High Beeches Primary School Newsletter 19th
October 2012
Thank you for the amazing response to the recent clothing
collection. I am very pleased to say that the total weight in clothing was 652
Kg, which translated to £326 for the school. Thank you to FoHBS and in
particular Mrs Henman for organising this. Next
collection is 25th March.
The Year 5 cake sale raised £73.90, an excellent start to the year. Thank you to the parents for the cake contributions, members of FoHBs and all those who supported this event.
Next week is Walk
To School Week. We try to encourage as many children as possible to walk to
school during this week, even if they are dropped off slightly further away and
walk further than normal. Each walk will gain a sticker to add to the class
chart and the class with the most walks will be given a prize. Walking to
school has many benefits, not only is it good for your health and the
environment, but it’s also fun and a great opportunity to socialise with your
child, so why not try and include a ten minute walk in your journey to school.
If children are wearing headbands in their hair
please remember that these must be made of fabric and be the same colour as the
school uniform. They should not be too wide.
If your child is leaving school with another adult
please do ensure that the class teacher is aware. A note can be given to the
teacher in the morning or, if this is a last minute arrangement, please inform
the school office.
Please return any Gym letters for next half term to
the office ASAP in order for Debbie to able to organise her clubs.
Any outstanding dinner money must be paid to the
school office.
Well done to the Learners of the Week,
we are very proud of you all.
w/b 8th October 2012
EYFS Nathan
–working hard and always concentrating
Yr 1
Nick– working hard and always concentrating
Yr 2 Jonas–
working very hard to learn his spellings
Yr 3 Inaya
– working hard on ball skills in PE
Yr 4 Eiyah
– working hard in literacy lessons thinking deeply
Yr 5 Oliver – working hard at home and
school
Yr 6 Bo – working hard in English using
interesting verbs
I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend.
Paul Driver
Headteacher
Rotary
Shoeboxes
We are supporting the Rotary Shoebox Appeal
again this year to help the orphaned children in war-torn countries. Families
are asked to fill a shoebox with items for a child, teenager or household. The
details of suggested items are on a leaflet which can be collected from the
office from Monday. Please bring £1 in
exchange for a shoebox as this covers the cost. The boxes will only be
available until next Friday and we will be collecting them back in the first
week after half term. Last year we sent off over 100 boxes, our best ever total
but it would be fantastic to exceed this!
FOHBS News
Book
your stand for the Christmas Fair now!
You can book your own stand at the Christmas Fair, Saturday 8th
December 12-3pm, to sell or advertise your products, for just £20. To make a booking please email Louise Piper
as soon as possible on: louise.c.piper@googlemail.com
Other dates for your diary
Friday 16th
November – Infant and Junior School Disco
Friday 23rd November – Year 6 Cake Sale
Saturday 8th December – High Beeches Christmas Fair
Pupil Success
Congratulations to the following pupils:
Aran
Shamir (Yr 3) who
has been awarded the Chess Master of the week trophy at a local chess club
Melanie
Cadena–Lemus (Yr 3)
who was awarded a certificate and medal for the library summer reading scheme
CBBC Horrible Histories - Gory Games Applications welcome
E mail
from a producer at the BBC – application forms available in the school office.
We are currently looking for participants between the ages 8 and
12 for a new series of 'Horrible Histories -Gory Games'. I believe we had some
great applications from your pupils for our previous series and wondered if any
of your pupils would like to apply. We like applications from Horrible
Histories fans who are confident, chatty and don't mind getting gunged!
If you have seen the show you will know it's based on historical
facts from the Horrible Histories series, we ask our contestants a variety of
history questions, and they get the chance to play messy, fun games based on
various historical events. Series two is currently being shown on CBBC, and we
are going to be filming our next series in February.
I've attached an application form, Pupils need to get permission
from their parent/guardian and then fill out the form and post it back to the
address on the front. Or they can bring it back to school and we can send you
out a stamped addressed envelope to send them all back.
Our closing date for applications in January… but the quicker
children apply the better!
Letters sent home
Mini tennis – Yrs 1,2 and 3
Doodley Bugs Art Club – Yrs 2
and 3
St Pauls Trip – Year 2