Staff Leaver

We are very sorry to say that Mr Harry Willis-Finn will be leaving us today to embark on a new adventure. We would like to thank him for his contribution to Team Hordle and wish him the very best of luck. 

To confirm, he will be continuing to run our after school rugby club every Tuesday.

New Catering Provider - ABM Catering

We are excited to announce that we will be moving to a new catering provider from September 2025, with ABM Catering taking over responsibility for providing hot lunches to our school.

ABM pride themselves on fresh ingredients, locally sourced produce and are commited to providing hot lunches for all children in primary schools, and particularly for those eligible for free lunches under the Universal Infant Free School Meals (all YR - 2 pupils) and Free School Meals programmes.

Great news - we have secured a contract that will enable us to reduce the cost of a hot meal from £3.20 to £2.85 per day, so we hope that you will see not only improved quality but at better value too!

We will be sharing menus and other important information with families soon and we have lots of exciting plans for events over the course of the Autumn term and beyond, some of which parents will be invited to attend.

In the meantime, we would ask anyone with a special diet to complete the below form so that your child's personalised menu can be set up, ready for the start of September. 

Special diet request form

Please look out for more information to come but in the meantime we look forward joining with other local schools in a move to ABM. 

Volunteers Needed!

We are looking for parent volunteers to help us with the PATCH Summer Fair. If you are already cleared as a volunteer, this is great! However, even if you are not cleared as a volunteer, you are still able to support on a stall/activity alongside another person. Sign in sheets are available at the front office should you be available to help out.

There are various time slots available for support, including:

- Set up - 1:30pm - 3:30pm

- Time slot 1 - 3:30pm - 4:00pm

- Time slot 2 - 4:00pm - 4:30pm

- Time slot 3 - 4:30pm - 5:00pm

- Clear up

For parents/guardians not yet cleared, please contact Miss Blatch by emailing adminoffice@hordle.hants.sch.uk who can send you a volunteer pack to start the volunteer process. 

Thank you for your continued support.

New Forest Football Academy - SUMMER CAMP at Hordle Primary School!

**DISCOUNT CODE ENDING MONDAY 30th JUNE - BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT**

Exciting news! For the first time, we will be running a Summer holiday club at Hordle Primary School. Working with New Forest Football Academy, we will be running a 3 day holiday camp during the Summer holiday.

When? Monday 4^th August, Tuesday 5^th August & Wednesday 6^th August

Cost? £77.97 for all three days OR £25.99 per day

Last day of Term - Tuesday 22nd July - 1pm Finish

A reminder that school will finish at 1pm on last day of term, Tuesday 22nd July.

Den will be open until 5pm and this can be booked via Scopay.

Road Safety Support

A majority of Year 7 students travel to school independently and for many, this might be their first independent journey. We therefore wanted to highlight the importance of the making responsible choices when travelling to and from school.

Hamsphire County Council wish for us to share THIS document with parents to assist with their children’s next steps, whether that be giving their children the opportunity to begin to practice those independent journeys in Year 6 (or earlier), perhaps a short way from school or making that new journey to their secondary school at the start of Year 7.

July Year 1 - Year 6 Learning Reviews

Thank you to all families who have now booked their learning review appointments. 

If you have not yet booked your appointment, these appointments have now been manually allocated. 

A reminder of the timetable can be found below.

Additional Info:

- You will have received an email confirmation of your child's appointment which includes the link to your session

- You will receive an email reminder directly from SchoolCloud 1 hour before your booked slot, which will include a further link to your appointment

- To log in to your session, you will need your first and last name and your child's date of birth

- Timeslots on the day are managed automatically by the SchoolCloud system and are therefore strictly limited to your allotted time

- At the end of your Learning Review the session will automatically end, this cannot be manually overridden

- Please ensure that you log in giving yourself time to test your camera and audio so that you have the maximum time with your child's teacher

- Please make a note of your child's date/time as we are very restricted with appointment availability, should you miss your review

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Tuesday 1st July 

Wednesday 2nd July 

Thursday 3rd July

Monday 14th July

Friday 18th July

Learning Review Survey

Following feedback at recent parent forums, we wish to invite all families to complete the below survey, helping us to obtain the consensus regarding face to face learning reviews vs online learning reviews. 

Learning Review Survey

Please note, we require 100% of families to respond to this survey to ensure we have accurate feedback to consider. 

Closing date: Friday 18th July

Important Reminder - Road Closure

Please be aware that due to the ongoing construction of the Everton Road housing development, the section of Everton Road which is currently closed is expected to be ongoing until Sunday 13th July. Please be mindful that this means that Everton Road will be closed for the majority of Summer term. Please click HERE for further information.

Furthermore, as per the recent email sent to families, Winchester County Council have advised us that parents, school staff and members of the community should not be moving any of the road signs that are currently in place advising of road closures and diversions. To do so would mean that the person moving them would be personally liable should an accident or incident occur.

 Should you have any concerns or queries regarding the current road closures, please direct these to National Highways.

Thank you for helping us keep our families and local community safe.

Help us win new equipment!

The Southern Daily Echo are running an exciting competition, designed to bring our community together and support local education. 

 By collecting tokens, you can help Hordle Primary School win fantastic prizes! 1st Prize: £1,000 Amazon Voucher. 2nd Prize: £500 Amazon Voucher. All participating schools will receive a runner up prize to use as a raffle prize in future school events or fundraising. 

For more information on how you can support, please click HERE.

***Menu Change for Monday 7th July***

Please be aware of a menu swap for the school cooked lunches on Monday 7th July, Sports Day.

Green: Cheese and tomato pizza with chips

Blue: Vegetarian cheese burger and chips

Red: Jacket potato with baked beans

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Ahead of this year's Sports Day, please find key timings and information for the day below.

Important Reminders:

• All children will need to come to school in PE kit
• Please send your child to school with a named sun hat and water bottle
• Please ensure sunscreen is applied to your child(ren) before school. Application of 'Once' type cream provides your child with adequate protection throughout the day.

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KS2 Sports Day

9:10am - 11:15am

After dropping your child to class, please may we ask that you leave the school site and make your way to the Longfield Road entrance (back gate) of the school - this will be used for entrance and exit for Sports Day. 

The gate will be reopened at 9:10am. 

For safeguarding reasons, we cannot have parents waiting on the school grounds until 9:10am.  

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FS & KS1 Sports Day

1:50pm - 3:15pm

Entrance to Sports Day will be via the Longfield Road entrance (back gate) to school. 

The gates will be open at 1:50pm, for a 2pm start. 

At the end of Sports Day, you may make your way to your child's class to collect them. 

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Spectators

Please can parents stand around the outside of the Daily Mile track or on the bank next to the ball court to view. 

Several events will be taking place at once and the children will be moving around the field to participate. 

Please note, the Daily Mile track will be in use on the day, so please ensure that you stand on the grass, not the track. 

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Parking

Please can we ask that you park respectfully in roads surrounding the school and if you are able to, please take the opportunity to walk to school.

In the event of cancellation due to weather, a decision will be made at the earliest opportunity. 

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Refreshments

PATCH will be serving refreshments during sports day. They will have teas/coffees and soft drinks for £1 and squash for 50p. Depending on the weather, ice lollies may also be available for £1 each!