One day in and our school is buzzing with Arts Week excitement! Our Jackson Hall has been transformed once more in to an artist’s paradise and children from across the school have already come together to begin our journey to the world of Aladdin!
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Superstar Author Comes to Thame!
Our school librarian Mairi Lovatt-Smith hosted an event with The Book House and Thame Library this weekend. Superstar author Ruth Quayle, whose books include the Magnificent Mabel series, came to visit our lovely town and spoke to many of our John Hampden School families. She even posed for a picture with our Hampden Way bag!
Y5/6 Girls Partnership Football Champions
Our Y5/6 girls’ football team are Thame Partnership champions! Two JHS teams competed in the tournament, which took place at the end of January at the ASM Stadium. Our B Team played brilliantly, but faced some tough teams in the group stages, so didn’t manage to progress to the quarter finals. Our A Team played
KS2 Quiz Club General Knowledge (1st Round)
A huge well done to our Quiz Club teams who have taken part in the first round of the General Knowledge Championship! Our two teams were selected from across KS2, after the children participated in the selection quiz round within their year groups. The first round online heat included 60 schools from across the country
Girls’ Manor Cup Semi-Finalists
Our Y5/6 girls’ football team have sailed through to the semi-final of the Manor Cup football tournament! After an amazing10-0 win against St Joseph’s Primary in the first round of the competition, they went on to play John Henry Newman in the quarter final. They have played brilliantly in both matches and the match against
Boys’ Manor Cup Quarter Finalists
Our boy’s football team have finished the Manor Cup as quarter finalists! After qualifying from the first round of the competition, the team faced St Philip & St James Primary School in Oxford in the quarter final. They played brilliantly in some very cold conditions, but a couple of unlucky deflections put our opponents in