John Hampden Primary School received a Happy New Year card from école Henri Buisson and ID cards from their CM2 (Year 5 equivalent pupils). The children were fascinated to see the French pupils handwriting as it differs to their own as well as to learn about their favourite hobbies and to see their illustrations. We
Children's Work
The Not So Great Fire of London
Due to the unpredictable nature of the weather, we postponed the burning of Pudding Lane this term. Don’t worry though, the cardboard buildings the children created will be set alight, to recreate the Great Fire of London, when we have calmer weather. For a preview of what expect, here’s a little taster of St Paul’s
Egyptian Day Year 4
On Tuesday 14th September, Year 4 ventured to Ancient Egypt for the day. Our school was alive with Egygtian Gods, Goddesses, Mummies and Sphinx! Read this account of the day by Year 4 pupil Wilf… First up we huddled in Mrs Parry’s classroom to watch a video clip, basically the prologue to the escape room!
Drumming Assembly
Year 4 Ukulele Assembly
Well done to Year 4 on their fabulous ukulele playing, we all hope you enjoy watching the final recordings of their songs, showing how well they have mastered chord changes, different strumming patterns and a variety of styles of music. This has been a real team effort, and many thanks go to Mrs Smith, Mrs
John Hampden Walks Like an Egyptian! Artsweek 2021
This year John Hampden had a very different Artsweek experience due to the pandemic and keeping our school Covid safe. We still had Artsweek but at a later date and without our usual army of helpers. Artsweek this year was in class, each class timetabling their own week of artisitic activities ranging from silk painting