Hitherfield Herald Number 0481 www.hitherfield.co.uk 4th October 2019

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Monday 7th October - Growing Against Violence Workshop

Friday 11th October – EID Party 3pm – 5pm Children can wear colourful

clothes to school on this day for a 50p donation

Monday 14th October – Year 4 trip to Sydenham Woods

Wednesday 16th October – Individual and sibling photos

Friday 18th October – PTA. AGM

Friday 18th October – Last day of term

Tuesday 12th November – Flu immunisation

Attendance News Well done Hitherfield

Our attendance was 96.9% this week.

This week we wanted to celebrate the classes with the

best attendance, so well done to…

Tadpole in Nursery, Koala and Platypus in Reception,

Dugong and Sunbird in Year 1, Hummingbird in Year 2,

Anaconda in Year 3, Cheetah in Year 4, Hedgehog in

Year 5 and Orca in Year 6

We expect all children in their lines at 8.55am. Well

done to all our families who got here on time.

School starts at 8:55am and all pupils should be in

class and registered before 9:00am. Class registration

closes at 9:00am and children not in class at this time

will be asked to register at the office where they will

need to collect a late card before being admitted to

class.

School Uniform

Please ensure that your child’s name and class is clearly

labelled on all of their belongings. This makes it easier

for the lost item to be reunited with the child.

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING

Thank you all for attending and supporting the Macmillan

Coffee Morning last Friday. We had SO many cakes and

offers of help that it was a very busy one! We are delighted to

confirm that we will be sending a cheque for £387.40 to

Macmillan Cancer Care (even better than last year, which

was £351.93!).

Competition Time Harris Academy Clapham have invited the Year 5 and 6 children to enter their Christmas card competition this year! Entries are to be handed into the office by the 4th of November, and the winner will be announced in school on the 11th and displayed in the Herald on the 15th of November. Please see attached flyer further down the Herald.

We also held a second hand

uniform sale, which raised

£237.42 for the PTA. This is a

considerable increase on last

year, and shows how

committed we are as a school

to reuse and recycle where

possible. We will have

another stall at the Eid Fair,

so do bring in your good

quality uniform for us to sell.

Did you know? When we analysed the attainment outcomes from our children in Year 6 last year we noticed that pupils who attended school 95% or above did significantly better than those who attended less than 95%. In Writing the difference was that 30% more children attained the expected standard or higher if they attended school 95% or more of the time. Just another reason for children to come to school whenever possible.

A very big…

THANK YOU to all of our families who gave so generously to our collection for our partner school in Tanzania. It will be so nice to be able to provide some extra learning resources for them.

We collected just over £240!

Outstanding achievements of Hitherfield Primary School recognised

by the Mayor of London

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has celebrated the outstanding performance of Hitherfield Primary

School with an awards ceremony.

The school was honoured for its work to reduce educational inequality and achieve exceptional results for

children who were previously behind in their studies, at a Schools for Success awards ceremony.

Hitherfield has been recognised for an exciting and innovative curriculum that inspires and leads to high

attainment.

The Schools for Success programme was created by the Mayor in 2017 to improve the support given to

children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The programme recognises primary and secondary schools

that ensure strong progress for their lowest attaining pupils, has a strong overall performance and shares

their work with other schools.

The ceremony was hosted on Friday 27th September by Deputy Mayor for Education and Childcare Joanne

McCartney.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “I’d like to congratulate the staff of Hitherfield for their excellent

work. Schools for Success was created to celebrate the difference that teachers, teaching assistants,

support staff and governors are making every day to support children and reduce inequalities, and this

school’s inclusive and supportive learning environment is a great example of this. London has the best

schools and teachers in the country, and by working together we can make sure that no young Londoner

is left behind.”

Well done to Nia (Anaconda) and Rayhan (Jaguar) for completing the 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 there too.

This week’s challenge is linked to maths in art. Since September we have been taking part in a whole school art

project with each year group studying a different artist and making links to maths.

Year 5 have been studying Kandinsky’s ‘Composition VIII’

What maths can you see in this artwork? E.g. There are ___ triangles.

Look at the shapes, repeating patterns and lines. What do you notice?

Maths Glossary Number sentence = an equation expressed using numbers and mathematical symbols

(+ - x ÷ = ) e.g 5 + 2 = 7

The ever-popular Eid Fair will be held next

Friday 11th October from 3pm - 5.30pm.

Your children are welcome to come to school

in colourful clothes, to celebrate Eid, in

exchange for a 50p donation to their

teacher.

If anyone still has second hand uniform to donate, we will be running another stall at Eid.

We still need more volunteers. Please email

hitherfieldpta@gmail.com or sign up on the

PTA Facebook page.

We will also need some more lovely cake

donations on the day!

