Newsletter Issue 10
Hillside Avenue Highlights
Dear parents and carers,
I would like to focus on the importance of pride and the importance of being proud of yourself and the school in this newsletter.
On Tuesday, I was fortunate to accompany the Year 6 Sports Leaders to their training day at the University of East Anglia. (I am also the only person who is old enough and qualified to drive the minibus too! - We are training more people though.) Throughout the day I was continually impressed by the way that the children conducted themselves. This was demonstrated in the way that they communicated with each other, children from other schools and the adults who were running the sessions too. They were excellent ambassadors for the school and we should be very proud of them.
Since September there has been a relentless drive in school to raise expectations and celebrate where things are going well. Thank you to the staff who have come with me on this journey and continue to work hard in this area. And thank you to the children who have also put in a tremendous amount of effort into their learning and are seeing that they are capable of more than they previously thought. This is leading to improved outcomes that they are rightly proud of, as are their teachers and TAs too.
I am so proud of what we have achieved so far, let’s keep working to help every child to flourish at Hillside Avenue.
Mr Hutchinson
From the school log:
January 1995: Legendary former teacher Mr Colin Roy listed all of the sporting achievements that the children of Hillside Avenue had enjoyed over the previous 10 years. These included many championships at county regional and even national level in cricket as well as tennis and table tennis too. Hillside won the Norfolk softball cricket championships 14 times in 28 years. Amazing!
Whilst I can’t promise that level of success, I can confirm that I will be starting a cricket club this year and we will try to start rebuilding Hillside Avenue’s sporting reputation. Thank you Colin Roy, we have something to aim for.
Dates for the Diary |
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January Tuesday 28th - Year 2 Sealife Centre trip Wednesday 29th - KS2 maths workshop Wednesday 29th - neurodiversity workshop |
February Wednesday 5th - KS2 maths workshop Friday 14th - finish for half term break Monday 24th - Year 6 residential trip Friday 28th - Year 3 and 4 - Bikeability |
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