Hitherfield Herald Number 0486 www.hitherfield.co.uk 15th November 2019

Twitter: @Hitherfield15

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 18th November – Hedgehog to Southbank Art Project

Tuesday 19th November – 3 Macaw Class Assembly & Open Morning

Monday 11th – Friday 15th – Anti Bullying Week

Thursday 21st November – Bike Market

Thursday 21st November – Puffin trip to The British Museum

Thursday 21st November – 5 Otter Class Assembly

& Open Morning

Thursday 28th November - Wednesday 4th December – Scholastic Book Fair

Thursday 28th Wolverine trip to The British Museum

Thursday 5th December – Orca trip to The British Museum

Thursday 12th December – Nursery closed due to polling day also the Breakfast and Afterschool Club will be closed to Nursery and

Reception children on that day

Friday 13th December – Christmas Fair

Friday 20th December – Last day of term

Tuesday 7th January – Children return to school

Attendance News

Well done Hitherfield

Our attendance was 96.8 % this week.

This week we wanted to celebrate the classes with the best

attendance, so well done to…

Robin in Nursery, Koala in Reception, Sunbird in Year 1,

Manatee in Year 2, Macaw in Year 3, Flamingo in Year 4,

Kingfisher in Year 5 and Wolverine in Year 6

Congratulations to these children who have really impressed

their Teachers this week.

Rec Platypus

Zoe McCarthy-Borg and Joe Worth

Rec Koala

Luca Morrison

Rec Kookaburra

Lords Adedeji-Stone

1 Cobra

Astrid, Amelia, Iris and Josephine

1 Sunbird

Kemuel, Etta, Santiago and Chioma

1 Dugong

Theo, Nyali-Ella, Finley and Diana

2 Manatee

Fei and Si’Ava

2 Mongoose

Kaiden Clarke and Louana Amadou

2 Hummingbird

Oscar and Patryk

3 Jaguar

Saoirse Gilmartin

3 Macaw

Gene Caton

3 Anaconda

Ry Appleby-Hibbert

4 Hippopotamus

Azariah Nairne & Aayush Mhatre

4 Flamingo

Tyanna Smith & Jeremiah Burrell-Manning

4 Cheetah

Jace Harris & Delia O'Halloran-Williams

5 Kingfisher

Chigoze Chukwu

5 Hedgehog

Victoria Tapia Guerrero

5 Otter

Aaliyah Steadman

6 Wolverine

Ruqaya Downs

6 Orca Nicholas Steele

6 Puffin

Dylan Roberts and Jack Cook

General Election Closures - Thursday 12th December

Hitherfield’s Nursery and Children’s Centre Building will be used as a Polling Station as usual for the upcoming General Election. ON this day the Nursery and the Children’s Centre will be closed to children, families and staff. The Breakfast and Afterschool Club for Nursery and Reception will also be closed on this day. We may run the Children’s Centre services at Hillside Gardens on this day - watch out for updates.

LMS Music Concert Dates Tuesdsay 3rd December - 4 cheetah and 4 Hippo

11:15am

Tuesday 3rd December – 3 Jaguar and 4 Flamingo

2:30pm

Wednesday 4th December – 3 Anaconda 1:40pm

Wednesday 4th December – 3 Macaw 2:40pm

ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE IN THE STUDIO

Remembrance Sunday

Our School Council Co-Leads laid a wreath on behalf of Hitherfield at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Streatham War Memorial last Sunday. They were joined by their parents, Mr Hooberman (Chair of Governors), Mr Ashley-Jones and Jacinta.

Christmas Concert Dates

Tuesday 10th December – Reception 10am – 11am

Wednesday 11th December - Nursery 10am – 11am

Tuesday 17th December - 1 Cobra, 2 Mongoose and 3 Jaguar 10am – 11am

Tuesday 17th December – 4 Cheetah, 5 Hedgehog and 6 Wolverine 2pm – 3pm

Wednesday 18th December – 1 Dugong, 2 Manatee, and 3 Anaconda 10am – 11am

Wednesday 18th December – 4 Flamingo, 5 Kingfisher and 6 Puffin 2pm – 3pm

Thursday 19th December – 1 Sunbird, 2 Hummingbird and 3 Macaw 10am – 11am

Thursday 19th December – 4 Hippo, 5 Otter and 6 Orca 2pm – 3pm

Stay safe, stay healthy.

Walk, cycle or scoot to school. The children

watched a short video in assembly. Do

watch the Road Safety Week Video again at

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New Parent Governor As the only nominee, Saad Qureshi (father of Adam Qureshi) has been appointed as parent governor to the Governing Board of Hitherfield. Saad is the Dean at SAE Institute which is a leading creative media higher education institute and also sits on the Board of Directors at Advance HE in London and York, and ASHA Housing in London. He will be a welcome addition to the Board and joins our other excellent parent governors

Hitherfield Herald Online Safety Corner

Mobile Device Health Check

Top 5 tips:

1. Check the basics: Use app store settings to only show age appropriate apps. Check that app and in-app purchasing requires a password.

Turn-off ‘locations services’ so your child doesn’t unintentionally share their location with others

2. Review apps on their devices: Check age ratings of any apps you’re not familiar with. Do they have the right privacy settings across all

social, messaging & Gaming apps they use?

