13 November 2015

NEWSLETTER

Headteacher’s Special Mentions

Learning Heroes

Each week our Learning Heroes are children who are

demonstrating great Building Learning Power!

Hereford (Y1) Isobel Kennedy

Winchester (Y1) Charlotte Josserand

Durham (Y2) Sam Bresh

Canterbury (Y3) Jono Roach

Lichfield (Y4) Diana Dutkova

Walsingham (Y5) Ava Cudworth O’Connor

Chichester (Y6) Jaadin Daho

Durham (Y2) Roya Khosravinia

Hereford (Y1) Noah Adewole

Tayten Buckingham

Winchester (Y1) Saki Takai

Jemima Lees

Durham (Y2) Peter Horgan

Jack Chadwick

Canterbury (Y3) Feran Okubanjo

Alexander Ford

Lichfield (Y4) Siena Smith

Keisha Lincoln

Walsingham (Y5) Jakeem St Louis Mitchell

Yamini Murthy

Chichester (Y6) Frederico Casaroti

Jasmine Inwood Njenga

St Alban’s (Rec) Ryan Zanjani St Alban’s (Rec) William Desalu

Jose Reutter

Dear Parents, Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend the Parent’s Calculation Forum on Monday, it was a great opportunity for us to share the progression of strategies laid out in the new national curriculum. The next Parent Forum will be on Monday 23rd November, where Mrs Inglis will be sharing strategies to support your child in reading. This meeting will be held in the hall at the beginning of the school day. This week we have also been updating the school website. As well as providing useful information regarding the school we now have a Latest News page where you can see photographs and descriptions of all the exciting events that have happened so far this term. Year 6 have had a particularly busy week with a visit from the ‘Worshipful Company of Musicians’ as well as preparing for their class assembly. Whilst Year 1 children have been helping me prepare for a trip to the Artic this Christmas — I can’t wait to read all of your work. Finally, I would like to remind everyone that next week is assessment week across the school and the teachers will be busily assessing the progress all the children have made so far this term.

Wishing you all a good weekend

Jo Iwanicki Deputy Head Teacher

Well done to St Alban’s Class and

Walsingham Class who won the

attendance bears this week .

Congratulations to St Alban’s Class and

Canterbury Class who won the early bird

awards!

ATTENDANCE

Parent Calculation Forum

Thank you to those of you who attended Monday’s Calculation Forum. It was great to have the

opportunity to share with you some of the new strategies taught as well as revisiting some of the

strategies you are already familiar with. As promised, the policy that I shared with you all

during this session has now been emailed out to all parents. If for some reason you have not received

this email, please speak to the office.

Class Attendance % Lates

St Alban’s 94.83 1

Hereford 95.09 5

Winchester 96.55 3

Durham 95.83 5

Canterbury 99.09 0

Lichfield 95.26 4

Walsingham 99.55 2

Chichester 99.14 2

School Council Stars

Our School Councillors in

year 1 - year 6 now nominate a star in their class each week.

Hereford Sebastian John

Winchester Natalya Steele

Durham Jude Cartledge

Canterbury Susannah Wickham

Lichfield Navid Khosravinia

Walsingham Irene Trott

Chichester Grace Lee

Message from the Governors

The governing body met at school on Monday evening, and was delighted to welcome Katy Theobald as a new foundation governor. Katy works for Future Leaders, a UK

educational charity, and is skilled at data analysis. Her appointment expands the mix of talents that our GB needs in order to help HPS move forward.

The meeting focused on the school’s newest achievement data, presented and analysed by Mr McLean. He will share this data with parents at a forum on 30 November. The GB

also continued its rolling review of several policies, such as Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions. Governors will be in school on various dates as we head towards

Christmas – please check the newsletter for details. As ever, thank you for your continued support and encouragement.

Good Luck Emily!

One of our Year 1 students, Emily Davies (Winchester Class) will be taking part in a

Children in Need performance this evening with her dance group. We wish her all the

very best of luck for her performance.

Keeping in touch:

Website: www.hampsteadprim.camden.sch.uk

Email: admin@hampsteadprim.camden.sch.uk

contact@hampsteadprim.camden.sch.uk

THIS WEEK...

Football Results

Last week our CSSA football season started with both the boys and girls team picking up some positive results. The girls started with a thumping 6-0 win against St Eugene's with goals from

Bexy Rossiter (4); Cara Epega and Kimiko Arculus. They followed this up with a narrow defeat against Primrose Hill, with one great goal separating the teams. Their last match was a great 4-1 win against Eleanor Palmer, with goals again from Bexy (2) and Cara as well as a

beautiful strike from Sophia Rahn.

The boys also started brilliantly well with a 6-0 victory over St Eugene's. Toby Kennedy helped himself to a hat trick and Josiah Thompson (2) and Reuben Lees also finding the back of the

net. Their next two matches were narrow, unfortunate defeats. A couple of errors allowed Primrose Hill to win 2-1 with Josiah again scoring for our team. The 1-0 defeat to Eleanor

Palmer was hard to take for the boys as they dominated the game but found a mixture of the opposition goalkeeper and goal post kept coming to the rescue of their opponents.

Girls Team: Erin; Sophia; Grace; Angelica; Kimiko; Bexy and Cara

Boys Team: Jakeem; Sean; Toby; Josiah; Reuben; James; Roman and George

Year 6 Music Workshop!

Year 6 had a visit from the Worshipful Company of Musicians. A tuber player and a trombonist came in to talk about how brass instruments work and how the role of the musician has changed over the

centuries, from sounding the royal fanfare to recording the soundtrack of a Hollywood blockbuster.

A huge thank you to Ann Redfern for helping us organise the visit. We look forward to working with you again.

Diary Dates - Autumn Term 2015

Walsingham Class (Year 5) Parent Tea and Class Assembly Friday 20th November - 2.30pm (Tea) 3pm (Assembly)

Parent Forum - Reading With Your Child – How you can support at home.

Monday 23rd November—9am

Hereford Class, Winchester Class (Year 1) and Durham Class (Year 2) — Childhood Influenza Programme

Wednesday 25th November

Lichfield Class (Year 4) Parent Tea and Class Assembly Friday 27th November 2.30pm (Tea) 3pm (Assembly)

Parent Forum - RAISEonline—Understanding Data Monday 30th November—9am

Parent Consultations Wednesday 2nd December - 4pm-6pm Thursday 3rd December - 4pm - 6pm

Christmas Nativity Friday 11th December— 9.30am and 2pm

School Christmas Lunch Tuesday 15th December

Christmas Carol Service - at St John’s Church Tuesday 15th December - 6.30pm TBC

End of Autumn Term Friday 18 December 1.30pm

* New Dates added to Calendar