Mailing for 20^th May 2022

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

As the weather warms up and you start to buy sun care products for your family, please be aware that some of these products contain nuts in their ingredients. We have a number of children in school with nut allergies so please check the ingredients list carefully before you make your purchase. We advise parents to apply sun cream before sending your child into school. On really warm days, the children can re-apply using wipes or a roll on sun cream. Please do not send in liquid sun cream.

Please can we also ask that although it is now summer term, it is important that children are wearing shoes and socks rather than sandals to school as a matter of safety. 

School dinners – please check that your child likes one of the three options available daily, as we have had some children saying that they can’t pick an option as they don’t like any of them. If they don’t like any option, please provide a packed lunch. The kitchen staff are only able to offer what is on the menu.

Whole School:

Outdoor learning day

MAGNA half term and summer club flier

Bags 2 School

Brighton Hill Roundabout update

Hatch Warren Under 5s open day flier

Year R:

No specific mailing

Year 1:

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Year 2:

No specific mailing

This week Year R have designed and made their own pizzas for dinosaurs.  They decided if they wanted to make a pizza for a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore.  They really enjoyed eating their pizzas after they had been cooked.  In maths this week we have been looking at odd and even numbers.  The children had cabbages to share between two dinosaurs to see if the number was odd or even.  They really enjoyed exploring the numbers.

Word of the Week: fossil

Maths Word of the Week: double

The Year 1 children have been learning about parts of a castle this week and writing captions to explain what each part is. Ask them if they can tell you what the moat was used for! In maths the children have been using division to share in to equal parts. They have used equipment and pictures to help work out their answers. In Science the children have completed a double bubble map looking at the similarities and differences between themselves and their friends.

Our words of the week are royal and wandered.

This week, Year 2 children have been working hard completing their end of Key Stage One SATs (Standard Assessment Tests). We have been very impressed with how sensible and focused the children have been during this time. The children have also been busy designing and making their own moving vehicles. We had lots of fun seeing how far everyone’s vehicles travelled and we finished off the week with our special mechanics day today.

Diary Dates (School Calendar):

23.5.22 – Year R – Travelling History event

23.5.22 – Year 2 – GIST lorry visiting – car parking will be limited

24.5.22 – Year 1 Castle Day

25.5.22 – Jubilee celebrations – activities and whole school lunch – wear red, white and blue

26.5.22 – Outdoor learning day

26.5.22 @ 3.15pm – End of term

27.5.22 – INSET day – school closed

7.6.22 – Class photo’s

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.
• Head bump letters are changing from red paper to a mustard yellow colour to make them easier to see in book bags.
• 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.
• The play equipment must not be used before or after school as our insurance is not valid.

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!

General News and Information:

• 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! We also need to see proof of new address for our records.  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 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).
• 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.

Brighton Hill Roundabout Footway Diversions and Bus Stop Suspension

• Please see the link which has details of the proposed  pedestrian diversion in place at Brighton Hill Roundabout: https://sway.office.com/8DXH7mT7naSoFSTJ?ref=Link

HC3S have launched a 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