10th December 2024

Dear Parent/Carers,

Well Christmas has certainly arrived in school. Many thanks to all who attended the Christmas Wreath Making last Wednesday, it was a lovely afternoon and evening with our staff enjoying the event too. Special thanks to one of our talented Parents, Hayley Watson for instructing all to make some wonderful creations.

Elf Day was another huge success. We are so grateful to your families and friends for pulling out all of the stops and raising £2790 so far for our new Hydrotherapy Pool. Please send in any remaining sponsor monies by the end of the week for school banking purposes. The children and staff had a fun day too! What an amazing result!

We also want to say many thanks for supporting our Christmas Fayre last Friday evening. There was a great turnout, as ever, with some lovely feedback on the Christmas Yurt and the musical entertainment. Thanks to the Hadrian staff for the team spirit in assembling and tidying up this event in one long day! We raised an amazing £1,400 thanks to your generosity.

The children thoroughly enjoyed meeting Santa in school yesterday, thanks to our friends from Stagecoach. Some lucky families will also be receiving kind gifts from our local Hindu Temple on the West Road. You might like to send them a ‘thank you’ card which we will pass on your behalf. It is always important to remember to say ‘thank you’ particularly at this time of year when our attention turns to the needs of others less fortunate than ourselves.

Look out for the new Hadrian Herald next week and another bumper edition full of news and views.

Dates for your diary include the following;

  • Christmas Shows on Thursday 12th for June and Lauren, Charli, Dave, Amy H, Phil, Loveday, Josie & John
    Friday 13th December for Sarah, Amy Brown, Ellen, Becky, Deborah, Marc, Rachael, Grace, & Shirley
    Your Class Teachers will keep you posted for your child’s Christmas Parties
  • If you are free this Thursday afternoon around 1:15pm, you might want to pop along and cheer our School Choir on as they entertain the shoppers in the Grainger Market with a medley of Christmas songs, it would be good to see you all
  • School breaks up for the Christmas holidays as normal 3:15pm on Friday 20th December/ The children return to school on Tuesday 7th January 2025 (Training Day Monday 6th January)

Yours sincerely,

Chris Rollings

Head Teacher

2nd December 2024

Dear Parent/Carers,

A huge thank you to those of you who were able to support our first Chaii & Chaat evening last Thursday. We had a wonderful evening of entertainment and refreshments and huge support from all members of our community blending a fusion of Asian and British music traditions (with a bit of Greece thrown in?). Can I say a very big ‘thank you’ to the orchestrator of these evenings, Labli Rahman, one of our brilliant Teaching & Learning Assistants who devotes hours of time in preparation for these events. Also a huge ‘thank you’ to Bev Luke, a former member of staff who raised almost £1924 on Friday night at a fundraising event at Kenton Social Club! Incredible result and these funds will also go toward our Hydrotherapy fundraising project.

If you are bringing your child to school after 9.00am you will be asked to sign them in on the iPad in Reception, this is so we can monitor children’s attendance.

Dates for your diary include the following;

  • Pass it on Parents on Tuesday 3rd December 10:00am
  • A reminder of Elf Day this Friday, we would be grateful if the sponsor forms sent out last week could be returned to school
  • Christmas Fayre Friday on 6th December, 5.30pm in the Sports Hall, If you have any unwanted bottles to send in, we would be very grateful
  • Christmas Jumper and Christmas Lunch Day on Tuesday 10th December
  • Save the date for the Christmas Shows on Thursday 12th for Class 1 (June and Lauren) Class 2 (Charli), Class 6 (Dave), Class 14 (Amy H), Class 15 (Phil), Class 16 (Loveday), Class 18 (Josie), Class 19 (John)
    Friday 13th December for Class 4 (Sarah), Class 7 (Amy Brown), Class 8 (Ellen), Class 9 (Becky), Class 10 (Deborah), Class 11 (Marc), Class 12 (Rachael), Class 13 (Grace), Class 17 (Shirley).

There will be a wealth of other Christmas activities coming soon from the Santa Bus visiting on the 9th December, our Choir singing in the Grainger Market on the afternoon of the 12th December, class trips to see Santa, class parties, a Christmas Celidh and more!

