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Hambridge Community Primary School News Update 01460 281370 Term dates for next year All the term dates for next academic year 2010 -2011 complete with INSET days are in the events diary ! School gains healthy Schools Plus Award We became the first school in Somerset to get the 'nod' that we attained the award, and Miss Dennis collected it at a ceremony last week. We are very proud to have achieved this and will continue in our efforts to ensure that all children benefit from exercise, eat in a balanced way, behave in a socially acceptable way and that their well being is paramount. Years 4 5 and 6 retrun from school residential The residential trip to Gunard Pines in the Isle of White was an extremely successful if tiring weekend. Under completely blue skies, our children were active for almost the entire weekend (except when sleeping, and some did (little of that !). Take a look at the Activities Gallery to see all the photos ! E-Learning Day Tuesday 29th June 2010 If you are unable to access Fronter, here are the tasks set for each of the classes, which can be completed by hand and handed in on Wednesday (Cl4) or Thursday (CL3) CLASS 3: We would like you to write a recommendation for a book that you think a younger child would enjoy reading. Think about what age group you think the book would be best for, and write about why you are recommending it. Your contribution should be about 100 words long. Remember to include the title and author of the book you have chosen. Describe what sort of book it is: adventure, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction etc. If you would like to extend your work, you might like to carry out some research on the author: have they written any other books/where do they live/where do they do their writing? CLASS 4: Imagine you are either a soldier in the trenches of World War I, or a younger sibling of a soldier who is at home in England. You are going to write a letter to your family, describing how you are feeling, what is happening around you, and what the conditions are like. Think about how honest you are going to be: the truth of life in the trenches might be too distressing for a younger sibling to read about! Include what you have learnt so far about life and conditions during this period, as well as any other knowledge you may have. Your letter should be at least 100 words long. World Wide Week hits global audience We went for vertical grouping during our World Wide Week with the children working every morning in their house groups. Even the new intake joined in on Thursday !! The pupils rotared daily through Asia, New zealand, Italy and Africa and on the final day the whole school looked at 'The Amercicas'. For a view of what went on, look at the photos in the Activites gallery. Pupils show off their musical talents The end of term assembly, where we hand out our commendations for the term, and attendance awards, was complimented by a number of musicians demonstarting what they have learnt in their instrumental lessons at school. More pictures in the activities gallery. The Pod arrives Our children spent two days with an expert Pod maker, constructing both the inside and outside of the Pod. To see the construction of the Pod, which now sits in the corner pf the playground, please look at the Activities Gallery School makes Lesotho link We had the most amazing experience when Mrs Dennis set up a Skype link to a school in Lesotho. Years 4-6 crammed into the library to ask and respond to questions. We were treated to a song and their national anthem and in return we too sang a song and attempted our national anthem. We paln to develop this link at a pace ! Parent On Line Survey The results of the on line surveys undertaken by parents and pupils is now available to see. We have placed the survey in the letters section. Love in a Box arrives in Uganda The Love in a Box initiative suggested and organised by Lucy Phipps in November finally came to fruition last week ! A video of their opening can be seen at 1morechild.org and photos of their arrival can be seen on the Activites page. Do take a look as they are wonderful !! Summer Clubs start Monday 26th April Our summer clubs start on Monday. The full list can be seen on the clubs page. Please do remember to send in your permission slips for after schools clubs. woodpecker Club will run afetr school EVERY DAY ! School environmental area gets makeover All pupils, staff and an army of willing parents set to it and planted trees etc as part of our eco schools and outdoor learning initiatives. Class 3 set up a home for a vriety of species. Take a look at the activities gallery to see what we did. School are South Somerset champions ! The school rugby team, having won the area tournament, became South Somerset champions, by beating Castle Cary, Maiden Beech, Preton Primary in the group stages and then narrowly Curry Mallet in the semis, and Milborne Port 7-2 in the final ! A great effort, full of discipline and application, which now sees the team in the all Somerset final on May 21st ! SWAP team visit school The Somerset Waste Action team visited the school with the message of re-use, reduce and recycle. As an eco school, we are all for that. visit the individual class pages to see what activities we did. Talent Show reaps rewards for Hambridge The Diablo Dudes came third and Isabel Foulder Hughes second in the inaugural CLP talent Show late last term. Charlotte Evans also gave a very creditable performance of dancing to Fame while Hambridge also took 3 of the 5 rafle prizes ! A great night ! Sports Relief Our efforts raised £224.42 on Tuesday 16th. Everybody ran the mile (staff included) or hopped it ! Mrs Dennis organised a sports festival in the afternoon run by the Year 6 and 60 pairs of socks were sold. Class 1 go round the world with Barnaby Barnaby Bear took Class 1 on a whirlwind visit to deserts, rainforests and snowy places recently. Armed with their suitcases, they were checked in (with passports), went through security, and then they were off. For further pictures of their adventures look in the Class 1 Activites Gallery Class 3 link with Highbury school The Gillespie School in Highbury, Islington have teamed up with Class 3 to find out about each other and our different areas. Each school has produced information about their area for the partner school to study. here you can see some photos of Class 3 looking eagerly at the brochures the Gillespie School have produced about their own school and area. want to know more ? .....ask a member of Class3 !! RSPB attracts lots of birds We took part in the annual 2 week RSPB Birdwatch and were amazed by how many birds actually turned up to be identified and counted. Class 4 produced a number of bird feeders and over the 2 weeks, there were signiciantly more of our feathered friends than usual....or were we just more aware of them ? Catering Club starts Mr Allen has got the catering club underway. The first week was a pasta dish followed last week by bread making. Next week is pasties !! Sounds a great club to be involved in ! Mr Crabtree visits Slovenia