Tazari Williams-Clarke – R Platypus

Lucy Edmands – R Kookaburra

Eloise Ring & Arlo Farrell-Steiger

– R Koala

Greta Giordano - 1 Cobra

Caleb Franklin & Alice Ribeiro

Martins – 1 Sunbird

Elsie Duffett & Creys Lee – 1 Dugong

Jonathan Dema & Djuna Montane

Pujabet – 2 Hummingbird

Miley Austin-Lamont & Timothy Field

– 2 Manatee

Zoe Ramirez Handolescu & Ada

Squire – 2 Mongoose

3 Anaconda - Tahira Smith-Rattray &

Anastasia Wiseman

3 Jaguar - Eloise Campbell &

Francesca Oxtoby

3 Macaw - Amy Martins & Julia Motta

Couinho Ferreira

4 Cheetah - Kijhanie Gayle & Kiyah-

Lei Powell

4 Flamingo - Jayden Wainwright &

Aaliyah Miller-McCallum

4 Hippo - Penny Sundt & Shawn-Nia

Spence

5 Otter -Nicolo Brunelli

5 Hedgehog - Allessia Manna-Inico

5 Kingfisher - Kaden Lazenby-Rowe

6 Puffin - Ayaan Mehmood

6 Orca - Eva Whitticase-Ward

6 Wolverine - Leo Nzekwe

Hitherfield Herald

Online Saftey

Corner! This Christmas many children will

receive gadgets linked to the internet

as gifts on Christmas day!

Parents please watch this fun song to

remind yourselves of the potential

dangers of digital gifts and advice on

how to monitor them.

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/reso

urces/wake-up-wednesday/stay-safe-

at-home-on-devices-this-christmas/

Last week was Bike to School

Week. The rains came but we

managed to get pictures of some

of our Super Cyclists.

LAST THURSDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER, ALL THREE YEAR 3 CLASSES VISITED THE HERNE HILL VELODROME FOR A CYCLING SESSION. WE WALKED ALL THE WAY AND ALL THE WAY BACK – EVEN IN THE RAIN! EACH CLASS HAD AN HOUR ON BIKES WITH A CYCLING COACH. THE CLASSES WERE SPLIT INTO GROUPS: A GROUP THAT COULD ACCESS THE HARDER OFF-ROAD COURSE, AND A GROUP THAT WORKED ON CONFIDENCE AND SKILL ON THE TRACK. EACH GROUP HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUN, DEMONSTRATING A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESILIENCE AND DETERMINATION TO KEEP PICKING THEMSELVES UP AND KEEP GOING. SOME PEOPLE HAD MANY ENCOUNTERS WITH THE FLOOR OR TREES OR STINGING NETTLES – BUT THEY KEPT GOING!

AT THE VELODROME!

BY AHMED AND LUCA (JAGUAR CLASS)

AT THE VELODROME WE HAD 2 TYPES OF BIKES. WE HAD BMX BIKES AND FROG BIKES. WE HAD RACES ON THE BMX OFF-ROAD COURSE. THE PEOPLE ON THE FROG BIKES WERE HAVING A TRY TO RIDE A BIKE ON THE TRACK. THE PEOPLE ON THE BMX BIKES WENT ON A HILL CALLED

LITTLE BOB AND ONE CALLED BIG BOB.

This week was National Poetry Day. Celebrate your own family favourite poems or read some new

ones. Remember that song lyrics are poetry too!

The National Poetry Library at the Southbank is free to join and runs lots of free sessions and

activities for families and children:

Rug Rhymes: Under-5s and their carers are invited to this short session of nursery rhymes, poems and

rhyming stories.

Join the National Poetry Library puppets, Federico and Firebird, on their poem rug to find out what rhymes

with rug!

Afterwards, you have the opportunity to look at and borrow books from our ever-growing children’s collection.

Free, running until 13th December at the National Poetry Library.

Anna’s favourite poem is Walking With My Iguana by Brian Moses.

Ed’s favourite poem is Please Mrs Butler by Allan Ahlberg.

Danika’s favourite poem is Football Mad by Benjamin Zephaniah.

Beth’s favourite poem is Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll.

This October half term, Fit For Sport Activity Camps are back putting

smiles on the faces of kids! Why not join the camp at Hitherfield?

Join Fit For Sport at Hitherfield this October Half Term for an action-packed week

of fun!

Fit For Sport’s amazing programmes from summer will be back in full swing this

October half term, including the exciting game of JagTag American Football, the

Olympic Legacy Legends programme and Elmer the Elephant themed activities.

On top of this, there will be plenty of witches and wizards themed fun, multi-

sports, arts & crafts, team games, outdoor adventures and much more - there’s

fun for everyone so don’t miss out!

Fit For Sport’s goal is to ensure every child enjoys the feeling of being healthy and

active, as such, it’s their aim to provide a vast range of activities to ensure that

every child who attends, thoroughly enjoys their camp experience.

We look forward to welcoming you this October half term!

Parent feedback: “Can I go back tomorrow? Best review a kid can give.”

Book via www.fitforsport.co.uk or call their friendly bookings team on 020

8742 4990.

Take advantage of Fit For Sport’s 10% early bird discount by quoting

‘OCT10’ when securing your booking. Valid until Friday 11th October.