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Dear Parents and Carers,

Lights…Camera….Action…It’s Showtime! What an absolute pleasure it has been to watch all of our eight Christmas shows ranging from Nursery all the way up to Year 2. The children looked fabulous in their costumes; the singing has been wonderful; the staging, backdrop and lighting looked very professional. For the past four weeks your children and all of our staff have been working incredibly hard during their rehearsals and the filming will be released on Thursday 18th December. Thank you for all your help and support with your children’s costumes, learning lines and listening to the songs. Well done to all our HISN staff for their dedication and passion in ensuring your children were able to ‘be the best they could be’ on stage.

As we approach our final week next week, I would like to congratulate HPPA on all the money they have raised so far from the numerous fundraising events that they have organised and you have supported. Please see the video below which shares all the events.

This year we have a bonus hamper of goodies, donated by our governors, to give away to one lucky winner. Every child across the partnership has been allocated a number and the winner will be picked at random on Monday next week. If your child's number is picked we will contact you to come and collect from the relevant school office.

Finally, I would like to take the time to say thank you for your continuous support with HISN and I hope you and your family have a lovely weekend when it arrives.

Anna Gale

Head of School

Tomorrow is Christmas Jumper Day (non-uniform). We are collecting for Save the Children so if you would like to donate the link is below.

On Monday 15th December, Year 1 will be going to Hampton Hill Theatre. Please could you ensure that your child brings in their packed lunch that day so that they can have it when they return to school. They will be back at school to eat their lunches in the classroom. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the school office.

Christmas lunches are happening next week within school. You will have previously received a form regarding this. See below for the days when the children are having their lunches.

Our staff have a fun filled set of activities ready for your children’s ‘Christmas Party’. Please see below the dates and dress codes.

This week is the last week for clubs and there will be no clubs next week except for Science club on Monday 15th December (this is a catch up session).

A reminder that Nursery break up on Thursday 18th December at their usual times. Friday 19th the rest of the school breaks at 1:20pm. Hampton Junior School breaks up at 1:30pm.

The lost property box will be emptied at the end of term. If your child has lost uniform, coats, hats, gloves etc please look in the box- located outside the school office, as it may have made its way there. Any clothing left will be donated to HPPA for the next second hand uniform sale.

Tuesday 16th December

Nursery Christmas Party

Children to wear party outfits, with sensible footwear and bring in a festive snack. No fizzy drinks or nut products

Reception Christmas Party

Children to wear party outfits, with sensible footwear and bring in a festive packed lunch. No fizzy drinks or nut products.

Please note that there will be no hot lunches provided on this day

Year 1 & 2 Christmas Lunch

If you have not ordered a Christmas lunch please provide your child with a packed lunch on this day (even if your child regularly has school dinners)

Wednesday 17th December

Year 1 & 2 Christmas Party

Children to wear party outfits, with sensible footwear and bring in a festive packed lunch. No fizzy drinks or nut products.

Please note that there will be no hot lunches provided on this day to Y1 & Y2 children

Reception Christmas Lunch

f you have not ordered a Christmas lunch please provide your child with a packed lunch on this day (even if your child regularly has school dinners)

There are still places available at the following clubs; to book click on the link above

• Confident Kids - Monday after school - Boost your child’s confidence, acting and movement skills at Hampton Infant School’s award winning drama club! Unusually, there are still places available in the Monday sessions for the Spring term.

• Ipon Judo - Monday morning - Ipon Judo pride themselves on the core values of fitness, self-defence, confidence, friendship and of course fun. Spaces available at HISN 8am.

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 Jack

PM Nursery Vincent

RDC Samy

RH Victoria

RK Stan

RP Rudra

1B Sophia

1C Reuben

1D Elora

1T Lillie

2B Atlantis

2CB Joanie

2B had the best attendance last week

1D had no late students

We have been very busy in nursery preparing for Christmas! Decorating our Christmas tree, making paper chains and Christmas cards and getting messy, (and glittery!), making Christmas hats for our party next week.

EYFS had a surprise visit from the local fire brigade and some of the nursery children were lucky enough to be able to explore a fire engine and squirt the fire hose!

In maths we have been learning how to count accurately, using toys from Santa’s elves and buttons on gingerbread men.

What a busy week! In between practising our Christmas songs and actions - and remembering to say our lines (in a loud voice) we went for a walk and posted our Christmas cards into a post box. We are now waiting for them to arrive at home!

On Tuesday we found a fire engine in our school carpark with REAL firefighters on board! We all climbed through the engine and we were allowed to hold the enormous hose and spray a huge arc of water into the air. This made us all feel very cheerful!

There is still time to order your childs school photograph in time for Christmas delivery. Please email Fraser Portraits directly at sales@fraserportraits.com.

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.

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