Mr Crabtree visited slovenia, the next hosts of Talkschool, to help prepare for the conference in May. The activities gallery has photos of Ljubljana, the capital and of the school who are hosting the event. Haitian appeal Is this Friday, 29th January. Children can weare their own clothes for just a £1 donation, and we would ask that cakes be donated to school, which we will sell at break time (now there's a treat and a break from fruit or veg) at 20p a cake. Oh what fun it to play......... It was fun time at school on Thursday as we opened despite the snow and ice. The children had an extra long playtime at the start of the school. Class 4 become teachers Our Year 6 moved form being pupils to teachers as they delivered lessons to small groups of younger children. Planning their lessons with their target audience in mind, our Years R - 3 were treated to drums, electric guitrs, various sports, art classes, diablo and even maths. Check out the activities gallery for further pictures of our new teachers !! We are open The main roads to school are fine. there is about a centimetre of snow, on top of what had not melted previously, so please take care moving around school. Wellies or boots are recommended. Wednesday January 13th We know traffic is moving on the roads outside school and where some of us live so we are intending to open the school. there will be a further update on our arrival at school. We are open The school is open today, Friday. Suggested wear is wellies or boots and why not bring a spare pair of socks. Wrap up warm please. Don't forget, today is swimming, so do bring your swimming gear and permission slip !!! We are open Apologies if this notice is late but it takes a big effort to open the school and make it as safe as possible. We are open and most children and staff are in. We are trying to stay open We will try to stay open today. Please bear with us as staff try to get in and we try to remove some of the snow. SCHOOL CLOSED Unfortunately as it has just taken an hour for me to get here and as some staff cannot get into school, we have no option but to close today. Our apologies !! Please check the website for details of tomorrow (Thursday). We shall endeavour to open, but the forecast is for a very heavy freeze tonight which, should we do not get our delayed delivery of grit, may make the site dangerous. We shall do our very best !! For photos of the beauty of the scene here today, please look at the Activities Gallery Christmas party Check out what happened at the FOHSA organised Christmas Party. Rumour has it that some staff dressed up a bit !! closure warning At the moment, as there has been no snowfall, the school will be open as normal. However, we shall check the weather in the morning and should it be severe, we shall post a notice as the closure of the school on this website. So, in short, watch this space ! Top of the World That's how we are feeling after the school emeged as the top school in the county for both progress and attainment in last year's Year 6 SAT's (from the Guardian website). The school was also placed 14th school in the country, according to the BBC website for the percentage of pupils attaining a level 5 ! What are Class 4 up to here ? Take a look at this photo and those on the class page to work out what they are doing. Class 4 make a start on their slippers Following on from their visit to Clark's shoe museum, class 4 have begun their slipper designs. Take a look at their prototypes ! Class 4 visit Clarks Class 4 visited Clarks Museum in Street to study the history of shoe design and get ideas for their DT project on slippers. Class go potty about greeks Class 3 were entertained all day on Wednesday 25th November by 'The History Man'. The reviews were 'wow' as they studied pots, weaponry and had a mock battle. The headteacher was even confronted by a greek soldier who demanded chocolate !! Do look in the Class pages to see photos of the day. Children in Need makes record amount Our activities for Children in Need raised a massive £372. The Year 6 boys sold cakes, there were various competitions, such as a raffle for a Pudsey cake, name the teddy, guess the sweets in a jar, colour the pudsey etc. Some of our pupils raised sponsor money by doing sponsored silences, walking on stilts and being four legged. For photos of the events please see the Activities page. Victorian Museum takes over Class 4 On Friday (13th November) in Class 4 the children explored a variety of Victorian artefacts, which were kindly brought in by Mr. Curry. The children had a unique opportunity to handle a wide range of authentic objects, ranging from clothes and toys to medicinal and work tools. Having explored the uses of the objects during the morning, the children then hosted visits from children in Class 3 and were able to explain the uses of their artefacts to them, as well as allow them to try some of them out. Girls win local ESFA tournament Our girls team won the local stage of the ESFA tournament winning all 4 of their games and not conceeding a goal. They now go on to the next stage representing the Langport area at the South Somerset regional event. Class 1 visit Forest School Class 1 became the second class to undertake Forest school activities this school year, following on from class 3 the week before. Next up will be Class 2. The children get back to nature and learn outside the classroom, building dens, making artefacts and simply taking in what's around them. The sessions are really loved by the pupils and staff alike, and we shall be having an even bigger push on outside learning in the coming months, developing our own grounds as well as using the wooded site belonging to Mr and Mrs Glide. Woodpecker Club number changes The new direct number for the WOODPECKER CLUB is 07972333657 The Big Read is a Big Hit Volunteers and staff read to all our pupils during the Big Read, as part of Book Week. Book week success This year's Book Week saw the usual Book fayre, the now annual dressing up day and the BIG READ amongst many others. See the Activities Gallery for further photos of the Dressing Up Day. Diablo Dave is back again Diabolo Dave came back to visit us after his initial input in last summer term. He created a craze, and as we sold so much of his equipment, returned to give us a free day of training. Take a look at the Activities gallery to see three of our classes in action. New netbooks arrive in school Over the summer we have purchased 20 toshiba netbooks, a wireless charging trolley, and wireless networking. The trolley can be wheeled to classes and our children can individually access online learning resources from their own seats in class. See them in action on the Activities page. Science show at Taunton School See the shocked faces as the Taunton School staff makes bangs and explosions !! School restarts Wednesday September 2nd School restarts for Year 1 - 6 on Wednesday September 2nd, and Thursday September 3rd for the new intake in reception. We look forward to seeing you all then. Have a very happy summer holiday. School epic play a success The school play 'Lights Camera, Action,' may have lasted 2 hours but