Handford Hall Primary School

Newsletter no 12 — July 2019

57, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ Headteacher: Mrs K Blake BA (Hons)

tel: 01473 251 603 website: www.handfordhall.suffolk.sch.uk

What can I do to help my child attend school regularly?

Send your child to school on time every day

If your child is unwell, contact the school on the first day of absence and return your child to school as soon as possible

Make sure your child knows you do not approve of them missing school.

Take holidays only during school holidays. Please note that at Handford Hall we do not authorise term time holidays (see Attendance Policy on our website).

School uniform

Dear Parents, Please ensure that your child comes to school in the appropriate school uniform:

White polo shirt

Navy/black trousers or skirt (no jogging bottoms or jeans)

Blue (dark blue or pale blue) gingham summer dress

Navy sweatshirt/cardigan

Black shoes (no trainers)

Appropriate haircut Please note that nail varnish and long earrings are inappropriate for school.

Thank you for your cooperation.

June 2019 attendance:

The class with the best attendance in June 2019 was

5/6P Well done to you all!

RK 93.0%

RC 90.0%

1W 93.3%

1M 96.7%

2W 93.7%

2B 94.2%

3K 97.0%

3/4 M 93.0%

4C 97.6%

5/6P 98.4%

5/6W 96.2%

6H 97.5%

Dear Parents/Carers,

The summer holidays are nearly here - we have another 3 weeks to go. Our children have been working very hard in their final assessments—they have been resilient, ambitious and very driven to do their best. We are all very proud of them.

We would like to offer our grateful thanks to all Parents and Carers for their much valued support throughout the year particularly those of you who give so generously of your time to help our children with reading, school trips and many other events. Your help is invaluable and we really appreciate it. We are hoping that the weather will be kind to us on Wednesday 10th July for our Sports Day. We look forward to seeing you all. Yours sincerely, Mrs K Blake

Don’t miss it!

Pupils with 100% attendance

for the whole year.

Your reward awaits you

Counting the

days...

Coming soon!

Summer Term events at Handford Hall

Tuesday 2nd July RE day

Wednesday 3rd July Reception Induction evening

Wednesday 3rd July Year 6 Transition Westbourne Academy (Day 1) Year 6 Transition Claydon High School Year 6 Transition Stoke High School (Day 1)

Thursday 4th July Year 6 Transition Westbourne Academy (Day 2) Year 6 Transition Stoke High School (Day 2)

Tuesday 9th July Years 1 and 2 trip to Bewilderwood (Norfolk)

Wednesday 10th July SPORTS DAY

Monday 15th July and Tuesday 16th July

Meet the class teacher – transition days

Wednesday 17th July DT day

Thursday 18th July Reports out to parents

Friday 19th July LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

9.15am—Celebration Assembly/Leavers’ Assembly

Year 1 and 2 trip to Felixstowe

On Tuesday KS1 visited Felixstowe Beach. Although we were worried about the rain that morning, when we arrived we had glorious sunshine all day. The children and adults thoroughly enjoyed themselves and spent the day paddling in the sea and making various sandcastles and holes in the sand. For some children this was the first time that they had ever visited the beach and it was a truly magical visit watching them testing out the sea and sand for the first time. We had a special ice cream delivery at the end of the day which was a perfect way of cooling off. It felt like we had brought half of the beach back with us in our shoes, hair, etc but great fun was had by all. We are very much looking forward to our next trip to Bewilderwood.

Kingswood - An educational adventure to remember

An adventure to remember, a taste of independence, a rush of adrenaline, a breath of fresh air, a sense of achievement and making memories that last a lifetime. That's what our Year 5 and 6 pupils experienced last week. For more information visit our Twitter page. We are already getting ready for next year’s adventure!

Handford Hall Accelerated Reader Stars In 2018/19

PUPILS WITH THE HIGHEST WORD COUNT:

Mahdi (2B) 45, 711 words

Taisiya (2W) - 125, 411 words Ruben C (3/4M) - 292, 745 words

Nevaeh (3K) - 407, 130 words

ACCELERATED READER WORD MILLIONAIRES:

Naz (4C) - 1, 603, 571 words

Oliver (4C) - 1, 575, 161 words Komail (5/6P) - 1, 512, 171 words Manuel (5/6W) - 1, 129, 799 words

Shuwba (6H) - 1, 025, 318words Daniel (6H) - 1, 150, 644 words

Jake (6H) - 1, 552, 675words Matias (6H) - 1, 388, 485 words Sofie (6H) - 1, 158, 120 words

Renars (6H) - 1, 313, 053 words Imran (6H) - 1, 059, 548 words

Accelerated Reader Star of the year:

Zahra (6H) - 4, 306, 116 words

Congratulations to you all!