Thank you for your understanding regarding our phones not working for the last couple of days, we are awaiting them been fixed.

Reminder school is closed to children tomorrow Friday 26^th May as it is an Inset Day.

Hope you have a lovely half term break and we look forward to seeing you all back on Monday 5^th June.

Wow what an amazing week we have had!  The children in Year R have loved every minute of learning all about dinosaurs.  The highlights of this week have been making pizzas, meeting Dino Girl and setting up our own wonderful museums.  The children impressed Dino Girl with their fantastic knowledge and we were very proud of the children as Dino Girl fed back how wonderfully behaved they were.  We had a brilliant finish to our half-term with outdoor learning day.  It was Butterflies turn to make chocolate orange cakes on the fire, Ladybird class visited the pond and all the children went on a hunt for dinosaurs.

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Year 1 have has a very very busy week and so have the teachers! The week started with trips to QMC, where the children learnt about germs. They learn a lot and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. On Wednesday the children took part in castle day, which involved medieval dancing, knight training, dragon craft and a feast! Thank you to all of the parents who came in with the children. We ended the week with outdoor learning day. We were lucky with the weather and the children had a lovely day. We hope you have a restful and relaxing half term! 

This week Year 2 have been looking at a new book called ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. It is a wordless picture book about a girl who goes on a magical journey. Their task was to use present tense sentences to describe what was happening in the pictures. We realised that writing in present tense can be quite tricky! In Maths we have been telling the time to o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. It would be really helpful if the children could continue to practise telling the time at home and think about what they do at different times of the day. In History the children used their knowledge of Isambard Kingdom Brunel to complete a fact file about him. We ended the week having lots of fun during a sunny Outdoor Learning Day. Year 2 children made bird kites, played parachute games and used big build equipment to make an array of imaginative constructions including bridges and tunnels. We hope you all have a wonderful half term break and look forward to seeing you when we return.

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

Whole School:

No specific mailing

Year R:

No specific mailing

Year 1:

Year 1 Art Sale

Year 1 half term phonics practice

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):

05.06.23 Year 1 Art sale (after school)

06.06.23 Class Photos

22.6.23 DT Parent engagement event – YEAR 1 (9-11:30am)

30.06.23 Sports Day

05.7.23 Fisherman’s Walk, Southbourne trip - YEAR 2

INSET Days for 2022-2023

Friday 26.05.2023

Monday 10.07.2023

INSET Days for 2023-2024

1^st September 2023

4^th September 2023

2^nd January 2023

24^th May 2023

8^th July 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