Once again, as we approach winter, can I remind you that we have some very vulnerable children in school that are prone to chest infections and have low immune systems. Can I please ask you to respect the 48 hours absence with sickness and diarrhoea and to ensure you do not send your child into school with a chest infection or any other serious ailments.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Rollings

Head Teacher

13th November 2024

Dear Parent/Carers,

To those of you who were able to attend our Bonfire Night, I hope you all enjoyed the fireworks and the hospitality. Many thanks for your really positive feedback and to those of you who shared your photos and videos on our Facebook page, many may well reappear in the latest edition of the Hadrian Herald which will be out shortly.
Can I just take this opportunity to once again thank the amazing Hadrian staff who pulled out all the stops in preparation for the night and to the Friends of Hadrian for all of the organisation and attention to details behind the scenes? Now onto the Christmas fayre!

Dates for your diary include the following;

• Children in Need on Friday 15th November. Feel free to send your children into school in fancy dress or spots with a contribution to Children in Need
• Chaii & Chaat on Thursday 28th November 5:30pm-7:30pm at Hadrian School. This is a new initiative that we would love you to support, particularly to our multicultural community
• Pass it on Parents on Tuesday 3rd December 10:00am
• Christmas Wreath Making on Wednesday 4th December 1:00pm in the School Hall, more details to follow
• Elf Day & Christmas Fayre Friday on 6th December, more details to follow. If you have any bottles or quality toys to send in, we would be very grateful
• Christmas Jumper and Christmas Lunch Day on Tuesday 10th December
• Save the date for the Christmas Shows on Thursday 12th for Class 1 (June and Lauren) Class 2 (Charli), Class 6 (Dave), Class 14 (Amy H), Class 15 (Phil), Class 16 (Loveday), Class 18 (Josie), Class 19 (John)
Friday 13th December for Class 4 (Sarah), Class 7 (Amy Brown), Class 8 (Ellen), Class 9 (Becky), Class 10 (Deborah), Class 11 (Marc), Class 12 (Rachael), Class 13 (Grace), Class 17 (Shirley),

There will be a wealth of other Christmas activities coming soon from the Santa Bus visiting on the 9th December, our Choir singing in the Grainger market on the afternoon of the 12th December, class trips to see Santa, class parties, a Christmas Celidh and more!

As we approach winter, can I remind you that we have some very vulnerable children in school that are prone to chest infections and have low immune systems. Can I please ask you to respect the 48 hours absence with sickness and diarrhoea and to ensure you do not send your child into school with a chest infection or any other serious ailments.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Rollings
Head Teacher

22nd October 2024

Dear Parent/Carers,

Just a few reminders and updates as we head to Half Term. Thanks again for all your support with our wonderful Harvest Festival last week. Sunnybank Community Centre were going to share the goods with some of the Benwell community caught up in the recent disaster, so thanks for your kindness.

Many thanks to those of you who are getting your children into school earlier and picking them up later, it is very much appreciated. Some Parent/Carers will receive a personal letter regarding their child’s attendance, don’t panic, you will have an opportunity to discuss the reasons that may be causing poor attendance. As you all know, it is very important that your child attends school every day unless there are exceptional circumstances.

If you are able to send in a £1 or spare cash for the ‘Pop-up Café’ this Thursday that would be great. The proceeds are going to support our Year 6 Residential next year. Also staff members John, Phil & Phil are running a Half Marathon over Half Term, again to raise funds for the same Year 6 residential if anyone would like to support their efforts. (justgiving.com/page/john-mosley or follow on our Facebook)

If you would like your child to come into school in fancy dress, or change into fancy dress for our Halloween Disco this Friday afternoon, please feel free to do so.

Dates for your diary include the following;

  • Halloween ‘Pop-up Café’ on Thursday 24th October
  • Halloween Disco this Friday 25th October 1:30pm, feel free to send your children in fancy dress
  • Half Term, school closes Friday 25th October 3:15pm and re-opens on Monday 4th November 9.00am
  • Bonfire Night Friday 8th November 5:30pm – 7:30pm, tickets now on sale from Admin
  • Remembrance Assembly Monday 11th November 1:30pm – parents invited
  • Chaii & Chaat Thursday 28th November 5:30pm-7:30pm at Hadrian School – parents invited
  • Christmas Wreath Making on Wednesday 4th December 1:00pm in the School Hall, parents invited, contact the Admin Team to book a place (£25 per person)
  • Christmas Fayre on Friday 6th December & Elf Day for the children.

