Herne Junior School Petersfield

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DoodleMaths Subscription Offer We are delighted to offer the opportunity of purchasing an annual subscription to DoodleMaths - an adaptive Maths application designed to support children through the Maths curriculum. This is currently offered as a monthly subscription but we have secured a special reduction of only £10 per child for a year.
The following link explains more about this program: https://www.doodlemaths.com/doodlemaths-i n-30-seconds/
... If you’d like to take advantage of this offer, please contact us and we’ll give you a Doodlemaths letter. The deadline for this special offer is Thursday 18th October – next week!
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Y7 Applications for September 2019 Reminder: The deadline for applying for a Year 7 place is 31st October 2018. Applications must be made via the HCC admissions website: https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlear ning/admissions

School Photograph Order Closing Date Tuesday 16th October If you have NOT yet placed your School Photograph order, the order closing date is Tuesday 16th October. Please either return your order to the School Reception or visit www.smileYellow.com using the passwords on the Proofcard. Thank you

Open Morning for Prospective Parents Herne is holding an Open Morning alongside Petersfield Infant School on Tuesday 9th October. You can look around the infant school first thing then come up to our school from 10.30am. We have spaces in Year 5, so if you know of any families who are considering joining our school, please spread the word. Thank you

Parent Governor Vacancy: We have a vacancy for a parent to join our Governing Body and would welcome applications from any parent who has an interest in our school. Please see last week’s Flyer for further details. The deadline for applications is Friday October 5th. Thank you

Harvest Assembly Tomorrow:
On Thursday (4th October), Linda Clist from Sheet Church will be joining us to lead our special Harvest Assembly. The children have been practising some special Harvest Songs and we would also like to ask that every family brings in a small food donation for the local foodbank. If donations are brought in to the hall on Thursday morning they will form a part of our special Harvest display, before the food is taken to the charity. Food items the cha...rity are requesting are:
Sandwich spreads e.g. fish paste, Jams, marmalade, marmite – anything that goes on toast Tinned meat e.g. Spam, Tinned Vegetables, Long Life Milk, Sugar, Cooking Sauces e.g. Pasta sauces, Curry sauces. Thank you!
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Year 3 Parents Reminder - As detailed in the letter sent out at the beginning of term: Year 3 children will be dismissed from classes starting this week. Any issues, please get in touch with us on 01730 263746. Thank you

On Friday 29th June, a group of Year 4 students took part in our annual camp on our school field. Everyone had a wonderful time toasting Smores and being thoroughly entertained by Mr Jones, our resident fire juggler! Thank you so much to all the parents who helped in the morning - it made a huge difference!

SUPPORTING CHARITIES Can We Raise Enough Money to Throw Mr Markham Out of a Plane?! Mr Markham is aiming to try and avoid being thrown out of a plane on June 30th ! If the school raises £1,000 or more for the local charity FitzRoy, which supports vulnerable adults, then Mr Markham will be taken in a plane to 10,000 feet over Salisbury Plain and launched out of the plane in a tandem skydive. The school will have a Mufti Day to support this venture on Friday June 15th where there will also be some stalls selling cakes etc. In the meantime, if you’d like to make a donation, please click on the link below:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/he rnejunior-fitzroy

Girls’ Football Team 3rd Place South & West Reginal Final Winners!
Our Girls’ Football team took part in the South & West Regional Finals in Bristol on Saturday. It was an incredibly tense and exciting day! After winning our first match 1-0 against Wiltshire, we lost to Somerset by an unlucky penalty, 1-0. The next game was against the Channel Islands which we won 1-0. This left the last group game against Devon, which after a strong performance, we finished 0-0. It was the...n down to points, then head to head result, then goal difference – we had everything crossed!!
Finally the results were in and Herne had come top of our group – we were heading to the Semi-Finals! The match was against Park Primary from Gloucestershire, but unfortunately, after a gallant effort, we lost 1-0. It was not over yet as we continued the race for 3rd and 4th place. It was nail biting stuff, with the Gloucestershire game heading into extra time, then penalties and finally sudden death! The final score was 3-2 (sudden dealth penalties) to Herne! The girls played amazingly and worked so well as a team!
Well done girls for being the Hampshire Champions and for playing with such pride today. You are all winners and we are extremely proud of you all! We would also like to thank the parents for their support!
Team Members Well done to, Mia Kowalczyk, Libby Guest, Victoria Band, Zahra Williams, Erin Sherwood, Honey Bond, Katy Bravery, Hattie Bond, Phoebe Green and their Team Manager Mr Castle!
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Latest update from Avon Tyrrell

