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Visyon at Alsager Highfields, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 23rd Nov 2022 @ 5:05pm

Visyon are coming into Alsager Highfields Primary school again next week to deliver some workshops face to face. This is brilliant news as often our families have to travel to Sandbach, Crewe or Congleton for support sessions. If you would like to book onto any of the sessions, please confirm your attendance with the email address on the leaflets to secure your space. Cake, tea and coffee will be provided along with a fun Christmas Craft club for your children to attend free of charge. We would love to see you there, if we support these sessions locally then we will be able to access more local, face to face support. 

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Non-uniform Day, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 6:59pm

This Friday we are holding a non-uniform day to collect chocolate for our chocolate tombola at Alsager's Christmas Light Switch On on Sunday. Children are invited to come to school in their home clothes in exchange for a donation of chocolate. Thanks in advance for your generosity.

PCSO visit, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 6:53pm

Oli, our PCSO for Alsager, visited school today for lots of reasons but most importantly to meet the children so that they know his face and feel able to talk to him if they see him out and about. The role of the police is to keep us safe and to protect us and Oli talked to the children about this yesterday. He was made very welcome and has promised to come back and see us again. 

Junior Safeguarding Team, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 6:37pm

Yesterday PCSO, Oli, came in to school to meet with our Junior Safeguarding Team. The children explained their roles to him and he shared his with them. They asked him lots of fantastic questions about how to become a police officer, what subjects you need to study and focus on and they asked where do the police dogs sleep at night? They live with their officers which the children thought was amazing. Oli then judged the Road Safety poster competition that we launched a few weeks ago. The children shared their thoughts about the posters and Oli made the final selection. The children worked brilliantly with Oli, they listened respectfully and asked really interesting questions. 
The winners of the competition were;
Ben in year 4 with first place who wins a £10 book token
Grace in year 3 with second place who wins a £5 book token. 
Mrs Woollam will present the book tokens on Friday in our celebration assembly. Well done to everyone who took part, the entries were all brilliant, Oli said it was a real challenge to choose the winners! 

School Council, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 6:27pm

Yesterday our School Council met with PCSO Oli to discuss our school, Alsager and the wider world. They asked him lots of questions about his role, shared ideas to improve the policing in Alsager and listened brilliantly. Some of the ideas they shared included; more police walking around Alsager especially at the weekends when children are out and about, support with trolleys that seem to appear around Alsager abandoned, more police dogs as they would love to see police dogs in Alsager and more parking support for dangerous parking. Oli agreed to take the ideas back to his team at Congleton and to feed back to our council next term. We were really proud of the questions and ideas our children shared, they are always thoughtful and listen well.

SEND coffee afternoon, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 6:42pm

Thank you to all of our parent/carers who came to our SEND coffee afternoon a few weeks ago
 

Kindness Award, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 11:02am

Harry won our Kindness Award last week and mum let us know he bought a new Tom Gates book -

Congratulations
 

Harry!

School Council News, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 8:00pm

This week the School Council met with Mrs Henshall to review their work so far and agree next steps for the council. 
 
The children are meeting with Mrs Ellison from Cheshire East in a few weeks to discuss mental health and what we want to see as support for children in Alsager
 
We voted on the charities we want to support as a school, this is after the children have consulted with their classes so that everyone had a voice. The charities agreed so far were; 
Autumn term;
Alsager Foodbank (Harvest), Royal British Legion for Remembrance Day and Save the Children for Christmas Jumper Day (Thursday 8th December) 
Spring term;
Cheshire Downs Syndrome on Downs Syndrome Day (March 21st 2023), Breast Cancer UK
Summer term will be agreed after Christmas. 
 
 
The children have received a letter and some resources from Fiona Bruce MP about Parliament and will be taking part in an online Parliament tour in a few weeks. We have invited her to visit school and are waiting for a response. 
 
The children are also writing to Mrs Woollam to share the ideas that their classes have proposed to improve our school further. The children have really enjoyed having a voice, not only in or school but also within our local community. 

