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HEATHFIELD NEWSLETTER
ISSUE
140 3 02 2017
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Y5 WW2 Project
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Photography Club
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Noticeboard
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Online Safety Update
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Reception at the Garden Centre
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Hockey Club
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Tom’s message of
Hope
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Y5 Pen Licences
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Trophy Winners
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Mathletics Mayhem
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Y5 at Stockport Air
Raid Shelter
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Y4 Lava Lamp Science
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Chess Club...and
Fried Liver?
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Sainsbury Active
Vouchers
The PSHCE topic for this half of the term is Going for Goals,
and assemblies have reflected that theme—I talked about the
resolutions we make at the beginning of the year, and reminded everyone that it is a case where ‘deeds not words’ are vitally
important! Mr Barrott threw out a challenge to everyone to set
down their goals and make them SMART - Specific, Measurable, Attainable;, Realistic, Time-based. Mr Redmond went a
little further...in fact, all the way to the planet Mars, reminding
us of President Kennedy’s famous speech setting the goal of
going to the Moon. Whatever the goals set for this academic
year, we should be half-way towards attaining them by the
time half-term rolls around. So, whatever the targets and goals
you are setting—whether it is to gain a gold star for times table challenge, improve upon a sprint time—or maybe to be
nicer to a sibling! - you can be sure that we are all supporting
each other—just as we have been for all the events described
in this Newsletter!
On the following page Lily-Mae describes how she put together her
World War Two project. The Year 5 display is up in the Assembly Hall,
and I would urge everyone to go and have a look—there are fantastic
models, folders full of information about many aspects of this part of
history, and photographs of people from our own families.
My Project
By Lily-Mae Cooney
Why?
We were given a choice to make what we wanted for our World War 2
project set by our brilliant teacher Mr Baker. We were given ideas
and suggestions of what to make.
Where?
I gathered information for my booklet off the internet. Also I made
my models at home with some ideas and assistance off my parents.
My mum went out to the Range craft shop and bought me some art
and craft materials.
When?
I did my project during the holidays and at the weekend, or basically
at every free opportunity I had available. I always made sure my surface was clean before I began working on my project.
Who?
My parents gave me some ideas and assistance, but other than that I
mostly did it on my own. In the cockpit of my plane is a toy soldier I
have used as the pilot.
What?
The house is styled to look like what it would in World War 2. The
Shelter is an Anderson Shelter and, underneath is a Morrison Shelter. The posters of people in World War 2 will have been drawn, and
been published on posters that will have then been posted around
the country or even worldwide.
The brief was to produce portraits of each other—here
are some of the images created….
Inspiration
Magritte….?
A reminder please about parking—
local traffic officers will be on patrol
this term and have warned that they
will prosecute car owners with vehicles parked on the pavement of Rishworth Mill Lane. Please avoid this—
there is space by the swimming pool,
and I would urge dropping off rather
than stopping when possible!
Medicines: If your child is being sent in
with any medicines, this must be discussed with Mrs Battye—we cannot allow medicines or tablets in schoolbags,
and there must be express written permission given for the storage and administration of any medicines in the
School.
Parents will be aware that the School takes online safety and security very seriously, as an aspect of safeguarding
and child protection. Children are taught, in an age appropriate way, ways to protect themselves online. However,
from time-to-time, Calderdale Council issues updates on this matter, including information about websites or apps
which have the potential to cause concern (usually social media that allows messaging, sending video etc.)
A recent message concerned two such apps, and I reproduce the message here for parents:
Firstly ‘Live.ly’ is an app being used by many children as it provides the opportunity to group chat. Whilst the
app is only meant to be able to access contacts already on a child’s phone, the opportunity for friends of friends
to join groups has resulted in people unknown to the child being able to access a group.
The second is ‘Yellow’ which is essentially an online contact app for children which works in a similar fashion to
‘Tinder’ the idea being that you can swipe through people and then choose someone with whom to meet up.
Clearly this again poses numerous risk factors for children.
A useful list of websites / apps which are potentially concerning due to messaging capacities is compiled by the
NSPCC, and can be found at:
https://www.net-aware.org.uk/
As always, the message is to be vigilant and aware rather than alarmist, and to ensure that children are aware of
Last week, the children in the Reception class visited Gordon Riggs Garden Centre.
They had to have a good look at all the flowers on offer and decide which ones they
could buy to plant in their own garden. Of course, they had to work out how much
their purchases would cost—and how much change they should get! So, a lot of
decisions to make, and the kind staff at Gordon Riggs in Todmorden were very patient with all our young shoppers. Next comes the equally hard work of making
sure that all those bulbs and seeds grow!
...and after the purchases, a bit of time to look at the fish, of course!
Happily, the luxurious smell wafts through my nose creating an extraordinary thought that there’s still hope to get off this dazzling, deserted island
whilst the ramshackle boat stands as still as a stone, waiting.
Tom Lumb 27 Jan 2107
An incredible glut of Mathletics Certificates in the most recent
Awards Assemblies—some fantastic points totals gained by children
right across the School—several gaining more than one certificate,
more Silvers, monster totals for Year 4….exciting stuff, and congratulations to ALL Matheletes you have been working so hard over the
first weeks of the term.
Year 4 Get Lit
Up in Lava
Lamp Experi-
Year 5 Visit
Stockport Air
Raid Shelter
Chess Club experiment
with Fried Liver!
I was amazed when I went
along to the Year 4 classroom this week only to find
that Ava was demonstrating
an amazing scientific experiment—a home-made lava
lamp!
Using materials found in
any home, she demonstrated how to make a lava lamp
of your own, complete with
underlighting!
A lot of fun—and learning
about materials as well!
Strangely, Fried Liver has
nothing to do with what
you might find in the Dining Hall: it is in the name
given to one of many
standard chess openings. In
the Intermediate Chess
Club, the children have
been trying out a number
of openings, with the idea
of developing aggressive
modes of play.
Anyone interested in learning the game is very welcome to come along on
Monday lunchtimes—more
advanced players can pit
their wits against each other on Tuesday evenings after School.
Year 5 enjoyed an
amazing day out at
Stockport Air Raid
Shelter. What really
impressed the adults
who accompanied Year
5 was the comment
made by the tour
guide, who said that
Heathfield was one of
the best, most interested and most wellbehaved groups ever!
The picture shows
members of Year 5 trying out some 1940’s
fashions.
The three stages of a feast:
1. Preparation
2. Eating
3. The washing up!
Wednesday 25 January 2017 saw the start of this year’s Sainsbury’s
Active Kids Promotion in store. The scheme runs until Tuesday 2 May
2017 and vouchers can be collected at all Sainsbury’s Stores, Petrol
Stations or when ordering groceries and goods online. The vouchers
can then be exchanged by the school for sporting and catering equipment.
For every £10 you spend (for every £5 when using a Sainsbury’s Local) you will receive 1 voucher with the value of all vouchers earned
being printed on one piece of paper. Please don’t let this piece of paper get lost amongst the rainforest of other vouchers that get printed
off with your receipt!
All members of the Heathfield community have been tremendously
supportive of this scheme in the past and I would be very grateful if
you would once again spread the message throughout the school and
encourage everyone to start collecting. Vouchers can be put in the
collection box in the main entrance.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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