Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Ready for the new school year

  Sun 04 Sep 2016 Mr Phoenix

  As well as all the planning and preparation for the new academic year, we've been busy inside the school building.
  Essential structural work has been completed under the floor of the toilets near Team Phoenix, all the toilets have been repaired and re-fitted, and we have a new vinyl floor. 
  A leak in the heating system that had gone undetected for decades has now been located and fixed - so we are now ready for the winter months ahead.
  And new carpeting has been installed along the length of the library and the whole blue room carpet replaced.

  So, lots of work with trades in and out during the summer, and moving resources and furniture - but all back in place now and ready for the new school year!

   

   

   

   

   

   

• New Website Launched!

  Wed 27 Jul 2016 Primary Site

  Welcome to the new school website! We have created the website so the school can keep parents up to date with news and notices, and showcase some of the great things pupils achieve. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!

• Sports Day 2016

  Thu 30 Jun 2016
  We were pleased to be able to complete the Hampsthwaite Mile on Wednesday 29th June, just before the heavy rain set in. 
  Moving Sports Day itself to Thursday 30th was a great success, as this was the only fully dry day that week. 
  Nursery held their sports activities at 11:15am in the morning, and we had a very enjoyable afternoon of sports with the rest of the school. Many parents were able to come along to join us.
  
  We had some exciting new sports day activities this year, and parents helped with these activities / score-keeping etc - thank you to those who volunteered to help as the activities took place - this meant adults could help out whilst still moving round to see the full range of activities their child took part in.
  
  We also held our Tennis Celebration and non-uniform day, on Thursday 7th July.
  
  The changes of dates were unfortunate; the weather in summer 2016 proved particularly tricky.  Thank you for your understanding - we were able to enjoy a lovely sports day in the end!

• Tennis Champions

  Tue 14 Jun 2016
  Congratulations to the Hampsthwaite Y3/4 tennis team, who won the first round and have now won the area finals of the inter-school tennis tournament.
  Their play showed excellent skill and accuracy, along with good sportsmanship. Very well done! The team are now through to County Finals, which will be held in the next couple of weeks. 

• Snowdonia Residential

  Thu 26 May 2016
  We have had a fantastic week in North Wales, doing all kinds of activities that you couldn't do anywhere else! We've been 1000m up a mountain, 500ft down a slate mine, inside a hydro-electric power station, tobogganing on the Great Orme, zip-lining through Betws-y-Coed forest, castle exploring  and much more!
  Have a look at the Gallery page to find out more about this year's Year 5/6 residential, and see photos of the things we've been doing.

• World Book Day 2016

  Thu 03 Mar 2016
  The children (and staff!) have all dressed up in fantastic costumes for World Book Day! Well done everyone! There are all sorts of famous book characters and some lesser-known ones too. We have had a great day in school, sharing our favourite books and enjoying being in costume for the day.
  Have a look at our World Book Day photos in the gallery...

• Happy New Year

  Tue 05 Jan 2016
  Welcome back to school for the Spring term 2016.
  We have lots of exciting events and opportunities for learning planned for the children this term.
  Children will be bringing home their learning letters this week, with details of their themes and Big Ideas for this term.
  Please do keep checking the website for information, dates etc.
  
  Happy New Year! 

• Happy Christmas! School restarts Tuesday 5th January 2016

  Fri 18 Dec 2015
  Have a lovely Christmas holiday. School restarts Tuesday 5th January, following the staff INSET day on Monday 4th January.
  Many thanks to you all for your wonderful support for all our events this term and over the Christmas period. I hope you have enjoyed all of our festive activities and the Christmas productions. Best wishes for a super Christmas and a Happy New Year!
  
  Mr Phoenix 

• CTA raise £186 for Children in Need

  Fri 13 Nov 2015
  Well done to our Year 6 CTA children, who organised a super range of activities for the whole school on Children in Need day. In readiness for the day, CTA had prepared a colouring competition, then on Children in Need day itself, challenges, puzzles, sporting activities and games were all planned and run by the CTA in the school hall. Children dressed up as superheroes and in Pudsey items, and the day ended with a special assembly where the CTA explained where the money raised would go, and announced the winners of the competitions. 
  We all had a super day, and in all £186 was raised.

• A lovely Harvest Celebration Service

  Mon 05 Oct 2015
   Thank you to all who came along to share in our Harvest Service on Monday 5th October.
  
  Our theme was 'Thankfulness', and children from all classes contributed thoughtful ideas in church. We had Reception singing, Y1 and Y2 presenting a drama of Moses crossing the Red Sea, then singing a song of thanks akin to the celebrations of God's people back in Deuteronomy; Y3 and Y4 presented words for 'thank you' in many different languages, and Y5 and Y6 shared thought-provoking poetry they have written about Harvest and Autumn.
  
  We also shared the results of an undercover Worship Committee 'thank you' challenge I had given the children - we learned that they had each managed to say 'thank you' around 13 or 14 times in a day, and succeeded in receiving 15 or more thank yous the next day. Grace said 'thank you' the most, because she chose her birthday as the day she would do the challenge! And she achieved a massive 35 thank yous!
  
  Rev Chrissy ended the service with her thoughts on the work and preparation that goes into Harvest, and how wonderful it is to show our gratitude for this through Harvest celebrations. She also talked about the plans God has for our lives as we grow up and work towards our futures - and the importance of being a thankful people for all the opportunities and support we have as we grow and develop.
  
  It was a lovely occasion, with superb singing and a real air of celebration. Thank you again to all who were able to come and join in our worship.
  
  I will publish the Y5/6 poetry and photos from the service in the next Hampsthwaite Update newsletter.