This year John Hampden is going wild! The first day was super productive, with Year 2 and Year 4 getting the ball rolling with blocks of background colour on the back drop and a multitude of models, paintings and art activities! In the classrooms art was all around us, with the Year 6 enjoying their
Children's Work
Arts Week Wild Bake Off Fundraiser
The Year 6 Art Ambassadors and House Captains came up with the idea for a JHS Wild Bake Off on Thursday 24th January and the families of John Hampden School responded with their usual enthusiasm! The cakes were abundant and the standard was exceptional- I wasn’t the only member of staff who was pleased that
Lantern Parade
On Friday 30th November, children, parents and carers from our school took part in a Lantern Parade through the centre of Thame. It was a milder night than previous years and John Hampdeners were out in force! It was a special scene and always marks the start of the Christmas season for Thame. The families
Brilliant Writing!
Beautiful and creative writing about Ug! from Mulberry Class
Where in the World is Paddington Bear
Term 1 has been a very busy term with lots of fun activities. Here are just a few of the things that we have done so far this year… Africa We discovered lots about the weather, people and animals of Africa. We talked about African masks and looked at some examples before making our own.
Egyptian Year 4’s
What a great first term we have had in Year 4. The children and all the staff have enjoyed all the art and craft activities. We have used mod roc to wrap our pretend Pharaoh’s (which ranged from large teddies, to plastic dolls, we even had bananas) and then created a sarcophagus for these to