Newsletter Icklesham Church of England Primary School

9th February 2018 Issue 20

Time to Dance On Thursday evening our Year 6 children put on an outstanding performance at the Time to Dance Festival at The White Rock Theatre. The theme for the festival was opposites and our children performed a superbly choreographed piece entitled ‘Black and White’. Congratulations and thanks to Mrs Mitchell and the children who showed outstanding skill and team work to put on such an accomplished dance. This was a really special performance and marked Icklesham School’s 10th annual appearance at this event. Well done! Business Ambassadors On Wednesday 7th February, the Business Ambassadors went on a learning trip to the Sussex Fire Service. We learned all about where the fire stations are and also about the fire triangle. We walked to the Museum and took a look around, learning which job had which role. After that, we went back to the fire service. All of us dressed up in a fire suit. Then we got to see the equipment fire truck and we got to spray water from the fire truck hose! It was a really fun way to learn. By Jolie, Connor and Amaro. Curious Curriculum Wow—what a first term we have had in our new Curious Curriculum. We have had so many positive comments from the school community about how engaged and curious the children are. We have seen the buzz of the first week grow and grow and lead to some inspirational learning across the school. The response from the children has been so good we have decided to add another award - The ‘I Wonder... Award for Outstanding Learning’. The very first recipient of this was Inigo for his outstanding homework. Mrs Cullingworth and I were proud to share the impact of our research project so far with other schools on Thursday this week. We are now looking forward to planning the next part of our research into outstanding learning opportunities for our children. Do come along to our Curious Curriculum Showcase on Tuesday 6th March to see what we have been up to. Parents Consultations Don’t forget to sign up for an appointment with your child’s teacher for our parent consultations. We are pleased to let you know that the PTFA will be providing tea and coffee at the parent consultations, for a small donation. All monies raised will contribute to our library fund raising. Thank you. P.E. at Icklesham From Term 4 our high quality Physical Education will be taught by our class teachers. Each class will have at least 2 hours of P.E. per week as an annual average, including both swimming and dance. As you are aware we take every opportunity to provide even more than this and will continue to take advantage of visiting sports coaches and expertise within our Sports Cluster. The continuing pressure on school budgets has meant that we have now come to the end of our partnership with Premier Sports. And finally…. Congratulations and our very best wishes to Mrs Kneller who is getting married during the half term. We wish Mrs Kneller and her husband all the very best for their future together. On our return, Mrs Kneller will be using her married name Mrs Isaacs. Congratulations!

DATES Academic Year 2017 / 2018 Here are some dates for your diary.

Head Teacher Awards Hope Faith and Love

Squirrel Class Mrs Cullingworth Bella - always being kind and helpful,

putting others first Badger Class Mr Cornes

Barnaby— working hard on his hand-writing and presentation Falcon Class Mrs Maskell

Millie— having a positive attitude in class

Fox Class Mrs Kneller Ford—showing kindness with younger

children

Class Awards Squirrel Class Mrs Cullingworth

Nancy—improving her writing and writing 8 pag-es!

Jesica C—super sequencing and solving her own Maths problem

Badger Class Mr Cornes Peggy—putting her creativity in her writing Michael—challenging himself and showing

independence Falcon Class Mrs Maskell

Pearl—an imaginative play script Lily W—trying her best all of the time

Fox Class Mrs Kneller All of time to dancers—sowing talent and

professionalism

Advance Notice Inset Days These are all the Inset Days for this academic year 2017-2018:

Monday 4th June 2018 Term Dates for next academic year can be found on the

East Sussex Website https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/ Paper copies can be requested from the school office.

February 2018 19th—First Day of Term 4 20th—Tuesday - Parent Consultation Evening 3:30—5 21st - Netball tournament at Rye College for those involved 22nd - Thursday - Parent Consultation MORNING 8-9am 22nd - Thursday - Parent Consultation Evening 3:30—5:30 26th—Term 4 Clubs Start 28th—Business Ambassadors Trip for those involved

Head Teacher Awards: Politeness: Mabel, Falcon Class Caretaker Award: Squirrel Class— Super effort to keep cloakroom and classroom tidy Attendance Award: The class with the most children who have beaten our school attendance target of ‘96% and above’: Falcon Class 97% of children having 100% attendance and no lates! House Points: Orchard House

March 2018 1st—World Book Day—Dressing up as our favourite book character 6th—Icklesham School’s Mad Hatters Tea Party 6th - Curious Curriculum Showcase for parents 3:15—4 7th - Learning Ambassadors trip for those involved 9th - Hastings Music Festival School Choirs Day—Badgers Class performing—details to follow 29th—Easter Service in Church 9:30am 29th - PTFA Easter Egg Hunt pm 29th—Last day of term 4