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• Sunflower Growing Competition

  Wed 19 May 2021

  Can your child grow the tallest sunflower? 

   

  We are running a competition to find the tallest sunflower grown by Millfield children. 

   

  If your child would like to take part, please send an entry fee of £2 with your child in a named envelope to school by Tuesday 25th May 2021 and we will get 2 sunflower seeds to them before the end of the half term. The sunflower seeds need to be planted as soon as possible. 

   

  Any money raised will go towards resourcing Millfield’s PSHE, RE and PE curriculum. 

   

  Please see the letter emailed out or follow the link: https://www.millfield.herts.sch.uk/communication/ for more information, along with instructions for measuring sunflowers.

   

  If you do not have a garden, your child can still join in. They may wish to grow a sunflower in a pot or ask a relative/friend if they could plant their sunflower seeds in their garden.  

   

  We look forward to seeing Buntingford and the surrounding area awash with sunflowers over the summer.  

  

• Walk to School Week - 17th to 21st May 2021

  Sat 15 May 2021

  We are excited to be taking part in Walk to School Week next week.
  
  We all know the health benefits of walking so please help us this week to reduce congestion by supporting children in being more active and help reduce lower carbon emissions during this Walk to School Week.
  
  We would like to encourage all our pupils to try and walk, cycle or scoot to school during this week. If it’s not possible to walk all the way, then it would be great if you could park 10 minutes away from school and walk or scoot the last part of your journey. If your child travels to school by bike or scooter, please ensure the bike/scooter is taken home as we are still unable to store these on the school site due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

   

  Here is a video link for you to watch with your child https://youtu.be/JPVqaoeb38s

• Weekly Parent/Carer Reminders and Messages for Week Commencing: 17th May 2021

  Sat 15 May 2021

  Monday	Walk to School Week: Please see an email that will follow shortly.
  Tuesday
  Wednesday
  Thursday	School Census
  Friday	World Day for Cultural Diversity: Children will be learning all about different countries and their cultures through fun and engaging activities.

   

• Safe arrival of children to school:

  Sat 15 May 2021

  Please ensure your child has an adult from home to walk them on to the school site and around the one-way system to their classroom. The only children that are permitted to walk into school independently are Year 4 children.

   

  If you are a dog owner, please be aware that your dog cannot be left and tied up outside the school grounds. This is for the safety and wellbeing of the number of children and adults accessing this area, as well as the wellbeing of your dog. Thank you for your support.

• School water bottles:

  Sat 15 May 2021

  School water bottles can be purchased for £1.50; please contact the school office to if you wish to purchase a bottle for your child. Unfortunately, replacement lids are not available.  

• Growing into Reading with Hertfordshire Libraries:

  Sat 15 May 2021

  Hertfordshire Libraries are excited to launch their new initiative, ‘Growing into Reading’ to promote reading for pleasure and to encourage primary school aged children and families back into the habit of regularly visiting their local library.

   

  From Thursday 13th May, children visiting the library will be gifted a FREE giant bookmark and a wildflower seed bomb (while stocks last).

   

  Each time the child returns to the library they can have their bookmark stamped. With its environmental theme, ‘Growing into Reading’ is the perfect lead into this year’s Summer Reading Challenge ‘Wild World Heroes’.

   

  For further information visit the Hertfordshire County Council website.

  

• NSPCC Number Day

  Mon 10 May 2021

  Thank you for all your kind donations for NSPCC Number Day. With your help, Millfield raised a fantastic total of £533.47. Well done everyone!

  

• Holiday Club:

  Fri 07 May 2021

  Please see previous communication regarding booking a place for your child on to the May half term Holiday Club. Bookings will close on 14^th May at 9am. The same information can be found on the school website:

  https://www.millfield.herts.sch.uk/holiday-club/

• Weekly Parent/Carer Reminders and Messages for Week Commencing: 10th May 2021

  Fri 07 May 2021

  Monday	Reception Parents/Carers, Reception children are currently learning all about wild animals. If your child has a related non-fiction book that they would like to bring into school to share, please bring this into school (with a name label) on Monday 10th May so they can be safely quarantined and shared later in the week.
  Tuesday
  Wednesday	Reception NHS Screening.   EYFS Eid al-Fitr celebrations.
  Thursday	Year 4 Lowry Art Afternoon: Year 4 children will be recreating a urban landscape in the style of Lowry.
  Friday	Lunch box making in Year 2 – please see Year 2 parent/carer email regarding junk modelling.

• NSPCC Number Day

  Fri 07 May 2021

  Children (as well as staff!) looked fantastic today for NSPCC Number Day. Related learning activities took place during the school day for children to enjoy. We also celebrated within our Reception assembly and KS1 & 2 virtual assembly this afternoon. Thank you for your kind donations, which will help support a wonderful charity.