Welcome to the weekly Newsletter for parents and carers of students attending John Hanson Community School.
Inspire - Care - Succeed
‘HEAD’ Lines
To our parents and carers – THANK YOU
For your support
Understanding
Patience
Engagement
We know lockdown hasn’t been easy
Thank you for working with us
It’s great to have your children back in school
Back to routines
Back to face-to-face learning
Back to seeing their friends
We will celebrate what they have achieved
And help them to achieve even more
Together with you, we will do our best for your children
Stay safe and well and enjoy the weekend with your children
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.
Please see below for the ‘Word of the Week’. These words have specifically been chosen as they are both useful and sophisticated whilst encouraging challenge and extended vocabulary use. Please challenge your child (and yourself!) to use this week’s word as much as possible at home, in conversations, and in their work!
Mrs Woodley and Miss Underwood
Free virtual Library
We are pleased to inform you that The Oak National Academy has launched a free virtual Library. Each week students will have access to new books from different authors; this week’s author is Jacqueline Wilson, who is the author of the Tracy Beaker series of books. Please click on the below link and scroll down to access this week’s book.
Book Swap
We will be holding a Easter Book swap outside the LRC on Tuesday (30th March) & Wednesday (31st March).If you have any old books at home that you would like to swap could you please bring them into the LRC by next Friday (26th of March), so they can be quarantined for 72 hours. You will receive a ticket, which you can exchange for a book during the swap
Poetry Competition
The poetry society have launched a poetry competition for students aged 11-17. There are some fantastic prizes, such as membership to the poetry society, and a sack of goodies, week-long writing course and lots more. If you would like to enter you can do this directly through their website
THINK YOU DON’T HAVE TIME FOR BOOKS?
We have approximately 100 Super reads on our new bookshelf just by the entrance of the LRC, so even if you don’t much time to read a long story, these short books will help you beat the clock and discover a whole new world of reading for pleasure. Their topical storylines and powerful characters guarantee you a thrilling and memorable read.
These new Super read titles are available for you to borrow NOW from the LRC!
Happy reading, Mrs Coward, LRC Manager.
Coronavirus updates - keep safe
We will be posting updated information on the school website and via ParentMail.
Want to know more about what’s going on in school? Why not follow us on:
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
Music NEWS
Music Mark
The school are pleased to announce that we have been nominated by Hampshire Music Service to become a Music Mark school for the 2020/21 academic year.
For students who have instrumental lessons at school . . .
Monday lessons:
Mr Goodeve (Guitar) at 9am
Mrs Gooding (Brass and keyboard) at 11am
Mr Cooper (Piano/Keyboard) at 12 noon
Mrs Elmslie (Woodwind - for Mr Gooding) at 2pm
Tuesday Lessons:
Mr Long (Drums) at 1110 am
Details on the music notice board or see Mr Adams if unsure
All students Years 7, 8 and 9
HEADPHONES / EARPHONES
All students in Years 7-9 will need earphones or headphones for class music lessons. We are not permitted to lend out any headphones.
Thank you for your support
Vacancies for Guitar Lessons, Drum, and Woodwind lessons -
