Weekly Newsletter
Hethersett Old Hall School
Issue 124, Friday 21st November 2014
OUR SUPER SUPERHEROES!
Thank you to everyone who supported
our Children in Need day last Friday. We
have raised over £170 so far for the charity.
It was lovely to see children in the Prep
and Senior Departments dressing up or
accessorising their uniform to become
superheroes for the day. It’s not often
that you get the opportunity to come to
school as Spiderman or Cat Woman –
and that includes the teachers! You will
recall that we also had two competitions
– a ‘Name the superhero’ quiz and a
‘Turn Pudsey into a superhero!’ drawing
challenge. We received lots of entries
from pupils of all ages and can now
announce the winners who have each
received a small prize.
Drawing winners:
Senior: Charlotte H (10M)
Upper Prep: Dayon P (Year 6)
Lower Prep: Felicity B (Reception)
Well done all!
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FUNDRAISER
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Mr Peace
PARK FARM VISIT
BACK TO STONE AGE
Mrs Grove
Last Thursday, Miss Hopwood took her
Year 5 class to Norwich Castle Museum for
The Mystery of Prehistory workshop.
On Wednesday our AS Level Travel and
Tourism students visited Park Farm Hotel
in Hethersett to collect data for their
Customer Service portfolio. They also did
a spot of ‘mystery shopping’, having
established benchmarks beforehand.
We saw the facilities on offer including
some amazing bedrooms. It was really
interesting to see how this company dealt
with customers, both internal and
external. Thanks to Michael Bannister the
hotel’s front office manager for spending
so much time with us.
Our biggest cake sale yet is being held
in the dining room at break time on
Monday 24th November. Proceeds will
be going towards the summer ball 2015.
Photo from Summer Ball 2014
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Quiz winners:
Senior: Isabel H (9C)
Upper Prep: Annie H (Year 5)
Lower Prep: William D (Reception)
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The children were lucky enough to handle
artefacts dating back to 8000 years BC.
They dressed up as neolithic farmers and
even had the opportunity to grind wheat
into flour using neolithic tools! They all had
a wonderful day learning more about
prehistoric times.
Miss Hopwood
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WE LOVE SCIENCE!
Every Wednesday afternoon, Year 5
and 6 have a double science lesson
with Mr Peace in Laboratory D. We
love spending the afternoon in the
senior science block and have done
lots of experiments! At the start of
term, we experimented with the density
of solids and liquids. Did you know that
a fresh egg will sink in a glass of water
but if you add lots of salt, the salt will
sink to the bottom of the glass and the
egg will sit on top of the salt? It looks
as if the egg is floating in the middle of
the glass! Did you know that an orange
will float but, when you peel it, the
orange will sink? Try it at home!
This half-term, we made rocket balloons
to understand ‘thrust’ and our miniexperiments have taught us more about
‘buoyancy’ and ‘air pressure’. We had
lots of fun making a Cartesian diver.
Google it to find out more! You’ll find
all the materials you need to do this
experiment at home.
We even had a lesson about the travels
of Rosetta and the landing of Philae on
the comet. Mr Peace showed us a really
interesting presentation by the European
Space Agency and it was very exciting
to learn that, as last week’s lesson was
coming to an end, scientists across the
world had only a few more minutes to
wait before the historic landing.
“I love Science lessons! I wish we could do experiments every day!”
(Stella, Year 5)
EXPERIMENTING WITH ROALD DAHL!
As well as being dressed up in superhero
outfits last Friday, Years 3-6 were treated
to an exciting Roald Dahl themed morning
and afternoon. Lizzie came from the
Roald Dahl museum to talk to the children
about Roald Dahl himself and discuss the
inspirations for many of his novels; we
even found out that Roald Dahl kept his
hip bone in a jar on his writing desk - eww!
Groups were then given the task of creating
their own 'medicine' like the one described
in George's Marvellous Medicine. There
were some interesting discussions taking
place, with many saying they needed to
create a medicine to make their siblings
nicer! Miss Hopwood
WINTER
CONCERT
Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th
November, 6.30-7.30pm, Years 3 to 13
in The Barn.
