NORTH HINKSEY CE PRIMARY SCHOOLNEWSLETTER 12TH OCTOBER 2018

TERM 1 VALUE: THANKFULNESS OTTER LEARNING FOCUS: THINK

CELEBRATIONS

NORTH HINKSEY INSPIRED

Thank you to everyone who helped and came to North Hinksey Inspired on Tuesday. It was a wonderful success

with children loving holding eyes, hearts and giant amethysts! The children loved the workshops with Team

Bloodhound making their cars go as fast as possible against the speedometer. Thank you to all the parents who

volunteered and gave their time. It was another memorable event.

CROSS COUNTRY

YEAR 4 VISITOR

On Tuesday 9th October me and my dad spoke about

Eid and Hajj, the journey of a lifetime, to Year 4. I

showed my special clothes that I wear on Eid. There

were lots of questions. Thuwayba

I learnt that you have to walk around the kabbah

seven times . Charlie

It was exciting learning about Hajj. It was very hot

and it sounded fun. Samuel

SPORTS SESSIONS

We enjoyed having Mr Taylor in this week. He worked with groups of children to share ideas for games to play at

break times, as well as leading sports lessons for Year 2 and Year 3. ‘It was good. I wobbled and Lotta lifted her leg

up! Can we do it again?’ Mia

Well done to our cross country teams

for taking part in the final at Buscot

Park. They all did very well with the

Year 5/6 girls coming third overall!

They all ran very well, supported each

other and their excellent behaviour

was commented on. Well done team!

Thank you to Mrs Miller for organising

the event and for the adults who

joined for support.

SCHOOL INFORMATION

PHOTOS

Please return completed order forms to the office by Tuesday 16th October.

PUPIL INFORMATION

Your child will bring home an envelope today containing two sheets of paper. One has current information we

hold about your child. Please check this, make any amendments and return to the office. Please note we require

at least two contact details in case of an emergency. The other sheet refers to updated data protection rules and

needs completing and signing before being returned to the office. Please return both sheets by Friday 19th

October.

If your child does not bring home the envelope today, please contact the office as soon as possible.

MORNING DROP OFF

We expect all children to be in class by 8.50am ready for the start of their learning. To help with this, we would

appreciate it if all adults could ensure they are making their way off the school site at this time. If you do need to

drop off any items for your child after 8.50am, please do so by going to the office, rather than back into class as

this interrupts the learning. Thank you.

LUNCHES

There will be a new menu after half term.

If your child is late in for any reason in the morning, please make the office aware if your child is school dinners or

packed lunch. We need to know by 10.30am if your child needs a school dinner and we will not be able to provide

one if we are not informed by this time.

HOLIDAY CLUBS

Information about holiday clubs is available on the school website. Click here for more information.

HSA Autumn Film Night

Calling all mini film-lovers! Join us on Thursday 1st November for our very first Autumn Film Night! Your friends at

the HSA will be showing the seasonably spooky Hotel Transylvania in the school hall at 5.30 pm (pick up 7.30 pm).

For just £4 you’ll get a couple of child-free hours and your children will enjoy the film, two slices of pizza and a bag

of popcorn. No need to bring any cash, just make sure your child brings a drinks bottle.

Pyjamas, onesies, cuddly toys and beanbags/cushions actively encouraged!

Tickets will be available to purchase on parentmail until end of play on Monday 29th October. Due to space con-

straints we can only accommodate school children (no younger siblings), sorry.

See you there!

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Saturday 13th October St Peter & St. Paul Botley, Oxford. OX2 9JY

Come and visit our Wedding Event - part of our 60th anniversary church celebrations – fea-turing photographic exhibition - 60 years of weddings and 6 decades of dresses on dis-play. We’ll have floral displays, live wedding music, tea and cake, plus advice on how to get married in one of our churches. Saturday 13th October 10-4pm at the church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Botley, Oxford. See our website for more details: www.osneybenefice.org.uk.

Term 1

Monday 15th October Tag Rugby Competition for group of children in Years 3 and 4 at Cumnor School. Invitations have been sent home.

