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Headteacher’s Welcome
Welcome back after the Whitsun break. It has been wonderful to see the children return with such enthusiasm, positivity and readiness to learn. The school has quickly settled back into its busy routine, and I have been delighted by the hard work and determination being shown across all year groups.
We have welcomed a number of visitors to school recently, and without exception they have commented on how well our children work in lessons and how respectfully they behave around the school. These comments are always a source of pride and reflect the excellent attitudes displayed by our children every day.
This is an important assessment period for many of our pupils. Our Year 1 children are taking part in the Phonics Screening Check, Year 4 pupils are completing the Multiplication Tables Check, and our Year 6 children are finishing their writing assessments. Alongside these statutory assessments, all children across the school are being assessed in reading, writing and mathematics. These assessments help us to celebrate progress and identify next steps in learning. The outcomes will be shared with parents in the annual reports, which will be sent home on Monday 13th July.
As we move towards the end of the academic year, there are also many exciting events to look forward to. Please read all about upcoming events being organised by our wonderful PTA at the bottom of this newsletter. We are incredibly grateful for their ongoing support and the opportunities they provide for our children and families.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We look forward to a productive and enjoyable final term together.
Kind regards,
Louisa Wilson
Acting Head Teacher
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As we approach the end of another successful school year, we would greatly value your feedback. Our Parent and Carer Questionnaire provides an opportunity for you to share your views and experiences of the school over the past year. Please follow the link below:
https://forms.gle/ecNHPHTEPrqA84hB9
Your feedback is extremely important and helps us to celebrate what is working well, while also informing our future priorities and school improvement plans. We encourage all parents and carers to take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire.
The closing date for responses is Monday 15 June.
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Our enterprising Year 6 pupils have officially kicked off their "Make £5 Grow" business project! Over the next few weeks, the children will be working in small teams, stepping into real-world business roles—from Finance Directors managing budgets to Marketing Directors designing catchy campaigns. Each child will receive a £5 loan to design, cost, and sell a creative product in order to make a profit. All the profit they earn will go directly toward a class treat and a local charity. We are so excited to see their creativity and teamwork in action, so keep an eye out for more information about what is being sold and to help support our budding young entrepreneurs!
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Attendance-requests for absences
We would like to remind all families that if you are planning for your child to be absent from school during term time for any reason other than illness or emergency, you must submit a written request to the Headteacher at least two weeks in advance.
Please note that, in accordance with the law in England, parents do not have the automatic right to take their children out of school during term time. The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended in 2013, state that leave of absence may only be granted in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Headteacher.
Unauthorised absences may result in a penalty notice or further legal action, so it is vital that all requests are made in writing to the Headteacher with sufficient notice.
Thank you for your support in ensuring high attendance and continuity in your child’s education.
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Forest School Timetable 2025-6
Please can children ensure their Forest School kit is in school for the whole term, as follows:
Term 1: Year 3 and Year 4
Term 2: Year 1 and Year 5
Term 3: Year 6, Year 2 and Reception Class
Term 4: Year 3, Year 4 and Reception Class
Term 5: Year 1, Year 5 and Reception Class
Term 6: Year 6, Year 2 and Reception Class
Forest School kit includes: a warm and waterproof coat, waterproof trousers, gloves, wellington boots and a warm hat all stored in a labelled bag.
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Meditation Lessons Timetable 2025-6
At Hambrook Primary School we are deeply committed to the wellbeing of our children. One way we seek to improve our children's wellbeing and lifelong welling is through our meditation lessons. We are extremely lucky at Hambrook to have Mrs. Bassett-Lowe as our meditation teacher. Mrs Bassett-Lowe visits us every Wednesday afternoon to teach meditation across the school.
Term 1: Year 1 and Year 5
Term 2: Year 2, Year 6 and Reception Class
Term 3: Year 3 and Year 4
Term 4: Year 1, Year 5 and Reception Class
Term 5: Year 6 and Year 2
Term 6: Year 3, Year 4 and
Reception Class
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Come and learn with us! Reminder dates
At Hambrook we are committed to working in partnership with our families. One way in which this happens at Hambrook is with our 'Stay and ....' sessions. Across the year, we provide a variety of sessions so that parents/carers can attend school and learn alongside their children. The benefits to these sessions are that our children enjoy them, our families enjoy them and it helps our parents/carers understand more about learning and the subjects studied at Hambrook.
This year we have added Stay and do PE and Stay and Meditate to our list. We hope you enjoy these new additions!
No booking is necessary, just come along on the day. Parents with more than one child are welcome to split their time between classes.
To comply with safeguarding, we politely ask that mobile phones are not used during these sessions.