A letter from Mrs Greene, with reply slip,
was sent out last week. Your child should
wear black (or dark) clothes on the night,
please. School will provide costumes and
accessories to transform some of the
children into ‘street urchins’ for their
performance! Please ensure your child
arrives by 6.15pm (Years 3-4) to Mrs
Sinclair’s classroom and Years 5-6 to Miss
Hopwood’s classroom, from where you
should collect them after the concert.
GEOGRAPHY TRIP ROMAN SOLDIERS AND ICENI FOLK
Year 7 students went on a half day visit to
Vauxhall and Rupert St in Norwich on the
30th November and spent a very busy
morning collecting copious amounts of
data. They carried out questionnaires, land
use surveys, traffic and pedestrian counts as
well as field sketches of houses and flats.
They worked very hard and enjoyed a wellearned hot chocolate from a local cafe
during their break.
Mrs Grove
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Year 4 went to Norwich Castle for a Roman
and Iceni Workshop. We had the chance to
see Roman clothing and coins, met some
‘real’ Romans and Iceni villagers and
learned about their lives. More pictures
and details of the trip will soon be on the
blog!
“I liked it when we had to vote for the Iceni
or the Romans. In the end the Romans
arrested the Celts - I felt very sorry for
them!” Tabby
Mrs Sinclair
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE...YOU KNOW WHAT!
With only three weeks of term left, look out for letters home about our exciting programme of Christmas events. Here is a run-down
of what is happening next week and during the first week of December, with a brief outline of the rest. Please check letters home,
our blog and the next two issues of the newsletter for the details!
FOUR SCHOOLS
CAROL CONCERT
Monday 1st December, 6.00-7.00pm,
at St Remigius Church (tbc).
All parents and children are welcome.
Years 3-6 will be singing at this annual
gathering of Hethersett schools, organised
this year by Mrs Greene and Mrs Richards.
We ask that you transport your son/
daughter to and from this event.
A letter from Mr Crump was sent home
earlier this week.
CHRISTINGLE
SERVICE
Wednesday 3rd December, 2.003.00pm, Nursery to Year 6 at St
Remigius Church (tbc).
Every child in the Prep Department will
make a Christingle next week. Look out
in their bags today for their Christingle
Collection Candle to fill with spare change;
all proceeds to go to The Children’s
Society.
Please return your voluntary donation,
inside the plastic candle (with sellotaped
lid if possible!), by Wednesday 3rd
December. The collection will be offered
by representatives of each class during
the service. Thank you, in advance, for
your support.
CHARLIE AND
LOLA’S
EXTREMELY
NEW PLAY
Friday 5th December, 10.30-11.30am
Nursery to Year 2, Norwich Playhouse
All children in these year groups are
invited, including nursery children who
do not normally attend school on Fridays.
The children in Phases 1 and 2 are looking
forward to this educational show about
seasonal changes. They will be given a
packed lunch on their return. Parents of
part-time nursery children may collect
their son/daughter at 12.30pm as
normal. A letter from Mrs Jones will
follow shortly.
CHRISTMAS
ACTIVITY
MORNINGS
Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th
December, 9.15am-12noon, Nursery to
Year 6 in the Prep Department classrooms
This event replaces the PA event that was
due to take place on Saturday 29th
November. Sincere apologies for any
inconvenience caused. The carousel of
six activities (three per morning) will
include cooking and is a free event.
Children should come to school in uniform
as normal but may wear accessories such
as Santa hats, party headbands etc
throughout the morning.
PREP CHRISTMAS
PARTIES
Wednesday 10th December, 1.302.45pm (Lower Prep, Prep Hall) and
2.00-3.30pm (Upper Prep, The Barn)
More details in next week’s newsletter.
Lots of fun and games to look forward to!
LOWER PREP
CHRISTMAS
PRODUCTION
Tueesday 9th December 2.00-3.00pm
Nursery to Year 2, in The Barn
Rehearsals are under way and Lower
Prep parents are invited to attend - look
out for a letter from Miss Doughty soon
giving you all the details!
SNOW BALL
Wednesday 10th December 7.00-9.30pm
Girls in Years 7 to 13, in The Barn
The barn is transformed into a winter
wonderland for this very popular event an opportunity for the girls to come
together to celebrate Christmas and the
end of term. Please see the letter Mrs
Crump has sent out and make sure to
complete and return the reply slip by
next Friday 28th November.
