Issue 14 • December 2024
...................... A message from Mr Copeland .................... This half term has been filled with joy and excitement in school during the festive period as Christmas draws closer. This started with a whole school trip to Hull City Hall to watch Rod Campbell’s Dear Santa. The children enjoyed the performance and behaved superbly throughout the afternoon. There was lots of audience participation, which everyone got involved in and the children were delighted to come home with a gift from Santa!
Just a few weeks later our Reception year group put on a wonderful Nativity performance, bringing their version of ‘Baarmy Bethlehem’ to life with songs, costumes, dancing and smiles. It was a magical moment for the parents, grandparents, friends and family. The whole audience was delighted when the sheep finally got to party! It was also lovely to spend a morning of arts, crafts and Christmas songs with our current and future Pre-School families. I hope your creations are proudly displayed at home! In addition to the Nativity, the children have also enjoyed a variety of festive activities, from crafting decorations to singing carols, Christmas parties to tucking into a tasty Christmas lunch. The school has been filled with festive
cheer, cards and gifts have been exchanged, but what has delighted the staff the most is that the CARE Code continued to be followed by the children despite all the excitement. Last month we wore odd socks, raised money for Children in Need and were
thrilled to welcome a local Police Community Support Officer into school this half term to help us share the importance of our Be Bright, Be Seen road safety and awareness day. The children loved learning about the important role that the police play in our community and even got to try on the uniform and explore a police car! Finally, I would also like to congratulate Miss Knight for being awarded Early Years Teacher status. Over the last year Miss Knight has been on a number of placements at other settings, completed assignments and assessments, all while still working in the Pre-School at Hymers Hessle Mount. One of our Year 1 students had much reason to celebrate as well when she was the lucky pupil winning the HCA’s giant teddy. Fortunately any worries Ruby had about it fitting in her mum’s car were soon put to rest. It has certainly been an action-packed half term and we hope that all the children and their families, however and wherever you are spending it, are able to enjoy the festive season by having some quality time together. I know that a number of you will not be getting a break this Christmas and I would like to extend a big thank you to all of those working in the emergency services ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our communities. With very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.