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2016 Lent Term No. 8 Newsletter 11.03.16

Dear Parents

We have certainly had a very busy week in the Junior School this week .There was great excitement at our inter-house KS2 swimming gala yesterday and all the children participated very enthusiastically, despite some initial nerves for some, while they were waiting for their races to begin. It was a very close final result, with only 2 points between the first and second teams, and if you haven’t already been told, you can find out who the victorious house was, elsewhere in this newsletter. The Y5 and Y6 had a visit from the English Pock-et Opera Company on Wednesday afternoon. They ran an hour long work-shop and I understand that there was excellent participation from everyone, including Mrs Maynard, Mr North and Mrs Hazel! This week has seen the end of Book Week and the children have thoroughly enjoyed the event. We have been able to purchase a large number of books with the commission from the book fair, and it will not be long before the children see them appearing in the libraries. Finally, a real highlight of the week for me, was the Spring Music Concert on Wednesday. It was wonderful to see the children performing so confidently and with so much enjoyment .

Friday 18 March FoHCS Quiz Night Wednesday 23 March Year 3 Murton Park Trip

KS1 Celebration Assembly

Well done to all our achievers this week;

Greenies = Annie Jennings, Emma Norris, Thomas Hamilton, Amelia Kitching, Jake Moore, Claudia Eastburn Playground Pals = Bobby Langton, Patrick Wright Table of the Week= Table 3 Spotted… Isabella Newgass Cloakroom Award =Y1R Achievement Tree = Jemima Khan-Dancing Super-star Award; Bobby Langton-Ballroom Dancing Two-Step yellow rosette; Emma Norris-Level 8 Gymnas-tics House Points= Johson138=;Holtby=158; Marvell=158;Venn=180

NOTICES We are collecting Sainsbury vouchers for sports and cooking equipment. Please post your vouchers in the collection box in the Junior School office.

KS1 are heading to the chocolate factory in York to experience and explore the Chocolate Story on Tuesday 15 March.

KS1 Inter-House Cross-country will take place Thursday 17 March at 2.00pm. Supporters are wel-come.

Letter from the Headteacher

Foundation Stage News

This week our Adventurers have been finding different ways to research facts and details about dinosaurs, including learning about

the very long-named eustreptospondylus, as well as enjoying a range of funny dinosaur stories, and collecting natural items to add to

our “Dino-world”. We are also very pleased to see how many of them are able to change their shoes and put on and fasten up their

coats independently – these are great independence skills!

Our Explorers have been making and tasting porridge this week, and are also looking forward to their forthcoming visits to Coop-

lands Bakery, where they are going to study the cake displays and each buy a bun to eat on their return to Nursery. Mrs Taylor has

kindly agreed to stay on and drive the school minibus for each group, as long as she can buy a very sticky bun!

Our Reception children have been thinking particularly hard about teen numbers, and have been having a go at estimating how

many items are in a group before checking them by counting. Young children can find this a very tricky task, as they often want to

count the items, so that they can give the correct number straight away, rather than having a guess and possibly getting something

wrong; however, developing the confidence to test out theories and ideas, and to make and learn from mistakes, is an invaluable

part of the learning process and an essential aspect of developing a growth mindset. We have therefore been very pleased to see

our young pupils becoming increasingly confident in this area.

J Maltby

Foundation Stage Menu

Monday Pork Meatballs and Rice

Quorn Meatballs (v) Treacle Sponge and Custard

Tuesday Chicken in Gravy (g/d)

Quorn Pieces in Gravy (v) Chocolate Brownie and Custard

Wednesday Roast Beef (g/d) Yorkshire Pudding

Quorn Sausage (v) Angel Delight

Thursday Cheese and Tomato Pasta (v)

Gluten Free Tomato and Bacon Pasta (g/d)

Carrot Cake and Custard

Friday Beef Burger, Chips, Beans (g/d)

