January newsletter
Welcome to the Spring Term 2008
SEAL
(Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning.) The topic for SEAL this term is:
GOING FOR GOALS
Thank you to the H.S.A.
A set of singlets has been bought from the funds raised by the H.S.A. last year– we will be able to use them at a number of events to identify us as Hunter’s Bar Junior School.
Children who run in the Cross Country Team now proudly sport the new singlets and it is easier to spot our runners (and members of staff!)….. and we have something to be noticed for —both girls and boys were the Autumn Term League winners—congratulations to all children who have taken part!! Can you help at lunchtimes? We need to recruit more people to our midday team and I am hoping there will be some of you will be interested—if so, please see the attached information. If you are only able to manage certain days we may be able to work with this if someone else is able to work the other days. Lunchtimes are an important part if the school day—and an important learning experience for pupils. It can be a rewarding role and the more people we have in our team the better the experience we can offer our pupils. Please contact the school office for more information on how to apply Leading Parent Partnership Improved communication—something I know is very close to your hearts at the moment, is something we wish to work at improving. We will soon be seeking your views through a questionnaire and I am confident of a good response that will help us. Can you help? I am seeking the help of a small group of parents who will help us with the questionnaire—if you have some time during the school day and would be interested please contact the school office as soon as possible. As part of developing different ways to keep you informed we are looking at how new technologies can help us. Thank you to Paul and Bangar Bonsall and Andrea Pullen, a group of enthusiastic parents who have been meeting with us and producing ideas to develop our weblog. We are in the process of developing an online Hunter’s Bar Junior School Community resource. More information about this will be available soon…..
Y5 Summer Term Performance We are making arrangements to hold this at The Citadel on Psalter Lane. We are pleased this will help with the allocation of tickets as the venue can accommodate many more than the school hall! More information soon…. Indoor Athletics Well done to the Year 6 athletes who took part in the Indoor Athletics Competition held at Ponds Forge on Wednesday 23rd January. The competition was a great success with children taking part in running, jumping and throwing events. The atmosphere was electric with parents and children providing a deafening backdrop to some extremely competitive races and field events. The competition was an extremely close run thing with six local primaries. Greystones Primary won overall. Hunter’s Bar Junior came third. The team that represented the school were: Yasmin Epworth, Yasmin Warsame, Amy Harrison, Maryam Ahmed, Hattie Baddeley, Lara Conboy, Anina Atkinson, Sophie Bell, Ella Kulman, Namonda Mutale, Hadiqa Ahmed, Gil Jackson-Hines, Jacob Haddad, Ewan South, Max Roberts, Josh Naisbitt, Ned Cooper, Luc Askew-Vajra, Oscar Downing, Barney Connaughton, Eddie Hookham, Felix Harrap. Well done to the whole team!! Dates for the diary…. Term dates 2007-8 February 8th Last day of half term Half Term holiday 18th Pupils return after half term. March 11th Parents Evening 13th Parents Evening 20th Last day of Spring Term Easter Holiday
April 7th Pupils return for Summer Term
May 1st INSET Day (linked to Polling)
5th May Day
12th SATs Week
23rd Last day of half term
Half Term holiday 26th—31st May
June 2nd Pupils return after half term
July 18th Last day of academic year
Term dates 2008-9
September 1st INSET Day 1
2nd INSET Day 2
3 rd Autumn Term starts for pupils
October 23rd Last day of Half Term
24th INSET Day 3
Half Term holiday 27th—31st Oct
November 3rd Pupils return to school
December 19th Last day of Autumn Term
Christmas Holiday
22nd Dec—2nd JanJanuary 5th Pupils return for Spring Term
February 13th Last day of Half Term
Half Term holiday 16th—20th Feb
23rd Pupils return to school
April 3rd Last day of Spring Term
Easter Holiday 6th—17th April
20th Pupils return for Summer Term
May 4th May Day Holiday
7th INSET Day 4(linked to Polling)
5th May Day
11th SATs Week
22nd Last day of half term
Half Term holiday 25th—29th May
June 1st Pupils return after half term
July 17th Last day of academic year
20th INSET Day 5
Summer Holiday 20th July —
Information about Community Governor representatives should be available after the Spring Term meeting.
I hope that having next academic year’s term dates and INSET Days (when school will be closed to pupils) will help with planning your holidays. We hope you can avoid using school days wherever possible so if you request any term time leave will need to give a compelling reason for why the holiday cannot be arranged during school holidays.
Dates for 2009-10 will be available after the consultation process is complete.
Governors at Hunter’s Bar Junior School:
Governor Role
Farzana Camran Parent
Steve Randall LA
Richard Deeks (chair) LA
Zahid Saleem Community
Lynette Glossop Staff
Nicola Sawyer Staff
Shirley Harrison Staff
Malcolm Schooling Parent
Jill Hallsworth Headteacher
Sue Whittaker Parent
Tim Jenkins Parent
Diane Wilkinson Parent
Kate Quail LA
Mike Woolley Parent
Governors can be contacted through the school office.
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