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Personal PE Challenge Week 4 – Frog Jump Relay

8 February 2021

Here is the personal PE challenge for Week 4. This week’s challenge is to have a go at some frog jumps within a relay course. Have a look at the video to see what the challenge entails:...[]

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Marathon Runner

1 February 2021

One of our delightful Year 3 children has completed a marathon through January. She ran a total of 26.2 miles with her Dad (and younger sister for the last mile) in aid of Prostate cancer U.K. She managed to raise an incredible £420. What an achievement that is!...[]

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Hazeldown PE Challenge Week 3 – The Plank Challenge

31 January 2021

Here is the personal PE challenge for week 3! This week’s challenge is to see how long you can hold the plank position for. You can use the video to help you if you need to:     Remember to share any photos or videos of your efforts!...[]

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PE Challenge Week 2

25 January 2021

Well done to everyone who took part in the Week 1 PE Challenge.   Here is the second challenge: the ‘Step Up’ challenge. Remember to send any pictures or videos of your attempts!  ...[]

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Local Estate Agents, Chamberlains gift 5 tablets to support the children with remote learning

21 January 2021

On Wednesday, Mr Ludford took delivery of 5 new tablets from Mark Thompson, Senior Negotiator, at Chamberlains Estate Agents in Teignmouth. The company gifted them to the school as part of their charitable work supporting the local community. They are a very welcome addition along with 16 Chrome Books from the Government. This means the […]...[]

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Year 4 Hook Day for Burps, Bottoms and Bile

18 January 2021

For the Hook day, we had an exciting time learning about the digestive system- including the names of each part such as the oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestines as well as the rectum and anus. We learnt how the food enters and moves through our body. We carried out an investigation to show the […]...[]

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PE Challenge – Week 1

Hello Hazeldown, Each week, there will be a PE challenge for you to have a go at to make sure we are keeping active whilst learning at home. This week’s challenge is ‘Speed Bounce’. Watch the video below and then have a go yourselves. Remember we would love to see your efforts – you can […]...[]

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Year 5 – Remote Learning.

9 January 2021

Year 5 have been extremely busy completing their remote learning. They have shown some fantastic resilience in taking everything in their stride. We have really enjoyed our zoom sessions and it’s been so lovely seeing all of your smiling faces. Keep up the fantastic work year 5!! Have a look at this video of all […]...[]

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Forest School Autumn 1

23 October 2020

It has been an incredible first half term of forest school. The majority of our pupils (including our children from Little Acorns) have enjoyed several sessions so far! This week’s focus has been celebrating the Autumn harvest alongside enjoying some Halloween fun. There has been a clear focus on building positive relationships and collaborating to […]...[]

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Ebony Bubble Displaying Their Artistic Talents!!

13 July 2020

Last week, in Ebony Bubble, years 3, 4 and 5 all focused on their art skills in their learning journeys. Here are a few examples:          ...[]

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Year 6 Pupil – Lifesaver! 23.06.2020

23 June 2020

We are so proud of one of our fantastic Year 6 pupils – Jay! Jay was out on his boat when he heard that a kayaker was in trouble out on the water. He motored out on his boat and attached the kayak so that he could tow in the kayaker until the Lifeboat could […]...[]

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Sing along with Mr Quint. A song to help us remember to stay in our ‘Bubble’ 09.06.20

9 June 2020

This is a fun song to help the children remember to social distance. We talk about staying in our bubble and not going into anyone else’s bubble!! Sing along – you will recognise the tune!!      ...[]

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Our day at Hazeldown – Willow Class – 5.6.20

5 June 2020

This week the children have really enjoyed themselves back at school. As one of the extra SOLE tasks set by Mrs Simister, the children have put together a video to show what they get up to.  ...[]

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Holly Class – Our time at Hazeldown – Written by Charlotte

3 June 2020

Charlotte in Holly Class has written this lovely poem to mark Year 6’s time at Hazeldown:   Our time at Hazeldown When we were younger we came to school, Some shy and sad and some the happiest of them all. But now we’re older all happy and true, We like to come to school to […]...[]

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Growth Mindset band recipients – Spring 2 and Summer 1

28 May 2020

The coronavirus pandemic may have impacted our ability to attend school but it has not prevented us ‘Hazeldowners’ from demonstrating the fact that we have growth mindsets! All of the individuals in the attached video have been nominated by their teachers for doing just that during either the second half of the Spring Term (before […]...[]

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A big Hazeldown Thank you!

