Mailing for 11^th March 2022

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

Parents evenings have been a great success this week. Thank you for attending and sharing the progress your child/ren are making. Thank you to the parents of Bumblebee Class for being so understanding about your appointments being next Wednesday due to Mrs Lambell’s rather sudden, unexpected departure. We are pleased to say that she is now home with baby Nate and they are both doing well. She popped in to school today and we’ve all enjoyed meeting him and having a little cuddle!!

FOHWIS update – 2’s challenge for 22.2.22 raised £519.16. A HUGE well done to Lewis B in Butterfly Class who raised £170 completing a 2 mile sponsored scoot and also to Reuben P-R in Butterfly Class who raised £216.50 doing a sponsored litter pick.

Please remember to update the office if your contact details change. We have had a few cases of having wrong addresses where parents have forgotten to tell us they have moved! You can send an email to parent.mail@hwis.hants.sch.uk or click the link and complete pupil change of details form https://www.hwis.hants.sch.uk/general-forms/

Please be aware that school finishes at 2.15pm on Thursday 21^st July 2022 – this is a change due to the extra bank holiday in May half term for the Queen’s jubilee. School staff are owed a day in lieu of this.

Whole School:

Phonics presentation

FOHWIS – donation request

Year R:

Parents Evening expectations

Year 1:

Home school agreement – please support us at home with your child’s learning

Year 2:

Home school agreement – please support us at home with your child’s learning

The Year R children have had great fun making up their own stories and recording them.  We have been learning about 3D shapes and their properties.  The children have loved making their own flap books.  They were so excited after going on an adventure with Lucy from Perform.

Word of the Week:  rough

Maths Word of the Week: more

The Year 1 children have had an amazing end to creative week by having the chance to look at each classes work. What a fantastic range of work there was! Squirrel class have made pop-up books. Fox class have written ‘Hello, Little Bird’ poems and Otter class have written about their best place in the world. In maths the children have been learning about subtraction. They can use equipment and pictorial representations to show how they worked out their answer. They have also been using their knowledge of counting backwards to help them.

Year 2 have had a busy second week of ‘Creative Fortnight’. This week we have finished our story books and made illustrations and a front cover to make it more appealing for our readers. We also produced some art work using a combination of paint, crayons, pastels and coloured pencils. On Tuesday we had a drama session which was great fun. In Maths we have started our new topic which is Time.

Diary Dates (School Calendar):

16.3.22 – Parents evening – Bumblebee Class

18.3.22 – Red Nose Day – Non uniform day for a donation towards the charity

31.3.22 – Bumblebee and Butterfly trip to Milestones

1.4.22 – Ladybird trip to Milestones

4.4.22 – FOHWIS Easter Egg Hunt

5.4.22 – Year 1 Farm trip

6.4.22 – Cinema

7.4.22 – Outdoor Learning Day

8.4.22 @ 2.15pm – End of Spring term

General Reminders:

• Please DO NOT send your child in to school dosed up on Calpol. If they are unwell they should rest and get better at home. Sending children that are unwell in to school is making some of our staff ill and unable to be in school.
• Please ensure your child brings in all they need each day. This includes, reading books, book bags, water bottles, hats, gloves, scarves and a warm coat.

We are pleased to announce the return of the blue lunch option of Jacket Potatoes. 

Fillings as follows:

Monday:       Beans

Tuesday:       Cheese and Beans

Wednesday: Tuna Mayonnaise

Thursday:     Quorn Fillet (optional gravy)

Friday:         Vegetarian Sausage

INSET Days for 2021-2022

Friday 27.05.2022

Monday 11.07.2022

Also don’t forget to follow our Facebook page… we will try to share important events, dates and things that have happened in school… don’t forget to share with your friends and family!

Please find a link to the Phonics presentation. Mrs Lambell will show you how we teach phonics in school through a YouTube video: Link -  https://youtu.be/dcuzb8fp-R0

General News and Information:

Please be advised that DFE guidance informs us that if a child displays any coronavirus symptom (cough, temperature or loss of taste/smell), we must send the child home and ask them to follow the guidance and get them a PCR test. The child must isolate until a negative result is given when they are able to return to school if they are well enough. If the result is positive they must isolate for 10 days but can return to school if they have a negative LFD test on days 5 and 5 and do not have a temperature.

Remember that LFD testing is for people who are asymptomatic. If anyone within your household develops symptoms, you must book at PCR test by either phoning 119 or booking online: https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test

• Please find details of a website that helps make decisions as to whether your child should come into school unwell. The website link is https://what0-18.nhs.uk/parentscarers/worried-your-child-unwell/child-unwell-ok-go-nurseryschool
• Children to come into school wearing their PE kits on the days they have PE (Year R – Thurs, Year 1 – Mon & Wed, Year 2 – Tues & Thurs).
• The play equipment must not be used before or after school as our insurance is not valid.
• Please park considerately around the local area. We have sadly received several complaints from residents whose drive ways have been blocked.
• We are a nut free school but are also becoming a shellfish free school due to staff and child allergies. Please do not send shellfish or nut products within your child’s packed lunch.
• Red head bump letters – these will be in children’s book bags when they come home. If it is a major bump, you will receive a phone call to explain what has happened.

Brighton Hill Roundabout Footway Diversions and Bus Stop Suspension

• Please see the link which has details of the current pedestrian diversion in place at Brighton Hill Roundabout: https://sway.office.com/zeUr1B8bNXYEdXIo?ref=Link

HC3S have launched a new parent portal where they can register children needing special 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 in Letters Home

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

Have a lovely weekend. J

Take care and stay safe.

HWIS team