Haltwhistle Academy Newsletter
Character building highs!
There have been so many moments this week that we have stopped, smiled and and just enjoyed your amazing children! The week has been packed with so many fantastic character building opportunities from the Sports Day events and Swimming Galas, to our Aladdin rehearsals and our brand new, and unforgettable Year 6 residential trip to Ford Castle. Every event challenged and developed the teamwork skills, resilience, confidence and behaviours that children need to succeed in a wider society, and it was a complete joy to see the children really rise to that challenge!
We also appreciated the opportunity to meet with parents once again. Thank you to everyone who supported at the sports events and attended the Reception and Year 1 transition meetings and coffee morning this week.
Growing beans!
From planting ,growing, caring for ,watering,watching them grow to picking , shelling ,cooking and eating...
KS1 Sports Day
Key Stage 1 enjoyed their sports day on Tuesday afternoon. We saw some fabulous throwing, catching, jumping and running. Everyone really gave each event their all, cheered their friends on and waited patiently when others had their turn. We are extremely proud of them! The children also thoroughly enjoyed watching some very competitive parent races and loved helping their little brothers and sisters in the toddler race.
LKS2 Sports Day
It was lovely to see the children in years 3 and 4 cheering each other on at their Sports Day on Tuesday. The children showed great teamwork displaying: determination, perseverance and resilience to complete each activity. This children enjoyed a very well earn lolly at the end of the events while we had 2 competitive parents race, a toddler race and teachers egg and spoon race.
It was lovely to see so many children enjoying the events with big smiles on their faces to do their best. Many thanks to all of the parents/grandparents who supported our sports day. It was a lovely morning
UKS2 Sports Day
Today our amazing Year 5 and 6 children set the ball rolling with the first sports day on our primary site. They showed amazing teamwork, listened well and were a credit to parents and the school with their exceptional behaviour.
A big thank you to all parents for supporting the children and cheering them on, and for their support for staff during their race. It was also fantastic to have some parental participation in some of the races too. A brilliant, memorable afternoon.
Ebony's Charity Fundraiser
Congratulations to Ebony who completed the fantastic achievement of climbing Ben Nevis last weekend. Ebony chose to climb highest mountain in Britain to raise money for Macmillan Cancer, a charity close to her families heart. So far she has raised over £600!
If you would like to make a contribution towards Ebony's fundraising total, you can make a donation through her just giving page:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ebony-watson1
Well done Ebony and Lily. What a wonderful achievement and contribution to this very worthwhile cause.
Leavers Hoodies
Our wonderful Year 6 children very smartly modelling their school leavers hoodies. An array of colours to match the array of personalities. The children can wear their hoodies during the final week of school, instead of their school jumpers, with school school trousers and polo shirts.
Please note the change of web address for our school uniform supplier (this is the same supplier, they have reorganised their website). Emblematic have advised us that all orders are processed daily and are dependant on stock availability from their suppliers. Due to some supply issues, some orders may take longer than 28 days to deliver. They advise placing orders as early as possible for the new school year.
Please could we also remind parents that leggings are not part of our school uniform (see below). Leggings may be used as part of the PE uniform, but should not be used for daily wear in the classroom.
Uniform recycling needs
We are short of:
school jumpers and cardigans in all sizes and
PE kit in larger sizes
for our uniform recycling. If you any of these items, and they are suitable for recycling to another child, please could you bring these to the school office.
Uniform recycling requests
If you would like items of uniform from our recycling bank in preparation for the new school year, please use this form (follow link) to make a request.
Skills Builder - Teamwork
Well done to this weeks smiley award winners and to all the children who participated so brilliantly at our Sports Day events and to those who have already taken part in our summer swimming gala. It's been quite a fun-filled and action packed week of competition and we'd like to thank each and every child for taking part with great a great sporting attitude and friendly competitive spirit!
Attendance Matters
Attendance Matters
As we continue to recover from the disruption to children’s education caused by the pandemic, it is now more important than ever that children’s attendance is good or better. Every second in school counts, as missing school, whether by being late or taking unnecessary days off, creates more new learning gaps which need to addressed. The best way you can support your child to recover from the lost school time of recent years is to ensure they are in school and ready to learn every day.
We want every child's attendance to be good. This means 96%+. This weeks year group attendance figures:
Well done Year 6 - 100% attendance this week, what a fantastic achievement! There's a special attendance treat on it's way to you next week!
We have received an increased number of holiday request forms in recent weeks. Please do not take your child out of school during term time as it disrupts your child’s learning and you risk financial penalties. Please could we urge parents to book holidays during the 13 weeks of annual school holidays that are available each year. Unfortunately we are unable to authorise leave from school except in EXCEPTIONAL circumstances.
If leave has not been authorised and your child is out of school then you may receive a minimum fine of £60 per child, per parent. If the time out of school makes your child’s attendance drop below 90% then they are known as persistently absent under the governments attendance definitions. This means that you may face prosecution through the courts.
Please help us to help your child catch up by ensuring they are in school and ready to learn every day.
Haltwhistle Library Summer Reading Challenge
Are you looking for something to do during the holidays? Come along to Haltwhistle Library and join us for the Summer Reading Challenge. Get ready for the Gadgeteers a Science and innovation themed challenge which will also be available online.
The Summer Reading Challenge is open to all primary school children and is designed for all reading abilities.
The format for the challenge is that children can take part in 3 planned activity sessions over the holidays and borrow 2 books per visit to complete the challenge and be awarded their medal.
Sign up for free during the summer holidays.
Opening times are
Mon-Fri 10-1 then 1.30-4.30
Saturday 10-1
Dinner @ Haltwhistle Methodist Church (Summer holidays)
On the following dates there will be a hot meal provided for Children and Young People at Haltwhistle Methodist church. Ayesha (from youth club) will be there as a friendly face. If you would like to join us for 'dinner' please contact Ayesha by 12noon the day before on 07835163927 or via Facebook-Haltwhistleyoungandsweet. Meals will be served at 3.30pm on Tuesday 2nd , 9th , 16th, 23rd, 30th of August.
Calendar of Events - Please scroll to see all dates
Our Parent Calendar provides LIVE dates several months ahead. This can be accessed on our school website and can be added to your phone calendar to you are always aware of forthcoming events.
Our school designated safeguarding leads are Susie Drake, Tony Irvine, Michelle Brewster and Bethan Alsopp