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Book Clubs finish their first books!
Our year 5 and 6 book clubs have finished their first books, Front Desk by Kelly Yang and The Shark Caller by Zillah Bethell! Most of the members gave glowing reviews, some even stating, ‘It was the best book I have ever read!’ We are now moving on to two new books, Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick and Seaglass by Eloise Williams. We will let you know how they go, but read along if you would like to join in!
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Christmas brass at Hawley Wharf!
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Sports News
Hawley are thrilled to say that our Yr 5/6 football teams, both boys and girls, have started with great tenacity and are enjoying their new football league that they have joined. Whilst battling the weather and against teams that have been taking part for years, all 12 players worked hard and are excited for further matches. I would like to congratulate our girls team for becoming the first side to gain a victory, with goals coming from Dolcie (Y6) in an indoor match last week.
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Road Safety Week 19-23 Nov
This week is Road Safety Week and it is an ideal opportunity for all of us to remind the children about keeping themselves safe, whether they are walking, passengers in a vehicle or on their bikes or scooter.
We have reminded your children that, for the majority of them, they are too young to cross the road on their own. The oldest children need to be fully aware of how to cross the road safely.
As you are aware , we are quite concerned about the safety of the zebra crossing outside of our school. As previously mentioned, we have sought to find a way of getting drivers to notice that they need to slow down as they approach the crossing. As such we have purchased 2 ‘Parking Buddies’ (pictured below). One was purchased by the school fund and the other by Mr Kibrya, father of pupils in Year 3 and Year 4. Two may not be enough but we are hoping that they may make a difference
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Year 4 Dodgeball competition
Well done to some of our Year 4s who participated in the Camden wide Dodgeball competition which was held at Talacre last week. Children from 6 different primary schools played on mixed teams.
“It was great playing with the children from other schools, they were really kind,” said Maira.
We are really proud of our Year 4s who took part, they were great competitors and wonderful Hawley ambassadors!
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School Council elections!
Thank-you to all the children in years 3 – 6 who stood in our recent Hawley School Council elections. The children’s presentations to their classes were of an incredibly high standard and, in many classes, it was a tightly run contest.
We are delighted to announce our new school council representatives for this year:
Achol – Year 3
Alex – Year 3
Maryam – Year 4
Lucas – Year 4
Cassius – Year 5
Zan – Year 5
Jad – Year 6
Lana – Year 6
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Inter-school sports – Our first ever netball tournament!
Pupils from Year 5 and 6 have kickstarted the sporting calendar for the year by taking part in our first ever netball fixtures against other schools. Fielding two teams, the pupils worked hard throughout this week’s friendlies to get multiple goals and build their skills in preparation for our first ever tournament in two weeks time.
Congratulations to Zan and Shaima for being our first ever goal scorers!
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Meet the Parents’ transition event
Our Year 6 families are busy making school visits and
A ‘Meet the Parents’ transition was held at the school so that our families could find out about the local secondary schools. The event was very well attended and we are very grateful to the families and the very articulate Year 8 pupils who came to speak to us and share their experiences.
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Crossing the road!
Since we moved to Hawley some years ago, we have tried to address the concerning issue of the zebra crossing outside our school. Over the years parents have occasionally told us that they have had a ‘near miss’ whilst crossing the road with their children. This term there has been a sudden increase in the number of families reporting this issue to us.
We have a very concerned parent who has written to the local authority and approached TfL with this problem on our behalf. In order to support our case for the safety of the crossing to be improved, we really need any parents who have had a bad experience on the crossing to let us know. Our CCTV cameras can capture incidents but we do need to know when they occur.
Please come to the office to let us know so that we can keep a record of incidents.
In the meantime we have identified some safety bollards that we would like to purchase. However, we will need to raise funds to purchase them. We will be writing to you soon to let you know how we hope to raise the funds
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Art Club – Piet Mondrian
The children have been experimenting with collage as a medium to create art work inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian. They cut out red, yellow and blue squares and rectangles. They then printed bold, black vertical and horizontal lines on top. Have a look in the HART space to see all of their amazing work!