Wednesday We’re half way through the week and I think it’s fair to say that we have pretty much experienced every weather possible! Today’s activities were: Group 1: Caving Group 2: Waterfall Walk Group 3: Canoeing Group 4: High Ropes and Climbing Wall Group 5: Caving All the children are exceeding their own expectations and
Field Week – Woodlands 2022
Tuesday – Day 2 What an exciting day we’ve had! Our first full day began with bacon butties! Group 1: Climbing and High Ropes Group 2: Caving Group 3: Climbing and High Ropes Group 4: Canoeing Group 5: Canoeing Everyone came back with stories including getting wet (voluntarily) in the canal, conquering heights on the
Field Week – Woodlands 2022
Monday – Arrival After a good journey. we arrived to a surprisingly sunny Wales! The mild weather continued in to the afternoon when we had a chance to explore the site and embark on our first activity – team building. This evening, after feasting on chicken nuggets, chips and apple crumble with custard we were
Choose Love Cake Sale
The wonderful Year 6 children at John Hampden School raised £500 for refugees for Choose Love by organising a cake sale for their ‘Dreams and Goals’ Puzzle piece. This was part of their PSHE curriculum and was planned and run entirely by the children. Their enthusiasm and passion for the cause was fantastic and we
Jigsaw Flagship Status!
We are delighted to report that John Hampden School has been accredited as a Jigsaw Flagship School! We have been successfully using the Jigsaw PSHE scheme of work since 2017. All classes have a Jigsaw soft toy friend who helps them during these sessions and Jigsaw runs as a thread through all we do at
Egyptian Day Year 4
On Tuesday 14th September, Year 4 ventured to Ancient Egypt for the day. Our school was alive with Egygtian Gods, Goddesses, Mummies and Sphinx! Read this account of the day by Year 4 pupil Wilf… First up we huddled in Mrs Parry’s classroom to watch a video clip, basically the prologue to the escape room!