Community Links
Our communities are important to us at HWIS.....Scroll down to find out more....
Local community Wider community Global community Working together
Local community
Schools
Brighton Hill Community School
Hampshire Family Information directory - is a new online directory offering parents and practitioners the ability to search for information about childcare and family services in their local community, in other neighbouring authority areas and nationally.
Pre-schools
Hatch Warren Under 5’s Pre-school
Cuckoo Meadow Pre-school - Click on link for the Prospectus and this for their leaflet.
Nurseries
Before and After school care
Beavers, Cubs and Scouts & Rainbows, Brownies and Guides
Scouting: https://basingstokescouts.org.uk/
Girl Guiding: (information to be added)
Family Support
Surestart – click here to see local Surestart activities
Adult Learning
Basingstoke College of Technology - link to range of training courses
Police
We have contact with the local police constable for the area together with the community safety office and community wardens. All of these people visit the school during the term and also patrol the school premises during out of hours and the school holidays.
The School Health Service
Each term the Headteacher meets with the school nurse to discuss any medical concerns about any child. Which children are discussed is determined by previous medical history or a request from parents (via the school office) or school. All children who arrive from out of area are discussed. Occasionally these discussions result in the doctor or nurse contacting you to arrange to examine your child. You will always be invited to be present. The object of the service is to ensure, as far as possible, that every child remains fit and well to benefit from his or her education, and to enjoy life to the full. It is part of the National Health Service and if anything is found which calls for treatment, this will be arranged through your family doctor.
Wider community
Support for parents
- Parent pages – the national directory of services aimed at parents
- DirectGov– the latest and widest range of public service information from the UK Government
- Parent resources– articles written by practicing teachers designed to help you with your child’s education
- BBC Parenting– advice for parents of primary aged children
Global community
Working together
Supporting the Community and Fundraising
As well as continually seeking ways in which the community can support us, we are also looking for ways in which we can support the local, wider and global communities. We are also developing community links through the wider work of the school and the children’s school council. If you have any other suggestions about how we can work more closely with communities, or are a community looking to work with us, we would love to hear from you. Please email us at parent.mail@hwis.hants.sch.uk
Featured below are some examples of our work this year – please take a look!
Community Link | How have we supported the community? | When did we do this and who was involved? |
We held a fun day to raise funds for Children in Need. | Annually – the whole school | |
We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2009 - the whole school | |
Basingstoke Hospital ~ Children’s Ward | We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2009 - the whole school |
Following the January 2010 disaster in Haiti, we collected for the Haiti Earthquake Children's Appeal. | February 2010 – the whole school | |
Sports Relief | We ran, walked, scootered our way around the playground 13 times to raise funds for Sports Relief. | March 2012/March 2014/March 2016/March 2018 – the whole school |
Basingstoke Foodbanks | The children donated items of food for the Basingstoke Foodbank. | October 2013- October 2019 |
| Sebastian's Trust | We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2014 - the whole school |
| St Michael's Hospice | We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2015 - the whole school |
| Hearing Dogs | We collected donations as part of our Disability Day. | February 2016/2017/2018 - Year R |
| Basingstoke Foodbanks | We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2016/2017 |
| Dog's Trust | We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2018 |
| Besom | We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2018 |
| The Ark | We had a yellow, green and blue day to raise money for a new cancer unit | June 2019 |
| The Camrose Centre | We collected donations at then end of our Christmas performances. | December 2019 |
If you would like more information or want to see photos, click here which will re-direct you to our special events pages. Alternatively, if you would like to find out more about our community links, please click on them to be taken to their website.
Club Hub UK
We have thousands of online classes listed with the majority of them offering activities for free or with huge discounts available.
