Welcome

Thank you to all our wonderful, caring, hard-working and highly skilled staff, who do such a professional job, day in, day out, for the benefit of our children. #Belonging #TheHHex #EsseQuamVideri

This year's summer school theme is 'Every Hero has a Story'. Parents, of children now in Year 6, who have received an invite, please complete the form by Friday 19th June to secure your child's place. #Belonging #TheHHex #EsseQuamVideri

Huge congratulations to Ms Hooker, who has received a Certificate of Achievement in the National Pearson Teacher Awards for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year. Ms Hooker's classroom is an exciting, safe, caring and wondrous place for all her students; her passion for them and for their learning every present. We are incredibly proud of our brilliant colleague. #TeachingAwards #ThankATeacher #TheHHEx #Belonging

Huge congratulations to Ms Rogers, who has been Highly Commended in the National Pearson Teacher Awards for the Transformational Use of Digital Technology. Ms Rogers oversaw our iPad launch and runs our NexusOne Programme supporting staff and students to become the digital leaders of tomorrow; safe, confident and skilled online. We are incredibly proud of our brilliant colleague. #TeachingAwards #ThankATeacher #TheHHEx #Belonging

And so, it is done... The hall is eerily empty and quiet as Year 11 have completed their last public examination. Words cannot express how incredibly proud we are of this cohort; they have showed unwavering #Resilience and upmost #Respect and #Responsibility for their own futures this year. We look forwards to seeing you all at Sixth Form Taster Days on the 25th and 26th June, your Leaver's BBQ on the 29th June, and your Prom on the 1st July. Congratulations to you all 🎉🥰🦸🏻 #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri Belonging

Lots of unpacking to do, but we are in! Students will be using it brand new science labs next week...

A small allotment area is being planted on the roof of East Block. Today several pupils from the Hub went up there to do some planting. We looked, smelt, and tasted a variety of herbs, and the children planted some into a new raised bed. In the future we hope to use some of the herbs we have planted in practical cooking lessons. Starting from next Wednesday 10th we are starting a new, small rooftop gardening club which will meet in room E001 during the first half of lunch. Anyone interested in joining should speak to Mrs Horbury in the Food Department for further information. We are incredibly grateful to Impact Food Group, our caterers, who have funded £500 of equipment and materials to kick start this project. #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #Belonging

Welcome to your sixty-second update! They say that if you want a brilliant school, a good place to start is a brilliant P.E. faculty; so how lucky we are! We invite you to join us for our annual Sports Awards on the 9th July, and we give all the info you need for our Sports Day on the 18th June. The final part of the trilogy is our traditional Fun Run, on the 24th June. Full details of all three are in the newsletter. A huge thank you to everyone who has donated books to our library. We also invite you to our Summer Concert, a chance to see the fabulous musical skills of our students on show, on 2nd July, and to the People's Emergency Briefing which we are hosting a live screening of on the 6th July. Year 10 Design Technology students have started their coursework projects, the English faculty welcomed Year 6 students from South Hill, and we had great success at the Athletics County League. Your newsletter is in your inbox, and on the website. Next week is Gold Week. Happy Friday everyone! #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #Belonging

Our English Team welcomed the wonderful year 6 students from South Hill school today. They experienced our school library and created a road map of their reading journeys. We hope they enjoy reading over the summer holidays before they join us in September! #TheHHEx #EsseQuamVideri #Belonging

We have made the decision that until the end of the academic year, students in Year 7-10 can wear either their normal school uniform or full P.E. kit to school. Please note that if students choose to wear full school uniform, they can remove their blazer and tie. Full school uniform includes school trousers/school skirt and school shoes - not trainers. If students choose to wear full school P.E. kit they must wear: - The HHS unisex or fitted polo shirt. - The HHS shorts or skort. - The HHS mid layer jacket, which is an optional item - With P.E. kit, students must also wear appropriate trainers. Crocs, sliders etc are not permitted. - With P.E.kit, students cannot wear alternative items of clothing (jumpers, hoodies, small shorts etc). Sixth Form students are expected to continue to follow our Sixth Form Dress code, but they can remove their jackets and tie. We have also made this adjustment to our staff dress code. Year 11 students are expected to continue to wear their school uniform for their exams, but they can choose to remove their blazer and tie. This is something that we trialled for the first time last year in the Summer term when we had an extended period of warm weather. The students were brilliant in following expectations and maintain our high standards. We hope that this flexibility helps them to feel more comfortable when it's warm. #Respect #Responsibility #TheHHex #EsseQuamVideri #Belonging

Welcome to your sixty-second update! It has been a busy week in the music department, with our students competing in the Scholars’ Battle of the Bands, and our Music Leaders from Year 12 supporting students at Oakleaf to prepare for their summer concert. Our junior mathematicians excelled again with 5 Golds, 26 Silvers and 35 Bronze medals. Please remember, that as the summer weather is here, to apply sunscreen before school, and carry some with you. The same goes for antihistamines for hay fever, if you need them. We encourage every student to have a re-useable water bottle and to refill them at break and lunch. You may bring and wear a hat outside. Hot off the press; we will repeat what we trailed last year and switch to wearing PE kit every day next half-term. This means proper school kit, with appropriate trainers. Last year's trial was a huge success, and we know that students will take on this adjustment with #Responsibility and #Respect. Full details are in the email which has gone home today. Well done to all those who competed in County Athletics, there are two matches left. Our Sixth Form students have been celebrating the great things said about them and our school in our recent Ofsted report. And we had a wonderful time and learnt so much about our students at the Year Eight ‘Have You Met’ event. When we come back after half-term it is Blue Week. Your newsletter is in your inbox and on the website. Happy Friday everyone! #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx

The forecast for tomorrow is 26°. We will allow students to wear their PE kit to school. Staff can also remove jackets and ties if they wish. Please note: Students can continue to wear full uniform if they wish. If they do so they can remove their blazer and tie. (If they’re wearing uniform this includes school shoes - not trainers). If students choose to wear PE kit it must full school PE kit. Alternative items are not allowed and they will be asked to change. Additional information will go out later today about uniform expectations after Half Term. #EsseQuamVideri #TheHHEx #Resilience #Reflection #Relationships