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Transcript of July 2012 School Newsletter
Clarence Road,Four Oaks,
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 4LD
Telephone: 0121 308 5392 Fax: 0121 308 5061
DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES
Wed 4th July Year 6 induction day at secondary schools
Activity Afternoon for new Reception
Transition Parents Meeting for R/2/6 (Fiona) KS1 Hall
Fri 6th July Activity Afternoon for new Reception
Reports go out to Parents
Mufti Day
Sun 8th July PTFA Summer Fair (please come in your wellingtons and anoraks)
Mon 9th July Leavers Assembly – am and pm for children
KS1 and KS2 “Drop In” Parent Consultations 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Tue 10th July PTFA Meeting – 7.30 pm
Wed 11th July Leavers Assembly – 9.00 am – KS1 hall
Thurs 12th July Sports Day
Leavers Assembly – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall
Fri 13th July Activity morning with Lunch for New Reception
Tue 17th July Awards/Attendance Ceremonies – 9.00 am KS2 – 2.30 pm KS1
Year 6 Graduation Ceremony – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall
Wed 18th July “Year 6 Leavers” Lunch
Fri 20th July PARTY AFTERNOON
BREAK UP FOR SUMMER HOLIDAY
Mon 3rd Sept PUPILS RETURN TO SCHOOL
Wednesday 4th July 2012
HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS
We would like to wish our
children and parents a very happy summer holiday. We
look forward to seeing you all again in September
It is with sadness that we say goodbye to:
Mr Pattinson who is joining the staff at Mere Green
Combined School
Mr Cross who will be teaching in Cairo next year
We wish them all well for the future and thank them for their hard work and dedication during the time they spent
at Hill West.
Summer Choir Workshops
Richard Jeffries and Helen Willetts will be running summer school singing workshops during
the holidays open to children, parents and grandparents.
Reception and Year 1- 3rd August 10.00am to 1.00pm
Year 2 and 3 - 7th to 9th August 10.00am to 3.00pm
Year 4, 5, 6 - 23rd to 27th July 10.00am to 3.00pm
Flyers have been sent home but please contact Mr Jeffries if you would like to know more on
07736 318 340
LOST PROPERTY
On the last Friday of term all lost property will be displayed outside
on the parents’ seating area. If you know that your child has
mislaid an item of clothing could I kindly ask you to come along
and look through.
Unfortunately it is impossible for us to keep lost property over the
holiday and any remaining items will be
disposed of.
Congratulations to Mrs
Wilmore who gave birth
last week to a beautiful
little girl.
MUFTI DAY - FRIDAY 6th JULY
Children can wear their own clothes to school on Friday 6th July in exchange for the following:
KS1: Bottles (wine, bubble bath, soft drinks) KS2: Sweets and chocolates
All items will be used as prizes for the Tombola for our upcoming
Summer Fayre on Sunday 8th July.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Mrs Sharp will be changing role next year and will no longer be a Class Teacher but we are thrilled that she will be working part time as our Modern Foreign Language Teacher.
We would like to extend a warm
welcome to three new members of
teaching staff:
Miss Amie Hyde
Miss Leanne Rowe
Miss Lorna Shirley
WOODPECKERS Places in Woodpeckers for the new school year are very limited and if you
think you may need to use the club you MUST go into
Woodpeckers and see Mrs Curtis as soon as possible so they can confirm your places. We are already fully booked for some sessions as
our capacity is limited to 35 children. We would also like to draw your attention to the fee increase for Woodpeckers and Wagtails which is as follows:
Wagtails Woodpeckers 7:30am—8:45am £3.00 7:30m - 8:45am £3.00
3:20pm -4:30pm £3.00 3:30pm - 4:30pm £3.00 3:20pm -6:00pm £6.00 3:30pm - 6:00pm £6.00
Registration fees remain the same. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Curtis (Woodpeckers) or Miss Claire Jones (Wagtails.)
FOUR OAKS COMMUNITY FAIR
“A Local Event for Local People”
At Arthur Terry School, Kittoe Road, Sutton
Coldfield, B74 4RZ
Saturday 22nd September 2012
10.00am – 1.00pm
This is an opportunity for local residents to find
out what is going on in the community:-
Childcare, Sports clubs, Charities, Volunteering
opportunities, Local schools, Local trades people
and businesses….and much more….!
We look forward to seeing you there!