featured every child in the school. Class 1 provided the dancers for the films, Class 2 the adverts, Class 3 the news flashes and Years 5 and 6 the main actors in the television programmes. It was a fine way to finish the term !! Head has legs shaved for charity In order to help raise funds for Charlotte Strickland who is planning to do the three peaks challenge to raise money for the Meningitis Trust, head teacher Iain Crabtree had his legs waxed at the end of the school play. The public shaving realised a total of over £300 !!! Campout attracts more than ever The second Hambridge School campout was even more successful than the last year. 110 people pitched up and spent the afternoon and evening, playing sport, eating and drinking before sitting around the fire at the end of the evening. To see what we were up to check out the activities gallery. Huge thanks to Ruth Evans and Ken Seal for all their organisation and Mr Wood for his incredible barbecue. Music hits high note The school's musicians were out in force to show their talents at a recent music spectacular held in the village hall. Intended to show our younger pupils what 2 years or more of music tuition could do for us, our older pupils took the opportunity to showcase their talents. Finally Ms Hammick's daughter, Martha, played the piano and really took our breath away with a faultless performance of a MUSE number. Class 1 visit Paignton Zoo Class 1 had their annual summer trip, this time to Paignton Zoo. Last year the coach broke down on the way to Lyme Regis and this year the heavens opened, but fortunately only on the journey and not at the zoo itself. It was a really lovely opportunity to share the wonder of the animal kingdom and a chance to explore bones....see photo Tea Party goes Mad The Friends of School organised a Mad Hatters Tea Party to celebrate the summer. The event started at 2.45 and finished at 4 with tea, cakes and prizes for the best costume. To see photos of the event, please look at the Activities Gallery We arrive at John O'Groats The whole school celebrated as the final runners were piped into our virtual John O'Groats, finishing the 1,430 km run. The epic, which started as a run to Buckingham palace but which finished as a trek through London, Cambridge, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and then finally John O'Groats has taken the term and featured everybody in the school. Well done to Mrs Dennis for inspiring us all ! Cricket team retain trophy The school's cricket team retained the area cricket trophy on a very windy and occasionally wet, Monday 13th, by winning all five of their games. There were some close calls, but all that practice at lunchtimes paid off as henry Carrington followed in Jack Moffat's footsteps and held the trophy aloft. We await the photo's to show you. Circus skills frenzy A craze has broken out at the school after Mrs Dennis introduced circus skills to the children. Diablo Dave was brought in to inspire the children, the school bought a box of equipment and diablos, juggling balls hoops and the like were also put on sale. The result ........ an activity craze ! See if you have been snapped practising by checking out the activities gallery Bad hair Day attracts whacky styles The Bad Hair Day, organised by Lily and Izzy to raise funds for replacing the burnt down changing rooms of Barrington FC was a huge success. The hairstyles were really whacky and inventive. The two girls raised over £50 and a quite a few laughs too ! Class 4 go Aztec Years 5 and 6 have been studying Aztecs and listened to a conquistador as well as making and eating mexican food (did you know that chocolate comes from the aztec civilisation ?). For pictures of the event please see the Class 3 page. Art exhibition shows school's creativity The art exhibition organised by Mrs Brown with support from Mrs Gatcombe was a huge success. The hall was adorned with the children's artwork over the year, and in the centre of the hall, each child had 2 pieces of work framed, and available to purchase for £6. Further photos are available on the Activities Gallery page. Athletics team win Area Athletics In a very close competition, the athletics team won the small school's section of the area athletics. Though we did not have many winners of races (Shannon, Mahaela, Bonnie, Bill, Harry, Girls 4 x 100m relay, Tania excepted, there were a lot of seconds, and that consistent performance earned us first place and the trophy for the second year running !! Well done everyone, a fine team effort ! Maths team win annual STOMP Our maths team of Daisy Cook, Isabelle Clark, Annabel Maidment, Bill Brandt and Tamara Mckay added the Huish maths Stomp to their Wellington Maths Challenge crown, by winning by 3 points last Monday. The clinching moment came after they got first place for the poster competition on Pythagoras, giving them a 5 point bonus. After last year's disappointment of coming level first and then losing out as the head teacher had forgotten to tell them to make a flag, it seemed ironic that they should clinch first place on the same basis. Well done everybody !! We are nearing John O'Groats Mrs Dennis' run to Buckingham Palace has really taken off. It was our expectation that we would, as a whole school, run to the Palace in London by the end of the term. However, having completed that task in just a week, we have revised the plan and are now aiming to reach John O'Groats by the end of term. We have passed Cambridge, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Aberdeen and are now almost at Inverness. The Blue House has run the farthest so far, but the others are catching quickly. Laps can be run at break or lunch times, or sometimes in the morning before school !! Bad Hair Day coming up Two of our pupils are so annoyed at the arson attack on Barrington Football Club that they wish to do some fundraising to aid rebuilding. This will take place on Friday July 10th. It will cost 50p to come into school with your hair in bad taste, and there will be an opportunity to buy some exotic fruit cocktail at break time ! So get that whacky hair out and support BAD HAIR DAY!! Circus Skills Frenzy The school is being consumed by circus skills Frenzy. diablos, hoops, spinning plates, juggling balls are all being tried out. In fact we shall be selling all of these items from June 29th both before and after school to fuel the craze. This is all a part of our Healthy Schools Plus work, and our inspiration Diablo Dave will be coming back to see how we have progressed in the near future. to see photos of his recent workshop, please look in the Activities Gallery. SPORTS DAY IS LOOMING Sports Day, between the four houses, will take place on Tuesday June 30th, beginning at 1pm. We would very much like parents and friends to watch the spectacle as the Red and Blue houses attempt to upstage the previously dominant yellow and Green houses. Staff in fire training Almost all the staff have now had basic fire fighting training as the pictures here show. We still do not expect to have to use them though. New new new dates Monday June 22nd - Key Stage 1 Fun Run at Hambridge Wednesday June 