🌟 Honouring Our Local Community – A Very Special Visit! 🌟 As part of Black History Month and this year's theme, Honouring Our Communities, we were incredibly excited to welcome Olympic gymnast Louis Smith to Hampton Vale Primary Academy for a very special assembly this morning! 🥇 Louis shared his inspiring journey with our children, talking about his life, his incredible Olympic achievements and, of course, his experience winning Strictly Come Dancing! 💃🕺 The children were fascinated to hear his story, and even had the amazing opportunity to see his Olympic medals up close! 🏅 Our pupils had prepared some fantastic questions to ask Louis, showing their curiosity and enthusiasm. They have also been working hard in their lessons to create beautiful artwork, portraits and heartfelt thank-you letters to show their appreciation for his visit. 🎨 It was a truly enriching and inspiring experience for our children, giving them the opportunity to learn from someone who has achieved so much through dedication, determination and hard work. A huge thank you to Louis for taking the time to visit us and share his story. What a wonderful way to celebrate the achievements of people in our local community and inspire the next generation to dream big!

Getting Creative at Forest School! Our Year 5 pupils have been getting hands-on with sustainability by transforming old plastic bottles into their very own watering cans! 🌿 The children carefully used tools to make holes in the tops of their bottles before decorating them with colourful designs to make them their own. They then headed out around Forest School to put their creations to the test! 💦 It was a fantastic opportunity to develop practical skills, learn how to use tools safely and discover just how easy it can be to reuse and recycle everyday items. Well done, Year 5, for showing such creativity and curiosity while finding new ways to care for our environment! 🌍💚

🎨🪲 Year 4 Art – Exploring Ancient Egypt! 🇪🇬 This week, our Year 4 artists have continued their journey into Ancient Egypt, creating their very own clay scarab beetles inspired by Ancient Egyptian designs. The children have been using their curiosity to explore texture, pattern and detail, carefully adding interesting features to their clay creations. They then developed their painting skills, experimenting with a beautiful palette of purple, blue and green to bring their scarab beetles to life! 🎨 We have loved seeing the children's creativity shine through as they explored new techniques and transformed their textured clay pieces into vibrant, eye-catching artwork. 🌟 Curiosity in action – wondering, exploring, experimenting and creating!

🪙 Year 3 Get Creative with Stone Age Coins! 🪨 This morning, our Year 3 pupils have been busy getting creative as they made a start on their clay Stone Age coins! Using a range of different mark-making techniques, the children created their own unique designs, thinking carefully about the patterns, symbols and details they wanted to include. 🎨 Next week, they'll be adding colour as they paint their coins, bringing their designs to life! What a wonderful way to explore history through creativity, curiosity and hands-on learning! 🌟

🎄📦 WOW! We are so, so thankful to Sue Ryder! 📦🎄 We have been absolutely delighted to receive a wonderful donation of shoeboxes from Sue Ryder ahead of our annual Christmas Shoebox Appeal! The festive season is fast approaching, and our Christmas Shoebox Appeal will soon be returning to Hampton Vale Primary Academy. We are incredibly grateful to Sue Ryder for helping us get our appeal off to such a fantastic start! 🎁 We will be sharing more details very soon about how our families can get involved and help us spread a little Christmas joy to others in our community and beyond. In the meantime, if you have any empty shoeboxes at home, please save them for us! 📦 A huge thank you to Sue Ryder for their kindness and generosity. We really appreciate your support and look forward to coming together as a school community to make a difference this Christmas.

🖤 Black History Month has begun! 🖤 As it's now 1st October, we are excited to begin our Black History Month celebrations across school! This year, our whole-school focus is "Honouring Our Communities". Throughout October, we will be exploring and celebrating the people, cultures and contributions that have helped shape our communities and the wider world. 🌍 We've started the month in Wonderland with a wonderful range of books, encouraging our children to be curious, ask questions and discover new stories, people, cultures and experiences through the power of reading. 📚💫 Curiosity is at the heart of learning, and Black History Month provides a wonderful opportunity for our children to look beyond what they already know, explore different perspectives and develop a deeper understanding of the diverse communities that make up our world. We're looking forward to a month full of curiosity, learning, celebrating and honouring our communities! 💛💚

📚 Reception 2027 Open Evenings – Come and Discover Hampton Vale! 💙 Our first Reception 2027 Open Evening is fast approaching, and we would love to welcome you and your child to Hampton Vale Primary Academy! 🏫 Come along to meet our wonderful Reception teachers, explore our classrooms and discover our exciting curriculum and all the fantastic learning opportunities we offer our youngest learners. 📅 Our Open Evening Dates: 💙 Tuesday 13th October 2026 at 5:00pm 💙 Tuesday 10th November 2026 at 5:00pm 📧 To book your place, please email our school office at office@hvp.org.uk. We look forward to meeting you and sharing what makes Hampton Vale such a special place to learn, grow and belong! 💙

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