Habs Girls Weekly Bulletin Junior School - 17 May 2024 by habselstreeschools

Junior School Edition

Friday 17 May

Summer Term 2024

Habs

Weekly

Head of Junior School’s message

We were very fortunate to welcome Artist in Residence Darcy Turner, to Habs this week, who ran a Willow Workshop for the Year 6 students, and we are excited for his return next week to run a session for Year 5 students. Art is such an important part of the curriculum at Habs, and I believe that it is a great opportunity for the girls to express themselves. Whether it be through painting or willow making, we are grateful to Miss Galvin whose constant encouragement allows the girls to achieve their best in the Art Studio.

Here are some of the willow structures that have been created, and I am looking forward to seeing them in their new home in the Junior School playground.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Claire Brown Head of Junior School

What’s going on inArt this week?

On Monday, 3A were exploring Roman Art by adding grout to mosaics to make beautiful mosaictrimmed mirrors.

Year 2 have been preparing for their sandwich making activity next week and have been focussing on hygiene, equipment and safe methods of cutting, by using the bridge hold, to cut cucumbers safely. Year 2 have also finished creating and sewing stuffed sea creatures.

The Art Studio is kept busy during lunchtime with some Year 3 and Year 4 students at Crafty Creators Club.

Year 4 have been using Brushes Redux to create a wallpaper design for their torch covers, as well as painting some well-known brands.

What’s going on inArt this week?

Four Year 6 students have worked as part of a mixed Year 6 and Year 7 academic enrichment group to build nest houses. The opportunity to work in the senior school DT workshop and use a wide range of tools and equipment for joining wood has been a great transition experience for the Junior School students.

Year 5 have had a food technology focus in DT this half of term. They have designed and made their own pasta dishes and also researched famous chefs, putting the information together in these fabulous posters.

Some behind the scenes photos of the Year 6 students building their beautiful willow structures.

Inside the Classroom

Rainbow Red learning about sharing by counting jewels. 1 Purple using compasses to learn about directions. 1 Orange having an exciting time in Mandarin. Rainbow Blue creating Pirate Maps!

Inside the Classroom

2 Alpha learning about offsprings in Science. 2A hard at work writing postcards in History. 2 Ansuz releasing their butterflies in Forest School.

Inside the Classroom

3 Alpha learning about challenging stereotypes by designing duvet covers.

Thumbs up all around in 3 A‘s Computing lesson.

Year 4 having lots of fun on the first day of their residential to PGL, Marchants Hill.

Inside the Classroom

Year 6 working hard writing in their English lesson.

5 Aesc making chef posters in Art. 5 Aesc creating chef posters. 5 Aleph hard at work on translations of shapes in Maths.

Junior School Book Corner

Tooled Up Education have created, and regularly update, a list of books and films suitable for children of all ages which cover race, racism, celebration, tolerance and acceptance. The book above, ‘All are welcome,’ is a regularly read book at Habs and encourages the students to talk about these topics.

Please click here to learn more about the Tooled Up Education book and film recommendations.

Rainbow to Year 6 Information

Lunch Menu

WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 20 MAY

Please click here to view our Rainbow and KS1 lunch menu.

Please click here to view our KS2 lunch menu.

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Please take some time to look at the menu with your child, in advance. If your child has any food intolerances, please ensure they understand the food choices for each day. Pupils have been reminded that there are always Allergy Champions in the serveries who they can speak to if they are unsure about appropriate food choices for them.

Snacks

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Please kindly remember that, in line with government guidance, grapes or olives should be cut in half and cherries should be de-stoned if these foods are brought in for snacks. A full list of permitted breaktime snacks can be found in the Parent Information Booklet

Parent Voice

THURSDAY 6 JUNE

We will be holding our second Parent Voice Group session on Thursday 6 June at 8am until 9am in the Sime Hall, it will be an opportunity for Mrs Brown and Ms Elliott to feedback from the session we held at the start of the year and to discuss together a parent framework for online safety and the use of mobile phones.

Please note that due to technical issues with the booking form, you no longer need to book to attend the event On the day, please park in the visitor’s car park and follow the signage around to the Sime Hall, in the music school, where you will be signed in by a member of staff.

Tombola and Books/Games Collection - Summer Fair

SUNDAY 30 JUNE

At this year’s joint schools summer fair, the Habs’ Boys’ Parents’ Guild are running a tombola which is always hugely popular with the students. Your child will be sent home with a pot today, they are welcome to decorate the pot and put their name on it. Please could we ask that they fill it with any combination of sweets, chocolate, toys, puzzles etc - basically anything they would like to receive back. Please note that any food items will need to be free from nuts and sesame seeds. The girls can return the filled pot to the Junior School reception at the beginning of next half term, and these will form the prizes for the tombola.

