News and Events

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Our next PTA meeting is TODAY  Monday 5th October at 18.00pm.
This will be held in Heartlands High School in the new venue of the conference room, just by the main reception. Please make your way through the community entrance (gate 3) and then down to the conference room next to reception. All old and new member’s of the PTA are welcome and in this meeting we hope to find and elect our new Chairperson for this year and discuss further events in the calendar for the PTA to support the school.

Please note that this year’s Prospective Parent events for Year 6 primary school children are on the following dates:

Open Evening -Thursday 1st October, 17.30-20.00

Doors will open at 17.30. Visitors to Open Evening can queue up from 17.00 at the Community Entrance, Gate 3.
Tours will commence from 17.30 up until 19.30.
Presentations by the Head of School, Ms Roberts, will be held at the following times:

Presentation 1 –18.10

Presentation 2- 19.15

Presentation 3- 19.45

Open Mornings -Tuesday 6th October and Thursday 8th October, 08.30-10.15

Tours are only available by booking via the school’s website. The online booking form can be found at the following link:
http://heartlands.haringey.sch.uk/news-events/open-mornings/

• Please indicate your contact details, number of visitors accompanying you, and whether disabled parking is needed. Visitors booked on a tour will receive a confirmation email and should arrive at the main school entrance (Gate 2) at 08.30.
• After registration, visitors will be taken on a tour by student tour guides from 8.30-9.30.
• Following this, the Head of School, Ms Roberts will give a presentation; visitors will be able to ask questions after the presentation.
• The Open Morning will end at 10.15 and visitors will be escorted off the premises via the Community entrance (Gate 3).

The Autism Provision: Open Evening: Please note that our Autism Provision will conduct their Open Evening at the same time as the main school.

Upon arrival at the main entrance (Gate 2), please make the welcoming staff aware that you are visiting the Autism Provision. You will then be invited on a tour of the Provision with the staff attached to the Provision.

Open Mornings: The Autism Provision will also be conducting Open Mornings. These tours are only available by booking via the school’s website. The online booking form can be found on the link http://heartlands.haringey.sch.uk/news-events/open-mornings/. Please indicate your contact details, number of visitors requiring a tour,whether disabled parking is needed and your chosen time slots for your tour. Visitors booked on a tour will receive a confirmation email.

SEARCH days will continue this academic year for all students in years 7-11. Every half term there will be a SEARCH Day, in which students will take part in project learning. This will mean investigations, visits, special events, target setting and other ways of learning that build on what has been achieved in class. SEARCH days are combined of drop down curriculum days also encompass the PSHE (Personal, social, health and economic ), SMSE (spiritual,social,moral and cultural)  and the character curriculum.

The SEARCH days for the first term are as follows

SEARCH day 1  – Tuesday 22nd September

SEARCH day 2 – Wednesday 21st October

SEARCH day 3 – Thursday 12th November

SEARCH day 4 –  Monday 30th November

The Aspire group worked extremely hard making fruit cakes in this weeks catering lessons. Ms Fayodeka was very impressed with the fantastic citizenship and team work ensuring that their cakes were a real success.

   

   

Author Gill Lewis wins Haringey Children’s Book Award

Author Gill Lewis won the Haringey Children’s Book Award this month for her title ‘Scarlet Ibis’ which tells the story of two London siblings fighting to keep their family together.

Over 100 children joined together at Heartlands High School at the start of July to vote on their favourite shortlisted book and representing over 16 schools who have been taking part in this year’s inaugral award.

The Award process

Children in years 5 – 7 read 5 shortlisted titles chosen by local librarians written in the last 3 years. Students have been reading the books in their own school reading groups all term, as well as coming together for author visits and discussion days.

The shortlist

John Boyne, Stay where you are and then leave

Kate DiCamillo, Flora & Ulysses

Michael Foreman, The amazing tale of Ali Pasha

Gill Lewis, Scarlet Ibis

Piers Torday, The Last Wild

The ceremony

The HCBA ceremony included:

• Voting by children

• Opening remarks from Heartlands headteacher Simon Garrill & Deputy Mayor Ali Gul Ozbek

• Keynote speech on the power of reading from award-winning ‘Box of Demons’ author Daniel Whelan
• Speeches and questions from 2 of the 5 shortlisted authors Gill Lewis & Piers Torday
• Summer Reading Challenge feature from Sean Edwards, Principal Librarian Children & Youth, Haringey Libraries
• Bookstall supplied by Pickled Pepper Bookshop
• Display of participating children’s work

Quotes

Helen Swinyard, founder of the award said “our first ever Haringey Children’s Book Award has been so wonderfully supported by librarians, teachers and the local community that we are already planning for next year’s award. It was a great afternoon for everyone involved and a real boost for reading for pleasure in our borough, Gill Lewis was a worthy winner from a strong shortlist. We recommend reading all five shortlisted books!”

Schools who took part in the award ceremony

Heartlands High School

The future

Although 17 schools signed up to take part this year, Swinyard would like to see even more schools join in the future, to make this a truly borough-wide award. Schools wishing to take part should contact her at the school to join the mailing list. The award has also been set up without a budget and is looking for local companies and organisations to sponsor the award so that more children can benefit next year.
For for information, or to attend the award ceremony, please contact Helen Swinyard helen.swinyard@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk or at Heartlands 020 8826 1230