This week we have had lots of trips and events going and it has been wonderful to see students engaging in activities outside of the classroom. As the end of term approaches, we are also still very much focussed on learning in lessons and we were delighted to welcome Education Consultant Amjad Ali to The Hamble School on Friday. He spent time working with Middle Leaders in English, Maths, Science and Humanities. Much of his visit was spent completing learning walks and he commented on how well-behaved students were across the school and how they were engaged in lessons.
We are delighted to introduce you to our new Student Leadership team for 2024-25. An unprecedented number of students successfully applied for positions of responsibility within our Student Leadership Team. The standard of application and subsequent interviews this year has been astonishing, demonstrating the incredible depth in quality of our Year 10 students. We are delighted to announce that our new Year 11 Student Leadership Team, below:
Max B – Head Boy
Eve L – Head Girl
Matilda D
Gurman R
Wikoria B
Becky J
Raff M
Ethan H
Congratulations to you all and we look forward to working with you.
Next week is WEEK 2
Events w/b 15 July
Monday 15 July
Rewards Trips. If your child is taking part in one of these trips, please refer to your letter for which day they are attending
Year 6 – Try the Train Assemblies
Year 6 – Hamble Primary School – Proud Event.
Tuesday 16 July
Year 4 and 5 School Tours – from 9:15am
Year 10 – Work Experience Sign Up Session
Year 6 – Netley Abbey Junior School – Proud Event
Year 10 – Supergroups Information Evening – 6pm-7pm, SC16
Art Exhibition – Opening to the whole community,
Wednesday 17 July
Year 7 – PSHCRE Day
Year 6 – Bursledon Junior School – Proud Event
Bereavement Friendship Group Meeting – Period 5
Parent Forum Meeting – 6pm in the Conference Room, please sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/9wV4J1LyLn
Thursday 18 July
Whole School – Catch up immunisations (parents/ carers need to sign up if required)
Year 7 – Marwell Zoo visit – We will make a final decision about this on Monday
Year 9 – Film Event (Ruby Award winners)
Year 10 – Film Event (Ruby Award winners)
Year 8 – PSHCRE Session
Year 6 SEND Lunches – Selected students
Whole School Awards Evening – Selected students.
Friday 19 July
Year 7-9 Art Students – Lighthouse Trip.
Future Dates
Monday 22 July
Year 7 – Film Event (Ruby Award winners)
Year 8 – Film Event (Ruby Award winners).
Tuesday 23 July – Last day of this academic year. The students will finish for the summer holidays at 1pm.
Tuesday 3 September – First day of 2024-25 for all students. Please ensure your child is in school by 8:30am.
Curriculum Evenings – Please put these in your diary. All evenings will start at 5:30pm in the main hall:
- Year 7 – Monday 9 September
- Year 8 – Monday 23 September
- Year 9 – Monday 16 September
- Year 10 – Tuesday 17 September
- Year 11 – Tuesday 10 September
Letters
You can find all letters sent home over the week here – https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/letters-to-parents/
The canteen menus can be found here: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/food-and-drink/
Please check your child’s Attendance regularly on Class Charts
Question of the Week
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Tonight’s Big Match!
We hope that everyone enjoys the Euro 2024 Football Final tonight. School will start as normal at 8:30am for all students tomorrow (although we appreciate some of the younger students may be a little tired!)
This Week at the Dinner Table
This week we are focusing on celebrating success and feeling proud of our achievements. We would encourage you to talk to your son/ daughter about everything they have managed to accomplish this year both inside and outside of the classroom:
- What are you most proud of this year in school?
- What are you most proud of this year outside of school?
- What targets have you achieved this year?
- Are there any targets you set this year that you don’t think you achieved and will want to continue to work on next year?
- What’s your most important thing to focus on from the beginning of September?
Theme of the Week – End of Year Reflections
The theme of this week is ‘Reflections and Celebrations’. The students in Years 7-10 will be reflecting on their 2023-24 academic year, looking back on their targets that they set at the beginning of the year and reviewing to what extent they have achieved these. This will be a great opportunity to share some successes within the tutor groups and students to start to think about what they want to achieve in the 2024-25 academic year.
Year 6 Primary to Secondary School Transition
On Monday this week, as part of our collaboration with Network Rail, Netley Abbey Junior School will be travelling up to The Hamble School via the train to have a safety presentation delivered by the railway safety officers. They will be looking at ways to keep children safe when travelling on the train, the dangers and risks associated with train lines as well as how to get help if required.
Last week, Miss Cambridge and Mr Andrews went to Netley Abbey Junior and Bursledon Junior Schools, as part of our ‘Dates on the Gates’ event, to answer any questions from Year 6 parents/carers before coming up to us in September. They also took the opportunity to watch the Year 6 drama productions. Miss Cambridge and Mr Andrews thoroughly enjoyed the performances and hope that these children all get involved in drama when they start at The Hamble School.
