Friday 30th June 2017

Africa Alive – On Monday the whole school went on a fantastic trip to Africa Alive in a convoy of 5 coaches. All the children had a fantastic time enjoying close encounters with snakes in the discovery zone, talks about animals including lions, meerkats and otters, as well as seeing lots of other magnificent animals such as giraffes, rhinos and zebras. It was lovely to see all the children enjoying themselves and interacting and supporting each other so well. A massive thank you to all the staff and parent volunteers who gave up their time to give the children a lovely experience. I would also like to say a great big thank you to the FORS for all their fundraising and to you for supporting FORS events which made the visit possible.

Cluster E-Safety Day at Rackheath A final reminder about the E-Safety Day which is being held here on Monday 3rd July. This event is aimed at Year 1 to 4 children following the success of the previous event for Year 5 and 6 and Broadland High School. The Parent Workshop which will run from 6.30pm – 8.00pm and is open to ALL PARENTS from Reception up to Year 6. Parents who attended the previous workshop described it as “invaluable” and a “real eye-opener.” As a parent myself I found it incredibly powerful and useful and would urge you all to attend if at all possible.

Sport Update – Next week is a very busy one for sport at Rackheath. On

Tuesday we have the KS2 Cluster Sports event at Broadland High School. Then

on Thursday the 6th the school football team are taking part in their second

finals day for football in North Norfolk. We finish the week with the Year 2 mixed

football team taking part in a fun tournament at the FDC.

Reports – Staff are working hard on the end of year

reports at the moment. As we have the Summer Fair

on Friday 14th July we will now be sending reports out

on Monday 17th July. Year 1, Year 2 and Year 6 reports

will include results from their national assessments as

well as a letter explaining what the results mean.

Clubs We are coming towards the end of clubs for this year. Next week there will be no choir or multi-skills on Monday as staff are in a workshop linked to E-Safety. The last date for choir and multi-skills will be Monday 10

th July.

Athletics clubs and netball club finished this week while the last cross Country Club will be on Friday 7

th July.

Trinity Trosh – The church led event, the Trinity Trosh, is taking place next Saturday. On Friday 7th July they are putting up gazebos in the church car park so this will not be open to parents collecting at the end of the school day on Friday afternoon. If anyone is able to help the church volunteers with setting up please let the school know.

Summer Fayre – Our Summer Fayre is on Friday 14th July running between 2pm and 5pm. A letter with more details about the Fayre will go out next week.

Rackheath Live On Sunday the school choir and Rockheath are performing at Rackheath Live. They will be performing one after the other from around 4.45pm - I’m sure they will both be amazing as usual. Thanks go to Mrs Grogutt and Mrs Brown for taking the children.

Year 6 Leavers Events

As we head to their final few weeks at school; Year 6 are very busy. They are in

the process of rehearsing for their end of year performances which will be on

Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th July.

We are also gearing up for the CAMP OUT on Friday July

7th July. I know Year 6 is looking forward to all the exciting

things taking place at the Camp Out. Miss Holmes, Mr

Cavender, Mrs Pilbrow and I will be trying to catch up on

some sleep before next Friday!

Dates for 2017/18 Reception Class

We are holding our popular Stay and Play sessions for Reception children and their parents next week on Tuesday 4th July and Thursday 6th July. The sessions which run from 3.15-4.15pm are to help the children to familiarise themselves with the class, staff and school.

FORS

Non-Uniform Day – You should have received a flyer today

regarding this. It will take place on Wednesday 5th July in aid

of our Sweet Tombola at the Summer Fayre. Children are

asked to bring a donation of £1 that will be used to purchase

sweets for prizes.

Summer Fayre – If anyone is interested in having a stall please contact

Leisa on 07780 796038.

School Orchestra – We have purchased some t-shirts for our

orchestra “Rockheath”. Look out for them at Rackheath Live on

Sunday.

Star, Angel and Diamond Certificate Winners – Well done to the following children who got their certificates in assembly today.

STAR ANGEL DIAMOND Reception Whole Class Ralph Moll Jaydn Turner-Morris Year 1 Dylan Viner Olivia Read Kody Addison Year 2 George Solomon Joshua Hill Issey Carpenter Year 3 Chloe St Hill Bethany Dampier All of Year 3 Year 4 Ethan Royston Daniel Cropley Bethan Lancaster Year 5 All of Year 5! Year 6 Ruby Horwood Ruby Culling Elizabeth Ritchie

Chris Ashman

Well done to Year 2 and Year 4 who

had 99.5% attendance last week!