eSafety week

6th February 2017Mr O James
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This week is eSafety week and we are celebrating Safer Internet Day (Tue 7th) with a week of activities and information for students, parents and staff aimed at raising the profile of internet safety.

Parents, please click here to access free internet safety training, and click here to access further internet safety advice for parents. Be sure to stay in touch using #hhsdigitalcitizen @hhsharingey.

Students, please click here to take the ‘Smart Digital Citizen Quiz’ for your chance to win a new Chromebook.You can also click here to access internet safety advice for students.

Whole School Musical ‘Oliver!’

24th January 2017Hill

Preview 8th Feb, Show 9th Feb

We are very excited about our upcoming school show; students and staff are currently working incredibly hard to ensure it is even more successful than last year’s fantastic show, ‘Little Shop of Horrors’.

Tickets are now available on Parent Pay: see poster for more info.

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Late start – Thursday 19th January, 9.30am

18th January 2017Hill

Due to Year 11 Parent’s Evening on Wednesday 18th January there will be a late start for all students. Lessons will start at 9.30 prompt. Please ensure students arrive in good time for lessons.

Start of term – 2017

22nd December 2016Hill

A reminder, term time starts at 8.30am on 3rd January 2017, it will be Week A. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Mrs Roberts

Jack Petchey Start Project with the Saatchi Gallery

12th December 2016Hill

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This week we launched the Start project for 2016-17, a fantastic programme of gallery workshops and artist collaborations culminating in an exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. We took 30 fantastically talented year 8 students to the gallery where they experimented with a range of collaborative creative challenges exploring the theme of ‘Inclusion’. The students were superb: embracing challenge, working well in teams and producing some very exciting outcomes. We look forward to the next workshops in February.

Exciting news for year 11!

9th December 2016Hill

469444004_1280x720_EdExciting news for year 11!

All year 11 students will have free and exclusive access to the new Tassomai programme. Parents will receive a letter with more information next week.  

In a nutshell, the programme involves daily quizzing tailored to individual student needs.

  • The programme identifies individual strengths and weaknesses
  • Progress is monitored by parents and teachers
  • Special awards for students who fully opt in
  • The more you complete, the higher your grade!
  • 95% of students that complete the programme get a C or above
  • 56% of users got an A* or A
  • Tassomai works for students at all levels!

Tassomai is being launched in lessons next week to ensure all students are confident using it.

Happy quizzing from the HHS Science Faculty.
For more information look here:
https://www.tassomai.com/

Festive Concert 2016

9th December 2016Hill

 

DSC_0236_EdCongratulations to all the students and staff who were involved in the Festive Concert last night, and thank you to all of the parents, friends and colleagues that came to watch. The performances were outstanding and we raised over £200 from ticket sales and donations which will be split between the school charities and the 2017 Africa trip. Missed the concert? Come to watch Oliver! 9th February 2017 – tickets on sale from 12th December!

GCSE Exam Results – Dec 2016

6th December 2016Hill

This month we received our RaiseOnline Report from the Department for Education, which benchmarks our exam results in 2016 against other schools nationally. We were delighted to see that Heartlands High School is in the top 11% nationally for progress. This confirms to us that our belief in high quality teaching, targeted support and intervention and culture of high expectations work together to ensure that students make exceptional progress. The table below outlines the results in more detail. We are particularly proud of our excellent record in English, Maths and Science and of the fantastic progress made by our most able students:

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If you would like to find out more about our Examination Results please click on the link below which also allows you to compare schools by name or local authority.
https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables

Student Librarians visit Senate House Library

2nd December 2016Hill

img_0837_EdAs part of our Student Librarian programme, we took a selection of our huge team (how would the library run without them all?) on an aspirational trip to see a university library – Senate House Library.

We had a tour of the library, as well as being shown particular items from their collection to show their range and why different things are kept when others are not. We also learnt a little about what it is like to work there, and the different types of jobs within the organisation.

The building and collection are massive (you can see the tower behind the trees in the photos) and whereas some floors are open to University of London students (and the public!) most of the tower floors are request only by staff, as the shelves are so close together (to fit more books in). The building is often used for films because of its iconic design. It was designed by the same person as our local Southgate tube station!

We are very grateful to members of the library team for taking the time to show us around – Lisa Miller & Richard Espley.

Kids’ Lit Quiz 2016

2nd December 2016Hill
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During November 2 teams of HHS students in years 7 & 8 represented our school at the regional heat of this prestigious international competition!

This competition has been going for 25 years, in 11 countries! In our heat, students competed with those from the following schools: QE Boys; City of London; Arnold House; Wetherby; Lyndhurst; University College School; Orley Farm; Queenswood and attempted to correctly answer 100 questions – 10 per themed round – we can’t mention all the rounds in case this affects heats elsewhere in the world! But our boys’ team were top scorers for ‘Realms’.

Technically the visiting authors team won, but the prize was given to Queen Elizabeth’s School with 86/100 who go to the UK final in December. Hopefully they can win and go through to the world final in Canada! Sadly our students didn’t quite make it to the national final, but a good day was had by all.

The secret to future success? Keep reading!

Practice for next year using the App!