Newsletter 17
Friday 22nd January 2016
Hampton Vale
Primary School
We have been getting creative for Creative Arts week!
Spring Term dates
for your diary:
Thurs 28 Jan, 9.15am
Y5 Larch class assembly
Thurs 28 Jan, 2 and 6pm
Year 1 production
Thurs 28 Jan, 12.30pm
Year 5 Basketball and Netball festival,
Hampton College
Thurs 4 Feb, 9.15am
Y5 Pine class assembly
Fri 5 Feb
Reception WOW day - trip to the North
Pole
Mon 8 Feb
Celebrate Chinese New Year with a
Chinese banquet
Spring Term dates for
your diary contd:
Mon 29 Feb, 11am
Author visit – Luke Temple Years 1 and 2
presentation
Tues 1 March, 3.30-6.30pm
Parent and Pupil evening – please bring
your child/ren along to be involved in their
learning.
Weds 2 March
Year 3 trip to Flag Fen
Fri 18 March
Inset day, school closed to pupils
Thurs 3 March
World Book Day - enjoy a book-themed
lunch
Mon 21 March, 8.45-10.30am
Reception Story Cafe
Thurs 11 Feb, 9.15am
Y3 Chestnut class assembly
Thurs 3 March
Voice in a Million, Wembley
Thurs 11 Feb, 5-6pm; 6.30-7.30pm
School disco
Fri 4 March
Book week: Wear your pyjamas
and bring a teddy day
New event
Mon 22 – Fri 4 Mar
Fairtrade fortnight
Weds 24 Feb, 6-7pm
Spring concert
Mon 7 March, 8.45-10.30am
Reception Story Cafe
Thurs 25 Feb, 9.15am
Y2 Blackthorn class assembly
Tues 8 March, 9.15am
Y2 Birch class assembly
Thurs 25 Feb, 12.30pm
Year 6 Netball and Football festival
Weds 9 March, 1.25pm
Reception trip to Hampton Church
– Parent volunteers needed please
Mon 29 February
Book week: Dress up as your favourite
book character for a donation towards
library resources
Mon 29 Feb
Year 2 WOW day - Fire Fire!
Mon 29 Feb, 9.55am
Author visit – Luke Temple KS2
presentation
New event
Thurs 10 March, 9.15am
Y2 Cedar class assembly
Thurs 10 March, 2 and 6pm
Year 4 production
Mon 14 March, 8.45-10.30am
Reception Story Cafe
Mon 14 March, 2-3pm
Y4 Hazel violin concert
Weds 16 March, 2pm
Year 6 WWII Tea dance
New event
Mon 21 March, 2-3.15pm
Open Afternoon for all Parents/Carers
Tues 22 March
Nursery and Reception Easter Party
Tues 22 March
Primary Cross Country festival
Fri 4 March, 2pm
Reception Mothers and Special Person’s
workshop - Mums and special people are
welcome to our afternoon workshop to
complete some lovely learning for Mother’s
Day
Mon 29 Feb – Fri 4 March
Book week; lots of book-themed
activities
New event
Spring Term dates for
your diary contd:
Thurs 17 March
Sports Relief fundraising events
Tues 9 Feb
Pancake day
Mon 15 – Fri 19 Feb
Half term
This week, the kitchen will
be on Week 1 of the new
Spring menu
Tues 1 March, 1pm
Author Luke Temple book signing
Thurs 3 March, 4-7pm
Parent and Pupil evening – please bring
your child/ren along to be involved in their
learning
Fri 12 Feb
House treat for the winning House
Week commencing Mon 25th Jan
New event
Weds 23 March
House treat for the winning House group
Weds 23 March
End of Spring term
Mud kitchen!