25th - Yr 3 and 4 and Yr 5 and 6 girls football tournament Friday June 26th - French play at Huish Science College (Yr 5/6) Monday June 26th - Maths STOMP at Huish Science College Tuesday June 30th - AZTEC morning for Year 6 Saturday July 4th - Threshold Prizegiving Wednesday July 8th - Yr 6 transition day at Huish and induction morning at Hambridge Friday July 17th - Year 6 day out to Somerwest World, Butlins Forthcoming dates Thursday June 25th - Trio Taunton School for science session (Class 2 and 3) Friday 26th June - International Day at Huish for Yr 6 Tuesday June 30yh - Sports Day Thursday July 2nd - Art exhibition Tuesday July 7th - Reports out Tuesday July 14th - Parents Evening to discuss reports Monday July 20th - 2:00 School play matinee for younger audience Tuesday July 21st - 7:00 School play Wednesday July 22nd - 2:00 Leavers service Pupils have work published on River Parrett website Some of our pupils work has been selected for publication on the River Parrett trail website. For more information of their work, see the activities gallery. To view the website visit: http://www.riverparrettrevisited.org.uk/gridref.php?id=49 Residential a huge success 42 of our Year 4 5 and 6's returned from Barton Hall in Torquay on Monday, tired but very happy from their residential experience. We enjoyed some great activities, including 'trapeze, zip wires, abseiling, climbing, aeroball, canoeing, raft building' amongst many others. The food was great, the evening entertainment very active and the accommodation very suitable to us. For photos, please see the Activities Gallery 4 pupils visit Portugal for TALKSCOOL conference 4 Hambridge pupils, took the plunge and travelled to Portugal with Mrs Brown and Mr Crabtree for the 5th International Conference. Please look in the activities gallery for further information Governor surgery notes have been published on the website The governors response to issues raised throughout the Governors Surgery have been published on the Governors page. Elite runners practice for cross country See the elite running team in action, preparing for the area cross country.Do look at the Activities Gallery Science Day returns For a second time Miss Hammick organised a day of science in the Village Hall, using the expertise of Christa Miller, our outreach teacher from Huish Science College. The Year 6 played a key role in manning the different stations and explaining to the rest of the school, how it all worked. Comic Relief Day Our comic relief day raised a whopping £249. Thanks to all who manned the cake stall and games stall and to everyone for dressing up so funnily. The children had a great time watching the 'I'm a Hambridge Celebrity get me out of here' !!! Term dates for next year Do look at the letters section for the term dates for next year. INSET days will be: September 1st January 4th January 5th April 1st June 7th Photos of snowy Hambridge Take a look at photos taken by Cookie and Penny Parcell in the Activities Gallery. Update on school opening for Monday 9th February The snow has not melted as of Sunday am and the playground and paths are very slippy. We only have a small amount of rock salt left and therefore have limited resources to use to make the school safe. The car park has been cleared pretty much (thank you whoever did it), so it is safe to use. We shall endeavour to clear a pathway to Classes 1 and 2 and ask that on Monday morning you take your child direct to class. Please be very careful with young children that you are taking to playgroup etc. The school shall open, but you are forewarned of the danger of ice. So what did you miss at school on Friday ? Take a look at the activities Gallery to find out what we did on Friday 6th Update on activities It has been a while since we were able to update all the activities we have undertaken this academic year. To see the Christmas Party, Cross country practice,The Eco pig, library reading awards, Taiko drumming and a host of others, please check the Activities Gallery Fun time in the snow Take a look at the Activities Gallery to see how we spent the first part of the day, today. See the hardy souls who made it in ! The school as you may never have seen it The scene at school on Tuesday February 3rd. Pictures shot by our camera team of Simon and Rebecca Denley. Take a look at the activities Gallery for more great shots. School will be open Wednesday Unless the weather becomes extreme overnight, school will be open on Wednesday as usual, with Parents Evening following the end of the school day. We apologise for the closure of the school today, but hope the children enjoyed the opportunity to play in the snow. Hambridge win Area Cross Country for small schools After a few weeks of training, the Hambridge runners won the small schools event. Notable individual performances from some of our runners, saw us gain 5th place in the year 5 and 6 boys, 4th in the girls, 2nd in the Year 3 and 4 boys and 5th in the girls. Well done al the runners who all trained and performed very hard. Eridan Internation Ecole The Eridan School wish to visit us again as their residential trip this coming November. A letter inviting your child to take part in the exchange can be found in the letters section. Woodpecker Club becomes OFSTED registered The Woodpecker Club, in its new home under the old verandah at the back of the main building, is now OFSTED registered. This means that it not only satisfies the various standards expected of child care, but also child care costs can be reclaimed against working tax credits. For action photos of the Woodpecker Club, please see the Activities Gallery Harvest and jumble sale The school combined Monday 29th September as a joint day for their Harvest celebration and an opportunity to raise funds for their eco school activities. The Harvest produce was split between a donation to Vaughan Lee House in Ilminster and a raffling off of the rest to pupils. The money raised (£50.50) will be used by the school council to purchase items from Food Aid for countries in Africa which may be struggling to Harvest themselves. The Jumble Sale raised £112 for the school council to purchase items which will help us become eco minded. More details on the exact purchases will come when those items have been decided upon. Book week starts Our book week has started with a book quiz that involved the whole school. Four teams competed with questions from a range of books, with the winning team being TEAM A overseen by bookworm, Mrs Powell. Other activities to follow are: The Book Fayre itself on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after school, The Big Read on Thursday involving parents, pupils and staff and dressing up day on Friday, where pupils are invited to dress up as an animal from a book. We are also expecting a visit from the Librarian in Langport. Pupils graduate from Yeovil Town Football Club ! Part of the Playing for Success programme saw 9 pupils from school really enjoy a 6 week, every Wednesday course at Yeovil Town. Through the medium of football, literacy, numeracy and ICT are taught after school. Healthy breakfast attracts 30 Mrs Brown's 