HYTHE BAY

The KS2 Carol Service at St Leonard’s Church will be held on Monday 16th December. All children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be performing at this service, so please ensure that they all attend. The service will begin at 7.00pm and children will need to take their seats in the church prior to that. This is a wonderful evening and I would encourage you all to come along. #NewsandEvents

This year the YR & KS1 Christmas Productions will be held the week commencing 10th December as follows: YR Tuesday 10th December at 2.15pm Thursday 12th December at 6.30pm Y1 Wednesday 11th December at 6.30pm Thursday 12th December at 2.15pm Y2 Tuesday 10th December at 6.30pm Wednesday 11th December at 2.15pm Tickets are not required so please just turn up to your child’s production. Other family members are also welcome. #NewsandEvents

Just to let you know that a representative from your school’s governors will be at each of the parents’ evenings on November 18th and 19th. We will be in the Learning Zone throughout the evenings offering tea, coffee and, if you are willing, the usual questionnaire. Your responses to the latter do help us and we appreciate your time. We will be easily identified by our green governor lanyards so please come an d meet us. We really want to get to know you and to hear what you

We would love more parents to join the PTFA so please come to our next meeting and find out how you could help. Next meeting: Tuesday 17th September at 9am in the Training Room. If you cannot attend but would like to help out at future events please email rprout@hythebay.kent.sch.uk #NewsandEvents

On Friday 13th September there will be an opportunity for you to meet your child's new teacher. Classrooms will be open from 2.45pm so please take the opportunity to come in to say hello and learn about your child’s learning for the coming year. However, please note, if your child is in Y2 (Dolphins and Pufferfish) their meeting will be today, Monday 9th September instead. #NewsandEvents

Sports Day is on Wednesday 17th July. Please ensure your child has a P.E. kit including plimsolls/trainers, sun cream (already applied), a sun hat and plenty of water to drink. KS2 (Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6) – starting at 9.30am approx. YR & KS1 (Y1, Y2) – starting at 1.30pm approx. #NewsandEvents

Many of you will now be used to representatives from the School Governors being present at Parents’ Evenings and handing out questionnaires. During the last year we have also been offering tea and coffee and we hope that this is a welcome addition. At the Parents’ Evening in March our questionnaire was about Special Educational Needs - the subject chosen because of its high profile at Hythe Bay and also its prominence nationally this year. 56 questionnaires were completed. Th

We have reviewed the introduction of restricted vehicle access during peak times and are pleased to confirm some slight changes to timings. The main vehicle access gates to the school will be closed from 8.30am to 8.55am and 3.00pm to 3.25pm. All other arrangements remain the same. There will be no access onto the school and nursery site during the times stated above for any vehicles except Local Authority registered taxis and disabled drivers displaying a blue badge. This wi

Please ensure your child gets to school on time in the morning. The school day starts at 8.50am and children should be in their classes ready to start work at that time. Children who arrive at school late often feel anxious and upset. They may miss the first activity of the day or important instructions from their teacher and this can make them ill at ease all day. Any child who does not arrive at school before the register is marked, will be recorded as late. Frequent late m

All of you will know that Hythe Bay Church of England Primary School has a Governing Body. This group of individuals is made up in the main of four different types of governor: those elected by parents; those elected by staff; nominees of the Local Authority and Foundation Governors who are nominated by the Church of England . The Governing Body has certain responsibilities e.g. setting the school’s aims and objectives; setting policies; reviewing progress. Governors are NOT

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Please follow the link below to access a times tables maths programme that children can use at home. https://www.ttrockstars.com/ #NewsandEvents

Please remind your children that they are NOT to ride bikes or scooters on the playground before school. Any bikes and scooters ridden to school MUST be placed in the designated shelters upon arrival at school. #NewsandEvents

Nuts in lunch boxes Parents and carers are requested NOT to send food to school that contains nuts (especially peanuts). This includes peanut paste/butter, nutella, all nuts and cooking oils containing peanut oil, as well as foods containing nuts. This is especially important in the youngest classes of school, where young children are less able to manage their allergy. #NewsandEvents

Click here to read our SIAMs Report I am delighted to present to you our newly published SIAMS (Church School) Inspection Report. We were inspected on 5th February 2016 and retained our Good inspection grade. Canon Linda Burton, our Inspector, commented particularly on our children’s excellent standards of behaviour, our loving family ethos and children’s enjoyment of R.E. and Collective Worship. Thank you to all the parents who met with Linda and to all our children, staff