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Clarence Road,Four Oaks,
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 4LD
Telephone: 0121 308 5392 Fax: 0121 308 5061
Mon 11th Jun PUPILS RETURN TO SCHOOL
SRE for Year Six – Life Line
Tue 12th Jun SRE for Year Six – Transition
Parent Council Meeting - 2.00 pm
Wed 13th Jun SRE for Year Six – Body Parts
Thur 14th Jun SRE for Year Six – HIV
Badgers‟ Class Assembly – 2.30 pm KS1 hall
Fri 15th Jun SRE for Year Six – Prejudices
Badgers Class Assembly – 2.30 pm KS1 hall
Mon 18th Jun Year One Phonics Screening Test this week
Tue 19th Jun PTFA Meeting – 7.30 pm
Wed 20th Jun “Olympic” Lunch
Netball Tournament at Four Oaks School - 4.00 pm
Fri 22nd Jun Whole School Takeover Day
Mon 25th Jun National Day of sport
Wed 27th Jun New Intake Parents’ Evening – 6.45 pm
Thurs 28th Jun Oxfam Day
Fri 29th Jun Cluster Schools Athletics at Wyndley - 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Sat 30th Jun Olympic Torch arrives in Birmingham
Mon 2nd July Parent Council Meeting - 2.00 pm
Cluster Day - Yr 3 and 4
Tue 3rd Jul Cluster Day - Reception, Year 1 and 2
Wed 4th Jul Year 6 induction day at secondary schools
Activity Afternoon for new Reception
Transition Parents Meeting for R/2/6 KS1 Hall 6.45pm
Thurs 5th Jul Cluster Day -Yr 5 and 6
Fri 6th Jul Activity Afternoon for new Reception
Reports available to Parents
PTFA Quiz Night
Sun 8th July PTFA Summer Fayre
Mon 9th Jul Leavers Assembly – am and pm for children
KS1 and KS2 “Drop In” Parent Consultations 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Tue 10th Jul PTFA Meeting – 7.30 pm
Wed 11th Jul Leavers Assembly – 9.00 am – KS1 hall
Thurs 12th Jul Leavers Assembly – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall
Fri 13th Jul Activity morning with Lunch for New Reception
Tue 17th Jul Awards/Attendance Ceremonies – 9.00 am KS2 – 2.30 pm KS1
Year 6 Graduation Ceremony – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall
Wed 18th Jul “Year 6 Leavers” Lunch
Fri 20th Jul PARTY AFTERNOON
BREAK UP FOR SUMMER
Mon 3rd Sept PUPILS RETURN TO SCHOOL
Friday 1st June 2012
University of Birmingham Open Day 11.00am to 4.00pm
On Sunday 10th June a free event for all the
family is being held at the University. There will be a funfair, baby gym, BBQ, live
music, dinosaur dig and much more! For more information visit
www.birmingham.ac.uk/oncampus/index.aspx or call 414 8130
.
Due to the warmer weather,
we would like to ask parents to apply
‟once only‟ sunscreen to children
before school. Children should bring a hat
when necessary and should make sure that
they have their named water bottle too.
FREE Moving Forward Workshop A workshop will be held over five Wednesday evenings starting 1st August, 6.30pm to 9.00pm at RELATEs Birmingham office, 111 Bishopsgate Street B15 1ET. The workshop is free to Birmingham residents and is designed for individuals wanting to take positive steps to rebuild a life after divorce or separation. You can book a place on this course by calling 643 1638.
Junior Masterchef are looking for
budding young chefs aged
between 9 and 12 years who
have real talent and
potential.
For anyone interested please
contact Shine TV.
BEHAVIOUR FOCUS - Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural
With our continued focus and drive towards ’Outstanding behaviour’ at Hill West,
this month’s Focus is about demonstrating respect for each other and our
differences. We encourage all children at Hill West to be aware that we are all
different and that we are all equal regardless of these differences. During citizenship
lessons, children are encouraged to talk about the differences they may have, and
to talk about their personal feelings. Our assembly themes also provide
opportunities to listen to stories and to reflect and express our views about how this
behaviour should look at Hill West.
Please note that Mr Jeffries will not be in school On Tuesday 12th June. All his
music tuition will take place on Friday 15th June instead so please bring your
instruments along then.
