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

Welcome back from the Easter break. We hope you had a restful time and enjoyed the warm weather.

Thank you for the kind words given to Mrs Moore regarding her retirement. She has enjoyed some time in school with the children this week and will be back to visit at the start of the Circus event. She will also come in for a celebration assembly with the staff and children next week. We will all miss Mrs Moore and her sense of fun but wish her well as she moves on.

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.

Whole School:

Parent Governor vacancy

Letter from a parent – Sponsored Trek to raise awareness of breast cancer

FOHWIS – Face painting and glitter tattoo’s

 - Cake competition

Year R:

Year R - Summer 1 newsletter

Travelling Natural History Museum event and Dinogirl

Year 1:

Year 1 - Summer 1 newsletter

Year 2:

Year 2 - Summer 1 newsletter

Letter from HWJS (paper copy)

A giant egg appeared on the Year R playground on Tuesday morning.  The children have had great fun investigating what could be inside the egg.  This morning the egg has hatched and we have been busy trying to spot the creature.  Please keep your eyes peeled and let us know if you see anything suspicious!  The children also enjoyed their first year group P.E session on the field and have been out in the big playground at lunchtimes with the rest of the school.

Word of the Week: sharp.

Maths Word of the Week: even.

The Year 1 children have settled back into school nicely and have been excited to tell the adults what they did over the Easter Break. In English the children have been learning the story of Jack and Beanstalk and have written speech bubbles for the characters. They wowed us with their ideas. In Maths the children have been learning doubles to 20. We used equipment and games to help us. We have just started our Queens topic in history and will be thinking about the question- Is Mrs Boorman a queen if she wears a crown? Our words of the week are turret and character.

It’s been lovely seeing the Year 2 children back in school this week. In English they wrote a recount about their favourite Easter break activities. In Maths the children learnt how to partition two-digit numbers into different combinations of tens and ones. They have also learnt how to add two-digit numbers together using the ‘smile’ method. Can they show you what the smile method is? Our new Science topic is forces and we have had a lot of fun exploring forces using scooters, bikes, skateboards, balls and toy cars.

Diary Dates (School Calendar):

5.5.22 – Circus event (tickets needed)

23.5.22 – Year R – Travelling History event

24.5.22 – Year 1 Castle 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.
• 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.
• Parking concerns have again been raised with cars being parked at the end of Hatch Warren Lane. Please consider using the Park and Stride offer of parking in the Portsmouth Arms car park and walking to and from 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!

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 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.
• 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 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