3.00—5.00pm

Thursday 18th October

Values Assembly to celebrate children who have demon-strated the value of ‘Thankfulness’ this term. Invitations have been sent to parents of those children who are re-ceiving a certificate

9.00am

Friday 19th October End of Term 1 HSA Mufti £1 per child 3.10pm

Monday 22nd—Friday 26th October Half term

Term 2

Monday 29th October Start of Term 2

Wednesday 31st October Vision screening for Reception children

Thursday 1st November HSA Autumn Film Night 5.30—7.30pm

Friday 2nd November Year 4 Sharing Assembly 9.00am

Tuesday 6th November KS2 SATs information session for parents 6.30pm

Wednesday 7th November Year 3 to 6 visiting North Hinksey War Graves for Remembrance service

Leaving school 10.00am

Thursday 8th November Charity singing concert at Wesley Memorial Church, Ox-ford. Children have been sent an invitation

Friday 9th November Year 2 Sharing Assembly 9.00am

Tuesday 13th November KS1 SATs information session for parents 6.30pm

Friday 16th November Children In Need. Children are welcome to wear some-thing spotty to school, if they would like to, for a sug-gested donation of £1

Friday 16th November Year 1 Sharing Assembly 9.00am

Friday 16th November HSA Reception Cake Sale 3.10pm

Week beginning 19th November Parents’ Evenings. Days and times TBC.

Friday 23rd November Reception Sharing Assembly. All Reception families in-vited to join us in the hall. 9.00am

Tuesday 27th November Classroom open sessions for parents. All parents wel-come to come into classrooms and see their child’s books and learning.

8.45—9.10am

Thursday 29th November Year 5 Sharing Assembly + mini musuem 9.00am

Friday 30th November INSET day. School closed.

Monday 3rd—Friday 7th December Year 6 residential to Aberdovey.

Friday 7th December Year 3 Sharing Assembly 9.00am

Wednesday 12th December Christmas Jumper day (if children would like to wear one) and Christmas lunch.

Friday 14th December Year 6 Sharing Assembly 9.00am

Friday 14th December HSA Christmas Bazaar 5.30—7.30pm

Monday 17th December Reception Crib Service at St Lawrence Church. Families welcome to join us. 2.00pm

Wednesday 19th December Year 1 and 2 Nativity Performance. No tickets required.

One afternoon and one early evening performance. Times TBC

Thursday 20th December

Values Assembly to celebrate children who have demon-strated the value of ‘Trust this term. Invitations will be sent to parents of those children who are receiving a certificate

9.00am

Friday 21st December Years 3 to 6 Christmas Service at St Peter & Paul’s Church. Families welcome to join us. 10.15am

Friday 21st December End of Term 2 1.00pm

Term 3

Monday 7th January INSET day—school closed

Tuesday 8th January Start of Term 3

Friday 1st February HSA Year 5 Cake Sale 3.10pm

Tuesday 12th February HSA Quiz Night 7.30pm

Friday 15th February End of Term 3 HSA Mufti £1 per child 3.10pm

Term 4

Monday 25th Feburary Start of Term 4

Friday 22nd March HSA Year 4 Cake Sale 3.10pm

Friday 5th April End of Term 4 1.00pm

Term 5

Tuesday 23rd April Start of Term 5

Saturday 28th April HSA Fun Run 10.00am

Friday 3rd May HSA Year 3 Cake Sale 3.10pm

Saturday 11th May HSA May Fayre 12.00—3.00pm

Friday 24th May End of Term 5 HSA Mufti £1 per child 3.10pm

Term 6

Monday 3rd June INSET day—school closed

Tuesday 4th June Start of Term 6

Friday 7th June HSA Year 2 Cake Sale 3.10pm

Friday 14th June HSA Disco for children TBC

Friday 12th July HSA Year 1 Cake Sale 3.10pm

Wednesday 17th July HSA Family Picnic 5.00—7.00pm

Wednesday 24th July End of Term 6 1.00pm