Welcome to the weekly Newsletter for parents and carers of students attending John Hanson Community School.
Inspire - Care - Succeed
‘HEAD’ Lines
Helping Others
Dear Parents/Carers
As I hope many of you will already be aware, this year we are continuing our proud tradition of raising money for a worthy cause by doing something ‘really hard’.
After 2 amazing fundraising efforts in previous years via 24-hour bikeathons, this year it’s a whole new ball game! Indeed, not just a ball game, but also rackets, bats, nets and hockey sticks.
Headed up by some of my amazing staff and year 11 students, the school will once again be coming together to raise money; this year by playing sport for 24 hours.
John Hanson 24 Hour Sportathon “Max’s Marathon"
Why would anyone put themselves through this? – just read below.
At the age of 12 months, Max was diagnosed with a rare condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) also known as Brittle Bones. Max has a milder form of Brittle Bones. He has 'only' broken 20 or so long bones including his; legs, arms, and spine in the last 9 years. (Max doesn’t count the small breaks in fingers and toes). Other children who have a more severe form of OI have broken over 250 bones!
The Edney family have had so much support from The Brittle Bone Society, and we want to help to 'make some noise' to raise awareness of this rare condition. We also want to raise funds to help with much-needed research, emotional support and physical support for children and adults who have OI.
On Thursday 30th March, 2 teams of John Hanson staff and students will be competing in a 24hr sports marathon, to raise money for the Brittle Bone Society. Throughout the event, the 2 main teams will compete in 12 sports, with other staff and students joining them during the 24 hours.
All of the money raised will go towards helping young people with brittle bones to go on residential trips where they will be able to take part in a range of accessible activities such as climbing, canoeing and zip wires.
Thank you for supporting our event and this very worthy cause.
Enjoy the weekend with your children.
Russell Stevens
Headteacher
Max and his parents will be joining ‘Max’s Marathon’ on Thursday to play some sports and join again on Friday for the fun run at the end of the 24-hour event.
We need your help. If you are able to support us with raffle prizes, or work for a business who could support us with refreshments, we would love your support.
If you would like to donate to our fundraiser, please click on the following link https://gofund.me/e94d5a8a
During the event our school site will be open to the public until 10pm on the Thursday evening, where you will be able to come in and support the teams during their sports challenge.
If you are able to donate any prizes or offer any support please contact Lauren Goater who is in the staff team: lauren.goater@jhanson.hants.sch.uk
PSHE day 5: Thursday 23rd March
Our 5th PSHE day is next Thursday. Students will cover the following:
Year 7: will spend the day with their tutors taking part in an entrepreneurial session where in teams they create a children’s book and present it to their tutor group. There will be a prize giving ceremony in the main hall during period 5.
Year 8: a tutor session on Marriage, followed by a carousel of activities including: Addiction, Self-harm, Growing Up, Basic First Aid, Something’s not right and Invisible Disabilities.
Year 9: a fake news tutor session, followed by a carousel of activities including: Bulimia, Rail safety, Vaping and Alcoholism as well as a session on Cannabis with our regular visitor, Stacey Miller.
Year 10: a tutor session on LGBT rights, followed by a carousel of activities including : Suicide, Bereavement, Digital Detox, Emotion Coaching and Domestic Violence.
Year 11: Sessions looking at What Makes You Employable with external speakers from the Southern University network, a recap on CPR, a session around the documentary ‘Football’s Coming Out’, some personalised revision time, and both a short yoga and fitness session. Year 11 students should all wear their PE kit on the day please.
As always, if you have any questions about any of the sessions, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s Head of Year in the first instance.
Maths Champions
Racing Success!
Kristina Brinkworth in Year 11 has achieved First Place in her race a few weekends ago in the BXCC round 1 with edge off-road at Spaunton quarry. Congratulations Kristina!
Grease
School Kids Ensemble and main cast
School Kids Choir for Grease continues Wednesdays 3-4 pm
New singers always welcome - just turn up and join in!
At John Hanson Community School we are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all students and staff, and to providing a working environment free from discrimination, prejudice and harassment.
We encourage respect and consideration for others, and recognise and value the school as a safe place for learning. The staff at John Hanson recognise that inequalities exist in all levels of society and believe, that as educators, we have a crucial role to play in eliminating all forms of discrimination, in particular against anyone with any of the protected characteristic. We promote equality by dealing with bullying and incidents of discrimination immediately and by educating the young people in our care through assemblies, tutor time, PSHE day sessions and group work where appropriate.
This is part of our responsibility in preparing our students for life after school.
Important EDI events over the next week:
20th Int. Day of Happiness. 21st World Down Syndrome Day. 21st Int. Day for the elimination of racism
Words you might not know: Down Syndrome: Down's syndrome is when a person is born with an extra chromosome. Getting an extra chromosome is chance, because of a change in the sperm or egg before a person is born. This change does not happen because of anything anyone did before or during pregnancy.
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 at school
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).
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