Headmaster's Welcome
Headmaster's News, Friday 26th April, 2024
Apr 26, 2024
26th April 2024
Dear Parents
Welcome Back
It has been a busy start to the term with the commencement of our Summer sporting fixtures and preparation for our Year 3 and 5 performance of ‘A Letter to the Trenches’. We have some exciting trips planned for this Summer Term, as well as visits from some very special guests. We will keep you updated on our online calendar and in our fortnightly Newsletter.
2E Assembly
Thank you, Year 2, for your fantastic Assembly this morning about your History Topic: The Victorians. I especially enjoyed your acting and it brought home the fact that the majority of children in Victorian Times had to work. You really emphasised the difficult conditions in the mines and as chimney sweeps, working 12 hour days! The Assembly certainly made us realise how grateful we are for the opportunities we have today. Well done Year 2 and thank you to Ms Eccles for arranging the Assembly.
Face Painting in Pre-School
Last week, Mrs Hayes and the Pre-School children enojyed a creative afternoon face painting. Once the children all had their faces painted, they even took it in turns to paint onto Mrs Hayes’ face!
Reception Taster Session
This week, we invited some of our new Reception 2024 pupils to spend some time with our amazing Mrs Bennett. We are very excited to welcome them into our community in September! If you know anyone who may want to join our Reception 2024 class, please ask them to contact us to arrange a tour. Thank you for your ongoing support.
NHS Mental Health and Movement Day
Earlier in the week, as part of an NHS initiative for positive mental health and movement, The Yogi Group visited Highfield to deliver a session with each class. The children learned anxiety-relieving techniques, breathing techniques and mindful movement, which will ensure they have the skills to maintain positive mental health. The children particularly enjoyed the positive affirmation circles and resilience activities. A big thank you to the Yogi Group for their visit!
Summer Uniform
With the weather gradually improving, please could all children wear Summer Uniform after the Bank Holiday weekend.
We still have large numbers of children wearing unnamed uniform in the school. Please make sure all uniform is named so that it can be returned promptly to its owner.
A full uniform list has been attached and is available on the website. Please could I remind parents of three points on the uniform list:
· No fashion haircuts, hair colours or hair products are allowed in school (including haircuts below a grade three)
· Bags for Juniors – black, navy, maroon laptop case or smaller size back-pack (suitable to fit an A4 folder.) No obvious logos.
· All bobbles/hairbands are to be in school colours only (no glittery ones)
Nursery Build
Thank you for everyone’s understanding during the Nursery build. Please could you take extra care and consideration when parking at pick-up and drop-offs to ensure there is space for everyone.
Next week there will be a crane in the Junior Playground for three days which will reduce the car parking spaces. There will be staff on hand to direct you to the spaces that are available.
Security
If you are picking up from school after 3.30pm, please could you park in the Junior playground. We will be locking the playground gate near the Sports Hall.
Artist and Composer of the Term.
The artist of the term will be pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein. The composer of the Term will be John Williams. The composer and artist of the Term will be discussed in class and during assemblies. Please could you continue to support this from home.
Sports News
Rounders V SMH
The sun came out for an excellent first Rounders fixture of the season, with all the Year 5 and 6 girls taking part. The Year 6 teams won both their matches with some impressive individual play. The Year 5 teams also demonstrated great skill, winning their first match, and narrowly missing out on a win in their second match. Well played to all the girls, we are looking forward to the rest of the season!
Cricket V Scarisbrick Hall
All the boys in Year 5 and 6 travelled to Scarisbrick Hall School on Wednesday to play our first Cricket match of the season. It was a lovely bright day and all the boys were really excited about their first match. The boys all demonstrated good technique in their bowling and they all worked hard to improve their accuracy which led to a number of wickets being taken. The batting also showed promise with a range of really good shots being played and the ball often being hit across the boundary to everyone’s delight. The main area of focus for the next few weeks will be fielding and making sure that we take advantage of every opportunity the opposition give us. We now look forward to our next fixture against AKS.
Merit Awards 19.04.24
RB: Sulaiman 1W: Muhammad-Yusuf 2E: Dharini 3D: Henry
4J: Krisha 5A: Isla 5M: Alfie 6H: Alayna
6P: Imogen
Merit Awards 26.04.24
RB: Eloise 1W: Muhammad 2E: The Whole Class 3D: Sara
4J: Abdulla 5A: Mohammed 5M: Anya 6H: Drew
6P: Zaid
Yours sincerely
J M Duke
Headmaster
