Stan in 6B;

Freyah in 6C and Mya D in 6B.

Lost Property There seems to be a lot of lost property accumulating every week – we do our best to return lost

items to their rightful owner so please make sure everything is labelled with your child’s full name.

Please look through the boxes and trolleys on the playground to reclaim any lost items. Anything left

unclaimed will eventually be thrown away.

Parking Update We now have 4 parking buddies to help remind everyone to

park safely and not on the yellow lines. We have a rota of

children and staff to put them out every day – please bear with us while we get this fully

established. We did notice a white Vauxhall Astra squeezing in between two of them on the first day

and on one afternoon when we forgot to put them out, lots of people parked on the lines again. The

buddies are just reminders – please note there should be NO parking on the yellow lines at any time

– for the safety of our children. Thank you for your support.

Cupcake Decorating Workshop at the school on Mon 2nd

December 3:30-5:00.

We still have places available for this – please ring the office if you would like

your child to attend.

Each child attending will get 5 cupcakes each to decorate - one to eat on the afternoon and then 4

to take home in a gift box to share with their family (all nut free). Each child will also be given a

cake-decorating certificate and a sheet with the recipe for the cakes to make again at home.

The cost will be £10 per child, payable on ParentPay when it is set up. The workshop is suitable for

children in Year 3 and above and is limited to a maximum of 20 children. If more than 20 want to

attend, we will draw names out of a hat.

Key Dates Term 2 2019

Mon 11th Nov: Y5/6 CST Football round robin after school

Mon 11th Nov: 1 minutes’ silence for Remembrance Day at 11am

Mon 11th Nov: KS2 Anti-Bullying Drama Workshops

Wed 13th Nov: Readers’ Treat

Fri 15th Nov: Y5/6 Kids Cup Football

Fri 15th Nov: Crazy Hair Day for Children in Need

Wed 20th Nov: Individual School Photos

Mon 25th Nov: Y6 Height and Weight Measurements

Wed 27th Nov: Writers’ Tea Party

Thurs 28th Nov: Y5/6 Athletics Qualifier

Mon 2nd Dec: Cupcake decorating workshop 3:30-5:00

Tues 3rd Dec: Y5/6 football league v Cheddar Grove (home)

Wed 4th Dec: Y3 concert at St Georges

Wed 4th Dec: Father Christmas Visit to Phase 1

Wed 4th Dec: CeLABration Science event

Thurs 5th Dec: Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics

Fri 6th Dec: Y4 open classrooms 2:30

Mon 9th Dec: Y6 open classrooms 2:30

Tues 10th Dec: Y5 open classrooms 2:30

Wed 11th Dec: Rocksteady Concert 9:30

Wed 11th Dec: Y1 open classrooms 2:30

Thurs 12th Dec: Y3 open classrooms 2:30

Thurs 12th Dec: Maths champions

Thurs 12th Dec: Y3/4 Sportshall Athletics

Fri 13th Dec: Y2 open classrooms 2:30

Tues 17th Dec: N1 and RC Open Classrooms 2:30

Wed 18th Dec: KS1 Christmas Show 2:30

Thurs 19th Dec: KS1 Christmas Show 9:30

Thurs 19th Dec: Nursery 2 open classroom 2:30

Fri 20th Dec: Christmas Jumper Day

Fri 20th Dec: Christmas Dinner

Fri 20th Dec: End of Term 2

Future 19/20 Dates for your diary:

Y4 Easter Production – Thurs 2nd

April 2:30pm

Y6 Leavers: Fri 10th July 1:30pm

Sports Week: 29th June-3rd July