Our pupils have been very busy this morning preparing for our Jubilee celebrations this afternoon. From making and decorating cakes and biscuits, to preparing goodie bags, to writing letters to the Queen, to holding a tea party, to rehearsing their performances - we're in for a celebratory treat this afternoon!
This week, our pupils have met 30 inspiring and motivational individuals as part of our 'When I Grow Up' week. They have had the opportunity to practically explore each of the job roles, ask questions to their heart's content and fully embrace what their future career options may be.
We are so grateful to our volunteers and for all of the donations that we have received from the local community.
For our final day, our children have been able to meet a law student, a digital skills / IT training manager, a police officer and the fire brigade.
What another fantastic day our pupils have had!
Day 2 of our 'When I Grow Up' week has allowed our children to meet an Intensive care nurse, an Intensive care doctor, a quantity surveyor, a biomedical scientist, a cab driver, a vet / reptile breeder, a signal engineer for London Underground, an actor and a media person for Twitter. Also, our younger pupils have had the excitement of having a slot with Little City where they have been able to explore and role play multiple different job roles in the school hall.
We are so grateful to everyone who has been able to help us this week - a HUGE THANK YOU to you all! Day 3 tomorrow...we can't wait to see who will be joining us!
Day 1 of our 'When I Grow Up' week gave our pupils the opportunity to meet a graphic designer, a doctor, a beekeeper, a lawyer, an author, a cab driver, a firefighter, a pharmacist, an athlete and a marine unit police officer. They have also had the opportunity to experience bricklaying, plumbing and carpentry.
We've had an amazing start to our themed week and a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has carried out a session with our pupils.
We can't wait to see what tomorrow will hold!
The children in our P-HIC often have to attend Audiology Clinics to check their hearing levels, reprogram hearing aids and to get new mould impressions made.
This half term we were delighted to have a visit from Sannah Khan, a Senior Paediatric Audiologist from NELFT, NHS Foundation Trust. She was able to check all the children’s hearing aids and take mould impressions for those who needed them. The children had fun watching their friends have mould impressions (something they would not normally experience) and choosing their new mould colours without their parents! Even some of the staff were able to have impressions made which gave them an insight into what the children have to go through each time they have them done.
On Friday, our Year 5 pupils went to Thriftwood for an outdoor activity day. The rain may have been pouring and most of the children (and staff!) caked in mud but that was definitely not enough to put them off embracing the experience! From zip lining, to wall climbing, to archery - our pupils gave everything a go!
Well done, Year 5!
It's almost time to start the big reveal for the summer term Readers' Treat and the children have already started to make their predictions as to what it could be!
After half term, as part of our weekly E for Effort assembly, the children will be tasked with selecting a number card to remove. Each number card chosen will reveal a letter which will be needed to spell out the treat by the end of the term.
Good luck to our super star readers! Let's see if we can have even more of you participating in this round of the Readers' Treat!
At Hacton, we have introduced a celebration of our attendance. Each week, as part of our assembly, we will announce who the Awesome Attendance winners are. They will get to have our Attendance cup for the week and will be rewarded with a treat in recognition of their fabulous attendance.
See below for last week’s figures:
Congratulations to our Times Table winners this week! These pupils have hopped aboard the Times Table train to continue their journey to becoming a Times Table Champion. They have worked exceptionally hard to learn and master their multiplication and division facts.
Our Achievements of the Week winners should be very proud of their success!
To run alongside our Times Table Journey, we have introduced Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) to help our children to develop a secure understanding and quick recall of their times table and division facts.
Each week, class teachers will select a child in their class to enter the TTRS draw. At random, one child in KS1 and one child in KS2 will be chosen to win a prize.
To be in with a chance, you need to be regularly using Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com). Good luck!
Here are this week's winners!
In April, our KS2 P-HIC children read 'The Castle in the Field' by Sir Michael Morpurgo. This book was by the same author of 'War Horse' which they read last year.
After reading both books the children wanted to tell Sir Michael Morpurgo just how amazing his books were so they decided to write to him. Yesterday, excitingly, they received a postcard from Sir Michael Morpurgo in the post. He thanked the children for their kind words and recommended another book for them to read - 'The Puffin Keeper'.
