Hitherfield Herald Number 0483 www.hitherfield.co.uk 18th October 2019

HALF TERM NEXT WEEK. SEE YOU ON THE 28TH Twitter: @Hitherfield15

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday 18th October – Last day of term

Monday 28th October - Children return to school

Monday 28th October - Macbeth Workshop for Year 6. Pupils need to bring a packed lunch

Tuesday 5th November – 1 Cobra Class Assembly

& Open Morning

Thursday 7th November - 6 Wolverine Class Assembly & Open Morning

Tuesday 12th November - Flu immunisation Rec to Year 6

Tuesday 12th November – 2 Mongoose Class Assembly

& Open Morning

Wednesday 13th November – Year 5 Horniman Museum

Thursday 14th November – Year 3 Kew Gardens

Thursday 14th November – 6 Puffin Class Assembly & Open Morning

Attendance News Well done Hitherfield

Our attendance was 96.4 % this week.

This week we wanted to celebrate the classes with the best

attendance, so well done to…

Squirrel in Nursery, Platypus in Reception, Sunbird in Year 1,

Mongoose in Year 2, Anaconda & Macaw in Year 3, Flamingo in Year

4, Otter in Year 5 and Wolverine in Year 6

Congratulations to these children who have really impressed

their Teachers this week.

Rec Platypus

Logan Humphrey

Rec Koala

Beth Thorbes & Camille Requien

Rec Kookaburra

Rose Cooper

1 Cobra

Beatrice Robinson & Santino Phillips

1 Sunbird

Teddy Brain & Isaac Bucknall

1 Dugong

Oscar Keppens & Jahleah Davy-Lloyd

2 Manatee

Fairouz Adem-Tompkins & Mia Alexander

2 Mongoose

Clem Thomas & Esme Florio

2 Hummingbird

Fiyin Olayiwoladare & Oscar North

3 Jaguar

Huey Enkelmann

3 Macaw

Zachary Mareya-Ross

3 Anaconda

Akane Nara

4 Hippopotamus

Amalya Churchill-Asiedu & Mia Warburton

4 Flamingo

Victoria Odukoya

4 Cheetah

Chloe Xu

5 Kingfisher

Max Bhoyroo

5 Hedgehog

Sam Coonan

5 Otter

Emilia Kartashou

6 Orca

Dexter Goodyear and Sylvia Coulber

6 Wolverine

Caleb Francis-Bent and Ella Balysz

6 Puffin

Carolayne Franklin De Souza

Dear Parents/Carers of children in Year 6, Just a reminder that many supplementary forms for secondary schools are due by the end of this week (Friday October 18th). If a school you are applying for requires a SIF, please ensure you hand it in on time. You must complete this as well as your online CAF application to Lambeth, or whichever local authority in which you live, for your child to be considered for a place. The deadline for CAF applications is midnight by Thursday October 31st. Please ensure you also submit documentation for proof of address and your child's date of birth. Details of what Lambeth will accept can be found on the school admissions website https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/school-admissions/proof-of-address-and-date-of-birth-documents Late applications will be considered after national offers day, Monday March 2nd. This means your choices of schools won't be looked at until all other on time applications have been processed, and places allocated, reducing the likelihood of your child gaining a place at your preferred school.

Extra-Curricular Clubs

Pupils in Years 1-6 will have been given an important

letter about clubs. Please check their bags or ask

them for it.

Hitherfield’s Maths Challenge Well done to Esme (2 Mongoose) and Rayhan (3 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 their too.

This week’s maths challenge:

Hitherfield Herald Online Safety Corner

What to do if… your child has been affected by content

they have seen online.

Encourage them to think about why friends may share certain posts. Show them how to gently challenge

their friends if they find their content offensive. Remind them they can always talk to you about things

happening online.

Judge what effect the content is having on your child. Ensure they know that they should report abusive

or inappropriate content on the social platform and consider blocking anyone that may be saying hurtful

things.

If they are deeply affected by the posts, consider advising them to take a break from the social network

and concentrate on other activities that might make them happier.

