Reminder that the school is closed on Wednesday 15^th and Thursday 16^th March next week due to the Teacher Strike, the form included on the letter sent this week must be submitted to us by Monday 12pm if you meet the criteria and are requesting to send your child in. We will then confirm places with parents Monday afternoon.

Friday 17^th March 2023 is Red Nose Day, the children can come to school in non-uniform on this day for a small donation if you can.

If your child want to attend the Easter Egg hunt on 27^th March please remember to complete the form as soon as possible https://forms.office.com/r/CvZ21V2jMj

The inset Days for next year 2023/2024 are:

1^st September 2023

4^th September 2023

2^nd January 2024

24^th May 2024

8^th July 2024

What a busy week!  The children in Year R have enjoyed acting out the story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears.  They have been thinking carefully about the story language and changing their voices to be the different characters.  On Wednesday the children had great fun exploring 3D shape in the snow and looking at the shapes of their faces.  Have fun making porridge as part of your “Talkbook” activity this weekend.   Below is a link to a song about The Three Little Pigs.  We have been listening to the song today and are trying to learn it off by heart.  The children have asked for us to send the link home so you can listen to it together.

Three Little Pigs (Story Song) - YouTube

Maths word of the week:  back

Word of the week: smooth

The children in Year 1 have been using their understanding of adjectives this week to write noun phrases about farm animals. They were very good at describing their features. In maths we have continued place value to 50. The children have been estimating where the numbers are on empty number lines and finding out 1 more and 1 less than numbers to 50. In science we have been discussing how humans grow and change from babies to elderly. We also enjoyed a unexpected snow day on Wednesday and although we were only in school until lunchtime we did have time to make some snowmen!!!

This week Year 2 have been learning about division and we learnt how to solve division questions by sharing and grouping. In English we watched a funny video story called Little Wolf. It doesn’t have any words so we mapped out the story on a story map so that we can write the story next week. In Science we designed a healthy balanced lunch and in PSHE we learnt about the Pants Rule. We also had lots of fun playing in the snow on Wednesday morning! 

Letters Home (https://www.hwis.hants.sch.uk/letters-home/):

Whole School:

Brighton Hill – Lane closures March 2023

Year R:

No specific mailing

Year 1:

No specific mailing

Year 2:

Pants Letter – Year 2 ONLY

Playground Pals letter – Year 2 ONLY

General Reminders:

• The play equipment must not be used before or after school – our insurance is not valid. Children have been told that if they are caught using the play equipment before or after school, they will lose dojo points.

• Please do not Send your child to school if they are ill. If you have had to give calpol, they have been sick or had diarrhoea (must stay off for 48 hours after the last episode) or if they have spots which could be chickenpox (can return once all spots have scabbed over).

• Please do not put sweets in your child’s lunch box.

• Scooters and bikes are not allowed to be ridden on the playground.

• Please remember that we are a nut and shellfish free school due to allergies. Please do not include anything into your child’s lunchbox that contains these ingredients included chocolate spread/peanut butter. Many thanks for your understanding.

• We are still looking for some volunteers that may be able to commit to helping in school on a regular basis. This may be to get experience of working in school before completing childcare training or just because you have some spare time on your hands and would like to be involved in school life. You could help with the library, gardening, run small groups or help hear those children that don’t read at home. If you are interested in this, please email parent.mail@hwis.hants.sch.uk.  We would need to initiate a DBS (safeguarding check).

Diary Dates (School Calendar):

15.03.23 & 16.03.23 School Closed – Teacher Strike

17.03.23 Red Nose Day

27.03.28 Easter Egg Hunt

28.03.23 Year 1 ONLY Longdown Activity Farm Visit

INSET Days for 2022-2023

Friday 26.05.2023

Monday 10.07.2023

General News and Information:

If your child does not eat certain foods due to religion reasons or personal preference, please ensure they know what lunch option they are choosing every day before they come in to book it on the whiteboard. There have been a few occasions when children have inadvertently selected the wrong meal choice. Children with allergies are identified by wearing a different coloured wrist band and have their meals cooked according to their special menu.

HC3S have a parent portal where they can register children needing special allergy school dinner menus directly. This will give parents more control and direct contact with the catering team. You will then need to make an application online for your child to have a special menu and the school will be notified automatically.  If you need to apply for a special menu, please see the information by clicking on: https://specialdiets.hants.gov.uk/

If your child has a change or existing or new medical condition, please inform us by completing the form which is now available on our website: New or Change to Existing Medical Condition Form

We continue to put our children, their parents and our staff at the centre of any decision making to ensure that we keep everyone as safe as we can at this continued tricky time. If you have any feedback as to how this week has been, please let us know via parent.mail@hwis.hants.sch.uk