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Schools' Parliament held at Herne Bay High School
Today HBJS's School Council participated in the Schools' Parliament held at Herne Bay High School.
The focus for the day was Healthy Young Minds. The children engaged in a range of activities; yoga, puzzle and word games and an e-safety game run by some Year 6 children. A discussion about whether we treat our minds well as our bodies was also raised, the children were able to understand that they should.
Tennis Trip to Eastbourne
On Monday 25th June, the tennis club attended the Nature Valley International Tennis Tournament held at Eastbourne. With fantastic seats on centre court and the sun shinning, we started our day watching Andreas Seppi beat Denis Istomin in a three set match. World number two Caroline Wozniacki was next on court and she beat Camila Giorgi from Italy.
Fun and Sun at the Summer Fair!
Our annual Summer Fair was another great success – the grand total raised was £3066! The quality of the children’s stalls was remarked upon by many of our families who enjoyed the happy and friendly atmosphere. Thank you all for your contributions and for supporting the fair today.
School Games Silver Mark Award
We are delighted to announce that Herne Bay Junior School have achieved the School Games Silver Mark Award for the 2017/18 academic year.The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport.
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.
Year 5 Maths Challenge Morning at CCW
On Wednesday 20th June, six children from Year 5 (Rudra, Matthew, Fraya, Keir, Maisie and Samuel) travelled to Whitstable Community College to take part in the school’s first annual Maths Challenge Morning. It was a wonderful morning of competitive mathematics where, through hard work, resilience and team work, our team came third out of the eleven teams competing.
There were five rounds which got progressively harder but the children performed wonderfully and behaved impeccably. It was a close competition throughout; only two points separated the top four teams with third place being decided by a nail-biting ‘clincher’ question – how tall is Mount Everest in centimetres? However, fortunately for us, Keir knew the exact height of Everest in metres so it was merely a simple case of multiplying that by a hundred and the team secured third place – highlighting, the power knowledge can have in changing the outcome of a given situation.
It was an enjoyable morning for all the schools, staff and children involved and we certainly look forward to returning next year to compete.