'Healthy breakfast' attracted 30 pupils on Wednesday 16th July. They were served up Weetabix, Muffins with sugarless jam, and exotic fresh fruit, as well as tea if they so wished. What a good start to the day. School family sleepover a great success The long awaited (since the Summer fair last year) school sleepover took place on saturday 19th July under the guidance of ken Seal and Ruth Evans. There was rounders, a monster barbecue, fireworks, a camp fire and plenty of merriment.Check out the Activities Gallery for further photos. School wins area athletics ! Our third trophy in a week ! Our Year 3 -6 team beat the other small schools in the CLP, to win the trophy ! See more pictures on the Activities Gallery. Maths team come runners up at STOMP A marvellous performance by our very young maths team (1 year 6, 3 year 5's and 1 year 4 !) saw tie on level points with the eventual winners, 9 points clear of the chasing pack. Unfortunately, due to Mr Crabtree being unaware of the need for a flag to represent the school, the team lost out on first on that basis ! That's 3 years running as runners up ! School triumph at Martock Tournament Success finally came our way, after years of trying with the Under 9's winning their section of the event. The Under 7's came runners up, losing only one game, and the Girls, who won their league, then lost in the semi's, but gained third place in the 3rd/4th place play off. Photos of the winning scenes are on the Activities page. Summer Fair a success despite the weather The weather did not put a halt to festivities at the Summer Fair. With rain threatening to put a dampner on things, like last year, the crowds still came and the weather held off......just. For more photos, please see Activities Gallery. T shirt fashion show a hit Friday afternoon was dedicated to the pupils showing off their uniquely designed T-shirts on the catwalk. There were winners in each year group, having been judged by the A303 Gallery. The idea, first mooted by Zetta morton 3 years ago, has proved a massive success at the school. or a really full photo show of the event, please look in the Activities Gallery. Cricketers triumph in area tournament In a nail biting competition, our team, showing tremendous discipline overcame both Charlton Mackrell in the semis and then a combined team from Othery and Middlezoy in the final. Unbeaten throughout the event, the team got better with each game and thoroughly deserved their trophy ! Walk to school Wednesday Yet again our pupils and parents were as creative as ever as they found different ways to come to school last Wednesday. Let's hope we have done enough to be considered for one of the prizes, as so many of our pupils make the effort to walk anyway ! Check out the Activities Gallery for more photos The Allen family at it again ! Mr Allen took part in a quiz show on Talksport radio and yet again won a considerable prize. this time not only did he win a 32 inch flatscreen TV, carte of beer, wine and a kettle, through which he could enjoy Euro 2008, but also the chance to broadcast the hawksby and Jacobs afternoon show from his own home. Guests included famous footballers: Neville Southall,Ron 'Chopper' Harris and Vince Hilaire, as well as a wurzel ! For more photos see Activities Gallery Class 3 start off walking festival Class 3 were invited to lead off the International walking Festival on Friday 13th. setting off from Huish Science College, they walked 10km (further than any other school, including the Year 9 from the college)via Aller and Bowdens camping site returning back to the school. Our thanks to Mrs Stricland and her mum for the welcome drinks and ice lollies awaiting us at the campsite ! Talkschool Conference in Poland Our 4 pupils, Mrs Brown and Mr Crabtree had a marvellous time in Poland meeting with our friends from last year's conference here. Schools from Italy, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland, Lithuania joined ourselves and our hosts from Koszalin in a feast of cultural activity and educational meetings. For further photos, please see the Activities section. Parents go Sweet at wake and Shake Out terrific Wake and Shake parent group got us all moving to Blockbuster. To see the effect on our pupils check out the activities gallery Yr 4, 5 and 6 back safely from greatwood Years 4, 5 and 6 returned healthily from their residential this weekend in the Quantocks. See Activities for the first photos of the trip 7 pupils return from French Exchange trip to Montpelier 7 of our pupils have just returned from their 4 day visit to Montpelier as guest of some of the pupils who visited us from Eridan International Ecole. In what for us was a rather landmark event, our pupils spent a day in Montpelier itself, a day in the French school taking lessons and then a weekend at the behest of their host families. For photos of this ground breaking initiative , please see the Activities Gallery School begins paired reading We have a lot of activities that bring the pupils of all ages together, but Mrs Brown felt that a shared paired reading session with pupils of different ages, would add a little something to the purpose behind reading and give our older pupils a little more responsibility. It has been running for a few months now on a 2 weekly cycle, and is enjoyed by all. Imagineering Club now well established Since Mr West was unable to continue due to work pressures, the Imagineering Club has been in hibernation. Now Mr and Mrs brown have come to the rescue, and woken the club up. A full compliment of 12 pupils have joined and are just finishing their first term. More exciting projects are planned for the summer term. School goes spectacular Thursday 3rd April, saw our first School Spectacular, with the intention of showing off the creative talents of our youngsters. A very good sized audience were treated to dancers, gymnasts, flautists, brass, the choir and our very young and capable Samba band. For more photos of the evening, do look at the Activities Gallery New Playground equipment arrives The new Huff n Puff playground equipment is now in full use and is overseen by our Year 6 Playleaders, who distribute different items each day. To see more in use, click on Activities Gallery Gardening Club get welcome visitor The Gardening Club welcomed a visitor from Branstons Potatoes last week who explained how best to grow them while donating some compost to help us try and win a potato growing competition. For more photos check out the Activities Gallery. French visit a huge success The visit of 16 pupils and 2 staff from Eridan International Ecole for 10 days, was a huge success. During their time they spent 3 days in school, learning in English, visited Stonehenge, Wells Cathedral and Glastonbury, took part in a language morning (learning Mandarin, Spanish and Latin !) and ran the Sports Relief Mile. They stayed with host families for the duration of their visit, to whom we are extremely grateful for their generosity and warmth. A much shorter return visit is being planned for mid April, when 7 of our pupils shall fly out to Montpelier. All of Hambridge take part in Sports Relief It was