The Habs’ Boys’ Parents’ Guild will additionally have a book and toy stall at the fair. If you have any children's books in good condition or unused or nearly new puzzles and games you would like to donate they would gratefully received by the Guild. Similarly, these can be dropped off by your child at the Junior School reception after half term they will be collected on a regular basis.

NEW NEW NEW

Junior Performing Arts Evening

RECORDING AVAILABLE

We are delighted to share a recording of last term's Junior Performing Arts Evening. All the performers did incredibly well, and we hope you enjoy watching the performance back.

Please click here to view.

Family Friday teacher-led workshops

FRIDAY 24 MAY AND FRIDAY 21 JUNE

We are continuing to offer short teacher-led workshops which will take place between 8 30am to 9am, straight after Family Friday class-based time. These will consist of a short talk followed by an opportunity to ask related questions. Please note these sessions need to finish promptly at 9am. The workshops will be repeated in both halves of the term on both Friday 24 May and Friday 21 June. You are welcome to attend even if your daughter's year group do not have Family Friday on that date. The programme for this term is:

• Building strong mental health and coping strategies

• Written Methods in Maths

• Oracy in the Junior School

To indicate your intention to attend a workshop, please completethis form by Monday 20 May.

Book Drive for the Children’s Book Project charity

MONDAY 10 JUNE TO FRIDAY 14 JUNE

We are holding a Book Drive for the Children’s Book Project charity. Please donate any books which your children have grown out of so that they can find new homes with others. Pupils in both the Junior and Senior Schools are invited to donate any books suitable for children aged 0-14 which are in good condition or alternatively you may wish to purchase an old favourite to donate. There will be places for the pupils to drop the books off at the front of school in the morning dropoff time and around both school sites during the day.

About the Children’s Book Project Across London and the UK 1 in 4 disadvantaged children owns fewer than 10 books, whilst 1 in 8 has none at all. This has an impact not only on these children’s academic outcomes but also on their wellbeing, emotional development and sense of themselves as a reader.

The Children’s Book Project directly tackles this ‘book gap’ and gifts donated books to targeted communities across the Capital. Over 500 schools, community groups, women’s groups and prisons nationwide put on book gifting events at which children are invited to choose a book to take it home and keep. The charity expects to gift upwards of 350,000 books this year.

We are really excited to support this initiative, so we hope you will be able to support it by donating books that your children have enjoyed reading, ready to be loved and read by another child.

For more information visit www.childrensbookproject.co.uk RAINBOW TO YEAR 6 INFORMATION CONTINUED NEW

RAINBOW TO YEAR 6 INFORMATION CONTINUED

Summer Uniform INFORMATION

Summer uniform may be worn throughout this term.

In the first half of this term and the first half of autumn term, this is optional for all year groups. However, for Rainbow to Year 4 this becomes compulsory during the second half of the summer term, after the May half term holiday.

The summer uniform options are:

• a summer dress worn with short or long white socks (not tights) and school jumper

• a short sleeve, revere collar shirt with tailored shorts and school jumper, worn with short or long white socks (not tights). If wearing the green uniform, this is a green shirt and black tailored shorts. For the navy uniform, this is a white shirt with navy tailored shorts.

Please be reminded the Parent Information Booklet has detailed information about uniform on pages 34-39.

Please click here to review the information about the new uniform phasing in plans.

Attendance Policy

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Please click here to review updated Attendance Policy shared with parents on Monday 11 March.

Wraparound Care

BOOKING LINK

Please click here to book your daughter into Wraparound Care.

Parent Information Booklet

REMINDER

Please click here to review the Parent Information Booklet for 2023/24.

Morning Drop Off Lane

REMINDER - RAINBOW TO YEAR 3

If you use the drop off lane in the morning, please refrain from queuing at the entrance barrier before 8am; this will ensure that staff and delivery vehicles can enter without obstruction or delay.

If you do arrive on the school site before 8am, please drive into the car park and proceed to the barrier from 8am.

We kindly ask that parents and guardians are respectful to our staff, who work hard to ensure everyone's safety and an efficient flow of vehicles round the site.

Year 1 to Year 6

Parents’Evenings

THURSDAY

6 JUNE & TUESDAY 11 JUNE

Parents and guardians of girls in Years 1 to 6 are invited to make an appointment to meet with their daughter’s class teacher to discuss progress on Thursday 6 June or Tuesday 11 June, between 4pm and 8pm. Class Teacher appointments are available for everyone and will be 10 minutes long.

