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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: ...[]
Read moreYear 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 […]...[]
Read moreGrowth 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 […]...[]
Read moreAuthor 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 […]...[]
Read moreYear 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 […]...[]
Read moreThe ‘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 […]...[]
Read moreForest 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 […]...[]
Read moreFoundation-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!...[]
Read moreYear 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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Day 4 at Grenville House – 04/04/19
The rain failed to dampen our spirits today – after collaborating together to build a sea-worthy raft we took to the water to test our handiwork!...[]
Read moreGrenville House – Day 3 continued!
3 April 2019
SUP or KUP? On the choppy waters of a breezy harbour it was more a case of Kneel Up Paddleboarding than Stand Up Paddleboarding! Lots of fun though – and lots of people got wet!...[]
Read moreGrenville House – Day 3!
The adventures continue… After a busy morning abseiling, caving, SUP and orienteering, the groups are off once again – more orienteering and SUP with some coasteering thrown in for good measure! It’s all go here!...[]
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Year 6 Residential Day 2
2 April 2019
The hailstorms, rough seas and cold winds did not stop our resilient year 6s from coasteering, canoeing and climbing the high ropes! We were incredibly proud of the children for overcoming their fears and giving new things a go! #growthmindset One lucky group managed to avoid the weather as they were deep underground, crawling through […]...[]
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Year 6 Residential Day One
1 April 2019
Year 6 arrived in sunny Brixham today! After making their own beds (which proved challenging for some) and unpacking their cases, the children took part in a variety of activities. Some groups enjoyed the glorious sunshine whilst paddle-boarding around the harbour; others ventured to Buckfastleigh to go caving and some children abseiled down the 80 […]...[]
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Holly Class Music Festival 21.3.19
25 March 2019
On Thursday 21st March, Holly class worked with sixth form students from TCS to create a musical performance to showcase to parents and other schools. The children sang, played guitars, ukuleles, drums and pianos, giving them an opportunity to display their musical talents to a sold-out audience during the evening show. Well done to everyone […]...[]
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Congratulations to Year 5 Mathematicians! 18.3.19
18 March 2019
Congratulations to our 5 mathematicians who took part in an inter-schools maths competition today. The children, from both Year 5 classes, were up against 3 other schools to solve a range of maths problems in a set time. The children represented their school amazingly well and triumphed over their competitors by a convincing 12 points! […]...[]
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World Book Day! 07/03/19
7 March 2019
Hazeldown School have enjoyed dressing up for World Book Day! Do you like our costumes?...[]
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