Welcome back and Happy New Year to you all.

Could we please ask you to look at the online games and programmes that some of the children are playing and consider if they are age appropriate e.g Fortnite is for 13 years +.

Reminder that dogs are not permitted on the playground and please do not put sweets or chocolate in your child’s packed lunch box.

The Year R children have settled in well after the Christmas break.  We have been finding out all about Winter and the children completed their first piece of writing.  We were very impressed with them all and their knowledge about Winter.  In math’s this week we have been subitising to five and learning all about zero.  Ladybird Class and Bumblebee Class have learnt how to strike a fire this week and Butterfly Class will be doing this next Friday in Fab Funky Friday.  Ladybird Class have also cooked hot dogs on the fire after some of the children visited Asda yesterday to buy the ingredients and stopped off at the park for a play.

In Year 1 we have had a lovely first week back and the children have been working really hard to get back into routine. In English we have been retelling the story of Whatever Next. We acted out the story and ordered the events of a story hill. In maths the children have been looking at place value to 20 and using equipment to solve problems. We are looking forward to our school trip on Tuesday and learning more about our new topic this half term. The word of the week is planets.

Year 2 have had a busy week back in school.  We have been writing a recount of a day in the Christmas holidays and trying to make the writing really exciting by adding in extra details.  In maths we have started learning about 3D shapes and their properties.  We also had a very exciting trip to QMC where we learnt about animals and their habitats, we looked at minibeasts and then looked at food chains.   We have started to learn about the Great Fire of London ready for our visit from Openbox next Thursday. 

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

Whole School:

Science under the Stars letter

Spelling Tests Letter

Supersonic Phonics Friends Presentation letter

Year R:

Year R Spring 1 2023 Newsletter

Year R Phonics letter

Mrs Way and Mrs Lambell’s Phonics group week 1

Mrs Weston Phonics group week 1

Year 1:

Year 1 Newsletter and topic grid

Year 1 Maths homework letter

Year 2:

Year 2 Spring 1 Newsletter 2023

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):

10.01.2023 Year 1 Winchester Science Centre and Planetarian trip

12.01.2023 Year 2 Openbox Great Fire of London

18.01.2023 Year R KidZania trip

19.01.2023 2:30pm & 5:30pm Supersonic Phonics Friends presentation

26.01.2023 5pm-7pm Science under the Stars

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