Hartley Primary Academy Newsletter

July 2022

Principal's Welcome

Dear Parents/Carers,

This year has flown by and suddenly we are here again, waving off another wonderful group of Year 6 pupils as they embark on the next exciting part of their journey. This final term has been incredibly busy for everyone in school, but Year 6 have probably topped the list with preparing a fabulous production of 'Super Stan', an amazing PYP exhibition and their rather emotional Leaver's assembly - well done year 6, you have done us and yourselves proud and we wish you lots of luck at your secondary schools.

The rest of the school has also been pretty busy, with Enterprise Week, Music Week and Sports Week, all on top of their usual learning! Lot's of fun has been had by all and hopefully the children have all made some great memories alongside their learning.

Moving forward, we are hoping to create more opportunities for parents to be involved with school on a more regular basis. There will be 'stay and play' sessions, subject workshops and wellbeing coffee mornings across the year and we look forward to seeing you there if you can join us! We are also planning more trips, visitors and extra curricular activities for the children to enhance and support our curriculum. We would love to have parents join us to share information with the children about their careers, religious festivals/practices and other special events or information that can support the children in learning about the wider world beyond school. If you think you would be interested in coming in to talk to the children, either in a class or assembly, please do let us know!

In the meantime, have a wonderful and safe summer. We look forward to seeing all of the children back in school on Friday 2nd September.

Kind regards

Nicole Galinis

Principal

New start time!

As per my previous letter, please note the new start time will be 8.45am from September. Currently 9am is our official start time and it is only after this time that children are counted as being late to school. From September they need to be in by 8.45am for registration. The gates will be unlocked at 8.35am to allow 10 minutes to walk your child/ren to their classroom/s. Classrooms can be accessed from 8.40am. Most people already arrive in time for an 8.45am start so we cannot see this posing too much of a problem, but we will monitor how this works and make changes if needs be.

Dates for the diary

(please note these are subject to change but we will inform you as soon as possible if this is necessary)

Tuesday 30 August – INSET – school closed to pupils
Wednesday 31 August – INSET – school closed to pupils
Thursday 1st September – INSET - school closed to pupils
Friday 2nd September - Start of Term 1
Friday 16th September - 2-3pm Stay and Play for parents/carers of Years 1 to 6 pupils
Friday 23rd September - Jeans for Genes day
Wednesday 28th September - Sports Day (KS2 a.m, KS1 p.m)
Friday 30th September - Macmillan coffee morning
Thursday 6th October - Individual and sibling photos
w/b 10th October - last week for clubs & parents invited to attend
w/b 17th October - Academic Review week
Friday 21st October - Last day of Term (normal finish time)
Half Term: Monday 24 October – Friday 4 November

Classes and teachers for 2022/23

Nursery

Manager - Miss Elishia Nicholls Nursery Assistants - Mrs Caroline Clarke, Mrs Sabita Lohani

Reception

Apple Tree Class Teacher - Mrs Michele Crawford Cherry Tree Class Teachers - Mrs Emma Green & Mrs Suzanne Bainbridge

Teaching Assistants - Mrs Jane Thompson, Mrs Emma Jackson, Mrs Rebecca Finney

Year 1

Elm Class Teacher - Mrs Kerry Lawford Oak Class Teacher - Mrs Angie Creed

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) - Mrs Louise Welch Teaching Assistants - Mrs Donna Osmond, Mrs Clare Stevens

Year 2

Beech Class Teacher - Miss Paige Beck Sycamore Class Teacher - Miss Natalie Gould

Teaching Assistants - Miss Emma Burgess, Mrs Lucie Gidley, Mrs Lisa Sullivan

Year 3

Ash Class Teacher - Mrs Diana Wallace Maple Class Teachers - Mrs Louisa McGilvray & Mrs Lisa Fewell

Teaching Assistants - Mrs Paula Seagers, Mrs Kerry Kilshaw, Mrs Liz Hay

Year 4

Rowan Class Teacher - Mr Kevin Parrick Willow Class Teacher - Mrs Sophie Smith

HLTA - Mrs Annette Larson Teaching Assistants - Mrs Juliana Nichol, Mrs Jocelyn Olley, Miss Amy Towers

Year 5

Chestnut Class Teacher - Miss Hardeep Sangha Silver Birch Class Teacher - Miss Lauren Anderson

