Hitherfield Herald Number 0493 www.hitherfield.co.uk 17th January 2020

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

20th – 24th World of Work Week

Monday 20th January – 3 Anaconda trip to the Bank of England Museum

Monday 20th January – 1 Cobra West Norwood Fire Station

Tuesday 21st January - 1 Sunbird Class Assembly & Open Morning 9:15am – 10:30am

Tuesday 21st January - Year 2 trip to South London Theatre

Wednesday 22nd January - Flamingo to CLC - Computing -Music Technology

Wednesday 22nd January – 5 Hedgehog World of Work New London

Architecture

Wednesday 22nd January – 1 Dugong West Norwood Fire Station

Thursday 23rd January - 3 Macaw trip to Bank of England Museum

Thursday 23rd January - 4 Cheetah trip to Thames Water

Thursday 23rd January - 1 Sunbird West Norwood Fire Station

Thursday 23rd January – 4 Flamingo Class Assembly & Open Morning 9:15am – 10:30am

Friday 24th January - 3 Jaguar trip to the Bank of England Museum

Tuesday 28th January – 2 Manatee Class Assembly & Open Morning 9:15am –

10:30am

Thursday 30th January – 5 Kingfisher Class Assembly & Open Morning 9:15am – 10:30am

Tuesday 4th February – 3 Jaguar Class Assembly & Open Morning 9:15am –

10:30am

Thursday 6th February – 4 Hippo Class Assembly & Open Morning 9:15am – 10:30am

Tuesday 3rd March - Class Assembly & Open Morning 9:15am – 10:30am

Thursday 5th March – World Book Day

Attendance News Well done Hitherfield

Our attendance was 96.44 % this week.

This week we wanted to celebrate the classes with the best

attendance, so well done to…

Robin in Nursery, Koala in Reception, Sunbird in Year 1,

Hummingbird in Year 2, Jaguar in Year 3, Cheetah in Year

4, Kingfisher in Year 5 and Orca in Year 6

Congratulations to these children who have really impressed

their Teachers this week.

Rec Platypus

Dorry and Adam

Rec Koala

Maryam and Faye

Rec Kookaburra

Jaxon

1 Cobra

Roseanna and Elijah

1 Sunbird

Elsie and Betty

1 Dugong

Lois and Oscar

2 Manatee

Sahadat, Connor and Angus

2 Mongoose

Gabriel and Nelly

2 Hummingbird

Jacob and Eliza

3 Jaguar

Ahmed & Luca

3 Macaw

George & Walter

3 Anaconda

Wiliam & Eva

4 Hippopotamus

Mateo

4 Flamingo

Jeremiah

4 Cheetah

Shanaya & Za'Niyah

5 Kingfisher

Double next week

5 Hedgehog

Willow and Millie

5 Otter

Double next week

6 Wolverine

Benji and Larry

6 Orca Maudh

6 Puffin

Lussy

Kingfisher Class were praised on

their trip to New London Architecture

for their fantastic

collaborative learning, creativity and

exceptional behaviour

FREE PHONICS DRAMA SESSION FOR 2-5 YEAR OLDS! Our Play Phonics Club is coming to The Dreamcatcher Cafe in Crystal Palace on Monday Afternoons 3-5 Year Olds: 2pm-2:45pm 2-3 Year Olds: 4pm - 4:35pm Sammy Sounds and the children jump aboard the sound train express to Phonics Land, where they go on an exciting adventure with a new sound each week. We believe that children learn and develop to the fullest when they are laughing, exploring and spellbound. This is why we use the powers of drama and adventure to introduce children to the wonderful world of phonics. The sessions use fun, singing and drama to bring literacy learning to life. Email info@playphonics.net to book your free of charge session

Hitherfield Maths’ Challenge MATHS LIBRARY: Every Wednesday in Hitherfield libaray. Come and borrow fun maths

games and books for free to play at home with your family.

Maths Glossary:

Fraction = a part of a whole. ½, ¼, ¾ are all fractions.

The challenge this week is all about patterns.

Can you see the symmetry in this picture?

Colour it in thinking about creating a

colourful pattern.

Don’t forget you can email the completed

maths challenges to the main school office

or drop them off there too.

Maths Glossary:

Fraction = a part of a whole. ½, ¼, ¾ are

all fractions.

Low Cost/No Cost Family Fun in London Please look at the organisations’ websites to double check times and arrangements

Horniman Museum Horniman Museum, 100 Forest Road, London, SE23 3PQ www.horniman.ac.uk 020 8699 1872 / Open to all / FREE

Sat 18th & Sun 19th January, Horniman Explorers, 11am -12.30pm Drop into Hand on Base & join in fun challenges to explore & touch amazing objects from our collections

Sat 18th January, Art Makers, 1.30 – 2.15pm & 2.45 – 3.30pm Explore exciting art techniques & materials as a family and create something fabulous to take home

inspired by our collections

Sun 19th January, A World of Stories, 2.00 – 2.45pm & 3.15 – 4.00pm Our popular storytellers bring the collections and Gardens alive with stories from around the world

British Museum

44 Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG / 020 7323 8000 / www.british museum.org Nearest tube: Holborn/Russell Square FREE (ages 7+)

Sat 18th January, Family activity – make a manga comic, 11am – 4.00pm (last admission 3.15pm) Discover the secret design language and storytelling techniques of manga and make a story using your own

photos! A passport, national ID or driver’s licence is required as a deposit. Sun 19th January, Green Screen Greeks, 11am – 4pm (age 5+)

Become an ancient Greek athlete, competing against your family on a Panathenaic pot. Discover how to use green screen technology on tablets, and see yourselves as part of Museum objects.

National Maritime Museum

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF/020 8312 6565/ www.rmg.co.uk Greenwich railway station; Cutty Sark DLR FREE (all ages)

Sat 18th & Sun 19th January, Ahoy Children’s Gallery, 10am – 5pm, open daily (0-7’s) Sat 18th January, LGBTQ & Family Network, Family Fun, 10am – 12.00pm

A safe space for local LGBTQ+ families to meet one another, get involved in creative activities for all ages and explore the stories within the collection!

Sun 19th January, Discover Sundays, 11.30 – 1.30pm & 2.00 – 4.00pm Be inspired by the sea and learn more about the Museum’s incredible collections as you take part in make and do

activities and think about what the sea means to you. Accessible for children or adult carers who are blind or partially sighted. Suitable for all ages

Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses, Brockwell Park SE24 / 07427 685 714

Book tickets in advance at www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk Sat 18th January, A Jolly Wassail, 2.00 – 4.30pm (tickets £3.50, under 2’s go free)

Join us in the greenhouse to make noisy shakers and wonderful wassail crowns, ready for the Jolly Wassail! We’ll use recycled and natural materials to make percussion instruments, and craft beautiful decorative crowns to

wear. When everyone is crowned we will learn songs and enjoy music from our wonderful wassailing musicians the Apple heads. Then we will sing to our fruit trees and make as much noise as possible, to ‘wake up’ the

sleeping trees and scare away any bad spirits. Our wassailing will make sure we have a bountiful harvest in 2020! There will be plenty of tea, mulled cider and apple juice to warm us all up, and healthy snacks to keep us going.

All ages are welcome! What to bring: warm &/fancy clothes & hats, torches and any noisy instruments you fancy bringing along!