Mil l Hil l Primar y School

In March, our Year 5 pupils got the chance to take part in a four day ‘Residential Visit’ to Derwent Hill Outdoor Centre. The children had a great time, completing a range of challenges and tasks that tested their skill, bravery

and endurance. They succeeded in impressing everyone who worked with them, because of their great attitude and excellent manners.

The staff who accompanied them also enjoyed the

chance to work with the children in a different environment. Well done to everyone who took part...You did us proud!!

BELOW: some of our Year 5’s with the biggest tree they could find!!!!

Volume 3 Issue 1

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

Apri l 2014

The Look of Love

It has been great to see

so many of our

parents, grand parents

and family members in

school to watch the

performances each

Year Group has given

in their assembly.

We feel it is essential

that we let you see just

what your children

have been working on

across the curriculum

and to do it in the form

of an assembly allows

them to experience

’performing’ in front

of a packed audience!

This term, we had

Reception showing us

their take on the

season of ’Winter’.

We also joined Year 3

for their portrayal of

’A day in the life of

Year 3’ and this week,

has allowed Year 5 to

demonstrate their

knowledge and

understanding of

Space! Well done to

everyone who took

part, a big thank you

to staff for their hard

work in getting the

show onto the stage

and many thanks to all

of you who came

along and made each

assembly a special

one.

EASTER NEWSLETTER

Daydream Believer On February 28th, we were all full of anticipation for the big day! We had our ‘Red & White Day’ here at Mill Hill, to show our support for

Gus and the Boys as they prepared for the Capital One Final. We had lots of activities in school, face painting, red and white biscuits

and we even showed the 1973 FA cup final, in the hope that it would bring Sunderland a bit of luck……..

Bicycle Race

A big thank you to Dr. Bike aka Mark O’Keeffe, for his excellent work/support this term. As the light nights and good weather approach, it has been great to get Mark’s help in ensuring that our children can ride their bikes safely. This has been in many forms, our Year 6 children enjoyed a great day at Herrington Park, our younger pupils had a ’Stabiliser Free’ day and Dr. Bike set up his workshop to give any bike brought in a ’service’ free of charge.

WORD UP

A big ‘well done’ to everyone for their efforts on ‘World Book Day’. It was great to see everyone dressed as their favourite book character and we had a fantastic day in school giving stories our complete focus! We had Theatre Works in school giving a performance of ‘Stig of the Dump’ , Steve Finley, a local poet working with Year 6 and Tony Cox, literacy consultant, worked with Year 3 on their story writing.

Page 2

Headline Quiz

A small prize for the first 3 people who can list the artists who had hits with ALL of our ‘Headlines’.

Count on Me

We have had lots of positive feedback following Mrs. Osmond’s ‘Maths Update’ sessions for parents. We recognise how important it is to keep parents up to speed with the methods we use in school and appreciate the effort made by everyone who took part.

Volume 3 Issue 1

ANGELS

As we approach Easter, we were pleased to accept the offer made by St. Matthews ‘School /Parish ‘ team to work with our Year 6 children. The focus of their work was The Easter Story. Our pupils met the team at the church and were able to use the paintings, images and icons around the church to explore in detail the events of the story.

The Modern World

In our drive to ensure that Mill Hill Pri-mary School prepares its pupils for whole life learning, we have invested in a brand new ICT suite. We were lucky enough to have the official opening ceremony car-ried out by our local MP, Ms. Bridget Phillipson. As well as opening the suite, Ms. Phillipson also met with the school council for a question & answer session about her role as an MP.

Take Good Care of Yourself

Our Year 6 children got the chance to take part in the ‘Safety Works’ programme, or-ganised by the Emergency Ser-vices to highlight the risks children can encounter when they are ‘playing out’ in the community. The pupils were given an opportunity to see for themselves the dangers in such places as building sites and Metro tracks , as well as being given advice on the risks from fire. We know it is tough infor-mation for children to take on board, but we feel it is essential that we inform our young peo-ple to enable them to stay safe. Many thanks to PCSO Alex Downs for organising the trip.

Year 4 pupils in their ‘Book Character’ costumes.

Easter Newsletter

Shirley bassey/andy Williams

climb every mountain

ABC the look of love

Monkeys daydream believer

Bicycle race queen

Word up cameo

Count on me whitney Huston

Take good care of yourself

3 degrees

Angels Robbie Williams

Modern world the jam

Page 3

School

Doxford park

Mill Hi l l Pr imary School

Phone: 5536036

Fax: 555-555-5555

E-mail: someone@example.com

This would be a good place to insert a short paragraph about your organization. It might in-

clude the purpose of the organization, its mission, founding date, and a brief history. You

could also include a brief list of the types of products, services, or programs your organization

offers, the geographic area covered (for example, western U.S. or European markets), and a

profile of the types of customers or members served.

It would also be useful to include a contact name for readers who want more information about

the organization.