Children talking about the festive preparations in school. · 2017. 12. 27. · week, Key Stage 1...

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‘‘LLeeaarrnniinngg TTooggeetthheerr’’ Newsletter No.11 / 24th November 2017

Star Corner! This week’s winners are: **Star Writer** **Star Problem Solver** Sealions Eden McAulley Sealions Angeliki Sarantou Lobsters Ruby Freeman Lobsters Will Bunning Seahorses Matilda Hardy Seahorses Bentley Blower Starfish Jack Gennard Starfish Ciaran Hobbins Turtle & Dolphin Carter Bailie Turtle & Dolphin Leo Adams Octopus & Stingray Andre Fernandes Octopus & Stingray Jake Stonell Congratulations for some amazing work! The following children have been awarded the Silver Cup. This means that they have excelled in their learning or behaviour this week. They can take this home with them and we ask that is it is returned the following Thursday. **Silver Cup** **Attendance** Sealions Hayden Webb Sealions 97.7% Lobsters Lily-Rose Edgar Lobsters 96.3% Seahorses Clara Caulton Seahorses 94.8% Starfish Luca Miller Starfish 97.3% Turtle & Dolphin Caylee Bell Turtle & Dolphin 93.9% Octopus & Stingray Riley Offer Octopus & Stingray 94.8% The Courtesy Cup is awarded by the Midday Supervisors to the child who has shown good behaviour and manners at lunchtime. **Courtesy Cup** Elijah Turner Seahorses

The school has set an attendance target of 97.0% for this academic year. Last week’s average attendance was 95.9%.

Christmas Tree Thank you so much to all our helpers who kindly put up the Christmas tree in the hall. It’s a big job and the children really appreciate it; without your help our school would not look so festive. Winter Wonderland Disco TONIGHT! Our popular winter Wonderland Disco takes place tonight, Friday 24th November. If you have purchased a place at the disco we look forward to welcoming your child at 4.15pm! If you have not yet booked a place for your child, you can pay on the door. If you have volunteered to help, please arrive at 4.00pm. Thank you.

“We are all getting excited because we have put the decorations and tree up”. “I like the lights on the big hall tree because they are sparkly and twinkly”.

Children talking about the festive preparations in school.


Community Christmas Fair - 50 years of Henry Hinde Infant School – ONE WEEK TO GO! Our Community Christmas Fair, which will be opened by The Mayor of Rugby will be on Sunday 3rd December from 12.00-4.00pm, with a carol concert at 3.30pm. We are in urgent need of helpers for the Christmas Fair. If you can help with setting up the stalls, running a stall or clearing up afterwards, please let the office know. Some of the stalls may have to be cancelled if we don’t get some more volunteers! Children in Need Thank you to everyone who donated towards this year’s Children in Need appeal. We have raised a fantastic £240.50! Year Two Grandparent’s Lunch Thank you to all the 55 grandparents who came today to share lunch with their grandchild! It was lovely to see you all and the children really enjoyed sharing their lunchtime with you.

“I really enjoyed my lunch; school dinners weren’t like that when I was at school!” Makaton Next week’s signs are ‘brother’ and ‘sister’.

Congratulations Congratulations to two of our Kitchen Assistants; Mrs Janine Withers has completed her NVQ Level 2 in Catering and Mrs Charlotte Jones has completed her NVQ Level 2 in Catering and also an Apprenticeship in Food Production and Cooking. Whole School Learning Challenge - Update The children have been thoroughly enjoying our current learning challenge ‘What makes a performance great?’ This week, Key Stage 1 watched Reception’s mini production of ‘Winnie Wagtail’. All the children are busy thinking about how to improve their performance ready to start planning and rehearsing their Christmas productions.

“I thought the acting was really good and I especially liked the dog.” “I enjoyed singing ‘Old MacDonald had a Farm’ the best.”

Scholastic Book Fair As you know we are holding an exciting Scholastic Book Fair between 6th and 12th December. We would be very grateful for some help with running the book fair. Please let the office know if you can help before or after school on any of these days. Library The library will not be open during the book fair. If you have a library book that is due for return between the dates the book fair is running, you may either hand it into the office or return it after the fair (without penalty!). The last day to borrow books from the library will therefore be Tuesday 5th December and then the library will be open after the fair has finished until Friday 15th December for returns only. The library will not be open in the last week of term.


