FREE to attend
Saturday 12 November 2016,
1.45â4.30pm
The local ‘get people writing’ organisation, Haringey Literature Live, invites you to a writing workshop at this year’s Chocolate Factory Open Studios. Two writing tutors (Kate Pemberton and Sara Langham) will take the group on a tour of a variety of artist studios, to get inspiration to write super-short stories (known as flash fiction). The group will the gather in The Long Lounge at Karamel cafĂŠ, to discuss, write pieces and share work. Students need to be accompanied by one adult (to come on the tour, and to hang out at the cafĂŠ during the workshops).
Please email helen.swinyard@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk to secure your child’s place.
1.45pm Meet at Karamel CafĂŠ, Coburg Road, N22 6UJ
⢠Group discussion on short stories and what might inspire them
⢠Tour of the studios
⢠Back at Karamel â discuss ideas, write stories
⢠Share work (no pressure to!)
⢠4.15/4.30pm ends
Haringey Literature Live is supported by Collage Arts (based at the Chocolate Factory) and Arts Council England, and specialises in getting local children and adults to try their hand at creative writing in all forms. www.haringeyliteraturelive.com
Barcelona Trip 2017
We will be departing on 3 July 2017 and returning on 6 July 2017.
We will be travelling by plane from Heathrow Airport to Barcelona
and staying in a high quality and modern hostel.
The cost of the trip is ÂŁ495 (there is a reduction for pupil premium).
The price covers the UK return airport transfer from school, flights
and continental transport, insurance, full board in the hostel, restaurants
and all entrance fees to Port Aventura theme park and Barcelona FC
Camp Nou stadium.
A deposit of ÂŁ80 is payable via parent pay by 3rd November 2016.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries about the trip
at ornella.shosola@heartlands.haringey.sch.
To download the above flyer click here
October 11th 2016 marked the UN International Day of the Girl, an opportunity to empower the future generation of women, celebrating their potential and enabling them to succeed, while demanding a world where girls and boys have equal opportunities.
Eight Year 10 Sociology students attended Women of the World (WOW) festival at the Southbank Centre, starting with an 8am mass speed mentoring session on the London Eye, seeing 250 London schoolgirls paired with 250 inspirational female mentors from a wide range of industries, everything from film to engineering, politics to sport, activism to fashion.
Students were invited to attend an inspirational afternoon of creative workshops, debates, discussions and performances at Southbank Centre. Covering the subject of female leadership and how to make a change, however big or small.
Girls in Physics Evening at Highgate School
Wednesday 9 November, 6.30â8.30pm
Highgate School invite girls in Year 9â13 and their female parents/carers to an evening of Physics. The event aims to give pupils an insight into current research and encourage them continue pursuing their interest in Physics. Our fantastic speakers will be Dr. Jess Wade from King’s College London, who will be talking about the Flexible World of Plastic Electronics, and one of her colleagues who has been working with the European Space Agency to design space suits.
Event Details
The event will take place at Highgate School Mills Centre, Bishopswood Road, N6 4PP on Wednesday 9 November. The event will run from 6.30 pm â 8.30 pm.
The evening will involve two talks, with a buffet dinner in between. The event is free including dinner but registration is essential, so sign up now! Whilst female parents/carers are warmly invited, pupils do not have to bring one to attend.
Pupils should sign up using our online form: https://goo.gl/by5VfN
Heartlands High School Ski Trip
Departing the UK on Saturday 11th February, arriving back in the UK
on Sunday 18th February 2017. We will be skiing in the resort of Pila,
in the Aosta Valley, northern Italy and staying at the 3* The Lodge.
The total cost of the trip is ÂŁ879 payable in installments as set out
in the above payment plan.
As part of the school’s enrichment curriculum, next year all students in Years 7 and 8 are being offered the opportunity to take part in a residential trip to an activity centre in Bude, Cornwall..
The centre offers a huge variety of activities including surfing, climbing, abseiling, canoeing and teambuilding to mention just a few. The trip will leave Heartlands on Monday the 27th March and return on Friday 31th March 2017.
A letter has been sent home with the students, please ensure reply slips are returned to the school’s Reception as soon as possible.  If you have any queries, please contact Mr Adcock, Outdoor Education Coordinator, neil.adcock@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk
Please click here to view letter.
Haringeyâs Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) needs your feedback!
 Please join a parent/carer coffee morning on:
Wednesday 5th October
10.30am â 12pm
This will be an informal meeting and discussion.
Markfield has been providing the SENDIASS (formally parent Partnership Service) for more than 15 years. We highly value the feedback regularly provided by parents/carers and young people.
We aim that this discussion group will help us develop the service further, through more indepth discussion about what works well and how we can improve.
Please come and share your ideas and experiences!
Come to Markfield
Markfield Road
N15 4RB
Please RSVP to familyadmin@markfield.org.uk if you are able to attend this coffee morning
We are not able to provide a creche.
Tea, coffee and cake provided!
On September the 15th we held a Parental Engagement Evening where staff met parents and pupils of year 7 and presented a host of opportunities and support mechanisms. The slide used at the presentation are here and the list of who presented what. If needed please contact us directly and we can outline further or answer any queries you have.
On Tuesday, 13th September, we held a party, along with hundreds of other schools across the world, to celebrate Roald Dahl Day.
Author Roald Dahl would have been 100 years old and we celebrated by joining a virtual classroom broadcast from the Cambridge Theatre, home of ‘Matilda’ the Musical, for games, quizzes, and a draw along with illustrator Quentin Blake.
Students received Roald Dahl badges and some received prizes for winning our quiz, dressing up and drawing competitions.
This event launched the Bookclub, which runs each Tuesday and Thursday after school. For more information and to view photos of Library events – please follow us on Twitter @LibraryHHS or on the library blog https://
