A huge thank you to everyone who came to our Science under the stars evening last night, we hope you all had as much fun as we did. A big thank you to Mrs Page for organising the event.

Thank you to those parents/carers that gave feedback regarding curriculum presentations and increasing engagement. The majority of responses indicated that you would prefer to receive a recording that you are able to watch in your own time. The phonics presentation will be recorded and hopefully be available in Spring 2. The Maths sessions that were planned for next week will be recorded and emailed out to you for your information. They will also both be saved on the website.

Wow, what an amazing week in Year R! We have been so lucky to have two visitors in school this week. Jodie the dental nurse and Mikey and his Fire Fighting Crew.  The children had great fun learning all about how to keep their teeth healthy and what it takes to be a fire fighter.  Ladybird class enjoyed cooking waffles on the fire.

Maths Word of the Week: after

Word of the Week: helpful

The children in Year 1 have been learning about the first Lunar landing this week. They were very excited to see a video of the Saturn V rocket taking off and have already learnt many facts about the Apollo 11 mission. Just ask them! In maths the children have been learning their number bonds to 20 and working them out systematically using 20s frames and bar models. The children have been very excited to sew their aliens- thank you to the parents who came in and helped.

This week in Year 2 we continued our Great Fire of London information leaflets for Ken and Iain. We have been so impressed with the children’s knowledge. In Maths we have been making amounts using different combinations of coins. You could continue to practise this at home if you like. In Science we conducted an experiment to investigate the suitability of different material spoons for different purposes. We realised that chocolate spoons aren’t very good for stirring warm water! Next Tuesday we have our parent participation event from 9am to 10.30am. If you would like to come but haven’t completed the form, please speak to your child’s class teacher as we need to know who is coming in advance. Thank you.

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

Whole School:

NEU Industrial action 1.2.23 letter

Sarah Gaunt Photo session at HWIS 20 February

Free Paediatric First aid course leaflet

Year R:

Mrs Weston Phonic group week 4

Year 1:

No specific mailing

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):

30.01.2023 Cinema evening

INSET Days for 2022-2023

Monday 20.02.2023

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