www.hillside-inf.hillingdon.sch.uk – 0208 249 6860
www.hillside-junior.eschools.co.uk - 01923 825991
FRIDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 2014
Don’t forget about our ongoing fundraising via www.easy2name.com for labels,
www.easysearch.org.uk for internet searches or www.easyfundraising.org.uk if
you’re shopping online.
We’re on these websites as Hillside Schools Association – Northwood.
HSA NEWS
Our next HSA meeting is on
Monday 22nd January, 8pm in
the Junior School. Please do
come along and find out what
is going on this term. All
parents, carers, teachers and
staff are welcome.
JUNIOR PLAYGROUND
You will no doubt have seen
the newly painted playground
areas. We’re sure you’ll agree
it looks very smart and really
improves the overall look of
the school. We would like to
thank the HSA for their
contribution to the cost of
the work, and ultimately, this
is possible because of the
support Hillside’s parents’ give
to fundraising. Further images
can be viewed on the school’s
website. Thank you.
JEANS FOR GENES
Thank you for supporting this
charity. We will let you know
(next week) how much we have
raised.
parents with a child who is
due to start nursery or
reception in the next year,
please invite them to come
along too!
LOVE 2 PLAY
Saturday 18th October
Love 2 Play is a non-profit
community event organised,
run and subsidised by
members of Northwood
Methodist Church. Whilst the
event is held in the church
itself, the content of the
event is designed and
intended to be enjoyed by
everyone.
RECEPTION 2014-2015
If your child is in nursery and
was born between 01.09.10
and 31.08.11, he/she will be
due to start in Reception next
year. You will need to apply
for a school place by 15th
January 2015. For full
details, key dates and to apply
online, please visit:
www.hillingdon.gov.uk/schools
If you do not live in the
London Borough of Hillingdon,
you should apply to your local
council. For more information,
please ask a member of the
office staff.
Children aged 1-5 years and
their parents/carers are
welcome for a morning of play,
crafts, face-painting, stories
and songs, plus tea and coffee
for the grown-ups.
There is a charge of £5 per
child which goes towards the
cost of the running of the
event.
If you have any questions or
would like to know more about
the event, please speak to Ben
Harrison on 01923 450359.
JOINT NEWS
INFANT NEWS
BREAKFAST CLUB NEXT
WEEK:
Monday: Leaf Collage
Tuesday: 3D Butterflies
Wednesday: Grasshoppers
Thursday: Tree Collage
Friday: Fork Printing
COFFEE MORNING
Please note the date of our
Coffee Morning has changed
to Wednesday 15th October
2014 (9.30 – 10.30). All
parents/carers are invited to
attend. If you know any
RECEPTION PLAY AREA
The outside play area is set up
every day for the children in
reception to use. To ensure
the safety of all children
please may we ask that this
equipment is not used before
school. Thank you for your
cooperation.
OCTOBER HALF-TERM
HOLIDAY CLUB
Information is now available
on the website. Alternatively,
forms may be collected from
the infant school office.
Please book early to receive
the discount and avoid
disappointment.
YEAR 2 FOOTBALL CLUB
Mr. Mitchell will be running
football club for the children
in year 2. This will start on
Thursday 25th September and
will finish at 4.00pm. More
information will be sent home
today. If you would like your
child to attend, please return
your slip by Tuesday 23rd
September.
COOL MILK
Cool Milk is free for all
children up to the age of 5.
Once your child reaches 5, if
you would like them to
continue receiving milk, you
will need to register them
with Coolmilk directly not the
school. The website is
www.coolmilk.com
If you require any further
information please speak to
Mrs MacLachlan in Welfare.
PHONICS
We are continuing to teach a
daily phonic lesson in year 1
and 2. We follow the
Government recommended
‘Letters and Sounds’
programme. This is divided
into 6 phases. This year we
are grouping the children
according to ability for
phonics teaching across year 1
and 2. Your child will be
placed in a phase group
appropriate to their learning
needs and will move through
each phase as they are ready.
If you would like any further
information please contact
your class teacher.
WALKING TO SCHOOL
We are introducing a new
range of awards to encourage
the children to walk to school.
We would like to achieve
every child walking at least
once a week. Each week the
class with the most amount of
children walking to school will
be awarded the Walk to
School Bear and will hold it in
class for that week. We hope
that you will help support us in
this worthwhile initiative.
LUNCH
The menu for week
commencing Monday 22nd
September is Menu 1.
ACHIEVEMENTS
GREEN
Jonathan Brown
Isabella King
Carina Campos
Antonio Subandrio
RED
Chloe Coles
Charlie Ellis-Martin
Bobby Hewitt
Danielle Price
YELLOW
Sheel Tanna
Medhi Massomi
Nathan Maphosa
Tomas Campos
ORANGE
Esmeralda Malovodova
Epafra – Mateo Palincas
Chloe Oliveira
Vedanth Erra
BLUE
Benjy Smith
Hollie Dean
PURPLE
Darcy Perry
Azizhullah Enayat
GOOD BEHAVIOUR
The following children
received a GOOD
BEHAVIOUR CERTIFICATE
in assembly on Monday 15th
September:
Esther Ogunse
Samarth Gopikrishna
Haidar Al Batat
Presley De Sousa
Vedanth Erra
Beth Newland
LUNCHTIME AWARDS
The following children
received a GOOD
BEHAVIOUR AT
LUNCHTIME award in
assembly on Monday 15th
September:
Emily White
Kevin Butnariu
ATTENDANCE
CONGRATULATIONS to
ORANGE CLASS who
achieved 99.6% attendance
last week.
The children will receive ten
minutes playtime one day next
week.
