This week in nursery we have continued our learning all about Farm Animals! We have been looking at a variety of books to look at pictures of farm animals and even comparing different kinds of chickens after we made them! In the creative area we have been making animals and even a farm house and farm yard! In the writing area we have been looking at the story 'Oh Dear' and what Buster does at the farm. Some of us have been drawing our favorite farm animals and even writing our own books with the story! What a fantastic week about all different kinds of farm animals.

You could have a go at singing 'Old McDonald had a farm' at home!

Dear Parent/Carer

To build on the success of our last term’s online Parent Teacher Consultation meetings, we will be holding an online virtual parent consultation meeting via School Cloud. These will take place on 6^th-7th of July for FS2-Y6 pupils and for nursery children 7th & 9^th July. This allows you to choose your own appointment time. Once you have booked your appointment you will receive a confirmation email.

Appointments can be made from today at 4pm and will close on Wednesday 7^th July. Should you wish to make any changes after this date please contact the school office.

To support you with using this relatively new system of booking we have attached a short video and crib sheet, which you can access via this link here https://vimeo.com/473882995 You can also access this information on our school website https://www.highhazelsacademy.org.uk/parents-and-community/school-cloud-parents-evening

Please visit https://highhazels.schoolcloud.co.uk to book your appointments. Login with the following information:

• Your unique parent Login Code
• Your child’s date of birth

  If you have more than one child in school, one date of birth will give you access to book appointments for all of your children in school.

  Please see the list below of the browser versions you will need to use on your device in order to log into 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

  If you have any problems with booking or accessing the system, speak to the school office or class teacher who will be happy to help.

  Yours sincerely

   

  Mrs A Maqsood-Shah

  Principal

Dear Parents/Carers

We will hold our sports day for the infant school on Tuesday 22nd June, and the junior school Wednesday 23rd June in a covid secure way.  Unfortunately due to extended Covid restrictions we cannot invite parents/carers to sports day.

The sporting events will be held on the field and school play ground. 

Please can parents ensure that children come into school in their PE kit and bring a water bottle on their allocated sports day.  Children will also need

• Correct footwear
• Sun hat
• Sun cream

Many thanks for your continued support

This half term Y4 have started to learn about electricity. We started by identifying electrical appliances and then sorted them into those that are battery powered and those powered by the mains. We then made electrical circuits for the first time. It was so exciting when our bulb lit up. We learnt that all the components needed to be connected in a complete loop for electricity to flow round the circuit.

Dear Parent/Carer

We are delighted to inform you that as part of our next writing unit in Year Five, we have the opportunity for the children to take part in a Shakespeare workshop. The theatre company SPLAT will be visiting our school and working with the children to teach them about the play ‘Macbeth’ and put together a performance as a whole year group.

The workshop will take place during school hours on 24th June2021 and the cost will be £3.50 which will include a full day of activities. Can you please make this payment through parent mail.

I’m sure you will agree this is a fantastic opportunity for your child to enhance their writing skills and to take part in drama activities.

If you have any further questions please contact your class teacher.

Many thanks

Y5 team.

Dear Parent / Carer,

As part of our topic on ‘Animals’ this half term we have arranged an animal experience for Nursery children.

On Wednesday 30^th June  we have invited ‘Leanimals Mobile Zoo’  to visit us with a range of animals including pets, lizards and birds to support our understanding of different kinds of animals. To help us fund this visit we are asking for a contribution of £3.00 to be payable with the Parent Mail app which will include a photo of your child with an animal .

The company and the school have put a detailed risk assessment to ensure all safety measures are in place and in line with government guidelines.

In the meantime why not visit their website with your child at

 https://www.eventsense.co.uk/member/leanimals-mobile-zoo or check their Facebook page!

Many thanks for your continued support

Mrs Adlington and the Nursery Team

This is an example of a Year 5 working wall. They have investigated features of newspapers and will use the working wall to write their own newspaper reports next week.

Year 6 had the most wonderful day on Tuesday with One Adventure!  We challenged ourselves, learnt new skills and enjoyed spending time together, taking part in climbing, archery, axe throwing, laser tag, nightline, survival skills and team challenges!  We absolutely loved it! 

Dear Parents/Carers

Please click the link below to access our School Calendar for 2021/22

School Calendar 2021/22

Many thanks

We have been learning all about farm animals this week for our new topic all about animals! We have been reading the book 'Oh Dear' and acting it out with our friends. In our creative activities we have been using a variety of media to make different animals - even using our whole hands in paint! It was so much fun and some of us thought the paint was ' cold' and 'wet'. We have been building some tall towers in the blocks and trying to make them steady buildings.

You can watch the story of 'Oh Dear' here and learn some makaton for animals just like in nursery! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDKd3nuAZxk

Singing songs is a great way to learn new words - you can sing some song all about animals here!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06r1zhj/sing-with-cbeebies-series-1-4-old-macdonald-had-a-farm