Henderson Green Primary Academy Newsletter - 5th July 2024

emma.andrewes • July 5, 2024

Attendance this week

91.9%

Ms Andrewes

Acting Headteacher

Mr Harding

Deputy Headteacher

Welcome,

I am pleased to say that Sports Day was a big success! The sun was shining brightly as the children took part in eight different activities.

There were egg and spoons race, archery, javelin, running and throwing races, filling the day with lots of fun and excitement.

Parents joined in too, running their own race, which made everyone cheer loudly. Some of the school staff also raced, making the kids laugh and cheer even more.

It was lovely to see so many families staying to enjoy a family picnic on the school field.

Here are the house point totals.

1st - Cherry - 718

2nd - Willow - 714

3rd - Lime - 707

4th - Birch - 696

A big well done to all the children for taking part and working so well in their teams.

REMINDER - water only in water bottles please.

School Day in September

In relation to the school day I have decided to extend the school day by ten minutes from September. This was the preferred method of making up for the additional week in the October 1/2 term both in staff survey and the parent consultation. This means that in September the school day will run from 08:30 - 15:25.

Now that this decision has been made I will continue to work with colleagues as we refine our school improvement priorities for next year and what will be addressed through this additional ten minutes each day.

Thank you for your continued support.

Ms Andrewes

Let's Celebrate Attendance

Our whole school attendance this week was 91.9%. This is a drop from last week, which we strive to increase next week.

In first place this week is Year 1 with 97.7%, second place is Year 5 with 94.8% and in third place was Year 4 with 92.9%.

Star Pupils!

Our Star Pupils this week are:

Rocket Zaid - he has demonstrated impressive counting skills up to 100. His accomplishment has impressed everyone.

Reception Darcie - for kindness and creativity.

Year 1 The whole class - For being respectful and ready whilst there were changes in adults in the classroom this week.

Year 2 Lewy - for brilliant focus and effort, showing perseverance and great effort in Sports Day!

Year 3 Andreea - for consistently working hard and doing the right thing.

Year 4 Alexander- for great learning behaviour in all lessons and being an amazing friend.

Year 5 Rebecca and Jacob - for excellent questions asked during their trip to the UEA.

Year 6 Residential star Aurelijus - for showing a fantastic level of bravery, determination and resilience when taking part in the residential club. He faced his fears and showed others that they can do it as well.

Year 6 Sandy - for excellent application of her maths, problem-solving and using brilliant deductive skills to create the most profitable farm project.

Year 6 Darsh - for showing hard work and resilience when taking part in the sports day. He did his absolute best and never gave up.

Pastoral - Lucy in YR2 - for brilliant school attendance and working hard in class.

Well done everyone! We are extremely proud of you.

Preloved uniform for sale

We have a large amount of preloved uniform for sale including jumpers, cardigans, pe tops etc.

All items are priced at £1 and can be found in the school office. All items have been washed.

If you have any school uniform at home that you no longer need then please bring this to the school for us to wash and sell on.

Summer Reading Challenge

Take part in the Summer Reading Challenge!

Don’t have a library card? The easiest way for families to join is online. A couple of clicks and the

whole family can become library members. You don’t even have to provide proof of address because

the Library Service will send your library cards in the post.

This is the link to the joining page: Join the library - Norfolk County Council

It is important that children have their own library card because there are no overdue charges on children’s cards.

Year 6 Residential

What an incredible few days away! The children were so excited and really engaged with all of the activities. Our first day saw us taking part in archery, canoeing and zip lines, as well as working together to protect an egg from cracking.

Our second day was just as active, climbing on crate stacks, raft building, trebuchet water balloon fight and bushcraft, with a fun disco and tuck shop in the evening. We finished on the third day with some high ropes before saying goodbye to our tents. Well done all the children who went; you represented the school to the highest level.

Mr Nicholson

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