Choir will still meet on Tuesday 12th June and will be led by Miss Head.
PTFA SUMMER FAYRE
Change of date to Sunday 8th July - 11.00 am. Can you help man a stall?
All help gratefully received please let your child’s class
teacher know or contact Miss Marsh with your availability
REPORTS
Once again this year you will access your child’s report
on-line.
Letters will be issued to you via your child on Wednesday 4th
July and these will contain your secure password enabling
access to the report. This letter is extremely important as
without it you will not be able to log on to the secure area and
view the report. Although letters are being issued on
Wednesday 4th July reports will not be available to view until
12pm on Friday 6th July. Your on-line reports will also include
your child’s class and teacher for September 2012. If your
child is away on the day your password letter will be posted.
If you do not have access to the internet then you are
welcome to come into school on the afternoon of Monday 9th
July between 3:00pm - 4:00pm to collect a copy of your child’s
report from the KS2 building entrance.
A polite reminder to parents that you
should not accompany your child into
their class room in the morning.
If your child arrives late to school you
must bring them to the
school office to be added to
the late list for fire records
and then KS2 children will
be taken to class by the
office staff and KS1 will go
down to their classroom on
their own.
Thank you.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
We still have some spaces in a few of our
After School Clubs for the next half term.
Please contact the office if your child
would like to join.
Mondays - Cheerleading KS1 children
Tuesdays - Choir KS2 children
Wednesdays - Frisbee KS2 children
CLUSTER CHOIR and HILL WEST SINGERS
The Cluster Choir will be busy this summer with a tour of nine cluster schools on 22nd June, a performance at Birmingham’s Adrian Boult Hall on 1st July and a performance in the National Festival of Music for Youth on 3rd July at the Symphony Hall. Our own Hill West singers will be performing at both the Hill West
Fayre on Sunday 8th July and also the Little Aston Fair on Saturday 14th July.
LUNCH BOXES We strongly advise you to include an ice block in your child’s lunchbox, especially during the warm summer
months.
PTFA FUN RUN
We would like to say a big thank you
and well done to all the children at
Hill West who took part in the PTFA
Fun Run on Sunday 20th May.
A big thank you also goes to the
organisers of this years Fun
Run, we really appreciate
all your hard work.
SPORTS DAY
Our Sports Day this year will be on Monday 25th June
for all of our pupils. The last race of the day will be an obstacle course
especially for our parents to take part in. We look forward to seeing you!
KS2 - 9.30 am KS1 - 1.15 pm
CLUSTER SPORTS EVENT
Just a reminder that our Cluster Sports event will
be taking place at Wyndley Athletic track at
1:30pm - 3.30pm on Friday 29th June.
Further details will be issued via letter from Mrs
Sharp
BE ON TIME 10 TO 9
WANTED
SUMMER FAYRE MUMS & GIRLS AND DADS & LADS
FOOTBALL
Keen mums to play football against the girls in our traditional mums vs
girls match at the summer fayre this year. Please
contact Mr Hamilton in Year 3.
We are also looking for dads to play in the Dads v Lads match.
Anyone interested should contact Mr Pattinson in Year 5.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ENTHUSIASM A MUST
A number of different activities and sessions
are being run by the Children’s Centre this
summer including Dental Health, Baby
Signing, Family Guys, Yoga Bugs and Pyjama
Drama.
Check out their website for further details of
these events plus post natal and breast
feeding groups, parenting , and employment
support meetings.
Contact Amanda Lansdown on 323 1121
or
or
www.fouroakscluster.co.uk
RETIRING COLLECTION BOXES
All proceeds collected following events held at Hill West this
summer will be donated to Oxfam who we have been supporting recently.
Please bring any spare change along to parent events to help us raise as much as possible.
Dinner Money
The costs of school meals next
term will be £60.00.
This should be paid in advance
either weekly or half termly on the
first day back after half term on
11th June 2012.
Cheques should be made out to
„Birmingham City Council‟ as we
collect this money on their behalf.
Details of any credits owing have
been sent home with your child.
THANK YOU.
LOST PROPERTY
We have a great deal of lost property in both KS1 and KS2 waiting to be collected. Please pop in after school to see if you can
find any lost items.
Can you please bring in any unwanted
PE clothing or pumps for use as spare
kits in school.
