Clarence Road,Four Oaks,

Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 4LD

Telephone: 0121 308 5392 Fax: 0121 308 5061

DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES

Wed 4th July Year 6 induction day at secondary schools

Activity Afternoon for new Reception

Transition Parents Meeting for R/2/6 (Fiona) KS1 Hall

Fri 6th July Activity Afternoon for new Reception

Reports go out to Parents

Mufti Day

Sun 8th July PTFA Summer Fair (please come in your wellingtons and anoraks)

Mon 9th July Leavers Assembly – am and pm for children

KS1 and KS2 “Drop In” Parent Consultations 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm

Tue 10th July PTFA Meeting – 7.30 pm

Wed 11th July Leavers Assembly – 9.00 am – KS1 hall

Thurs 12th July Sports Day

Leavers Assembly – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall

Fri 13th July Activity morning with Lunch for New Reception

Tue 17th July Awards/Attendance Ceremonies – 9.00 am KS2 – 2.30 pm KS1

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall

Wed 18th July “Year 6 Leavers” Lunch

Fri 20th July PARTY AFTERNOON

BREAK UP FOR SUMMER HOLIDAY

Mon 3rd Sept PUPILS RETURN TO SCHOOL

Wednesday 4th July 2012

HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS

We would like to wish our

children and parents a very happy summer holiday. We

look forward to seeing you all again in September

It is with sadness that we say goodbye to:

Mr Pattinson who is joining the staff at Mere Green

Combined School

Mr Cross who will be teaching in Cairo next year

We wish them all well for the future and thank them for their hard work and dedication during the time they spent

at Hill West.

Summer Choir Workshops

Richard Jeffries and Helen Willetts will be running summer school singing workshops during

the holidays open to children, parents and grandparents.

Reception and Year 1- 3rd August 10.00am to 1.00pm

Year 2 and 3 - 7th to 9th August 10.00am to 3.00pm

Year 4, 5, 6 - 23rd to 27th July 10.00am to 3.00pm

Flyers have been sent home but please contact Mr Jeffries if you would like to know more on

07736 318 340

LOST PROPERTY

On the last Friday of term all lost property will be displayed outside

on the parents’ seating area. If you know that your child has

mislaid an item of clothing could I kindly ask you to come along

and look through.

Unfortunately it is impossible for us to keep lost property over the

holiday and any remaining items will be

disposed of.

Congratulations to Mrs

Wilmore who gave birth

last week to a beautiful

little girl.

MUFTI DAY - FRIDAY 6th JULY

Children can wear their own clothes to school on Friday 6th July in exchange for the following:

KS1: Bottles (wine, bubble bath, soft drinks) KS2: Sweets and chocolates

All items will be used as prizes for the Tombola for our upcoming

Summer Fayre on Sunday 8th July.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Mrs Sharp will be changing role next year and will no longer be a Class Teacher but we are thrilled that she will be working part time as our Modern Foreign Language Teacher.

We would like to extend a warm

welcome to three new members of

teaching staff:

Miss Amie Hyde

Miss Leanne Rowe

Miss Lorna Shirley

WOODPECKERS Places in Woodpeckers for the new school year are very limited and if you

think you may need to use the club you MUST go into

Woodpeckers and see Mrs Curtis as soon as possible so they can confirm your places. We are already fully booked for some sessions as

our capacity is limited to 35 children. We would also like to draw your attention to the fee increase for Woodpeckers and Wagtails which is as follows:

Wagtails Woodpeckers 7:30am—8:45am £3.00 7:30m - 8:45am £3.00

3:20pm -4:30pm £3.00 3:30pm - 4:30pm £3.00 3:20pm -6:00pm £6.00 3:30pm - 6:00pm £6.00

Registration fees remain the same. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Curtis (Woodpeckers) or Miss Claire Jones (Wagtails.)

FOUR OAKS COMMUNITY FAIR

“A Local Event for Local People”

At Arthur Terry School, Kittoe Road, Sutton

Coldfield, B74 4RZ

Saturday 22nd September 2012

10.00am – 1.00pm

This is an opportunity for local residents to find

out what is going on in the community:-

Childcare, Sports clubs, Charities, Volunteering

opportunities, Local schools, Local trades people

and businesses….and much more….!