Year 5 Avon Tyrrell Our Year 5 Avon Tyrrell group has just left Herne for a wonderful couple of days in the sunshine! The Eco-Lodgers trip to Colemore Field Farm has been rearranged for Friday 27th April.

Scott of the Antartic - Sport Relief 2018 We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Scott Heffield, an ex-marine, who works alongside Bear Grylls on all of the adventure programmes on TV. Scott gave the children a talk about his extreme adventures, TV work and included some delicacies that adventurers have to eat when they’re in the wild. Some of the children volunteered to eat crickets, meal worms and other delights! Two staff members were invited to eat live mealworms but only Mr Jones rose to the challenge!! Together we raised a fantastic £501.53 and Fir class raised an amazing £55 on their own!

VACANCY - Site Manager (Including Maintenance Role) Closing Date: Friday 11th May 2018 Interview Date: Thursday 24th May 2018 Job Start Date: June or July 2018 Contract/Hours: 37 hrs p/week. 52 week contract. 7am start. Salary Details: £20,780 - £23,400 (after 4.7% Pay Rise in April)
... An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and professional person to work in our vibrant and friendly school right here in Petersfield. You will be responsible for the security, safety, cleanliness and general maintenance of the school site and grounds. Our highest priority is the safety and security of our children, so the ability to work alongside both adults and children is crucial. Duties will involve painting, small carpentry tasks, minor plumbing tasks and deep cleaning of the buildings during school closure periods, preparing areas for school-related functions and activities, moving and setting up furniture and equipment as required; organizing the cleaning (and care) of the two minibuses. We would welcome new candidates to consider being MIDAS trained to help drive the minibuses when required on school trips. You will take responsibility for out of hours activities when they arise (these duties will attract additional pay). You will need to ensure that Health and Safety Regulations and Safe Working Procedures are adhered to and Risk Assessments and H&S inspections are carried out at appropriate intervals, working in conjunction with our admin team to maintain accurate ongoing records for health and safety, fire safety and associated site tasks. The hours will be 7am to 11am then 1.30pm to 5pm (4.30pm finish on Fridays). Times are negotiable for the right candidate, although an early morning start is essential.
For further details and application forms please contact the school on 01730 263746 or email admin@hernejunior.com
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UPDATED - Herne’s Got Talent What a wonderful night! Well done to Amy, Lea, Jasmine, Imogen, Mia and Carolyn (Year 6) for coming first with their beautifully creative dance routine. Second place went to Alana (Year 6) for a lovely song from Moana and joint third place was awarded to Joe (Year 3) for his amazing dance to Shake it Off by Taylor Swift and Eilidh (Year 3) for her entertaining trumpet and comedy routine – we are so sorry for missing your name before!
Well done to... all the acts that performed last night, it was an extremely hard decision for the judges. We are so proud to have such talented pupils and we must say a massive thank you to The Friends of Herne for organising this successful event and for The Petersfield School for hosting the event at The Studio. We couldn’t have done it without all the adult help and technical support.
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Herne’s Got Talent What a wonderful night! Well done to Amy, Lea, Jasmine, Imogen, Mia and Carolyn (Year 6) for coming first with their beautifully creative dance routine. Second place went to Alana (Year 6) for a lovely song from Moana and third place was awarded to Joe (Year 3) for his amazing dance to Shake it Off by Taylor Swift.
Well done to all the acts that performed last night, it was an extremely hard decision for the judges. We are so proud to have such talented pupils and we must say a massive thank you to The Friends of Herne for organising this successful event and for The Petersfield School for hosting the event at The Studio. We couldn’t have done it without all the adult help and technical support. We are in the process of editing a few short clips and will post shortly.