Please remember to send your child into school with a named sun hat, water bottle and named sun cream. The sun cream must be a roll on or wipes as the children need to apply it themselves.

Please remember to complete the Sports Day form before 21 June 9am that was in last weeks mailing.

This week in Year R we have started our art project which we will be selling on Tuesday 27^th June and they are already looking stunning.  In maths this week we have been thinking about sharing.  The children enjoyed the story The Doorbell Rang and have been working out how many different ways they could share twelve cookies fairly.  We have been thinking about minibeasts and what they might be.  This week in Fab Funky Friday we have been paddling in our foot spas as we decided it was too hot for a fire!  Have a lovely weekend.

Maths word of the week: under

Topic word of the week: search

We have had another busy week in Year 1 and have been enjoying the sunshine. The children have been learning about ‘The Great Big Green Week’ and how it is important to look after our world. Ask your child to tell you all of their ideas on how to do this- we were very impressed! In maths we have been learning about position and direction. We started the week by dancing to the cha cha slide and have used directions language to follow instructions. In PE we have started practising for sports day, which the children are very excited about.

The word of the week is aerial view.  

This week Year 2 have been learning about instructions. They learnt how important it is for instructions to be clear and detailed or things can go wrong! The children spent time following instructions and identified key features of instructions in different texts. They then read a funny story called ‘How To Wash a Wooly Mammoth’ and sequenced the instructions from the book. In Maths, Year 2 have learnt how to measure length, weight and capacity using standard units of measurement. In the afternoons they looked at different seaside resorts and plotted them on a map of the UK. The children also started learning about Victorian seasides and thought about what was different compared to seasides today.  

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

Whole School:

Newsletter 5 2022-2023

Summer Reading Challenge 2023

Parent and carer workshops

Free baby massage and wellbeing

Free online courses

Oakley CC Family Fun day

Year R:

Mrs Lambell’s phonic group Basic 4 group 2

Mrs Way’s phonics group Basic 3 group 7

Year 1:

Year 1 Charter treat letter

Year 2:

No specific mailing

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 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):

20.06.23 Year R only QMC trip AM Ladybird class PM Bumblebee Class

23.6.23 Butterfly class am QMC trip

30.6.23 Sports Day

05.7.23 Fisherman’s Walk, Southbourne trip - YEAR 2

12.7.23 Year 2 Leavers assembly (more details to follow)

13.7.23 School reports going home

18.7.23 Outdoor fun day (more details to follow)

19.7.23 Year 2 Water fight 2:45pm

21.7.23 Last day of school – 2:15pm finish time

INSET Days for 2022-2023

Monday 10.07.2023

INSET Days for 2023-2024

1^st September 2023

4^th September 2023

2^nd January 2024

24^th May 2024

8^th July 2024

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