Queen’s Hill Primary & Nursery School

Newsletter May 2015

Election fever has spread into the classrooms this week with the results being broadcast on the Interactive

Whiteboards and children in Year 5/6 writing their own manifestos.

It has been amazing to see how engaged our children have been

with the General Election and how interested they are in what it all

means. Whilst eating my lunch in the dinner hall this week, a child

asked for approval to make bunting, leaflets and rosettes to

convince her classmates to vote for her party.

Teaching children about Democracy and the Rule of Law is an

important life skills. The children in Year 5/6 have been passionate

about presenting their manifestos on a chosen area from Education,

Crime, Health, Environment and school meals. Classrooms were

turned into Polling Stations, speeches given and voting cast…At the

time of writing the newsletter, the Year 5/6 results were being

counted; the winning party from each Year 5/6 class will be

announced in due course!

Even children in Reception got involved in the Election fever with

Mrs Petraglia reporting that the children in EYFS wanted a

Dinosaur Party!

Mr Roughsedge

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during April for

showing a positive attitude to their learning

Marika, Danielle C, Natalia, Rhyann

Oscar, Leighonne, Cali Jo,

Lewis D, Niamh G, Bethanie L

A Close Shave – A request from a parent

I had one of those moments you fear as a parent last week. A

moment when I thought my child was going to get seriously hurt.

My daughter was with me on the school pick up. She was riding

her scooter and was a few metres ahead of me. She stopped

opposite the school, waiting for me to catch up so that we could

cross the road together. Whilst she was waiting, a car parked

half on the road and half on the pavement began reversing with

her stood right behind the back wheel. I managed to stop the

car in time before it hit her, but it was close, it was too close.

I have to highlight the dangers of parking on the pavement,

particularly directly outside the school gates. Pavements are

meant for walking on, a safe place for children. They are not

meant to be driven or parked on. Reversing is particularly

dangerous because you simply cannot see if there is anyone

smaller than your back windscreen standing behind you.

If you can’t find a space to park your car, please do not resort

to the pavement. If you do find a space on the road to park,

make sure your whole car is parked on the road.

Let’s keep our children safe on the pavement.

Thank you for your considerate parking.

Following this incident being reported to us, we have been in contact with the police. We have been advised that they will be attending school on a regular basis to ensure that

everyone is parking considerately. Also cones will be placed on the pavement opposite the

school to help ensure that our children are safe, can see and be seen clearly, when crossing the road.

Please ensure that you do not park in the coned area. Thank You.

Keep Cool! As the warmer weather

approaches it is important to

keep our lunch fresh and safe.

Please help by using either a

cool bag or an ice pack. Another

popular way is to include a

carton of frozen fruit juice,

which will then thaw during the

morning and be an icy cold drink

- delicious! For more tips on

healthy lunchboxes please visit

www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk

www.nutrition.org.uk

Eaton Vale Some of our Y6 pupils paid a

visit to Eaton Vale Activity

Centre this week where

they met the resident dog,

Sam and investigated some

of the exciting activities

they will be experiencing

when they visit after SATs.

WANTED! Relief Mid-day Supervisor

We currently are looking

for relief MSAs.

If you are interested

please contact

The School Office

Tel : 746857

Kitchen Assistant

Required We have a vacancy for a

kitchen assistant.

10 hours per week

11.30am – 1.30pm

Term time only

If you feel you would like

to join our friendly team,

please call into the school

for an application form of

apply online at

www.ncsgrp.co.uk

KS1 Gardening Day with

We were delighted to have Longwater Sainsbury’s staff from a

“Great Place to Work”, kindly volunteer to help in our annual KS1

Gardening Day. All of the class garden beds got a good tidy up and

lots of new plants planted by the children. We had a school tree

decorated with red noses and panels in the playground decorated

with numbers and children’s handprints. It was a great day and a big

thank you to everyone involved.

If you shop in Sainsbury's Longwater, look at the Community Notice

Board, near the main entrance to see photos from the day and the

Thank you cards that the children made.