a cold blustery Friday afternoon, but all of our pupils donned their red socks and ran a mile to support sports relief. Indeed our French visitors also took part and one of them actually won it...without proper sports kit too. Over £126 was raised for the charity through the sale of red socks. OFSTED say we are a 'good' school publsihed-ofsted-report.pdf The recent visit by two OFSTED inspectors resulted in the school being rated as 'Good' school. We are all very pleased with their findings and invite you to read the report by clicking the link above. FRENCH VISITORS COMING We shall be welcoming 16 french pupils and their teachers for the period March 9th - 17th. Enough of our families have offered to house a French pupil to make the exchange a reality. The pupils,from Ecole Internationale Eridan near Montpelier and aged between 9 and 11 will work in the school alongside our children, but shall also take the opportunity to visit Stonehenge and Wells Cathedral. That week we will have a language day where hopefully we will study some Mandarin and Chinese, and also take part in Sports Relief together. We are grateful to all our hosting families, as a return in June to Montpelier sounds mouthwatering ! Celebrating the end of the Japanese course A super Japanese party was held at the home of Sensei Pathy Barker following our term long Japanese course. Sushi and sake were consumed along with miso soup. Next term it's French so the end of course party should be a gastronomic delight. ! Parents go for Wake and Shake ! Mrs Brown inspired the parents to get in the christmas spirit and join in the last wake and Shake of the term. Was your parent involved ? See the Activities gallery to find out. Music and commendations assembly A huge number of acts graced the recent assembly, which was attended by a good number of parents eager to heart their children perform. The choir sang a number that was used at the CLP concert and there was exhibition of flutes, clarinets, brass, keyboards and drums. Class 3 taught by Huish Year 9 ! Mr Dealey arrived at our school yesterday with 16 students from Huish Science College, whose brief was to teach Class 3 about the First World War. They had produced booklets to provide information and activity books for our pupils to complete. For further photos, please look in the Class 3 activity section. Maths Quiz team come third in wellington Maths Challenge This year's team of four, al from years 5 and 6 came a very close third in the Wellington Maths Quiz. Only one point behind the winners, the team of keen mathematicians improved on last year, when they were two points behind the winners. Next year the pressure will really be on then ! One of the Brainiest families in Britain The Allen family reached the finals of a competition organised by Nintendo and the Brain Academy a week last Sunday. First Richard qualified the family for the finals by appearing on a quiz on Virgin Radio and the following day the family went to London to appear in the Virgin Radio finals, which they duly won, qualifying them for the National Finals the following weekend. Ten families went head to head using the Nintendo Wii (which the Allen's had only been able to practice on for a day) playing a game called 'The Big Brain Academy'. On this occasion they did not come first, byt having already won a weekend family trip to Rome and a week for the family in Boston, plus a Nintendo Wii, I don't suppose they were too upset. WELL DONE to Richard, Dianne, Emily and Thomas. A tremendous achievement. Sponsored Bike Ride raises £350 Adam and Holly Davies organised, with their mother, a sponsored bike ride that took us from the Lamb and Lion in Hambridge to Drayton, Muchelney, Kingsbury, Stembridge and then finally over the Levels and back to Hambridge. In all the route was thought to be 10.5 miles. For more photos and a little more detail, see the Activities Gallery. Environment Week What a week of activities Mrs Powell and Miss Hammick arranged ! Monday saw us arriving at school wearing anything recycled or reused and workshops with Guy Clothier from SWAP (Somerset waste Action Programme). On Tuesday Action aid visited us and we learnt about life and reusing in Ghana. On Wednesday we visited Bristol Zoo to find out about endangered species and what we can do about it, while Thursday saw the County's 'Rising to the Challenge' team visit key stage 2 to talk about Climate Change and why it is occurring. Finally, on Friday, Christa Miller (our outreach science specialist from Huish Science College) and Miss Hammick organised a series of scientific workshops for all the pupils. Class 2 and 3 have sat down together to look at the week's input and decide on some courses of action that we can take as a school community to look after not just our local environment, but also the World. These suggestions will be given to the 'School Council' to deliberate and produce a statement and guidelines for us all to follow. During the week the classes also looked at a specific climatic region. Class 1 looked at the Polar Regions, Class 2 the Rainforests and Class 3 the Deserts. For a photo guide of all our activities, please look at the Activities Gallery Parents take 'Mad' Wake and Shake Pupil, staff and our SSCO Sally Pitkin stood in shock as the parents led the Wake and Shake last week. No one quite expected the Madness of 'Baggy Trousers'. It was a most exciting display and got the whole school involved. Any more parents want to shake us up a little ? or a full range of photos of the event, please look in the Activities Gallery Whole school visits Bristol Zoo As part of our Environment Week, the whole school visited Bristol Zoo for the day on Wednesday. We enjoyed seeing the animals, and took part in workshops based on a variety of world environments (desert, rainforest and water). Hambridge Cross Country hambridge-2007-cross-country.xls This annual event which takes place early in the academic year, attracted more runners and spectators than ever. Our sincere apologies for the parking fiasco which i think was born of foolishness and a panic to get to the races on time following delays in Langport. The competition was tougher than ever and our usually successful teams were unable to gain any first places. Well done to Freya Legg who took bronze in the Year 5/6 girls. Class 3 visit special farm Class 3 went out on Wednesday 26th September for a special day to look at farming past and present and to plant wheat which they will harvest later on in the year. This followed our own Harvest Festival and will have reinforced the important role that farming plays in today's modern society and the reasons why Harvest was always seen as a crucial time. Incidentally, we became TV starts on the day as this rather unique event was covered by ITV news and Mr. Curry and two pupils played a starring role ! Astounding efforts on Book Character Day Once again we marvel at the creativity of you all on our annual Book Character Day. This year we used the day to launch, rather than end our Book fayre and if you check out the activities Gallery you'll see just how much you got into it. Well done everybody ! Georgie's