Maths Glossary:

Inverse = the opposite or reverse of

something else. In maths, subtraction is

the inverse of addition, division is the

inverse of multiplication.

If you have any Maths words or

concepts that you would like explaining,

please let us know.

Christmas Cards

Half term is the perfect opportunity for your children to be creating their Christmas card masterpieces

The Christmas card orders raise considerable funds for the PTA. This year we are using a company that offer a greater

range of Christmassy products, the cards are cheaper, so feel free to order more!

Please hand completed forms & payment (cash/cheque in and envelope with child’s name/class printed on it) to a PTA

representative in the office at 9.00am from the 28th – 31st October.

The DEADLINE for orders and payments is THURSDAY 31st OCTOBER

Hitherfield’s Sports’ News

Lambeth Youth Games Girls Football Tournament The 'Magnificent Seven' took part in an inter-schools ball court football tournament on Wednesday. We found ourselves in a tough group drawn against two of the eventual top four teams. Nevertheless, we held our own in most of our games with defensive determination and attacking moves made at pace. Some great goalkeeping was also on display including a memorable penalty save and multiple saves from close range. We must mention an exquisite goal line clearance too! It was a day of knocks and bruises too as we found that fences don't move out of your way and shin pads are truly worth it. A big well done to the girls for their grit and their teamwork.

Lambeth Youth Games Netball Tournament

On Friday 11th October, the year 6 netball team went to a netball tournament. Even though we didn’t win the tournament the young leaders said we were ‘the nicest team there’. The overall winners of the competition – Granton Primary School - said we were the toughest team they had played. Both teams did really well. Everyone was very good at working as a team and communicating to each other. As a thank you for participating in the competition we received 3 new netballs. We had lots of fun and really enjoyed our day. By Nina & Ella (Year 6)

Lambeth Youth Games Hockey Tournament

On Friday 27th September, we went to a hockey tournament at Streatham and Clapham High School. When we got there we had a few practises before the first game began. Then the horn was pushed and the game commenced. The first game we played was against Henry Cavendish and we WON!! When another team was playing and we weren’t we would cheer them on to show our team work. After all the games we would shake the opposing teams hands, even if we lost. Finally it was time for lunch, HORRAY! Everyone was so hungry, so we settled down to eat. After running around we were getting ready for our next match, but then it started pelting down with rain, so we all got soaked., We cautiously ran and got our belongings and went into their sports hall for shelter. Then it stopped raining as soon as we entered the sports hall. When we went back out it was still spitting but that didn’t stop us from playing. So we played our last few matches right up to the end of the day. Sadly, we didn’t get through to the semi finals but that didn’t stop us from having a fun day. Unfortunately when we were walking back to school from the tournament it started to pour down with rain again. Abby, who kindly volunteered to take us all to the competition on her birthday, was standing in front of a deep puddle when a car drove straight through the puddle and splashed us. As though we weren’t wet enough already! When we safely arrived back at school everyone was shocked at how wet we were, especially our teachers! Even though it poured down with rain we were thrilled with the day we had.

By Maryam, April & Mariam (Year 6)

THANK YOU!!

Thank you very much to all the staff and parents who volunteered, donated cakes, brought food, made chapatis, toasted

waffles, sold uniform, ran games, made samosas, painted faces and did henna tattoos! We had another very busy and

successful Eid Fair, which wasn’t thwarted by the rainy weather - although we did have to cancel the bouncy castle as a

precaution.

Thank you also to everyone who came to the fair and spent lots of money, and also to those wonderful people who

helped set up and also clear up after the Fair.

We would also like to say a very special thank you for the generous donations we received from our local businesses -

Tesco Extra (Streatham Common) and Daily Fresh Foods (Norbury).

We raised a total of £1760.24, which has been split between Human Appeal and the PTA.

The PTA has therefore raised £880.12 for its continued fundraising efforts at school, and we will be sending £920.21 to

Human Appeal, as there was an additional £40.09 that was collected in a bucket on the day.

The winner of “Eat the Doughnut” was Najam in Jaguar class, with a time of 1min 28s. Well done! Please collect your

prize from the Office.