All appointments will take place in person in the Dining Hall.

If your daughter is in Years 1, 2 or 4, you will also have the opportunity to make five minute appointments with her specialist subjects teachers.

In a slight change to previous information, Year 5 and 6 languages feedback will be shared through the class teacher, with an opportunity to ask any further specific questions to the individual languages teachers by email, or if needed, a Zoom call.

Subject Specialist appointments for Years 1, 2 and 4:

BOOKING APPOINTMENTS

We will be using an online booking system, which allows parents to select their own appointment time. This can be accessed via this link or through the parent portal on Firefly, clicking the ‘Parents’ Evening System’ button. When logging in, you will need to provide your full name as per our records, your child’s full name (no nicknames or shortened names) and their class. When you type in your child’s class you must leave a space between the number and words (1 Purple or 4 Aesc). The online booking system will open at 8pm, today, Friday 17 May and will close at 12pm on Friday 24 May. After this deadline you will not be able to create or amend appointments online. If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Karaolou in the Junior School office on 0208 266 2425.

Class Art PE Performing Arts Computing Languages 1 Orange Mrs Gibson Mr Nichols 1 Purple Mrs Gibson Miss Rockley 2A Miss Galvin Miss McFadzean Mr Nichols 2 Alpha Miss Galvin Miss McFadzean Mr Nichols 2 Ansuz Miss Galvin Miss McFadzean Mr Nichols 4 Aesc Miss Galvin Mrs Prendergast Mr Nichols Mrs Davies Mrs Kemp 4 Aleph Miss Galvin Mrs Prendergast Mr Nichols Mrs Davies Mrs Kemp 5 Aesc 5 Aleph 6 Aesc 6 Aleph NEW

YEAR 1 TO YEAR 6 INFORMATION CONTINUED

APPOINTMENTS WITH MRS SUMMERS

Additionally, Mrs Summers, who leads our Individual Needs department, will be available for face-to-face appointments during the parents' evening on Tuesday 11 June, between 4pm and 8pm. If this date is not convenient, please contact Mrs Summers (ssummers@habsgirls.org.uk) directly to arrange an appointment.

Mrs Summers is a teacher with specialist qualifications in supporting pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties and is happy to meet parents of students in all year groups who have any concerns or questions about strategies for supporting their children.

If you would like to make an appointment with Mrs Summers on Tuesday 11 June, please call Mrs Karaolou in the Junior School office on 0208 266 2425

Rainbow

Rainbow Swimming

SUMMER TERM

Rainbow Red have enjoyed the water familiarisation sessions as part of our PE provision, and we are excited that it is now the turn of Rainbow Blue! The Rainbow Blue swimming lessons will take place on the following dates:

Monday 20 May

Monday 10 June

Monday 17 June

Rainbow Blue

The main objective of these sessions is to build up the pupils’ confidence with being in the swimming pool facility – including getting into the water in small groups.

Your child should come to school on these days in her school uniform and will change into her swimming costume before the session. Please send your child to school with a one-piece swimming costume and towel in a waterproof bag. All items should be named. Additionally, your child will need a swimming hat, which can be purchased from Mrs Walsh for £5.

RAINBOW INFORMATION CONTINUED

Rainbow Family Fridays

FRIDAY 24 MAY 8AM – 8.30AM

Classrooms will be open from 8am, please enter via the double doors between reception and Rainbow garden, and you are welcome to pop in any time up until 8.25am, when we will revert to normal registration and lessons. During this term, parents are welcome to explore beyond their daughter’s classroom to enjoy the displays in the ground floor corridors. You may be especially interested to take a look at the ‘Inspirational Women’ display outside Mrs Brown’s office.

In line with our safeguarding policy, no taking of photos or filming is permitted during the Family Friday sessions.

On arrival at school, please use the car park, as opposed to the drop off lanes, and walk to the Junior School. The middle doors will be open from 8am and, from there, you will head to your child's classroom, where you will sign in. If you have more than one child involved in the event, older siblings will collect their work and meet you in the classroom of the younger sibling.

Should you be unable to join your child, they will have the opportunity to bring home some of the work to share with you the evening before. If you would like your child to bring work home because you are unable to attend, please contact their class teacher.