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you would like a stall at this event please

contact Amanda Lansdown

alansdown@arthurterry.bham.sch.uk

Tel: 0121 323 1121

KS1 AND 2 SCHOOL AWARDS

This year we will be celebrating the success of our children throughout

the year with trophies and certificates as usual. We will be awarding seven trophies per year

group for Literacy Achievement

Numeracy Achievement 100% Effort

Kindness Creativity

Sporting Achievement Musical Achievement

If your child is due to receive a reward you will be invited to attend via a personal letter. We will also be

awarding 100% attendance certificates

FOUR OAKS CLUSTER CHOIR The Four Oaks Cluster Choir is a real success both locally and nationally. They are through to the finals of Choir of the Year and will sing at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in October. They have recently visited all the school in the Cluster and we were amazed by the quality and talent of the performance. If your child is interested in joining the choir please contact Mr Jeffries on 07736 318 340 who will advise you how to join. Mr Jeffries is recruiting more children in September and auditions will take place at Four Oaks Primary School. We would also like to say a really big thank you to those children who performed in the Four Oaks Cluster Choir concert on Friday 22nd June. Your performance was absolutely fantastic!

GRADUATION

Our Year 6 Graduation Ceremony is

taking place this year on Tuesday 17th

July at 7.00 pm in the KS1 hall. We

would like to congratulate our Year 6

pupils and wish them every success in

the future. We look forward to

welcoming you on

the night - drinks

and

nibbles will be

available

immediately

after the

ceremony.

PTFA Summer Fair Don’t forget the Summer Fair on Sunday 8th July from 11.00am to 2.30pm. Fancy dress parade at 1..00am with Olympic theme—prizes for the best two costumes from KS1 and 2. The parade will be led by Leroy Henry who is an Olympic torch bearer!

DINNER AND MILK MONEY

FOR THE FIRST HALF OF

THE AUTUMN TERM

Dinner Money for the first half of

the Autumn Term will be £70 up to

19th October. You will receive a

note of any credits owed to you

before the end of this half term.

Milk money for KS1 children will be

£4.90 up to 19th October. Please

complete and return the request

form before the end of

term.

Please can we request that you

advise the school office of any

change to your personal details

such as a new address or change

of mobile telephone number.

If your email address changes

please let us know so we can

update Parentmail.

A form is available from the

Reception area display stand.

BEHAVIOUR FOCUS: EXCLUSION This week in the Parent Council meeting Miss Marsh outlinde the policiy and procedures regarding Discipline in school and Exclusion procedures. The Government has repeatedly

talked about increasing the powers given to teachers to deal with discipline issues. Schools

are now however, being asked to carry out a wide-range of assessments of pupils, before employing the ultimate sanction: Exlcusion.

Evaluations of pupils will consider whether the pupil has possible undiagnosed special Educational Needs, Mental Health problems or issues at home, before school’s impose a sanction of exclusion. All

these avenues are explored before the school make the final decision to exclude a pupil and ensure that

all agencies work together in order to support pupils and their families. At Hill West the decision to exclude a pupil, is never taken lightly and a thorough investigation will take place before reaching that

conclusion and ourn policy is to support families throughout this process, in order to ensure that a pupil is reintergrated back into the classroom successfully. We are fortunate that fixed term exclusions are

minimal at Hill West and always the last resort.

‘DROP IN’

PARENT’S EVENING

Monday 9th July

If you have any concerns or queries

about your child and their progress

in school, then please feel free to

attend our KS1 and KS2 ‘drop in’

parent’s evening session on

Monday 9th July from

5:00pm - 7:00pm.

INCLUSION

FOCUS:

The end of the school year

is fast approaching and we are anxious

that all children have a smooth

transition to their next class or key

stage. With this in mind and in order to

fully support your child it is important

that you let us have as much informa-

tion as possible about any special needs,

whether that be a learning, social com-

munication need or a medical issue.

We also want to ensure we give you, as

parents, any support you need. This may

be signposting you to groups outside

school that can help with family issues

or just the opportunity to have an

informal chat about a concern.

Please help us to support you and your

child.

PARTY

AFTERNOON

On the last day of school, Friday 20th

July, children should wear

their party clothes to school.

They should not, however,

bring any toys or games etc

from home.

We will end the year with

celebratory games and activities.

MEET YOUR NEW

TEACHER! The children will get the

opportunity to spend some time in

their new classrooms with their

new teacher on Monday 16th

July. We know

they will look

forward to this.

CONGRATULATIONS

Well done to our Athletes who took

part in the Cluster Sports Day on

Friday.

Hill West won 3 trophies!

A marvellous effort from all

involved.

There are lots of holiday play

schemes available in the Four

Oaks area.

www.fouroakscluster.org

www.hillwestevents.org

PARKING

Thank you to those considerate parents who park carefully when dropping or collecting their

from school.

