Harrison Headlines

Now that we are settled back to the routine of being back at school we wanted to share some important information with you about the essence of our school and the 'way we do things here'.

This week's update to parents focuses on our school's ethos and culture, our approach to promoting both positive behaviour and excellent attitudes to learning, and our five 'Values'.

Our School's Values - Collaboration, Honesty, Equality, Respect and Responsibility are shared by the whole community; these are explicitly taught to give children an understanding of positive relationships and self-regulation, respect for others and the importance of a sense of community where everyone is valued and respected for the contribution that they make. Our Values frame the way we work with children, one another and our parental community. 

Our School's Behaviour Policy - this outlines our approach to creating a stimulating, safe learning environment for all children. Our approach is founded in positive encouragement and reinforcement of expectations, which we expect all children to respect and take responsibility for.

The Harrison Learning Tree - this underpins all we do. The four branches of 'citizenship, attitudes to learning, responsibility and excellence' provide a structure through which we teach children positive learning behaviours and pro-social skills so that they become genuine ‘Lifelong learners, with open minds’.  

Class Charters - each class has developed a ‘Class Charter’ linked to the rights & responsibilities of everyone in school. These reflect our whole school expected attitudes to learning and expectations re behaviour.

Year Group Mission Statements - at the start of each academic year the children work as a year group with their teachers to create their year group mission statement or 'promise'. 

Other News …

Harvest Festival

At this time of year, we try to support our local community and think of others with our annual Harvest food bank collection. We are aware that some families are experiencing increased hardship this year and many would appreciate a little bit of extra help.

We will be supporting the Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank who are working hard to provide for the most vulnerable and hungry families locally. 

Of course, we understand that not everyone can help others at the moment, but we do know that every contribution helps and we will be very grateful for every contribution.

If you would like to help, please can children bring these onto the playground in the mornings next week where we will collect them.

ROTARY CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL 

We are pleased that our school is once again participating in this annual scheme which sends shoeboxes containing toys and gifts to disadvantaged and displaced children in foreign countries.  The charity’s focus again this year is getting gifts to Ukranian children who continue to be displaced by the current conflict. An information leaflet is attached and flat packed boxes are available from the school office. We have been asked to use the flat pack boxes which have been provided and these can be collected from the school office. Boxes can be decorated but please do not wrap the box or any contents inside.

Please could all shoeboxes be bought in to school on Friday 17th October and not before as we have nowhere to store them.

PLEASE SELLOTAPE £2 IN COINS TO THE BOX TO COVER TRANSPORTATION COSTS —THANK YOU!