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A few words from the Headteacher

a full class OF TOP CLASS PARENTS AND CARERS 

Thank you for working in partnership with the school. Parents, Carers and older siblings attended the various meet the teacher events last week. Your attendance says it all - you are working with us in the best interests of the children. The slides for the KS2 classes have been sent to you incase you missed the meeting. I asked the children what they thought of the parent meetings. 

Yr3 said 'Parents can learn in school too!' 

Yr 5 said 'We all enjoyed hearing about School Journey!'

Mrs Peake  - Headteacher 

We don't have bags of space 

All children must have a school book bag – available from mandsyourschooluniform.com 

Please note that we do not have the space for many ruck-sacks to be stored in the classroom. The cloakroom area in each class are limited in space. Book bags fit inside the pupil trays and so do not take up any classroom space. If you have a particular need to bring a larger bag for days other than swimming please speak to Mrs. Peake or Mr. Moorcroft in the playground. If we have too many requests we will have to decline so please only bring in a larger bag if you really need to.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

ATTENDANCE MATTERS 

Please call the school office on 0207 720 3439 at 8.30am if your child is going to be absent so the reason can be recorded on the register and their class teacher can be made aware.We aim for all children to have at least 95% attendance. Breakfast Club entry is 8.30am. 10 to 9 is on time! It is equally important that children are collected promptly by 3.30pm at the end of the day. 
We are currently 95.85% for the whole school. Keep up the good work Herbert Morrison this is a great start to the year.

Time to talk Values

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

If you were invisible for the day, what would you do and why?

VALUE OF THE WEEK

FREEDOM

We discuss the values and question of the week in assembly. Discuss these with your child at home.

THANK YOU YOUR FEEDBACK 👍

PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS EVERY THURSDAY FOR OUR WEEKLY COMMUNICATIONS. 

Thank you to those who shared an interest in The Lion King production - we have applied for tickets and will hear back by the end of next week - watch this space! 

Thank you to those who responded regarding the online tuition. There was a limited response and not enough to make an afterschool club. We will share the information with you to access from home.

Please watch this space for information about Year 5 and 6 school journey. We are finalising the numbers and will get back to you with dates and costs as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Dates for your diary

PTA Events - for your diary

Harvest Festival Collection


The HM PTA is leading a Harvest Festival Collection for the Norwood and Brixton Food Bank, week 02 - 06 October. 


Please bring your donations to school. The collection point will be by the Pen, in the playground, at drop off and pick up. 


HMPS last collected an amazing 175.4KG of produce, let's see if we can improve on that this year. 


Urgently Needed Items:


Macmillan Coffee Morning 2023


The HM PTA is taking part in the Macmillan Coffee Morning in association with Macmillan Cancer Support

WHEN 06 October 2023

TIME 09.00

WHERE School Cabin in the Playground


You're welcome to bring a cake or something yummy to share (homemade or bought).

Invite - HM PTA Macmillan Coffee Morning


Donations can be made via justgiving or on the day

Donate - HM PTA Macmillan Coffee Morning via Justgiving


2 WEEK DIARY 

Parent/Carer events are in blue

BFC = Breakfast Club /  ASC = After School Care / BHLC = Ben Holioake Learning Centre at the Oval Cricket Ground

TERM DATES 

You asked for the Term Dates in a visual format. I have updated the website to include this presentation for you. You asked .... and we have actioned! 

Both formats are available on the school website  (follow this link to see)

ONLINE SAFETY  - What's up with Whatsapp? 

Did you know it is not for primary aged children?

The National Online Safety #WakeupWednesday is included on our X ( aka Twitter ) @HerbMorrPriSch

Please follow us and like the posts so we know we are reaching you.

Have a look at the advice for Parents and Carers on this weeks flyer and let us know if there is anything you want to know about so we can support you.

Living with teenagers course offer 

AWARDS

These children have been commended for impressive effort and excellence this week. 

They receive a special certificate, a round of applause in the celebration assembly and an entry into the Gold Book! We are very proud.

N - Pekawa and Nimah

R - Anthony and Stella 

1 - Neoma and Adam

2 - Jenayah and Rhys

3 - Jack and Rital 

4 - Aneya and Kyrylo

5 - David and Samuel

6 - Mario and Prescilla

Peer Mediators   

These are our fully trained Peer Mediators. These children volunteer to support each other in the playground. 

Need to know more ....

Find out more about the school on the school website or visit our online X page.

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Click on Herbert Morrison for the School Website or X to go to the school X ( aka Twitter) page.