Welcome Back!
Welcome back year 2! We hope you have had a lovely break.
TALK Homework
This week's TALK homework is
What is your special talent?
World Book Day - Dress Up Day
Next Thursday is this year's World Book Day. As a school we shall celebrate on Friday, with a dress up day.
Come dressed as your favourite character.
Pie Corbett Story Telling
Today all classes have been sharing their story telling skills with the rest of the school, using words and signs.These have all been videoed and we hope to have them uploaded onto the website as soon as possible.
Back to school
We hope that you have all enjoyed a fun and relaxing half term break. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school in the morning.
Enjoy the holidays!
Half term is now upon us. We hope that you all have am enjoyable break and we look forward to seeing you all on Monday 20th February.
TALK Homework
What is your favourite animal and how would you look after one?
Warning: Icy playground
When the weather is very cold and frosty the safety surface in the playground underneath the climbing frame can become very slippy and dangerous for the children to play on.
At play times teachers on duty will let children know when it is not safe to play on.
Can parents please be aware before and after school? If it is frosty/icy please don't let your children play in this area. Thank you.
Whole School Target
Our current whole school target is to "follow the assembly rules". This means:
* Good Looking
* Good Listening
* Good Sitting
Trout Watch
Hester and some other year 2 children had a very important job this week. The water need to be changed and treated with special chemicals in our new trout tank. The tank remains covered over at the moment but we hope to remove the cover next week. Out of 100 eggs, we have 91 babies in the tank!
Goodbye to Rayhaan and Madeline!
Rayhaan and Madeline had their last day at HBIS this week. We will miss you both and wish you good luck in your new schools.
New Trout fish tank
You may have noticed a new addition to the school main entrance. We now have a new fish tank. Currently it is shrouded in darkness whilst the trout eggs hatch. Lila (class 8) and Mrs Carr had a sneaky peek and have discovered that already some eggs have hatched! Hopefully the dark covering can be removed later next week. Do come and have a look for yourself.
NSPCC Sponsorship
Following an assembly yesterday all pupils have brought home a leaflet and sponsorship form for "Buddy's Workout." Pupils will take part in a special workout activity in school. You can help to support the NSPCC charity by sponsoring your child. All sponsorship forms and collect money needs to be return to school by 2nd February.
Goodbye Sian
We would like to wish Miss Kelly goodbye and good luck in her exciting adventure in Australia. Sian has worked as a learning support assistant throughout the school for a while now. However, she is now leaving for warmer climates as she jets off to Australia for an extended visit, before beginning her teacher training in September.
We will all miss you!
Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2012!
We hope you have all had a lovely break and that you are ready for the year ahead.
School resumes on Wednesday - see you there!
It's Christmas!!!
Well, school is now finished for 2011 and the chldren have two weeks to have fun, relax and refresh themselves.
We hope all of you have a fantastic break, and that all of those celebrating Christmas have a wonderful day.
We will see you all back in 2012!
Goodbye and Good Luck!
Today we have said goodbye to Mrs Hall, who is the current class 7 teacher. Mrs Hall is leaving school to enjoy some quieter days for a while. Mrs Hall has been at HBIS for 9 years and over the years has worked in every year group, and nearly every classroom!
We will miss her, but wish Mrs Hall all the best for the future.
A Victorian Christmas
Our Victorian Christmas assembly will take place this week.
More details of the show times are available in each classroom.
28th November: TALK Homework
This week's topic to talk about is:
It is Switch Off Fortnight. How can we save energy?
Remember: STOP, THINK, TALK, LISTEN, RESPOND
Switch Off Fortnight
We are now starting week two of Switch Off Fortnight. The Eco Team will be looking for people in school who are doing their very best to save energy around school.
Thank you and goodbye!
Year 2 would like to say a big thank you to Sheila, our school cook. Sheila will be retiring tomorrow after more than 30 years preparing meals for the infant and junior schools.
Thank you and have a happy retirement!
Competition Time
As part of Switch Off Fortnight we have two competitions running in school. Please place your entries in the boxes near the main entrance. Don't forget to write you name and class on your entry.
1. Eco Pledge - do you have any ideas on how you could save energy? Write your promise or pledge on the lightbulb entry form for your chance to win a special Eco pencil.
2. Switch Off badges - can you design a badge or sticker to remind people about Switch Off Fortnight? Draw you ideas on a small piece of paper for your chance to win a special Eco pencil and see your ideas made into real badges and stickers.
