The Buzz

Dear Parents/Carers,

I hope that you have all had a chance to read that letter that came out to all families on Tuesday regarding the filming taking place at HJS tomorrow. This is an exciting opportunity for the school and I am sure that children will enjoy seeing the crew, lighting, special effects and everything that forms part of a professional advert recording. The letter outlined the changes around the start and end of the day as these will be different and affect children and families. We have notified all wrap around care providers who will work with us to ensure the day runs smoothly at these times. We will of course let you all know when the advert is due to be released on Sky.

We are always incredibly proud of our school and particularly when we have the chance to show new families around the partnership. Next week sees the start of our open events in which new families can register to tour the schools. Please share this information with other local families who are keen to join our successful partnership. For the first time, we will also be running Saturday tours.

Being a proud member of our community also means ensuring children are coming to school in the correct uniform. Trainers should only be worn on days when children have PE lessons. Please ensure that the correct footwear is worn at all other times.

Finally, a huge thank you to all those families that have already purchased gifts from the Amazon Wish list. It has be a delight seeing how happy the children are to receive their presents - all of which make a difference to the class. If you are able to contribute, please use the links below.

I hope we have a slightly drier weekend and I look forward to seeing you all next week.

Mr J James

3D - Gracey

3S- Lora T

3B- Emilia

3G-Olivia

4K - Sophia

4M - Ty

4P - Oshy

4S - Otto

5R - Amelie

5D - Eve

5GF - Reuben

5S - Ruby

6C - Audrey

6E - Magda

6A - Olivia

6B - Zahra

The class with the best attendance last week was 3S

The class with the least numbers of lates last week was 3S

Our open days are open for bookings. Please ensure if you wish to visit either school you sign up via our website for September 2025 admissions.

Reminder that the NHS team will be offering flu vaccinations on Tuesday 22nd October to all students. Please complete the below form to inform the team if you do or do not wish your child to be vaccinated on this day. This form must be completed by Thursday 17th October.

We are looking to appoint a highly organised, proactive & motivated Admin Officer to join our busy school office team. Previous experience within a school environment would be beneficial but is not essential, as we have the staff and resources across the partnership to provide a compehensive handover and induction. The successful candidate will:

● have a strong background in administration

● have excellent ICT skills

● be a very motivated, proactive and organised individual

● be able to work on their own initiative

● be able to meet tight deadlines

● have excellent interpersonal skills

● be able to work 8am - 4pm Monday to Friday

We are looking to appoint a lunchtime supervisor (SMSA) who is 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. The successful candidate will:

• have experience of working with children in an educational setting, either in a paid or voluntary capacity
• be a very motivated and organised individual
• be able to work on own initiative
• enjoy working as part of a team
• have excellent interpersonal skills

Every year at HJS, pupils are able to develop their creativity by designing and making products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts. Children also evaluate past and present designs and technology to enable them to become informed consumers as well as potential innovators. Through the study of both design and food technology, pupils learn how to take risks, become resourceful, innovative, enterprising, healthy and capable citizens with the confidence to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.

Some of the projects the pupils can look forward to are:

Year 3- designing and making a mechanical robot based on the book 'The Wild Robot'.

Year 4- designing and making a lamp that includes an electrical switch linking to their 'electricity' topic in Science.

Year 5- this is a new project that has been introduced and the pupils will be designing and making a photo frame out of a wooden structure.

Year 6- designing and making a phone case cover/pencil case pouch linking to their History topic of WW2, 'Make do and mend'.

We look forward to seeing what the pupils design and create this year in Design and Food Technology.

A huge well done to 5GF who were fantastic in the first class assembly of the year. Mrs Gale, Miss Farrell and Mrs Beaumont were immensely proud of them!

5GF enjoyed exploring mixed media’s today in Art. We are experimenting with oil pastels, wax crayons, soft pastels, water colours and chalk. We will be continuing this next week.

World Mental Health Day is celebrated on the 10th October every year. This World Mental Health Day, let’s all come together and talk about mental health and ways we can support our own mental health.

Following the Five Ways to Wellbeing can improve the whole family’s mental health. Just start with one and you will soon see the difference.

The book fair is returning to HJS and we are running a competition to give out some book vouchers! There will be 5 winners across the school and they will receive a £5 voucher.

• Take a picture of you reading in a unique location or a fun outfit.
• Please upload your picture to this Google Classroom post.
• Upload by 24th October.
• Winners announced 25th October

Clothing Collection with Rags 2 Riches 4 Schools

Thursday 17th October

Bags have now been sent home so start collecting now!

Do you have clothes in your wardrobe that you no longer wear, maybe last year’s fashions, or that buy that was too good to leave but it’s not really you after all?

Please help us fundraise by donating your good quality unwanted, reusable (clean, dry and wearable) clothes and accessories (please pair and tie shoes together)

We get 50p for every kilo we collect of reusable items.

Your donations become affordable clothing in other countries so please do not send uniform, poor quality, dirty or wet items, and no duvets, pillows, curtains, books, CDs or bric-a-brac.

STOP and THINK - is it something you’d wear out and about yourself or pass to a friend? If not, no-one else will want to buy and wear it either, so unfortunately it’s not reusable and can’t go in the bag.

Even if it’s only one t-shirt please bring it in, as it will all help our school.

If you can involve family, friends and neighbours please do.

We truly appreciate your support in helping raise additional funds for our school for the benefit of our children.

There’s no better feeling than knowing you raised funds, helped the economy, the environment, and somebody on the other side of the world – and all by donating some clothes.

If we can fill 100 bags we’ll have half a tonne!

Please bring your donations to school on

Thursday 17th October at drop off.

Leave outside the Honeycomb building

The Real Junk Food Project will be attending our Harvest Assembly next week on Wednesday 16th October. They are looking for the following donations:

* canned tomatoes

* canned pulses

* canned coconut milk

* canned fruit

* UHT milk

* sugar

* packets of rice, lentils and couscous

If you have any of these items they can brought into school on the 16th October and placed in The Rose Hall before school on the day of the assembly.

Richmond Schools Police officers and the local Safer Neighbourhood teams will be running a FREE Youth sessions for school years from year 5 to year 11 during the October school Holidays. See attached for further details.

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