Low Cost/No Cost Family Fun in London

October Half term 2019 Please look at organisations’ websites to double check times and arrangements

Half Term Fun - Museum of London

FREE (Ages 5+) 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN / 020 7001 9844 / www.museumoflondon.org.uk

Nearest tube: St Pauls / Barbican Sat 19th Oct – Sun 27th Oct, 10am-6pm

Find out more about the big beasts of prehistoric London, and meet giants of the imagination in craft, drama, storytelling and digital art workshops throughout October half term.

Half Term Fun - Museum of London Docklands

FREE (All ages) Hertsmere Road, West India, E14 4AL / 020 7001 9844 / www.museumoflondon.org.uk

Nearest tube: Barbican/St Pauls/Moorgate Sat 19th Oct – Sun 27nd Oct , 10am-6pm

Discover some of London’s biggest characters, from enormous animals, to gigantic towers and monsters of the imagination through craft, drama, storytelling and art every day throughout

October half term

Horniman Halloween Fair

100 London Road, SE23 3PQ / 020 8699 1872 / www.horniman.ac.uk Buses: 176, 185, 312, P4, 63, 122, P13

. 10.30-4.30– 4.30pm FREE Spooky Storytelling sessions as part of the Halloween Fair at: 11am – 1130; 12 – 12.30

1.30pm, 2.30 – 3pm, 3.30 – 4pm. Tickets required children £5.00; adults £1.00 check website (children must be accompanied by

an adult). www.horniman.ac.uk

Don’t forget: Clocks Go Back Sunday 27th Oct

Drawing Sunday at National Gallery

Pigott Education Centre,. The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN

www.nationalgallery.org.uk Sunday 20th October, 11am – 4pm

Take part in a procession through Florence and draw the amazing people, costumes, animals and instruments you see on the way.

FREE. Places limited – allocated on arrival (arrive early to avoid disappointment). Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Half-term family programme - National Gallery

FREE (Ages 5-11) National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN / 020 7747 2885 /

www.nationalgallery.org.uk Nearest tube: Charing Cross

Tue 22nd – Thru 22th Oct, 11am-1pm & 2pm-4pm Sketch together as a family to capture painting and places in playful ways. Try out tools and techniques with an artist.

Printing – Sir John Soane Museum

Sir John Soane Museum, 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP, 020 7405 2107 www.soane.org. nearest tube: Holborn (5 minutes’ walk); buses:59 to Kingsway

Thursday 24th October 11am – 3pm FREE Suitable for all ages

Explore relief and monoprinting techniques in this creative, drop-in workshop. This event is designed for adults and children to enjoy together, so all ages are welcome.

We just ask that children remain supervised. It's totally free so no need to book - just drop-in at any time and stay as long as you like!

The Big Botanical Draw

The South London Botanical Institute, 323 Norwood Road, SE24 9AQ, 020 8674 5787 www.slbi.org.uk

Sunday 29th October 2pm – 3pm FREE – all ages welcome, materials provided

The Big Botanical Draw. Come and make flowers and flower pots from clay. The house, garden and the garden café will all be open.

Marvellous Mammals - Grant Museum of Zoology

FREE (All Ages) Rockefeller Building, University College London, University St, WC1E 6DE / 020 3106 2052 /

www.ucl.ac.uk Nearest Tube: Euston/Goodge Street

Mon 21st, Wed 23rd, Fri 25th Oct –1pm-4.00pm Celebrate the beautiful and furry world of marvellous mammals from rhinos to wombats - there are lots to get stuck into with plenty of specimen-based activities to help ask lots of

important questions!

Draw the Bank of England of Future - Bank of England Museum

FREE (All) Entrance on Bartholomew Lane, EC2R 8AH / 020 7601 5545 /

www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum Nearest Tube: Bank

Mon 28th– Fri 25thOct, 10am-4.30pm Help make the Bank even more secure by designing a new safe for its vaults – What

materials would you use to make the building strong and sturdy?

Wishing you all a happy half term!