What a busy week filled with lots of highs and a few sad moments as we come to the end of the year.

The Year 6 production of ’Wizard of Oz’ was a real treat on Wednesday. Thank you to all the talented Year 6 pupils and to all the staff involved in the production. Thank you also to all the parents and relatives that supported the event. We raised around £170 for our link school in Kenya. This money will be used to help create a colourful mural in the school grounds and buy basic equipment for the pupils. I am sure you will all join me in wishing the year 6 children good luck in their new schools. We will all miss them but I know that they will be back to let us know how they are getting on next term.

We have also said goodbye and best wishes to some of the teachers and Support Staff in our end of term assembly. Farewell to Rachael, Caroline, Ernestina, bakery, James, Jo A and Raquel who are all moving on to jobs in other local schools. And to Zareen, Rose, Jenna and Kala who I hope will all end up as teachers in the near future. And a very sad goodbye to Durgo who is retiring after 21 years at Millfields. She had us all near to  tears during assembly as she led a song with Roz to say thank you and good luck to all the pupils she has taught during her time here.

And finally, thank you to all the parents and carers who have been so supportive of the school particularly over the last two terms. I hope you will continue to welcome more positive changes that are planned for next year and in particular, help to further develop parental involvement whether by joi9ning the PSA or helpi9ng out in class.

I hope you all have a safe, happy and restful summer break.

Best Wishes, Jane

I cannot believe that we are nearly in the last week of term as there has been so much happening and lots more still to see, do and complete before we break up for the summer holiday on Friday next week.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended the parents’ Evening this week. We had 90% attendance which is great. Thank you also to all the parents who completed questionnaires. We have read all the comments and are now collating all the information so that we can report on the outcomes and actions at the beginning of next term at the next Parents’ Forum.

As you can see from the photo above, both KS1 and KS2 have performed with other hackney schools at the hackney Music Festival this week. This is always such a lovely event, so if you do have some time later, please try to pop in to the Round Chapel to see the show that starts at 5pm.

Raquel and some of our most talented Spanish speakers performed the play: ‘Ratita presumida’ today. The Spanish pronunciation and the acting were fantastic. Thank you to everyone involved in the production. There will be a chance to see it on the website over the next few weeks.

We have now managed to collect nearly every child’s parent contact mobile number, so we will be sending out a few text messages next week to ensure that it is working properly –any feedback will be greatly appreciated. We hope that this system will then become a regular means of communication with parents in the new academic year.

I hope to see all the Year 6 parents at the Leavers’ Show next Wednesday.

Have a good weekend. Best Wishes,Jane

There have been lots of events over the last seven days, so it has been a busy time for parents, staff and children at Millfields.

Last Saturday was Community Day –thank you to all the parents and staff who made the day a success, and to all the children and parents who came along to join in the fun. We raised around £1000 that will go towards new resources for the school. Have a look at the photos later in the Mag.

Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended the Parent’s Forum on Monday evening. I hope it was a valuable session for parents and that those who attended got answers to questions raised. The minutes of the meeting are available from the main office.

Lots of classes have also been on trips this week. Year One classes have all visited Spitalfields Farm in the last week, and Year 3 classes enjoyed a trip to the Tate Modern.

Some of the Year 6 children visited their new secondary schools on Thursday. The initial reports back are that the teachers are very strict!

And today we have lots of volunteers from business taking part in the National Give and Gain Day.

Although we are nearing the end of term, the children and staff are certainly still very busy and still working hard in class. Next week, the children will be meeting their new teachers and spending the day in their new classroom. We are hoping to see all the parents at Parent’s Evening on Tuesday and there is also a Spanish Play, an Art Day and the Infant and Junior Singing Festivals at the Round Chapel.

Look out for more news on After-school Clubs and classes for next year in the next few days. Have a good weekend. Best wishes, Jane

Welcome back to all 60 children and 7 staff who have spent the week in sunny Dorset. They have all had a fantastic time as you can see from some of the photographs in the Mag this week. I am looking forward to hearing all the stories next week!

HMI visit
I hope you will have had an opportunity by now to have looked at the HMI monitoring visit report. It was a Section 8 Inspection and judged that the school is making satisfactory progress against the two keep priorities from the post Ofsted Action Plan. Key strengths were as follows: staff and pupil relationships, pupils want to learn and their attitudes are positive, support staff are skilled at keeping pupils with SEN focussed, teachers have high expectations of behaviour, Interactive technology is well-utilised , learning environments show consistency, where teaching and learning is good the pupils are talking about their learning and the teacher uses data as a basis for planning. There were of course areas for development that the school had already identified and are currently working on. I hope you will be able to make the Parents Forum on Monday 5th July at 6pm where we will be able to answer any further questions.

Best wishes,
Jane

The children and staff had a great day building rafts and going in the sea yesterday. The weather has remained glorious for the whole week so they have really enjoyed the outdoor life to the full. Some of the children are enjoying a game of football on the photo above.

The disco last night, was a big hit and the Millfields children were showing off their 'cha cha slide' on the dance floor to all the children from the other schools.  

The bus will be leaving at around 10.30am this morning, and they hope to be back at Millfields between 3.30pm and 4.00pm.

I will keep you informed about the arrival time nearer the end  of the day.

 All well, but all very tired today as the seagulls kept everyone up last night!

Lovely sunshine today and clear blue sky looking out to sea.

The children are raft-building for most of the day today.

They will also be going on the zip wire and climbing again.

 There is an evening beach walk later, followed by a disco!

The weather has been fantastic today.

The children have been Orienteering, Rock -Climbing, Abseiling and have been on a sensory Trail Walk.

 Everyone is having a good time.