Alsager Highfields : News items
Parent Anxiety Pack, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 8:37am
This parent pack has been created to support families to support their children’s mental health during children’s mental health week
Crumbles, by Mrs Harry
Date: 7th Feb 2022 @ 8:00pm
Mrs Dyde's class have today programmed the crumbles. These are small cicuit boards that can be controlled by using a computer. The boards are designed so that you can connect switches, LED's, motors and more sophisticated devices using crocodile clips. The children had an amazing afternoon. Take a look at the videos.
Children, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 5th Feb 2022 @ 5:11pm
Each year we celebrate children’s mental health week and the theme for Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 is “Growing Together”, with assemblies, classroom discussions and activities throughout the week
Taking place on February 7 to 13 and run by children’s mental health charity Place2Be, the week-long event will encourage pupils to consider how they have grown and how they can help others to grow.
NHS figures show that around five children in every classroom have a mental health problem. Many more struggle with challenges such as bullying or bereavement.
On Friday all children and staff will come to school in their own colourful clothes to celebrate the end of our week - there is no donation required for this.
Cheshire East Autism Team, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 31st Jan 2022 @ 9:04pm
Cheshire East Autism Team: A guide for parents... http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/livewell/local-offer-for-children-with-sen-and-disabilities/education/supporting-send-in-education/pupils-with-asc/autism.aspx
Non-Uniform Day, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 31st Jan 2022 @ 2:42pm
We are holding a non-uniform day tomorrow (Tuesday) in preparation for Two's Day!
AMAT Parent & Community Consultation, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 24th Jan 2022 @ 1:54pm
Dear AMAT Pupil / Parent or Carer and Community Stakeholder
For the last 18 months, Trustees from AMAT and Mr Middlebrook have been working closely with representatives from Brine MAT with regards to a possible ‘merger’ of the two organisations.
Brine MAT, consisting of Brine Leas and Audlem St James Primary schools is very similar to AMAT and there is considerable synergy between the two Trusts. By becoming one organisation, it will mean we will remain as a local Trust with much more capacity and expertise to support our young people, create opportunities for staff and raise standards at all five schools even further.
At a meeting on 8/12/21, after a thorough and robust due diligence process, AMAT Trustees voted to proceed to the next stage of this potential merger. That next stage involves informing, and if necessary consulting with, all key stakeholders; staff, parents, pupils, local governing bodies, trade unions and the community. To help with this process, we have attached a list of FAQ’s about Academy transfers and mergers.
The key points for your information are; as AMAT is the more ‘mature’ Trust, we will be using it as the ‘the shell’ or ‘transferee’ which Brine MAT will join as the ‘transferor’. If the merger goes ahead, the merged Trust will be called ‘The 3 Shires Trust’ but it is in effect, the same company as now. Similarly, the scheme of delegation will remain as it is now under AMAT, namely while Mr Middlebrook and the Trustees have overall responsibility, the leadership and management of each school will be delegated to the Headteachers and local governing bodies at each school. For example, the names, individuality and uniform for the individual schools will be unaffected by this and will remain a decision for the individual Headteachers and local governing bodies.
The window for this information sharing period will run from 24/1/22 to 28/2/22. This will be the opportunity to ask any questions about this proposed merger and make any representations which the Trustees would consider before their final vote on whether to proceed on 23/3/22. You can email questions or make any representations on this planned transfer using the address [email protected] Similarly, if you would like to express an interest in being considered for a position on the Board for the merged 3 Shires Trust, please use the same e mail address and briefly outline your relevant skills and experience.
In addition, we will be holding an optional socially distanced face to face Q&A session in the Hollinshead Hall at Alsager School starting at 5:00pm on 25/1/22. Please understand that attending this event is not in any way compulsory, as all your questions may be answered by the attached.
1-Minute Maths app - Maths fluency, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 10:23pm
Help to develop children's maths fluency
Make sure to download the White Rose 1-Minute Maths app! The children will be using this app in school and it is currently FREE and available for both Apple and android phones. https://fb.watch/aFyLjVSMhi/
Craft Club, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 4:35pm
Craft Club call out! Monday after school 3-4pm. An opportunity to have lots of fun creating crafts, playing games and hearing a bible story.
Super Safeguarding Newsletter, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 4th Jan 2022 @ 10:07pm
This edition of the newsletter focuses on some of the great work done across Cheshire East during Anti-Bullying week in November 2021.
Alsager Highfilelds gets a mention for our kind word hexagons.
