Thank you to everyone who attended Parents' Evening appointments over the last two weeks and to all the parents and carers who completed the Parent View survey. Your views are very important to us and we appreciate you taking the time to share them. As you may be aware, everyone who completed the survey received a raffle ticket and was entered into the prize draw for £25 Tesco voucher. The lucky winner was drawn in assembly today. Well done to the parents of Renee in Year 6!

To access the results of the survey please follow this link

Parent Info

Parent Info is a new service which provides a collection of articles, tips, expert advice and resources designed to help parents keep up with what their children are doing online. You can find the link on our website in - Parents Info, More information, at the bottom of the page.

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 - Amelia, Archie, Jason, Victoria, Jobei, Ava -Mai

Y1 - Harley, Lilly-Mai, Alfie, Freya, Brooke, Jayden

Y2 - Owen, Freya, Beau, Archie, Sania, Harvey

Y3 - Layla, Calum, Sophie, Sinem, Alfie, Isabella

Y4 - Alfie, Amber, Saffa, Oliver, Tilly, Bobby

Y5 - Daniel, Michael, Matthew, Lucy, Bobby, Mollie

Y6 - Emma, Owen, Alex, Tayler, Cydnee, Joshua

LSG -  Charlie and Daniel

Reception - Harvest Time!

Our green-fingered Reception children have been watching the vegetables growing in our garden and were keen to help when it was time to gather them in.  As part of our harvest celebrations Mr Winch showed the children how to make soup with the vegetables they had grown and they were very excited to taste it!  We are pleased to say that all the children were happy to taste the soup and thought it was delicious!

Harvest at Hilldene!

Harvest Festival was celebrated last week at Hilldene with pupils and staff joined by school Governors and Russell Moul (St Paul's church) to give thanks. Songs were sung...thanks were given...heads were bowed in quiet reflection, as we all considered everything we have to be thankful for.

Thank you to all the generous pupils and parents who kindly donated food items which made a colourful display in our halls and the Nursery.  Your donations were distributed to members of the local community nominated by the pupils and their families.

Thank you again for your continued support.

National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day, the annual mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical, marked its 21st birthday on Thursday 8 October 2015. To mark the occasion, poetic pupils learned and performed poems by the children's laureate Michael Rosen.

Mayor of London's Music Scholarship award

Congratulations to the very talented Abigail, who proudly received  a four year music  scholarship during a ceremony at City Hall hosted by Mayor of London,  Boris Johnson and ambassador for the Mayor’s Music Fund, YolanDa Brown.

Read all about it here!

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 - Samiya, Cohen, Freya, Jimmey, George, Lacey

Y1 - James, Joe, Liam, Simrah, Ava, Georgina

Y2 - Billy, Wendy, Joshua, Grant, Alexander, Jordan

Y3 - Jackie, Joel, Kiera Sydney, Jada, Abbie, Michael

Y4 - Alfie, Molly, Nancie, Peter, Shannon, Taylor

Y5 - Demi, Ben, Kasey, Faria, Grace, Jack

Y6 - Renee, Damani, Bradley, Jessica, Cydnee, Harrison

LSG - Daniel, Charlie

Secondary School Applications

We have been asked by the Borough to forward this information to you. If your child is due to start a Secondary School in September 2016 please do not forget to apply for a place online before the closing date of 31st October 2015 (we recommend you do it before this date in case of any problems).

If you have already applied online and have received an email confirmation containing an application reference number then you can ignore this message.

If you have not yet applied please visit www.havering.gov.uk/admissions and click on “apply for a schools via eAdmissions” on the right hand side of the page (if this link doesn’t work please copy and paste the address into a website search engine such as google.co.uk).

You will need to register for an account (or use an existing account if you have previously registered). Once registered you will be able to make your application.

If you require any assistance with you application please contact the Havering School Admissions Team on 01708 434600 (option 4).

Guide to Assessment at Hilldene

Thank you to all the parents who attended the meetings last week explaining the new assessment system at Hilldene. For those parents who were unable to attend, the presentation used is available here.

Year 1 - Assembly

Friday saw the Year 1 pupils perform their Parent assembly to a huge crowd. The children rose to the occasion and gave us an animated rendition of 'We're going on a bear hunt' by Michael Rosen. It was great seeing so many faces there so thank you for your continuing support.

Netball - Vs Broadford

On Tuesday we played our first High 5 Netball match against Broadford. It was a nail biting game which resulted in a 3-3 draw. The team were a credit to the school and played with passion, determination and skill. We're looking forward to our next match on Tuesday 20th October at Mead Primary School. Come along and give us a cheer! 

Sports People of the Week

Each week outstanding performance, effort and achievement in P.E and sporting activities is identified by our qualified Sports Coaches and class teachers. Pupils who shine in lessons, clubs and activities outside of school are recognised and celebrated each week in our Friday celebration assembly. 

Well done to all the children for their fantastic sporting efforts last week!

Nursery - Fruit Tasting

The nursery children have been learning about different fruits and vegetables this half term. Today the children tasted some exotic fruits that they had brought into nursery from home. They enjoyed talking about what they looked like, how they tasted and the textures they could feel. 

Football - Broadford VS Hilldene

Hilldene football team kicked off the new season positively,  with a resounding victory over the reigning champions (Broadford Primary) last Thursday.  After withstanding a strong challenge from the Broadford boys in the first half, our Hilldene heroes played as a unit demonstrating fantastic team work. Their 1-0 lead from the first half  was extended early in the second with another set piece move started by, the “man of the match”, Bobby.   With a third goal five minutes from the final whistle, our defence remained rock solid and stopped the relentless attacks from the  persistent Broadford team to keep our score sheet clean.    
 Congratulations on the final score - 3-0 ! 


Special thanks to all the support received from friends and family. Hopefully, the terrific team will continue their winning ways in our next match against Brookside Juniors. 

Year 2 - Poetry Week

Here are some videos of the year 2 children reciting ‘Tiffy Taffy’ by Michael Rosen for poetry week. The poem is as follows:

Tiffy taffy toffee
on the flee flo floor.
Tiffy taffy toffee
on the dee doe door.
Kiffy kaffy coffee
in a jig jag jug.
Kiffy kaffy coffee
in a mig mag mug.'

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:

 R - Ruby, Alex, James, Taylor, Callum, Evie

Y1 - Bobby, Amelia, Freddie, Kyla-Mai, Megan Teddy-Ray

Y2 - Alexander-Lee, Hajar, Lexiann, Cayden, Kyron, Marhli

Y3 - Robyn, Luis. Kiera, Bernadas, Cameron, Emilia

Y4 - Callum, Angelo, Jessica, Aiden, April, Sheera

Y5 - Rui, Jake, Aiste, Daisy, Jessica, Luke

Y6 - Owen, Petra, Samantha, Cain, Shay, Alfie

LSG - Charlie, Daniel

Year 3 - Shape week!

Last week in maths lessons, pupils in Year 3 were developing their knowledge and understanding of 2D and 3D shapes. Whilst some pupils used iPads to take photographs of real life shapes identified around the school, other pupils used materials to make their own 3D shapes. Without a doubt, sharing their findings and explaining their learning enabled everyone to develop their understanding and learn from each other and also have fantastic fun! . Homework this week was for the pupils to explore their homes and gardens to identify, draw and name shapes found in their home environment. We look forward to finding out what they have discovered!

Census Day

Thank you for your support in encouraging your children in Reception and KS1 to have a free school meal yesterday.

Everyone appeared to enjoy their lunch and we hope that for some this may encourage them to take up the opportunity of a hot meal at lunch time more often.

Once again, we thank you for your continued support.