This week, it’s Hamble Primary School’s turn with their ‘Dates on the Gates’ and Year 6 production on Friday 19 July. Miss Cambridge will be at the gates in the morning and then will watch the Hamble Primary Year 6 production at 9:30am.
Uniform for 2024-25
At this time of year Parents/ Carers start to think about purchasing new uniform for September. Please do have a good look at our uniform policy and shoe information here: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/uniform/ If your child wears a skirt, please note that this must be knee-length as stated in the policy. Please note that from September 2024 if your child wishes to wear shorts for PE these must be navy blue or black, thigh length, loose fitting and plain (a small logo is permitted but no detailing). Tight fitting shorts will no longer be permitted.
Skoolkit have stated that all orders must be purchased by Friday 9 August to guarantee delivery for September. Free delivery is available for any order purchased online between Saturday 20 July and Saturday 27 July, using the code: SUMMER2024
Sports Update
It has been an action-packed week of sport at The Hamble School. On Wednesday Mr Taylor took our Year 9 Sports Leaders to help run and support The Hampshire Athletics Championships. This is an event which involves teams from each district across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Emmie P (Year 7), who represented Eastleigh and Winchester Schools, became County Long Jump Champion with a winning jump of 4.36m. This helped Eastleigh and Winchester come 2nd overall in the County competition. We are really proud of Emmie and our Sports Leaders.
On Thursday the PE Department hosted the Whole-School Sports Day. Each year group took part in a 1-hour team competition, with students representing their House in either; football, tennis, benchball or OOA problem solving activities. In the afternoon the whole school came together for an extravaganza of track and field activities alongside the tug of war and alternative races (such as the egg and spoon race and three-legged races). The level of competition and engagement from students was fantastic and resulted in a lovely day of healthy sport and competition. The results of the winning House will be announced in the rewards assemblies next week, although we did share a sneaky preview of the track and field results on social media!
PSHCRE Events
Over the next week we have a number of PSHCRE events going in school:
- Wednesday 17 July – Year 7 PSHCRE Day. “Healthy Me”. Students will be off timetable all day and need to be in full Hamble PE kit. They will look at what makes them healthy with sessions on healthy eating, emotional wellbeing, the link between physical and mental wellbeing and the importance of being healthy.
- Thursday 18 July – Year 8 will have small group sessions with Shannon Reddin on “The sharing of nudes”.
- Monday 22 July – Year 10 will have small group sessions with Shannon Reddin on “Healthy relationships and consent”.
Hamble Aquatics Swim Team
Congratulations to all our students who took part in the Havant and Waterlooville Skins Meet on 29 and 30 June. Your efforts and achievement in this competition are fantastic and we are very proud of your all.
- Matilda D – Achieved personal best swims in: Female 200m Individual Medley, Female 100m Freestyle, Female 50m Butterfly, Female 100m Backstroke, Female 200m Backstroke, Female 200m Freestyle.
- Bella H – Achieved personal best swims in: Female 200m Individual Medley. Silver Medal in the Female 200m Breaststroke and Bronze Medal in Female 100m Backstroke.
- Matthew W – Achieved personal best swims in: Male 50m Freestyle, Male 100 Breaststroke, Male 50m Butterfly. Gold Medal in Male 100m Individual Medley.
- Rory M – Achieved personal best swims in: Male 50m Backstroke, Male 200m Individual Medley, Male 50m Freestyle, Male 50m Butterfly, Male 100m Backstroke. Bronze Medals in: Male 100m Butterfly, Male 200m Backstroke, Male 100m Freestyle.
- Patrick H – Achieved a Gold Medal in: Male 100m Butterfly and Silver Medal in Male 50m Breaststroke.
- Joe T – Achieved personal best swims in: Male 200m Individual Medley, Male 50m Freestyle, Male 100m Freestyle, Male 50m Butterfly. Bronze Medal in Male 100m Backstroke.
- Alessandra J-W – Achieved personal best swims in: Female 100m Butterfly, Female 200m Individual Medley. Bronze Medal in 200m Backstroke.
Celebrating Achievements
A reminder that we celebrate achievements every Friday with our award recognition system and Proud Friday.
Find out more here: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/rewards-recognition/
Last week we sent out letters to our Diamond Award Winners about our trips in July – Please do sign up if you have received an invite.
The students listed below achieved the most reward points this week – Well done to you!
- Year 7 – Emily P 7-6
- Year 8 – Sofia P 8-2
- Year 9 – Sophie J 9-1
- Year 10 – Eleanor M 10-2
You can say ‘thank you’ to a member of staff here: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/staff-recognition/ they really do enjoy receiving these each week.