FAMILY FRIDAY TEACHER-LED WORKSHOPS

We are continuing to offer short teacher-led workshops. These will take place between 8:30am and 9am, straight after Family Friday class-based time. These will consist of a short talk followed by an opportunity to ask related questions. Please note these sessions need to finish promptly at 9am. The workshops will be repeated in both halves of the term on both Friday 24 May and Friday 21 June. You are welcome to attend even if your daughter's year group do not have Family Friday on that date. The programme for this term is:

• Building strong mental health and coping strategies

• Written Methods in Maths

• Oracy in the Junior School

To indicate your intention to attend a workshop, please complete this form by Monday 20 May.

Rainbow Red ClassAssembly

MONDAY

10 JUNE

Rainbow Red will be delivering their class assembly on Monday 10 June from 8.45am to 9.15am in the Lecture Theatre, which parents and carers are warmly invited to. Attending parents should park in the visitor's car park and walk around to the Dining Hall doors, where you will be registered from 8.30am. We kindly ask attendees to wait outside until a member of Junior School staff arrives to welcome you in.

Little Habs on Thursday 27 June

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please note that the changes to the coach service on Senior School Sports Day, Thursday 27 June do not affect the Little Habs services. These will run as normal.

NEW

Year 1

Family Fridays

FRIDAY 24 MAY 8AM – 8.30AM

In line with our safeguarding policy, no taking of photos or filming is permitted during the Family Friday sessions.

FAMILY FRIDAY TEACHER-LED WORKSHOPS

• Building strong mental health and coping strategies

• Written Methods in Maths

• Oracy in the Junior School

To indicate your intention to attend a workshop, please complete this form by Monday 20 May.

Little Habs on Thursday 27 June

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please note that the changes to the coach service on Senior School Sports Day, Thursday 27 June do not affect the Little Habs services. These will run as normal.

Year 2

ACE Year 2 Joint Choir

REMINDER - MONDAY 20 MAY - CANCELLED

Gentle reminder: there will be no Year 2 Joint Choir on Monday 20 May, normal going home arrangements will apply.

Year 2 Instrumental 'HaveAGo'Afternoon

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Thanks to all those who attended on Tuesday afternoon. We hope that you enjoyed the instrumental demonstrations and found the try-out sessions interesting and informative!

If your daughter would like to take up an instrument from September, please fill in this form. The form will remain open until Friday 7 June at 8pm, to allow for bassoon and percussion try-outs happening next week.

Please click here for further information about starting instrumental tuition.

To give you an idea of the opportunities available to play instruments with others, below is a list of the ensembles currently running in the Junior School. Most of these are open to girls who have been learning their instrument for just one or two terms:

• Junior Symphony Orchestra

• Junior Chamber Strings

• Junior Brass Ensemble

• Golden Bones

• Guitar Ensemble

• Super Saxes

• Joint Orchestra (Grade 3+)

• Fabulous Four-Stringers (invitation only)

• Y3 Recorders (open to all girls in Y3 regardless of experience)

• Recorder Consort (open to Y4-6)

ACE - 1st Eagleide Schools Chess Tournament

SUNDAY

9 JUNE

Please click here to view the letter from Mr D'Costa regarding an exciting chess competition on Sunday 9 June. Please contact Mr D’Costa directly for more information lorin@eagleidechess.com

Little Habs on Thursday 27 June

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please note that the changes to the coach service on Senior School Sports Day, Thursday 27 June do not affect the Little Habs services. These will run as normal.

NEW NEW

Year 3

Family Fridays

FRIDAY 24 MAY 8AM – 8.30AM

Classrooms will be open from 8am, please enter via the double doors between reception and Rainbow garden, and you are welcome to pop in any time up until 8 30am, when we will revert to normal registration and lessons. During this term, parents are welcome to explore beyond their daughter’s classroom to enjoy the displays in the corridors and Art room. You may be especially interested to take a look at the ‘Inspirational Women’ display outside Mrs Brown’s office.

In line with our safeguarding policy, no taking of photos or filming is permitted during the Family Friday sessions.

FAMILY FRIDAY TEACHER-LED WORKSHOPS

• Building strong mental health and coping strategies

• Written Methods in Maths

• Oracy in the Junior School

To indicate your intention to attend a workshop, please complete this form by Monday 20 May.

Team Photographs

AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY 31 MAY

Photographs of the Junior School teams are now available to order in A4 (12 x 8) for £10 each.Multiple photographs are charged at discounted rates:

Photographs

Two photographs

Three photographs

Four or more photographs

Price

£9 each

£8 each

£7 each

In addition, all purchased photographs come with a complimentary A5 (9 x 6) informal version. You can view the photographs using this link.

