Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Carol Service lead by Year 5 and 6.

  Wed 18 Dec 2019
  The year 5 and 6 children have worked really hard in school and at the church to prepare for the Carol Service this afternoon.

  

• Donations update.

  Tue 17 Dec 2019
  Thank you to everyone who made donations after the KS1 and Year 3 and 4 productions. Year 3 and 4 received £130.27 of which half is going to the Red Cross and half towards new reading books for the children. Year R, 1 and 2 received £149.30 and the Year 6 Christmas Sale raised £109.76 which is all going towards new books. Thank you so much everyone.

• Christmas Dinner

  Fri 13 Dec 2019
  Thank you to the staff in the kitchen who produced a delicious Christmas dinner. Children in Chestnuts class enjoyed theirs alongside their buddies. 

  

• Christmas Sale

  Fri 13 Dec 2019
  Well done to the year 6 children and staff who ran the Christmas sale this morning. The children really enjoyed being able to shop for their family and wrap their presents. Thank you to everyone who sent in donations to help make it a success. 

  

• Christmas Fayre

  Thu 12 Dec 2019
  Thank you to everyone involved in making a thoroughly enjoyable and successful Christmas fayre. All the hard work beforehand organising the evening and setting up and the generous donations sent in meant there was plenty going on. Definitely beginning to feel a lot like Christmas now. Visit the PTFA page for more photos.

  

• Scarlet fever letter

  Tue 10 Dec 2019

  Dear Parent/Carer

  We have been informed that a child who attends Hatherleigh Community Primary School has been diagnosed with confirmed scarlet fever. Although scarlet fever is usually a mild illness, it should be treated with antibiotics to minimise the risk of complications and reduce the spread to others.

   The symptoms of scarlet fever include a sore throat, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. This is followed by a fine red rash which typically first appears on the chest and stomach, rapidly spreading to other parts of the body. On more darkly pigmented skin, the scarlet rash may be harder to spot, but it should feel like 'sandpaper'. The face can be flushed red but pale around the mouth.

  If you think you, or your child, have scarlet fever:

   · see your GP or contact NHS 111 as soon as possible.

   · make sure that you/your child takes the full course of any antibiotics prescribed by the doctor.

   · stay at home, away from nursery, school or work for at least 24 hours after starting the antibiotic treatment, to avoid spreading the infection.

   Children who have had chickenpox recently are more likely to develop more serious infection during an outbreak of scarlet fever and so parents/carers should remain vigilant for symptoms such as a persistent high fever, cellulitis (skin infection) and arthritis (joint pain and swelling). If you are concerned for any reason please seek medical assistance immediately. If your child has an underlying condition which affects their immune system, you should contact your GP or hospital doctor to discuss whether any additional measures are needed.

   

  Yours sincerely

   

  Alan Monger

  Headteacher

• Happy Christmas Jenson

  Fri 06 Dec 2019
  Some of the children have been enjoying reading to Jenson each week. As it was his last visit before Christmas we had a little gift for him. 

  

• PTFA Shopping night

  Wed 04 Dec 2019
  Well done to the children who played the recorder and sang at the Christmas shopping night. Thank you to Donna Lewis for inviting us to play. Two video clips have been uploaded to the Creative Arts page on the Curriculum page. 

  

• Decorating our lovely real Christmas tree.

  Sun 01 Dec 2019
  One lucky child was randomly chosen from each class to decorate our Christmas tree in the library. Thank you to Oliver Gill and Amy Bowman from Hatherleigh Christmas Trees for their kind donation of a real Christmas tree and to Mrs Donna Lewis for organising this for the school.