14 May 2020

As always, here at Hazeldown we find different and unique ways to show Empathy, Collaboration and our Relationships. We show respect to others and value our community. Our values shine through in all that we do. All of these values and beliefs can be seen throughout these difficult times and none more so from this […]...[]

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Author Visit 17th March 2020

17 March 2020

John Dougherty author of over 30 books including ‘There’s a Pig Up My Nose’ and the ‘Stinkbomb and Ketchup Face’ series of books was in school reading extracts from his story and poetry books. John also played his guitar and sang songs with the children. There was time for questions and answers at the end […]...[]

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Year 6 News Reports 12.3.2020

12 March 2020

Using a green screen app, our year 6 pupils have brought their writing to life, creating news reports on the importance of exercise. Watch their reports below:...[]

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Whole school – Classical Musicians visit Hazeldown 05.03.20

5 March 2020

We all had a fabulous treat today as we were entertained by two exceptional classical musicians Alfie and Rebecca. This was organised as part of the Teignmouth Classical music Festival. They played all manner of instruments including violin, viola, bassoon, glockenspiel, xylophone and piano. They played music from a range of composers and periods. Both […]...[]

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World Book Day 5th March 2020

The children all looked amazing in their World Book Day costumes, thank you to everyone that helped with the costumes. In addition to dressing up for World Book Day, we held a Share a Million Stories assembly. The children sat and listened to a story called “Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella” which is 100 years […]...[]

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Share A Million Stories event 4th March 2020

Foundation children were invited to the library after school where they enjoyed colouring in pictures of Zog and making Zog masks. The session finished with the children listening to the story of Zog with some great audience participation....[]

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Library- ‘Share a Million Stories’ total 3.3.2020

3 March 2020

One of our hard-working librarians has been helping Mrs Hurt to collect the ‘Share a Million Stories’ totals from each of the classes. The total of stories shared so far are a whopping 1374! Well done everyone; keep on sharing!  ...[]

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Grenville Day 5 – 28/02/2020

28 February 2020

Wow, what a brilliant week! All of us (children and adults!) have had a fantastic 5 days. The children have demonstrated so many of our school learning values and we have been incredibly proud of how they have pushed themselves to achieve things they didn’t think were possible! Additionally, they have been so polite and […]...[]

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Grenville Day 4 – 27/2/2020

27 February 2020

We have had another excellent day at Grenville House with the sun even making an appearance for us! Pupils have continued to overcome fears and have achieved things they never thought they could. They have also continued to demonstrate excellent positive relationships and collaboration – always offering to help and encourage one another. Some of […]...[]

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Another amazing day at Grenville

26 February 2020

Year 6 have had another amazing day with caving, coasteering, canoeing, high ropes and stand up paddle boarding. We have put together a short video capturing some of the best moments so far. Enjoy....[]

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Day 2 Grenville House 2020

25 February 2020

Today was a day of overcoming fear and showing a great deal of resilience! Throughout the day, all pupils took on the elements during their coasteering activities. Some of the groups were jumping off rocks into a stormy sea during a hail storm- which seems to have become a bit of a Hazeldown tradition at […]...[]

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Year 6 Grenville Day 1 – 24/02/2020

24 February 2020

Year 6 arrived today in a slightly wet and windy Brixham! After making their own beds and unpacking their cases, the children took part in a variety of activities. Some groups ventured to Buckfastleigh to go caving; others climbed the high ropes and some took to the sea after building their own raft.  ...[]

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Teignmouth Learning Community Football Champions – 15/01/2020

16 January 2020

Yesterday, a team of 8 footballers went to TCS to compete in the annual learning community football tournament. Out of 7 games, they won 6 and drew 1, conceding no goals along the way. They demonstrated all of our school learning values, with all of them putting in 100% effort, which made them a group […]...[]

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Future musicians!

10 December 2019

Cherry class have been working really hard over the Autumn term learning to play the plastic trombones. The children were so proud of their achievements that they invited their parents in for a full performance to see their progress. The class performed amazingly!! The parents were then invited to have a go…… it’s not as […]...[]

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Year 3 Scrumdiddlyumptious Celebration Event

Year 3 have been working really hard on their fantastic learning journey “SCRUMDIDDLYUMPTIOUS”.  All the children were invited to their celebration event with a special golden ticket inside a chocolate bar wrapper. The year group (including the teachers) then came dressed as their favourite characters from the class reading book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, to […]...[]

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The ‘Compass for Life’ Journey

25 November 2019

At Hazeldown, we are extremely passionate about supporting our pupils to achieve anything they want in their later lives. After working alongside Floyd Woodrow, who is an internationally known, motivational leader, we were inspired to use his ‘Compass for Life’ theory to help our children plan their journeys towards their ‘North Star.’ Thank you to […]...[]

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Year 6 Netballers – 20.11.19

20 November 2019

Tonight, a team of year 6’s took part in a netball tournament at TCS. They played brilliantly as a team, with lots of communication and collaboration. The team played six games altogether, jointly winning their group. Overall, they finished 4th after a very close semi final and then only missing out on third place by […]...[]

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The Lunchtime Training Team 18.11.19

18 November 2019

Today, some of our year six children started their new roles as part of ‘the lunchtime training team.’ They sat with the younger pupils, modelling the importance of table manners and supported them to follow the rules and routines during lunchtime. In addition to this, they helped our lunchtime staff to serve the meals and […]...[]

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The first ‘Always Club’ of 2019-2020

1 November 2019

Congratulations to the children who were chosen by their teachers as our ‘Always Pupils’ for the first half term of the academic year! The children were chosen because they are role-models to others; they always do the right thing at the right time and they always put maximum effort into their work. They have been […]...[]

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A Heartfelt Thanks!

