Changes to Waste Collection at School - Important Update for Parents

Following changes in legislation on waste disposal, schools are now required to separate food waste in addition to recycling, from general waste. 

With effect from Monday 31st March, children will be required to use separate recycling and food waste bins from general waste. 

What this means for your child

Learning the new rules

Children will attend an assembly on food waste and will be reminded how they can identify recyclable items from general waste - this is something they are already actively encouraged to do. However, the rules on food waste will be new to our children. We will stress the importance of careful recycling and waste separation to reduce our environmental impact.

Please be aware that schools will be fined for incorrect waste disposal so it's very important that we are all adhering to the new rules. 

Packed Lunches

As per current procedures, all children will be required to bring home any food waste and packaging from packed lunches, in their lunchboxes. Please note that children will be asked not to dispose of packed lunch waste in school as food bins are for school waste only. 

These rules will soon come in to effect in homes too, so this is a good opportunity to start training for this! 

Thank you for your support to ensure all children are following these new rules from Monday. We know our children and families will welcome this opportunity to reduce our environmental impact, as much as we do. 

School Report Feedback

School reports for children in Years 1-6 were sent home last week. 

We hope that you will enjoy reading these together with your child and celebrating their successes so far this year.

As always, we appreciate your feedback, if you would like to take the time to comment on your child’s report, please do so HERE.

Polite Reminder - Bikes/Scooters/Skateboards on School Grounds

Please can we kindly remind families that any bikes, scooters, skateboards or any other form of similar transport is not used/ridden on the school site.  

All forms of transport should be dismounted before entering on to the school site and then walked up to the available bike storage (located at the Longfield Road/Team Nest), where they are to be stored neatly and safely or parents to take back home with them.

Thank you for keeping our school site safe, especially at school drop off and pick up. 

Team Oak Cake Sale

We are delighted to share that Team Oak's cake sale last week raised a fantastic £95.10! The money raised will be donated to their class charity, MAF UK (Mission Aviation Fellowship). Well done, Team Oak! 

Hordle Hub Clubs

Spring Term End Date

To confirm, all hub and peri clubs are running up until the end of this term, Friday 4th April.

Summer Term Going Live - Wednesday 2nd April at 5pm!

We are pleased to say that bookings for internal Hordle Hub Clubs are now live!
Hordle Hub Clubs will run from Tuesday 22nd April - Thursday 10th July.

There are clubs available to Years 1-6 this term, including the KS1 Arts and Crafts club being reintroduced for our youngest art lovers!

Further to previous communication, following the parent survey, we will be trialling a 5pm opening time for bookings on Wednesday 2nd April.

A copy of the Summer Term Hub Club Timetable can be found here.

Please note, hub club prices have now increased to £4 per session.

Internal Hub Club Bookings:

In order to book your child/ren into clubs, please book and pay directly via your child's Scopay account.

External Hub Club/Peri Music Lessons:

All external clubs are to be booked directly via the club provider. More information can be found here on our website.

Should you have any queries, please email adminoffice@hordle.hants.sch.uk.

Do you own a ride on mower?

Due to contractual changes between Hampshire Council Grounds Maintenance and the school, we are now looking for someone who will be happy to help support with regular mowing of the school playing field over the Summer term and in to the Autumn.

If you think you may be able to help, please contact Mrs Collins via adminoffice@hordle.hants.sch.uk or pop in to the school reception to discuss further. 

Thanks in advance for your support!

Arbor App - IMPORTANT

The Arbor Parent App allows you to update your child’s personal details from your mobile phone or tablet, ensuring that we always have your most up to date contact details. This is essential for the safeguarding of our children and we do require 100% sign up from parents of children in Year R to Year 6. 

Using the app, you can also check your child’s attendance and we hope in future to introduce increased functionality.

For details on how to use and set up the app please click HERE

Earth Day - Tuesday 22nd April

Children are invited to attend school wearing earthy colours in aid of Earth Day, raising awareness for climate change. 

We kindly ask families for a voluntary contribution of £1 to go towards new plants for the school grounds.

PATCH Save the Dates

Please add the following reminders in to your diaries for upcoming PATCH events over Spring term. 

Should you have any questions, please email patchcontact@yahoo.com. 

We would like to remind parents/guardians of the term dates for the next couple of months. 

Friday 4th April - Last day of Spring 2

Monday 21st April - Bank Holiday

Tuesday 22nd April - First day of Summer 1

Monday 5th May - Bank Holiday

Monday 21st May - Bank Holiday

Parents are strongly advised by the Government and Local Authority to avoid taking children out of school in term time because of the disruption it causes to their education.

Following the update to the Penalty Notice Framework, Miss Trim has kindly put together a helpful leaflet to outline the important changes and how the penalty notice system will work. The leaflet can be found here.

INSET Days 2025/25

We are pleased to publish our INSET days for 2025/26. As you know, we continue to work hard to improve attendance at Hordle CE Primary School and wish to remind families that, in line with guidance, term time holidays will not be authorised. 

However, we have been mindful to place INSET DAYS on Mondays and Fridays, allowing for three days weekends and we are also pleased to share that we have scheduled one for Friday 5th December, allowing families to arrange for any Christmas celebrations on this day.

INSET Day Dates 2025/26

• Wednesday 3rd September

• Monday 3rd November

• Friday 5th December

• Monday 5th January

• Friday 20th March

We trust that having these dates in advance will be useful in booking to make the most of family time together where possible.