Dear Parents/Carers,

On Friday 18^th March we are taking part in Red Nose Day for the charity Comic Relief.

Children will be able to come to school wearing a Superhero themed costume. This could be one bought in the shops, or made at home. A Superhero could be one seen in a film e.g. Batman but a Superhero could also be a local hero e.g. a nurse, doctor or firefighter.

If children want to take part in Red Nose Day and dress up, they will need to donate £1.

Red Noses will be going on sale starting from Monday 14^th March.  Each Red Nose costs £1.50 and the children will be able to buy them from their classroom.

The PTA are also selling sweet cones.  Children will need to pre-order and pay £1 to their class teacher before Friday 11th March.

All money raised will go to Comic Relief.

Many thanks for your continued support

Miss Hinds

This week at High Hazels, we celebrated our love and passion for reading during World Book Day! In year 3, pupils came dressed up as their favourite twisted fairy-tale characters, designed, and made a costume or mask, and created a Reading River illustrating their reading journey throughout the years. It was so much fun. and everyone looked amazing 

Dear Parents/Carers,

I am writing to inform you that we are making some changes to our start and end of day procedures.  The following changes will begin on Monday 7^th March 2022.

Drop off Procedures:

• Drop your child off at the gate (or FS2 classroom doors) at the above time.
• Children can walk straight into school.  Members of staff will be positioned throughout school to support. 

Pick up Procedures:

• Arrive at the correct gate for the end-of-day time.
• Go to your child’s year group area and wait behind the cones/tape.  Please do not approach your child.
• Your child’s class teacher will send your child to you.  Please then leave the playground.

It is vital that your child is on time every morning, for your child to maximise on their learning times.  They must be at school at 8:40am (or 8:30am in nursery) ready for the gates to open. All learning will start promptly at 8:50am.

Please ensure that you collect your child on time at the end of the day.  The gates will close at 3:25pm. Late collection of your child not only has a negative impact on their well-being but also means that staff are not able to use their directed time effectively. 

We appreciate your continued support and thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Maqsood-Shah

This week, Year 3 have been learning all about news reports and writing to inform. In Reading, we have been looking at a report about a terrible incident where Humpty Dumpty was pushed off a five-metre wall. Today, we have been using technology to help us with our learning! We used the Thesaurus app on the IPADs to find synonyms for words in the text and collated them on a mind-map. It was so much fun!

Dear Parents/Carers

To celebrate 25 years of World Book Day we are planning a week of fun.

The focus of the week is to develop reading for pleasure.

The theme this year is "Twisted Fairy Tales".  Each day there will be a fun activity for children to enjoy.  As well as launching a class reading journal, which will be an ongoing project.

Many thanks

Dear Parents/Carers

We will be holding our video appointment parents evening on Tuesday 15th March and Wednesday 16th March via school cloud.  School Cloud allows you to choose your own appointment times with your childs class teacher and you will receive an email confirming your appointments.

The system will open for parents to make appointments from Friday 25th February at 4pm - Wednesday 9th March 4pm.

We also have a dedicated School Cloud page on our website, where there is a lot of detailed and helpful information on the page to help guide you in accessing and using this new system. Please click here to access the School Cloud Page.

Nursery - Y6  will hold virtual parent evening meetings on Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th March 3.30 - 6pm

Parents have been emailed a letter detailing all the information needed to make appointments, along with parents unique login code, that you will need to use to make your appointment. Parents can click here to access the High Hazels School Cloud Account

Please see the list below of the browser versions you will need to access for the device you will use when logging onto school cloud for your video parents evening appointment:-

IOS (Iphone & Ipad) – use safari

Android –  use Chrome or Firefox

Windows –  use Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge

MacOS –  use Safari, Chrome

We have also created a useful guide for parents to refer to which can be accessed here, and a useful video can be viewed here

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

Dear Parents/Carers

School will be selling fruit cups to raise money for the Wildlife Trust.

Fruit cups will be availble to all junior school children on Thursday 3rd March and all infant school children on Friday 4th March, the cost is £1 per cup.

If your child would like to but one it will need to be preordered with the class teacher before Wednesday 2nd March.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Dear Parents/Carers

Please see link below for our new Spring menu which will run from February - March 2022.

New Spring 2 Menu

Many thanks

This half term, Year 3 have been learning all about French artist, Henri Matisse. They explored examples of his artworks, learnt about his passion as an artist and practiced colour mixing using paints. Today, Year 3 have been practising a variety of different brush strokes to create texture and effect. They tried a dry brush technique, cross-hatching, and dabbing. Check out some of their work

High Hazels Academy PTA made an amazing gesture in December and sponsored a snowflake at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

Over the past seven years, the award-winning snowflake display has raised over £1m for Sheffield Children’s Hospital!

In return for pledging to raise funds, the PTA sees their snowflake sparkle on the Sheffield Children’s Hospital building, with an attached name tag recognising the contribution for all to see.

The initiative brings people together with a shared goal to build a better future for the staff, patients, and their families at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.