Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Wonderful Weddings!

  Fri 28 May 2021

  Reception have been busy learning all about weddings.  Each Reception class held a traditional Christian wedding.  There was food, dancing and lots of fun!

  

• Marvellous Meerkats

  Fri 28 May 2021

  Year Two have been creating their own information leaflets all about meerkats to send to The Animal Experience.  They have focussed on using different sentence starters, technical language, conjunctions and writing in the present tense.

  They have done an excellent job!

  

• Science Week

  Fri 28 May 2021

  This week it has been Science Week here at HIIS.  Each year group has been taking part in different scientific investigations linked to the theme of innovation.   The children have learnt about how to filter water and the children have created their own water filters. Reception children have also been making flitter jars and talking about light.  In Year One and Year Two, the children have been making their own paint from things like spinach, red cabbage, chocolate powder and beetroot.  They have also had a visit from the Spire Hospital who shared information all about their new MRI Scanner.  A great time has been had by all!

  

• Eco Committee launch with support for Narrow Close

  Thu 27 May 2021

  The school have recently established our own Eco Committee. One child from each class has been chosen to represent their class. Mr Dando has lots of exciting plans for how the council and the rest of the school can make our school and the wider community more Eco-friendly. To start with though Mr Newman and Miss Moule took the 12 children down to Narrow Close to meet Mr Stonham and Mrs Murray who are both part of the Parish Council.

  A number of parents/carers have not been thinking carefully about how and where they park and some of the grassed areas on Narrow Close have been damaged or spoilt. Year 2 had designed some fantastic posters asking people to park with more care and courtesy and to avoid parking across driveways. We were able to install our signs which look absolutely fantastic.

  Some of the neighbours came out to see what we were doing and thanked the children!

  

• Raptor Visit

  Fri 21 May 2021

  The Raptor Foundation came to visit Key Stage One today.  The children enjoyed seeing the flying displays of the birds and then dissecting owl pellets! What a great day it was!

  

• Wild Weaving

  Fri 14 May 2021

  Key Stage One have been experimenting with weaving as part of their Wild and Wonderful topic.  They have taken inspiration from animal patterns.  Have a look at some of their creations!

  For more photos, you can visit the gallery section of the website.

  

• Sponsored Skip Approaching Fast

  Thu 13 May 2021

  The week beginning the 24th May brings our Sponsored Skip Event.  Each child is being challenged to see how many skips they can do in one minute.  They all had the opportunity to participate in skipping workshops with Lee from SkipHop and this is a chance to put their skills to the test!

  Class 10 have been busy rehearsing those skills and took part in National Skipping Day along with the rest of the school. Take a look at them in action!

  

• The Animal Experience comes to visit HIIS!

  Thu 13 May 2021

  On the 6th and 7th May, The Animal Experience came to visit us at HIIS.  Kayleigh bought with her a Meerkat, Tegu, Python, Chameleon, Gecko, Tortoise, Millipede and Hissing Cockroach.  The children all had the opportunity to meet the creatures, find out all about them and ask lots of questions! It was a great couple of days in school!

  

• Here We Are

  Fri 07 May 2021

  The children listened to the story Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers.  Each class got given a theme and created art work linked to their theme.  Have a look at the photos of the class displays! They have brightened up our school corridors!

  

• Art Competition

  Fri 07 May 2021

  Mrs Clough revealed the winners of the Art Competition last Friday!  The children were challenged to create their favourite book character using whichever art materials they wanted!  Mr Newman and Miss Moule judged all the entries and found it so difficult to decide the winners that they had to have some runners up too!

  The winners were as follows:

   

  Foundation Stage WINNER: Harry – Class 2

   

  Foundation Stage Runner Up: Martha – Class 4

  Foundation Stage Runner Up: Toby – Class 2

   

  Year One WINNER: Imogen – Class 7

   

  Year One-Runner Up-Milo – Class 7

  Year One-Runner Up-Enzo – Class 5

  Year One-Runner Up-Anna - Class 6

   

  Year Two WINNER: Pippa – Class 9

   

  Year Two Runner Up: Zoey – Class 9

  Year Two: Runner Up: Emilia – Class 12

  Year Two Runner Up: Lucas – Class 11