School breaks up for Half Term this Friday the 25th October at 3.15pm, we hope you all have a lovely break and we look forward to seeing your children back on the 4th November.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Rollings

Head Teacher

 

14th October 2024
Dear Parent/Carers,

I hope you are all well and avoiding the colds going around school at the moment! Just a few updates and reminders of school procedures.

I appreciate you all need school to keep in close contact with your child’s progress, however, we are receiving a lot of phone calls in teaching time which then takes the Teacher from their core duties. So, if the call is not urgent we will inform the Teacher of your message and they will get back to you at lunchtime or after 3:30pm.

We are also struggling with the number of requests for children to finish school early. Can I remind you all the School day is 9:00am -3:15pm for all, unless there are pressing circumstances which we may consider. Picking children up early to then go to pick up your children from another school is not an appropriate reason, most mainstream schools have after school clubs so please take advantage of them.

Our Confident Parenting groups are back underway each Thursday in school. Can I remind you that these are not ‘drop-in’ sessions. The group needs the 6 weeks to establish relationships and trust between parents, so please commit to all 6 sessions.

Our Harvest Festival is this Wednesday. Please send in any fresh or tinned goods asap, all proceeds this year going to our local Pendower community centre at Sunnybanks.

Poppy Appeal
We now have items to purchase for Remembrance Day, please send a minimum donation of £1.00 per item if your child would like to purchase a poppy, wristband, keyring etc.

Dates for your diary include the following;

  • Harvest Festival Wednesday 16th October 9:45am
  • Halloween ‘Pop-up Café’ on Thursday 24th October
  • Halloween Disco Friday 25th October 1:30pm
  • Half Term, school closes Friday 25th October 3:15pm and re-opens on Monday 4th November
  • Bonfire Night Friday 8th November 5.30pm – 7.30pm tickets now on sale from Admin
  • Remembrance Assembly Monday 11th November 1:30pm
  • Chaii & Chaat Thursday 28th November 5:30pm-7:30pm at Hadrian School, see poster on the back for more details
  • Christmas Wreath Making on Wednesday 4th December 1:00pm in the School Hall, more details to follow.

Yours sincerely,
Chris Rollings
Head Teacher

24th September 2024
Dear Parent/Carers,

Can I just remind you of upcoming events, in particular the Coffee Afternoon for the McMillan Cancer Charity on Friday 27th September at 2:00pm in the School Hall and the Multi-professional Coffee Morning on Tuesday 1st October at 9:30am, also in the School Hall.

The McMillan and Maggie’s place Coffee Afternoon is very close to our hearts at the moment, as we have a number of colleagues who have recently or currently been facing a battle with cancer and aggressive cancer treatment. We would like to show support for these friends and colleagues and are asking for you to join us in a show of support for these excellent cancer charities. If you can’t make it you could send in cakes or a tombola prize, or send a £1 for your child to pop along and purchase something on your behalf.

We have timed the Coffee Afternoon so that many of you can join us and then take your own child home. If you do intend to do this can you please let your child’s Class Teacher know in advance so we can let the Local Authority Transport know of your plans.

Remember also that it is our Friends of Hadrian meeting tomorrow night, live or on zoom if you would like to join remotely?? Your support is very much valued and appreciated.

Dates for your diary include the following;

• Friends of Hadrian Meeting Wednesday 25th September 4:00pm-6:00pm live or on Zoom. New members always welcome
• Macmillan Coffee Afternoon 2:00pm Friday 27th September
• Multi-Professional Coffee Morning 9:30am Tuesday 1st October
• Harvest Festival Wednesday 16th October 9:45am
• Halloween ‘Pop-up Café’ on Thursday 24th October
• Halloween Disco Friday 25th October 1:30pm
• Bonfire Night Friday 8th November 5:00pm – 7:00pm
• Remembrance Assembly Monday 11th November 1:30pm

Yours sincerely,

Chris Rollings
Head Teacher

18th September 2024
Dear Parent/Carers,

Hello everyone. I hope your children have settled in well and you have all the information you need from school? Can I just remind you of upcoming events, in particular the Coffee Afternoon for McMillan Cancer Charity on Friday 27th September at 2:00pm in the School Hall and the Multi-professional Coffee Morning on Tuesday 1st October at 9:30am, also in the School Hall.