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13th November 8.45-9.20am
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14th January 8.45-9.20am
30th April 8.45-9.20am
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Class Assemblies 2025-6 Reminder dates
We are delighted to share our class assembly dates for this year. During class assemblies each class will present and share their learning from class, this will involve songs, readings and artwork. We hope you can join us for your child's class date.
Reception Class: Friday 12th June
Year 1: Friday 10th July
Year 2: Friday 26th June
Year 3: Friday 8th May
Year 4: Friday 19th June
Year 5: Friday 14th November
Year 6: Friday 6th February
All assemblies will start at 1.05pm in our school hall and last approximately 30 minutes.
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Come in and see your child's books- Reminder dates
Parents/carers are warmly invited into school on the following dates to sit with your child and look through their books in their classroom.
17th November 3.20-4.00pm
17th March 3.20-4.00pm
2nd July 3.20-4.00pm
These sessions are placed before parents' evenings to give parents/carers an opportunity to look at their child's work before meeting with the class teacher at parents' evening.
No need to book, simply turn up on the day. Parents with more than one child are welcome to split their time between classes.
To comply with safeguarding, we politely ask that mobile phones are not used during these sessions.
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Clubs
We have so many wonderful clubs on offer at Hambrook. Please see below the timetable and links for booking for this term.
Please note clubs vary each term.
All clubs run by teachers can be booked by Arbor. Where the club is full we will operate a waiting list.
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Future Stars After School Club and Breakfast Club. Bookable directly with them at www.futurestarscoaching.co.uk/
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Years 1-6 Street Dance Classes on Mondays 3.20-4.00pm. Book directly at www.streetenvy.co.uk
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KS2 Tennis Taster with expert coaching from Rachel Cockcroft, Head Coach at Winterbourne Tennis Club.
Years 3-5.
15:20-16:20
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Future Stars After School Club and Breakfast Club. Bookable directly with them at www.futurestarscoaching.co.uk/
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Art Club on Tuesdays 3.20-4.20pm. Book directly at www.catherinewilliams.co.uk
Years 1-6
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Future Stars After School Club and Breakfast Club. Bookable directly with them at www.futurestarscoaching.co.uk/
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Computer Xplorers Club 3.20-4.30pm every Wednesday.
Years 3-5.
Book at https://tinyurl.com/term6-hambrook
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Cooking Club run by Cook Stars. 3.20-4.30pm on Thursdays.
Years 1-6
Book at portal.cookstars.franscape.io/class-overview/4519
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Future Stars After School Club and Breakfast Club. Bookable directly with them at www.futurestarscoaching.co.uk/
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Future Stars After School Club and Breakfast Club. Bookable directly with them at www.futurestarscoaching.co.uk/
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Healthy school- snacks
A polite reminder about breaktime snacks. As a healthy school we only allow fruit, vegetable or other healthy snacks at breaktime e.g. cheese and crackers. We do not allow crisps, chocolate, sweets or nuts. Thank you for your support.
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Safe Parking
Please can we ask all parents/carers to take care when driving around our school and park safely. Please use parking around the common and walk to the school gates, dropping off children by our gates is dangerous and puts our children at risk. Please do not block other cars in or driveways, thank you.
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Holidays in term time
A polite reminder that we do not authorise any holidays in term time. We recommend all parents/carers read our Attendance Policy and are familiar with it. It is important that all parents/carers understand that if you choose to take your child/ren out of school for a holiday in term time you may be issued with a fine from the Local Authority. Our policy includes more details on this.
In the event of information coming to light that an absence is due to a holiday, the policy will be followed and this will be coded as unauthorised.
Please be aware that the school does not provide work for pupils who take holiday in term time.
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Hambrook Primary School INSET days 2025-26- reminder dates
Monday 1st September- INSET DAY
Monday 23rd February- INSET DAY
Monday 20th April- INSET DAY
Monday 1st June- INSET DAY
Monday 22nd June- INSET DAY
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We are looking forward to fun and exciting events happening this summer term. We have been working hard to plan our events including two new activities at the summer fair including a bake off and talent show! Please read below for all the exciting details and look out on class list for sign-ups or contact your class rep for any questions! We will also have a Pre-loved uniform sale so please donate along with tombola any unwanted items.
Hambrook PTA is also always open to more and new volunteers. There will be an Annual General Meeting held on the common July 10th at 2:30pm if you are interested in holding a position or just coming along when available to meetings, helping communicate information to your children’s year group, helping plan specific events, or you have a specific skill or service that could benefit our school PTA, please come along to the AGM or email us at hambrookpta@gmail.com to express your interest and share your contact details. No help is too little or too much!! The Roles available are as follows:
Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Class Reps for each year group
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Important dates:
June 9th- Year 1 cake sale
June 18th- Reception cake sale
June 19th- Dress down for tombola & Father’s Day gift room (tickets on classlist)
June 26th- Summer fair 4-7pm
July 10th- AGM on the common 2:30pm
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