Teaching Assistants - Mrs Julie Drury, Mrs Laura Smith, Mrs Kayt Bruce

Year 6

Cedar Class Teacher - Mrs Faye Palmer Redwood Class Teacher - Miss Ruby Tennant

HLTA - Mrs Annette Larson Teaching Assistants - Mrs Nichola Wickens, Mrs Tina Masters

Enterprise Week

During ‘Enterprise Week’, every year group was challenged to design, make, advertise and market a product to sell for a profit. We had some wonderful badges, bracelets and biscuits, along with many other ingenious ideas and the children have been able to choose what they want to spend their profits on. Some have chosen to buy playtime equipment or toys for during wet-play, while others decided to spend it on ice creams!

Overall, congratulations go to Year 5 who made the most profit during the week: they chose to make and sell friendship bracelets, seed bombs and home-made bird feeders. The children in Chestnut and Silver Birch decided that they would like to celebrate their win by wearing non-school uniform, watching a movie and enjoying some sweets and ice lollies. It was also decided by the children that they would donate the majority of their profit (nearly £100!) to Cancer Research. We are extremely proud of their caring and generous decision to donate their profits to what we're sure you will agree is a very worthy cause!

LAT Cricket Competition

On Friday 1st July, Miss Tennant and Mrs Bruce had the pleasure of taking ten Year 6 students to the LAT Cricket Competition, held at Bexley Cricket Club. It was a fantastic day, where children were given the chance to play several other primary schools and receive coaching from some ex-England cricket players. The children showed huge improvements in their cricket skills throughout the day, but also supported their teammates and showed excellent resilience and sportsmanship. They were a real credit to the school.

School Uniform

Please make sure your child is wearing the correct school uniform. If you are unsure what they should be wearing please see below. Some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils have modelled the correct uniform beautifully! Please note that trainers are not acceptable unless it is a P.E. day. If your child needs to wear trainers for a day while you find/replace their school shoes then please send in a note to explain.

Uniform

Grey or black trousers/tailored shorts/skirt or pinafore dress/summer dress – red check.
White shirt/polo shirt – which must be worn tucked in.
Red sweatshirt/cardigan/fleece.
Black shoes – not trainers. No open toed or backless shoes.
Grey/black/white socks or red/grey/black tights.

PE & Games Uniform

Children should come to school wearing their P.E kit on P.E days. Parents will be informed about which days their child has P.E on, via the Year Group newsletters at the start of the year.

PE Kit

Black shorts or black tracksuit (plain black with no patterns, stripes or large logos).
Both top and bottoms should be black. The only alternative to a black sweatshirt or hoody is to wear a red school sweatshirt or fleece.
P.E. T-shirt in House colours: Leopards – Green, Lions – Red, Pumas – Blue, Tigers – Yellow
Trainers (velcro fastening for children who are unable to tie their own laces please.)

Jewellery such as watches and stud earrings must be removed and hair must be tied back. If earrings cannot be removed then tape should be provided to cover earrings during P.E. Children will need to put this on and remove it themselves.

P.E. uniform

School uniform

Summer fun at Lullingstone Country Park

If you are looking for something to do over the summer, why not join in with some of the activities at Lullingstone. This is the country park where our forset ranger Donna works so the children might even get to see her there! These are just a few of the activities available - visit kent.gov.uk/countryparks for details of these and more!

Reconnect Kent

There are lots of great free opportunities and ideas from 'Reconnect Kent' this summer. You should have received an email with a flyer of all of the offers and opportunities, but if you didn't you can discover more at kent.gov.uk/reconnect

Summer reading challenge

We would encourage children to read as much a possibleover the holidays and what better way to encourage them than by joining in with the summer reading challenge at your local library? You can join in at any library and it's totally free of charge!

Free online catch-up classes

This is an amazing offer from Invicta national Academy - if you think your child would benefit from some addition classes over the summer you can sign up at invictaacademy.com

Free School Meals

If your child is under 19 and in full-time education, you may be able to get free school meals for them if you receive certain benefits. The quickest and easiest way to check whether your child is eligible for free school meals and to apply is via the KCC website:

https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals

If your child is already registered for free school meals, you do not need to reapply. If you’re not sure whether your child is already registered, please call the school and we can check our records, or you can contact KCC on 03000 416464.