Junior Safeguarding Team, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 7:56pm

Our Junior Safeguarding Team met with Mrs Henshall this week to discuss and update on the developments throughout the school. 
The key points discussed were;
  1. Road Safety Competition poster was extended until this Monday as Oli had been delayed coming into school, this was shared with the children in class. 
  2. Oli Branfield PCSO for Alsager is coming into school on Monday to judge the Road Safety poster competition. He will meet with the team and discuss his role in Alsager. 
  3. Anti-bullying week review - we discussed what we had all learned about this week and how we will move forward with our anti-bullying work across the school
  4. The SG team will complete a perimeter safety walk with Mr Preston, our site supervisor next week to develop their understanding of his role in keeping the site safe
  5. The Y5 and Y6 representatives have been invited to the Junior Safeguarding conference in March at the High School, where 7 local schools get together and discuss and develop their safeguarding work across their schools. 

Celebrating Achievements, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 7:38pm

In assembly today we celebrated our achievements which ranged from academic to gymnastic and swimming to kindness and caring. Our children amaze us every day and must make all of their parents so proud!
 

Status Quo visit and Drumming lessons at Highfields!, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 10:30am

Some of our children have been developing their drumming skills with our drumming teacher every Tuesday. If you would like more information please contact school at admin@alsagerhighfields.cheshire.sch.uk
 
Jeff Rich, from Status Quo, will be visiting Highfields in December to share his amazing drum workshops, he will deliver a masterclass to a range of pupils and staff, we are all very excited to meet him. 
 
This exciting visit follows on from our wonderful visit last year from Paul Sturgess, who showed that being different is amazing. He talked to the children about his struggle with being different as a child and how once he had embraced his difference, he worked hard to achieve the amazing success he has had all over the world. 
 
We are continuously supporting our children to believe in themselves. We firmly believe that if you can see it, you can be it! Our vision and values are that together we nurture, believe, achieve, succeed for each and every one of us. 

Anti-bullying Week News, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 9:31am

This week is Anti-bullying week and each day in assembly and in class we have explored bullying and the impact on others.  Yesterday we talked about why we might bully someone and the difference between bullying and being unkind, neither of which are acceptable. The children had brilliant ideas of how to respond, to reach out and help if someone was struggling with being unkind, being bullied and even if someone was being a bully.
The children a few weeks ago nominated a member of staff who they feel goes above and beyond in our anti-bullying work in school and when the email form the Anti-Bullying Alliance came back they said they had never had a school who made so many nominations! 
Yesterday many of the children got to present the certificates to the adults, they shook their hand and congratulated them on the brilliant difference they make. It was another proud moment at Highfields.  Some of the children also took photographs of the staff nominated. 

Design Technology Across the Schools, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 9:16am

Over the last few weeks, children from Alsager Highfields Primary have been involved in a design technology workshop after school with Mr W Potts at Alsager School. They have been designing and making bird boxes and wind chimes. The children have thoroughly enjoyed it, their attitude has been fantastic and I’m sure you will agree, the finished products are superb. Well done to all involved and a great example of how schools across the Trust working together.

Odd Socks Day, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 12th Nov 2022 @ 6:44pm

Dear parents/carers
Next week is Anti-bullying week and Odd Socks Day marks the start of the week. We talk to our children all of the time about anti -bullying in assemblies, PSHE and in conversations around behaviour however it is also great to celebrate national weeks too to highlight and raise awareness. We will have an assembly on Monday to launch the week and throughout the week your children will be discussing and taking part in activities around anti-bullying. Please let your children come to school with odd socks on Monday 14th November if they would like to take part. 
Thank you 

PSHE - Family discussion, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 9:24pm

Today in PSHE our children in year 3 discussed and explored different kinds of families with Mrs Henshall. There were some great discussions and the children all showed kindness, thoughtfulness and curiosity.  We watched the Disney 2021 Christmas advert where a step family come together and then the Disney 2022 one which shows a year later and a new family addition. We also watched the John Lewis advert where a family are welcoming a new foster child into their lives. The children agreed that all families are different and that as long as we care for each other it doesn’t matter what they look like 

Remembrance at Highfields., by Mrs Muddy

Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 9:17pm

11.11.22
Remembrance at Highfields. 
Today at 11 Mrs Woollam read a poem and played The Last Post on her cornet. The whole school, children and staff, reflected on the lives lost and the sacrifices made by our brave soldiers over the years. Together, the whole school observed a minute silence and pledged to always remember.

