The Buzz

Welcome back to the most exciting part of the Autumn term; the run up to Christmas! You will be receiving communication with all of the details for our wonderful Christmas shows and the details of the Christmas activities which the children will be enjoying. Don't forget to sign your child up for their Christmas school dinner via the email which will come out this evening. This form needs to be completed by Monday of next week to ensure the caterers have enough time to order the food so please do not delay in completing this.

Tomorrow we are pleased to host the HPPA fireworks events at the school field, this is always a busy event with great fireworks. Thanks to many of the staff and parents who have volunteered to come along and support us and we look forward to seeing you there.

Please see the Christmas Fair sign up sheet, HPPA volunteers are planning a great fair but we need some more volunteers for a couple of hours on Saturday 29th. They have raised lots of money which directly benefits the children so please do help if you can.

Next week, I look forward to seeing you at the parent consultations, members of the HPP governors will be in attendance, gathering feedback so please do say hello.

I have also been enjoying the school tours we have been doing at both schools. Many year 2 parents have toured HJS and it's wonderful to hear the positive feedback they provide. Please sign up if you have yet to do so.

Finally, reminder voting for Parent Governor closes tomorrow, Friday 7th November, at 5pm. Voting is via an email link from Choice voting, which was sent together with instructions on how to place your vote, at 12pm on Wednesday 22 October.

Enjoy your weekend when it arrives.

Helen Lockey

Executive Headteacher

Tickets for the Fireworks Night are on sale now !

HPPA are still looking for a team of volunteers to help make this evening possible so if you can spare some time please sign up via the link below.

If you, or your child, would like to send an appreciate note to a particular staff member please complete this short Staff Appreciation form. We will personally read these and forward your messages on.

Thank you,

Mrs Gale

Every year group has a stall at our Christmas fair, without parent and carer volunteers we cannot run all the fun stalls. Please sign up below if you are able to help out.

Don’t forget your child’s Christmas card order needs to be placed by Sunday 9th November.

Simply visit https://www.apfsorders.co.uk and input the unique artwork code - found on the label on the reverse of the artwork - and your child’s first name and surname.

Lucy Connolly

Art Lead

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

The voting is now open for the Parent Governor Elections. There are three candidates and you are invited to vote for one candidate only.

Voting is via an email link from Choice voting, which was sent together with instructions on how to place your vote, at 12pm on Wednesday 22 October.

Voting will remain open until 5pm on Friday 7 November.

If you have any queries or would like further information on the election, please contact Beth Hemphill, Clerk to the Governing Body: bhemphill@hpp.school.

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.

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.

RDC Sophia

RH Rudeen

RK Amber

RP Delilah

1B Grace

1C Alvin

1D Sebastian

1T Minh

2B Reggie M

2CB Aaron

2L Arvin

2M Isabella

2B had the best attendance before half term

1D and 1T had no late students

The children have returned from the October break full of enthusiasm for all the new learning that is to come in this exciting half term leading up to Christmas.

We ended our first half term in year 1 with the culmination of all our learning about healthy foods, harvest, our senses, and even our imperative verbs, by creating our very own HIS smoothies. After much tasting, designing, cutting and chopping during our final DT day, we were ready to turn our smoothie choices into reality and see what they actually tasted like. We have to say some were definitely more successful than others, but a fun learning experience was had by all nonetheless!

Our new topic this half term is ‘The World Outside Your Window’. We have begun the topic by looking at the different seasons and how the weather, the clothes we wear, and our local environment changes along with each season. In the coming weeks, we will be looking at looking at urban and rural settlements, identifying their features and the similarities and differences between the two, and linking these to our local environment through our year group walk around Hampton. Thank you to all of you who have kindly given up your time to support us with this and accompany us on our walk. Fingers crossed for dry weather!

We link our topics this half term by studying materials and their properties in science. We begin by looking at and feeling different objects and discussing what materials they might be made of and why, before predicting, investigating and observing how a material’s properties may affect our choices in how we might use them in everyday life, e.g. an umbrella or a raincoat.

We have a busy but fun-packed half term ahead of us, full of art, craft and Christmas activities alongside our everyday learning. We hope that you can continue to support us at home by practising songs and lines in preparation for our Christmas production when these come home. Please look to the year 1 ‘Home Support’ page for various other ways in which you can support your child at home with their learning, as well as a Christmas song or two for you to practise at home each week in the lead up to the festive period.

We hope the year 1 children enjoy all the exciting learning that is still to come this half term!

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.

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.

You may have noticed an Attachment Aware Schools Award banner on the school gates, this is because this year Hampton Primary Partnership are participating in the Attachment Aware Schools Award - Silver Level. The project focuses on developing attachment aware and trauma informed practice across the partnership. As part of the project, we are looking at developing spaces within the school to further foster safe, supportive environments and support children's wellbeing.

On 3rd November it was Banners for Belonging Day, when schools across our community came together to proudly show their commitment to being Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed.

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.

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 Boots 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