NEWSLETTER 21st October 2015

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1 NEWSLETTER 21st October 2015 Dear Parents, LETTER FROM MR MAY Last week was certainly a quieter week in school with many of our Year 5 and 6 children out at Stubbington residential or Runway s End but how nice it is to have them back again! I managed to get down to Stubbington on the Wednesday to see the range of activities going on and was really impressed with the facilities, variety of activities and levels of engagement from the children. I know Miss Collis and the staff were hugely impressed with the behaviour of all of our children! Well done, Mayhill! This week, staff also had an additional training session on the progression of programming skills that now forms a large part of our Computing curriculum. Whereas the teaching of IT used to be based around presentations, word processing and video editing, all year groups will be learning how to input algorithms that create games and animations. The name of program we use is called Scratch. For more information you can click on and from there, children AND parents can have a go together! Parents Evening Our next parents meetings are on Wednesday 4 th November and Thursday 5 th November. You will have already received a letter and your appointment will be confirmed by the end of this week. Please remember that appointments are made on a first come first served basis. Can I also remind parents, as per the advice at the Curriculum presentation, that teachers will not be giving accurate assessment judgements about your child in Reading, Writing and Maths as we are in transition to the new framework of assessment. Teachers will, however, be able to give an indication of whether they are on track to meet Age Related Expectations, below or above and more importantly, where their strengths and areas for development are and how you can support them at home. Inset Day the school will be closed on Monday 2 nd November for staff training. We will welcome the children back on Tuesday 3 rd. SCHOOL NEWS Cauliflower Cards Orders for Cauliflower Christmas cards must be returned to the Office by 3.15pm today. Cheques made payable to Friends of Mayhill. Book Fair The Travelling Book Fair will be open after school today, Thursday and Friday from pm in the school hall. It will also be open on Wednesday 4 th November and Thursday 5 th November at the same times. This is a great opportunity for you and your child to buy some great new books and earn some freebies for the children s classrooms and the school library. Please come along and have a look. Problem Solving, Communication, Team Work, Positive Attitude, Confidence, Creativity and Independence

2 Year 4 Come Dine with Your Child Year 4 parents are invited to come and have lunch with their child on Thursday 19 th November at 12pm. Please return your form to the Office if you wish to attend. Sports Event Reminder that tomorrow, Thursday 22 nd October we are welcoming GB Sprinter Rion Pierre, who will be leading a sponsored fitness circuit with all pupils. Please ensure the children have their PE Kit and trainers in school and hand their sponsorship money in by Friday 23 rd October. Thank You. Attendance We would like to keep you updated on a half termly basis with your child s attendance. On Friday, your child will bring home a printout of their session summary since the start of term. Please note that 1 school day equates to 2 sessions. Admissions Main round applications dates for entry into Year R, 3 & 7 September 2016 are as follows: Year Group Opening Date Closing Date Notification Date Year R & Year 3 01/11/15 15/01/16 18/04/16 Year 7 14/09/15 31/10/15 01/03/16 Please note that the closing date for Year 7 applications is 31 st October Stubbington Photo Viewing If you are unable to view the Stubbington photos on the website you are welcome to come and view all the photos from the week in the ICT suite on Thursday 22 nd October at 3.30pm. All Welcome. 27 Squadron Centenary Celebrations 4 th November 2015 We understand that throughout the afternoon of 4 th November, families from the 27 th squadron have been invited to attend a Centenary celebration. If you are planning on attending this event and you wish to remove your child from school that afternoon to attend, please contact the school office. In these exceptional circumstances we are able to authorise this, but would appreciate advanced warning of who will be away from school for this reason. New School Dinner Menus HC3S, our catering supplier, will now be providing a Jacket Potato option for lunch in addition to the meat and vegetable options currently available. This will be served with vegetables or salad and a pudding as per the main menu. New menus have been sent home this week. Red White and Blue Day We would like to thank everyone who donated on Red, White and Blue Day we raised Over 600 schools participated throughout the UK and the Services charities are hoping to raise in excess of 88,000. Contact Details Please can you make sure that we have updated contact details for your child. It is vitally important that we have current mobile phone and home numbers in case we need to contact you in an emergency. AND FINALLY Please regularly check the Dates section of the newsletter and the website calendar as this is being added to every fortnight. If you have any ideas on how we can develop the school please me at t.may@mayhill.hants.sch.uk. If you would like an appointment please feel free to arrange one via the office.

