Featured News
Useful Links
https://www.booksfortopics.com
A great website featuring books to support the primary curriculum.
https://wordsforlife.org.uk
Activities for children aged 0-12, and ideas for supporting home learning.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk
Top tips, eBooks and activities to support your child's reading at home.
Some fascinating articles about reading……….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/what-actually-happens-inside-us-when-we-read/p07h9t70/player
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/may/13/reading-teach-children-empathy
Accelerated Reader
At HBJS we use the Accelerated Reader scheme to track pupils’ progress in reading throughout their time here. It has a huge advantage over other reading schemes in that there are thousands of books to choose from, so the pupils have access to a very wide range of books.
Please see the ‘English’ section on the school website for further information about
Accelerated Reader.
We are passionate about promoting reading for pleasure at HBJS, so whilst we are diligent about encouraging and tracking progress through the Accelerated Reader scheme, we also recognise that books cannot be measured in terms of their appeal or complexity of ideas expressed. With that in mind, pupils are encouraged to read widely and can borrow a second library book that does not need to be in their reading range, and they will not take a quiz on it.
School Council Code
School council have discussed and voted on a set of promises that we believe every school councillor must follow. We have called this our School Council Code.
School Council have agreed that we will all follow these rules…
•Treat everyone equally.
•Listen to the ideas of others.
•Be responsible.
Running Club
Running Club is on a Thursday from 3:15-4:15pm throughout the year for pupils from Year 3 -6. During the Autumn and Winter months the clubs focus is mainly on Cross Country with a team from HBJS the competing in the Kent Schools Cross Country Championship in Brands Hatch in January plus the local schools Cross Country Competition. Whereas throughout the Spring and Summer terms the focus then switches to athletic endurance and strength training working on a mixture of sprint and middle distance training when the focus turns towards Sports Day. Throughout the year pupils complete drills, stamina exercise and some specific techniques to improve their running.