Metcalf Multisports Holiday Course Metcalf Multisports will be running a holiday course during the Christmas holidays from Tuesday 2nd to Friday 5th January. Booking forms will be sent home next week. Christmas Concert Dates The Christmas Concert this year for Years 1 and 2 is called ‘The Jolly Postman’, which the children have written themselves! Reception’s Concert this year is called ‘Shine Star, Shine’. Due to the popularity of our Christmas Concerts we are now holding specific concerts for specific audiences. Please read the following information and note who is invited on which day. We do not enjoy turning families away from these special occasions and request that you please adhere to the days specified: Tuesday 12th December 9.15am Reception Grandparent’s and Pre-Schoolers Christmas Concert Wednesday 13th December 9.15am Reception PARENTS ONLY Christmas Concert (No Children allowed) Thursday 14th December 9.15am Starfish & Sealions Grandparent’s and Pre-Schoolers Christmas Concert Friday 15th December 9.15am Seahorses & Lobsters Grandparent’s and Pre-Schoolers Christmas Concert Monday 18th December 9.15am Starfish & Sealions PARENTS ONLY Christmas Concert (No children allowed) Tuesday 19th December 9.15am Seahorses & Lobsters PARENTS ONLY Christmas Concert (No children allowed) Due to health and safety restrictions on the hall capacity, we must restrict places to 2 adults per child only at the parent performances. Please note that the Grandparent’s and Pre-Schooler Concerts are for those families who have toddlers or babies they need to bring. At the Parent Only Concerts we will not admit families who bring children of any age. Clubs Club registration for the first half of the Spring Term will open on ParentMail at 7.00am on Thursday 7th December and remain open until 6.00pm on Monday 11th December. Christmas Jumper Day On Friday 22nd December we will be having a Christmas Jumper Day in support of Save the Children. In return for a suggested donation of £1.00 on ParentMail, children can wear a festive or seasonal jumper to school or decorate a jumper with tinsel, decorations etc. in support of this worthy charity. For more information visit https://christmasjumperday.org/ Christmas Lunch On Friday 22nd December, our caterers are providing a traditional Christmas Lunch as the School Meal option. This will consist of Roast Turkey with all the trimmings or a Quorn fillet with Roast Potatoes and vegetables and either an Ice Cream Tub or Christmas Cracknel for pudding. If your child already has a hot school meal on this day, they will automatically have the Christmas Lunch ordered for them through the Universal Infant Free School Meal Programme. Year 2 Parents Year 2 Parents are reminded that the closing date for applying for a Junior School place is 15th January 2018. Applications can be made on-line at: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/applyforschool Please contact Warwickshire School Admissions on 01926 414143 if you have any queries. Emergency School Closure We do, of course, inform parents directly via the school website and text message of school closures wherever possible. You can also sign up to receive a text alert about school closures from Warwickshire County Council at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/schoolclosures

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/applyforschool


Christmas Card School Delivery The school’s Christmas post boxes will be open from Monday 11th December. Children can use them to post Christmas cards to their friends in school. Please make sure the name of the child and the class is CLEARLY MARKED on the envelope. There will be post boxes in each year group area. Christmas Cards Would your child like to give everyone in their class a Christmas card, but you are unsure of all their names? Please see the office that has a list of the names of all the children in your child’s class. Before school clubs Please remember that your child should arrive promptly at 8.15am for before school clubs. Your child may be refused entry if they arrive after this time as it is so disruptive for the club. Collecting children from clubs Please can all parents remain outside the main entrance when collecting children from after school clubs? This enables the staff to ensure all the children have an adult collecting them and is much less confusing. Book bags Please make sure you check your child’s book bag on a daily basis and take out any school correspondence. Also if you are sending in anything for the office, please remind your child in the morning that there is something to be handed in as the classroom staff do not have time to check each individual book bag. Please do not put drink bottles in the book bags as we have had several instances when books and letters have got wet. Thank you. Forest School Forest School will run this year on a Wednesday afternoon only. From September until February half term, Year Two will be doing Forest School one class at a time. Year One will start Forest School after February half term until the end of the school year. This means that each class will receive a session on alternate weeks during the period that they are doing Forest School. Please make sure your child has spare clothes including socks in school for them to change into if needed after their session. Please see dates for the rest of the Autumn Term below: Lobsters Sealions 22 November 29 November 6 December 13 December Forest Schools The weather is getting colder and muddier, so it is important that you send your children in layers to keep them warm. A fleece type coat is ideal for keeping warm but small enough to stay clean and dry under the waterproofs that we provide. Please ensure that you send in a spare pair of shoes to get changed into after the session. If you can leave a spare set of clothes in their Forest School Bag in case they get wet or muddy that would be appreciated. A Library card for Every Child in Warwickshire Warwickshire Libraries offer all children in their Reception year at school the chance to collect stickers as they borrow books from the library. Those that make 4 separate visits will receive a free jute "I love my library" goody bag designed for this age group, which includes a specially produced first book of puzzles and reading information. Do encourage your child to join the library if he or she has not already done so (or mislaid the card!). This can be done in the library or online at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/jointhelibrary Membership of the library and all parts of the goody bag scheme are free. Books can be renewed in the library or online or by telephone, and a reminder system can be set up by email to alert you to when book loan dates are coming up. Do check your nearest library at: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/libraries

