Dear Parents

The last day of school for the children is Wednesday 31st March - school will be closed 1st April - 16th April. 

Children will return to school on Monday 19th April.

I hope all our families have a restful, Easter break

Many thanks for your continued support

Mrs A Maqsood-Shah

The FS2 children have amazed us with how well they have settled back into the school routine. They have enjoyed being back with their friends and teachers and exploring the classroom and outdoor area. We began by immersing ourselves in the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. We wrote letters from Goldilocks to the three bears to apologise for eating the porridge, breaking the chair and sleeping in the bed. We ordered objects by size, used playdough to make the three bears and acted out the story with our friends. Then, we learnt all about the changes that occur in Spring and enjoyed planting, painting and searching for signs of Spring in the outdoor provision. To conclude our Literacy learning this half term, we have been learning about Easter. We listened to the Easter story, discussed how and why Christian’s celebrate Easter and have enjoyed lots of Easter crafts. In maths, we have practised recognising, counting and adding using numbers to 10 and have began to use the language of more and fewer to compare two groups of objects. We are looking forward to continuing our learning on ‘Once Upon a Time’ and to begin finding out lots of information about different life cycles in Summer 1!  

This week we have been reading the Easter story and discussing the different ways that Christians celebrate Easter. We have made hot cross buns with the playdough and built chicken coops in the construction area. We have also used our fine motor skills to collect eggs in an Easter basket and made Easter cards for our friends and families. As Spring has sprung, we have enjoyed being outside in the sunshine painting pictures on umbrellas, spotting signs of spring and going on egg hunts!

This week FS2 have been learning about the different signs of Spring. We have enjoyed painting blossom trees, making chicks and discussing the changes that we are starting to see outside! As part of our learning on Spring, the children have also been planting flowers in our outdoor area. We’ve learnt all about how to look after them and can’t wait to watch them grow! 

Dear Parents

Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic we have been unable to hold face to face parents evening meetings.  We have missed meeting parents, and we want to ensure that until we can meet parents face to face we have a virtual system to discuss pupils progress.

Therefore the school has introduced a new intuitive and easy to use online appointment booking system called school cloud. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and you will receive an email confirming your appointments.

School cloud allows parents to have a video consultation with their childs class teacher, and we are confident that parents will find this system simple and easy to use and we welcome any feedback.

We will hold our virtual parent evening meetings on Tuesday 30th March and Wednesday 31st March.  Parents will be sent a letter detailing all the information needed to make appointments, along with parents unique login code.  Nursery parents will be able to speak to Mrs Adlington on Wednesday 31st March

Please click here to access High Hazels Academy School Cloud Account

If you have any questions or queries please contact the main school office on 0114 2442189 or email enquiries@highhazelsacademy.org.uk. 

Many thanks for your continued support

The children have enjoyed settling back into school routine, seeing their friends and teachers. We have been learning all our phonics sounds, looking at numbers to 10 and enjoying focusing on our new topic ‘Once Upon a Time’. We also talked a lot about how our Mum’s help us and made Mother’s Day cards for them. The children also enjoyed exploring the outdoor area learning new skills with the P.E equipment.

Dear Parents

For red nose day on 19th March as well as wearing red the children will take part in a sponsored walk/run. 

Please see the sponsorship form attached that children can use if they wish to collection donations.

All donations will need to be paid through parentmail, however if parents have already paid their childs £1 donation for wearing red please contact the school office and we will guide you through adding extra donations to your account.

Many thanks

High Hazels Academy

Dear Parents

To celebrate Red Nose Day on Friday 19th March, all pupils can wear red.

As we are not selling red noses in school please can parents make a £1 donation using Parent mail.

We will also be holding a 20-minute sponsored run, walk or skip event on the day. Sponsor forms will be sent out early next week.

Thanks for your support. 

Dear Parents/Carers

We will be holding our virtual Parent Forum meeting on Friday 26th March at 9.30am.  Please click here to view the visual guide to access the meeting.

If you do not have access to Microsoft TEAMs, please download the Microsoft TEAMs app to your phone/Ipad/laptop/pc a few days before the meeting.

If you already have the TEAMs app and you have used TEAMs before then please Click here to join the meeting

Many thanks

Dear FS2/Reception Parents/Carers

We can't wait to see you all again on Monday 8th March!

To help and support children and parents returning to school we have created a guide, along with videos. 

To view the Reception guide please click here.

Please take some time to look at the guide and watch the videos with your child.

If you have any questions or queries please contact the Early Years Team by emailing:-earlyyears@highhazelsacademy.org.uk

Many thanks

Early Years Team