Unfortunately we receive regular complaints from our neighbours regarding parents who park

their cars over driveways and from the Crossing Warden about cars stopping on the zig zags of

the school clearway.

Please can you park responsibly and respect the road markings.

PLEASE REMEMBER REPORTS

HAVE CHANGED

Once again this year you will access your child’s report on-line.

Letters will be issued to you via your child on Wednesday 4th July

and these will contain your secure password enabling access to the

report. This letter is extremely important as without it you will not

be able to log on to the secure area and view the

report. Although letters are being issued on Wednesday 4th July

reports will not be available to view until 12pm on Friday 6th July.

Your on-line reports will also include your child’s class and teacher

for September 2012. If your child is away on the day your password

letter will be posted.

If you do not have access to the internet then you are

welcome to come into school on the afternoon of Monday 9th July between 3:00pm -

4:00pm to collect a copy of your child’s report from the KS2 building entrance

Leave of Absence in Term Time

This week we have received an anonymous letter into school from a group of parents.

The letter advised us that although we have denied a request for leave of absence for a

particluar child the parent still clearly intends to take the child out of school and has

been making this public knowledge. Although this seems unfair on those families who

abide by school policy and government legislation I must stress that the only person

that parent is disadvantaging is her own child. By sending your children to school

everyday you are aknowledging that educaiton and learning is an important factor in

future success. It is such a shame that not all parents take their responsibility as

seriously.

YEAR SIX

LEAVERS’ PRODUCTION

Our Year 6 Leavers’ Production this

year will be held at 9.30 am on

Wednesday 11th July and 7.00 pm on

Thursday 12th July.

Further details/ticket information

will follow shortly.

You really are in for a treat!

TRANSITION PARENTS’ MEETING

This year, we are holding our annual transition evening for the parents of children

in our current Reception, Year 2 and Year 6 on

Wednesday 4th July and parents will be invited to attend at the following times:

5.30 - 6.00 Reception Parents

6.30 - 7.00 Year 2 Parents

7.30 - 8.00 Year 6 Parents

We hope to see as many of you as possible

SPORTS DAY

Owing to very wet grounds our Sports Day has been rescheduled for

Thursday 12th July for all of our pupils (weather permitting)

The last race of the day will be an obstacle race especially for our

Parents. We hope you can join us and look forward to seeing you!

KS2 - 9.30 am KS1 - 1.15 pm

Can you please bring in

any unwanted PE

clothing or pumps for

use as spare kits in

school.

Many thanks.

RETIRING COLLECTION BOXES

All proceeds collected following

events held at Hill West this summer

will be donated to Free the Children

who we have been supporting this

year.

Please bring any spare change along

to parent events to help us raise as

much as possible.

It’s been an extremely busy

term for year 6—we can’t

quite believe we only have a

few weeks left at Hill West!

Since completing our SATs

tests we have been working

furiously on our Leavers’

Production and making the

most of our last weeks at

our school.

Recently we spent some time

reflecting on our

funniest and

fondest memories….

I remember my very first day at Hill West. Me and Samuel

came into Swifts at the same time so everyone thought we

were brother and sister!

A clear memory of mine was when I called Mr Horobin “Mummy” in

year 3...I don't know what got into me!

My favourite memory was when Mrs Willmore

announced that she was pregnant—everyone got so

excited and started `jumping around!

The best thing about

Hill West is making new

friends throughout the

years and working as a

team in lessons.

From Mrs Williams in

Reception to Mrs Cook in year

6, my Hill West experience

has been great. I remember at

Bockleton everybody was

really supportive on the

zipwire and climbing wall. This

class is always there for each

other so it will be sad to leave.

I came in year 4 and

was in Squirrels. On

my first day I went up

in Birthday Assembly

and showed some

random rocks which

weren't interesting!

Year 1 was the first year I started at this school. I

remember the time we went to the theatre and the big giant scared the life out of me! It would never scare me now!

I’ll never forget when Miss Clarke fell in a puddle of

cow poo at Bockleton!

In year 1 we were making patterns on

clay. They were drying at the other

side of the classroom. When Emily

said that they weren’t dry yet I

insisted that they were, picking up

hers and bending it to show her how

sturdy it was. Unfortunately, it broke

in two and she immediately started

crying...oops!

I really enjoyed it when I was Miss Head for Teacher Takeover

day (I got to boss Mitchel around!)

At Drayton Manor we

went on Stormforce 10.

I bought a poncho and

just before the big

drop everybody started

to make holes in it! I

got DRENCHED!

My favourite memory was my first football match against Four Oaks—I scored a goal!