Class Attendance last week:
NAM: 86.9%
NPM: 98.2%
Purple: 93.3%
Blue: 95.3%
Orange: 99.6%
Yellow: 94.2%
Red: 98.3%
Green: 94.4%
JUNIOR NEWS
JEANS FOR GENES
Thank you for supporting
Jeans for Genes today.
Donations for the Junior
School have added up to £176
so far. The money raised
provides funding for the care
and support of children with
genetic disorders.
WELCOME
Hajin Lim in 4K, Mohamed
Mijbil in 4G, Alexia Ghinea in
3R and Tudor Tizu also in 3R.
We wish them a happy time at
Hillside.
PARENTS’ EVENING
Please make a note of the
date Tuesday 14th October,
3.30 to 6pm. Letters will be
sent nearer the time.
LUNCH ORDERS
We are receiving an increasing
number of orders without a
name. Please ensure your
child’s name has been written
on the top of the order and on
the envelope. Please also
ensure the correct money is
enclosed and orders are
received no later than the end
of the school day on
Wednesdays.
CURRICULUM OVERVIEWS
Curriculum Overviews for the
Autumn term will be emailed
to parents today.
YEAR 6 TRIP
2ND OCTOBER
Letters have been emailed
regarding a Year 6 trip to the
Natural History Museum on
Thursday 2nd October. Please
return the permission slip as
soon as possible. Letters can
be collected from the rack by
the school office.
YEAR 5 TRIP
16TH OCTOBER
Advance notice of a Year 5
trip to Affinity Water on
Thursday 16th October.
Further information will be
emailed at the beginning of
October. The cost for this
trip is £11.
CHRISTMAS CARD
PROJECT
Information has been sent
home regarding the Christmas
Card Project. If you would
like to take part please return
the order to your class
teacher by 13th October with
full payment. Cheques made
payable to HILLSIDE
JUNIOR SCHOOL.
HAYDON SCHOOL OPEN
EVENTS
In addition to the Open
Evening on Thursday 25th
September (6pm) Haydon
School are holding coffee
mornings for prospective
parents on 9th & 24th October,
9:15-10:15am.
NORTHWOOD SCHOOL
OPEN EVENTS
Northwood School Open
Evening is on Tuesday 23rd
September at 6pm.
APPLYING FOR SECONDARY
SCHOOL
Information on how and when
to apply has been sent home
with your child, together with
dates for open evenings at
Hillingdon schools. If you
require any further
information please visit
www.hillingdon.gov.uk if you
reside in the borough of
Hillingdon,
www.hertsdirect.org for
Hertfordshire and
www.harrow.gov.uk Closing
date for applications is 31st
October. Thank you to
parents who attended the
meeting last week, we hope
you found it helpful.
Rachel Mutshayila
3O’C
Olivia Ginns
Szymon Jankowski
Harry Clarke
4K
Corey McLeod
Hajin Lim
Avinash Srivastava
4G
Mahdi Dossa
Laura Iatco
Ayela Inayat
5S
Alfie O’Callaghan
Olivia Lihou
Abhiram Loganathan
5A
Ewan Clark
Emma Wilcox
Eniola Asoso
Dhruv Syam
6FD
Sarah Leach
Nia Grant
Akshar Patel
Jaycee Tomlinson
6B
Diana Pereira
Raquel Santos
Catarina Campos
Claudia Ribeiro
Tiago Vieira
TIMES TABLES
SUN
Ana Raileanu 6B
WALK TO SCHOOL
The ‘Walk to School’ trophy
was awarded to 5S this week.
Well done!
Year 4 at Amersham Field
Centre
ACHIEVEMENTS
3R
Lara Duraes
Sidney De-Bruce
ATTENDANCE
This week’s winners are 3O’C
& 5A with 97.7%. They will
have 20 minutes extra play
next week.
TEAM POINT WINNERS
This week’s winners are
Carew Well done!
ECO SCHOOLS AWARD
The most environmentally
friendly class this week was
3R . Well done!
JUST APPOINTED …
TEAM LEADERS
Carew – Catarina Campos and
Akshar Patel
Maxwell – Carolina Pizzeghello
and Terence Price
Murray – Madison Wildsmith
and Ben Freeth
Hallowell – Diana Pereira and
Alfie Harper
BUDDIES
Aaliyah Vige-Badal
Aayana Goswami
Alessia Lo Cascio
Alfie O'Connor
Anushree Sheth
Cristina Figueiredo
Daniel Ogunse
Ibrahim Ahsan
Jaycee Tomlinson
Mustafa Siddiqui
Nia Grant
Olivia Cohen
Pedro Barroso
Raniya Zulfi
Sarah Leach
Susana Delchini
Tully Graham
Violot Preston
Librarians
Claudia Ribeiro
Huru Gokmen
Rianna Taylor
Lunch Monitors
Adam Bennett
Ana Raileanu
Mustafa Siddiqui
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Year 3
Ella Whitney
Nikola Pjetrushaj
Alexus Rainbow
Bruno Damas Alves
Year 4
Alex Loukachenko
Hanna Siddiqui
Avinash Srivastava
Lexey Tomlinson
Year 5
Leon Thompson-Hill
Arushi De
Maddison Came
Pedro Riberio
Year 6
Carmen Harvey
Kristian Swaby
Zane Roy
Tully Graham
ECO SCHOOLS
3OC
Dolcie West
Luke Bennett
3R
Alfie Fyson
Goda Marcinkeviciute
4K
Thomas Philipson
Lavanya Kamble
4G
Elise Milington
Gui Ferreira
5S
Ronnie Godfrey
Sarim Ahmed
5A
Ella Davies
Ollie Martyn
6BL
Ben Freeth
Tiago Vieira
6FD
Nia Grant
Mustafa Siddiqui