birthday Yes, George the Giraffe celebrated his ?th birthday just before the summer holidays began. It was a real giraffe day in Class 1. See their Class page for further photos of this annual and most important event ! Japanese lessons start Caroline Path Barker has started our Japanese lessons which will last for 12 weeks. See Events diary for more Year 6 Leave from church A clearly emotional and shaky Mrs Brown, took photos of the Leavers final moments at St James the Lesse Church in Hambridge on Tuesday 24th. The service presided over by Father Alan lasted an hour and was attended by year 6 parents, all the pupils and staff and other parents and relatives. The photos suggest Mrs Brown was clearly affected by the occasion...or was it the magnificent gift of the hand made trophy cabinet from the Year 6 parents which excited her. For further blurry photos, please see Activities Gallery ! We design our own T-shirts...and mouse mats...and bags Mrs Brown organised for the school to design their own bags, mouse mats or T-SHIRTS. A very exciting project was entered into by most pupils whose parents were then invited to purchase the items. Check out the Activities Gallery to see the results. Peacechild strikes a chord The whole school took part in this year's production of 'Peacechild', a sensitive tale of how a young baby is able to bring together two warring tribes who despise each other. The singing was as ever sensational and the performance very colourful. Unfortunately, we only have a few shots off the play in the Activities Gallery. The whole school skips for charity ! All our pupils took part in the Jump Rope For Heart initiative last week. After two weeks of training and awaiting fine weather every pupil was able to complete the exhausting challenge. For further details please see the activities gallery. French day enjoyed by Class 3 All of Class 3 took part in the French day held at Huish Science College. Each school prepared a short presentation for the finale in the afternoon, after they had enjoyed boules, a treasure hunt in french and other activities including a french lunch. Our version of 'What time is it Mr. Wolf' was so popular that it has been videoed for use in teacher training ! Art exhibition backs up music assembly Mrs Brown, Mrs Gatcombe and Mr Brandt put together a wonderful exhibition of the children's work over the year. When displayed altogether, it really does make one realise how talented our artists are. Music assembly is a hit It is now over 18 months since we started offering musical instrument tuition at the school and the investment in time by the school and money by you the parents is paying off. We now have children able to perform on a range of instruments and who are putting together small groups and ensembles. Take a look at the Activities Gallery to see the range of performers at the school. Young writers collect awards This year the school took part in the Threshold Prize. Two of our writers, who both submitted poems, were singled out for individual awards (as seen in the photograph), while the school were nominated in the top 7 schools for overall quality of the work submitted. Unfortunately, the first prize of £500 did not come our way ! Young team gain runners up spot at Maths Challenge A team of two year 4's, two Year 5's and two Year 6's came runner up in the annual Huish Science College STOMP. They beat off 10 other teams (including a wholly year 6 team from Hambridge !) to clinch a set of calculators. here they are with Superman and Batwoman collecting their prize ! Country Dancers appear at Wells Cathedral While the older pupils were away on the school residential, our younger pupils, under the guidance of Miss Hammick, represented the school at the annual Wells Cathedral Country Dancing Festival. For more pictures of our dancing troop in action, please see the Activities Gallery. Rugby team get just deserts After so many 'nearlies' this year, the rugby team won the utleigh Rugby tournament. In fact the organisers were so impressed with our girls that they have asked if it is possible to combine the Butleigh girls with the Hambridge girls to play a boys team ! SUMMER FAYRE A SUCCESS DESPITE THE RAIN It was more like the Winter Fayre, as the rain swept in and the bouncy castle stayed wrapped up until the hall was cleared ! Thanks to Anita Chew and FOHSA for all their hard work and to the children of Class 3 who braved the elements to try and run their stalls. For more pictures do see the 'Activities Gallery'. Runners Up at Area Sports ! Once again we were pipped at the post as the school's Key Stage 2 athletes tried to defend their title from last season. Full report in 'Activities Gallery' Yrs 4, 5 and 6 safely back from camp After an exhausting 4 day / 3 night trip to Gloucestershire Yrs 4,5 and 6 returned back to school on Monday afternoon. It was a case of plenty activity, plenty of food, late nights, early mornings and dodging the very heavy showers. A great time was had by pupils and staff. Why not visit the Activities Page to see the photo gallery....and the state of Ms Melbourne and Mrs Brown on the coach on the way home. Tournament update At recent sports tournaments the school teams have had some hardluck stories. At the martock tournament the netball team tied for runners up but lost out on medals on goals difference, the girls football team went out in the semi finals after drawing their match to a Golden Goal in extra time and the U9's lost in the semis too. At the Bruton Girls School Rugby Tournament our team lost by two tries to one in the semis in a very closely fought match. At the Curry Malet Tournament our U11 football team lost 1-0 in a winner takes all final match (the first goal they conceded). Finally at the CLP cricket tournament our A team lost only one match (by one run) but still couldn't finish in the top two For some recent photos check out the Activities Gallery. Hambridge goes walking Parents and pupils put on their walking boots to support the International Walking festival held at Langport over the weekend of June 9th/10th. They followed a 10km walk (which was actually 11.6 km) starting at 11:15 and finishing at 4:15 !!! For more photos visit the Activities Gallery New access from car park The access to the school has been widened and the kerbstone dropped to allow for greater access for all users of the school. This should make entering the school grounds for wheelchair users, pushchairs etc much easier. Talkschool Week is a massive success http://www.talkschool.org/ The International Week, with 55 visitors from abroad went exceptionally well. 18 pupils from 9 schools were hosted by families from the school, while their teachers (37 of them) were housed in and around Langport. Working in tandem with the M.E.P.'s office and the Langport Area Development Trust, an exciting week of cultural and educational events were held. Massive contributions were made by the Friends of the School and individual parents. For photos of the week's action, please see the Activities Gallery. Rugby team claim second spot at Martock Rugby tournament The school rugby team carried on their terrific