Happy New Year! I hope that you
have had a restful and enjoyable Christmas holiday. It has been wonderful to
see the children return with such enthusiasm.
I would like to welcome Mrs
Cartwright to High Beeches who will be working in the role of school
Administrative Assistant. I am sure that you will be very happy here. Mrs
Murray has taken the role of School Secretary following Mrs Brannon’s
retirement.
Today is a very special day for
one member of the school staff team. Mrs Cox has been a Midday Supervisor for
25yrs at High Beeches School. She epitomises everything that we could wish High
Beeches to be. Mrs Cox is always caring, considerate, knows all of the
children, listens with interest, joins in with games and wants all of the
children to enjoy their time here. I have never met another Midday Supervisor
who actually knows how much each child is capable of eating and whether or not
they are trying to sneak out eating less that they usually do.
Thank you, Mrs Cox, for all that you have done for the High Beeches
Community over the past 25yrs. Mrs Cox knows that she cannot leave as she is the
only one who fully understands the dinner rota system, so I look forward to her
being a part of the team for many years to come. Today Mrs Cox had a special
meal with the children at lunchtime when gifts and flowers were presented to
her from her colleagues.
Thank you to everybody who
attended the school Christmas Fair - an amazing £2854 was raised. Thank you to
FoHBs for organising this event and a special thank you to Mrs Nistala who
donated all of the profit from her stall to the school.
We have a new telephone system
in school. Please listen carefully to the prompts. To report an absence press 2
after the welcome message and leave full name, class and a reason for the
absence.
In the event of
severe weather and the school is closed we will notify BBC Three Counties Radio (103.8fm / 95.5fm or 630mw/1161mw) and Heart
Dunstable 97.6fm. The notifications will either be read on air or displayed
on the radio station websites. We will also send out a text via our text
messaging service. Alternatively the information for all schools will be linked
to the home page of www.hertsdirect.org.We will
obviously use our best endeavours to ensure that the school remains open.
I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend.
Paul Driver
Headteacher
Midday Supervisor Vacancy – Urgent please help
Would you like
to become a member of the High Beeches Staff team? Do you know anybody who may
be interested in working at the school? We have a vacancy for two midday supervisors for Five days a week working from 12.00 –
1.15pm. For more information please speak to Mr Driver.
Friday 11th January......................................... Class
termly newsletters home
Thursday 17th January ................................... FoHBS
meeting 8pm @ Skew Bridge
Friday 18th January ........................................ Year
4 Cake Sale
Friday 1st February ........................................ Yr
2 Harpenden Trip
Tuesday 5th February .................................... HDSA
Rugby Tournament 1pm Venue TBC
Friday 8th February ........................................ FoHBs
Disco
W/B 11th February ........................................ Science
Week
Thursday 14th February ................................ Yr 3
Cake Sale
Monday 18th February .................................. Half
term holiday begins
Monday 25th February .................................. Children
return to school
Tuesday 5th March ......................................... HDSA
Football Tournament – 1pm Sauncey Wood
Thursday 7th March ....................................... Recorder
Club Assembly 10.30am – School Hall
Friday 8th March ............................................. EYFS
Mother’s Day Assembly – 2.30pm School Hall
Monday 11th March ....................................... Spring
Music Festival – 6.30pm Public Halls
Thursday 14th March ..................................... Parent
/ Carer Consultation Evening 5-8pm
Friday 15th March .......................................... Yr
2 Cake sale
Tuesday 19th March ....................................... Parent
/ Carer Consultation Evening 4-7pm
Wednesday 20th March ................................ HDSA
Netball Rally – 1pm Roundwood Park
Friday 22nd March .......................................... FoHBs
Movie Night
Monday 25th March ....................................... FoHBs
Clothing Collection
Thursday 28th March ..................................... Spring
Term ends
Tuesday 16th April ......................................... Summer
Term begins
For dates for the summer term please see the
calendar on the school website.
HarpendenPlus Partnership
HarpendenPlus
Partnership is organising a parenting workshop, About Boys, to be run by Parent
Centred Support, for the Spring Term 2013. The workshop is for parents/carers
of boys from 5 - 15 years of age. The two hour session will provide you with:
An
understanding of your son’s development
Ways
to provide him with boundaries and discipline
More
confidence in ability to parent your son; understanding ‘why he does what he
does’
How
to motivate him
The
workshop will cost £10 per person, but please contact us in case of financial
difficulty or if you would like more information about the workshop.
To
register your interest in attending a workshop, please contact us (email familysupport@saunceywood.herts.sch.uk;
tel 07985 330 941) with your name, child's school and age and your phone and
email contact details. Booking forms will be sent by email to all people have
registered an interest in the workshop about 3 weeks before the sessions.
Places will be allocated on the basis of first come first serve of return of
the booking form and payment.
School Uniform reminder
We would like to start the new year with everyone
following the school’s uniform policy. Please remember that girls should be
wearing plain headbands/bobbles with no sparkles or large flowers. Watches
should only be worn by Junior children as we feel that the Infants are not old
enough to look after them in school, especially when they have to be removed
for PE lessons. Thank you.
