The Buzz

It was wonderful to see so many of you, our families at the Christmas fair on Saturday, it certainly was busy and I know Santa enjoyed seeing all the children who visited him. The many volunteers of HPPA and staff did a wonderful job and I would like to particularly thank Louise, Mark and Lucy for the many days of preparation that went into this event. The funds raised are going towards a new minibus for HPP as our current bus is no longer ULEZ compliant.

HPP welcomed Muneera Wilson MP last week, she answered questions posed by the school council and then she presented to the Key Stage 1 children during the assembly. This visit took place during UK Parliament week.

Children across the school have been out and about this week, Reception visited the local post box and Year 1 and Year 2 visited local churches to see a re-enactment of the Christmas story. Thanks to all the volunteers who have supported the staff with these visits.

The HPPA Festive Christmas shopping event took place today for all the children who were able to select two gifts to give to family/friends from the friendly elves. Thanks to all those who have made the contribution on classlist and to the wonderful Elves.

Next week Christmas really arrives at Hampton Infant School, there is a full week of shows for children and parents to enjoy. I would like to remind you that we are only able to accommodate two adults per child, please do not bring younger preschool children and any pushchairs that do come will need to be left outside due to the number of people in the hall. Please arrive promptly as the shows are not very long and we wouldn't want you to miss your child on stage.

Tuesday 9th December

2B & 2CB Christmas Show 9.15am - 10.00am

2L & 2M Christmas Show 10.30am - 11.15am

Wednesday 10th December

1B & 1T Christmas Show 9.15am - 10.00am

1C & 1D Christmas Show 10.30am - 11.15am

Thursday 11th December

RDC & RK Christmas Show 9.15am - 10.00am

RH & RP Christmas Show 10.30am - 11.15am

Friday 12th December

Nursery AM Christmas Singing 10.00am

Nursery PM Christmas Singing 2pm

If your child attends full day nursery please only attend one show

The staff will be recording the dress rehearsals without the children who are not allowed to be in the recording online and this will be posted on the home support site. We have had a couple of comments from parents regarding the quality of this recording, I would like to remind parents that whilst we are outstanding educators we are not professionals in this field and don't have the equipment to do it justice. I know most parents are very grateful for the film provided and I thank the staff for their time and effort in this matter and for the show. During the performance next week, we will remind you not to record the show, you will be able to take photographs of your child before and after the performance.

I'm sure you will enjoy the performance and I look forward to seeing you there.

Have a wonderful weekend when it arrives.

Helen Lockey

Executive Headteacher

We are proud to announce our new role of 'Language Leaders' at Hampton Infant School. Our 16 volunteers from Years 1 and 2 will be the friendly faces to greet any new children joining the school, they will be promoting all of the different languages we speak and focusing on our diverse cultural heritage. The children will also be helping Miss James to organise future school events and promoting our 'Language of the Month', watch this space for more exciting news from our new Language Leaders in the future.

1C- Alvin and Thomas

1D - Sally and Luca

1B - Grace and Rui

1T - Huxley and Elise

2CB - Aaron and Leila

2M - Atlas and Livia

2B - Patrick and Marta

2L - Asia and Arvin

Hindi is our language of the month and on Tuesday Ayaan and Kiaan took mainstage in our assembly. They taught us how to say 'Namaste' and they told us that there are over 14 languages spoken in India.

Well done Ayaan and Kiaan.

Please donate any full/half empty rolls of Christmas wrapping paper to support Cocoon Christmas Charity (details below). Donations can be dropped off at the school office, the last day for donation is 9am Friday 12th December.

Next Friday children can wear a Christmas jumper with their own clothes for Save the Children. Please donate here

The Christmas post box is located outside the hall for children to bring their cards to school to post cards to their friends if they wish. Please ensure the recipients full name and class is clearly written on the front of each card, otherwise they may not be distributed.

AM Nursery Benji

PM Nursery Mischa

RDC Maddi

RH Joe

RK Leila

RP Rudra

1B Rosie

1C Zaviyar

1D Amelia

1T Ava-Mae

2B Willow

2CB Oliver

2L Poppy

2M Sam

Nursery and 1T had the best attendance last week

RK and 1D had no late students

In English, we have been continuing with focus text Poles Apart. The children have stepped into the shoes of Peeky, Poots and Pog, writing postcards as though they were the penguins themselves on their unexpected adventure. They used a fantastic range of interesting adjectives to describe their journey in London. We have been so impressed with how confidently the children wrote in character and how creatively they described the landmarks they visited.

In maths, we have been developing our understanding of two-digit numbers through addition and subtraction. The children have been using dienes to build and exchange numbers. We have also tackled missing number problems using ten frames and other methods, which encouraged the children to think carefully about what they already know and what they need to find out.

