On Thursday we hosted our Year 12 Presentation Evening. It was so good to see the Class of 2023 back in school and we enjoyed celebrating their successes in their GCSEs/ BTECs and hearing what they are doing now. Congratulations to you all – We are so proud of you.
On Friday we were delighted to welcome Paul Holmes MP to the school. He is always very supportive of our work, especially the campaign the Student Leadership Team have been leading against the proposed quarry next to the school. Paul met with the students and advised them on next steps to continue to fight against the development. The Student Leadership Team would once again ask you as parents/ carers to ensure you have put an objection into the planning committee – Details are available below:
To help you write a letter: https://www.facebook.com/groups/341011544616215/
Response is by email to: planning@hants.gov.uk.
Or by post – Development Management, Universal Services, The Castle, Winchester, Hants, S023 8UD
Please remember to include the Planning Application Number: HCC/2021/0787, with your name & address.
Further information can be found by links below:
Hampshire County Council: https://planning.hants.gov.uk/Disclaimer?returnUrl=/Planning/Display/HCC/2021/0787
Hamble Parish Council: https://cemex.hambleparishcouncil.gov.uk/nov-23-reg-25…/
Or, by hard copy at the Mercury Hub
If you have already submitted your objection earlier in the year, you will need to do this again – The deadline is Friday 15 December.
Thank you to HC3S for their hard work cooking and hosting two Christmas Lunch events. The students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the food and the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with their friends.
Thank you to all the students and staff who took part in our Christmas Jumper Day and contributed a food/ clothing item(s) or money to our Community Initiatives. Our Food Bank will be open this week and next to support families over the Christmas period.
Our Choir enjoyed visiting Netley Court Care Home on Friday and it was wonderful to be able to sing and spread some festive cheer. They will be performing at another care home on Monday, at our Year 7 Grandparents Event on Tuesday, at Tesco Bursledon on Wednesday and at Community Carols on Thursday – Please do come along to this.
A reminder that we finish on Friday at 1pm for the Christmas Holidays. We will return at 8:30am on Tuesday 2 January 2024.
Next week is WEEK 1
Events w/b 11 December
Monday 11 December – Peace Jam Workshop for Debating Club, The Choir will be performing at a local care home.
Tuesday 12 December – Year 7 Grandparents Event, Food Bank open for collections 3:15pm-4:15pm.
Wednesday 13 December – The Choir will be performing at Tesco, Bursledon.
Thursday 14 December – Community Carols at 3:30pm. Intervention and Dance Live rehearsals are cancelled so everyone can enjoy the festive fun!
Friday 15 December – Rewards Assemblies. The school will close to students at 1pm.
Future dates
Wednesday 20 December – The Food Bank will be open for collections from 3:15pm-4:15pm
Tuesday 2 January – All students return to school at 8:30am.
Thursday 4 January – Year 11 Parents’ Evening. Bookings are open.
Thursday 11 January – Year 7 Parents’ Evening. Booking will open this week.
Letters sent this week
All letters can be found here: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/letters-to-parents/
Whole School – Men’s Mental Health session.
Year 10 – Duke of Edinburgh sign up.
Year 9 – Teenage Booster Vaccinations.
Year 11 – Parents’ Evening.
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
Theme of the Week – Celebration!
This week we will be celebrating student achievements during our Reward Assemblies. Students will be recognised for their hard work inside and outside the classroom over the last half term. In tutor time we will focussing on why we celebrate success.
We are delighted that so many students have achieved our Reward Certificates this half term. This week over 65 students gained more that 100 points in one week!
Congratulations to our students who achieve rewards this week.
11 students were awarded Bronze Awards
95 students were awarded Silver Awards
68 students were awarded Gold Awards.
18 students were awarded their Ruby Awards.
We would also like to celebrate the hard work and commitment of our staff this week – Please nominate someone using the form here: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/staff-recognition/
Christmas Events and Support
We are hosting a number of events to celebrate Christmas and support families. Please do attend as many as you can.
Tuesday 12 December – Year 7 Grandparents (or another suitable family member) Christmas Celebration 1pm-2:30pm. Join your Grandson/ Granddaughter for Christmas Music, crafts and some refreshments. Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/DvvwcktPsG by 5pm on Monday.
Thursday 14 December – Community Carols 3:30pm. Join us for mince pies and music. Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/GnE1T6FcRq by 5pm on Wednesday
Year 11 Intervention and Dance Live rehearsals will be cancelled on this day to allow everyone to celebrate Christmas.
Our Food Bank is open at the following times before Christmas:
- Tuesday 12 December 3:15pm-4:15pm
- Wednesday 20 December 9am-10am.
Reports
Progress Reports are being sent home for children in years 11, 10, 9 and 8 this week. Please look out for these in your email inbox (we will send to priority one contacts).
The Inclusion Department
Our vision for Inclusion is ‘to provide whole school inclusion, which is led by high quality inclusive teaching in the classroom and supported by ‘additional to, different from’ intervention for some, that enables achievement for all’.
As you are aware one of our key areas of focus since February has been the quality of the SEND provision in school. We have an expanded team of a Deputy Headteacher, two SENDCos, an Internal Alternative Provision Lead, Behaviour Coaches, an Inclusion Officer, Inclusion Coaches, a Student Support and Guidance Manager, ELSAs and a Family Support Worker to support children with SEND.
We also now have 3 rooms available all with a particular focus:
- Engage: Support is primarily focused for students with SEMH needs and anxiety; it is personalised to the student and support is provided through nurture-based intervention. Engage has also been used to re-engage students who have not attended school for some time.
- Retrack: Support is primarily focused for students with behaviour challenges and students finding difficulty in accessing learning due to poor learning attitudes; this provision supports students to develop positive learning behaviours and to succeed in lessons.
- Step: Support is primarily focused for students with academic needs and to achieve a range of EHCP outcomes, support is tailored for students and follows the graduated response.
We have received very positive feedback from Hampshire (HIAS) on the quality of our provisions, however, Parent Voice is very important to us and we would invite parents/ carers to complete the questionnaire here https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SENDDec23 by Friday 15 December to share your views on our SEND Provision.
Rewards
The students with the most reward points in each year group this week were:
- Year 7 – Julia T 7-8
- Year 8 – Eva P 8-9
- Year 9 – Freya A 9-3
- Year 10 – Charley T 10-8
- Year 11 – Magdalena W 11-3
Proud Friday!
Well done to all the students were awarded certificates/ positive points at Proud Friday this week.
Thank You
If you would like to nominate a member of staff for a ‘thank you’, please click here: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/staff-recognition/
Support
If you or you child would like support with wellbeing, please check out the links of our website: https://www.thehambleschool.co.uk/student-wellbeing-support/ You can also email staysafe@thehambleschool.co.uk or use our ‘Report a Concern’ link on the school homepage.
During the Christmas holidays the ‘StaySafe’ email address/ ‘Report a Concern’ button will not be manned as we will be ensuring our Safeguarding Team have a break for their own wellbeing. If you have any concerns about your own child or another child in our community, held is still available here: https://www.hants.gov.uk/socialcareandhealth or call 999 in an emergency.
