October ‘15
St. Hedda’s
R.C. Primary
School
Autumn Term
Newsletter 51
The term began welcoming Harry, Rachael,
George and Jay-Jay to Class 1 and Louise to
Class 2. They have all settled in really well to
life at St. Hedda’s. We also welcomed Mrs King
to Class 2 as our teacher for the autumn term.
R.E.
In our R.E. studies for the first part of the
Autumn term both classes have taken the
theme of Family. We thought of how life is a
gift from God and how each person is unique
and loved. This is best expressed by the love
and care within our families. Class 1 have made
a wall display of their families - Mums and
Dads would you recognise yourselves? Class 2
have studied Scripture and have discussed and
written about what is important to our human
family, our school family and our church family.
We attend weekly Mass on Fridays and earlier
this term we celebrated a Harvest Mass when
the children brought their harvest gifts - we
sang harvest hymns and read appropriate
readings and prayers. Thank you parents for
these gifts which were auctioned and the money
raised was sent to ‘The Sisters of Charity’ in
Ethiopia.
Topic
This term our whole school topic is ‘I live in the
UK’. In Class 2 we have been comparing and
grouping different kinds of rock and discovering
what they tell us about the Earth. We have
been learning about Britain’s’ settlement by
Anglo-Saxons and their invasions and kingdoms,
place names and village life. We are going to
explore
maps
and
compass
points
and
geographical features of the British landscape.
We will also be exploring trade links and our
part in the bigger world. In history we have
explored Sutton Hoo and are going to be
exploring Beowulf stories and Ofla. In Art we
have been focusing on drawing skills and we
continue to explore British Artists, especially
Turner.
Class 1 began their topic by locating the UK
and identifying the countries within it.
As
Queen Elizabeth celebrated being the longest
reigning monarch, we wrote portrait poems
about her and displayed them in our classroom!
We have learned about three British artists
and their work and recreated their drawings
using water soluble crayons, pencil crayons and
chalk. The Jolly Postman story book has been
a favourite of ours this term. He even wrote a
letter to us asking us to do his post round for
him! It was great fun and we wrote a letter
back to him to let him know how we got on.
During the last week we took part in an Autumn
Walk along the Toll Road looking for living
things in their habitats and seasonal changes as
part of the science topic.
Sport
Captains badges have been issued for sporting
events this year are as follows:Cricket – Jack
Football – Joe
Netball – Louise
Rugby - Pupils from Y5/6 had an enjoyable
afternoon at the Rugby Club on Thursday 8th
October. All the children that took part played
extremely well. Although some of the matches
were challenging the St Hedda's pupils showed
good sportsmanship. Well done everyone.
Multiskills - Class One attended Multiskills at
Caedmon College, Scoresby Site. The children
took part in a carousel of activities led by the
Sports Leaders at the school, and all tried
their best at each and every activity. The
children had great fun and worked fantastically
as a team. Well done Class One!
Football - This term our Year 5/6 boys football
team
combined
with
children
from
Goathland School visited Eskdale School to take
part in the Whitby small schools competition.
They had a marvellous afternoon (despite the
weather!)
winning all their games and progressed to the
Ryedale and Whitby Level 2 Football final
where they all competed really well in some
tough games.
Pizza, No cook chocolate cake and Halloween
biscuits.
At Art club we have made; a marbling painting
for a place setting mat, a four in one abstract
pictures, a rainbow and pot of gold mobile, a
woven Friendship band and a chalk silhouette
picture for Halloween.
At DT club we have been designing and making
our own vehicle. The children had to measure
and cut the wood for their chassis and axles
using a hack saw and glued them together with
the glue gun.
House Points
The half term totals are: Kingfishers – 1550,
Kestrels – 1507, Barn Owls – 1457, Lapwings –
1423 and Swallows – 1406.
Congratulations to the winning team of
Kingfishers; Adam, Ewan, Alfie, Isobel, Sophie,
Thomas and Rachael.
Attendance
This half term the following pupils had 100%
attendance; Harry, Carla, Grace, Ella, Daniel,
Sophie, Jay-Jay, Matty, Beth, Lara, Adam,
Chloe, Amy, Rhys, Alfie, Charlie, Archie,
Rachael, Ellie, Poppy, George, Ethan and Josh.
The girls team consisted of children from years
4, 5 and 6 and they played with great
enthusiasm in their tournament. All children
played extremely well and we were very proud
of their performances.
Swimming - This half term the whole school
have had swimming lessons at Loftus Pool. Lots
of children have progressed and received
certificates for their efforts.
Netball - On Tuesday 13th October year 6
took part in the first round of league matches
at Goathland school. The team worked hard at
all the games they were involved in, winning one
game and losing another. We wish them luck in
the next round of fixtures.
KS2 Teacher
We held interviews for the class 2 teacher post
on 12th October. We are very pleased to say
Mr William Gardner will be joining the St.
Hedda’s team in January.
After School Clubs
After school clubs have taken place on
Thursdays. Children took part in Cookery,
Gymnastics, Art, or DT Club. At Cookery we
have made Vanilla buns, Cheese Straws, Pitta
Open Afternoon
We will be holding an Open Afternoon during
the next half term on Wednesday 18th
November from 1.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m.
Everyone welcome.
Bags2School
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our
recent Bags2School collection it raised a total
of £58.40. Our next collection will be on
Friday 4th March 2016.
Friends of St. Hedda’s
The AGM took place on Thursday 24th
September there was a disappointing turnout
for this so officers have stayed the same.
Our Annual Christmas Bingo will
take
place
on
Friday
20th
November in Egton Village Hall.
Doors open – 6.30pm, eyes down – 7.00 pm.
Christmas:
Training day:
Return:
Half Term:
Easter:
Training day:
Return:
HOLIDAYS
Break up Fri 18th Dec.
Mon 4th January ‘16
Tues 5th January ‘16
Mon 15th – Fri 19th Feb
Break up 24th March ‘16
Mon 11th April ‘16
Tues 12th April ‘16