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/jointhelibrary

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/libraries


Medical Appointments Please make medical or dental appointments outside of school hours wherever possible. If this is unavoidable, please bring the hospital letter or appointment card into the office for our records. Thank you. Coats Please make sure you send your child to school with a hooded coat every day as we do encourage them to be outside weather permitting. Lateness It is now required that the parent/carer bringing a child to school after 8.55am comes to the school office and informs the office staff as to the reason for their lateness and signs the late book. Facilities Hire Are you looking for facilities to hold your child’s birthday party or other celebration? Why not hire our school hall? Hire rates for parents start at just £60. Please see the school office for more information. Stamp Appeal Please send your used stamps into school to support a charity that rescues, cares and rehabilitates horses in need. Lost Lily-Rose Edgar has lost 3 of her named school cardigans. Please check your belongings. Congratulations to:

Antoni Kret for gaining his Orange Star Certificate in the School Library. Key Dates for your Diary Sunday 3rd December Community Christmas Fair 12-4pm Monday 4th December Year One to visit St Mark’s Church Wednesday 6th December Scholastic Book Fair opens Monday 11th December Christmas Post Boxes open Tuesday 12th December 9.15am Reception Grandparents and Pre-schoolers Christmas Concert Wednesday 13th December 9.15am Reception PARENTS ONLY Christmas Concert (No Children allowed) Thursday 14th December 9.15am Starfish & Sealions Grandparents and Pre-schoolers Concert Friday 15th December 9.15am Seahorses & Lobsters Grandparents and Pre-schoolers Concert Monday 18th December 9.15am Starfish & Sealions PARENTS ONLY Christmas Concert (No children allowed) Tuesday 19th December 9.15am Seahorses & Lobsters PARENTS ONLY Christmas Concert (No children allowed) Wednesday 20th December School Trip to see ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ at Warwick Arts Centre Friday 22nd December Christmas Jumper Day Friday 22nd December Christmas Lunch Friday 22nd December School closes for Christmas holidays 3.15pm Friday 5th January 2018 School closed for Teacher Training Day Monday 8th January 2018 School opens for Spring Term at 8.45am

Assembly Theme for week beginning 27th

November is: Resilience


Events for Week commencing 27th November 2017

Before School Morning Lunchtime Afternoon After School

Monday

Construction

Club

French Club

Henry’s Club

Street Dance

Tuesday

Board Games

Spanish Club Science Club

Wednesday

Singing Club

Recorder Club

Forest School

Year 2 – Sealions

Art Club Recorder Club Year 1 Football

Thursday

Tennis Club

Hockey Club Reception Football

Computing Club

Friday

Dance Club

Golf Club

Year 2 Football

Hillmorton Junior Football Club

Hillmorton Junior Football Club is currently recruiting children that are in Pre-School,

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Hillmorton Football Club prioritises child welfare, is well

organised, safe, and provides qualified coaching to boys and girls from the age of 3 up

to 16. If you are interested in your child getting involved with an established local

football team, please contact Rob Hope on 07748 903353.


Friends News Community Christmas Fair - 50 years of Henry Hinde Infant School – ONE WEEK TO GO! Our Community Christmas Fair, which will be opened by The Mayor of Rugby will be on Sunday 3rd December from 12.00-4.00pm, with a carol concert at 3.30pm. Helpers urgently needed! The Christmas Fair requires lots of helpers for it to raise as much money as possible so if you are able to help that would be fantastic! Help could be in setting up, helping on a stall or clearing up after – all offers are really appreciated! If you are able to help please complete the form on ParentMail or let the office know as soon as possible. Without enough volunteers, some of the stalls and games may have to be cancelled. Non school uniform day Thank you for all the chocolate and bottle donations today for the Christmas Fair. The bottle tombola is always very popular so to make this stall a huge success we would be very grateful for some more bottle donations. Please bring to the office at any time next week. Raffle Our Christmas Raffle will be drawn on Monday 4th December and tickets were sent home in book bags last week. There are some fantastic prizes this year including family days out, restaurant vouchers, pamper treatments, food and drink hampers and much more! Tickets are priced at 50p each and you will have received two books of 5 tickets. If you do not sell them please return them to the box by the office. Tea Towels Our famous HHIS tea towel is now available to buy on ParentMail at a cost of £3.00 for one or £8.00 for three. They make a fabulous keepsake or gift for friends and family. They will also be available to purchase at the Christmas Fair and at the Christmas performances. Cake Donations We would be very grateful if all year groups could donate cakes for our cake stall at the Christmas Fair. Please bring them into school on the morning of Friday 1st December. Thank you. Small Prizes If you have unwanted party bag items or small packets of sweets etc. that we could use as small prizes at the Christmas Fair, please bring them into the office. Thank you. Henry's Club A fantastic stay and play club held in the school hall every Monday 2.00pm-3.00pm for baby to pre-school age. Next week’s theme is ‘Dinosaurs‘.

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