Dates for your diary include the following;

• Friends of Hadrian Meeting Wednesday 25th September 4:00pm-6:00pm live or on Zoom. New members always welcome
• Macmillan Coffee Afternoon 2:00pm Friday 27th September
• Multi-Professional Coffee Morning 9:30am Tuesday 1st October
• Harvest Festival Wednesday 16th October 9:45am
• Halloween ‘Pop-up Café’ on Thursday 24th October
• Halloween Disco Friday 25th October 1:30pm
• Bonfire Night Friday 8th November 5:00pm – 7:00pm
• Remembrance Assembly Monday 11th November 1:30pm

Can you help by sending in spare clothes, where appropriate pads and wipes, PE & swimming kits (named if possible), juice, fruit, healthy snacks for the classroom and a reminder that children should not wear jewellery in school including earrings for health & safety reasons.

Contact Details

Can you help us by ensuring we have two phone numbers in case we need to contact you about changes of address, medications, appointments etc. We will be sending out data collection sheets over the next few weeks to ensure we have all your up to date information.

Immunisations

The Immunisations Team will be in school at the 20th September. If you have booked your child’s immunisation non-line this will take place sometime on the 20th September.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Rollings
Head Teacher

4th September 2024

Dear Parent/Carers,

Welcome back and a very warm welcome to all of our new starters and their families who have joined our Hadrian family this week. I hope you have enjoyed the summer break, despite the weather, and as expected, the sun shines when we get back to school! Did you enjoy reading the summer edition of the Hadrian Herald? If any families would like to write a piece for the new magazine about your journey as a Parent, your views on school, your fundraising ideas for the new Hydrotherapy Pool, or any topic close to your hearts, please drop me an email.

There is so much to look forward to this term, including lots of exciting outdoor learning opportunities, Harvest Festival and later in the term Halloween and Bonfire Night.

Dates for your diary include the following;

  • School Photographer Monday 16th September
  • Friends of Hadrian Meeting Wednesday 25th September 4:00pm-6:00pm live or on Zoom. New members always welcome
  • Macmillan Coffee Afternoon 2:00pm Friday 27th September, more details to follow
  • Multi-Professional Coffee Morning 9:30am Tuesday 1st October
  • Harvest Festival Wednesday 16th October 1:30pm
  • Halloween ‘Pop-up Café’ on Thursday 24th October
  • Halloween Disco Friday 25th October 1:30pm
  • Bonfire Night Friday 8th November 5:00pm – 7:00pm
  • Remembrance Assembly Monday 11th November 1:30pm

 

Very soon you will be receiving your child’s timetable for the week so you know which days are PE or swimming etc. You will also be involved in conversations around your child’s immediate learning goals and therapeutic needs. Remember, you are welcome into school at any time during the week, all we ask is that if you require time to talk to the Teacher or Leadership Team you make an appointment so we can plan it into our diaries.

Can you help by sending in spare clothes, where appropriate pads and wipes, PE & swimming kits (named if possible), juice, fruit, healthy snacks for the classroom and a reminder that children should not wear jewellery in school including earrings for health & safety reasons.

It was so nice to welcome your children to school today, we will have a fun filled assembly on Friday to share our plans with the children and I look forward to catching up with you over the next weeks and months.

News from school

We are delighted to report that Zoe, our Massage Therapist, gave birth to a baby boy, Parker over the summer. Mother and baby are both doing well. We have also welcomed a new Teacher, Deborah Rushton to school and are delighted to see our Lauren Knox step into a Teaching role this term, best wishes to one and all.

Contact Details

Can you help us by ensuring we have two phone numbers in case we need to contact you about changes of address, medications, appointments etc. We will be sending out data collection sheets over the next few weeks to ensure we have all your up to date information.

Parent/Carer Training

Our training company HEADS is supporting parent/carer training opportunities again this year. All training is free of charge and is taking place at Hadrian School. If you would like to attend any of the training courses please contact school or email daniel.coffey@hadrian.newcastle.sch.uk, or david.palmer@hadrian.newcastle.sch.uk

Immunisations

The Immunisations Team will be in school at the 20th September. If you have booked your child’s immunization non-line this will take place sometime on the 20th.

SEND Transport

If you have any transport issues please contact the Local Authority SEND Transport Team on 0191 2774646

 

Yours sincerely,

Chris Rollings

Head Teacher