AutumnSpring Term Term 2012 2014 Issue Issue 11 2 24 30th January November 2014 2012

Calendar for next week Monday 27 January 11.30am Reception, Year 1& Year 2 visit Waveney Gymnastics Club Tuesday 28 January 1pm UK Mathematics Trust Team Mathematics Challenge at Norwich School Wednesday 29 January 2pm U11 Netball v Thorpe House Langley Prep (H) 2pm U11 Rugby v Thorpe House Langley Prep (A) Friday 31 January 9.30am Candlemas Service at St Mary’s Henstead

Dates for your diary Monday 10 & Tuesday 11February 3.40pm Form Teacher Meetings 4.10pm Years 3-6 Subject Parent Teacher Meetings Friday 7 March 10am-12noon Open Morning Message from the Headmaster We should always be seeking to improve our communications with the school community and I am delighted that the launch of Tapestry and Schoology has been a success this week. It is a most useful way of staying in touch with different aspects of the children's learning and to share your comments. First prize for being a pace setter goes to Marli’s Mum, who contributed to his Learning Journey! I would like to thank all the staff for their input and, in particular, Mr Tiley-Nunn for his indefatigable efforts. Website news coming soon. Mr McKinney Get ready for... The Henstead Hundred After the success of last year’s Three Peaks Challenge, this year’s fundraising challenge - for our new building fund - will be a 100 mile cycle ride around . The route will start at The Old School Henstead at We will be setting up an online fundraising page 6am on Friday 4 July, heading east through Benacre, shortly, to make the sponsorship process easy. then south to and and This is NOT a race and is open to all parents. Melton, then northwest to and Training will be necessary. If this sounds like your Fressingfield, on to Sotterly and finishing back at bag and you'd like to get involved, please contact school by around 4pm, to be welcomed by the the school or email Mr Hunter at children as they finish their school day. [email protected]. 1 Ahoy there shipmates!

On Tuesday and Wednesday the bag and inside we discovered Nursery children set sail on the valuable booty - chocolate! good ship Henstead. On our exciting adventure we encountered stormy seas, a wall of Captain’s Log Day 2 fire, an active volcano and a very Today more exciting news was hungry sea monster. delivered that another quest was awaiting us. So we jumped aboard our pirate ship and after many days Captain's Log Day 1 sailing we came across the great After a long voyage cabin boy cave of 'Hall'. Inside we Oliver shouted "Land ahoy" and discovered another treasure map so we dropped anchor near a that led us on to more adventures. deserted island. We battled shark-infested waters, Once we had safely disembarked, dodged hungry crocodiles, ran seaman Alex spied a piece of old through scary tunnels and finally parchment poking out from the we bravely walked the plank, until earth. You can only imagine our pirates Nicole and Ethan found an excitement when we realised it interesting box. When they was a treasure map. After lots of opened it they discovered beautiful discussion the children appointed jewels and doubloons. Just as we Zac to lead our adventure and the were about to leave, pirate Jack hunt began. spotted another golden parcel - inside we found delicious sweets to share. Finally it was time to Captain Zac led us past the white return to our ship so pirate Marli house and over the bubbling led us up the gang plank and into volcano. We had to be very brave the Captain’s quarters, where we as we listened to the hungry sea all enjoyed a hearty feast of sea monster stirring beneath us. We dog biscuits and lashings of grog. all held our breath in anticipation. Well done me hearties! William said we had to be quiet as we tried our hardest not to wake the fearsome beast. Dear Parents,

Next we had to face the blazing The pirate days have been a big wall of fire. Somehow we success. The children participated in managed to reach the other side many pirate activities.... with only a few singed fingers and toes between us. We made telescopes, flags and treasure maps. We sang sea shanties Suddenly shipmates Arthur and and listened to pirate stories. We Bertie spied a large wooden cross went on exciting adventures and and beneath it pirates Ava and hunted for buried treasure. George found the treasure. In short, we all had fun and learned Back on board ship we cautiously lots about quests, clues and working opened the treasure box. Inside as a team to solve puzzles. we found precious gold and Mrs Rawlings & Miss Butcher jewels, but pirate Phillip spotted something glinting - it was a golden