If you wish to order, please use this photograph order form, stating the photograph number(s) and the quantity of prints you require. The form will remain open until 8pm on Friday 31 May, and the cost of any photographs ordered will be added to your next term’s bill. All proceeds from the sale of the photographs will be donated to the St Catherine Parents' Guild.

Collaborative Cricket Festival

SATURDAY 8 JUNE

The sign-up form has now closed; the below information is for those who are attending.

The aim of the festival is for pupils to take part in a variety of cricket activities and games in a carousel. Years 3 and 4 will be from 9am until 10.30am and Years 5 and 6 will be from 10.45 until 12.15pm. Your child will need to arrive at their year group’s start time at Habs’ Boys’ AstroTurf wearing their PE/Cricket kit, with a full water bottle. If your child has, carries, or uses any inhalers or AAIs, they will need to have these with them to take part in the event. Cancellation of the festival may occur if the weather is thought to affect your child’s safety. You will be notified on the day if the festival is cancelled. We encourage parents to stay and support; there will be refreshments throughout the event.

ACE - 1st Eagleide Schools Chess Tournament

SUNDAY 9 JUNE

Please click here to view the letter from Mr D'Costa regarding an exciting chess competition on Sunday 9 June. Please contact Mr D’Costa directly for more information lorin@eagleidechess.com

Junior and Prep Coaches on Thursday 27 June

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please click here to find out more about the Junior and Prep Coaches on Senior School Sports Day, Thursday 27 June. YEAR 3 INFORMATION CONTINUED

Year 4

Team Photographs

AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY 31 MAY

Photographs of the Junior School teams are now available to order in A4 (12 x 8) for £10 each.Multiple photographs are charged at discounted rates:

Photographs Price

Two photographs

Three photographs

Four or more photographs

£9 each

£8 each

£7 each

In addition, all purchased photographs come with a complimentary A5 (9 x 6) informal version. You can view the photographs using this link

Collaborative Cricket Festival

SATURDAY 8 JUNE

The sign-up form has now closed, the below information is for those who are attending.

ACE - 1st Eagleide Schools Chess Tournament

SUNDAY 9 JUNE

Please click here to view the letter from Mr D'Costa regarding an exciting chess competition on Sunday 9 June. Please contact Mr D’Costa directly for more information lorin@eagleidechess.com

YEAR 4 INFORMATION CONTINUED

VR Workshop

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

An exciting interactive VR workshop has been organised for Tuesday 25 June for Years 4, 5 and 6. PrimeVR, the workshop host, requests that all parents/guardians grant permission for their child to participate in the workshop. Please click here to read some safety information and grant permission by 12pm on Friday 14 June.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email Mrs Davies edavies@habsgirls.org.uk

Junior and Prep Coaches on Thursday 27 June

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please click here to find out more about the Junior and Prep Coaches on Senior School Sports Day, Thursday 27 June.

Year 5

Family Fridays

FRIDAY 24 MAY 8AM – 8.30AM

In line with our safeguarding policy, no taking of photos or filming is permitted during the Family Friday sessions.

FAMILY FRIDAY TEACHER-LED WORKSHOPS

• Building strong mental health and coping strategies

• Written Methods in Maths

• Oracy in the Junior School

To indicate your intention to attend a workshop, please complete this form by Monday 20 May.

YEAR 5 INFORMATION CONTINUED

Team Photographs

AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY 31 MAY

Photographs of the Junior School teams are now available to order in A4 (12 x 8) for £10 each. Multiple photographs are charged at discounted rates:

Photographs

Two photographs

Three photographs

Four or more photographs

Price

£9 each

£8 each

£7 each

In addition, all purchased photographs come with a complimentary A5 (9 x 6) informal version. You can view the photographs using this link

Collaborative Cricket Festival

SATURDAY 8 JUNE

The sign-up form has now closed, the below information is for those who are attending.

ACE 1st Eagleide Schools Chess Tournament

SUNDAY 9 JUNE

Please click here to view the letter from Mr D'Costa regarding an exciting chess competition on Sunday 9 June. Please contact Mr D’Costa directly for more information lorin@eagleidechess.com

Year 5 and Year 6 Performance Opportunity

DEADLINE MONDAY 17 JUNE

Once again, we are pleased to offer our Year 5 and Year 6 girls the opportunity to audition to perform a solo or a small group piece in our forthcoming Summer Concert. Girls are invited to submit themselves via video audition which should be uploaded to the folder entitled 'Summer Concert Auditions' in their Performing Arts Showbie folder. Pieces should be limited to 2 minutes in length and be 'performance ready' at the time of submission. As this is a music concert, submissions need to be a performance of a piece of music, either sung or played on an instrument. The deadline to submit audition videos will be 5pm on Monday 17 June and girls will be notified whether they have been chosen to perform or not later that week.

