Congratulations to the following children who have impressed me with

their wonderful work and attitudes so far this term:

Riley Mc in Y2 for excellent progress in phonics

Carson in Y3 for a great attitude to learning

Lana in Y2 for a fantastic birds’ nest

Ashton B, Daria, Josh Gi, Jake S, Theo and Shay in Y6 for outstanding

arithmetic results

Lucas in Y2 for excellent attitudes and behaviour

Cameron in Y4 for great independent maths

Phoebe B in YR for a brilliant, complex story independently written

Toby in Y4 for a fantastic Iron Man wanted poster

Mustafa and Freyah in Y4 for an excellent information video on electricity

Jayden in Y4 for practising with determination and making huge progress in times

tables

Thomas in Y4 for excellent mental maths results

Well done to them all!

Radio Times Royal Wedding Competition Well done to Y2 who produced some great entries for this

competition. Well done, Year 2 and good luck!

Sport Relief We raised a total of £319.40 for

sports relief this year, thanks to your

support with the bake off and the

dressing up as a sports hero day. Thank you very much for your generous

support.

Great Funding News Our Business Manager, Mr Mountjoy, the Cathedral Schools Trust Finance Director, Simon Eakins,

and the CST Music Director, Eiron Bailey, have been working hard over the last few months

submitting funding bids to generate additional income for the school. Thanks to their hard work and

dedication, we will be able to carry out the following over the summer:

Installing a lift in the main building

Carrying out crucial roof repairs

Replacing interactive whiteboards in all classrooms

Purchasing a whole set of proper musical instruments and new storage facilities to house them

Totally refurbishing two more KS2 classrooms

Beginning work on the new library – at least the basic building

This is all very exciting and we will be extremely busy over the summer!

Newsletter

Friday 20th April 2018

Staff News Congratulations to Mrs Murray (Y3 teacher and Phase 2 Lead Teacher) who is expecting her second

child, due in October. Mrs Murray will be here until the end of this school year and will be on

maternity leave for the whole of the academic year 18/19. We will recruit a temporary teacher for

18/19 as soon as possible.

We are delighted to announce that Miss Trolley (student teacher in Y4) has been appointed as class

teacher for 18/19. We are very pleased that she will be staying with us.

Class arrangements for 18/19 will be announced in term 6.

Well done to all the star writers who were

invited to the tea party today:

Sports Update

A huge well done to the Tag Rugby team who

made it to the County Finals and finished in 9th

place in the whole of the West of England –

this is a brilliant result and we are very proud

of how well they played and of their

commitment and behaviour throughout the

tournament – they are a credit to Headley

Park School.

5C Zak F Praise Assembly report with interesting content and a formal style

4P Zack H Mr Stink Story with great vocabulary and very good use of tense

4P Tilly Iron Man wanted poster with ambitious vocabulary and good similes

4T Wensdae Iron Man wanted poster with powerful verbs and great complex sentences

3H Nathanael Celts information report with lots of interesting facts, technical vocabulary

and excellent layout and structure 3M Dylan J

Y2BH Lillie Instructions with excellent adjectives and adverbs

Y2T Nellie Instructions with excellent adjectives and long sentences

Y1B Buddy Great sentences and spelling

Y1I Vinnie Excellent independent sentences

YRB Maqadas Amazing story with complete sentences

School Dinners Just a reminder about the system for booking school dinners:

School dinners must be booked online through ParentPay by 08:45 daily. They can be booked in

advance for the whole term.

If your child has not been booked in for a meal, we will ring you to bring in a packed lunch

On the rare occasions you are not able to deliver a packed lunch the only meal option we will be

able to accommodate is salad bar

You can change your meal choices through ParentPay up to 08:45 on the day but it will not be

possible for your child to change their mind by telling the teacher or school office.

We are aware that there have been some issues with portion size and quality of the meals and we

are working with Chartwells to make all required improvements. We have also set up a pupil voice

group which will give regular feedback on dinners from the children. Please continue to give us your

feedback and we will do all we can to sort out any problems.

