Year 6: Oscars and After Party

It's the end of an era for our Year 6 children but they have most definitely started their last day at Hacton in style! The Oscar awards have been presented and the after party is in full swing! 

Achievements of the Week (w/c 11th July)

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. 

Congratulations to our Reading and Poetry Superst★rs this week! To achieve this award, all of these children have either read poems or books by their year group authors (Bronze is 5, Silver is 10 and Gold is 15). A big well done to this week's winners who have demonstrated great commitment and dedication to reading. 

Our Achievements of the Week winners should be very proud of their success! 

E for Effort and WOW! Winners (w/c 11th July)

In order to reward our pupils who have gone above and beyond in their learning each week and put in extra effort, each class teacher chooses one pupil to receive the E for Effort cup and certificate. 

This week, lots of teachers have awarded E for Effort to their whole class for their hard work and enthusiasm throughout this academic year. 

Here are this week's individual winners. Well done - we are very proud of you all! 

Times Table Challenge 2022

Throughout the year, Mr Hobson runs a highly competitive times table competition for our KS2 children. With each round of the competition, the points are collected in preparation for the big reveal of who the times table champions are going to be! 

Well done to this year's winners who scored 150/150 and 146/150! Very impressive results! 

Caring and Achievement Awards 2022

Proud parents and teachers joined our pupils in the hall for Hacton's annual Caring and Achievement assembly. Carefully chosen children were presented with awards for their academic achievement and their kindness throughout the year. 

At Hacton, we are incredibly proud of each and every one of our pupils and the way in which they represent the values of our school in the classroom, around the school and in our local community. It was an almost impossible task to select the winners but all of the children chosen have displayed outstanding kindness or impressive progress throughout the year. 

Congratulations to the wonderful children who were presented with awards this year. 

Year 6: Forest School

Last week, 6KB celebrated the end of their time at Forest School with a wonderful campfire. Despite the warm weather, everyone enjoyed hot dogs, s’mores and cups of hot chocolate around the fire. All the children toasted a marshmallow on the fire under the watchful eye of Liz Ladybird and Paul Pine. As the children enjoyed their snacks, we talked about the things we have enjoyed the most and what we could do to make it even better. Our favourite suggestion was a tree house and a park; we will see! 

Thank you for being wonderful participants over the last few weeks!

Sports Day 2022

Our EYFS pupils were the first to kick start our Sports Day line up! With smiles on their faces, our enthusiastic athletes hurdled, balanced and ran to encouraging cheers! Thank you parents/carers for making it such a special occasion for the children. 

Next, it was the turn of our KS2 athletes. The children took part in eleven different events that tested their skills of throwing, jumping, running and ball control. Fantastic teamwork was demonstrated by all. At different points of the afternoon, each team took a turn to be in the lead but the final result was decided by the highly competitive relay race! There could only be one winner and this year, the winning house was...Ascot!

Finally, it was the turn of our KS1 children. Heading out to the field in their red, yellow, green and blue outfits, our keen athletes were bouncing with excitement! The children took part in six different events including the relay, football dribbling and bean bag throwing. It was a close competition but this year, the winning house was...Goodwood! 

Year 6: Little Canada

Our Year 6 children are all packed up and ready to go! Look at those excited faces! 

Remember to keep an eye on our Facebook page for regular updates from their Isle of Wight adventure! 

Year 1: Music and Computing

In Music and Computing, Year 1 have been exploring rhythms: a series of long and short sounds. 

On the iPads, they have loved using Garage Band to create their own digital tracks by exploring the different instruments. One of their favourite challenges has been coming up with different clapping rhythms on the Beat Sequencer. 

In Music, they have also been exploring different rhythms using percussion. The children loved learning the names and how to play the various instruments. They then had to compose their own rhythm patterns using frogs (1 beat) and tadpoles (2 beats).

Year 2: St. Andrew's Church Visit

Year 2 enjoyed a fascinating visit to St. Andrew's Church. The children were able to learn about the history of the Church, explore the main features and participate in a range of exciting activities such as bell ringing. 

Well done, Year 2! 

Readers' Treat: Summer Term

There have been some great predictions this week and the children are definitely getting closer to guessing what it could be! 

Each week, the children in both our KS1 and KS2 assembly 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. 

Let's see if we can have even more of you participating in this round of the Readers' Treat! 

Awesome Attendance Winners (w/c 27th June)

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: 

Achievements of the Week (w/c 27th June)

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. 

Congratulations to our Reading and Poetry Superst★rs this week! To achieve this award, all of these children have either read poems or books by their year group authors (Bronze is 5, Silver is 10 and Gold is 15). A big well done to this week's winners who have demonstrated great commitment and dedication to reading. 

Our Achievements of the Week winners should be very proud of their success! 

E for Effort and WOW! Winners (w/c 27th June)

In order to reward our pupils who have gone above and beyond in their learning each week and put in extra effort, each class teacher chooses one pupil to receive the E for Effort cup and certificate. 

Here are this week's winners. Well done - we are very proud of you all! 

Year 1: Barnards Farm

Year 1 were extremely excited to be going on their first school trip. Even the drops of rain weren't enough to dampen the children's spirits! The children had a lovely time at Barnards Farm looking at over 100 different sculptures in the gardens. The children enjoyed exploring the gardens and their favourite sculptures included the Sitooterie and a bull made from different car parts. 

After an al fresco lunch, the children continued to explore the gardens before the making the journey back to Hacton. During the day, the children used their knowledge of sculptures and materials from our recent Science and Art units. 

Thank you to all the children who were extremely well behaved and to our lovely parent volunteers. 

Reception: Bog Baby

Reception have been focusing on the book ‘Bog Baby’ by Jeanne Willis. 

As part of the topic, we made our very own Bog Baby out of salt dough. During our 'Bog Baby' day, the children went pond dipping for number bonds to 10, made Bog Baby necklaces, sequenced the story and created a Bog Baby collage. Our highlight of the day was making bird feeders and collecting natural material for our Bog Baby habitats. 

What a fabulous day! 

Skipping Workshop

On Monday, we welcomed a fabulous squad of skipping coaches. The children enjoyed learning different skips and skills from the single bounce, to the 'lasso' and even the 'pretzel' skip! In the afternoon, we then came together as a whole school where some of our skipping stars wowed us with the brilliant tricks they'd picked up during the day. 

Well done everyone! Let's keep skipping, Hacton!