Miss Hamalis’ Bulletin – Monday 11 May 2026

Please find the email contact details of the staff: JS Key Contact information. Please could we ask that your specific query is directed to the appropriate individual and anything of a more serious nature is directed to a member of the Senior Team. Please note that Miss Hamalis needs to approve all requests for absences so please send them via the Junior School Office: jsoffice@channing.co.uk. 

In order to prevent unnecessary awkwardness and/or embarrassment, please remember to address members of staff by their title and surname. 

Please be mindful that staff may not pick up emails immediately (teachers will, of course, not be checking emails when they are teaching, running clubs or supervising pupils at break and lunchtimes) and may choose to take time to investigate the matter before responding. However, they will endeavour to answer your queries within 24 hours. Please do not think that a lack of instant response means a lack of interest on the part of the member of staff. 

Please note that staff are not expected to reply to emails outside normal school hours, weekends or during school holidays. If you have an emergency which needs to be dealt with before school next opens, please email: jsoffice@channing.co.uk. Please do not send communications or information to communication@channing.co.uk or info@channing.co.uk.

You can find the Channing Promise on the school website. This is something the whole school community upholds and underlines our values of respect, tolerance and inclusivity. We know you will be nothing short of respectful in your communications with staff and you can expect the same in return.

Please see below for details of clubs that will be cancelled in advance this term due to events or residential trips. These dates are also reflected in the SOCS club calendar. We encourage you to check this section and your SOCS calendar regularly to stay up to date with any club changes or amendments.

You are warmly invited to visit the Scholastic Book Fair, which will run from Tuesday 12 May – Friday 15 May. The girls will be able to choose from a selection of popular and engaging titles at a pop-up bookshop in the library. 

Please see the timetable below for when you are invited to visit with your daughter. If you are unable to visit on your allocated day, you are welcome to come along on another day. KS2 pupils can also visit to buy books with their vouchers during lunchtimes.

You can buy Scholastic book vouchers in advance here to use at the fair. To ensure the school receives rewards for purchases, please enter the name of our school – Channing Junior School – on the form. You will then receive a confirmation email with the voucher to print out. It is possible to make card payments at the fair with your smartphone, but as there is a form to fill in, we encourage you to buy a voucher in advance or bring cash payments to make transactions quicker on the day. 

Due to the book fair, the library will be closed in the mornings before school next week. Returned library books can be put in the ‘library returns’ tray in your daughter’s form room as usual.

Year 6 may visit the Book Fair on the afternoon of Friday 15 May after they return from the Isle of Wight, should they wish to.

Please be reminded that the deadline for all of the girls to hand in their Junior Duke booklets is Friday 12 June. The Certificate Assembly will be held on Monday 22 June to celebrate their hard work and achievements. Thank you for your support!

Any unclaimed and unnamed lost property (both uniform and non-uniform) will be out in the courtyard on the days and times below

• Thursday 21 May: 7.30am-8.30am & 2.50pm-5.30pm
• Friday 22 May: 7.30am-8.30am & 2.50pm-5.30pm

Any unclaimed items still remaining will be donated to charity (non-uniform) or the pre-loved uniform sale (uniform).

Due to ongoing access issues at Stanhope Road, we are unable to drive vehicles onto the field. This restriction impacts our ability to provide essential facilities, such as additional shaded areas and sufficient portable toilets, for a full-scale event.

To ensure that all pupils will still be able to take part in Sports Day safely, we have adapted the event as follows:

Friday 12 June: Key Stage 2 – Stanhope Road

Key Stage 2 events will still take place at Stanhope Road but will be split into two sessions to manage site capacity:

Years 3 & 4 (Lower KS2): 9.00am – 10.15am

• You will be able to drop-off at school or at the field on this date. Specific details regarding direct drop-off will be shared via Google Form by Form Teachers closer to the event. 
• Pupils will return to school with their forms to resume lessons, and can attend after school clubs and Late Owls as usual.

Years 5 & 6 (Upper KS2): 2.00pm – 3.20pm

• Pupils will follow their usual timetable in the morning and head to the field after lunch, escorted by school staff. 
• Collection will be from the field at 3.20pm.
• Only those attending Karate or Late Owls, will be escorted back to school by staff.
• A Google Form for collection will be shared by Form Teachers closer to the event. 

Special Treat: During lunchtime on 12 June, the CA has kindly arranged for every pupil to receive an ice cream from ‘Gussy,’ our long-standing Sports Day visitor. These will be enjoyed on the playground after lunch.

Friday 26 June: Reception & Key Stage 1 – School Grounds

Events for the younger girls will now be held on Founders’ Friday. These will be held at school to ensure appropriate access to facilities.

Reception: 8.45am – 9.45am
Years 1 & 2: 1.00pm – 2.00pm 

• Dismissal for Founders’ Friday will follow the afternoon session.

Information for Visitors

Parents and carers are warmly invited to attend the school-site events. However, please be mindful that space is limited. We kindly ask that you remain within the designated viewing areas, as the rest of the school will be in lessons and the girls will be moving between classrooms.