If you would like a stall at this event please
contact Amanda Lansdown
Tel: 0121 323 1121
KS1 AND 2 SCHOOL AWARDS
This year we will be celebrating the success of our children throughout
the year with trophies and certificates as usual. We will be awarding seven trophies per year
group for Literacy Achievement
Numeracy Achievement 100% Effort
Kindness Creativity
Sporting Achievement Musical Achievement
If your child is due to receive a reward you will be invited to attend via a personal letter. We will also be
awarding 100% attendance certificates
FOUR OAKS CLUSTER CHOIR The Four Oaks Cluster Choir is a real success both locally and nationally. They are through to the finals of Choir of the Year and will sing at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in October. They have recently visited all the school in the Cluster and we were amazed by the quality and talent of the performance. If your child is interested in joining the choir please contact Mr Jeffries on 07736 318 340 who will advise you how to join. Mr Jeffries is recruiting more children in September and auditions will take place at Four Oaks Primary School. We would also like to say a really big thank you to those children who performed in the Four Oaks Cluster Choir concert on Friday 22nd June. Your performance was absolutely fantastic!
GRADUATION
Our Year 6 Graduation Ceremony is
taking place this year on Tuesday 17th
July at 7.00 pm in the KS1 hall. We
would like to congratulate our Year 6
pupils and wish them every success in
the future. We look forward to
welcoming you on
the night - drinks
and
nibbles will be
available
immediately
after the
ceremony.
PTFA Summer Fair Don’t forget the Summer Fair on Sunday 8th July from 11.00am to 2.30pm. Fancy dress parade at 1..00am with Olympic theme—prizes for the best two costumes from KS1 and 2. The parade will be led by Leroy Henry who is an Olympic torch bearer!
DINNER AND MILK MONEY
FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
THE AUTUMN TERM
Dinner Money for the first half of
the Autumn Term will be £70 up to
19th October. You will receive a
note of any credits owed to you
before the end of this half term.
Milk money for KS1 children will be
£4.90 up to 19th October. Please
complete and return the request
form before the end of
term.
Please can we request that you
advise the school office of any
change to your personal details
such as a new address or change
of mobile telephone number.
If your email address changes
please let us know so we can
update Parentmail.
A form is available from the
Reception area display stand.
BEHAVIOUR FOCUS: EXCLUSION This week in the Parent Council meeting Miss Marsh outlinde the policiy and procedures regarding Discipline in school and Exclusion procedures. The Government has repeatedly
talked about increasing the powers given to teachers to deal with discipline issues. Schools
are now however, being asked to carry out a wide-range of assessments of pupils, before employing the ultimate sanction: Exlcusion.
Evaluations of pupils will consider whether the pupil has possible undiagnosed special Educational Needs, Mental Health problems or issues at home, before school’s impose a sanction of exclusion. All
these avenues are explored before the school make the final decision to exclude a pupil and ensure that
all agencies work together in order to support pupils and their families. At Hill West the decision to exclude a pupil, is never taken lightly and a thorough investigation will take place before reaching that
conclusion and ourn policy is to support families throughout this process, in order to ensure that a pupil is reintergrated back into the classroom successfully. We are fortunate that fixed term exclusions are
minimal at Hill West and always the last resort.
‘DROP IN’
PARENT’S EVENING
Monday 9th July
If you have any concerns or queries
about your child and their progress
in school, then please feel free to
attend our KS1 and KS2 ‘drop in’
parent’s evening session on
Monday 9th July from
5:00pm - 7:00pm.
INCLUSION
FOCUS:
The end of the school year
is fast approaching and we are anxious
that all children have a smooth
transition to their next class or key
stage. With this in mind and in order to
fully support your child it is important
that you let us have as much informa-
tion as possible about any special needs,
whether that be a learning, social com-
munication need or a medical issue.
We also want to ensure we give you, as
parents, any support you need. This may
be signposting you to groups outside
school that can help with family issues
or just the opportunity to have an
informal chat about a concern.
Please help us to support you and your
child.
PARTY
AFTERNOON
On the last day of school, Friday 20th
July, children should wear
their party clothes to school.
They should not, however,
bring any toys or games etc
from home.
We will end the year with
celebratory games and activities.
MEET YOUR NEW
TEACHER! The children will get the
opportunity to spend some time in
their new classrooms with their
new teacher on Monday 16th
July. We know
they will look
forward to this.
CONGRATULATIONS
Well done to our Athletes who took
part in the Cluster Sports Day on
Friday.
Hill West won 3 trophies!
A marvellous effort from all
involved.
There are lots of holiday play
schemes available in the Four
Oaks area.
www.fouroakscluster.org
www.hillwestevents.org
PARKING
Thank you to those considerate parents who park carefully when dropping or collecting their
from school.