3. Turn on safe search: Switch on Google SafeSearch -

(https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/510?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en) to block explicit results.

Also turn on YouTube ‘Restricted Mode’ -

(https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/174084?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en) to help screen out inappropriate

content.

4. Check they’re connected safely: Use parental controls on your broadband to block inappropriate content. Check a content lock is set

up on their mobile network to stop them seeing things they shouldn’t.

5. Agree digital boundaries: Talk about how to be responsible and stay safe online when sharing images or live streaming. Stay engaged

by having regular conversations about what they do online.

It will be arriving on 28th November and will be here

until 4th December. Come by at 3.30 in the Library

and support our school whilst getting your hands on

the best new children’s books!

We earn valuable commission on the books we sell at

the fair, which we will use to support reading in the

school.

It’s that time of year again! The PTA elves are busily planning our wonderful Christmas Fair - which will be after school on Friday 13th December. As ever, the fair cannot run on Christmas cheer alone, and needs an army of willing helpers! You can get involved in many ways - you can help sell raffle tickets, man a stall, donate prizes or cakes, and collect items for us. We have put together an online volunteering portal, so you can just click the link and browse the jobs on offer! Please go to: https://patchworkit.com/28942/HitherfieldXmas2019 and sign up! Goody bags will be sent home with your children in due course, with full instructions. Raffle tickets will shortly be on sale around the school, for the chance to win some fabulous prizes. They will be priced at £1 per ticket, in line with the new lottery guidelines that we need to follow. The odds of winning will remain the same. The PTA are delighted to confirm that we will once again be funding a festive panto of “Beauty & The Beast” for years 3,4,5 and 6 also on Friday 13th December. Tickets to the ever-popular Santa’s Grotto will be on sale in due course. We will be opening up some earlier sessions in the Grotto for pre-schoolers, which will take place before the bell rings! Remember to start putting aside suitable prizes for the Tombola - brand new gifts, toiletries, food items, bottles of booze, chocolates etc. We will collect the week of the Fair. Alex will also be running a secondhand toy stall, so if you have some good quality pre-loved toys or books, you will also be able to donate these at a later stage. PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER, AFTER DROP-OFF IN THE STAFFROOM. ALL WELCOME! THANK YOU EVERYONE!

Low Cost/No Cost Family Fun in London

Please look at organisations’ websites to double check times and arrangements

London Jazz Festival Jazz for Toddlers

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, Belevedere Road, SE1 Nearest station: Waterloo

www.southbankcentre.co.uk – check for start times Saturday 16th November 2019

Age: 2 – 5 with accompanying adult. Tickets: £7.50 for adults, £5 for children Get the kids syncopating at an interactive musical session for children aged 2 – 5.In a dynamic workshop led by vocalist Juliet Kelly and saxophonist Tony Kofi, toddlers can explore the wonderful world of jazz. Explore a range of sounds, techniques and styles and take away musical ideas to try with the little ones

at home. Groove Baby presents Groove onto the Moon

Sunday 17th November 12.30pm Royal Festival Hall, Level 5 Green side.

Age 3 – 7 and accompanying adults. Tickets: £8.50 adult, £6.50 child, £24 family ticket of 4

Find the first footprint on the moon in a jazz and funk-fuelled family adventure for age’s three to seven and their grown-ups. Celebrate one of humankind’s most marvellous achievements on its 50th

anniversary, with storytelling, interactive music-making and solid groove from the Groove Baby organ trio. Designed to slot neatly in between shows for kids and concerts for adults, this show has something for everyone in the solar system. Inspired by the ground-breaking music of 1969, it draws on Miles Davis’ landmark jazz fusion record In a Silent Way, which featured two giants of UK jazz, Dave Holland and

John McLaughlin. Get ready to join the mission when needed, using body percussion and your mobile phone.

Digital workshops at the British Museum

Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG www.britishmuseum.org Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, Goodge Street, Russell Square

Green screen Greeks – Saturday 16th November 11am – 4pm FREE just drop in Age 5+ in Samsung Centre

Become an ancient Greek athlete, competing against your family on a Panathenaic pot.Discover how to use green screen technology on tablets and see yourselves as art of Museum objects.

Colour the collection – Sunday 17th November 11am – 4pm Age 5+ FREE just drop in – in Great Court

Sculptures in the Museum didn't always look the way we see them today – many were painted in bright colours.

Design your own colour schemes for some of the Museum's most famous objects and find out how scientists have discovered how these objects once looked.

Studio Wayne McGregor – family dance workshop

Sunday 17th November 1030 – 1130 Studio Wayne McGregor, Broadcast Centre Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, E14 2GW

Age 5 + - all abilities £1.20 per child or adult, All children must be accompanied by an adult. www.waynemcgregor.com nearest stations: Hackney Wick over ground and Stratford underground

Creative dance workshops will encourage you to move and play as a family.

Through a series of movement sequences, games and creative tasks, participants will develop their motor skills, language and imagination. Hosted in the state-of-the art space at Studio

Wayne McGregor, all workshops will be delivered by a professional dance artist.

Please wear loose and comfortable clothes that are suitable to move in.