Dear Parents/Carers

Please see attached summer lunch menu which will start when children return to school on Monday 19th April.

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 teachers want to say a big well done to Y1 on a super term! The children have coped with so much change during the lockdown and responded so well to online learning. We were so impressed with their positive attitudes and smiling faces every day on Teams. A big thank you to the parents too for supporting the children during this time!

We have realty enjoyed returning to school during the past few weeks and the children have settled in well. We have really enjoyed our learning these past few weeks and have had some exciting tasks to complete. One of our favourite activities was during British Science Week. We learnt how to create our own paint using natural resources.

We have also enjoyed reading our new book ‘The Egg Box Dragon’. We received our very own post box this week and the children have loved sending letters to each other and posting them through the letterbox.

We are really looking forward to the Summer term, where the children can flourish and develop even more.

Well done for a fantastic term Y1, we cannot wait to see you back after the holidays.

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

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

Y1 have been celebrating British Science Week this week. We have really enjoyed learning about what a scientist does. We have spent the week exploring different fruits and breaking them down to create paint. We then used our hand-made paint to make some amazing pictures. Well done on settling back into school Y1

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 Y1 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 Y1 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 KS1 Team by emailing:- KS1-Y1-2@highhazelsacademy.org.uk

Many thanks

Y1 Team

Dear Parents/Carers

I am writing to inform you about some key arrangements for our school opening on 8^th March 2021. You will be already aware of the government's announcement, that all pupils will be expected to attend school from next Monday 8^th March. This, I am sure, is very positive news for our whole school community. Attendance will be required at school and will be monitored as it has been in the past. Unauthorised absence will be treated as such and followed up accordingly.

The most up to date Government guidance means several important changes to how the school runs. Most changes remain as per our wider opening of schools in September.  In particular:

● When pupils are in school, they will remain within their class group bubble. We will be avoiding any non-essential mixing of year groups;

● Arrivals, break times, lunchtimes and end of school will be staggered to minimise the interaction between year groups. Late children will be asked to wait at the main gate on Fisher Lane and a member of staff will come to assist when all year groups are in the building;

● Year groups will be separated within the school wherever possible so that pupils have access to a minimal number of classrooms and use of communal areas is strictly controlled;

● All areas of the school will receive more frequent cleaning and there will be hand sanitiser available throughout the school. We will continue to encourage children to wash their hands regularly and promote ‘catch it, bin it, kill it’ for any sneezes or coughs;

● Sport and Physical Education will predominantly take place outdoors and contact sports will not be played; pupils will be expected to come to school in their P.E kit on the days they are scheduled to have P.E.  Listed below are allocated PE days for each year group

FS2 Garnet - Thursday                                                    Y5 Ametrine – Monday & Tuesday

FS2 Opal – Wednesday                                                 Y5 Alexandrite – Tuesday & Thursday

FS2 Topaz – Wednesday                                                Y5 Quartz – Tuesday & Thursday

Y1 – Wednesday