Hitherfield Herald Number 0485 www.hitherfield.co.uk 8th November 2019

Twitter: @Hitherfield15

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tuesday 12th November - Flu immunisation Rec to Year 6

Tuesday 12th November – 2 Mongoose Class Assembly & Open Morning

Wednesday 13th November – Year 5 Horniman Museum

Thursday 14th November – Year 3 Kew Gardens

Thursday 14th November - Vision Screening for Reception and

some Year 1

Thursday 14th November – 6 Puffin Class Assembly & Open Morning

Monday 18th November – Hedgehog to Southbank Art Project

Tuesday 19th November – 3 Macaw Class Assembly

& Open Morning

Monday 11th – Friday 15th – Anti Bullying Week

Thursday 21st November – Bike Market

Thursday 21st November – Puffin trip to The British Museum

Thursday 21st November – 5 Otter Class Assembly & Open Morning

Thursday 28th November - Wednesday 4th December – Scholastic

Book Fair

Thursday 28th Wolverine trip to The British Museum

Thursday 5th December – Orca trip to The British Museum

Friday 13th December – Christmas Fair

Attendance News Well done Hitherfield

Our attendance was 96.8 % this week.

This week we wanted to celebrate the classes with the best

attendance, so well done to…

Tadpole in Nursery, Kookaburra in Reception, Sunbird in Year

1, Hummingbird in Year 2, Anaconda in Year 3, Flamingo in

Year 4, Otter in Year 5 and Orca in Year 6

Congratulations to these children who have really impressed

their Teachers this week.

Rec Platypus

Nellie Caffrey-Bennett

Rec Koala

Sophia Wells

Rec Kookaburra

Fred Holvey-Brand

1 Cobra

Double names next week

1 Sunbird

Double names next week

1 Dugong

Double names next week

2 Manatee

Lola Gonzalez-Coles And Aisha Mahad

2 Mongoose

Lucy Thomas and Lisan Ghedai

2 Hummingbird

Eliza Cockburn and Trequan Ramsay

3 Jaguar

Diego Gerardo Lopes

3 Macaw

Sophia Legra

3 Anaconda

Marlee Goodyear & Filip Ojczyk

4 Hippopotamus

Felix Chima & Zack Xasan

4 Flamingo

Lina Mekerri & Romel Benjamin

4 Cheetah

Allan Zambrana & Harry Hopkirk

5 Kingfisher

Fergus Williamson

5 Hedgehog

Tylah Morrison-Fray

5 Otter

Arthur Cooper

6 Wolverine

Maryam Haque

6 Orca Marley Richards

6 Puffin

Khalood Fuad

"Don't forget to warm up this Friday after school

with a lovely hot chocolate with cream and

marshmallows from the Cabin on the Trim Trail. All

profits go to the PTA."

We are delighted that Yvonne Morris, Senior Teaching and Learning Assistant at Hitherfield, was recognised by the charity SUSTRANS for her work supporting an Air Quality Project with the Hitherfield Eco Ambassadors. Last year the Eco Ambassadors used diffusion tubes to monitor the pollution around the school over several months and analysed the data. They also looked at ways of combating air pollution from vehicles, for example, finding greener routes to walk to school, promoting cycling and scooting and just this week campaigning for Anti Idling. The children were so passionate about the problem that they wrote to the Mayor of London and asked him what he was doing about it. His reply was personal and detailed and was published in the Herald as well as in the Love Lambeth magazine. They did lots of other things too including an air quality project with six other schools in Europe so SUSTRANS decided that they would like to recognise the achievements that Yvonne made with the children by presenting her with a School Champion Award 2019 for exceptional contribution to Sustrans and the Community. We are delighted for Yvonne and send her our congratulations.

Hitherfield’s Maths Challenge

Well done to Leon (Manatee) for completing the challenge. You will receive a

maths sticker in the Good News assembly next week. Don’t forget you can

email the completed maths challenges to the main school office or drop them

off their too.

This week’s maths challenge:

Maths Glossary:

Multiple = A multiple is the product of

multiplying a number by another integer

(whole number) not by a fraction. So for

example: 12 is a multiple of 3 because 3 x 4

= 12.

