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Hogwarts Day

What an fantastic day we all had today! Both children and staff looked great in their costumes and the school was buzzing with excitement on Friday morning. To start the day off we naturally sang the Hogwarts School Song before proceeding to our Dramatic Spell Casting Competition which was won jointly by Nathan and Edward - well done boys! Our Best Written Spell Competition was won by Amber Bayford for a great spell that was also beautifully presented. See the Photos
Mrs Patten provided a great lunch which included Quidditch Pie, Broomstick Salad, Cockroach Clusters and Mrs. Weasley's Rock Cakes. See the photos
The afternoon included inter-house Quidditch matches which resulted in Griffindor coming 1st, Slytherin 2nd and Hufflepuff 3rd. The pupils also played against the staff but the staff won 6-2. See the Photos
Following that was Broomstick racing in year groups which was great fun with Alex being King of the Broomstick! See the Photos and the Winners
Lots of other activities went on in classes during the morning and we all felt that this was a really great way to celebrate National Book Week.

Jacey Carn
Principal

Click on the video to see us sing the Hogwarts Song!

Heathcote Represented Beautifully!

Recently two of our children visited Felsted School for a Design and Technology Day. I was delighted to receive the following email from the Head commenting on the beautiful manners of our children and saying how well they represented the school too. Well done girls - we're all very proud of you!

Jacey Carn
Principal


Dear Mrs Carn,

I am sure that you will not be surprised that Sophie and Tayler were exceptionally good ambassadors for Heathcote today during our DT day, and they were a great credit to themselves. They exuded a great sense of fun, produced the best rocket (it flew further and for a longer time than anyone else's) and displayed tremendous manners. Well done!

With best wishes,

Charles Allen

Countdown to Hogwarts Day!

Yes - it's only 5 days to go until Heathcote turns into Hogwarts for the day!! New Houses have been allocated to the children -
Nelson will become Slytherin,
Raleigh will become Hufflepuff and
Drake will become Gryffindor.
Don't forget to make your house ties to wear to assembly that day children. If anybody needs some inspiration for ideas, costumes, potions etc then have a look at the 'Heathcote turns into Hogwarts' page on the website
Notice board.

The spell casting competition is hotting up and the Quidditch teams need to start practising for their match too!!

Jacey Carn
Principal

The 3 R's - Reduce, Re-use, Recycle

Today we were visited by Mr. Steve Collins from Essex County Council's recyling department. He gave an assembly and talked to different year groups about the importance of recycling our waste, especially plastic objects.
He showed us a wide range of products that have been made from recycled materials, including fleeces made from carrier bags, aprons made from road signs and bags made from tin cans!

Both children and staff found it very interesting and we all feel even more determined to recycle now in school.

Jacey Carn
Principal

New Banner

We have added a new banner to the front of the school to compliment the flutter flags that were added at the beginning of term - maybe people will now start to realise that there is a school here and come and see how good we are!

Jacey Carn
Principal

Strictly Street Dance!

Mr. Kelly's Street Dance Club started today and was very popular with boys and girls joining in the fun. Some of teachers joined in too - well done Mrs. Dines, Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Hessing. Great fun was had by all and rumours abound of a demonstration in assembly at some point this term! Don't forget to view the videos on Phanfare and to practise your routine - John Travolta watch out!!

Jacey Carn
Principal