The Buzz

Dear Parents/Carers

This week I have had the pleasure of visiting all the classes to monitor the behaviour for learning across the school. I am pleased to report that throughout I saw a calm, focused and highly productive environment where the children were keen to learn. The staff have worked incredibly hard to ensure that all pupils have settled in quickly and I am pleased to see so much excellent teaching and learning.

Today, I met with the class reps to discuss key topics within the school. It was an overwhelmingly positive discussion, with many highlighting the strengths of the school and its staff. I also appreciate the points for improvement that were raised and we will look to review and make changes where possible. As always, we value your input in making the school the best it can be.

Thank you to all those families that have purchased something from the Amazon Wishlist. The gifts are gratefully received and have been quickly distributed to classes. As a reminder, please ensure that a gift receipt is added to the order with your child's name or class as this makes it easier to distribute. The list will remain open and will be reviewed again in the Spring term.

Finally, thank you to all those who 'had a good clear out' of clothing at home in aid of supporting our Rags2Riches collection. As a school we registered 423.2kg of clothing - which raised an impressive £211.60!

I hope you and your family have a lovely (sunny) weekend.

Mr J James

Head of School

3D - Jai R

3G- Rose M

3M - Daisy D

3S - Harmony O

4C - Darcey S

4P - Lily L

4B - Lucas W

4S - Oliver R

5H - Thomas M

5C - Arya F

5S - Harry B

5D - Penny M

6W - Chloe C

6GB - Ava T

6B - Emilia J

6L - Ada N

Congratulations to the following children for completing this week's Maths Challenge:

Bronze Maths Award

3M - Evie B

3M - Curtis G

3M - Pearl C

3M - Ayden P

3D - Ammar

3S - Ben P

3S - Maks Z

3G - Katie

3G - Cheith

4P - Neisha R

4P - Nicholas C

4P - Sienna K

4P - Ellora H

4P - Purvi K

5S - Harry B

5S - Henry T

6B - Wren C

Silver Maths Award

3M - Jacob G

3M - Ellis W

3G - Katie

3G - Alexia

3G - Cheith

5S - Harry B

5S - Henry T

3M - Elliot R

4P - Ellora H

4P - Sienna K

4P - Purvi K

6B - Wren C

Gold Maths Award

3M - Oliver S

3M - Finn C

3M - Stella I

4C - Idris O

Platinum Maths Award

4C - Idris O

Bronze Writing Award

5H - Saanvi G

4P - Purvi K

Silver Writing Award

6B - Amelie S

3M - Finn C

3M - Stella I

3G - Poppy B

4C - Ben L

4P - Tabby M

5S - Harry B

5S - Henry T

Silver Reading Award

3G - Alexia

3G - Senara

5S - Harry B

5S - Henry T

The class with the best attendance last week was 6B.

The class with the least numbers of lates last week is 3S & 6GB.

As a reminder, if your child is visiting a secondary school please do let the office know so that they can mark this absence as authorised in your child's records. As per our Attendance Policy any child not in year 6 who wishes to attend any secondary school visits will not be authorised.

We do appreciate that there are a lot of school communications sent out but please can we urge you to ensure you do read the communications which are sent out. The office are unable to continue calling parents to remind them of things which should have been read.

World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10th October. The theme for 2023, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.

World Mental Health Day is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change for everyone’s mental health. It’s also a chance to talk about mental health, how we need to look after it, and how important it is to get help if you are struggling.

You may have already seen ITV’s advert for its ‘Britain Get Talking’ campaign, which encourages parents and carers to ask the question, ‘What’s on your mind?’ and have open conversations with their children.

At HJS, we promote the importance of looking after and talking about our mental health and wellbeing through PSHE lessons and Growth Mindset activities. We have ‘worry boxes’ in all classrooms to give children the opportunity to let an adult know if they have a worry they would like to talk about. We also regularly remind the children of all the different adults we have around the school who are there to help them if they have a problem.

As a school, we will be celebrating ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’ (run by the children’s mental health charity, Place2Be) in February. In the meantime, please take this opportunity to speak to your child about their mental health and ask the question, ‘What’s on your mind?’

For online information and support with children’s mental health, the following websites are particularly helpful:

Thea Woolf

PSHE Lead

Four pupils from Year 5 represented Hampton Junior School at Hampton School's annual event of the Maths Wizard Competition. The aim of the competition is to enable enthusiastic mathematicians from local primary schools to come together and tackle a range of fun and challenging mathematical problems. The focus of the morning was on teamwork and having fun while giving pupils the opportunity to develop their mathematical problem solving skills.

Miss Bell and 6GB really excelled in the their Art this week. Thank you to the parents for providing all the cardboard! They have each made their cardboard relief print in the shape of an eye- which links to Queen Victoria’s interest in eye miniatures and the work of Sir William Charles Ross. We will be printing next week and look forward to sharing our results.

6B created some beautiful independent prints on polystyrene tiles during art this week

6L used everyday objects to create colourful prints in Art this week.

The dates will be: Wednesday 1st November, Thursday 2nd November and Friday 3rd November in the Rose Hall, after school between 3:20pm and 4:00pm.

As part of this, we have been given 5 x £5 book vouchers to give away. We are launching a "Design a Bookmark" competition in order to decide who to award these vouchers to. There will be one winner for each year group plus one bonus winner (this could be from any year group!)

If you would like to receive a £5 book voucher to spend at the book fair in school, you can enter the competition by doing the following:

• Design a bookmark the same size as the templates provided
• Use colour pencils or colour pens
• Create an eye-catching design
• Show a passion for reading- they could represent a certain author, book, genre or present a reading-related quote

Here are some examples, as well as a bookmark template to use.

We are pleased to be able to invite you to our HPP SEND/PPG Coffee Morning on Tuesday 10th October from 9am – 10:15am. Although the coffee morning will be in the Rose Hall at Hampton Junior School we are keen to welcome parents from across the partnership (HISN and HJS). This is an opportunity to meet the Inclusion Team, as well as other parents of children who are supported for their educational needs and of course to have a cup of coffee (or tea) and some biscuits.

The Inclusion Team:

• Lisa Maxted - HPP Inclusion Lead
• Chloe Hughes - HISN SEND Lead Teacher
• Gemma Delaney - HJS SEND Lead Teacher
• Karen Finnegan - Parent Support Advisor
• Corrina Puttock - Wellbeing Ambassador and PPG lead

If you would like to attend, could you email Lisa Maxted via the HISN or HJS school office (office.hisn@hpp.school or office.hjs@hpp.school) so that we have a rough idea of numbers?

We are looking for an experienced, flexible person with a caring nature who enjoys working with children of all abilities. The candidate will need to be able to work across the partnership, and is comfortable working in both KS1 & KS2.

Year 6 parents will have been sent home this week the AfC Transfer to secondary school presentation 2024. A further copy is attached.

Reminder that secondary applications close on Tuesday 31 October 2023

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