Summary of Changes

• Reception Friday 26 June ~ Location: Junior School Site, Time: 8.45am – 9.45am
• Year 1 & 2 Friday 26 June ~ Location: Junior School Site, Time: 1.00pm – 2.00pm
• Year 3 & 4 Friday 12 June ~ Location: Stanhope Road, Time: 9.00am – 10.15am
• Year 5 & 6 Friday 12 June ~ Location: Stanhope Road, Time: 2.00pm – 3.20pm 

We are delighted to invite all parents to our Open Classroom Event on Friday 26 June from 3.00 – 4.00pm.

This is a wonderful opportunity to visit your daughter’s classroom, as well as our specialist classrooms and explore the work she has produced in her books and share the learning she has enjoyed this year.

This is an informal, celebratory event where you will be able to browse books and projects, with your daughter guiding you through her learning and sharing what she has achieved across the year. It’s a fantastic chance to engage with her education and see firsthand how she has grown academically. In addition to classroom learning, specialist teachers will also be sharing highlights of learning in their rooms/spaces, and in the library, giving you a broader insight into the curriculum and co-curriculum.

Please note that all of the girls must be collected at their allocated dismissal time between 2.00 – 2.30pm, as no after-school clubs or Late Owls provision will be running on this day, to ensure the staff at school have adequate time to prepare the classrooms. We kindly ask that you collect your daughter at her dismissal time and then return to school for the event between 3.00 – 4.00pm. If you have time between dismissal and the start of the event, we recommend enjoying a visit to Waterlow Park or the surrounding local area.

Dismissal Times:

2:00pm: Reception (side gate)
2:10pm: Year 1 (main gate)
2:10pm: Year 2 (side gate)
2.20pm: Year 3 (main gate)
2.20pm: Year 4 (side gate)
2.30pm: Year 5 (main gate)
2.30pm: Year 6 (side gate) 

Alongside the Open Classroom, Miss Hamalis will be hosting a Parents’ Tea Party with Mrs Brant (Deputy Head), Mr Davies (Deputy Head Academic), Miss Jackson (SENCo), Miss Kilanko (Learning Support Teacher), Ms Francis (Alumnae Engagement & Archive Manager) and Mrs Mitchell (Development Manager) in Fairseat Hall. This will be a relaxed opportunity to spend time together, meet other parents and enjoy tea, cake and conversation.

We very much look forward to welcoming you.

The organisers of the Fair in the Square are still keen for volunteers to help at their event which is taking place in Highgate Village on Saturday 13 June.  If you could spare an hour or two to help with the set-up, stewarding, or packing up, please do reach out to Caroline, the volunteer organiser: thefairinthesquare@gmail.com

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• Monday 18 May 7pm ~ Finding our Feet with Friendships in the Early Years
• Tuesday 19 May 12.30pm ~ ADHD, Autism and Culture: Rethinking Diagnosis
• Thursday 21 May 12.30pm ~ Trauma – Responsive Workplaces

We are very much looking forward to welcoming the Channing Junior School community to our annual Chanfest celebration on Sunday 7 June in the Junior School grounds.

The Junior School will be transformed into an exciting festival, hosting: zorbing, hair braiding, go-karting, nail painting, inflatables, a tombola, laser tag, and of course games and prizes to be won! We will also have food and drinks stalls.

Buy your tickets now: https://buytickets.at/channingjuniorschool/2096514

If you have any preloved toy items (books, puzzles, games, soft toys, etc) to donate to the tombola or very small items for the ‘prize stall’, please place them in the blue labelled bins in the courtyard.

Every year, a Scholastic Book Fair is held in school to enable girls of all ages to buy books from a range of popular titles. A successful fair means that we are offered a wonderful selection of free books for the library and classrooms.

We are inviting parents to assist Ms Jupp (Librarian) with the fair after school between Tuesday 12 May – Friday 15 May.  This will involve tidying the book fair shelves, assisting with sales and a little bit of crowd control. Please sign up if you are able to help: Scholastic Book Fair sign up

Come and join the star-studded line up for North London Laughs Comedy Night at Alexandra Palace Theatre this Thursday 14 May: North London Laughs < Alexandra Palace.

This is a charity comedy night in aid of the Gastroenterology Department at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The CA is recruiting and confirming Form Reps for the next school year 2026/27. If you would like to continue or step into the role for your daughter’s form, or if you have any questions, please email jschanningassociation@gmail.com. 

The CA Reps are parent volunteers that help run CA-organised events and activities for our girls and their families, to organise form/year group socials, and to manage subs/arrange seasonal gifts for Form Teachers. You are supported by the Co-Chairs throughout the year.

• Leavers’ Party: Friday 5 June from 6.30pm at “Twenty at N20”.
• Y6 Tea Party and Rounders Match: Tuesday 30 June at 1:30pm (at school). Parents invited.

• Thursday 14 May: North London Laughs Charity Comedy night, Ally Pally – see details above
• Sunday 7 June: Summer fair ‘Chanfest’ held in the grounds of the Junior School
• Sunday 7 September: Pre-term picnic, Highgate Woods