Welcome to Herne Bay Junior School

A warm welcome to Herne Bay Junior School. Our vibrant and thriving school is situated in the centre of Herne Bay and provides an inclusive and supportive learning environment for children in Year 3 to Year 6.

Our website aims to provide an illustration of the school, as well as offering regular updated information for parents and pupils.

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Latest News

Last term, Year 6 were visited by Food Bank Canterbury who delivered a talk about the important work they do to support individuals and families within our community. The children were able to gain a deeper understanding of how food banks operate and why their help is so vital to so many people. Year 6 will be supporting this important charity over the coming term and, next week, will lead a whole-school food collection, encouraging our school community to come together and donate items to help those in need within our local area. We ask that donations of non-perishable items are handed into all classes from Monday 9th – Friday 13th March. Here are some examples of items the Food Bank accept: 🥫Pasta 🥫Rice 🥫Jars of pasta sauce 🥫Cereal 🥫Beans 🥫Long life milk 🥫Dried fruit 🥫Jam/Honey/Marmalade 🥫Tinned items e.g. soups, vegetables, fruit 🥫Tea/Coffee/Hot Chocolate 🥫Hygiene items e.g. body wash, sanitary products, shampoo & conditioner, nappies & baby wipes, toilet roll We are looking forward to working together to support local families in need and thank you in advance for taking part in the collection.

March 4th, 2026 Last term, Year 6 were visited by Food Bank Canterbury who delivered a talk about the important ...

Here is the link to our latest Newsletter - 27/02/2026

Newsletter - 27th February 2026

February 28th, 2026 Here is the link to our latest Newsletter - 27/02/2026

Last Wednesday, alongside 15 other schools, we took part in the District Athletics competition at Herne Bay High School. Our Sports Hall Athletics team worked extremely hard in the Running, Throwing and Jumping events and are proud to announce that HBJS won the silver medal! We narrowly missed out on gold to a very strong Herne Junior school team who were well deserved winners. Well done everyone!

February 27th, 2026 Last Wednesday, alongside 15 other schools, we took part in the District Athletics competition at Herne Bay ...

We were delighted to welcome People United into school on Wednesday to run a creative workshop with 14 of our Year 5 & 6 pupils. The children learned how to make their very own books from scratch before exploring a wide range of materials and mediums to begin decorating them. The finished pieces were absolutely fantastic and really impressed the workshop facilitators! Later this term, the children will be running a similar workshop for residents at Age UK Herne Bay & Whitstable.

February 27th, 2026 We were delighted to welcome People United into school on Wednesday to run a creative workshop with ...

Year 6 have launched their exciting new Geography unit 'Frozen Kingdoms', in style, by travelling all the way to Antarctica - without even leaving the classroom! Using the VR headsets, the children were able to explore the landscape and take in their frozen surroundings, ahead of their informative Antarctica talk on Friday. What a fun way of bringing their learning to life! ❄️

February 24th, 2026 Year 6 have launched their exciting new Geography unit 'Frozen Kingdoms', in style, by travelling all the ...

Upcoming Events

The travelling book fair will be returning to Herne Bay Junior School, just in time for World Book Day.

There will be a fantastic range of books available for all young readers to choose from and children can use their World Book Day (UK & Ireland) voucher to receive £1 off. Every purchase helps to earn books for our school, so your support makes a real difference to our library, too.

The book fair will run from Monday 2nd - Thursday 5th March from 3:15pm-3:45pm - see you there!

*PLEASE NOTE - we cannot accept cash payments. A 'tap and pay' service will be available to make all purchases.

Travelling Book Fair

March 2, 2026 Travelling Book Fair

We are bringing back our delicious World Book Day menu as part of the celebrations on Thursday 5th March.

As always, the menu has been carefully curated by our wonderful kitchen team and will be prepared on the day using fresh produce.

This will be in place of the usual Thursday option. Children should notify their class teacher on the day if they would like this for their lunch. Payments for school dinner can be made via school money.

March 5, 2026 World Book Day special menu

We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5th March and children are invited to come dressed as a book character of their choice.

All children will receive a World Book Day £1 off voucher and there will be a £5 book voucher prize, for one child in each year group, which can be spent at the book fair. Costumes do not need to be new, there are lots of easy ideas online that can be made from items you may already have at home.

The day will be a wonderful opportunity for children to share their favourite books, discover new stories and celebrate reading whilst taking part in a variety of fun activities!

Visit the World Book Day website here for more information.

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