This week, we were delighted to welcome gymnast Courtney Orange to Hamstel Infant School for an exciting and inspiring visit. Courtney got all of our children moving during a fun-filled fitness circuit, where they enjoyed taking part in activities including star jumps, running on the spot and shoulder-tap planks. Following the fitness session, we came together for a whole-school assembly. Courtney shared his inspiring journey into gymnastics, spoke about his experiences compe

What a fantastic day Team Hamstel had at the Key Stage 1 Quad Kids event! Competing against 17 other schools, the team showed amazing determination, teamwork, and energy from start to finish, eventually securing an incredible 2nd place overall, missing out on first place to West Leigh by just 2 points! The day started with the 50m sprint, beginning with the boys’ races. Team Hamstel flew down the track with Romeo leading the way as the fastest Hamstel finisher, followed close

This week, we were delighted to invite the parents of our Year 1 children to join us for our Outdoor Learning sessions. It was wonderful to see so many families enjoying time together exploring our outdoor learning area and experiencing first-hand the exciting opportunities our children enjoy each week. Parents visited the bug hotel, spent time relaxing and playing in the den and mud kitchen, and explored the pond area searching for newts. Children were excited to show their

This week, Year 2 enjoyed taking part in Mini First Aid workshops, where they learned lots of important skills to help keep themselves and others safe. The children learned how to use a plaster correctly and talked about why first aid is important. They also learned how to check if someone might need emergency help by talking to them and checking if they are breathing. During the workshop, the children explored what to do in an emergency and practised how to call 999. They le

This week, the children were very excited to welcome Gemma's Farm to our school for a fantastic hands-on learning experience. The children had an amazing opportunity to meet a variety of friendly farm animals and learn all about how to care for them. Throughout the visit, the children showed great curiosity, enthusiasm, and confidence as they carefully handled and observed the animals. There were lots of smiles and excitement as the children met chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs

Last Friday, Team Hamstel proudly attended the Rise Gymnastics Competition, where they competed across four areas: bar, beam, floor, and vault. Throughout the event, the team demonstrated a range of impressive movements, including pike, straddle, cartwheels, and bridges, showing both skill and determination. Each gymnast was carefully scored on their performance, and together they achieved an amazing combined total of over 200 points, earning every participant a well-deserved

This term we have had little visitors join us at school. They came to school as eggs. At first, they were very small and we had to be very quiet and careful. We kept them in a special warm box called an incubator. After a day, we saw tiny cracks in the eggs. It was very exciting! Then the chicks started to hatch. We watched them push their way out. It took a long time and we learned that chicks need to be strong to hatch because they need to use lots of energy so they kept fa

After weeks of enthusiastic training and giving up their precious lunchtimes to practise, Team Hamstel were thrilled to take part in the KS1 Girls’ Football Tournament held at Len Forge Centre involving schools from across Southend-on-Sea. Eight talented teams from across the area gathered for a fantastic morning of football and Team Hamstel were determined to give their very best. The team’s first match was against Greenways and Hamstel made a superb start. Strong tackling a

Last week we celebrated our annual Book Week, and it was filled with fantastic experiences and plenty of excitement for reading. Throughout the week, the children enjoyed a range of activities including a Story Box assembly, storyteller workshops and special library visits for Year 1. The children also loved bringing in their favourite stories from home to share with their classmates. One of the highlights of the week was trying to guess the identities of our Masked Readers,

Excitement had been building for weeks as Team Hamstel trained with determination, enthusiasm and tremendous team spirit in preparation for the Southend KS1 Tag Rugby Tournament at Southend Rugby Club. When the much anticipated day finally arrived, the team were more than ready to rise to the challenge. Nine talented teams entered the competition and were split into two groups for the opening round. Team Hamstel wasted no time in making a spectacular start. Their first match