With great sadness, staff and pupils bid a fond farewell to Mrs Davenport today. After 11 very successful years as Headteacher at Hilldene Primary, she is now leaving to spend more time with her lovely family, particularly her two gorgeous grandchildren. During her busy time at the school, Mrs Davenport has always inspired, motivated and encouraged all members of the school community to be their 'best best' through her positive and determined outlook. Without a doubt, Mrs Davenport will be greatly missed; however, staff, pupils, parents and governors wish her every happiness in the future and a restful, relaxing retirement!

Decorated Egg Winners!

Well done to all the children who beautifully and creatively decorated eggs for the annual Decorated Egg Competition. All the staff were completely amazed and extremely impressed by the imaginative and creative designs. Picking the winners was difficult...very difficult!


Congratulations to all our winners!

Year 5 - The E-safety Rap!

Year 5 have been working very hard this term. As part of their ICT lessons, the children created their own e-safety rap to inform others of the dangers of the internet. They thought really hard about the lyrics and messages they wanted to put across. Mrs Delmonte and the staff were very impressed with the rap and the children enjoyed performing it to the whole school this week! 

You can watch the rap here below: 

Toddler Group Troupers!

Thank you to all the children who have helped each week at the Toddler Group this term. Mrs Elliott and all the staff are extremely grateful for all their invaluable help and support! Well done!

Toddler Group celebrate Easter

This week the children and their families at Toddler Group celebrated Easter. After having great fun making beautiful bonnets  and baskets for the Easter Parade, a special visit was paid by the Easter Bunny and Easter Elf ,who gave out special chocolate eggs to everyone...causing great eggcitement!

Thank you to Abigail and Aston, for playing the Easter Bunny and Elf characters so convincingly!


We wish all our families who attend Toddler Group a very Happy Easter and look forward to seeing you all again when we return on the 22nd April 2015.

Year 6 - Library Visits

Pupils in Year 6 visited the local library on Wednesday morning and discovered how to access information books online. In order to read books at home on laptops and tablets, the eager pupils explored how to access E-books. Some advantages of reading E-books (which were discussed) were being able to read books at the same time as their friends, borrowing books for as long as they want to and not having to carry lots of books around! 

After having time to look at both the books available in the library and online, everyone excitedly chose a book to borrow which they then took back to school to read!

Reception - Easter Bonnet Parade!

On Wednesday, pupils in Reception enjoyed parading their Easter bonnets in school.  We are very proud of how hard the children worked at home to make their beautiful bonnets.  Well done! 

Year 2 - Music Festival

Pupils in Year 2 had an amazing time on Tuesday taking part in the Havering Music Festival with five other schools.


Hilldene pupils beautifully performed a collection of songs with the theme 'Toys and Games' with Mead, Brookside, Broadford, St. Ursula's and Pyrgo Primary schools. All the schools enjoyed singing together and performing their own songs. A big thank you to Mrs Wheeler for helping Year 2 pupils prepare and perform so wonderfully!

Weekly Golden Book Winners

Every week, teachers identify 2 outstanding pupils in their class who have had a fantastic week either academically or socially or both! These pupils are entered into the Golden Book and are announced during our Friday morning celebration assembly. Our fabulous winners in the infants receive a certificate in assembly and parents of the 'golden' children in the juniors receive a letter home, informing parents of their child's fantastic achievement.

Congratulations to last week's winners:

Reception - Thomas, Burak, Freya, Carlton, Tatum, Samuel

Y1 - Skye-Autumn, Charlie, Audrey, Billy, Ellie, Jimmy

Y2 - Reggie, Connie, Holly, Camron, Shanice, Ronnie

Y3 - Teddie, Riana, Rihana, Ronnie, Dovydas, Elaina

Y4- George, Keira, Luke, Holly, Lucy, Kasey-May

Y5 - Joyce, Michael, Ella, Joshua, Arnold, Claire

Y6 - Flo, Sean, Eimantas, CJ, Aaron, Annabelle

LSG - Nathan, Charlie

Keep up the great work!

Nursery - Mark Making

Last week, the children in the nursery had great fun mark making, using a giant roll of paper. Whilst laying on the floor, they created wonderful pictures. They also been practised holding their pens correctly using the tripod grip and trying to form letters correctly. Well done everyone!

KS2 Maths Challenge Winner!

Congratulations to last week's winner of the KS2 Maths Challenge. Well done to all of the junior children who took part this week.

KS2 Assembly - Talking Pants

Guidance from the NSPCC for keeping safe was shared with the children in assembly today. 

Please see this document for all the information.

Netball News

Hilldene High 5 netball squad, showing off their skills during a special training session with an All England coach.  We are very proud of how they listened and followed Shona’s instructions. Well done! 

Hilldene Girls Football Tournament

On Thursday 12^th March teams of Year 5/6 girls took part in our cluster schools' first girls' football tournament at Hilldene Primary. Three other schools from the local area competed in seven a side matches, all hoping for victory.

The competition was tough and the Hilldene team worked extremely hard throughout, demonstrating great team work.  Mead Primary were victorious, with Hilldene placed in second place. All staff and parents who attended praised all the girls for their valiant efforts and outstanding behaviour; we hope they enjoyed the experience!

Would like to thank Mr Huggins and Mr Steenkamp for their support in making the tournament possible. 

Weekly Golden Book Winners

Every week, teachers identify 2 outstanding pupils in their class who have had a fantastic week either academically or socially or both! These pupils are entered into the Golden Book and are announced during our Friday morning celebration assembly. Our fabulous winners in the infants receive a certificate in assembly and parents of the 'golden' children in the juniors receive a letter home, informing parents of their child's fantastic achievement.

Congratulations to last week's winners:

Reception - Stephany, Sonny, Bianca, Lexi, Joey, Amy-Leigh

Y1 - Wendy, Harry, John, Tilly, River-ray, Caden

Y2 - Daniel, Lily, Sumaiya, Charan, Joel, Maegan

Y3 - Charlie, Feyisola, Taylor, Ozlem, Owen, Elaina

Y4- Ellie, Ruby, Doru, Grace, Charlotte, Tyler

Y5 - Jennifer, Maxim, Kieran, Molly, Owen, Ruby

Y6 - Josh, Kimberley, Toni, Madisson, Joseph, Megan

LSG - Nathan, Owen T

Keep up the great work!

Year 1 - Red Nose Day

On Friday 13th March we wore red clothes to school to raise money for Comic Relief.  We especially enjoyed modelling our Red Noses!  Well done Year 1!

KS1 Maths Challenge Winner!

"Tim rolls two dice and adds the spots together, what could his total be? How many different totals can you find?"

Congratulations to our winner in year 1 who filled three post it notes with his ideas! Well done to all the Infant children who took part this week.

KS1 Maths Challenge Spring Week 10

Do you like a puzzle or challenge? Can you think creatively? If the answer is 'yes', our weekly Maths Challenge is perfect for you. Each week there will be a fresh challenge to give your grey matter a work out. Most of the activities are open ended - it is about having creative ideas to apply to your maths.

Simply post your ideas on the Math Challenge board on a Post It note and each week a winner will be selected and announced in Celebration Assembly.

Remember...you have to be in it to win it!

Good luck!

Year 2 World Book Day

Year 2 had a very exciting time dressing up for World Book Day on Thursday 5th March. They enjoyed reading special books and had lots of fun doing activities related to reading on the day.