Millfields Mag FRIDAY 18th March 2016 Hilsea Street www.millfields.hackney.sch.uk E-mail: [email protected] Hackney E5 0SH TEL : 020 8985 7898 Running Millfields MANY METRES Important Dates

End of term Thursday 24th March 2pm finish Speaking & Listening Week 18th –22nd April KS2 SATS week 9th –12th May DT and Science Week 23rd –27th May We have had a fun-packed day as part of our fundraising efforts for Sports relief. All of the End of half term children look fabulous in their red clothes and/or sports gear, and they have all been involved Friday 27th May in a run around the school. Year 3 children have also had the opportunity to play tennis today! Thank you to all the staff and children who dressed up and donated £1 –we will keep you in- formed of the money raised in the coming days. The proceeds of today’s after-school cake Aendance sale will also be going towards this worthy cause! Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended Parents’ Evening this week. It is always Week beg: 7th Mar good to see so many parents and carers, and also to get your feedback on a range of things Our school target: 96.5% from across the school via our termly questionnaire. If you didn’t get a chance to see the re- sponses to feedback from the Autumn term, please ask for a copy at the main reception, or Last week: 93.9% look on the school website. Thank you also for the overwhelmingly positive feedback on the Winning classes last school food through the questionnaire and the opportunity to buy food on the evening. The week: question around ‘My child enjoys school meals’ is always an interesting one, as there appear KS1 Leeds (98.3%) to be many misperceptions about the quality and range of food on offer every day. In brief, all of the meat at Millfields is halal –the certificate is on display in the dinner hall and on the KS2 Exeter (98.6%) school website; there is always a ‘meat free’ day for all pupils; on four days, there is a meat Well done! and vegetarian meal as well as soup/sandwich option and/or a jacket potato; there is always a choice of desserts –fruit, yoghurt, cheese and biscuits or a cake/hot dessert; we do not add Tuck Shop salt to any food and the custard is sugar-free. The menus are always available in advance on the website and at the main office. Thank you to Also this week, all of the top point scorers were treated to a brilliant trip to the amazing Kidza- Oxford Class for nia in West London. This is a fantastic and unique 4-hour experience where children can organising last week’s choose from more than 60 real-life role-play adventures. Worth a trip to see for your self! Class photographs were taken yesterday –the children looked very smart in their school uni- tuck shop. Amount form and the photos are always brilliant! The proofs will be arriving in school after the Easter raised was: £94.85 break, so you will have the opportunity to but them then. Thank you for all of your The Nursery classes have been out and about in the local area this week, visiting Charter- support. house Aquatics in Dalston. The children had a great time looking at this amazing hidden gem in our midst! The children saw a wide range of fish, and were very well-behaved as comment- Reminder: ed on by the staff at Charterhouse. Thank you to Cynthia for organising. I can hardly believe that it almost the end of the Spring term, so a few reminders about next Deadline for Nursery week: we finish school on THURSDAY 24th MARCH at 2pm –please collect your child from applicaons is the the playground at that time; also next week, there will be a non-uniform day on Thursday 24th 12th April. March –dress for Spring or in yellow; there is also the usual Easter Bonnet Parade and com- petition –please bring all bonnets to the tables in the playground on Thursday morning and Please get forms from there will be a winner from each class. More information to follow. the main office Finally, have a good weekend. Best Wishes, Jane if needed! PSA EASTER BONNET PARADE Thursday 24th March

Prizes will be awarded to the best bonnet in each class so get creang! Featured British Artist: PSA Aer-school Tuck Shops — Spring /Summer 2016 We always need people to volunteer me to run the stall on the day and will Shirley Hughes need lots of donaons of food on the day. Just take your food to the office on Did you know she: the day of your stall. Please remember that all food must be nut free to comply with school policy. • is an English author and illustrator who has written more than fifty books, which Date Class Date Class have sold more than 11.5 million copies. • was awarded an OBE in 1999 and in 2000 Friday 15th Apr Winchester Friday 22nd Apr Portsmouth was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of . Literature Friday 29th Apr Canterbury Friday 6th May Year 5 • wrote her first novel in 2015, a young- adult book titled Hero on a Bicycle Friday 13th May Year 6 Friday 20th May Derby • was born in West Kirby, in Merseyside on the 16th July 1927 and is 88 years old. Friday 27th May Leeds HALF TERM

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Congratulations to the children in Birmingham Class on receiving your pen licences this week! Happy B irthday to the children and staff who celebrated their birthdays this week:

12th March ~ Psalms Robb, Margaret Worrell & Sherise Edwards 13th March ~ Bilal Kaji, Kingsley Fry & Tasnia Taher 14th March ~ Angel Constantinou, Eren Temiz, Iris Crane 15th March ~ Aleena Yusuf & Rebecca Weil 16th March ~ Aaleyah Uddin 17th March ~ Liam White & Ja’kayla Thomas 18th March Suriyha Idriss & Milton Higgott

Many happy returns to you all!

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