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Hatfield Community Free School Dear Parents, I am writing to inform you that I will be returning full-time to Hatfield in September 2017 because I am ready to pass over the Principal’s role at Jupiter in Hemel to someone who can move the school forward into Key Stage Two. I am excited to be back in the school for a longer time in order to share the next stage of the development of our final Key Stage leading up to Secondary transfer. I will share with our Year 5 parents the new blazer that the children will be wearing as they transfer into their new classes and develop a more business approach to their learning. Do look out for these at the consultation evening on Thursday!

It has yet again been such an action packed fortnight of fun in our school. We are trying out lots of new things including different types of sports that the children are adoring. We are finding now our reputation as a community school is growing across the town and beyond we are being offered lots of chance to work with other agencies. I am always so proud of the feedback I get about the focus and impeccable behaviour of each and everyone of our children. Over the past three weeks we have seen our youngest children performing in the assemblies for parents and it is wonderful to see each and everyone glowing with pride as they share their sentences with their families. There is also a chance for parents to see the whole school special Principal’s assembly which we know the children value greatly especially the part where the house points are announced.

There is so much going on in the next few weeks. We look forward to see you at the consultation evenings which is a chance to look through the books and discuss any concerns directly with the teaching staff or myself.

During this evening we are putting on three workshops, for parents only, to advise you on how to keep your children safe from online dangers. This is an important topic which was shared this week by our local police officer as an issue with children as young as nine in the local area.

We will also be welcoming Years R, 1 and 2 parents into the classrooms to join in lessons which is also a highlight of our year. I do hope you are able to book a maths or literacy slot to come and have some fun with us.

We are saying goodbye to Miss Faber and Mrs Cattermole at Easter. Both have decided to move on to another school. We thank them for their work in our school for our children. We have been highly fortunate to have replacement teachers already working with us in the building. Miss Hill will take Ducks class for the Summer term and Mr Holmes will be teaching Woodpeckers Class.

Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm for our school. We enjoy working with you and your families each day to secure the better future possibilities for your children. Warm wishes,

Dr Sue Attard

Principal

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13/3/17 EYFS & KS1 Parent Consultations 2.00pm onwards

16/3/17 KS2 Parent Consultations 2.00 pm onwards

20/3/17-24/3/16 KS1 Maths & Literacy Workshops

22/3/17 Parents Forum 6pm (please book via Office)

24/3/17 Friends of HCFS—Mother’s Day Gift Sale

24/3/17 Red Nose Day Charity event– Non School Uniform Day—Comedy Dressing Up.

30/3/17 Easter Event for Reception run by Friends of HCFS 2pm

30/3/17 Easter Event for Years 1 & 2 run by Friends of HCFS 3pm

31/3/17 End of Term—2pm finish—No Sherpa Kids

18/4/17 INSET Day School Closed

19/4/17 Summer Term Begins

26/4/17 Rabbits Class Lunch—Parents Invited

27/4/17 Hedgehogs Class Lunch—Parents Invited

28/4/17 Badgers Class Lunch—Parents Invited

1/5/17 Bank Holiday School Closed

26/5/17 Half Term—School finishes at normal time 3pm or 4pm

29/5/17—2/6/17 Half Term Holiday

19/7/17 Last Day of Term—School Finishes at 2pm—No Sherpa Kids

Dates for your Calendar

Easter Egg Raffle

We are currently collecting Easter Eggs for our end of term Easter raffle. If you would like to

donate an egg for the raffle please bring them to the office.

We will begin to sell raffle tickets from Monday 20 March 2017, with the draw taking place during

assembly on Friday 31 March. The cost of the raffle tickets will be 20p each.

All donations are gratefully received.

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World Book Day

World Book Day—Book Swap

Thank you to everyone who took place in our World Book Day Book Swap. The children

were so excited to bring in an old book and to be able to swap it for a new one! We hope

the children enjoy reading their new book. There was such an air of excitement in the

room when the children got to choose their books! They really took their time in selecting

which book they wanted. We had a lovely comment from Kane in Owls Class, who said he

chose a book that he can read to his sister, as his sister loves Peppa Pig! What an amazing

thing to do Kane!

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Year 3 Futsal Competition Year 3 Futsal Competition

On Thursday 2nd March 30 students from Year 3 were very lucky to have the opportunity

to take part in a Futsal competition, run by Sports Education students from the

University of Hertfordshire. The children were introduced to the sport of Futsal and

learnt how it began in the streets of Brazil and soon turned into an international event.

They learnt many new skills and ways to pass and flick the ball.

The children were split into 6 teams and took part in a mini tournament. They thoroughly

enjoyed the session and all spoke positively about how much their knowledge of the sport

had developed. The day was won by the light blue team consisting of Anay, Kevin,

Alekszandra, Amelia and Sophia. Well done to the winning team and all of those involved.

We hope to have another sporting event very soon!

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Lunch with Dr Attard

Dr Attard was delighted to invite the following children to have lunch with her last week.

All of the children were chosen for showing such dedication to the school Choir which has

recently been started by Miss De La Salle.

Karol (Kingfishers), Emmanuel (Kingfishers), Neha (Kingfishers), Bentrisha (Ducks),

Renae (Foxes), Ava (Kingfishers), Tyler (Kingfishers), Rose (Kingfishers), Shakhram

(Kingfishers), Sophie (Woodpeckers), Charmy (Woodpeckers), Bryana (Ducks), Ronnie

(Kingfishers), Chloe (Kingfishers), Victoria (Foxes), Seyi (Swans), Mufaro (Foxes),

Thando (Woodpeckers), Violet (Puffins), Oliver (Puffins), Nelly (Swans) & Lexi-Malee

(Swans).