If you have any Maths words or concepts

that you would like explaining, please let

us know.

Remembrance Sunday

Our two school council co-leads will be laying a wreath on behalf of Hitherfield Primary School and Children’s

Centre at the Streatham War Memorial. Please join them, Mr Ashley-Jones, Jacinta and Mr Hooberman our

Chair of Governors, at the Streatham War Memorial from 10:30am on Sunday 10th November.

Hitherfield Herald Online Safety Corner

Are you worried because you child has

downloaded an app you have never heard of

and you have no idea what it is?

If your child has downloaded an app that you’d like to know more about, Common

Sense Media (https://www.commonsensemedia.org/) has a large array of reviews on

a range of apps, media and YouTube channels that will help you understand the risks,

and get an idea of what other people think about that app as well.

O2 and the NSPCC have also collaborated to create the website Net Aware

(https://www.net-aware.org.uk/) which offers a guide to the social networks your kids

use, and allows parents to stay up to date and keep their children safe in today's

digital world.

Visit these websites today to find out more about those unknown apps!

Low Cost/No Cost Family Fun in London

Please look at organisations’ websites to double check times and arrangements

The Lord Mayor’s Show, City of London,

Saturday 9th November 2019 11am onwards FREE

Nearest stations: St Paul’s, Mansion House, Bank, Blackfriars

www.lordmayorsshow.london

The Lord Mayor’s Show is 804 years old! The modern Show is a joyful and diverse civic parade of over 6000 people, with dozens of marching bands, military detachments, carriages, dance troupes, inflatables,

giant contraptions and ceremonial displays. Every year is different and surprising, combining London’s ancient pomp, rowdy patchwork heritage and modern dynamism to create a spectacle unlike anything

else in the world. The Show runs from 11 onwards in the City of London but to get the best view you need to get there by about 10.15. The procession runs from Mansion House (at Bank Junction) to the Royal Courts (on the Strand) and back again, then there are guided walks and family entertainment all day.

Celebrate the City: Lord Mayor’s Show Family Festival Museum of London, London Wall

Saturday 9th November 12 – 4pm FREE www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london

Continue the fun of the Lord Mayor's Show with an afternoon packed full of activities to explore fantastic things about London. This year the theme for our activities is ‘The London that never was’. Come and explore

stories of London – past, present and future – that will change how you view the city forever! We have lots of friends from over the City of London and creative partners joining us. Discover the history of Salters’ Hall and help them create a new building, then chat to Tower Bridge about the plans for the bridge which were never

realised. Settle in for a story about London’s ‘Eiffel Tower’ or chill out with some beastly books and hear about London’s wild side with Culture Mile. With plenty of free things for all ages, everyone can continue

revelling in the festive atmosphere.

Remembrance Sunday Activities Sunday 10th November FREE

National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE www.npg.org.uk

To commemorate Remembrance Sunday, join us for a family day of reflection through craft and

storytelling activities including:

Make a poppy

Main Hall Drop in, 11.05-13.00 and 14.00-16.00

Create a paper poppy and add your own message of remembrance.

Storytelling Room 31

Drop in, 11.05-11.25, 12.00-12.20 and 13.30-13.50

Join a storyteller to hear about the life of Anna Zinkeisen and how she combined her creativity as a

painter with her work with the St John Ambulance during the Second World War.

Krafty Kids at Pop Brixton

Saturday 9th November 11 – 1230 FREE (limited space)

Pop Brixton, 49 Brixton Station Road, SW9 8PQ

www.popbrixton.org; www.julianieto.com/saturday-morning-pop-brixton

Age 4+ parent/guardian must accompany children at all times

Bring the little ones every Saturday morning for a free art and crafts class hosted by our Krafty Kids art teacher Julia, where they'll learn how to make lots of unique arts and crafts (construction,

painting, drawing, 3D art, modelling, paper art..). Each week is different and each week is fun! The class takes place upstairs inside the greenhouse. Please arrive 5min before the start of the class. Material provided but an apron or old tee shirt can be very welcome. Remember that the

activity can get messy.