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Hitherfield Herald Number 0481 www.hitherfield.co.uk 4th October 2019
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Monday 7th October - Growing Against Violence Workshop
Friday 11th October – EID Party 3pm – 5pm Children can wear colourful
clothes to school on this day for a 50p donation
Monday 14th October – Year 4 trip to Sydenham Woods
Wednesday 16th October – Individual and sibling photos
Friday 18th October – PTA. AGM
Friday 18th October – Last day of term
Tuesday 12th November – Flu immunisation
Attendance News Well done Hitherfield
Our attendance was 96.9% this week.
This week we wanted to celebrate the classes with the
best attendance, so well done to…
Tadpole in Nursery, Koala and Platypus in Reception,
Dugong and Sunbird in Year 1, Hummingbird in Year 2,
Anaconda in Year 3, Cheetah in Year 4, Hedgehog in
Year 5 and Orca in Year 6
We expect all children in their lines at 8.55am. Well
done to all our families who got here on time.
School starts at 8:55am and all pupils should be in
class and registered before 9:00am. Class registration
closes at 9:00am and children not in class at this time
will be asked to register at the office where they will
need to collect a late card before being admitted to
class.
School Uniform
Please ensure that your child’s name and class is clearly
labelled on all of their belongings. This makes it easier
for the lost item to be reunited with the child.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
Thank you all for attending and supporting the Macmillan
Coffee Morning last Friday. We had SO many cakes and
offers of help that it was a very busy one! We are delighted to
confirm that we will be sending a cheque for £387.40 to
Macmillan Cancer Care (even better than last year, which
was £351.93!).
Competition Time Harris Academy Clapham have invited the Year 5 and 6 children to enter their Christmas card competition this year! Entries are to be handed into the office by the 4th of November, and the winner will be announced in school on the 11th and displayed in the Herald on the 15th of November. Please see attached flyer further down the Herald.
We also held a second hand
uniform sale, which raised
£237.42 for the PTA. This is a
considerable increase on last
year, and shows how
committed we are as a school
to reuse and recycle where
possible. We will have
another stall at the Eid Fair,
so do bring in your good
quality uniform for us to sell.
Did you know? When we analysed the attainment outcomes from our children in Year 6 last year we noticed that pupils who attended school 95% or above did significantly better than those who attended less than 95%. In Writing the difference was that 30% more children attained the expected standard or higher if they attended school 95% or more of the time. Just another reason for children to come to school whenever possible.
A very big…
THANK YOU to all of our families who gave so generously to our collection for our partner school in Tanzania. It will be so nice to be able to provide some extra learning resources for them.
We collected just over £240!
Outstanding achievements of Hitherfield Primary School recognised
by the Mayor of London
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has celebrated the outstanding performance of Hitherfield Primary
School with an awards ceremony.
The school was honoured for its work to reduce educational inequality and achieve exceptional results for
children who were previously behind in their studies, at a Schools for Success awards ceremony.
Hitherfield has been recognised for an exciting and innovative curriculum that inspires and leads to high
attainment.
The Schools for Success programme was created by the Mayor in 2017 to improve the support given to
children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The programme recognises primary and secondary schools
that ensure strong progress for their lowest attaining pupils, has a strong overall performance and shares
their work with other schools.
The ceremony was hosted on Friday 27th September by Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare Joanne
McCartney.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “I’d like to congratulate the staff of Hitherfield for their excellent
work. Schools for Success was created to celebrate the difference that teachers, teaching assistants,
support staff and governors are making every day to support children and reduce inequalities, and this
school’s inclusive and supportive learning environment is a great example of this. London has the best
schools and teachers in the country, and by working together we can make sure that no young Londoner
is left behind.”
Well done to Nia (Anaconda) and Rayhan (Jaguar) for completing the challenge. You will receive a maths sticker in
the Good News assembly next week. Don’t forget you can email the completed maths challenges to the main
school office or drop them off there too.
This week’s challenge is linked to maths in art. Since September we have been taking part in a whole school art
project with each year group studying a different artist and making links to maths.
Year 5 have been studying Kandinsky’s ‘Composition VIII’
What maths can you see in this artwork? E.g. There are ___ triangles.
Look at the shapes, repeating patterns and lines. What do you notice?
Maths Glossary Number sentence = an equation expressed using numbers and mathematical symbols
(+ - x ÷ = ) e.g 5 + 2 = 7
The ever-popular Eid Fair will be held next
Friday 11th October from 3pm - 5.30pm.
Your children are welcome to come to school
in colourful clothes, to celebrate Eid, in
exchange for a 50p donation to their
teacher.
If anyone still has second hand uniform to donate, we will be running another stall at Eid.
We still need more volunteers. Please email
[email protected] or sign up on the
PTA Facebook page.
We will also need some more lovely cake
donations on the day!
