Hurst Park Primary: Hurst Road, Molesey, West Molesey KT8 1QS

Email: hpoffice@leoacademytrust.co.uk 

What a busy and exciting week it has been!  The energy and enthusiasm of our children and staff continue to amaze me.  

We began the week with a very special assembly to celebrate and thank PC Jebb for his dedicated service to our school community as Youth Enagagement Officer for over 20 years.   

It was also wonderful to see us all come together for our 4K family assembly on the topic of Rainforests, sharing songs and interesting facts that the children have acquired from their learning.  These moments of community connection are so important.  Well done, 4K!

Our budding athletes have also been shining this week!  Our footballers and tag rugby players have given their all in recent competitions, demonstrating great teamwork and sportsmanship.  Well done to all of them!  Meanwhile, 3S have been enjoying their swimming lessons, developing valuable life skills. 

As we look ahead, next week promises to be just as dynamic.  We have our Year 6 Careers Festival, which will offer our children a glimpse into the exciting world of work.  We also have the eagerly awaited Year 5 Young Voices performance, and we will be recognising Children's Mental Health Week, focusing on the importance of wellbeing for all our children as well as Storytelling Week.  We will also be dressing up in number related mufti on Friday for NSPCC Number Day.

We would like to wish, all our families celebrating Lunar New Year, a very happy and prosperous new year filled with joy and good fortune.

On a personal note, I am pleased to share that Miss Thorndycraft is recovering well, and we send her our very best wishes for a speedy recovery.  

I hope you all have a lovely and restful weekend.

Mrs Laher 

Young Voices (Year 5) - Monday 3rd February

London Careers Festival - Monday 3rd February

Children's Mental Health Week - Monday 3rd to Friday 7th February

Storytelling Week - Monday 3rd to Friday 7th February

NSPCC Number Day Mufti - Friday 7th February

PTA Quiz Night (Adults) - Friday 7th February

Internet Safety Day - Tuesday 11th February

Safari Pete Visit (Year 1) - Tuesday 11th February

5C Family Assembly - Thursday 13th February at 9am

PTA Year 2 Cake Sale - Friday 14th February

HALF TERM - Monday 17th February - Friday 21st February

Break the Rules Day - Friday 14th February

NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe Visit (Year 2 & Year 5) - Monday 24th February

Virtual Book Fair - Tuesday 4th March to Monday 10th March 

Weybridge Synagogue Trip (Year 3) - Tuesday 4th March

World Book Day - Thursday 6th March

3S Family Assembly - Tuesday 11th March at 9am

PTA Year 1 Cake Sale - Friday 14th March 

Year 6 SATs Parents Meeting - Monday 17th March at 5.30pm

Elmbridge Museum Visit (Year 1) - Tuesday 18th March 

2T Family Assembly - Thursday 20th March at 9am

Red Nose Day - Friday 21st March 

Science Museum Visit (Year 2) - Wednesday 26th March

PTA Year 4 Cake Sale - Friday 28th March

Year 5 Devon Residential Trip - Monday 31st March to Friday 4th April

Nursery Closed - Friday 4th April

End of Term - Friday 4th April at 1.30pm 

PC Jebb- Special Assembly 

Parent and Carer Survey 

At Hurst Park Primary, we highly value your feedback and believe that a strong partnership between home and school is crucial for the success of our children.From the last survey, we introduced the Principal welcome at each of the Meet the teacher meets, a confidential email and sharing the survey later in the academic year. 

To help us better understand your perspectives and identify areas for improvement, we kindly request that you take a few minutes to complete our Parent & Carer Survey.

The deadline for completing the survey is Friday 14th February. 

We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Your feedback is invaluable to us.

LEO Initial Teacher Training Open Morning - 5th February 

Winter Mini Challenge

The Reading Agency will run the Winter Mini Challenge from 1 December 2024 to 20 February 2025 and will once again be an extension of the Summer Reading Challenge 2024 theme, Marvellous Makers. Join the seven characters as they have winter fun, sparking a love of reading, even in the most reluctant of readers.

What is the Winter Mini Challenge?