10 October 2019

Thank you for all your donations to help with the upkeep of the defibrillator and we were also able to make a donation to the British Heart Foundation. In total we raised a whopping £335.10.  ...[]

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Year 3 River Visit 20.9.19

20 September 2019

This morning, Year 3 visited a river to see all the features they have been learning about in school. The children took part in a variety of activities to further their growing knowledge of rivers.  The activities included: kick sampling to find creatures that live in the river; taking water and soil samples for further […]...[]

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Year 3 Compass for Life Celebration Event 06.09.19

6 September 2019

This week the whole school have been focusing on their Super North Stars. The children have worked extremely hard on mapping out their future aspirations. These have included their values, strengths, the team around them and magnets (barriers to achieving their goal). This has also been linked to Growth Mindset and Inspirational Maths.    ...[]

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After School Club Party 18.7.19

19 July 2019

Yesterday afternoon, the children who attend our after-school club were treated with a stunning, Alice in Wonderland- themed tea party! Thank you to Mrs Heal for her incredible effort and creativity to organise this wonderful event; our pupils absolutely loved it!    ...[]

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Fly away! 05/07/2019

5 July 2019

Today Year 3 said goodbye to the butterflies we have been looking after for the past four weeks.  When they arrived they were caterpillars, just 8mm long.  We fed them and watched them grow until they were ready to become cocoons.  In total, five of our cocoons hatched and today we released our five Painted […]...[]

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Forest School – 28/06/19

28 June 2019

Year Three have had a fantastic time over the last two days taking part in Forest School activities on our wonderful school field.  We have hunted for treasure, played hide and seek, learnt about fire safety, lit a fire and baked damper bread and smores!  How lucky we are to have these wonderful school grounds […]...[]

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Year 6 Speed Check

24 June 2019

On Friday, a selection of Year 6 children were able to take part in a fantastic opportunity: a school speed check with two local police officers. Katie and Fynn have outlined what they had to do below: “When we did the speed check there were two police officers. One of the police officers had a […]...[]

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Sports Week Results

17 June 2019

After a brilliant Sports Week, we can now announce the final results. 4th place – Blue Team with 933 points 3rd place – Red Team with 945 points 2nd place – Yellow Team with 962 points And the winners, with 1003 points, are… THE GREEN TEAM Congratulations to the Green Team and to everyone that […]...[]

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Thank you!, Pond, 17.6.19

An enormous thank you to everyone who came along to help with the construction of the pond on Saturday. We couldn’t have done it with out you. Here are some photos of the amazing team. One of our old pupils, whose now at secondary school, also came back to lend us a hand. One of […]...[]

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Hazeldown Sports Day – 5th June 2019

6 June 2019

The whole school had a fantastic day yesterday! The children showed lots of resilience to get to the finish line in their individual races. They also showed that they could work well in a team when they took part in the team events. Well done to every child who took part! Also, a big thank […]...[]

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KS2 Gymnastics Competition 4.6.19

4 June 2019

As part of sports week, 28 pupils from each of the KS2 year groups represented their team in a gymnastic competition. They had to perform a sequence which consisted of a range of elements including forward rolls, cartwheels and a number of balances. In addition to this, they performed a vault. All individuals scores were […]...[]

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Kicking off Sports Week – 3.6.2019

To start off Hazeldown’s sport week, the whole school took part in wake up, shake up. We were all able to show off our dance moves! Further to this, Years 3 and 5 took part in ultimate frisbee sessions and Years 4 and 6 took part in lacrosse sessions. The children were able to learn […]...[]

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SATs Week and Bacon Sandwiches

16 May 2019

Year 6 pupils have completed their SATs week! We are incredibly proud of all the children’s positive, resilient attitude which they consistently demonstrated throughout the week. A big thank you goes out to Booker Wholesale (who provided the children with Bacon for the week) and to Morrisons Supermarket (for supplying the rolls). Eating bacon rolls […]...[]

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Foundation-New Arrivals 9/5/19

9 May 2019

Look at our new arrivals! We have been watching all the developments and another chick has hatched this morning. It was all soggy when it first hatched, but it is starting to dry and look fluffy!...[]

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The Leap of Faith! 04/04/19

4 April 2019

At Grenville House this afternoon, in slightly damp circumstances, 13 of our Year 6 children faced their fears, attempted – and in most cases took – the leap of faith! Very proud of their resilience and team work!...[]

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Year 6 Residential Day 4

Pupils continued to overcome fears and surpass their expectations- achieving things they never thought they could. There were lots of happy faces and memorable quotes including: ‘It feels so good to be alive’ Lexi ‘I am so entertained’ Lauren ‘I thought I wouldn’t like this activity but it turned out to be my favourite’ Oliver...[]

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