Some of our pupils went to the Guardian to interview authors for World Book Day, see the video below!
We are delighted with an excellent report from Challenge Partners about the standards of Achievement, Teaching, Partnerships and Leadership in the school. Challenge Partners are an organisation who lead school improvement initiatives through collaboration between schools. This half-term they completed an external review of the school and judged that we have ‘improved beyond the Good grade as judged by Ofsted in the schoolâs last inspection’ and that our school improvement strategies are ‘outstanding’. We believe that consistently good and outstanding teaching at Heartlands has put us on a course to outstanding results in summer 2015 and it is very encouraging to have this confirmed by an external assessor.
To view the report in full please click here
Parents and Carers are invited to an evening of indulgence and pampering from 6-10pm on Friday 13th March.
A £5 entry fee comes with a strip of raffle tickets, giving you the chance to win a free treatment, chocolates or bottle of wine. There will also be free herbal teas, tea/coffee and nibbles on offer. Payment for treatment(s) to be made directly to the therapist. It promises to be a relaxing and enjoyable evening in the company of other parents and some of our staff.
If you wish to make an appointment please telephone the school, 020 8826 1230.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes for a wonderful evening!
The Heartlands PTA
The St Thomas More Sixth Form Open Evening will be held on Wednesday, 28 January 2015 from 4.30 – 6.30pm.
Address:
Glendale Avenue, London N22 5HN
Following excellent attendance at the Year 9 options evening, parents and carers are reminded that the deadline for choices will be February 5th. This is also the date of the Year 9 parents evening.
Please discuss the choices with your child: please note the options booklets and the options evening presentation are also attached online:
This is a key event in which students and parents / carers will find out which pathway you are on, which options are available to you, and how the options process will work. There will be stalls to visit, teachers to talk to, and a big presentation to explain the process at 6pm.
Students must attend with parents / carers: if this is impossible they should obtain a note and get permission from their Head of House to attend alone BEFORE the event. Students need to attend in uniform and to bring a pen.
After the evening there will be a month to consider options. The deadline for forms will be February 5th.
100% attendance and 100% engagement with the process are essential! See you there.
We look forward to seeing all students back in school on Monday 5th January at the normal time of 08:25.
Local Open Events this week:
Thursday 13th November, 6 – 8.30pm: Wren Academy, Hilton Ave, London N12 9HB
Saturday 15th November, 9.30am -3.30pm: Woodhouse College, Woodhouse Road, Finchley, London N12 9EY
Saturday 15th November, 10am-3pm: Southgate College, High Street, Southgate, London N14 6BS
On Saturday 11th October, we were very excited to open our doors and offer a range of workshops to Heartlands High School students and their families.Parents, carers, siblings and cousins all got stuck into different learning activities including making clay sculptures, experimenting in the lab, practicing their P.E.As and creating UV photo prints. The feedback on this event was fantastic and we look forward to offering similar experiences to our local community in the future.If you have any ideas or suggestions about family learning activities, please email tessa.hall@heartlands.
Tessa Hall
Head of Art
Head of Art
Our first SEARCH day of the year is this Friday 12th September, SEARCH Days are our days of active learning and are very popular with the students.On SEARCH days we finish at the normal times for the school day at 15.10pm, except on Fridays where we will finish at the new time of 13.50pm.
This Friday 12th September we will be  holding a Year 7 parents âmeet and greet sessionâ. This is a chance for new parents/carers to get to know your childâs tutor.
Current students from Years 8-11 will be dismissed at 13.50pm â even Year 11, who usually have PE for two hours on Friday afternoon.
All our Year 7 students will stay on site until 14.20pm or until their parents/carers arrive for their meet and greet session.
We will ask Year 7 parents and carers to enter via the Main Entrance from 14.00pm. Please do not come before as we will be dismissing the other year groups. Your child will then come and collect you from the Central Forum and take you up to meet the tutor.
If you wish to come and meet your childâs tutor please complete the reply slip on the letter sent home on Tuesday 9th September  and ask your child to return it to the Main Reception by Friday 12th September by 8.30am. This will enable us to assess numbers.
This is a fantastic opportunity to discuss the first two weeks transition period for your child and discuss how you feel the start at Heartlands has gone.
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