Hutton CE Primary School
Church Lane Hutton Weston-super-Mare
North Somerset BS24 9SN
Telephone: 01934 812852 Fax :01934 811820
hutton.pri@n-somerset.gov.uk
www.huttonceprimaryschool.co.uk
Headteacher: Mrs L Amos
Deputy Head: Mrs H Howe
Believe, Achieve,
Succeed. In our
hands we hold the
future.
March 2014
Dear Parent/Carer
We have again had an exciting and busy term. Below is a synopsis of a host of activities that
we have been taking part in.
Dancing at the Playhouse
Both Y3 and Y6 have danced at the playhouse this term. Y3 as part of the ‘Dance your Socks
off’ event, and Y6 as part of the ‘North Somerset Dance Festival’. Both classes made us very
proud - not only with their fabulous dancing but also with their excellent behaviour. Well
done Miss Harris and Miss Farnell for all your hard work in preparing the pupils.
Y6 Carducci Concert
Y6 were lucky enough to attend Churchill Academy last week to watch a concert given by the
Carducci String Quartet. This was a wonderful opportunity for children to see music
performed live by a professional group of musicians.
‘Son’ of STAR time
This term has seen a spin off from our STAR time activities where parents and members of
the community come and share their hobbies and skills with the KS2 pupils. This term we
have run ‘son of star time’ where the pupils share their skills. The Y6 pupils have been
running a host of exciting activities; chess, design technology, crochet, origami, sewing,
learning about myths and legends, cartoon drawing, singing, learning languages- Greek,
Hungarian and sign language, ICT skills, running, skipping and table tennis! What a talented
group of students we have! The Y6 have written lesson plans and planned their half hour time
slots carefully. All the staff have been most impressed with their talents and their
organisational abilities. Well done Y6!
RNLI Visit
Year 1 and Year 2 were fascinated listening to members of the RNLI who came to talk to
them. They enjoyed looking at the uniforms and the various boats that they used.
Cooking
This term has seen a re-launch of our cooking activities in school. Miss Hardwidge is going to
be cooking with each group of pupils in turn. We have designed a variety of dishes for each
class to prepare over the course of the year- with the aim that we will discover some
talented chefs amongst our pupils!
Y4 Residential
Year 4 enjoyed three days away learning all about the Romans on their residential trip to
Dorset. This included; dressing up and learning about the armour that Romans soldiers wore,
looking at Roman technology such as bridges and aqueducts, examining their clay pots,
mosaics and weaving and cooking Roman food. Team building skills were developed throughout
and a great time was had by all!
Badminton School Science Visit
We had our annual visit from Badminton School from Bristol who came and conducted some
wonderful experiments for us, including using liquid nitrogen!
World Book Day
What a fabulous sight with everyone dressed as their favourite story characters! I enjoyed
reading ’The giraffe who got in a knot’ to several year groups, who loved the rhythm and
rhyme of the story. I hope the day has inspired the children, and you, to share books
regularly with your child- there is nothing better than listening to a bedtime story - and
often listening rather than the decoding is what gives children the love of books!
Y6 Ancient Greece Museum
This term the children in Y6 have been learning about Ancient Greece. The topic culminated
in the transformation of their classroom into an Ancient Greece Museum. Visitors to the
museum were treated to food tasting, an opportunity to ‘dress as an Ancient Greek’ as well
as learning all about the gods and goddesses, myths and legends and taking part in a mini
Olympics.
Sports Relief
The pupils have been organising a sponsored run for Sports relief which they have just taken
part in last Friday. Each year group ran around a track on the school field. They all seemed to
enjoy it, and most year groups managed to dodge the rain! We are discovering some super
cross country runners amongst our pupils with the help of our sports coach Chris Millard. We
have raised a staggering £725 so far with some more still to come in. Well done everyone!
PTFA Quiz
A huge thank you to Darren and Kirsty Clements, and Tina Baylis for making our quiz night
such a success. Darren did an excellent job as quiz master with a fascinating range of
questions – some to suit everyone! Tina and Kirsty were in charge of the drinks and our
jacket potato supper! A great night was had by all and they raised a fantastic £373.70 for
the PTFA, which will be spent on things for our children.
Hospice Fundraiser
The HAWK councillors are very keen to fundraise for the hospice. Last term I postponed
their request as Hi Council were running the soup kitchen in aid of the Philippine Disaster
(which was an immediate response at that particular time). Although it is quite close to the
sponsored event for Sports Relief I have given them permission to hold a mufti day on Friday
4th April. Children just need to wear their own clothes and bring a small donation to school.
When children have the spontaneous wish to help others it is really hard to decline them and
knock back their enthusiasm. So, I apologise that there are two events quite close together
that we are asking you to donate to, but I hope you understand why.
Staffing
For part of term 4 and all of term 5 we welcome the arrival of more student teachers. Miss
Griffin will be in Year 2 and Miss Buckley in Year 5.
Staff Change
Some of you may have heard that Mrs Howe is going to retire (early!) at the end of this
school year. She has an exciting adventure ahead of her as she is emigrating to the
Netherlands. We, however, will greatly miss her! She has made a fabulous contribution to
school over the past seven years.
The Deputy post is currently being advertised for September and I will keep you updated
with regard to the appointment when it is made.
Luci Amos
Governor Update
The Governors have been very busy since January undertaking various activities in school and
supporting class visits.
Governors have contributed to the Mystery Reader programme and made very welcome by
Reception class children. A number of meetings between Governors and Teacher subject
leaders have taken place. This also involves jointly writing and presenting Annual Reports to
the Curriculum and Standards Committee Meetings.
Involvement in the Catapult Project and Science with Year 2’s looking at “ Growth and
change” and “Differences between Animals and Humans” plus Messy Church, Collective
Worship, Celebration Assembly’s and Church services.
There have been Behaviour and Lesson Observation visits carried out recently, in addition to
regular support to one of the Pupil Voice groups every Thursday, plus sewing with the
children in various classes.
Outside of school Governors have accompanied KS2 children to the Pantomime at the
Playhouse and a visit to Churchill Academy to listen to a String Quartet.
As you can see Governors play a very active part in school life and I hope this provides a
flavour of how involved and interested they are in the day to day activities and learning of all
the pupils at Hutton Primary School.
Kay Allen
Chair of Governors