The Winter Mini Challenge is a free online-only, digital challenge which encourages children to keep up their reading habits over the winter months including the Christmas holidays. Participants sign up from 1 December through The Reading Agency's free-to-access website featuring rewards for reading and reviewing books. To take part, children simply read three or more books of their own choice and add them to their Challenge website profile. Reaching their online reading goal will unlock a limited-edition virtual badge and a special Winter Mini Challenge certificate to print off and keep. There are also lots of videos, fun games and activities children can play when they join the online Challenge.

Prize for every child reaching their goal!

For the second year in a row, Surrey Libraries will be offering fabulous prizes to Winter Mini Challenge participants who:

• Complete the Challenge online

• Bring their certificate into the library (either digitally or printed)

• Are a member of Surrey Libraries (or sign up when they visit with their certificate)

Visit your Surrey Library to pick up a free Winter Mini Challenge bookmark! This includes a Quick Response (QR) code which can be scanned on a smartphone or tablet for instant access to the Winter Mini Challenge sign-up page. Pick up your books too to start reading, or if you prefer, you can also download eBook, eAudiobook and eComics, all reading counts!

Please note that the following Community Partnered Libraries are not taking part in promoting the Winter Mini Challenge in their branch and therefore will not offering the bookmark and a prize to children completing their goal:

• Bramley

• Byfleet

• New Haw

• Tattenhams

• Virginia Water

 Play and Leisure Activities for Children with Additional Needs and Disabilities

We are excited to let you know that Surrey County Council has been awarded £500,000 of grant funding to providers to enable a range of new, inclusive, community-based activities for children with additional needs and disabilities across the county. This funding has gone to a mix of different organisations, such as sports clubs, leisure centres, charities and activity providers, to support them to provide inclusive opportunities that better meet the needs of a wider range of children. These new pilot projects will be delivering activities after school, at weekends and during the holidays through to the end of March 2025. In particular, this means that there will be a number of extra activities running during the February half-term holidays.

You can find information about the different projects Surrey are supporting through grant-funding at Pilot mainstream play and leisure activities for children with Additional Needs | Surrey Local Offer. Please note that Surrey will be updating this information regularly, as the details of further opportunities are confirmed. These pilot projects will complement the existing Short Breaks Play and Leisure services funded by Surrey County Council. You can find out more about these schemes and where they are in the county on their Short Breaks webpage.

Amazon Wishlist

We have updated the Amazon Wishlist with books that we would like to have in each class for storytime. You may view the list of items by following this link. Once purchased, these items will be delivered directly to school and opened with the children – what a great treat! If you would like to purchase a Wishlist present and gift a book to the school, please follow the link, add to your basket and buy. Please deliver directly to the school using the school address Hurst Park Primary School, 438 Hurst Road, West Molesey, KT8 1QS indicating year group.   Thank you so much for all your support and generosity.  

Birthdays 

Hurst Park Primary Academy is looking for volunteers to enhance children's learning. Volunteers are highly valued and appreciated by children and staff. In the past, volunteers have helped children with reading and maintaining the Library. Volunteers must complete a comprehensive induction programme, including a DBS check, and adhere to our Safeguarding procedures. Volunteering hours are flexible.  If you are interested in making a difference, please complete the Volunteer Registration form  to apply. Please note that volunteers will not be placed in their child's class.

Ultimate Challenge - Level 1 

Rebecca Wilson, 6B

James Tierney, 6B

Sofia Tolchard, 6B

Emily Cull, 6B

Clemmie Gillitt, 5SM

Joshua Whitehead, 5C

Bilal Yusuf, 4P

Sophie Power, 4P

Julianna Kapron, 4P

Thomas Maino, 4K

Karina Arian, 4K

Gabriel Figueiras, 4K 

Ninna Dimitrova, 3L

144 Club Winners

Morgan Martin, 6B

Samanta Koka, 6H

Noah Miller, 6H

Louis Pearce-Hoare, 6H

Ilyas Hafid, 5SM

Theo Harper, 5SM

Harry Trigg, 5SM

William Duffy, 5C

Nursery

In Nursery this week, the children have been learning about Lunar New Year, exploring the traditions and stories associated with this special celebration. They've particularly enjoyed making colourful paper lanterns and acting out the story of the Great Race.

Year 6