Car Park Children should not cross through the car park on their way to and from school as it is not safe.

Please remind your children of this important safety rule. Thank you for your support.

Computer Games We are concerned that a number of children are exposed to computer games that are not certified

for use by young children. Children as young as Reception are talking about cert. 12 games and

several children through the school have mentioned cert. 15 and even cert. 18 games they say they

play with older siblings. The health and social risks of children playing unsuitable games are well-

documented. Please be vigilant and check all security settings on devices children have access to.

Dog Mess We continue to have problems with

dog mess on the pavements

surrounding the school. Mr Allsop, our

site manager, will check and clear the

areas immediately by our entrances

but can’t check the whole local area.

Please be vigilant. See this extract

from Bristol City Council’s website for

information about reporting dog

fouling:

Early Years and KS1 Reading Club

When? Every MONDAY MORNING from 8:30 – 8:50

Where? In the small hall.

Children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are invited to

come to reading club. ALL WELCOME!

You will be able to read to teachers and your parents!

Please note: Parents must attend. This is a great

opportunity to learn reading comprehension techniques to use at home.

Parents’ Coffee Mornings and Afternoons Thank you to all those who attended this week to discuss phonics. The next

meetings are scheduled as follows: Date Time Topic Led by

Wed 2nd May 8:50-9:20 Open forum – bring any ideas

or questions you have

Ms Fredrickson

Thurs 24th May 2:50-3:20 Governors’ work and plans Neil Todman, Vice-Chair of

Governors

If you use twitter, please follow us! We tweet lots of news from a

wide range of subjects and activities – our tweet this week about

our Y4 writing got a re-tweet from Michael Rosen!

Follow us @HeadleyParkPrim

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Key Dates Term 5

Tues 24th April: 6M swimming starts

Tues 24th April: Y3 Trip

Wed 25th April: Big Arts and Science Day – Take One Picture

Thurs 26th April: Y4 Spring Production to parents – 2pm

Thurs 26th April: Bristol Together Championship practice @ Millpond

Fri 27th April: Coronation Cup Semi-Final (Y5/6 Boys’ Football)

Wed 2nd May: Bristol Together Practice here

Wed 2nd May: 5/6 Football friendly v Ashton Gate (home)

Wed 2nd May: Parents’ coffee – 8:50

Thurs 3rd May: Girls’ cricket starts

Fri 4th May: Readers’ Tea Party

Tues 8th May: Y5 celebrating VE Day

Tues 8th May: Y5 boys’ football friendly v Compass Point (home)

14th - 17th May: Y6 SATS

14th – 16th May: Nursery 1 Parents’ Evening

Thurs 17th May: maths champions

Thurs 17th May: Radio Bristol Interviews with Y2

Thurs 17th May: Y4 Camp Meeting small hall

Fri 18th May: Rocktopus Singing workshops

Tues 22nd May: Y3-6 Football city finals @Ashton Gate Stadium

Wed 23rd May: Bristol Together Practice at Millpond

Thurs 24th May: Parents’ Coffee 2:50pm

Thurs 24th May: Writers’ Tea Party

Fri 25th May: INSET – school closed to children

END OF TERM 5

TERM 6:

Mon 4th June: Term 6 starts

5th – 8th June: Y4 Camp

Fri 8th June: Readers’ Tea Party

Tues 12th June: Y2 trip to Leigh woods

Tues 12th June: 3H start swimming

Wed 13th June: 3M start swimming

Thurs 14th June: CST Sports Day (at HPPS)

18th – 22nd June: My Money Maths Week

18th – 22nd June: Y1/3/4/5 Parents’ Evenings

Wed 20th June: School Photos (classes)

Fri 22nd June: Maths Champions

25th – 29th June: BDS Transition Week

2nd – 6th July: Sports’ Week

Thurs 5th July: Writers’ Tea Party

9th – 13th July: Transition Week

Wed 18th July: Maths Champions

Thurs 19th July: Y2 Trip to SS Great Britain

Fri 20th July: Last Day of Term for children