Unfortunately we receive regular complaints from our neighbours regarding parents who park
their cars over driveways and from the Crossing Warden about cars stopping on the zig zags of
the school clearway.
Please can you park responsibly and respect the road markings.
PLEASE REMEMBER REPORTS
HAVE CHANGED
Once again this year you will access your child’s report on-line.
Letters will be issued to you via your child on Wednesday 4th July
and these will contain your secure password enabling access to the
report. This letter is extremely important as without it you will not
be able to log on to the secure area and view the
report. Although letters are being issued on Wednesday 4th July
reports will not be available to view until 12pm on Friday 6th July.
Your on-line reports will also include your child’s class and teacher
for September 2012. If your child is away on the day your password
letter will be posted.
If you do not have access to the internet then you are
welcome to come into school on the afternoon of Monday 9th July between 3:00pm -
4:00pm to collect a copy of your child’s report from the KS2 building entrance
Leave of Absence in Term Time
This week we have received an anonymous letter into school from a group of parents.
The letter advised us that although we have denied a request for leave of absence for a
particluar child the parent still clearly intends to take the child out of school and has
been making this public knowledge. Although this seems unfair on those families who
abide by school policy and government legislation I must stress that the only person
that parent is disadvantaging is her own child. By sending your children to school
everyday you are aknowledging that educaiton and learning is an important factor in
future success. It is such a shame that not all parents take their responsibility as
seriously.
YEAR SIX
LEAVERS’ PRODUCTION
Our Year 6 Leavers’ Production this
year will be held at 9.30 am on
Wednesday 11th July and 7.00 pm on
Thursday 12th July.
Further details/ticket information
will follow shortly.
You really are in for a treat!
TRANSITION PARENTS’ MEETING
This year, we are holding our annual transition evening for the parents of children
in our current Reception, Year 2 and Year 6 on
Wednesday 4th July and parents will be invited to attend at the following times:
5.30 - 6.00 Reception Parents
6.30 - 7.00 Year 2 Parents
7.30 - 8.00 Year 6 Parents
We hope to see as many of you as possible
SPORTS DAY
Owing to very wet grounds our Sports Day has been rescheduled for
Thursday 12th July for all of our pupils (weather permitting)
The last race of the day will be an obstacle race especially for our
Parents. We hope you can join us and look forward to seeing you!
KS2 - 9.30 am KS1 - 1.15 pm
Can you please bring in
any unwanted PE
clothing or pumps for
use as spare kits in
school.
Many thanks.
RETIRING COLLECTION BOXES
All proceeds collected following
events held at Hill West this summer
will be donated to Free the Children
who we have been supporting this
year.
Please bring any spare change along
to parent events to help us raise as
much as possible.
It’s been an extremely busy
term for year 6—we can’t
quite believe we only have a
few weeks left at Hill West!
Since completing our SATs
tests we have been working
furiously on our Leavers’
Production and making the
most of our last weeks at
our school.
Recently we spent some time
reflecting on our
funniest and
fondest memories….
I remember my very first day at Hill West. Me and Samuel
came into Swifts at the same time so everyone thought we
were brother and sister!
A clear memory of mine was when I called Mr Horobin “Mummy” in
year 3...I don't know what got into me!
My favourite memory was when Mrs Willmore
announced that she was pregnant—everyone got so
excited and started `jumping around!
The best thing about
Hill West is making new
friends throughout the
years and working as a
team in lessons.
From Mrs Williams in
Reception to Mrs Cook in year
6, my Hill West experience
has been great. I remember at
Bockleton everybody was
really supportive on the
zipwire and climbing wall. This
class is always there for each
other so it will be sad to leave.
I came in year 4 and
was in Squirrels. On
my first day I went up
in Birthday Assembly
and showed some
random rocks which
weren't interesting!
Year 1 was the first year I started at this school. I
remember the time we went to the theatre and the big giant scared the life out of me! It would never scare me now!
I’ll never forget when Miss Clarke fell in a puddle of
cow poo at Bockleton!
In year 1 we were making patterns on
clay. They were drying at the other
side of the classroom. When Emily
said that they weren’t dry yet I
insisted that they were, picking up
hers and bending it to show her how
sturdy it was. Unfortunately, it broke
in two and she immediately started
crying...oops!
I really enjoyed it when I was Miss Head for Teacher Takeover
day (I got to boss Mitchel around!)
At Drayton Manor we
went on Stormforce 10.
I bought a poncho and
just before the big
drop everybody started
to make holes in it! I
got DRENCHED!
My favourite memory was my first football match against Four Oaks—I scored a goal!