Clarence Road,Four Oaks,

Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 4LD

Telephone: 0121 308 5392 Fax: 0121 308 5061

Mon 11th Jun PUPILS RETURN TO SCHOOL

SRE for Year Six – Life Line

Tue 12th Jun SRE for Year Six – Transition

Parent Council Meeting - 2.00 pm

Wed 13th Jun SRE for Year Six – Body Parts

Thur 14th Jun SRE for Year Six – HIV

Badgers‟ Class Assembly – 2.30 pm KS1 hall

Fri 15th Jun SRE for Year Six – Prejudices

Badgers Class Assembly – 2.30 pm KS1 hall

Mon 18th Jun Year One Phonics Screening Test this week

Tue 19th Jun PTFA Meeting – 7.30 pm

Wed 20th Jun “Olympic” Lunch

Netball Tournament at Four Oaks School - 4.00 pm

Fri 22nd Jun Whole School Takeover Day

Mon 25th Jun National Day of sport

Wed 27th Jun New Intake Parents’ Evening – 6.45 pm

Thurs 28th Jun Oxfam Day

Fri 29th Jun Cluster Schools Athletics at Wyndley - 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Sat 30th Jun Olympic Torch arrives in Birmingham

Mon 2nd July Parent Council Meeting - 2.00 pm

Cluster Day - Yr 3 and 4

Tue 3rd Jul Cluster Day - Reception, Year 1 and 2

Wed 4th Jul Year 6 induction day at secondary schools

Activity Afternoon for new Reception

Transition Parents Meeting for R/2/6 KS1 Hall 6.45pm

Thurs 5th Jul Cluster Day -Yr 5 and 6

Fri 6th Jul Activity Afternoon for new Reception

Reports available to Parents

PTFA Quiz Night

Sun 8th July PTFA Summer Fayre

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

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

Tue 10th Jul PTFA Meeting – 7.30 pm

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

Thurs 12th Jul Leavers Assembly – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall

Fri 13th Jul Activity morning with Lunch for New Reception

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

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony – 7.00 pm – KS1 hall

Wed 18th Jul “Year 6 Leavers” Lunch

Fri 20th Jul PARTY AFTERNOON

BREAK UP FOR SUMMER

Mon 3rd Sept PUPILS RETURN TO SCHOOL

Friday 1st June 2012

University of Birmingham Open Day 11.00am to 4.00pm

On Sunday 10th June a free event for all the

family is being held at the University. There will be a funfair, baby gym, BBQ, live

music, dinosaur dig and much more! For more information visit

www.birmingham.ac.uk/oncampus/index.aspx or call 414 8130

.

Due to the warmer weather,

we would like to ask parents to apply

‟once only‟ sunscreen to children

before school. Children should bring a hat

when necessary and should make sure that

they have their named water bottle too.

FREE Moving Forward Workshop A workshop will be held over five Wednesday evenings starting 1st August, 6.30pm to 9.00pm at RELATEs Birmingham office, 111 Bishopsgate Street B15 1ET. The workshop is free to Birmingham residents and is designed for individuals wanting to take positive steps to rebuild a life after divorce or separation. You can book a place on this course by calling 643 1638.

Junior Masterchef are looking for

budding young chefs aged

between 9 and 12 years who

have real talent and

potential.

For anyone interested please

contact Shine TV.

sophie.kelly@shine.tv

BEHAVIOUR FOCUS - Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural

With our continued focus and drive towards ’Outstanding behaviour’ at Hill West,

this month’s Focus is about demonstrating respect for each other and our

differences. We encourage all children at Hill West to be aware that we are all

different and that we are all equal regardless of these differences. During citizenship

lessons, children are encouraged to talk about the differences they may have, and

to talk about their personal feelings. Our assembly themes also provide

opportunities to listen to stories and to reflect and express our views about how this

behaviour should look at Hill West.

Please note that Mr Jeffries will not be in school On Tuesday 12th June. All his

music tuition will take place on Friday 15th June instead so please bring your

instruments along then.

Choir will still meet on Tuesday 12th June and will be led by Miss Head.

PTFA SUMMER FAYRE

Change of date to Sunday 8th July - 11.00 am. Can you help man a stall?

All help gratefully received please let your child’s class

teacher know or contact Miss Marsh with your availability

REPORTS

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.

A polite reminder to parents that you

should not accompany your child into

their class room in the morning.

If your child arrives late to school you

must bring them to the

school office to be added to

the late list for fire records

and then KS2 children will

be taken to class by the

office staff and KS1 will go

down to their classroom on

their own.

Thank you.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS

We still have some spaces in a few of our

After School Clubs for the next half term.

Please contact the office if your child

would like to join.

Mondays - Cheerleading KS1 children

Tuesdays - Choir KS2 children

Wednesdays - Frisbee KS2 children

CLUSTER CHOIR and HILL WEST SINGERS

The Cluster Choir will be busy this summer with a tour of nine cluster schools on 22nd June, a performance at Birmingham’s Adrian Boult Hall on 1st July and a performance in the National Festival of Music for Youth on 3rd July at the Symphony Hall. Our own Hill West singers will be performing at both the Hill West

Fayre on Sunday 8th July and also the Little Aston Fair on Saturday 14th July.

LUNCH BOXES We strongly advise you to include an ice block in your child’s lunchbox, especially during the warm summer

months.

PTFA FUN RUN

We would like to say a big thank you

and well done to all the children at

Hill West who took part in the PTFA

Fun Run on Sunday 20th May.

A big thank you also goes to the

organisers of this years Fun

Run, we really appreciate

all your hard work.