3 AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY HAS COME UP IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN YEAR 5 OR YEAR 6. We have been selected by UK German Connection to take 15 primary students to Berlin for a Magical Christmas trip; they would be accompanied and supported by 3 teachers, support staff from UK German Connection and 5 Robert May s students from year 11. It would be the weekend of 12th and 13th December and Monday 14 and Tuesday 15th December. More details can be found here: The whole trip is funded by UK German Connection and we would just need a contribution of 50 per pupil. There would be visits to Christmas markets, craft activities with our primary link school in Berlin, as well as trips to see the famous sights in the city. The Robert Mays pupils would come into Mayhill Junior School in the weeks prior to the visit to teach some German phrases and give information about Christmas traditions. We would stay in a lovely hostel in the centre of Berlin. Mrs Sue Marsh from Robert May's will be leading the trip, accompanied by at least one member of staff from Mayhill and there would be a full parents information session next half term, assuming enough interest. If over half term, you think this is something your child would be interested in attending, please could you the office on adminoffice@mayhill.hants.sch.uk so that we have an early indication of numbers. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Administration Assistant to join our Office at Mayhill. As part of the team you will develop and implement a comprehensive, effective and efficient administrative support service to the school. Ideally, you would have experience in a similar busy, customer facing environment, with excellent multi-tasking, administration, ICT and communication skills. The ability to prioritise and remain calm in a busy environment whilst maintaining a sense of humour is essential. 3 days per week 19.5 hrs per week pm Start January 2016, Closing Date 11 th November 2015 For further information please adminoffice@mayhill.hants.sch.uk Or visit ucationjobsjobdetail.htm?id=42526&swatch=

4 FRIENDS OF MAYHILL Movie Night Wednesday 21 st October pm Happy Bag Our next HAPPY BAG collection will be on Friday November 13th. If you are having a sort out please keep your items for us. Your child will bring a collection bag home this week, but they do accept black sacks as well. School Disco 19 th November Whole School Disco pm Letters will be coming out soon. Non Uniform Day Friday 27 th November We are holding a non-uniform day in exchange for a donation of chocolate for us to use at events over the Christmas season. Secrets Room Friday 11 th December We will be once again running our Secrets Room this year. This is essentially a shop created and supplied by Friends of Mayhill and run at school. The children will have a set time throughout the day to come and buy gifts for their entire family uncles, dogs, grandads, mums, dads, sisters the lot. All the gifts are at very reasonable prices so that as many gifts can be bought with as little money as possible! The children absolutely love this day and gain immense pleasure in shopping by themselves. In the meantime, if you have any unwanted items in perfect order that we could sell in our shop please hand them to the Office. Forms and further information will be sent home nearer the time.

5 Christmas Fair 17 th December 2015 We will be holding a Christmas Fair from pm on Friday 17 th December in the Hall. If you are a local craft person or small business and would like a stall at the Fair, please contact the Office. KEY DATES OCT 21 st Film Night pm 22 nd Stubbington Photo Viewing 3.30pm 26 th 30 th HALF TERM NOV 2 nd INSET DAY 4 th Parents Evening 5 th Parents Evening 10 th 4L Class Assembly 10 th Year 3 Trip to Butser Ancient Farm 17 th Year 5 Science Dome 19 th Year 4 Parents Invited to Lunch 19 th FOMs Disco Whole School pm 27 th FOMs Non Uniform Day Chocolate Donation DEC 1 st 3DG Class Assembly 7 th Clubs finish this week 9 th 6.30pm Christmas Performance Year 3&4 10 th 6.30pm Christmas Performance Year 3&4 11 th FOMs Secrets Room 15 th Christmas House Day (non uniform) 17 th Christmas Lunch 17 th FOMs Christmas Fair pm 18 th Christmas Jumper Day/Last Day of Autumn Term JAN 4 th Start of the Spring Term 21 st Year 5 Parents Invited to Lunch 26 th 3S Class Assembly FEB 9 th 6F Class Assembly 12 th INSET DAY 15 th 19 th HALF TERM 22 nd INSET DAY MAR 2 nd Year 5 Trip to the British Museum 3 rd Year 6 Parents Invited to Lunch 8 th 6C Class Assembly

6 8 th Year 4 Mayan Workshop 22 nd 3F Class Assembly 24 th End of the Spring Term APRIL 11 th Start of the Summer Term MAY 3 rd 5L Class Assembly 30 th 3 rd HALF TERM JUNE 6 th INSET DAY 9 th Year 3 Trip to Wisley Gardens 23 rd Year 5 Open Evening at Robert Mays School 7pm JULY 20 th End of the Summer Term Please note this list may change and further dates may be added. Information of events will be sent out nearer the time.