NEW

YEAR 5 INFORMATION CONTINUED

VR Workshop

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email Mrs Davies edavies@habsgirls.org.uk

Junior and Prep Coaches on Thursday 27 June

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please click here to find out more about the Junior and Prep Coaches on Senior School Sports Day, Thursday 27 June.

Year 6

Year 6 PGL Osmington Bay

MONDAY 20 MAY TO FRIDAY 24 MAY

Departure date is nearly here!

Happy packing to all staff and pupils who will be off to Dorset on Monday morning. Please click here to be reminded on the behaviour expectations for the students on the trip. Please make sure you have read through this with your daughter before the trip departs. Please click here for a reminder of the trip brochure.

Drop off

Please bring your daughter and her luggage to the DT doors from 8am, where you will say your goodbyes. Any pupils who suffer with travel sickness should be medicated at home before arriving at school on Monday morning. The return dose must be handed in for safe keeping.

Medication

Ms Lansdown will be present at the DT doors to receive any medication that is being brought in on Monday – thank you for all the forms that were supplied in advance. These will be matched up with the medications on Monday morning. If possible, please bring the medication into school in a named ziplock-style clear bag, for safe storage. All medication will be given back to your child as they alight the coach on their return on Friday 24 June.

Team Photographs

AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY 31 MAY

Photographs of the Junior School teams are now available to order in A4 (12 x 8) for £10 each.Multiple photographs are charged at discounted rates:

Photographs

Two photographs

Three photographs

Four or more photographs

Price

£9 each

£8 each

£7 each

In addition, all purchased photographs come with a complimentary A5 (9 x 6) informal version. You can view the photographs using this link

YEAR

6 INFORMATION CONTINUED

Parent Coffee Morning for Year 7 Joiners

FRIDAY 7 JUNE AT 8.45AM

With the transition to the Senior School on the horizon, we understand that this can be an exciting yet anxious time for both students and parents alike. To assist in this transition process, we are delighted to invite you to an informal parent coffee morning on Friday 7 June.

The event will start at 8.45am, lasting around an hour, and we encourage all parents and guardians of students joining Habs Senior School in Year 7 to attend. The event is open both to parents of new joiners and Junior School parents, and we hope that it will provide valuable insights and support, as your children embark on this new chapter of their educational journey.

As part of the morning's program, you will have the opportunity to hear from current Year 7 and Year 8 students who have already experienced the transition into Senior School. They will be sharing their first-hand experiences, offering invaluable advice, and answering any questions you may have. Our current students will provide a glimpse into the daily life of a Senior School student and offer practical tips on how to support your child during this transition period. Following the presentation, over coffee, parents will have the opportunity to engage with current Senior School students from a range of year groups, allowing you to gain further insights and perspectives. You will also be able to meet with other parents with children joining in September, as well as parents from within our existing parent community.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to join us for this event. Please could you indicate on the Microsoft Form here by Friday 31 May, if you would like to attend. We look forward to seeing many of you at the parent coffee morning and working together to support your child’s transition into the Senior School.

Collaborative Cricket Festival

SATURDAY 8 JUNE

The sign-up form has now closed he below information is for those who are attending.

The aim of the festival is for pupils to take part in a variety of cricket activities and games in a carousel Years 3 and 4 will be from 9am until 10.30am and Years 5 and 6 will be from 10.45 until 12.15pm. Your child will need to arrive at their year group’s start time at Habs’ Boys’ AstroTurf wearing their PE/Cricket kit, with a full water bottle If your child has, carries, or uses any inhalers or AAIs, they will need to have these with them to take part in the event. Cancellation of the festival may occur if the weather is thought to affect your child’s safety. You will be notified on the day if the festival is cancelled. We encourage parents to stay and support; there will be refreshments throughout the event

ACE -1st Eagleide Schools Chess Tournament

SUNDAY 9 JUNE

Please click here to view the letter from Mr D'Costa regarding an exciting chess competition on Sunday 9 June. Please contact Mr D’Costa directly for more information lorin@eagleidechess.com

NEW Year 5 and Year 6 Performance Opportunity

DEADLINE MONDAY 17 JUNE

VR Workshop

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email Mrs Davies edavies@habsgirls.org.uk.

Junior and Prep Coaches on Thursday 27 June

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please click here to find out more about the Junior and Prep Coaches on Senior School Sports Day, Thursday 27 June.

Year 6 Production: Mary Poppins Jr.

