Hitherfield Herald Number 0489 www.hitherfield.co.uk 6th December 2019

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tuesday 10th December – Christmas Concert - Reception 10am –

11am

Wednesday 11th December - Christmas Concert - Nursery 10am –

11am

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 and Christmas Jumper Day

Tuesday 17th December – Christmas Concert - 1 Cobra, 2 Mongoose

and 3 Jaguar 10am – 11am

Tuesday 17th December – Christmas Concert - 4 Cheetah, 5

Hedgehog and 6 Wolverine 2pm – 3pm

Wednesday 18th December – Christmas Concert - 1 Dugong, 2

Manatee, and 3 Anaconda 10am – 11am

Wednesday 18th December – Christmas Concert - 4 Flamingo, 5

Kingfisher and 6 Puffin 2pm – 3pm

Thursday 19th December – Christmas Concert - 1 Sunbird, 2

Hummingbird and 3 Macaw 10am – 11am

Thursday 19th December – Christmas Concert - 4 Hippo, 5 Otter and

6 Orca 2pm – 3pm

Friday 20th December – Last day of term and our Christmas Lunch School closes at 3.30pm Breakfast and Afterschool Club will operate

as normal on this day.

Friday 20th December - Christmas Lunch

Tuesday 7th January – Children return to school

Attendance News Well done Hitherfield

Our attendance was 96.33% this week.

This week we wanted to celebrate the classes with the best

attendance, so well done to…

Tadpole in Nursery, Koala in Reception, Dugong in Year 1,

Manatee in Year 2, Jaguar in Year 3, Cheetah in Year 4,

Kingfisher in Year 5 and Puffin in Year 6

Congratulations to these children who have really impressed their

Teachers this week.

Rec Platypus

Ava & Swabhav

Rec Koala

Shawnelle

Rec Kookaburra

Penelope

1 Cobra

Tommy & Tishayne

1 Sunbird

Etta & Leo

1 Dugong

Yusuf & Mourell

2 Manatee

Reuben & Otto

2 Mongoose

Dior & Elliot

2 Hummingbird

Shekinah & Vanessa

3 Jaguar

Muntaha & Huey

3 Macaw

Jaziah

3 Anaconda

Aleena & Carina

4 Hippopotamus

Kayla & Laisa

4 Flamingo

Ana Maria & Arbaaz

4 Cheetah

Faith & Edward

5 Kingfisher

Tia

5 Hedgehog

Ruben

5 Otter

Hermela

6 Wolverine

Afia

6 Orca Kamil

6 Puffin

D’Von

As the weather is turning colder some of us are

thinking about booking holidays to cheer us up. When

you are booking, please remember that we are in

school this year until Friday 20th December 2019 and

children return back on Tuesday 7th January 2020

Holidays in term time will not be authorised unless

there are exceptional circumstances. You can be fined

for taking your child on holiday without the school's

authorisation.

Christmas Foodbank Hampers

Christmas is fast approaching and here in Nursery we are all

getting excited! We are also thinking about the happiness of

other families by making a Christmas hamper for Norwood

Foodbank. Perhaps you could help too! Children can take

items to their own class Hamper over the next couple of

weeks. This Year the foodbank has asked that we focus on

just 5 specific items. This way they can ensure that, when

combined with the contributions of other schools and

organisations, there is enough of everything.

Tinned pies and corned Beef, Packets of Instant Mash

potato, Tinned Potatoes, UHT full fat milk, Toilet rolls

Hitherfield Herald

Online Safety Corner

- Email the Hitherfield School Online Safety

Group. onlinesafety@hitherfield.co.uk

- Encourage your child to put a note in the

online safety worry box in the corridor by

Year 2.

- Call the NSPCC Online Safety Helpline - If

you have a question about parental

controls or concern about a social network

your child uses, expert advisors at our free

helpline are there to help. 0808 8005002

What to do if… you are

concerned about something happening online and you don’t know what to do.

Year 6 had a fabulous time on Thursday during Ancient Egyptian Day. Home learning the previous

weekend was to design and make your own costume and there were some very artistic creations. During

the day, Year 6 children learned many interesting facts about life in Ancient Egypt and got to create and

play a traditional board game, bake and eat flat bread and decorate and design their own sarcophagus

and mummy. Their topic learning this term has also been supported by a trip to the British Museum and

Year 6 pupils are learning that everything we know about this ancient civilisation is based on the objects

and buildings archeologists have examined and the theories historians have developed.

