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Headlands Highlights February 2017
The cold, miserable weather hasn’t stopped us at Headlands. We’ve had another exciting
few weeks and have more great news to share with you. Huge thanks to everyone who
has contributed to the February edition of Headlands Highlights.
Congratulations to all of the children who have continued to make a very positive start to
2017 and have received star and writer of the week awards. Keep up the fantastic work!
Stars of the Week Writers of the Week
EYFS Emily, Meisha, Behbahani, Jenson, Eisa, Oscar, Devon, Ruby,
Beatrice, Amelia, Lochlan, Max and Mabel
Year 1 Areez, Katie, Isabella, Joseph and Evelena Daniel and Jay-J
Year 2 Jacob, Lexi, Harry, Charlotte, Zak, Ethan, Skyla, Abi, Taylor, Kelsie
and Georgia
Hannah, Isaac, Brooke and Lacey
Year 3 Henry, Hashim, Morgan, Tia, Virginia, Samuel, Khadijah and Fay
Year 4 Jack, Riley, Emma, Ruby, Ellis, Emily-May, Molly-Ann and Katie
Year 5 Tejay, Nathaniel, Joshua Armstrong, Kadence, Olivia N, Lucas,
Olivia T, Grace R, Grace P, Dilshi, Jessica, Umair and Finlay
Max C and Matthew
Year 6 Mia, Ellis, Cody, Calum, Melina, Brooklyn and Nell.
AIM HIGH. WORK HARD. HAVE FUN.
Outstanding Work
We held an Outstanding Work Assembly on
27/01/17. Congratulations to all of the pupils
below who received the award. Your work is now
proudly displayed outside Mrs Cocker’s office.
Well done!
Nursery: Indy-Anna Nicholson
Reception: Ellie Rhodes and Eva Wild
Year 1: Ben Curtis and Eva Pickard
Year 2: Jacob Kendall and Tyler Cross
Year 3: Virginia Okorowu and Ethan Owens
Year 4: Ellie Boardman and Orla Bradbury
Year 5: Malaika Tanvir and Ruby Bruce
Year 6: Grace Barran and Amber Howard
Superb Swimming
Well done to Isla in 1C who has just been
awarded her Stage 4 swimming certificate. Isla
had to demonstrate 10 different skills in order to
pass this stage. This included answering 2
questions about pool
safety and picking up an
object from below the
surface of the water.
Congratulations Isla -
this is a super achievement
and we are very proud of
you!
Headlands Highlights Continued….
AIM HIGH. WORK HARD. HAVE FUN.
CONGRATULATIONS!
We were so impressed to hear about the recent
achievement of Olivia in 5M.
Olivia attends the Emma Combs Dance Academy (TECDA) in
Heckmondwike. She was recently awarded the Modern Cup
for being the best dancer in the
Modern Dance category for the
whole of the academy.
This is an amazing achievement
Olivia - we are delighted that all of
your hard work and dedication to
dancing has been recognised.
What a star you are!
Y3’S HEALTHY TUCK SHOP
As part of their ‘Healthy Humans’ topic, Year Three have been busy identifying and tasting different
fruit and vegetables. During the tasting activities, the staff could clearly tell from the children’s faces
which of the foods they enjoyed and which they weren’t so keen on!
The children also had the opportunity to design a healthy kebab. They worked very hard on their
designs then sold their kebabs to KS2 pupils at an after school tuck shop on 09/02/16 . The tuck shop
was a huge success and the kebabs sold out in no time at all!
Can you identify the fruit
and vegetables that Y3
have been tasting?
Headlands Highlights Continued….
WELL DONE!
In 1H, Grace’s toes have also been
tapping and we were delighted to hear
that she has recently received a
number of rosettes to acknowledge
her effort and the skills she
demonstrated during her free-style
street dance and 2 step dance exams.
Well done Grace - this is brilliant news
and we can’t wait to find out more
about your future dancing
achievements!
MATHS ENRICHMENT DAYS (13-15th February)
The children loved our maths days this year and had lots of fun. Y1-Y6 had
to apply maths skills such as symmetry, estimation, non-standard
measuring and area to produce amazing cartoon characters with our visitor
Ian – Mr Doodlebug. All classes completed many other mathematical
activities including problem solving, maths art, sewing mystic roses,
co-ordinates and optical illusions. Not only did the children enjoy their
activities, they improved their maths skills at the same time.
YR 5 FIRE SAFETY TALKS
On 14/02/17, local fire officers visited
Year 5 pupils to discuss fire safety in the
home. Pupils were informed about the
importance of having an escape plan in
the event of a fire and officers stressed
the need to ensure that alarms and
detectors were kept in good working
order.
In addition to this, the children enjoyed
a role play activity which helped them to
consider car safety aspects such as
wearing seatbelts and the importance of
not distracting the driver.
HEADLANDS vs HIGHTOWN
On Thursday 16th February pupils in Upper
KS2 played in a football match against
Hightown. All pupils played incredibly well
and demonstrated some great teamwork.
Headlands and Hightown were very closely
matched and the final score was 8 all.
Huge thanks to all of the families who stayed
behind after school to support the team.
Headlands Highlights
WE NEED YOUR HELP! The pupils at Headlands are so fortunate that the Friends of
Headlands Team work hard to plan and organise events for us all to
look forward to every year.
Over the last 12 months the children have enjoyed the school fayres,
discos and the monsters ball. In addition to this, the Year 6 pupils had
lots of fun on their special leavers outing back in the summer. Within
the last year, FOH have also supported enrichment events such as
the popular Maths Day, continued to develop our amazing woodland
area and fundraised for new equipment for the children to play with
during break times.
As we are sure you will understand, any PTA association is only as
strong as the people who contribute to it. Unfortunately, we are
becoming increasingly concerned about the long term sustainability
of our PTA. Over the next year or so the FOH Team is likely to
become much smaller as a number of the parents who currently
make huge contributions will no longer have children at Headlands
School. It would be an enormous shame if the FOH Team ceased to
exist and unfortunately school staff would not have the time to plan
and organise the events mentioned above.
The FOH Team are desperate for new members who can volunteer
regularly, contribute fresh ideas and who are keen to learn and take
on additional responsibilities in the
future. If you think you might be able to
help please express your interest by
contacting Mrs Drummond in school.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Upcoming Events...
28/02/17 - 06/03/17 - Book Fair
02/03/17 - World Book Day
05/03/17 - Trust Car Boot Sale
06/03/17 - Y6 Residential to
Robinwood
07/03/17 - 1 Hawthorn’s Assembly
07/03/17 - Y2 SATs Information
Evening
14/03/17 - 2 Beech’s Assembly
17/03/17 - Outstanding Work
Assembly
18/03/17 - Nursery Open Day
DON’T FORGET TO DRESS UP AS YOUR FAVOURITE STORY CHARACTER FOR WORLD BOOK DAY!
SAVE THE DATE!
Part time places available for September 2017.