On Wednesday and Thursday next week the school dinner menus have swapped days. On Wednesday the options will be Red: Roast Pork, Green: Vegetarian Sausages and Blue: Jacket potato with Vegetable curry. One Thursday the options will be Red: Chicken curry, Green: Pizza and Blue: Jacket potato with coleslaw. On Wednesday 19^th and Thursday 20^th October will be Parents evening, please look out for booking information that will be sent out shortly.

This week in Year R we have had great fun looking at ourselves in mirrors and starting our self portraits, on Monday we will be adding the detail to our paintings.  In Maths we have been subitising (subitising is being able to visually see a number of objects instantly without needing to count them out one at a time) with numbers 1, 2 and 3.  The children enjoyed sorting buttons this week and thinking about what the sorting rule was eg. They have two holes, four holes, they are pink.

Maths Word of the Week: last

Topic Word of the Week: celebration

In Year 1 the children have been creating their own pirate maps this week with their own symbols and keys. Ask them what they put on their pirate map. In maths the children have been learning to subitise and recognise different amounts without having to count them. We were very impressed. In science the children have been matching objects to the material they are made out of. The word of the week is enough

This week Year 2 visited the Living Rainforest. We had a great time and learnt lots of new facts. The staff there were very impressed with the knowledge the children already had and we were very proud of how well the children behaved and interacted during the activities. In English we have been writing a non-chronological report all about ourselves and in Maths we are using number lines to solve addition calculations. In Science we went searching for minibeasts in different microhabitats and used tallies to record what we found. In Music we used different instruments to explore beats and rhythms. We sounded like a professional orchestra when we all played together!

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

Whole School:

Childrens Flu Vaccinations

School age Immunisation leaflet

Make a Difference and McMillan

Walktober letter

Walktober leaflet

Magna half term flyer       

Year R:

Parents Newsletter – The basics 2

Ladybird Class Charter

Bumblebee Charter

Butterfly Charter

Year 1& 2:

Cinema Evening

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.

• 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):

03.10.22 - Y1 Openbox Titanic

10.10.22 – Y1 & 2 Cinema evening

14.10.22 - Harvest festival (internal)

19.10.22 & 20.10.22 - Parents evening 3.30-7.00pm

21.10.22 – INSET – school closed

08.11.22 – Individual school photos

INSET Days for 2022-2023

Friday 21.10.2022

Friday 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