The Buzz

Dear Parents/Carers

I hope you are all enjoying the slightly warmer weather and I'm sure you are thinking about the upcoming half term which is just around the corner. This break marks the halfway point of the academic year and it's really wonderful to see how much the children have already achieved.

The information for parent consultations will be released after half term and I just wanted to remind you that all of the appointments will be virtual as all the appointments last term were face to face.

Year six children have been extremely busy this week. They have enjoyed an assessment week which puts them through their paces for the SATs which they will take in May. I know they all did their very best and the year 6 staff have already started giving pupils feedback and identifying areas to work on.

I'm sure you are all looking forward to the disco which the FoHJS have organised and will run on Friday evening. There are two sessions; one for lower school (5pm to 6.15pm) upper school (6.30pm to 7:45pm). Please only come along if you have a ticket. Huge thanks to the disco team for organising this and to all of the volunteers both parents and staff.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Ms H Lockey

3D - Ammar F

3G - Thulhan L

3M - Zachary N

3S - Niam P

4P - Heba A

4C - Krishiv T

4S - Cian D

4B - Denis W

5S - Alexia

5A - Felix

5D - Adonai

5C - Sarah

6B - Jaya K

6GF - Ali T

6L - Tino M-J

6W - Eli T-C

This week we are focusing on Maths Challenges. Well done to:

Silver

3D - George H

Gold

3M - Eva A

The class with the best attendance last week was 6B

The class with the least numbers of lates last week was 6L & 6B

Achieving for Children's Mental Health Support Teams are delivering a series of webinars for parents of primary aged children. The "Helping Children with ..." series of webinars will cover a range of common difficulties experienced by children.

Hampton Infant School is a vibrant, friendly and successful four form entry infant school. We are looking to appoint a committed and caring person to join our highly professional team as a Lunchtime Supervisor. You will work as part of a team to oversee the school’s lunchtime arrangements.

Children’s Mental Health Week will take place from 5-11 February 2024. The theme this year is ‘My Voice Matters’.

My Voice Matters is about empowering children and young people by providing them with the tools they need to express themselves.

As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health. You can find resources and ideas of how to support your child's wellbeing and mental health at Place2B.

HJS are pleased to introduce Jess Butler from AFC who will be visiting the school on a weekly basis delivering short-term evidence-based strategies to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs, such as anxiety or low mood. Please click on the picture for further information.

If you have concerns about your child, please email the school office in the first instance.

Congratulations to Georgie & Cleo (yr4) who came up with the idea of a charity bake and toy sale to raise funds for the RSPCA. They spent time making a poster and sorting out their toys to donate and they also made some yummy cakes. They spent Saturday holding their sale and were really confident explaining their sale to the public and asking for donations. In total they raised £51.60.

Well done girls for all your hard work raising money for such a great cause!

HJS will be having the book fair visit the week of the 26th February (sales being the 28th and 29th February and 1st March). As a school we have 5 (£5) tokens to be won through entering our Extreme Reading Competition.

To enter you should take a photo of you reading in ‘extreme’ locations (please see the poster for some ideas) and then upload them to your Google Classroom by Monday 19th February. The winners will be announced Wednesday 21st February, the vouchers will be able to be used the following week.

Happy extreme reading!

6GF enjoyed their trip to Hampton Library on Monday 22nd January. We enjoyed browsing different areas of the library and looking at the different genres.

The next White Ribbon Walk organised in partnership with Hampton and Richmond Football Club, is taking place on Saturday 17th February starting at 1pm at Hampton Square when they will be walking through Hampton to Hampton and Richmond Football Club. White Ribbon are inviting local residents to participate in the walk – everyone is welcome. The walks are always incredibly good natured and will take about an hour with the walk and speeches. The intention is to raise awareness of the issue of all forms of violence and abuse against women and girls and to show how much we as a community care about tackling and reducing it whilst encouraging local residents to get involved.

Everyone is invited to come along, join the walk and show solidarity. For more information on the White Ribbon please click the below link:

Email: office.hjs@hpp.school
Website: hpp.school
Location: Hampton Junior School, Percy Road, Hampton, UK
Phone: 020 8979 2545
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HamptonJuniorSchool