form, this season with the runners up trophy at the Martock Rugby Club event. Coached by Ken Seal, they lost just the one match to the eventual winners, and once inscribed, the trophy will be adorning the school verandah. Netball team win Area netball The school netball team triumphed at the Area Netball tournament held at Huish Science College. They played superbly winning all their matches and hence collecting another trophy for the school. Well done the team and Mrs Gatcombe. The football team narrowly missed out on their trophy, not losing a game, but ended up finishing as runners up. International Talkschool Conference timetable-for-3rd-talkschool-international-conference.doc Click the link to see what is happening during the International Week. 54 teachers and pupils from Ghana, Italy, Sweden, Slovenia, Poland, Greece, Lithuania, Hungary, Portugal and Bulgaria will be sharing the week with us. Hambridge Runners take part in Somerset Cross Country A good number of our runners took up the challenge of competing against the best in Somerset at the Annual Championships held at Kings School, Taunton. All tried their very best and our squad was boosted by the addition of runners form High Ham, Curry Mallet and Long Sutton. All took great delight in availing themselves of the hospitality of Kings School in the form of cakes and coffee ! RED NOSE DAY - MORE THAN JUST A LAUGH The school went particularly red for Comic Relief Day. Over £211 was raised by the pupils in a variety of ways. For more pictures and full details of the days events, please look at the section in the Activities gallery Healthy Breakfast Over 40 pupils and a host of very willing helpers turned out for Mrs Brown's healthy breakfast recently. Porridge or Weetabix was served first followed by muffins with sugarless jam and then a delightful Florida cocktail with all kinds of fruit. The food was washed down with orange juice or tea. For full pictures of the event, please see the activities gallery TALKSCHOOL CONFERENCE GETS EVER NEARER timetable-for-3rd-talkschool-international-conference.doc The conference timetable has been provisionally set for the week of April 23rd to 27th 2007. Please click on link to view the week's activities. Mr Crabtree will be contacting host families in the near future with fuller details. TRAVEL SHELTER IS UP ! No excuses now, you have somewhere dry to wait after your walk to school ! The children quite fancy it too as an outside classroom. SPELLING EVENING A SUCCESS The Spelling Workshop for Parents was very well attended on January 25th. Annie Fisher gave an extremely thorough one hour lecture on the make up of spelling rules and how you as parents can help your child. she also gave an insight as to how pupils learn spellings. Copies of the handout are available in the verandah if you missed it. further photos are in the activities gallery. DRUM LESSONS TO START AFTER HALF TERM drum-lessons.doc We have secured the services of Johhny Brister as drum teacher at school on Friday afternoons. Johnny works at Westside Music where he teaches drums. He also teaches in the evenings at Ashill Primary School and plays with a successful local band. 7 pupils have indicated that they wish to start the lessons, which will all be individual. HAMBRIDGE RUN TO CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS x-country-results-huish-episcopi.xls A superb performance by all 25 of our running team, and good team scores by all 4 teams (particularly the Yr 5 and 6 girls)ensured that the new small schools trophy was won by Hambridge ! The team looked just that bit sleeker as they donned their new running vests purchased by The Friends of the School. Check out all the pictures in the 'Activities Gallery' Mrs Pizii hangs up her chalk Mrs Pizii retired from teaching after twenty wonderful years at Hambridge and and over thirty years in Primary education altogether. Accolades poured in from Governors, past parents and staff and former pupils from as far away as Australia. Fishing Club paid their own tribute, the Governors held an 'informal' party and a formal church service was held at 'St James the Lesse' Church. For photos of the event, please see the activities gallery. SCHOOL GETS 'GOOD' IN INSPECTION hambridge-community-primary-feedback-letter-draft.doc We were delighted with the inspection report by Her Majesty's Inspectors for 'Sustainable Development'. The full report can be viewed by clicking on the link. Though this is a relatively new aspect for schools to be inspected upon, we feel that future generations should be looking after our environment better than generations before and now have done, and the government want to ensure that all schools are conveying this message by 2020 ! As you can see in the report though, it is not solely about recycling, reusing and reducing. It's also about giving everybody their say and the way we respect each other as well as having a global dimension. Do read the report. CUP DONATED TO SCHOOL We were delighted to receive a trophy in the memory of David Ridges. Here his widow, Mrs Ridges and Dick Roberts, church warden and school governor present the trophy to one of our pupils. We have been requested to present the trophy for diligence, which would have been close to Mr Ridges heart. CYCLING AWARENESS SUCCESS Virtually everybody in Years 5 and 6 took part in the week long cycling course run by the school with tremendous volunteer tutor support from, Mrs Corms, Mr Rowswell, Mrs Osmond, Mr Brandt, Mrs Pitts, Mr Masters, Mr Seal, and Mrs Denley. The course was overseen by the Road Safety Unit. All the pupils took the course extremely seriously and fully deserved their certificates. The course itself concentrated on: knowing the safety aspects of their bikes, control exercises based in the playground, cycling theory and the highway code and ,of course, learning how to cycle safely on the roads. Comments from the monitoring team were: 'A well run course with confident and keen tutors and well behaved and receptive children' 'Good use of limited junctions' Unfortunately, we were so busy administering the course that did not get round to taking any photographs ! Hopefully, this will encourage some of our pupils and parents to cycle to school rather than drive ! WALK TO SCHOOL DAY The first 'Walk to school Day' initiated by the School Council was a tremendous success, despite the drizzle ! There were some very creative modes of transport. See 'Activities' for more pictures. LIBRARY AND NEW PLAY AREA OPENING The Library and new play area will be officially opened on Friday 6th at 2:45. The Friends of the School will select the winning name for the new play area at their meeting tonight, and the lucky winner will join them in cutting the ribbon and posing for the Western Gazette. We shall also ask the best dressed characters from Wednesday's 'dressing up day' to help us open the library, also in front of the Western gazette cameras. It's all happening at 2:45 ! SOUTH WEST SCHOOLS DIRECTORY http://www.alltheschools.com/ Find school street addresses, web addresses, e - mails and headteachers. 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