Vegetarian Hot Dog (v) Shortbread Biscuit

Junior Menu

Monday Pork Meatballs and Rice

Quorn Meatballs (v) Treacle Sponge and Custard

Tuesday Year 7 PCSHE Menu Winner

Written by Connie Latham Warde and Darcy Groves

Tomato Soup with Poppy Seeded Bread

Chicken Taco Quorn Taco

Rice, Sweetcorn and Salad Chocolate Brownie and Custard

Wednesday Roast Beef (g/d) Yorkshire Pudding

Lentil Loaf (v) Apple and Blueberry Crumble and

Custard

Thursday Beef Chilli Burrito

Bean and Potato Burrito (v) Carrot Cake and Custard

Friday Beef Burger, Chips, Beans (g/d)

Vegetarian Hot Dog (v) Shortbread Biscuit

(g) gluten free (d) dairy free

(v) vegetarian

Sport

Results U8 A Netball v Pocklington 0-2 lost U8 B Netball v Pocklington 2- 2 drew U8 A Football v Pocklington 11- 3 won U8 B Football v Pocklington 8 – 1 won

Fixtures Friday 18 March (provisional rearrangement of last week’s cancelled match) U11 A-C Football v Lincoln Minster School. Home. KO 2.00pm Monday 21 March U8 A-C Football, A-C Netball v Lincoln Minster School. Away. KO 2.00pm. ETR 4.45pm.

Cricket Success Congratulations to Adam Pashby who has earned trials for Yorkshire CC U11s.

Swimming Gala On Thursday morning 140 children and staff descended on the beautiful Beverley Road Baths for the school’s annual swimming gala. The children were enthusias-tic and vociferous in their support for each other and their houses and the stand-ard of swimming and competition was high. Too many winners to mention them all but performances from Leo and Aaron Zost Cross, Jessica Beard, Adam Pashby, Annabel Coope and Leon Wilson stood out. Final results were close with the main House Cup going to Venn who beat Marvell by two points in the final count up. Marvell won the House Relay Cup. Mrs Plewes made some extra awards for effort and good sportsmanship in assembly on Friday. These go to Rishan Jeyen-dran, Darcey Harrison, Jonty Wilcox, Lucy Gilson and Phoebe Smith. Well done all and we’ll all be there same time, same place next year.

Rex’s Blog

Rex joined 3SW’s class this week and has been learning all about telling the time. Rex has learned that the minute hand is very exciting as it turns around and around the clock and tells you how many minutes past the hour it is. 3SW have been counting around the clock in intervals of 5 minutes and even counting each individual minute…tricky stuff! Can you tell the time at home? Try it with an ana-logue clock. Remember that the big hand is for the minutes and the short hand tells you the hour.

Lost Property Jake Farnill (Year 4) - Blazer (named)

Key Values: Innovation, Confidence, Aspiration,

Respect, Enthusiasm

Uniform Shop Closes on Thursday 24 March, re-opens Monday 11 April 13:00–16:00. Normal opening hours resume Tuesday 12 April.

Summer dresses and cricket whites (team players only) are now available to purchase in preparation for the Trini-ty Term. Charcoal grey shorts for Rec – Year 2 will be available from 11 April, Asda also have the correct colour/style in stock. AW

Friends of Hull Collegiate Corner

The closing date for the quiz is Mon-day 14th March. Don't miss this fun event whilst raising the all important funds for your children. Booking forms can be found at the Main recep-tion or online. Quiz date is Friday 18th March bar opens at 19:00 first question is 19:30 prompt. Tickets are £10 per person. This includes supper, bottle of wine per team and prizes. Any donations of chocolate or wine for our raffle please leave at the main reception. These will be gratefully received. Our nearly new uniform shop sends a reminder for all your unwanted uni-form. This is freshly laundered and sold on. All profits go to the FoHCS. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 22 March at 18:00 in Mrs Glovers office. You are all welcome and any suggestions, questions help or dona-tions with be appreciated.

The friends of Hull Collegiate school raised the flag as a mark of respect for Hope Rooms, as her funeral cortege proceeded through the school grounds on Wednesday this week.

FoHCS

English Pocket Opera Pupils from Year 5 and 6 enjoying the English Pocket Opera on Wednesday .

Spring Concert Parents were treated to a wonderful lunchtime concert on Wednesday by pupils from Year 1-6.