Hunter's Bar Junior

In the Lap of luxury

Pupils in Y6JL recently got to grips with the newest addition to our ICT resources - a set of laptops.

As the laptops are completely portable they enable children to access ICT at any time and can be easily incorporated into lessons.

Spring Book Fair

Thank you to everyone for all your support for the School's Spring Book Fair. It is great to see you enthusiastic about books and deciding what book you want. 

Sales from the Book Fairs help to raise funds for the school's learning resources. The Book Fair raised £231.00 which means we can buy more books to update our selections for children.

Enjoy your books!

The HBJ website is getting bigger

From today, there's a new place for parents, children - anybody in fact - wanting to share information about local resources: people, places, things to do, useful services and reliable businesses.

Just click on the HBJ Community link and have a look round: there are plenty of gaps that you can help to fill, and instructions on how to contribute to this new resource.

February Newsletter

Development of E-Resource

Plans are well under way to with this exciting development of the website. You will be able to find out more on Parents’ Evening.

The school’s website continues to be well used with approximately 70 hits each day. 

Visit to school in honour of Ted Wragg

Both the infant and junior schools are to be presented with a plaque next week in memory of a famous ex-pupil. Professor Ted Wragg has been acclaimed “the most popular educationalist in Britain” and wrote for the Guardian and Times Educational Supplement. His link with the Teaching Awards makes this presentation to the school all the more meaningful following Mrs. Harrison’s Teacher of the Year Award last year.

January newsletter

Welcome to the Spring Term 2008

SEAL

(Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning.) The topic for SEAL this term is:

GOING FOR GOALS

December Newsletter

Peer Mediator training

A report by Ned Cooper and Justine Shirley

On the 3^{rd and 4th}of  December 2007,  lots of Y6’s took part in two days of peer mediator training. They had lots of different role plays, games and were given a handbook to look through.

‘It was great fun,’ said Finlay Teather, one of the many peer mediators. The people in charge of the training were Mrs Smart and, with a little help from Mrs Brockelsby, they produced about 30 brilliant peer mediators. We are all looking forward to helping out on the yard.            

Cross Country: HBJ do the Double

Hunter's Bar Junior School cross country team put in a couple of excellent performances during January to win the Autumn league.

Resplendent in new bibs, we completed a Y5/6 double – with both boys’ and girls’ first teams winning overall.

There was individual success too, as Ewan South, James Godden and Joshua Naisbitt all gained top ten placings after the races at Bolehill and Beighton.

The school was awarded a special trophy to mark our continued success at cross country.

Visit www.sfss.co.uk/associations/14/cross-country to see the results in full and view upcoming races.

Book Treats

Thank you to everyone for all your support for the school’s Winter Book Fair. It is great to see so many of you enthusiastic about books and making your choices.

The Book Fair raised the fantastic sum of £548, which will go towards updating and making selections for the school’s learning resources.

We hope that you enjoyed the Book Quiz and the Book Review competitions. Winners to be announced soon!

2008 is the National Year of Reading and we are looking forward to being involved in activities and projects to mark this celebration. If you have any suggestions or comments on encouraging and stimulating reading in school, please let us know.

Enjoy your books!

Happy Birthday Hunter's Bar – 100 years old!

Hunter's Bar Junior School is 100 years old and we celebrated our centenary in style by holding a garden party – followed by a visit from some special guests.

The school was transformed with bunting and special artwork produced by the children. Pupils and staff past and present attended to enjoy a variety of attractions and entertainment.

HBJ pupils in University research project

Hunter's Bar Junior School was one of two schools in Sheffield involved in a research project with Katherine Stevens at The University of Sheffield, researching health-related quality of life in children.

Over 120 children in our school took part in the various stages of the work and more information about the project will appear on the University website as the project progresses.

Follow the link below for more information.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sections/heds/mvh/paediatric.html