Thank you to Forsters Nursery in Costessey and Norfolk Organic

Group for their kind donations.

£373.72 raised on our Non-uniform Day to help the people

in Nepal. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

As many of you will have realised, Mrs Marrison is expecting her

second child. She will be starting her maternity leave after half

term and I am sure you join me in wishing her and her family well.

Mr Roughsedge will resume his role as class teacher for

Les Papillons Verts - he taught the class in the Autumn Term so the

children know him well and he is looking forward to teaching them

again.

And for those who might be wondering who Mrs Bagge is a very

warm and belated congratulations to Miss Howlett

who got married over the Easter holidays.

Would you like to save over

£350 per year? Dependent upon your family circumstances, your son/daughter

may be entitled to a free meal every day. (All children in Rec &

KS1 are entitled to Universal Free School Meals)

If this is the case, the local authority has funds

allocated for this purpose.

Please contact the School Office this week

And ask for Form FSM1. All information is confidential.

Diary Dates

Costessey Library Visit

Children from Lower Key Stage 2 visited Costessey Library on

Monday 27th April. They all had a great time looking at what

they had access to in the public library:-

• Books

• DVDs

• Audio Books

• Games

"I enjoyed reading in the Costessey Library, the lego books were my favourite. I was really happy to get my Library card, I keep it safe in a chest of drawers. It's great on the mobile Library bus which visits school. Last time I went on I got a DVD, which I watched with my brothers. Did you know you can borrow 15 books on your Library card?" Bailey M

" The Costessey Library was great fun I loved it. With my new Library card I chose two audio books which I enjoyed listening to. It was really easy to return the books as I took them back to the mobile library bus which visits the school." Kayla M

Diary Dates

May 2015 Friday 8th Les Souris Class – Show & Share Assembly

Monday 11th SATS WEEK

Friday 15th Les Grenouilles Class – Show & Share Assembly

Monday 18th ARTS WEEK

Wed 20th Y6 Residential Trip to Eaton Vale

Friday 22nd Year 6 return from Eaton Vale

Les Coccinelles Class – Show & Share Assembly

June 2015 w/c 1st June Y3 & Y5 to Whitwell Hall Residential

Wed 3rd Y3 return from Whitwell Hall

Year 4 go to Whitwell Hall

Thurs 4th Y6 visit to Norwich City for cookery session

Fri 5th Year 4 & 5 return from Whitwell Hall

Les Papillons Verts Class – Show & Share Assembly

Mon 8th June 1pm Father’s Day Shop

Les Papillons Bleus Class – Show & Share Assembly

July 2015 Wed 1st Y5/6 Bikeability Course

Y3/4 Visit to Royal Norfolk Show

Friday 3rd 9.15am Leavers Graduation Assembly – Y6 parents

invited

Monday 6th Y6 OVA Transition Starts

3pmY6 Parents/Carers & Teachers invited to OVA

Friday 10th Les Lapins Class - Show & Share Assembly

w/c Mon 13th Transition Week

4 – 6pm New Intake Evening including Uniform Sale

2.30pm Uniform Sale for current parents

Term Dates 2014/15

Summer Term 2015

Monday 13th April to Tuesday 21st July

Half Term holiday: Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May

(May Day Bank Holiday: Monday 4th May)

2015/16

Autumn Term 2015

Thursday 3rd September to Friday 18th December

Half Term holiday: Thursday 22nd October to Friday 30th October

Spring Term 2016

Tuesday 5th January to Thursday 24th March

Half Term holiday: Monday 15th February to Friday 19th February

Summer Term 2016

Monday 11th April to Wednesday 20th July

Half Term holiday: Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd June

(May Day Bank Holiday: Monday 2nd May)

***Please Note*** Following a change in legislation the Costessey Cluster of Schools will be

considering whether to keep in line with Norfolk County Council’s recommended

term dates for 2016/17. We will keep you informed of any changes to term

dates as soon as possible.

Well Done, Daniel!

Daniel M

3rd Place in Cross Curricular PE competition for Costessey Cluster Schools