Dear Families
How can it possibly be December next week and… our annual Christmas Fete – which I really hope you will be able to come to? Thank you to everyone who donated something for our legendary Christmas hampers today – raffle tickets will be on sale soon.
REMINDER: It is illegal and very dangerous to park on the zig zags lines outside of school! We will report you if you park on them as the safety of our children is important to us.
REMINDER: Please take a look at our Christmas bauble poster and ask if you have any questions about what is coming up.
Throughout the past couple of weeks, the children have been working hard on their termly assessments. These assessments are important as they help our teachers identify the priority areas to teach and support. Your child’s report will come out 17th December but please do not hesitate to speak to your child’s teacher if you have any questions yourself.
Welcome Zach!
You may have seen a new face around school at the end of the day – Welcome Zachary Rabin – our new Assistant Site Supervisor. Zach supports Steve Foster at the end of the day and also oversees the carpark. Once again, if you do not have a parking pass or blue badge, you are not allowed in the car park. Please give him and wave and say hello. He is already off to a brilliant start. Ps. Fun fact… He can play guitar to a very, very high standard!
Talk for Writing Showcase Tour
We didn’t have our usual Monday morning assembly because we were busy showing other school around and teaching them how we teach writing as part of our Talk for Writing Showcase school status. We are very proud to be a Talk for Writing school and have our high standards of work recognised nationally and locally. The visiting teachers were very impressed with what they saw and the children were proud to share their work.
Advent Assembly
The week ended with an assembly led by Rowena from St Benedict's church. She taught us all about advent and its importance at this time of year.
One Tree Project
Last term we took part in the One Tree Project and I am delighted to share with you all of the funds raised has gone to support a wonderful project in Kenya involves planting trees in schools where the grounds are bare and degraded. A variety of trees, including fruit trees, have been planted in one of these schools. The trees also help to create shade, green spaces and ultimately, from some of the trees, fruit for the children to eat. The children of Kenya help to plant the trees and during their time at school they look after them. The children also learn about restoration, conservation, and the importance of caring for the environment. Plus the trees will help to absorb carbon dioxide and reverse biodiversity loss.
What a great project for a worthy cause. Thank you to everyone who donated and to Mrs Normington and Miss Davison for organising it as part of our Our World Education Team.
NEA Awards
If you see quite a few staff dashing out of school tonight they are off to get ‘glammed’ up ready for the Northamptonshire Education Awards. We are nominated for 5 awards this year (we are in fact the school with the most nominations) and are very proud to represent East Hunsbury. I look forward to letting you know how we do next week and thank you for everyone who took the time to nominate us. We love our jobs, so it is nice to have the recognition.
Finally, we were also visited by our Trust School Improvement advisor who helps us reflect and improve on our educational offer. We really value opportunities like this to grow and think about what our next steps are. Mark, was very impressed with what he saw and, once again, I was a very proud Headteacher.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone – see you on Monday.
Ms Pennington