SPORTS DAY

Our Sports Day this year will be on Monday 25th June

for all of our pupils. The last race of the day will be an obstacle course

especially for our parents to take part in. We look forward to seeing you!

KS2 - 9.30 am KS1 - 1.15 pm

CLUSTER SPORTS EVENT

Just a reminder that our Cluster Sports event will

be taking place at Wyndley Athletic track at

1:30pm - 3.30pm on Friday 29th June.

Further details will be issued via letter from Mrs

Sharp

BE ON TIME 10 TO 9

WANTED

SUMMER FAYRE MUMS & GIRLS AND DADS & LADS

FOOTBALL

Keen mums to play football against the girls in our traditional mums vs

girls match at the summer fayre this year. Please

contact Mr Hamilton in Year 3.

We are also looking for dads to play in the Dads v Lads match.

Anyone interested should contact Mr Pattinson in Year 5.

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ENTHUSIASM A MUST

A number of different activities and sessions

are being run by the Children’s Centre this

summer including Dental Health, Baby

Signing, Family Guys, Yoga Bugs and Pyjama

Drama.

Check out their website for further details of

these events plus post natal and breast

feeding groups, parenting , and employment

support meetings.

Contact Amanda Lansdown on 323 1121

or

alansdown@arthurterry.bham.sch.uk

or

www.fouroakscluster.co.uk

RETIRING COLLECTION BOXES

All proceeds collected following events held at Hill West this

summer will be donated to Oxfam who we have been supporting recently.

Please bring any spare change along to parent events to help us raise as much as possible.

Dinner Money

The costs of school meals next

term will be £60.00.

This should be paid in advance

either weekly or half termly on the

first day back after half term on

11th June 2012.

Cheques should be made out to

„Birmingham City Council‟ as we

collect this money on their behalf.

Details of any credits owing have

been sent home with your child.

THANK YOU.

LOST PROPERTY

We have a great deal of lost property in both KS1 and KS2 waiting to be collected. Please pop in after school to see if you can

find any lost items.

Can you please bring in any unwanted

PE clothing or pumps for use as spare

kits in school.

Many thanks.

Cluster Days

This year our annual Cluster

Days will take place on:

Reception, Year 1 and 2 - 3rd July

Year 3 and 4 - 2nd July

Year 5 and 6 - 5th July

This is an opportunity for children in our

local schools to work together on

shared projects and also have lots of fun.

This year there is an Olympic theme with

a special ‘It’s a knockout’ event at

Wyndley Stadium.

Further details to follow

TRANSITION PARENTS’ MEETING

This year, we are holding our annual transition evening with Miss Marsh 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

INCLUSION FOCUS

At the end of the Spring Term the children in KS2

were involved in the Birmingham Brighter Futures Well

Being survey.

Brighter Futures is the name that describes the strategy in Birmingham for

improving the lives of all the city’s children and young people. Their vision is for

Birmingham to be an inspiring place where all children and young people enjoy

living, learning, developing achieving together.

The results were very encouraging with children giving very positive responses,

particularly about relationships with friends and teachers.

Summer Uniform

Can we please request that girls wear summer dresses,

skirts or shorts of an appropriate length. Nothing

too short please.

If your child will be absent from school can you

please telephone school before 9.30am advising

us of the reason and a likely return date.

The switchboard can be very busy

first thing in the morning but you

may of course leave a message on

our answer machine.

Thank you .

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.

Year Six

Graduation

This year our Year Six

Graduation Ceremony

will take place on Tuesday

17th July

commencing at 7.00 pm.

Further details/ticket

information will follow

shortly

YEAR SIX

LEAVERS’

FORMAL LUNCH

This year for the third time our Year 6 pupils will be invited to a formal

sit-down celebration meal at 1.00 pm on Wednesday 18th July.

They will choose their 3 course menu in advance and their meal will be

accompanied by alcohol free champagne.

We will be sending out invitations soon and asking you to reply letting us know if your child would like to

take part

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop will close its

doors at 4.00 pm on Friday 13th

July. After that date

NO UNIFORM WILL BE SOLD.

A stock take will take place the

following week and this will

prevent us from selling any further

stock. We can take order forms

with payment but will not issue the

uniform until the new term starts.

SO REMEMBER!

FRIDAY 13TH JULY IS THE LAST

DAY FOR BUYING UNIFORM FOR

NEXT YEAR.

AWARDS ASSEMBLY

KS2 Tuesday 17th July

9.00 am

KS1 Tuesday 17th July

2.30 pm

If your child is being presented

with an award this year you will be

invited to attend our

Annual Awards

Assembly.

Reception have been exploring other

countries and traditions during

Culture Week. Below are just some

of the activities we got up to.

Monday :We learnt all about India

and even learnt to count to 3 in

Bengali. We talked about the Taj

Mahal and built our own using lego.

If you were lucky you might of seen

us boogieing to some Bhangra too!

Tuesday : We explored Jamaica. We

made Jamaican flags using bright

colours. We also listened to some

Patwa, it was a little tricky to

understand but we worked it all out

in the end.

Thursday : Hola! We went fruity

sangria crazy and explored Spanish

traditions. The girls especially

enjoyed the flamenco dancing whilst

the boys explored Spanish football

kits.

Friday : China day. Ni Hao ! We had

lots of fun learning about the

Shaolin Monks– they are so strong

and brave. We also built out own

Great Wall, even longer than the one

in China I think!

All week we have been tasting foods

from around the world. We‟ve had

prawn crackers , curry sauce , olives

and more ! We even tasted some

Jerk spice– hot hot!

To top it off we had a real ball at

our role play Christian Wedding and

Wedding Reception. There was lots

of love, dancing and party food. Our

outfits looked fantastic too!

What a great week!