Welcome to the weekly Newsletter for parents and carers of students attending John Hanson Community School.
Inspire - Care - Succeed
‘HEAD’ Lines
How am I doing?
Dear Parents/Carers
If you have a child in years 7-10, you will be aware that over the next 2 weeks they will sit a series of end of year exams.
In preparation for these exams, some lesson time and home learning time has been given over to preparing students – helping them to Learn to Learn.
While each subject has content that students have to learn, a key purpose of these end of year exams is to teach students how best to learn – how to retain what they have been taught over a period of time and then retrieve it, in a way, that they can apply it in an examination scenario.
The outcome of the exams will also give my staff some excellent feedback as to who has developed really good learning to learn skills and has achieved well in the exams, and who may need extra support moving forward.
The aim is that by the time students reach the point of sitting GCSE exams in the summer of year 11, they have a learning to learn ‘tool kit’ that they can call upon to support them in achieving their very best outcomes.
Enjoy the weekend with your children.
Russell Stevens
Headteacher
Our next Showcase
Thursday
16th June 2022
6pm
School hall
Poetry Competition
This competition is open to all 11 – 17 year olds, the winners will
receive amazing prizes. Please come to the LRC for more
information. Entry is free. The deadline is 31st July 2022.
Red box
If you would like to make a donation to keep our stocks high, we are always looking for the following items:
Size S/M or size 8/10 black Pants and 40 denier plus black tights
Deodorant – male and female
Shampoo and conditioner
Whilst the government funding covers tampons and sanitary towels, it doesn’t cover the smaller panty liners which our girls often require.
We are excited to release our latest John Hanson Careers Newsletter.
Please encourage your son/daughter to use their SCHOOL EMAIL for work rather than their own private email. This is important for safeguarding and also some of our messages for students are being sent to school email addresses.
Think you know – Activity Packs relating to online safety Who’s watching yours? – 17% increase in children livestreaming since lockdown (Advice to help parents/carers minimise risk to children online) Mental health – How to look after your family’s mental health when stuck indoors Houseparty – Everything you need to know.
John Hanson Computing Department
Performing Arts
Instrumental Lessons
If your son/daughter would like to learn to play a musical instrument please contact Mike Adams - Head of Music and Drama for details. Email - mike.adams@jhanson.hants.sch.uk
Teachers from Hampshire Music Service visit the school and we can offer lessons in Piano, Woodwind, Brass, Guitar, and Percussion (Drumming).
We have added a page on the website of video How To Guides
