Clarence Road,Four Oaks,

Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 4LD

Telephone: 0121 308 5392 Fax: 0121 308 5061

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

Wednesday 8th June Year 3 visiting Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery today

Thursday 9th June ACORNS delivering assemblies in each Key Stage

Friday 10th June Sex and Relationships Education for Year 6 - Body Parts

Parent Council Meeting 2.20pm

Tuesday 14th June Year 1 out at Cannock Chase Toys & Games today

Thursday 16th June Hares class assembly 2:30pm in KS1 Hall

Friday 17th June Cluster Choir visiting school today

Sex and Relationships Education for Year 6 - Diseases

Hares’ Class Assembly - 2.30 pm - KS1 hall

Tuesday 21st June Year 5 visiting National Space Centre today

PTFA Meeting - 7:30pm

Wednesday 22nd June Year 2 visiting the Sea Life Centre today

Thursday 23rd June Cluster Concert for Year 6 pupils at Arthur Terry

Friday 24th June School Council Meeting 1:15pm

Monday 27th June Rounders Festival for Year 4

Tuesday 28th June Free the children Assembly and workshops for Years 4,5 and 6

Wednesday 29th June Area Sports Event at Wyndley Athletic Track - 1:30pm-6:00pm

New Reception Parent’s Evening 6:45pm

Thursday 30th June Year 6 visiting La Tasca Restaurant in the afternoon

Badgers class assembly 2:30pm in KS1 Hall

Friday 1st July Badgers class assembly 2:30pm in KS1 Hall

Sex and Relationships Education for Year 6 - Prejudices

Monday 4th July KS1 Cluster Day

Quiz Team in Final at Nottingham

Tuesday 5th July Sports Day

Wednesday 6th July Year 6 induction day at secondary schools

Activity afternoon for new Reception intake

Transition Parents meeting with Miss Marsh 6:45pm KS1 Hall

Thursday 7th July KS2 Cluster Day

Reception visiting Twycross Zoo today

Friday 8th July Water Week Assemblies am

Parents can access on-line Reports

Activity afternoon for new Reception intake

PTFA Quiz Night

Sunday 10th July PTFA Summer Fayre

Wednesday 8th June 2011

CONGRATULATIONS! I am sure you will want to join with

me in congratulating Mrs Rose

Everton who is expecting her

second baby. We wish her all the

best and look forward to meeting

the new arrival! We would also like

to congratulate Mr Tom Hamilton

whose wife is expecting

their first baby.

Hill West’s Got Talent! Friday 1st July

If your child is intending to participate in

this years Hill West’s Got Talent please ensure

that you return the entry form by Friday

17th June.

KS1 Auditions will be held in morning

assembly at 9.00 am on Friday 1st July -

voting will take place during this

assembly.

KS2 auditions will be held at 6.30 pm.

BBQ and bar available.

Voting will take place on the night so bring all

your supporters.

Places for auditions will be limited.

FREE SCHOOL MEALS PROVISION Children whose parents receive the following support payments are entitled to receive

free school meals:

Income Support (IS);

Income Based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA);

an income-related Employment And Support Allowance (ESA) (this benefit was introduced on

27 October 2008)

support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; or

Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual income

(as assessed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) that, as of 6 April 2011, does not exceed

£16,190

the Guarantee element of State Pension Credit.

If you think that you qualify for Free School Meals then please collect an application form from the

display stand in the office reception area.

Please note that if you no longer qualify you should advise the School Office immediately.

STAY AND PLAY

Would you be interested in a stay and play session for parents and toddlers held at Hill West on a

weekly basis? If so let us know with a phone call to the office.

PTFA SUMMER FAYRE

Sunday 10th July - 11.00 am Can you help man a stall?

All help gratefully received please let your child’s class teacher know or contact

Miss Marsh with your availability

BEHAVIOUR FOCUS - WAKE UP SHAKE UP

We would kindly ask that you encourage all children

to enter the playground at 8.45am and take part in

our Wake Up Shake Up programme. Our KS2

pupils are role models for our younger children and

we expect them to play a full and active part in the

life of our school. With this commitment comes the

rewards at the end of term. Many thanks to those

Year 6 children who are now joining in.

REPORTS ARE CHANGING

This year you will access your child’s report on-line.

Letters will be issued to you via your child on Tuesday 5th 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 Tuesday 5th July

reports will not be available to view until 12pm on Friday 8th

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 11th

July between 3:00pm - 4:00pm to collect a copy of your child’s

report from the KS2 building entrance.

CLUSTER CONCERT - THURSDAY 23rd JUNE

This year our Year 6 pupils will be taking part in the Cluster Concert hosted at The Arthur Terry School. They will showcase their talents

along with other schools and groups from the local community.

They will perform a short clip form their end of term leavers produc-

tion and further details for parents will follow shortly.

TUCK PRICE LIST

Toast (1 slice) 15p Crumpets (1) available Monday, Wednesday and Friday 20p

Bacon sandwich available Tuesday and Wednesday 55p Fruit flakes 35p

Fresh fruit 25p Milk shake 35p

Fruit juice 20p Bottled water

PTFA FUN RUN

We would like to say a big thank you

and well done to all the children at

Hill West who took part in the PTFA

Fun Run on Sunday 22nd May.