Celebrations, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 8:05pm

These are some of our children this week we have celebrated for their perseverance, hard work and being brave! Well done. 

Thanks from Alsager Food bank, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 3:48pm

A Big thank you for your harvest collection donated to Alsager Foodbank. I am pleased to attach their letter of thanks.

Alsager Highfields School harvest thx 2022.pdf

Mental Health Parent Workshops, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 3rd Nov 2022 @ 3:46pm

Visyon are offering a wide selection of Mental Health Parent Workshops for this term - more information is in the posters below:

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Kindness Story, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 1st Nov 2022 @ 4:42pm

Before half term we asked our children to think about things they could do for National Make a Difference Day.  We had so many examples that we wanted to celebrate more here. Please email your examples to Mrs Henshall at senco@alsagerhighfields.cheshire.sch.uk with a photograph. We will choose a winner from all the children who enter and there will be a £10 book voucher prize! We will share our winner in Celebration assembly next week. 
  • I helped with the dishwasher
  • I played with my brother
  • I set the table
  • I played with a lonely person
  • I was kind to my friend
  • I stood up for what was right
  • I helped someone to play the ukulele
  • I will help someone if they are hurt
  • I gave someone a smile

SEND parent/carer coffee and chat afternoon, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 1st Nov 2022 @ 11:13am

 
We have our next SEND parent/carer coffee and chat afternoon at 2pm next week on Wednesday 9th November. All of our parents are welcome, your child does not need to be on the SEN register for you to attend. We meet each half term and have different guests who attend to give their advice and support. This time we have Katie attending, who is involved with the Emotionally Healthy Schools offer. 
It is a lovely opportunity to have a drink, a biscuit and a chat in an informal, supportive environment. 
If you would like to book a place on this session please email senco@alsagerhighfields.cheshire.sch.uk 

Times Tables Rockstars, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 15th Oct 2022 @ 9:11pm

Congratulations to our Times Tables Rockstars this week, their perseverance is paying off and they are all amazing. Charlie in year 4 has achieved a time of 0.99, less than one second for each answer which beats some of the teachers! Well done to all of our children who try their best every week.

Junior Safeguarding Team, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 15th Oct 2022 @ 9:09pm

Today our Junior Safeguarding Team met with Mrs Henshall. They discussed safety at school and all shared lots of ideas for helping our school to be safe. One of the discussions was around energy saving and environmental awareness, keeping our world safe and keeping energy bills low. We agreed that the team would take on the role of Eco Ambassadors to help to raise awareness for our energy saving like turning off lights and keeping doors closed to save energy and reduce bills. We decided that the money we save on bills we will spend on lots of new books for our library. 
The children discussed Road Safety Week 2022  14th to 20th november and wanted to do something amazing to raise awraeness as well as Bonfire Night and firewroks safety. They decided they would like to run a poster competitiion which will be launched in assembly next week with prizes. We will post more details next week. 

School Council Meeting, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 8:31pm

Today our School Council representatives met with Mrs Henshall. They discussed the charities that are important to them and the children in their classes. We will be voting to agree which charities we would like to support this year, it was really lovely to hear of so many charities that our children are aware of and are keen to suport. Some of them included Cancer Research, Dog Trust, Alsager Foodbank, Children's hospitals, Donna Louise, Sponsor a child and Cheshire Downs Syndrome. We are always so proud of how thoughtful and caring the children are at Alsager Highfields, considering their immediate community and beyond. The children have already begun to speak to their classes to ask for suggestions for improvements for our school and they have lots of ideas that they are writing to Mrs Woollam about. We will share our exciting developments with you as we confirm our plans.

Kindness, by Mrs Muddy

Date: 10th Oct 2022 @ 7:54pm

Last week Jonny, the youth worker from Wesley Place came into school and delivered an assembly on kindness and looking after our neighbours. This tied in really well with our upcoming Harvest Celebrations. As always the children listened brilliantly and were able to share lots of ways that they look after each other at home and at school.

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