Year 6 Leavers' Treat

Sadly, we do say goodbye to our wonderful Year 6 pupils as they make their way to secondary school. Year 6 were treated to a meal, bowling and arcade games at Clacton Pier by the HSA and we would like to thank them very much for this very special evening.

Upper School Beach Trip

To celebrate the end of the school year and the fantastic achievements of our pupils, Upper School enjoyed a trip to the beach on the penultimate day of term. We took part in competitions to see who could build the tallest stone tower, dig the deepest hole and produce the most creative beach art.

Goodbye Year 6!

Our World Cup Activity Day

On Tuesday 1st July, two specialist teachers from 'The Red Panda Agency' visited us to teach us Capoeira Martial Arts and Football Freestyle skills.  Elias and Jamie are extremely talented and left us all speechless! Here are some photos of our own Capoeira and Football skills!
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Summer Term

Football fever has broken out in Upper School this term.  We are learning all about the World Cup and all the countries taking part.

Asia

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North America

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South America

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Africa

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Europe 

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Spring Term
Let's Explore!

Welcome to the Upper School Phase webpage! This term, our creative curriculum theme is 'Let's Explore'. We will be exploring Space: we will learn about the different celestial bodies in our galaxy, how our planet's movements provide us with different seasons, day and night, famous space explorers and much more!
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Space Maths!

Graduation Celebrations!
On Monday 31st March 2014, some of our Year 6 children graduated from the University Challenge project that the University of Essex runs with local primary schools.

The video on the left shows the children receiving their certificates from the Director of Admissions, after completing their course of activities. 

More news and photos can be found on our University Challenge page by clicking on the button below. 

You can also visit the University of Essex's webpage.
  • Wednesday 2nd April - 'Mission to Mars' Space activities with Jerry Stone from Spaceflight UK. Dress up as an alien or an astronaut! Red Nose Day Rocket Launch after school and 'Space is Big' presentation for children and parents at 7pm.
  • Friday 4th April - Year 6 Sleepover (JDRF Fundraiser), Non-Uniform Day and Easter Hat Competition.
  • Monday 7th April - Start of Easter Holidays.
  • Monday 21st April - Start of the Summer Term.
This term's teams are Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Venus and Mercury. By using Holland Haven's Core Values, the children can earn 'shooting stars' for their team. The final scores for the Spring Term are below! Well done to Mercury who have won the special treat! 
Mercury
914
Shooting Stars
Venus
680
Shooting Stars
Jupiter
555
Shooting Stars
Saturn
860
Shooting Stars
Neptune
423
Shooting Stars
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By Emilie

Year 6 SATs Revision

Please click on the pictures to the left or right to go to the SAT's Revision Page. Here you will find a wealth of resources and links to assist in your preparations for SAT's success. 
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By Lara

Autumn Term - The Victorians
In the Autumn term, our creative curriculum was themed around 'The Victorians'. We learnt about the lives of famous Victorians, toys for rich and poor children, school life, inventions, child labour and workhouses.

The children were put into teams: Barnardo, Shaftesbury, Dickens, Darwin and Brunel. By using their Core Values, they earned gold shillings for their team. The winning team was Dickens who managed to earn a fantastic 1267 gold shillings! Their special treat is an afternoon filled with activities of their choice. They can choose between Cookery with Mrs Birt, Drama with Mr McCarthy, ICT with Mr Goldsmith or Gardening with Mr Bradbury. Come back soon to see photographs of their afternoon antics!
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Gold Shillings
1225
Gold Shillings
974
Gold Shillings
1267
Gold Shillings
1021
Gold Shillings

Literacy

At the start of the Autumn Term in Literacy, we learnt about poetic language techniques and studied 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. This poem is about a battle during the Crimean War in 1854. Here is a video clip of Miss Webb's Literacy set performing the poem. 

Our Victorian Day

We spent our Morning in a Victorian Classroom. Mr Grey was very strict and we were scared of getting anything wrong. Here are some pictures showing the experiences we encountered.