For the last fortnight Haselworth children have been spending their play times playing conkers. Over 60 children took part, and after some tense games, and a few bruised knuckles Drew, Mason, Cai and Jessica made it through to the semi-finals. Cai and Jessica triumphed and the final was watched by the whole school on Friday morning. Cai seemed to be in the lead, until a few small cracks started to appear on his conker. Jessica played this to her advantage and started to attack with  even harder blows. Cai was eventually defeated, and in true  "Haselworth Way" style he immediately congratulated Jessica and shook her hand. It was a thrilling climax to an excellent competition enjoyed by many children. Certificates were awarded in assembly and Jessica was crowned as the reigning champion with a necklace of golden conkers!

Last Wednesday, after school, 4 children from Year 6 went sailing with Mrs Millard and Max and Lucy, who are all qualified sailors. We went on board our Little Brig sailing ship and had a safety talk and put on our life jackets. We left Haslar Marina and our objective was to sail to the refuelling jetty where the Navy refuel their ships. By had a good sail to the jetty and we turned around at 5 o clock and started to head back to the marina. We had to zig zag back because the wind was blowing at the front of the ship.

We got back safely and had spent a lovely few hours sailing around Portsmouth harbour. We had all learnt the basics of sailing a ship and we all had a turn at taking the helm.

Report by Raven Teal

 

 

On Tuesday we had Roald Dahl day to celebrate his 100th Birthday. We had a great turn out of Roald Dahl themed costumes and raised £48 for Roald Dahl's Children's Charity. There were a range of learning activities throughout the day, and lots of children have been seen reading Roald Dahl's book.

Thank you to everyone who donated!

Well Done the Haselworth Gardening Club team, who picked up an award last week at Gosport in Bloom.

There are some changes we have made to next weeks school dinners,

 

On Monday 18th July we will have a whole school picnic, which will consist of cheese rolls, fruit and a dessert.

 

On Tuesday 19th July we are having our Year 6 Leavers picnic, a flyer and form regarding this will be in your child's book bag.

 

Please be aware that there will be no hot dinners available on Monday and Tuesday.

Dinners will continue as normal on Wednesday 20th July.

Congratulations to all children in Key Stage 2 for performing in Pirates of the Curry Bean this week. Our children are truly talented, and amazing acting and singing talents shone bright.

We are very sorry but we are going to have to cancel sports day due to poor weather and a slippery field. This was not an easy decision to make so please support us.

 

Year 3 visited the Portsmouth Watersports Centre, where they had a go at archery, climbed a Jacob's ladder and climbing wall, went on the water in a kayak and tried out the giant paddleboard. As usual, the children were fantastic, with massive enthusiasm and they demonstrated the Haselworth Way throughout - especially self-belief and resilience (in this case, courage).  The Centre said we were amongst the youngest groups to come there. Adults had little to do, other than enjoy what our amazing children can do, given the chance! The only downside was the struggle to put on the wetsuits, when the children particularly showed resilience!