Message from Mrs Hall

It has been another busy year and we are all incredibly proud of what the children have achieved. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support and we are all looking forward to what the next academic year brings. We would like to wish our Year 6 children who are heading off to their different High Schools the very best of luck. Have a great summer break; school starts again for the children on Thursday 2^nd September.

Attendance for the Previous Week

Class with the Best Attendance – Ocelots (100%)

Staff News

As we reach the end of the academic year we will be saying goodbye to a few members of staff as they move onto new challenges.  We wish Miss Hunt, Miss Knights, Mr Hobhouse, Mr Moore and Miss Till the very best of luck and thank them for their commitment to Whitehouse Community Primary. We would also like to welcome Mr Blomfield, Mrs McCart, Mrs Vince, Miss Fiddaman and Miss Chadney who will all be joining us for September.

Summer Holiday Reading Challenge

We are pleased to let you know the Suffolk Libraries Summer Reading Challenge is back for 2021!  The theme this year is Wild World Heroes, with a group of friends making their town even better for the people and animals that live there.   The challenge will feature some amazing books, awesome rewards and plenty of ideas for taking care of our environment.  As always, the challenge is open to all children, they need to sign up, read six books over the summer holidays and collect a prize for each one from your local library.  For completing the challenge, each child will receive a certificate.  The challenge opened on Saturday 17^th July.  To sign up, you just need to visit your local library. 

If you would like any further information, please visit this site: https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/whats-on/annual-events/summer-reading-challenge-2021

Swimming Lessons

We are thrilled to let you know that Swimming Lessons will be starting again in the Autumn Term for our Year 5 and Year 6 children.  This will be starting with Jaguars and Chameleons who should have received a letter with details of arrangements and timings.

Awards

EYFS:

Key Stage 1:

Lower Key Stage 2:

Upper Key Stage 2:

Word Millionaires

A very big well done to our last two Word Millionaires of the year, Jacob and Sofija.  It has been wonderful to see how well our children have done with their reading this year.

Change in Menu

A reminder that there will be a new hot dinner menu for the children when they return in September.  You can view these at the following link:  https://www.whcps.org/school-dinners/.  Please note we will still offer the packed lunch (previously pic and mix) menu but this will remain unchanged.

Governor Awards

We are pleased to share with you the list of children who have been presented with Governors Awards for their wonderful efforts during this school year.  We are so proud of all of our children.

EYFS Sports Day

Last Thursday saw both Nursery and Reception take part in the final two, of our eight, Sport Day events this year.  The pupils across EYFS had put lots of effort into practicing the different events within their athletics unit of work during their PE lessons, and this hard work definitely showed! Each class/group were absolutely amazing and put 100% effort into each and every one of the activities. Again, a lot of careful planning had to go into ensuring that we were able to deliver a COVID-safe event for our EYFS pupils. Despite the Government restrictions, we were very proud to be able to invite parents and carers to share their child’s first ever Sports Day event with us at Whitehouse Community Primary School. After such a difficult year, it was fantastic to see everyone with big smiles on their faces! A big thank you to pupils, staff and spectators for making of the EYFS Sports Day events a success. 

The final results from the Reception Sports Day event were as follows:

PE Awards

Despite yet another unsettled year in which a number of changes have been implemented, one thing that hasn’t changed has been the continued enthusiasm and engagement shown by pupils during their PE lessons. Each year Mr Jordan celebrates the hard work, effort and achievements of individual pupils within PE with our annual PE awards. As with previous years, the awards go to pupils at the end of KS1 (Y2) and KS2 (Y6).

Effort and Contribution Award

The first award recognises pupils that continually give 100% effort and make excellent contributions within PE lessons. Congratulations goes to the following pupils:

End of KS1

End of KS2

PE and Sports Award

The second award celebrates two pupils fantastic achievements and persistent excellent effort, behaviour and attitude to learning within PE. The award also commends pupils commitment to PE and PE and extra-curricular sports and activities within and outside of school. The winners of this prestigious award goes to:

Well done to all of you, this was thoroughly deserved!

School Games Mark Framework 2020/21

Unfortunately, due to Government restrictions and lockdowns, this year we haven’t been able to attend the usual vast array of School Games competitions, festivals and events. However, to ensure that pupils remain active and fully engaged in the Schools Games provision, a number of Virtual Challenges have taken place instead. As result, we are very proud to announce that after all our hard work and effort within PE this year that as a school we have received the School Games Mark Framework 2020/21.  This award has been presented to us in recognition for our engagement in the School Games provision throughout the year. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank all of our pupils that have been involved in any of Virtual PE Challenges, both in school and as part of ‘at home’ learning. We would also like to thank staff for their effort in supporting the delivery of the Virtual events, and lastly to parents/carers for all of your continued support.

Thank You

A big thank you to Greggs Foundation for their continued assistance which has enabled us to support more families this year with some extra Aldi vouchers.  Their help is very much appreciated.

Ipswich Borough Council iCards

We are pleased to let you know Ipswich Borough Council have announced their Summer Holiday Programme, which will take place in their facilities and parks across Ipswich from Wednesday 21^st July to Tuesday 31^st August.  There will be a great variety of activities available including Xtreme

Active, Junior jet Skis and Sea Scooters, ITFC Summer Camps and much more.    You can view the full programme here: https://www.ipswichfit.co.uk/summer-holiday-programme/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=email2&utm_campaign=summericard21&mc_cid=cbd6f90ac1&mc_eid=UNIQID The council are also pleased to confirm they are again offering their Summer Holiday iCards, which enable children to access the full programme for free.  This free card is available for all pupils at Whitehouse.   If you would like to apply for an iCard for your child, you need

 to go to the following site: https://sportbookings.ipswich.gov.uk/myipswichfit/identity/login?signin=2353545b02570043707174889833a685

Dates for the Diary

           Wednesday 21^st July – Start of the Summer Holiday

Wednesday 1^st September – PD Day (School Closed to Children)

Thursday 2^nd September – First Day of the Autumn Term for Children

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

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

Friday 17^th December – Last Day of Autumn Term

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