A big thank you also goes to the

organisers of this years Fun

Run, we really appreciate

all your hard work.

SPORTS DAY

Our Sports Day this year will be on Tuesday 5th July

for all of our pupils. The last race of the day will be an obstacle course

especially for our parents to take part in. We look forward to seeing you!

KS2 - 9.30 am KS1 - 1.15 pm

AREA SPORTS EVENT

Just a reminder that our Area Sports event will be

taking place at Wyndley Athletic track at 1:30pm -

6:00pm on Wednesday 29th June.

Further details will be issued via letter from Mrs

Sharp

WANTED

SUMMER FAYRE MUMS & GIRLS AND DADS & LADS

FOOTBALL

Keen mums to play football against the girls in our traditional mums vs

girls match at the summer fayre this year. Please con-

tact Mrs Balla.

We are also looking for dads to play in the Dads v Lads match.

Anyone interested should contact Mr Pattinson in Year 5.

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ENTHUSIASM A MUST

Oxfam Super School Hill West Primary School has won a Super

School Award 2011 from Oxfam for having

some of the most inspiring plans to raise

awareness of water conservation.

We are planning fun and informative activities

throughout the week commencing 11th July,

with our main events on THURSDAY 14th

JULY.

Children will be involved in various activities

including:

Water Painting

Mini African Garden Competition

Rain Gauge Making

Eco Shower Competition

Water Bucket Relay

We will also be making Thursday a non school

uniform day, and would ask that all children

come to school wearing blue.

SPONSOR MONEY

Could we ask that all sponsor money is returned to school forthwith. We would like

to thank all those families who have already returned their monies and we would

like to congratulate Liberty Byrne, and Kahrel Reddin in KS1 and Alison Teppin, Alannah

Vyse and Will Knowles in KS2 on having the longest throws. Well done!

Oxfam Water Week

Oxfam Water Week is taking place at Hill West from Monday 11th July to Friday 15th July.

Water Week is a new UK wide initiative that gives pupils the opportunity to learn about global

issues, develop their skills and values as active global citizens and make a real difference..

Throughout the week children at Hill West will be thinking about ways they use

water at home and at school, learn about the importance of water in people’s lives

around the world and think about inequality in access to water.

As well as water awareness activities in the classroom, members of staff along

with our Year 5 children will also be running a shop in Sutton Mall all week, selling various items

to raise money for Oxfam. We would be very grateful if you could come and visit us in store at

some point that week, please send friends and relatives too. We will be opposite WHSmiths!

LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR VACANCIES

We currently have vacancies in

school for Lunchtime Supervisors

Monday to Friday

11.55 am to 1.15 pm

(6 hours 40 minutes per week)

Application forms are

available from the KS1office.

Cluster Days

This year our annual Cluster

Days will take place on;

KS1 - Monday 4th July

KS2 - Thursday 7th July

This is an opportunity for children

in our local schools to work to-

gether on shared projects and

also have lots of fun with

Theatre and dance

performances

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 6th 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

INCLUSION FOCUS

- Counselling

Some of you may have been aware that Sam Har-

nett our Malachi Support worker has been poorly for the last three

weeks. I am pleased to say that she is fully recovered and will be re-

turning to school this Friday. She is looking forward to seeing the

families she supports. If you think that you or someone in your family

would benefit from free counselling then please do let us know. Al-

though Sam is very busy we have additional capacity through an or-

ganisation called pro-health who are already helping some of our

families.

YEAR SIX

LEAVERS’ PRODUCTION

Our Year 6 Leavers’ Production this year

will be held at 9.30 am on

Wednesday 13th July and 7.00 pm on

Thursday 14th July.

Further details/ticket information

will follow shortly.

Year Six

Graduation

This year our Year Six

Graduation Ceremony

will take place on Tuesday

19th July

commencing at 7.00 pm.

Further details/ticket

information will follow

shortly

YEAR SIX

LEAVERS’

FORMAL LUNCH

This year for the third time our Year 6 pupils will be invited to a formal sit-down celebration meal at 1.00 pm on

Monday 18th July.

They will choose their 3 course menu in advance and their meal will be

accompanied by alcohol free champagne.

We will be sending out invitations soon and asking you to reply letting us know if your child would like to

take part

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop will close its

doors at 4.00 pm on Friday 15th

July. After that date

NO UNIFORM WILL BE SOLD.

A stock take will take place the

following week and this will

prevent us from selling any further

stock. We can take order forms

with payment but will not issue the

uniform until the new term starts.

SO REMEMBER!

FRIDAY 15TH JULY IS THE LAST

DAY FOR BUYING UNIFORM FOR

NEXT YEAR.

AWARDS ASSEMBLY

KS2 Tuesday 19th July

9.00 am

KS1 Tuesday 19th July

2.30 pm

If your child is being presented

with an award this year you will be

invited

to attend our Annual Awards

Assembly.