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 our winners:

Reception - Logos, Zakir, Ronald, Lenny, Louise
Y1 - Harry, Star, Rosie, Enrika, Nathan, Layla
Y2 - Brooke, Scarlett, Emily, Finley, Amina, David
Y3 - Evita,Fahtima, Dominic, Winston, Alfie, Taylor
Y4 - Freddie, Lexie, Maksimas, Esme, Summer, James
Y5 - Meyah, Schadrac, Hajar, Maya, Tommy, Billy
Y6 - Harry, Maegan, Holly, Ibrahim, Oliver

Year 3 - More Aboriginal Art

After we explored the themes and techniques of the Aborigines, we decided to have a go at producing our own interpretations of ancient Australian Art. As you can see, we focused on using dots to build up detailed and vibrant patterns.

Reception - Read Together

Thank You to all the parents who attended our first read together this morning. We had a fantastic amount of parents enjoying sharing a book with their child.

Taking Steps Magazine Launch

Over the past week, last year’s Year 5 JTAs have been leading assemblies in KS1 and KS2 explaining to the rest of the school their role in helping to edit the latest edition of Taking Steps magazine. The theme for this edition was cycling and the magazine is distributed to all schools in Havering, including secondary schools, which means over 20,000 children will receive a copy of this magazine! Among the topics covered by our JTAs in this edition were Bikeability, Bike Polo Club and riding along cycle route Sustrans 136. Well done to our JTAs!

Year 1 - Art

1D were very excited to be artists during our Literacy lesson sketching their chosen vegetable in their new art sketch books. Children asked to have some classical music on to help them concentrate and they wanted this to be shared with the Hilldene community.

Year 3 - Aboriginal Art

In Art we have been exploring the techniques used in Aboriginal painting. In particular we have looked at the tools they use and how they make paint using natural dyes. Furthermore, we have also examined how the Aborigines express their culture though their art and what makes their work so unique.