BOOKING OPENS FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024

We are delighted to present this year’s Year 6 Production of Disney’s Mary Poppins Jr. There will be two performances which will take place in the Performance Space at the following times:

Date

Time

Thursday 13 June 2024 6pm

Friday 14 June 2024 4.15pm

Refreshments will be provided beforehand from 5.30pm on 13 June and 3.45pm on 14 June. Tickets for the performances can be reserved online directly via this link. Tickets are limited to 3 per family on Thursday evening and 2 per family on Friday afternoon. Booking will open at 9pm on Friday 7 June.

Year 6 girls will be staying onsite between the end of the school day and the start of the performances. They will be provided with dinner on Thursday and a light snack on Friday. Please collect your daughter from the Performance Space, via access through the Dining Hall doors, after the performances, which should last approximately an hour.

We look forward to welcoming you to watch the show later this term.

CONTINUED

YEAR 6 INFORMATION

Year 6 Production – ‘Mary Poppins Jr.’

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

We are well underway with our rehearsals for our Year 6 production of Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins Jr.’ It is important all pupils have read the whole script, so that they understand the storyline and the characters, and how their role fits into the production. The music in Mary Poppins can be challenging, and listening to the songs at home will help them to become familiar with it, to enable them to get the most out of our rehearsals.

The songs can be accessed via this link.

Year 6 Production Rehearsal - ‘Mary Poppins Jr.’

SUNDAY 9 JUNE 10AM

TO 3PM

As previously outlined in Habs Weekly, there will be a rehearsal on Sunday 9 June, 10am to 3pm. For this rehearsal, please park in the visitors’ car parrk and escort your daughter to and from school as they will not be permitted to walk unaccompanied between school and the car park. Drop off and collection will be at the main Dining Hall doors.

If your daughter cannot attend the full rehearsal but is able to come along to either the morning or the afternoon session, please email Miss Rockley (crockley@habsgirls.org.uk) with details, so the rehearsal can be planned accordingly.

Please ensure that your daughter comes to the rehearsal with a full water bottle, a healthy snack and a packed lunch, free from nuts and sesame. A break for lunch will be scheduled from 12.15pm to 12.45pm, so any girls arriving after this time will not need to bring lunch with them.

YEAR

6 INFORMATION CONTINUED

Cornflower Assembly

Friday 10 May 2024

Friday afternoon assemblies are always a time of joy and celebration in the Junior School. Our weekly Cornflower Assembly celebrates individuals who have particularly demonstrated ways in which they have embodied our school values: Courage Curiosity Community and Ambition. We cherish our Cornflower Assemblies and hope that you enjoy celebrating with us too.

Ambition

Ruhi (Rainbow Blue)

Imaan (1 Orange)

Avni (1 Purple)

Bo (2 Alpha)

Ariyana (3 Alpha)

Issra (3 Alpha)

Bella (4 Aleph)

Community

Charlotte (Rainbow Blue)

Lera (Rainbow Red)

Georgiana (3A)

Kathleen (6 Aesc)

Curiosity

Amia (2A)

Ryeona (3A)

Emily (4 Aleph)

Anara (6 Aesc)

Courage

Izzy (1 Orange)

Misha (1 Purple)

Chloe (4 Aesc)

Maya (4 Aesc)

Beatrice (4 Aleph)

Willow (6 Aleph)

Wednesday 22 May 2024

Prevett Hall

2.30pm to 4pm

St Catherine Parents’Guild Outgrown Uniform Sale

We are delighted to be hosting the Outgrown Uniform Sale, which will be taking place in the Prevett Hall on Wednesday 22 May, 2.30pm to 4pm. Please note they will only be accepting card payments, and no exchange or refunds will be accepted.

Please support the St Catherine Parents’ Guild and pick up a bargain!

For any enquiries, please contact stcatherineparentsguild@gmail.com

Final few tickets remaining!

Thursday 23 May

Dining Hall

6.45pm to 10.30pm

St Catherine Parents’Guild Quiz Night

We are delighted to invite you to our Quiz Night on Thursday 23 May. Doors will open at 6.45pm with the quiz starting promptly at 8pm in the Dining Hall. The event is open to all, so please bring along family and friends.

The ticket price includes supper which will be available from 7.15pm until 7.45pm and will include vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Dessert will be available during the quiz break around 8.45pm. There will also be bar serving drinks throughout the evening and a raffle (cash and cards accepted).

As ever, this is proving to be a very popular event and tickets have been selling fast! Online booking is still open via the school Box Office for the remaining tickets, which cost £22 per adult; these will be available to book until Monday 20 May or until sold out. Please note tickets will not be available on the door.