Spring Term, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 3rd Jan 2022 @ 2:06pm
Christmas is coming!, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 9th Dec 2021 @ 10:14am
Christmas Production Trailer - EYFS and KS1, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 2nd Dec 2021 @ 5:11pm
Announcing the trailer for our EYFS & KS1 Christmas production – 'Prickly Hay'
Houses of Parliament Virtual Tour, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 1st Dec 2021 @ 10:11am
Children from our School Council and Junior Safeguarding team across years 3 to year 6 got to visit the Houses of Parliament today for a virtual tour! We had our own personal tour guides who shared lots of behind the scenes information with us on this special tour. The children asked brilliant questions and they have a link of the tour so they can share it with their own classes. Another great experience developing the Children’s understanding of the British values of democracy and rule of law. Mrs Henshall was very proud of how the children represented themselves and our school with their excellent listening and wonderful manners. Well done!
Playtime fun in the snow!, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 29th Nov 2021 @ 11:54am
Open Morning, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 28th Nov 2021 @ 8:44pm
Mrs Woollam and her team would like to say a big thank you to all of the lovely families that took the time to come and visit us on Saturday for our open morning. It was a pleasure to share our school environment with so many families and to discuss our curriculum learning journey, our children and our caring school family.
Please don’t worry if you missed it as we are still offering tours after school. If you’d like to book an appointment to come and meet our team and get a feel for our learning environment then please email our school office on [email protected]
We look forward to meeting you soon.
Mrs Henshall
Junior Safeguarding Team, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 28th Nov 2021 @ 8:35pm
We have been really lucky to meet different people as part of our role in school over the last few weeks. Mrs Howard, our safeguarding governor visited us this week to discuss her role as governor and also to explore our roles as Junior Safeguarding Ambassadors. She was very impressed with what we had achieved so far and our ideas for the rest of the year.
Christmas Tree Festival Information, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 23rd Nov 2021 @ 2:43pm
Mental Health Training, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 9:28pm
Our children in Mrs Dyde’s and Mrs Walker’s class really enjoyed our mental health training experience with the One Goal team a few weeks ago. Everyone joined in positively and represented our school brilliantly with their engagement and manners! This was only made possible by the amazing generosity of Wards Property Services who kindly funded this opportunity for our children. Thank you.
Owl babies, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 18th Nov 2021 @ 2:37pm
The story of owl babies has come to life this week in reception. The children have been retelling the story using puppets and pictures, creating owl art and have enjoyed a visit from Cheshire Falconry. Walter the big owl enjoyed meeting the class too ?
PSHE sessions and Healthy Eating Workshop, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 17th Nov 2021 @ 9:22pm
Today our children in Reception, year 1,2 and 3 had SCARF PSHE sessions with Harold the giraffe and Rachel and Jess. There was lots of laughter and learning throughout the school! After school we had our first Healthy Eating parent session at 3pm which was brilliant, our lovely cook provided taste testers of various foods, some healthy biscuits and juice which were enjoyed by all. Everyone who attended received a family activity book to take home and the feedback was really positive. We will be running another in the Spring.
Anti-Bullying, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 16th Nov 2021 @ 8:08pm
One Goal Mental Health Champions!, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 8:45pm
On Friday last week the children in Mrs Walker’s and Mrs Dyde’s class worked with the team from One Goal!
The trainers spent the day training them up to be One Goal Mental Health Champions! The children and staff loved their workshops and cannot wait to further their journey as One Goal Mental Health Champions! Well done everyone! ? ?
We are hoping to invite them back to work with our year 5 and year 4 children after Christmas. Our Junior Safeguarding Team requested this training as part of our school commitment to improving awareness of mental health for everyone in our school!
Food Workshop 17th November, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 1:30pm
Don't forget it is our Food Workshop with Mrs Henshall and Rachel from CORAM on Wednesday 17th November at 3pm. Free childcare, a colouring club, is provided so that they can attend and there will be food tasting from our kitchen too. You do not need to book but if you can let us know if you are coming, we can ensure we have enough resources for the children.
Young Carers Group and Craft Club at Wesley Place, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 8th Nov 2021 @ 11:05am
What's on: Young Carers Group today at Highfields (3pm-4pm) also Wesley Place have a free after school Craft club which starts again today!
RSHE Parent Consultation and Information Evening, by Mrs Muddy
Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 2:16pm
A reminder that we have our RSHE Parent Consultation and Information evening tonight at 5pm on zoom with Mrs Henshall, Mrs Woollam and Rachel Hart from the SCARF team. The link was sent out a few weeks ago and any resources shared will be placed online on our website.