Photo from Snow Ball 2013
CAROL SERVICE
Thursday 11th December, 2.00-3.00pm
Years 3-13, St Remigius Church (tbc)
All parents are warmly invited to attend a letter from Mr Crump will follow shortly.
Look out in next week’s newsletter for
Christmas lunch and last day of term
arrangements and please also see the
rsvp reminder on page 4 for the
Governors’ coffee and mince pies event.
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WEEKLY DIARY
Monday 24th Nov
Tuesday 25th Nov
10.30am-11.00am Fire engine visiting nursery (courtyard)
6.30-7.30pm
Winter concert/performance
and hampers (The Barn)
Wednesday 26th Nov 1.30-5.30pm
2.00-5.00pm
6.30-7.30pm
Thursday 20th Nov
Saturday 29th Nov
LAMDA exams
8.30-9.30am
GCSE and A Level drama trip to Theatre
Royal
U13 hockey (Taverham High)
Winter concert/performance
and hampers (The Barn)
Uniform shop open
11.00am-2.00pm Christmas Craft Day - cancelled but see
newsletter page 3 for alternative
COFFEE AND
MINCE PIES WITH
THE GOVERNORS
All parents have been sent invitations
from our Governors who are looking
forward to welcoming you for coffee
and mince pies on Thursday 4th
December. This event will be from
5.00-5.45pm in the school dining hall.
We hope to see you there - please let
school reception know whether
you will be attending, by next
Thursday 27th November.
SPORTS ROUND-UP....SPORTS ROUND-UP....SPORTS ROUND-UP
HOCKEY MATCH REPORTS
BADMINTON RESULTS
On Wednesday our Year 8 U13s drew
1-1 with Taverham high school, Hannah
Young scoring the goal. Player of the
match was awarded jointly to Lacey
Mayes and Sophie Sutherland.
A fantastic evening of badminton saw
the U12 and U16 teams coming away
with a whitewash of 18 wins from 18
against Aylsham High School in their
first league matches on Thursday 20th
November.
SQUAD: Lacey Mayes (C), Gabriella
Moretti-Miles, Lauren Barlow-Hunter,
Sophie Sutherland, Lucy Bertram, Ria
Simmons, Hannah Young, Aisling Kendall.
U12
Isabelle Sellors and Darci SheppardMobbs 21-7, 21-12, 21-8
Sophie Barrow and Rebekah Young 21-2,
21-2, 21-18
Harriet Catlin and Mia Dunne 21-12,
21-4, 21-5
U16
Chloe Sellors and Lilyella Ayers 21-5,
21-9, 21-12
Francesca Udberg and Ebony Ashby
21-13, 21-7, 21-5
Olivia Perry and Lily Cook 21-3, 21-13,
21-6
FIXTURES
A full list of fixtures for the rest of the term
and into the new year can be found on our
blog. Coming up next week we have:
NO SWIMMING
Please note that there will be no
swimming in the final week of term
due to the full programme of
Christmas events.
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Wednesday 26th November
U13 HOCKEY vs Taverham Hall (AWAY)
3.15pm
TENNIS COACHING REMINDER
Following recent questions from parents
we can confirm that tennis for Year 3
finished at October half term and will
start again from February half term
onwards.
Meanwhile, the newly formed Year 7
team played Taverham High School in
their first game. The team consisted of
five Year 7s with Harriet Catlin and Mia
Dunne from Year 6 who have shown
excellent potential in their games
sessions and at hockey club. We started
slowly but quickly found our feet and
developed throughout the game to play
some lovely passing hockey whilst
conceding very few fouls.
In the end we ran out deserved 5-1
winners with Harriet scoring 2 and
Rebekah Young 3. Player of the match
was awarded jointly to Harriet and
captain Sophie Barrow.
Well played, girls!
SQUAD: Sophie Barrow (C), Isabelle
Sellors, Harriet Catlin, Mia Dunne, Sarah
Kendall, Isabel Hind and Rebekah Young.
Miss Mickleburgh