Thank you to all who were able to come and see the children’s Christmas performances this week. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, the children were all absolutely amazing. Next week we have lots of fun planned, Father Christmas zoom visit and Christmas lunch on Monday, Christmas parties and lots of Christmas activities. You can still pay for the Father Christmas visit on School money or by bringing cash to the office. On Monday your child can wear a Christmas jumper.

There is still time if your child would like to take part in the Design a Christmas jumper competition. The closing date is Wednesday 13^th December, please make payment of £1 and return the completed design to us by this date. The winner will receive their prize on Friday 15^th December. The prize is 2 tickets for Flipout, Thank you very much to one of our parents for sorting the prize out.

Reminder school finishes at 2:15pm on Friday 15^th December for the start of the Christmas break.

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

Whole School:

Magna Christmas Party 14^th December

Year R:

Year R – Phonic assessments

Year R – The Basic 2 Group 6 Sounds

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.

• We are 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):

11.12.23 Father Christmas Visiting – AM

11.12.23 School Christmas Lunch

12.12.23 Year 2 Christmas Party – PM

13.12.23 Year 1 Christmas Party – PM

14.12.23 Year R Christmas Party – PM

15.12.23 Wish for the world assembly – PM

15.12.23 School finishes at 2:15pm for Christmas holidays

2.1.24 Inset Day – School closed to all children

3.1.24 First day back to school after Christmas holidays

INSET Days for 2023-2024

2^nd January 2024

24^th May 2024

8^th July 2024

General News and Information:

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