The Early Years
team are in the
process of revamping our ‘Mud
Kitchen’ in the Early
Years garden. This is a fantastic area
of our garden which enables the
children to explore and engage in
open ended, imaginative play. We
are looking for a range of kitchen
utensils, pots and pans that are no
longer used at home that families
would be willing to donate to our
‘kitchen’ for the children to use. An
article which outlines the benefits of
mud kitchens will be sent out with
this newsletter for you to find out
more about the idea. Thank you in
advance for your support.
Weekly Attendance
Attendance this week has been as
follows:
Next term (commencing Mon 25th January) in
Collective Worship we are learning about ...
The power of music
Reception: 97.16% - Well done
Reception, great effort!
Year One: 98.06% - Another fantastic
week again Year One, well done
Year Two: 98.12% - Fantastic week
Year Two, well done!
Year Three: 97.52% - Fantastic week
again Year Three, well done
Year Four: 97.35% - Fantastic week
Year Four, well done!
Year Five: 98.15% - Fantastic effort
again Year Five, well done!
Year Six: 98.15% - Well done again
Year 6, a great effort!
Whole school attendance for this
week is: 97.77%
Whole school attendance this year so
far is: 97.06%
Well done everyone, a great week. We
are still way above our 96% target
for the year and on track for our new
target of 97%.
Mrs Krstonosic, Attendance Manager
Great redrafting of work in Reception
This week in art we have all been working on
redrafting our work. We wanted to share Oliver
Kaszewski’s (Reception Elm) fantastic example of this
with you.
“Following on from our initial penguin drawings the
children watched a video and looked at pictures of
penguins. They decided how they could improve their
original drawings after discussing it with their talk
partners. During the class discussion Oliver remarked, “I missed the
feathers on my penguin, and I need to make the toes a bit orange. The
baby penguin needs some hair.” When Oliver sat at the table to draw up
his next draft he studies some penguin pictures carefully. “They don’t have
beaks and mouths, they just have beaks. I want to do lots of penguins, like
a huddle. The baby penguin has feathers, it’s all fluffy.” Oliver drew a baby
penguin, adding feathers. “The Emperor penguin has an egg.” He drew an
egg near its feet.
“I finished two of
them but I need
to improve more
and do another
one and then it
will be a huddle.”
Miss Thurmott,
Elm class teacher
Zumba club update
Please note that from Monday 25th
January, the Zumba clubs will be
combining into one session for Years
1-6 which will run from 3.15-4.15 on
Mondays.
Bourne Grammar School
information evening
If you currently have a child in
Year 5, you are invited to attend
an information evening on the 11+
testing and Year 7 admission process
at Bourne Grammar School on
Tuesday 1st March at 7pm. For more
information go to www.bournegrammar.lincs.sch.uk
School clubs
Below is the table of clubs that are currently running, with their timings.
After school clubs
Baking Club
Monday
3.15 – 4.30pm
Chess Club (Years 3-4)
Monday
3.15 – 4.15pm
Gardening Club (all years)
Monday
3.15 – 4.15pm
Zumba Kids (Years 1-6)*
Monday
3.15 – 4.15pm
Netball (Years 3-6)
Tuesday
3.15 – 4.15pm
Running club (Years 3-6)
Tuesday
3.15 – 4.15pm
Kick Off Soccer* (Years 1-6)
Tuesday
3.15 – 4.30pm
Dance (Years 3-6)
Thursday
3.15 – 4.15pm
Chess Club (Years 5-6)
Thursday
3.15 – 4.15pm
Friday
3.30 – 4.30pm
Lost and Found
Tiny Tykes (Rec)*
* Please note these clubs charge a fee
Lunchtime clubs
Leah Deeming (Y1 Beech) has
lost her named school jumper.
Home learning (all years)
Monday
lunchtime
Choir (Years 2-6)
Monday
lunchtime
Recorders (Years 3-6)
Wednesday
lunchtime
Sign Language (Rec - Year 2)
Wednesday
lunchtime
Thursday
lunchtime
If this has been taken home by
mistake or found, could you
please return them to the school
office.
Sign Language (Years 3-6)