Ex-ecutive Headteacher: Mr

James Procter

Email: office@easthoathly.e-sussex.sch.uk

NEWSLETTER 32

Friday 7th June 2019

WORD OF THE WEEK

Defini- tion of Telekinesis (noun) in Eng-lish: 1) The supposed ability to move objects at a distance by mental power or other non-physical means.

Telekinesis

Cars There is a lot in the press at the moment about pollution levels outside of schools. While this is particularly a problem in city schools, we are conscious of this as a rural school too. With this in mind, please ensure that engines are not being left to run outside of the school at any time. In addition, please ensure that you are being considerate to other drivers, families and road users to ensure children are safe on the roads around the school.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to the last term of the academic year!

We hope you rested well over the break , as there is a lot to look forward to this term!

Keep an eye out for upcoming events!

Chiddingly’s Ofsted Inspection As you may be aware, Chiddingly have recent had a very good Ofsted inspection. Full details from their report can be found on Chiddingly’s website and link for which can be found below, should you want to read it. https://chiddingly.pioneerfederation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/10088208-Chiddingly-Primary-School-114391-Final-PDF-.pdf

Headlice There have been cases of headlice in school. Please take time to check your child’s hair and treat if needed. To prevent them from spreading, please adhere to the uniform policy and if your child has long hair, ensure that it is tied up during school.

Year 3 and 4 Tennis Tournament

Year 3 and 4 Tennis Tournament

This week, several children from Year 3 and 4 went to the Tennis final, after their win in Term 5. They played very well—despite the rain! They all showed incredible perseverance and great sportsmanship. Well done Year 3 and 4!

Thank you to all of the adults who organised the event and helped support it!

Groundforce Summer Groundforce Day will be on 24th July. Jobs include painting the Nursery back fence, jet washing and other outside painting. If you are able to spare half an hour, please pop along and help us make the school look fresh for next September. Any help would be very much appreciated and we look forward to seeing you then!

Mr Wright Mr Wright has been teaching in Year 1 and 2 for the past two weeks, while Mrs King is on maternity leave. The children have enjoyed having him in school and Mr Wright has enjoyed his time at East Hoathly. He says “the class had made me really happy. All of the children are so lucky as this is a wonderful school and there is something really special about this school. I have loved teaching here.” We look forward to welcoming Miss Williams next week.

Parent Forum The Parent Forum (Homework Review and School Development Plan review) next week will be postponed and re-arranged. Please keep an eye on the newsletter for further details.

Forest School

This term, both Reception and Year 1 and 2 will be taking part in Forest School this term. This is to help aid the transition of Reception to Year 1. Please ensure that children in the listed years have their Forest School kit in school for Thursday. If you are able to volunteer any time, please inform Mrs Smith, Miss Denney or Miss Dutton. Thank you for your support!

Our Church School This term’s Christian Value is perseverance and through collective worship and RE lessons, we ask the children how they have shown these values throughout the week.

Abigail in Year 4 said “we showed perseverance at the Tennis competition by never giving up and by showing good sportsmanship to the other teams. We shook their hands and said well done.”

Wellbeing We now share a new wellbeing poster with you in the weekly newsletter. This week’s poster gives you tips to help build your child’s resilience and growth mindset. Maybe you can ask your child to share an example of when they have shown resilience!

Golden Mile Challenge As you know over term 5 we asked you get out and active and record how many miles of exercise you completed. Thank you to all the children who took part in recording their activity and sending in their golden mile record sheets. We have totalled up the miles from the cards we received and have completed a total of 78.4 recorded miles across Term 5. The year group with the most miles was Year 2, with an impressive 52.7miles! We would like to give a special mention to Jake in Year 2 who recorded all his journeys to and from school for the entire 5 weeks! What great perseverance! A big thank you to all that took part, we hope you enjoyed getting out and active, keep up the good work!

Diner of the Week

Nursery - Albie Watton

KS1 - Lexi Smith

KS2 - Emilia Ruff

Champion Tables

KS1 - Mercury - 13 points

KS2 - Saturn - 12 points

Attendance

The whole school attendance for this year so far is: 95.9%

This week’s attendance: 98.1%

Reception – 95% Year 1/2 - 98.7%

Year 3/4 - 99.3% Year 5/6 - 97.6%

Well done to Year 3/4 for having the highest attendance! this week!

Learning Powers

On Friday 14th of June, there will be a celebration assembly at 9.15am. A parentmail with details of who next Friday’s learning powers will be will go out to parents by Tuesday next week.

BIRTHDAYS!

Birthdays for this week!

Happy Birthday to Spencer Bushell in Year 3!

Happy Birthday to Samuel Lonsdale in Year 2!

Harry – Reception

I have been really creative at forest school, doing tree

pictures.

William – Year 6

Miss Dutton thinks that William is a Captain

Britain as he is always looking out for the

younger children in the school during lunch

times.

Florence – Year 4

I think I am an Inspector Ingenious because when I’ve

been doing my writing I’ve been trying to

include lots of different skills.

Samuel – Year 2

I am a Captain Britain because when I play football I always pass

the ball.

Positivity Board

Please pop in any time to write down something that you would like to share or send an email.

As always, thank you for your support!

Nursery News

Welcome back everyone! We hope you all had a lovely half term and it is great to see the children so excited to be back at Nursery. We have a busy term ahead with lots of exciting things to learn about for our new topic ‘Under The Sea’.

Our story of the week was ‘Ten Little Pirates’, which the children linked to their artwork and outside play.

In the outside area, the children enjoyed playing on our pirate ship (on the stage) by re-enacting walking the plank and building with our crates and large building blocks.

Our artwork this week was a real life printed picture of a tropical island. The children have used many resources and materials, like tissue paper and paint, from our art caddy to recreate their own islands.

Reminders

Please complete the suncream forms to enable us to put suncream on your child in the warm weather. Could parents please ensure that there is a sunhat and suncream in your child’s bag.

Please can we remind you all that fees are due the first day of term so could they be paid asap.

New information

If you would like to have a chat about your child or anything that is not general hand over information, we now have an allocated time when Dawn and other senior leaders will be available to talk. This will be on Mondays after school until 3:45pm and if this time is unsuitable for you, please book an appointment with Dawn.

Thank you for your continued support,

Nursery Team

Dates for the diary

Monday 17/6—New Intake Meeting (Rising 5s) 2.15pm

Friday 5/7—Teddy Bears’ Picnic—Rising 5s 2.15pm

Thursday 11/7—Summer Production 1.30 and 6pm

Friday 12/7— Stay and Play (Rising 5s) 2.15pm

Tuesday 23/7— Last day of Term 6

Dates for your diary 2018/2019

June 2019

25th—Year 6 Leavers—Crowborough 10.30am (parents invited)

July 2019

5th—Patina (Year 5 and 6 parents invited)

8th—Bikeability Week

8th—Summer Production dress rehearsal 1.30pm (parents invited)

11th—Summer Production 1.30pm (parents invited)

11th—Summer Production 6.30pm (parents invited)

12th—Reports out to parents

16th—Parent Consultations—reports only— 4-6pm

19th—Enrichment Morning (parent volunteers may be required)

23rd—Leavers’ Service 9.30am (parents invited)

23rd—Term 6 ends