Whitehouse Weekly Bulletin 165

Friday 24th September 2021

Message from Mrs Hall

We do hope that you have had the chance to watch our superb film of the school. With the lockdowns experienced over the last 20 months, we feel that it is important for all parents/carers to be able to see the super environment and learning opportunities available to all the children. One of the key rights we are teaching the children is that all children have the right to access high quality education. We hope you agree that the school film demonstrates the high quality education provided at Whitehouse and that you share our pride in our amazing community school.

It is great that clubs have commenced again and we are pleased to be able to offer all clubs free of charge. If your child has not been able to access a club this half-term we will endeavour to make sure they attend at least one club during the school year. Thank you for your continued support.

Attendance for the Previous Week

Classes with the Best Attendance – Frogs (99.2%)

Assemblies

The theme of our assemblies for next week will be: Why is water precious? Why is access to water important to human life?  UNRC Link: Article 26: I have the right to help from the government if I am poor or in need.  Article 27: I have the right to a good enough standard of living. This means I should have food, clothes and a place to live. Resources related to this assembly will soon be available on our website.  To access them, simply go to Learning and click on our Enquiry Based Assemblies.

Purple Man Reading Competition

Well done to Hedgehogs (LKS2) and Chameleons (UKS2) classes who won the Purple Man Reading Competition last week.   The children have done a great job as both classes have now won two weeks running!  Who will win this week?

Exciting News: New Parent App

Did you see that we have introduced a new parent app this week?  Have you signed up yet? Since moving to academisation we are using a different system to hold all our pupil data and the new app offers much more to our parents/carers also.  The app will allow you to update your contact details, check dinner money balances and top up your account and even check on your child’s attendance.  Have a look at the link to get some more details: https://www.whcps.org/arbor-parent-app/.

If you have not received a welcome email, please message the school office on parents@whcps.org as it might be that we do not have your correct email address.

Awards

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Year 3 Trip

Our Year 3 children are learning about The Stone Age as their enquiry topic and so they were able to visit the Ipswich Museum this week to learn about the Neolithic and Mesolithic periods.  They learnt about how people during the Stone Age became more sophisticated hunters and gatherers. The children were able to enjoy lots of fun activities to support their learning, including plotting and making a Stone Age settlement, making clay pots and looking at real Stone Age artefacts.  They particularly enjoyed looking at flint tools which had been found in Suffolk and were used for hunting deer and other animals.  Year 3 had a wonderful day and their behaviour was excellent. Don’t forget that Ipswich Museum is free so would make a lovely place to make a return visit with your family!

Exciting News – School Film

Many of you will remember that towards the end of the Summer Term we had a film made about the school.  This has now all been finalised and is available to watch on the front page of our website: www.whcps.org.  We hope you will love it as much as we do!  We are so proud of all our staff and children and the wonderful, caring learning environment we have been able to create at Whitehouse.

Mobile Phones – Year 6

With many of our Year 6 children walking to school on their own, we are aware that parents/carers often like them to have access to a mobile phone.  Can we please remind you that phones need to be handed in either to the class teacher or to the office at the start of the school day and collected after the bell.  Thank you for your cooperation.

After School Clubs

Please note if your child has a sporty after school club, we would ask you to please send them to school in their PE kit at the start of the day.

Year 6 Netball Club

Ms Salmon is running the Year 6 Netball Club this year and they are a little short on numbers to be able to play a full game.  If any of your Year 6 children would like to join the club, please let the office know and we can add them on.   The club is held after school on a Tuesday and finishes at 4.15pm.

Dates for the Diary         

Monday 4^th October – Framlingham Castle Trip – Year 2

Friday 22^nd October – PD Day (School Closed to Children)

Monday 25^th to Friday 29^th October – Half Term Holiday

Thursday 18^th November – Parents Evening (remote)

Wednesday 24^th November – Parents Evening (remote)

Friday 26^th November – RRSA Whole School Day

Friday 17^th December – Last Day of Autumn Term

Monday 20^th December to Monday 3^rd January – Christmas Holiday

Tuesday 4^th January – PD Day (School Closed to Children)

Monday 21^st February to Friday 25^th February – Half Term Holiday

Monday 28^th February – PD Day (School Closed to Children)