Many thanks.
Cluster Days
This year our annual Cluster
Days will take place on:
Reception, Year 1 and 2 - 3rd July
Year 3 and 4 - 2nd July
Year 5 and 6 - 5th July
This is an opportunity for children in our
local schools to work together on
shared projects and also have lots of fun.
This year there is an Olympic theme with
a special ‘It’s a knockout’ event at
Wyndley Stadium.
Further details to follow
TRANSITION PARENTS’ MEETING
This year, we are holding our annual transition evening with Miss Marsh for the
parents of children in our current Reception, Year 2 and Year 6 on Wednesday 4th
July and parents will be invited to attend at the following times:
5.30 - 6.00 Reception Parents
6.30 - 7.00 Year 2 Parents
7.30 - 8.00 Year 6 Parents
We hope to see as many of you as possible
INCLUSION FOCUS
At the end of the Spring Term the children in KS2
were involved in the Birmingham Brighter Futures Well
Being survey.
Brighter Futures is the name that describes the strategy in Birmingham for
improving the lives of all the city’s children and young people. Their vision is for
Birmingham to be an inspiring place where all children and young people enjoy
living, learning, developing achieving together.
The results were very encouraging with children giving very positive responses,
particularly about relationships with friends and teachers.
Summer Uniform
Can we please request that girls wear summer dresses,
skirts or shorts of an appropriate length. Nothing
too short please.
If your child will be absent from school can you
please telephone school before 9.30am advising
us of the reason and a likely return date.
The switchboard can be very busy
first thing in the morning but you
may of course leave a message on
our answer machine.
Thank you .
YEAR SIX
LEAVERS’ PRODUCTION
Our Year 6 Leavers’ Production this year
will be held at 9.30 am on
Wednesday 11th July and 7.00 pm on
Thursday 12th July.
Further details/ticket information
will follow shortly.
Year Six
Graduation
This year our Year Six
Graduation Ceremony
will take place on Tuesday
17th July
commencing at 7.00 pm.
Further details/ticket
information will follow
shortly
YEAR SIX
LEAVERS’
FORMAL LUNCH
This year for the third time our Year 6 pupils will be invited to a formal
sit-down celebration meal at 1.00 pm on Wednesday 18th July.
They will choose their 3 course menu in advance and their meal will be
accompanied by alcohol free champagne.
We will be sending out invitations soon and asking you to reply letting us know if your child would like to
take part
UNIFORM SHOP
The Uniform Shop will close its
doors at 4.00 pm on Friday 13th
July. After that date
NO UNIFORM WILL BE SOLD.
A stock take will take place the
following week and this will
prevent us from selling any further
stock. We can take order forms
with payment but will not issue the
uniform until the new term starts.
SO REMEMBER!
FRIDAY 13TH JULY IS THE LAST
DAY FOR BUYING UNIFORM FOR
NEXT YEAR.
AWARDS ASSEMBLY
KS2 Tuesday 17th July
9.00 am
KS1 Tuesday 17th July
2.30 pm
If your child is being presented
with an award this year you will be
invited to attend our
Annual Awards
Assembly.
Reception have been exploring other
countries and traditions during
Culture Week. Below are just some
of the activities we got up to.
Monday :We learnt all about India
and even learnt to count to 3 in
Bengali. We talked about the Taj
Mahal and built our own using lego.
If you were lucky you might of seen
us boogieing to some Bhangra too!
Tuesday : We explored Jamaica. We
made Jamaican flags using bright
colours. We also listened to some
Patwa, it was a little tricky to
understand but we worked it all out
in the end.
Thursday : Hola! We went fruity
sangria crazy and explored Spanish
traditions. The girls especially
enjoyed the flamenco dancing whilst
the boys explored Spanish football
kits.
Friday : China day. Ni Hao ! We had
lots of fun learning about the
Shaolin Monks– they are so strong
and brave. We also built out own
Great Wall, even longer than the one
in China I think!
All week we have been tasting foods
from around the world. We‟ve had
prawn crackers , curry sauce , olives
and more ! We even tasted some
Jerk spice– hot hot!
To top it off we had a real ball at
our role play Christian Wedding and
Wedding Reception. There was lots
of love, dancing and party food. Our
outfits looked fantastic too!
What a great week!