Our DT project has been a delicious highlight of the half term! The children had the opportunity to make their own Christmas wraps, starting with taste-testing a selection of ingredients before deciding what they wanted to include in their final wrap. We learned how to chop safely using the bridge and claw methods, and everyone showed great care and concentration while preparing their ingredients. The children then independently assembled and folded their wraps but the absolute favourite moment, of course, was enjoying eating the wraps they had made.

2L and 2B had a wonderful morning visiting Hampton Library. The children explored the different sections, browsed a wide range of books and enjoyed talking about their favourite books. The librarians commented on how enthusiastic the children were. The adults enjoyed seeing the children excited about reading and discovering new stories. Some even left with ideas of books they would like to borrow in the future.

Year 2 also visited St Michael’s Church, where they took part in the Christmas Journey experience. This was a special opportunity for the children to immerse themselves into different scenes from the Christmas story. This experience helped the children visualise the story in a new and engaging way, and it was a meaningful and memorable visit for everyone.

Our Christmas show rehearsals are in full swing and the children are very excited to perform to their adults next week. Please continue to support your children with learning their lines so that they feel confident on show day.

We are incredibly proud of year 2 for their hard work and enthusiasm this half term. They have embraced every challenge and opportunity with a positive attitude!

Please read the email sent to all Year 2 parents on 16th October regarding Y2's visit to Kew Gardens in March next year. Payment for this visit is due by Friday 30th January. There is an option to pay in instalments if you wish. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the school office.

Thank you to those parents who attended this week's Inclusion Coffee Afternoon - it was lovely to catch up with you. If you were unable to attend, please find the PowerPoint shared during the coffee afternoon at the link below. This contains information about the Inclusion Team and some of the local services parents can access.

If your child is moving up to Year 3 in September 2026 and you would like to book a tour of HJS please book via our website HPP website

There will be a tour on Thursday 11th December 9am

The tours will last approximately 1 hour and are for parent/carers of current Year 2 children only.

Thank you so much for your generous gifts so far, staff and children are enjoying them so much.

Please remember to put which year group the gift is for on your gift message.

Please note at present we are not asking for second hand uniform to be dropped off at the office until Spring Term - thank you.

Whiteboard pens and glue sticks can be purchased via Class List; once they have been paid for, they will be delivered to your child's class.

Threadworms are a common childhood illness that can spread easily and you can treat them without seeing a GP.

If you find your child does have threadworms, please ensure everybody over 2 years old in the household is treated, even if they do not have symptoms.

Your child can continue to come to school but please ensure you notify your class teacher.

For further information on symptoms and treating threadworms please click here.

As part of our History topic of ‘Travel and Transport’, Year 1 will be visiting Brooklands Museum on Friday 8th May 2026.

We rely on parental contributions in order to be able to run the wide variety of visits and workshops that the pupils at HPP enjoy and the contribution we are requesting on this occasion, for each pupil, is £26.50. This includes coach hire, entrance fee, and the ‘Concorde Experience’. Whilst payment of this trip is voluntary, if we do not receive sufficient contributions, we will cancel the visit and a full refund will be made.

In order to support families with making this payment we are offering payment instalments. You can make payments, via Arbor, as frequently as you wish between now and Friday 27th February 2026. If you feel that you are unable to make this contribution and require support with this visit, please contact the school office to arrange a meeting to speak to Mrs Gale, Head of School.

If your child needs to use the toilet after school, they can use the toilets in RK, these are well known to the children. All children are given the opportunity to visit the toilet before leaving for the day so please speak to your child about this if this is happening frequently. Children and parents must not enter the school building to find toilets. There is a toilet at HJS in the Music room which children are able to use.

The NHS Pharmacy First Service is an England-only service, which allows you to access advice and treatment for seven common conditions from your community pharmacy, without the need to see a GP.

It's easy, just walk into a participating pharmacy and ask for help.

The seven common conditions are :

🤒Sinusitus 🤒Impetigo🤒Sore Throat 🤒Shingles🤒Earache 🤒Uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women🤒Infected insect bites and stings

Please make sure that your child's water bottle, sweatshirt or cardigan is named; lost property will be put in the box outside the office reception area. Please communicate to other parents via Classlist if you have trouble locating lost cardigans/sweatshirts.

Parents should end their phone calls before they enter the school site so that you can greet your children without any distractions and with a smile.

A reminder to all parents to be considerate to our neighbours when dropping off in the morning and collecting at the end of the day. We do have parking enforcement officers regularly in attendance so please do not park on zigzags, double lines, corners of roads, across neighbours driveways. Ripley Road is a School Street zone and is closed to traffic Monday-Friday 8.30am-9.00am and 2.45pm-3.15pm.

If your child has a medical condition, please make sure that you update their Arbor record. This information is very important and will be used by our Welfare Medical Officer, Miss Bissett.

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Email: office.hisn@hpp.school
Website: hpp.school
Location: Hampton Infant School and Nursery, Ripley Road, Hampton, UK
Phone: 0208 979 1815