The Buzz

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week has most certainly been a week of immense pride. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to HPPA for organising such a wonderful firework display on our school field. A special thanks must also go to all our staff members who generously gave their time and support by assisting with ticket management, responding to queries, and helping to keep everyone safe throughout the event.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the wonderful comments written by parents and carers during parent consultations on Monday and Wednesday. Thank you to all those who attended.

Following parents consultations, I would encourage parents to complete the ‘Staff Appreciation form’ (see below) to highlight the fantastic work staff do across the partnership. Please remember that this is for all staff (teachers, LSAs, Admin, Premises). I will share these comments with staff early next week.

It was an honour to represent Hampton Primary Partnership at the annual Hampton Remembrance Parade. We were very privileged to have such fantastic ambassadors from Hampton Primary Partnership. A big thank you to our pupils: Kacey and Edward (HISN) and Mila and Alvaro (HJS) for walking in the parade and laying down our Hampton Schools wreath. They were a real credit to the school through being incredibly respectful and even keeping up with the marching! Thank you to all those in the local community who came out and supported us.

This year HPPA supported HPP with organising and running our ‘Scholastic Book Fayre’. We hope you enjoyed the opportunity to purchase lots of exciting books. As a result of this, we made £519.63 to spend on rewards which will all be invested into children’s books at HISN. Mrs Clarkson (our reading lead) will be organising a range of books to be bought into the school and shared with each year group.

As part of our HPPA Christmas Fayre, we have our annual raffle whereby parents and carers can purchase their raffles on classlist. This year we have some wonderful prizes ranging from tickets for ‘Hobbledown’ in Epsom to afternoon tea at the ‘Wharf’! Please scroll down to see the flyer which contains all the information regarding prices and the 16 fabulous prizes.

Finally, thank you to Louise Allan and her team at HPPA for ensuring that we have so many fantastic events for our children, parents and local community as they raise a lot of money to invest in the school. Please click on the tab below to see Christmas events at HISN.

I hope you have a lovely weekend and we look forward to next week.

Anna Gale

Head of School

For Remembrance Day, the children made their own poppy using discarded plastic bottles, which they planted around an oak tree in the garden. The collective artwork was a visual representation of the school community coming together in remembrance, as well as recognizing the men and women who continue to serve in the Armed Forces today. In class the children honoured the two minute silence reflecting on the sacrifices made in history and the importance of showing kindness to each other.

Our brilliant fayre needs volunteers from across HPP to support. Please put your name down and fill the last gaps. We want to keep all year group stalls open for the duration of the event and currently have slots to fill in every year. If you can fill a different slot please go ahead and children are welcome to join you and help out. Thank you!

This week, as part of anti-bullying week, the children can come into school in odd socks tomorrow, Friday 14th November. This is an opportunity for them to express themselves, celebrate their individuality and to demonstrate what makes us all unique! Children will still be expected to wear their school uniform and we look forward to seeing the array of odd socks!

We are looking forward to welcoming author Charissa Coulthard into school next Wednesday. Charissa will be holding an assembly for Reception, Y1 and Y2 chidren and will be reading her book 'Super Me'. If you would like to purchase her book please click on the links below:

The book can be purchased here from Waterstones:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/super-me/charissa-coulthard/sam-usher/9781398524514

Or here from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Me-Charissa-Coulthard/dp/1398524514

A copy is also available to borrow from Hampton Library"

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.

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

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.

AM Nursery Issac

PM Nursery Hannah

RDC Hunter

RH Kiara

RK April-Rose

RP Mason

1B Rui

1C Alfie

1D Jack

1T Huxley

2B Iwan

2CB Shivaagamiy

2L Cody

2M Florence

RH had the best attendance before half term

RH and 1D had no late students

What a fantastic start to the new half term it has been! The children have settled back into school life brilliantly, and there are so many exciting learning opportunities and events ahead for Year 2.

In Maths, we are continuing our journey through addition and subtraction, working on building confidence and fluency. Any extra practice at home is always very much appreciated and makes a real difference.

This term in Computing the children will be looking at digital photography. Getting the opportunities to use different devices to take pictures and understand the different ways we can improve and edit photos.

Year 2 have also been part of our gorgeous poppy display outside school and have learned about the meaning behind Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies.

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.

The annual Mayor's & Leaders Christmas Card Competition is now open for budding young artists aged 5-11 who live or go to school in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The winner will have their design made into a Christmas card that the Mayor and Leader will send out to their official mailing list. Entries should be A5, your child's own original image and in colour. Please remember to write your child's name, age and school or home address on the back. Please note that designs cannot be returned due to the volume received. Your entry must be submitted by 10am on Monday 17th November 2025 (by post): Mayor’s Christmas Card Competition, Mayor’s Office, York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AA or (by email): mayors.office@richmond.gov.uk .

This competition is organised by the Mayor so please ensure all entries are submitted to the email above.

The workshops will run on Thursdays from 10:00–12:00 for three weeks, aimed at parents with children up to ten, starting Thursday, 13 November, at the Old Malden Family Hub.

Workshop schedule:

• Thursday, 13 November (10:00–12:00): Parenting Styles, Expectations, and Encouraging Positive Behaviour

  (Using praise effectively, understanding the impact of criticism, and using reward charts to support new behaviours.)

  
  

• Thursday, 20 November (10:00–12:00): Communication and Looking After Yourself

  (Listening and spending quality time with your child, giving attention, managing feelings, and developing empathy.)

  
  

• Thursday, 4 December (10:00–12:00): Strategies to Manage Difficult Behaviour

  (Setting boundaries, using ignoring and time-out effectively, choices and consequences, family rules, and logical discipline strategies.)

  
  

Parents are welcome to attend one, two, or all three sessions depending on their interests and needs.

Please note: A crèche will not be provided.

Contact: 020 8397 2006 / 07784 006661

siobhan.meacher@achievingforchildren.org.uk

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.

Click on above tab to view HISN's virtual school tour

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