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

On Tuesday Team Hamstel were in action at the Panathlon event at Alleyn Court School   Six very eager and excited children, Blake - Hedgehog, Duggie- Squirrel, Evelyn - Squirrel, Leo - Otter, Lily - Otter & Noah - Otter, donned their PE kit and hopped aboard the minibus.   On arrival, the team could not wait to have a go at the array of activities set up in the hall.    At each activity, the children had to listen to instructions on how to play. Then each child took it in tur

Our Year 1 children had a fantastic time at our Christmas Craft Event, which filled the school hall with creativity, excitement and lots of festive cheer! We were absolutely delighted with the turnout, it was our best yet and it was lovely to welcome so many adults in to join the children and share in the fun. The children took part in six different Christmas craft activities, all of which were hugely enjoyed. From building their own Christmas characters to making paper chain

Festive Greetings everyone in the Hamstel community. We would like to welcome you to our second report of the year. First thing’s first, what a wonderful time of year and before we tell you what we’ve been doing during this half term, we would like to say Merry Christmas to everyone! In this report, we will tell you what we have been up to at school. We have had lots of fun activities and lots of conversations about this festive period. During December, these fun activities h

The children had a very special visitor arrive at the school last week. Enzo the Elf arrived bright and early to spend time with every class. Each class had the chance to meet Enzo and play some fun party games keeping active and moving through dance. Enzo was very cheeky and all the children loved meeting him.

On Thursday 5 th  December, the children in Year 1 and 2 had the pleasure of watching a festive ballet performance. The talented dancers from ‘Let’s All Dance’ performed a wonderful rendition of ‘The Nutcracker’. The children were in awe as the dancers gracefully pirouetted, leapt and spun around the floor, retelling the story of Clara and her magical new Christmas present.