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY FRIDAY 13th DECEMBER! Remember to come to school in your Christmas Jumpers in aid of Save the Children. Please give £1 or whatever amount you can to your child's teacher. POP-UP PANTO The PTA are delighted to confirm that we will once again be funding a festive panto performance of "Beauty & The Beast" for Years 3,4,5 and 6 on Friday 13th December. HITHERFIELD CHRISTMAS FAIR!! Please save the date and come along to the Christmas Fair on December 13th!! Thank-you very much to everyone who has already signed up to help beforehand and on the day. If you can spare some time we still need some more volunteers so please use the online volunteering site Patchwork, click on the link and browse the jobs and sign up!! https://patchworkit.com/28942/HitherfieldXmas2019 The raffle ticket operation is in full swing with fantastic sales people around school and the trim trail offering chances to win some fabulous prizes. Raffle tickets are priced at £1 per ticket.

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 (Reception TA) is running a second hand toy stall so if you have any preloved toys in good condition that you might want to gift to another child please bring those in too. GOODY BAGS The ever popular goody bags will be given out to your children this week. Please fill them with little toys, sweets, lollies, puzzles etc. and hand them to the office in the next couple of weeks. In response to your feedback the PTA have now sourced COMPOSTABLE goody bags so if you choose not to fill them please either return them to the office or throw them in your FOOD bin and not your RECYCLE bin.

Santa's Grotto tickets will be on sale in the week of the fair so please keep an eye out

for those.

Spare goody bags are available at the office!

Please bring your cake and biscuit donations to the office on the morning of the Fair.

Hitherfield’s Maths Challenge

Well done to Sophie (Cheetah) and Rachel (Hummingbird) for completing the

perfect number 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:

Maths Glossary:

Perimeter = The measurement around the outside of a shape.

If you have any Maths words or concepts that you would like explaining, please let us know.

Low Cost/No Cost Family Fun in London

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

arrangements

39th Great Christmas Pudding Race Saturday 7th December 11am – 1pm FREE (All Ages)

Covent Garden Market, London, WC2E 8RF Nearest tube: Covent Garden

www.xmaspuddingrace.org.uk/London_Race.html

The 38th Great Christmas Pudding Race is organised in support of Cancer Research. Teams in fantastic

fancy dress costumes race to complete the festive course, navigating obstacles such as a giant inflatable slide

and a crazy foam slalom all whilst balancing a Christmas Pudding on a tray!

Black Cultural Christmas Market Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December 11am – 5pm

3Space- Brixton, International House, Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, SW9 7QE

Nearest station: Brixton, www.blackculturalmarket.co.uk. All ages

FREE tickets via Event brite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-culture-christmas-market-tickets-

79774564871

Celebrate the vibrancy of African and Caribbean businesses this Christmas

Please join us for an inspiring showcase of black businesses. This is an indoor event with carefully selected entrepreneurs from across the African and Caribbean diaspora, supported

by Small Business Saturday 2019. Entrepreneurs will be displaying high quality products including food, clothing, stationary, books, jewellery, hair and beauty etc. Be sure to come down, support and discover new

businesses.

The Rookery Christmas Fair and Market

Sunday 8th December 11am – 4pm Streatham Common, SW16

FREE for children; adult donation £2.00 Over 40 craft and gift stalls, marshmallow toasting, carols by candlelight, kids entertainment, festive theatre,

live music, Santa’s Grotto, food and drink, farmers market

The Elves and the Shoemaker Storytelling at the Horniman Museum Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December half hourly slots from 11am – 4pm

Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, SE23 3PQ 020 8699 1872 / www.horniman.ac.uk

Buses: 176, 185, 312, P4, 63, 122, P13 Ticketed event: adults £2.50, children £5.00. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Book

tickets via the website. Suitable for age 3+

A talented shoemaker works tirelessly to support his shoemaking business, but the village people

would much rather get shoes from the big shops in town. With only one small piece of felt left, he

goes to bed with a sigh. But when he wakes up the next morning, the felt has disappeared, and in its

place is the most wonderful pair of shoes. But who could have made them? Based on the classic

Grimms' fairy tale, The Elves and the Shoemaker is magically retold by Sandal Sticks Theatre using

storytelling, song and puppetry for families this Christmas.