Hemingford Grey Primary School

🌞 Welcome Back! 🌞

We hope everyone has had a fantastic half term break and made the most of the glorious sunshine! If we're lucky, the second half of our summer term has taken note and will keep the sunshine switched on all the way through to the summer holidays... we're certainly keeping our fingers crossed! 🤞☀️

With just one half term to go, we're ready for a busy, exciting and memorable few weeks ahead. From school trips to performances, celebrations and all the wonderful learning still to come, the second half of the summer term is always one of the best parts of the school year.

For our Year 6 children, this marks their final term in primary school. There will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate their achievements and create lasting memories before they move on to their next adventure... but we're not quite ready to think about that just yet! 🥹

Please remember to send your child with a sun hat, water bottle and a layer of sun cream 😎

Here's to a fantastic final stretch full of smiles, sunshine and making memories together!

As we reach the end of another busy and successful half term at Hemingford Grey Primary School, we would like to say a huge well done to all of our amazing children for their hard work, resilience and positivity throughout the term. 🌟

From wonderful learning in the classroom to sporting events, trips, creative projects and special moments across the school, we are incredibly proud of everything our pupils have achieved.

A big thank you as well to our dedicated staff and supportive families for helping make our school such a caring and positive community.

We hope everyone gets the chance to enjoy some well-earned rest and family time in the sunshine.

We look forward to welcoming the children back refreshed and ready for the final part of the school year!

Rumour has it the sunshine is finally on its way… just in time for half term next week! ☀️😎

We’re looking forward to a fantastic final week of learning, laughter, and hopefully a little bit of sunshine before everyone enjoys a well deserved break.

Let’s make this last week before half term one to remember! 🌈📚✨

📚✏️ SATs Week is underway at HGPS! 🌟

Our fantastic Year 6 children began their SATs yesterday, and we are already so proud of the calm, confidence and resilience they have shown.

They have worked incredibly hard throughout the year and are well prepared for the week ahead. Remember, SATs are just one small part of their journey and do not define the many talents, strengths and qualities that make each of them so special.

A big thank you to our staff and families for their continued support, encouragement and, of course, those all important good breakfasts! 🍎🥣

Keep believing in yourselves, Year 6 you’ve got this! 💪⭐

🌟 Club Spotlight: Lunchtime Gardening Club 🌟

This week we’re shining a light on our fantastic Lunchtime Gardening Club! 🌱 🍓

Our young gardeners have been hard at work planting colourful flowers and carefully tending to our strawberry plants. It’s been wonderful to see their teamwork, patience, and pride as they nurture the garden and watch it grow.

A calm, creative space where children can connect with nature and learn new skills 😊
We’re so proud of everything they’re achieving! 🌸

Well done to everyone involved! 💙

💙Our School Food Bank – Donations Needed 💙

Our school food bank continues to support families in our community who may be finding things a little tough, and we are currently in need of donations.

If you are able to help, we would be incredibly grateful for any of the following items:
🥫 Tinned foods (meat, fish, fruit, veg)
🍝 Pasta, rice, noodles
🥣 Sauces, soups, baked beans
☕ Tea, coffee, hot chocolate
🍪 Biscuits, cereal, snacks
🧴 Toiletries & personal care items

📍 Donations can be dropped off at the school office.

Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a real difference to families in our school community.

💚 Thank you for your continued kindness and support- together, we can help ensure no one in our community goes hungry.

Friday Round-Up!

What a week it’s been! The days have been lovely and mild, making it a great time to be busy both inside and out.

Across the whole school, children have been busy sowing tomato seeds, which they’re excited to nurture and eventually bring home. 🌱🍅

There’s been football, cricket, dancing and that’s only at lunchtime! It’s been fantastic to see so much energy, teamwork and joy across the playground.

We wish all our families a restful weekend and look forward to another week of smashing it next week! Maybe there will even be enough sunshine for a cheeky BBQ this weekend… we can hope! ☀️🔥

Have a good one from the whole HGPS team 🙂

☀️ Welcome Back – Summer Term! ☀️

We hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable break! It’s been wonderful to see so many smiling faces back in school, ready for an exciting summer term ahead.

We’re already full of beans 🌱 (and not just because KS1 will be busy learning about growing them this term!) there’s such a buzz around school as we dive into new learning and experiences.

This term is always a special one, filled with sunshine (hopefully!), outdoor learning, trips, sports events, and lots of opportunities to celebrate all the fantastic progress our pupils have made this year.

To our Year 6 children, this is your final term with us – we’re so proud of you and can’t wait to make it a memorable one! 💫

As always, thank you to our families for your continued support, we appreciate you all.

Let’s make it a brilliant term together!

📣 Teaching Assistant Vacancy

We’re looking for a Teaching Assistant to join our amazing school community. Come and work with the best team ever and the most incredible group of children, in a school where teamwork, kindness and laughter are part of everyday life.

If you’re caring, enthusiastic and love helping children thrive, we’d love to hear from you.

Start date: As soon as possible
Post: Teaching Assistant (TA), 30 hours
Salary: Salary SCP 5-6 FTE £25,583 - £25,989 (Actual 30 hrs £19,678 - £19,990 per anum)

Contact: [email protected].

hemingfordgrey.sharepoint.com

🍰 𝐂𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐂𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐬 & 𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡-𝐔𝐩 & 💬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐆𝐏𝐒

We’ve got two great opportunities coming up for parents and carers at Hemingford Grey Primary School, and you’re warmly invited to both!

𝑪𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉-𝑼𝒑 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔 ☕🍰
A relaxed chance to come into school, enjoy a slice of cake and a much-needed cup of tea or coffee , and see some of your child’s recent learning shared in the main hall. You’ll also have time to flick through books in the classroom before children head back to class.
Class dates are on the poster – we promise good conversation, proud children… and cake.
(Nut-free donations very gratefully received!)

𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝑯𝑮𝑷𝑺 – 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏
📅 Tuesday 3rd March 2026
⏰ 4.00–5.00pm (via Teams)

Ever wondered why schools do behaviour the way they do? Or found yourself thinking, “That sounds familiar at home…”? 👀
This session will explain our behaviour support approach, how we teach expectations and positive choices, and how we respond to challenges in a calm, consistent way all with the aim of working together between home and school. There’ll also be time to ask questions.

Please scan the QR code on the poster to book your place.

𝑾𝒆’𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 – 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒌𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 💙