2 Outdoor Outdoor Education Education Gladiator Tutorial

Outdoor Education is an Centre. Year Five will head for Miss Kay and her class of Year 2 important part of the curriculum, the North Norfolk Coast, with a Retiarii and Thracian Gladiator for it is inclusive, builds multi-activity two night stay at trainees would very much like to confidence and encourages West Runton in May. For Year thank Professor Smith (aka Ewan's supervised and sensible risk Six, the Leavers trip will be Grandad!) for a wonderful lesson on taking. At The Old School we are centred on Dearne Valley in Tuesday. It involved more than a committed to the learning Yorkshire, with the programme little drama - the children were acting opportunities that are to be geared to providing our boys and out the brutality of the Romans in found outside the classroom - as girls with the skills they will need our class Colosseum: Archie the varied and challenging as those to move on to Senior School. Emperor had to make the right enjoyed indoors. Our new judgement call on the "thumbs up" learning trail exemplifies this - It is also important that, as a or "thumbs down" from a roaring multi-purpose learning stations school, we act together to help Year 2 crowd, who decided that poor outside. As the daylight is others and develop our own Freddy, the losing Gladiator, should beginning to lengthen, it is resources. We are looking not be saved. Brutal, but well done exciting to think of the forward to The Henstead Matthew - good use of your trident, programme for this coming year. Hundred in July, a cycle challenge dagger and net! At school we will be relocating for parents of some 100 miles the kitchen garden and opening (just over) in support of our Professor Smith brought in his up the pond area for use by all - building fund. Last year the much-loved Colosseum model, this week saw home grown children tackled the Henstead which he built and painted, and the potatoes on the menu and the Hike. This year we will be taking children had a fantastic time placing children will be involved in the on the Southwold Stroll, a coastal Gladiators, lions, tigers, bears and planning of future green projects. walk in support of the Royal prisoners into the arena. It is very There is also The Old School National Lifeboat Institution. precious, and we are looking after it Henstead Big Day Out to look There is much to look forward well. Please come in to Year 2 if forward to later this term - off to to. you'd like to see it. the capital we go! Mr McKinney An Emperor's thumbs up for a In the summer, Reception, Year fantastic lesson. One, Year Two and Year Three will Miss Kay have outdoor days at Ringsfield Hall. Activities such as Forest School, Earth Trek, Shipwrecked, Bushcraft and Survival will have something for everyone. June will see Year Four tackle the orienteering and coastal treasure hunt with a nautical theme, staying overnight at Wardens

3 Potato Crop Success

This week Miss Sindall and the children dug up potatoes from the school garden, and Mrs Hall incorporated them into the week’s lunch menu. We all agreed they were delicious! Thank you gardeners. We look forward to expanding our kitchen garden of produce in the coming months so that we can enjoy more freshly picked organic vegetables at lunch.

Twitter Sports Kit Sale Book sale update

As you may be aware, we convey We still have a small selection of We received a surprise certificate timely news, photographs and some navy tracksuit bottoms and fleece from our book fair suppliers to sports results via twitter. If you lined tops for sale. Ideal wear for inform us that the final sales total have not signed up to twitter yet, playtimes. They can be purchased was higher than anticipated and may we encourage you to do so, for £5 per item from the Uniform generated £742 in free books for and to follow the school (our Shop. the school! A huge thank you to all twitter name is who contributed. @OldSchoolHstead) not only to get the latest news between COMING IN NEXT WEEK’S newsletters, but also to help spread NEWSLETTER... the word about our school. If you Today’s sports fixture reports and have no interest in writing any write-up of Year Five’s assembly. tweets yourself, you may simply PTFA open an account (it’s free) and News Extra follow us in order to receive messages, without any need to send any tweets yourself. Perhaps Next PTFA Meeting - Monday grandparents, aunts and uncles 10 February 7pm UNIFORM would be interested to follow what Friday 28 February 7.30pm - is happening at the school? Thank Parents’ Disco, BYOB. Details and SHOP you for your support. Click here to tickets out soon. sign up: https://twitter.com or Opening Times download the app on your Mondays 0830-0930 smartphone or iPad or tablet. Follow us on twitter

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