Tazari Williams-Clarke – R Platypus
Lucy Edmands – R Kookaburra
Eloise Ring & Arlo Farrell-Steiger
– R Koala
Greta Giordano - 1 Cobra
Caleb Franklin & Alice Ribeiro
Martins – 1 Sunbird
Elsie Duffett & Creys Lee – 1 Dugong
Jonathan Dema & Djuna Montane
Pujabet – 2 Hummingbird
Miley Austin-Lamont & Timothy Field
– 2 Manatee
Zoe Ramirez Handolescu & Ada
Squire – 2 Mongoose
3 Anaconda - Tahira Smith-Rattray &
Anastasia Wiseman
3 Jaguar - Eloise Campbell &
Francesca Oxtoby
3 Macaw - Amy Martins & Julia Motta
Couinho Ferreira
4 Cheetah - Kijhanie Gayle & Kiyah-
Lei Powell
4 Flamingo - Jayden Wainwright &
Aaliyah Miller-McCallum
4 Hippo - Penny Sundt & Shawn-Nia
Spence
5 Otter -Nicolo Brunelli
5 Hedgehog - Allessia Manna-Inico
5 Kingfisher - Kaden Lazenby-Rowe
6 Puffin - Ayaan Mehmood
6 Orca - Eva Whitticase-Ward
6 Wolverine - Leo Nzekwe
Hitherfield Herald
Online Saftey
Corner! This Christmas many children will
receive gadgets linked to the internet
as gifts on Christmas day!
Parents please watch this fun song to
remind yourselves of the potential
dangers of digital gifts and advice on
how to monitor them.
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/reso
urces/wake-up-wednesday/stay-safe-
at-home-on-devices-this-christmas/
Last week was Bike to School
Week. The rains came but we
managed to get pictures of some
of our Super Cyclists.
LAST THURSDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER, ALL THREE YEAR 3 CLASSES VISITED THE HERNE HILL VELODROME FOR A CYCLING SESSION. WE WALKED ALL THE WAY AND ALL THE WAY BACK – EVEN IN THE RAIN! EACH CLASS HAD AN HOUR ON BIKES WITH A CYCLING COACH. THE CLASSES WERE SPLIT INTO GROUPS: A GROUP THAT COULD ACCESS THE HARDER OFF-ROAD COURSE, AND A GROUP THAT WORKED ON CONFIDENCE AND SKILL ON THE TRACK. EACH GROUP HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUN, DEMONSTRATING A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESILIENCE AND DETERMINATION TO KEEP PICKING THEMSELVES UP AND KEEP GOING. SOME PEOPLE HAD MANY ENCOUNTERS WITH THE FLOOR OR TREES OR STINGING NETTLES – BUT THEY KEPT GOING!
AT THE VELODROME!
BY AHMED AND LUCA (JAGUAR CLASS)
AT THE VELODROME WE HAD 2 TYPES OF BIKES. WE HAD BMX BIKES AND FROG BIKES. WE HAD RACES ON THE BMX OFF-ROAD COURSE. THE PEOPLE ON THE FROG BIKES WERE HAVING A TRY TO RIDE A BIKE ON THE TRACK. THE PEOPLE ON THE BMX BIKES WENT ON A HILL CALLED
LITTLE BOB AND ONE CALLED BIG BOB.
This week was National Poetry Day. Celebrate your own family favourite poems or read some new
ones. Remember that song lyrics are poetry too!
The National Poetry Library at the Southbank is free to join and runs lots of free sessions and
activities for families and children:
Rug Rhymes: Under-5s and their carers are invited to this short session of nursery rhymes, poems and
rhyming stories.
Join the National Poetry Library puppets, Federico and Firebird, on their poem rug to find out what rhymes
with rug!
Afterwards, you have the opportunity to look at and borrow books from our ever-growing children’s collection.
Free, running until 13th December at the National Poetry Library.
Anna’s favourite poem is Walking With My Iguana by Brian Moses.
Ed’s favourite poem is Please Mrs Butler by Allan Ahlberg.
Danika’s favourite poem is Football Mad by Benjamin Zephaniah.
Beth’s favourite poem is Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll.
This October half term, Fit For Sport Activity Camps are back putting
smiles on the faces of kids! Why not join the camp at Hitherfield?
Join Fit For Sport at Hitherfield this October Half Term for an action-packed week
of fun!
Fit For Sport’s amazing programmes from summer will be back in full swing this
October half term, including the exciting game of JagTag American Football, the
Olympic Legacy Legends programme and Elmer the Elephant themed activities.
On top of this, there will be plenty of witches and wizards themed fun, multi-
sports, arts & crafts, team games, outdoor adventures and much more - there’s
fun for everyone so don’t miss out!
Fit For Sport’s goal is to ensure every child enjoys the feeling of being healthy and
active, as such, it’s their aim to provide a vast range of activities to ensure that
every child who attends, thoroughly enjoys their camp experience.
We look forward to welcoming you this October half term!
Parent feedback: “Can I go back tomorrow? Best review a kid can give.”
Book via www.fitforsport.co.uk or call their friendly bookings team on 020
8742 4990.
Take advantage of Fit For Sport’s 10% early bird discount by quoting
‘OCT10’ when securing your booking. Valid until Friday 11th October.