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HCFS in the Community

At HCFS we are always thinking of ways we can further open our doors to

provide enriching opportunities for both our children and the local community.

See below some of the things that have taken place over the past two weeks.

Miss Whitehead worked with other teachers in Hertfordshire

focusing on us achieving

the Primary Science

Quality Mark!

Miss De La Salle was on the interview panel for Herts Uni PGCE and BEd teaching programmes.

School Stage Systems

presented us with £350

worth of Amazon Vouchers.

Maureen Cook,

one of our local county councillors

came to visit.

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HCFS in the Community

At HCFS we are always thinking of ways we can further open our doors to

provide enriching opportunities for both our children and the local community.

See below some of the things that have taken place over the past two weeks.

Mrs Canty worked with other Reception teachers in Hertfordshire,

focusing on sharing our

Outstanding Early Years

Practice.

Some people from the University of Hertfordshire Futsal Team taught our

Year 3s for the morning.

Families were invited in for

sibling photographs on

Tuesday morning. We saw

some amazing smiles!. A local student visited us for a

Weeks Placement in Puffins, before

beginning a

PGCE in September.

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School Information

Hedgehogs Class Assembly

Thank you to everyone who came to watch Hedgehogs Class perform in their Class Assembly, they

were amazing and spoke so clearly, we were so very proud of them! We hope you enjoyed their

performance.

Badgers Class Assembly

Thank you to everyone who came to watch Badgers Class perform in their Class Assembly, they

were amazing and we are so very proud of them! We hope you enjoyed their performance.

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School Information

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We will once again be collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers, which we will be using to

purchase some sports equipment for your children to use in school. The vouchers will be

available from Sainsbury’s from 25 January 2017 until 30 June 2017.

We thank you for your support.

Red Nose Day

We will be supporting Red Nose Day on Friday 24 March 2017. We will be having a non

school uniform day on this day and are asking children to ‘comedy dress up’ designed to

make someone laugh.

We do not expect you to go out and buy something new to wear, maybe it could be a silly

hair style or a silly face painted on! We will be collecting donations on the door on the

morning of Friday 24 March and we will also be selling some Red Noses in the School

Office, these cost £1.00 each.

Tissues

As the coughs and sneezes season is well upon us, we would be grateful if you could donate

a box of tissues for your child to use in school. We are teaching the children about good

hygiene and using tissues whenever they have a cough or sneeze is good practice for

helping stop the spread of germs.

We thank you for helping us in this matter.

Parent Forum

Don’t forget that the next parent forum is being held on Wednesday 22 March at 6pm. If

you are interested in attending this forum please contact the office to book a place.

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Year 2 Young Writers

Congratulations to the following children who had their Safari Poem published

by the Young Writers.

A copy of the book can be found in the Library:

Puffins

Ivy, Tinisha, Clara, Traviz, Holly N, Aksheeta, Amy K and Ava.

Owls

Dhruv, Athena, Akshaya, Bradley, Bennu, Holly R & Zia.

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EYFS News

Dear Parents,

This week has been an exciting one for the reception children. We could tell you

about all of the amazing writing they have done or how confident they are growing

in their maths, but just like the children all the reception adults can talk about are

the GIANT bugs!

On Tuesday we were visited by a wonderful collection of minibeasts and reptiles as

part of our theme learning. The children were extremely excited and behaved

beautifully showing real care for all of the creatures they met.

A huge well done to the reception children for showing our visitors how

knowledgeable and excited to learn they are, they were an excellent example of

our school.

Kind Regards,

The Reception Team

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Key Stage One News

Dear Parents,

What a brilliant two weeks we have had in Key Stage 1! Our Existing, Endangered and

Extinct theme display has been created and all of the children are very captivated by the

engaging pictures and art work that is displayed. The children absolutely love to see their

fantastic learning being celebrated in the Key Stage 1 corridor.

A particular highlight of the past two weeks has been our celebration of World Book Day.

At HCFS we most definitely showed our love of reading in our very successful Book Swap.

The children loved sharing with their peers why they had enjoyed reading the book they

had donated and were very excited to choose a new book to take home. I do hope you have

enjoyed sharing your child’s new book at home!

Just a couple of reminders for next week:

Parents Consultation Evening will be on Monday 13th March from 2pm—7pm. We

look forward to sharing your child’s amazing learning with you then!

The booking systems for Summer Term Extended Learning Clubs and Key Stage 1

Literacy and Mathematics workshops will be open on Monday 13th March.

Miss Naomi Tanton

Puffins Class Teacher

Key Stage One Leader

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Dear Parents,

What a busy few weeks in Key Stage Two it has been. The Mission to Mars

theme has really taken off (pun intended!) over the past couple of weeks. I

have been so pleased to see how excited the children are about space and

have brought in so many books surrounding this theme to share with their

peers.

Another special moment over the past two weeks was most certainly our Book

Swap. The children all shared their books so kindly with each other and it was

a wonderful moment to be part of. We hope that each child cherishes their

new book!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Miss Sian Whitehead

Kingfishers Class Teacher

Assistant Vice Principal

Key Stage Two News

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