Wed 1st July | 11amKS1 Sports Day

Wed 1st July | 1.20pmKS2 Sports Day

Thurs 2nd JulyClass Transition Morning

Thurs 2nd July | 9amNew Reception Parents Meeting

Fri 3rd July | 12.15pmMusic on the Field/Enterprise Stalls

Mon 6th JulyReserve Sports Day(in case of poor weather)

Tues 7th July | 3.30-6.30pmParent Consultation Evening

Wed 8th July | 1.45pmKS2 Performance Dress Rehearsal

Wed 8th July | 5-7.30pmParent Consultation Evening

Thurs 9th July | 1.30pmImage Theatre Company

Thurs 9th July | 4-6pmCelebration Evening

Fri 10th JulyFOPHS Camp Out

Tues 14th July | 2pmKS2 Performance

Wed 15th July | 6.30pmFull Governors Meeting

Fri 17th July | 2pmEnd of Term

Value of the monthHave you ever seen an honest cheetah? No, we haven’t been focusing on terrible jokes this month, but we have been focusing on honesty. The children had to work really hard with this value and after we all swiftly agreed that telling lies and being deliberately deceitful wasn’t a good choice, we moved on to the slightly trickier issue of white lies. After all, what do you say to someone when they ask you if you like their new haircut and you think it looks terrible? The children and staff concluded that it is always best to be truthful but you can find tactful ways of saying the truth so it doesn’t hurt other people’s feelings. It is very nice to be in a stage of life where I don’t have to worry about my haircuts!

Martin Smith, Headteacher

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ISSUE 30 | June 2015

The topic title ‘Happy Families’ enabled the children to develop their enquiry skills. A huge turnout of parents and grandparents joined us to help the children gain a sense of what life was like in the past. The children drafted questions to ask our visitors and gained a great deal from the lesson. The next lesson will focus on comparing and contrasting the answers.

Big congratulations!

Congratulations to Mrs Mounsey who is expecting a baby in the autumn. Mrs Mounsey will be taking maternity leave for most of the next academic year and Mrs Brooks will be a high quality replacement, partnering Mrs Edwards to teach the Year 1 children next academic year. For news of other year groups, please refer to the recent letter sent detailing teachers and teaching assistants next year. This letter is also available on the school website.

To be perfectly honest…

Rock UK, The Frontier CentreSpace is at a premium on this newsletter as so much has happened in the last month. However, theYear 6 Rock UK trip takes centre stage this month.

Once again, staff and instructors at the Frontier Centre gave all the children a memorable experience with camp fires, climbing, walk the plank, raft building and the obligatory trip to hospital (nothing too serious, right Harry Charlton?) amongst the activities taking place.

On behalf of the school, I’m sure you’ll all join me in saying a big thank you to Mrs Axford,Mrs Thingsaker, Mrs Smiles and the office staff. School trips, especially of the residential kind, do not happen without a lot of planning, organisation, selflessness and energy.

The Curriculum Coming to LifeIf you missed our Curriculum Celebration Evening, Mrs Thingsaker and I spoke about how when redesigning our new curriculum last year, collaboration, creativity and enjoyment were high on our wish list. We were delighted to see the pinnacle of the latest Year 1/2 topic living up to these ideals.

Week of 05/06/15

Reception: Whole ClassYear 1: Zoe EvesonYear 2: Mayur PanchalYear 3: Emily MerringtonYear 4: Great Ormond Street Charity Team

Year 5: Whole ClassYear 6: (At Rock UK)

Week of 12/06/15

Reception: Bogdan CipaianYear 1: Ava-Lee Sarosh-WhiteYear 2: Whole ClassYear 3: Ryan BarnesYear 4: Max KingsburyYear 5: Eden MooreYear 6: Whole Class

Week of 19/06/15Reception: Away on school tripYear 1: Ollie JacksonYear 2: Alessandro De’SouzaYear 3: Anna LilleyYear 4: Toby EvansYear 5: Whole ClassYear 6: Thomas Shaw

Week of 26/06/15

Reception: Kayne DerhamYear 1: Lola WhistonYear 2: Katie BeaumontYear 3: Connor SnellYear 4: Louie WhiteYear 5: Kathryn CookYear 6: Charlie Hyder

Stars ofthe week

Enterprise WeekThe children have had a terrific time throughout Enterprise Week. I gave each class £50 and the children were given the challenge of planning, costing and selling a product ‘a la apprentice style’ (but without the firing). The project has been a lovely skills and knowledge boost encompassing literacy, maths, business thinking skills and art. On Friday 3rd July, the children will hoist up stalls to show and sell their ideas just before the Music on the Field event gets underway. Big thank you to James Duvall and the FOPHS team for incorporating the tea towel project into this week which captured the essence of the learning. New Pixies Hill tea towels will be on sale soon following extensive market research!

General News• Don’t forget our celebration evening showcasing all the children’s work on Thursday 9th July.

Recent turnout to workshops and some events has been low - are we doing too many? Please give us your feedback so we can plan next year accordingly.

• If you have any old PE kits that are unwanted, please donate so we have spares in school for children who forget to bring in their kit.

• The girls in Y4 selling loom bands managed to make an impressive £76.30 which will be sent to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Trip to the ZooYear 5 and 6 enjoyed a trip to the zoo and were treated to an ice-cream in good weather conditions. As well as seeing the many exotic and rare animals on display, the children has a chance to test out the adventure park. They were also able to watch the sea lion show which involved getting a little wet and watching in amusement as the instructor asked the first sea lion if he wanted to come out of his cage and after nodding ‘no’ in response, he dutifully went back inside.

to everyone!Well done

Circus Skills and BoxmoorIn order to rescue the circus lion, Reception and Year 1 had to learn how to juggle and become effective clowns in their story based workshop. Reception class also enjoyed a trip to The Box Moor Trust.

In other business news, we have 20 old style wooden chairs for sale for £25 each. If you would like one then do see the office before we put them on sale via eBay for the normal going rate of £40.