We would encourage teams of six to be formed. When booking, please ensure you coordinate with your team to ensure you are all seated at the same table.Alternatively, you are more than welcome to book individual places at any of the available tables and take the opportunity to meet other parents from other year groups.

Raffle tickets will be on sale for a chance to win some fantastic prizes which have been generously donated by local businesses and parents at the school. If you have any prizes you would like to donate, we would love to hear from you.

We look forward to welcoming you to the quiz; in the meantime, if you have any questions, want to make a donation or wish to volunteer at the event, please email the Guild at stcatherineparentsguild@gmail.com

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Sunday 30 June

12pm to 4pm

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Year 3 to Year 6

Tuesday 2 July, 6pm Prevett Hall

Junior Summer Concert

Parents and guardians are warmly invited to our Junior Summer Concert, which will take place on Tuesday 2 July at 6pm in the Prevett Hall. The concert will feature the following ensembles:

Junior Symphony Orchestra

Junior Choir

Senior Choir

Brass Ensemble

Guitar Ensemble

Super Saxes

Recorder Consort

Year 3 Recorders

Golden Bones

Junior Chamber Strings

Fabulous Four-Stringers

Year 6 Chorus

There will also be solo and small group items interspersed in the programme, provided by performers from Year 5 and 6. Please note that girls in the ensembles and the Year 5 and 6 solo/group performers will need to bring their instruments into school on the day of the concert for a rehearsal. The dress for the evening is school uniform.

Participating girls will also be staying onsite between school finishing and the concert starting, where they will be provided with dinner, so it is important that they come into school in the morning with their instruments (if needed) and wearing the correct uniform.

Pre-concert refreshments will be available for the audience in the Prevett Hall foyer from 5.30pm. We expect the concert to end by 7.15pm.

Tickets for the evening can be reserved online using the box office, details of which will be shared shortly. There is a limit of 2 tickets per family for this concert. Students taking part in the concert do not need tickets.

We look forward to seeing you at the Summer Concert which promises to be a varied programme and a real showcase for all involved.

Open to students who will be in Year 5 to Upper Sixth in September 2024

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS FIXTURES SUMMER 2

Wednesday 5 June

*Years 3, 4 & 5

Athletics v RMS (AWAY)

Saturday 8 June Years 3, 4, 5 & 6

Collaborative Cricket Festival

Monday 17 June

Wednesday 19 June

Thursday 20 June

*Years 3, 4, 5 & 6

Friendly Swimming Gala v NLCS

Monday 24 June

Years 3 & 4

Inter House Swimming Gala

Thursday 27 June

Junior School Sports Day

(More details to follow at a later date)

*Invite only via Evolve

Year

Inter

House Cricket

Year

Inter

House Cricket

JUNIOR SCHOOL CALENDAR DATES

MONDAY 20 TO FRIDAY 24 MAY

Year 6 PGL Osmington Bay

THURSDAY 23 MAY

St Catherine Parents’ Guild Quiz Night

FRIDAY 24 MAY

Family Friday - Rainbow, Year 1, Year 3 and Year 5

Family Friday Teacher-led Workshops

MONDAY 27 MAY TO

FRIDAY 31 MAY

Half Term

MONDAY 3 JUNE

Staff INSET (No Pupils In School)

WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE Year 4 Recital

THURSDAY 6 JUNE

Parent Voice

Years 1 to 6 Parents’ Evening 1

FRIDAY 7 JUNE

Year 6 Transition to Lower 4 Parent Coffee Morning

SATURDAY 8 JUNE

Prep Boys’ & Junior Girls’ Collaboration Cricket Event

SUNDAY 9 JUNE

Year 6 Play Rehearsal

MONDAY 10 JUNE

Rainbow Red Class Assembly

TUESDAY 11 JUNE

Year 1 to 6 Parents’ Evening 2

WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE

Year 4 British School Museum

THURSDAY 13 JUNE

Year 1 Trip to Windsor Castle Year 6 ‘Mary Poppins Jnr.’ Performance 1

FRIDAY 14 JUNE

Year 6 ‘Mary Poppins Jnr.’ Performance 2

MONDAY 17 JUNE

Rainbow Blue Class Assembly

WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE

Class Changeover Morning Induction evening for parents of pupils currently in Ra to Y5

FRIDAY 21 JUNE

Family Friday - Rainbow, Year 2, Year 4 and Year 6

Family Friday Teacher-led Workshops

The reminder dates above cover the next four school weeks, if you require further information beyond this time frame, please refer to the school calendar on Firefly.