The year six children were lucky to have a local company, Lucy Electric, in to teach them science circuits. The two engineers, Nick and Elaine, taught us about what they did and about how supplies and how much electricity is in a house plug compared to factories. After an interesting talk, they then gave us
Children's Work
Storyboards
The Year 6 children have been incredibly lucky to have been given a lesson on storyboarding by one of our parents, Giles Asbury. Giles is a storyboard artist who has worked on many films such as Fantastic Beasts, James Bond – No Time to Die and X-Men (and so many more). He kindly came in
Arts Week 2022
Arts Week hall Fantastic Books, John Hampden’s Welcome Return to the World of Artsweek Artsweek 2022 – 23rd to the 27th May This year we saw a welcome return to Artsweek in the Jackson Hall for John Hampden School. Parents, carers, local artists and former staff and community members were again drafted in to support
UFO Footage
As part of STEAM Week – Space, the Year 2’s investigated a UFO crash site. They had a wonderful time designing and making their own alien.
Happy New Year and ID Cards
John Hampden Primary School received a Happy New Year card from école Henri Buisson and ID cards from their CM2 (Year 5 equivalent pupils). The children were fascinated to see the French pupils handwriting as it differs to their own as well as to learn about their favourite hobbies and to see their illustrations. We
The Not So Great Fire of London
Due to the unpredictable nature of the weather, we postponed the burning of Pudding Lane this term. Don’t worry though, the cardboard buildings the children created will be set alight, to recreate the Great Fire of London, when we have calmer weather. For a preview of what expect, here’s a little taster of St Paul’s