School
Closed
The
school will be closed to all pupils on Thursday 24th April. Fuller
information is contained in the April newsletter and in a separate
letter of explanation sent home on Monday.
Learning Platform
It
is mainly children in Y6 and Y3 who have login access to the platform
currently, but all are welcome to watch
this (very exciting) space.
WWII Project
Year
6 celebrated the culmination of their World War II history project
with a visit to Newhaven Fort and an evening at Hailsham Public
Library.
The Pied
Piper
Years
3 and 4 performed their spring production on Wednesday 2nd April.
Everyone agreed the singing and acting were both superb.
Watch the video...
Rotary
Winners
Our
team won the 2008 Rotary Quiz held at Marshlands. Lying second as
they came in to the final round, the team eventually won the Quiz,
two points clear of Grovelands in second place.
Mr Lucchesi accompanied the team: Adam T, Harry, Heidi & Polly
Big Sing
Hear
our children singing 'Let It Be' on Sovereign
Radio, Wedensday 12th March 4.20pm. At some point afterwards
you should be able to listen again on the webiste.
School's
2-Day Closure
After
being forced to close on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th January because
of blocked drains, the school re-opened on Thursday 10th.
However, (as explained in Mrs Cobb's letter) we have been advised
that although the drains have been cleared there is still a fault
(at the point where the school's drains join the main sewers) that
will require further attention and in the meantime may give rise
to a repeat of the problems experienced this week. East Sussex are
in touch with Southern Water to see when the work to permanently
repair this fault will be carried out.
Jargon
Buster - Baffled by educational jargon?
Help is at hand, with the TES
Jargon Buster
Let It Be
part 1 / part
2
Rec/Y1 Nativity Movie
Y2 Nativity Movie
Outstanding
Hawkes
Farm is considered an "outstanding" school, according
to its most recent OFSTED inspection.
Aladdin
The
Y5/6 production of Aladdin was performed to parents on Wednesday
18th and Thursday 19th July. Here are the links to the picture galleries
and movie files.
Wednesday
movie
Thursday
movie
Wednesday
gallery
Thursday
gallery
PGL Visit
Gallery
Book Award
Hawkes
Farm hosted the presentations of the 2007 East Sussex Schools
Book Award on Wednesday 20th June. The event was attended
by six schools. The winning author, Rick Riordan, was unable to
receive the award in person as he is American. But a message from
the author was displayed:
Reading groups from participating schools had been reading the five
shortlisted titles for several months before voting for their favourite
book. Here is the Hawkes Farm Book Group holding up copies of all
the shortlisted titles. Michael Morpurgo's Adolphus Tips
came second.
Arts Week
The
school enjoyed an exciting week of multicultural arts activitites
from 11th - 15th June which included dance workshops, music workshops
and drama workshops in a programme devised and organised by Mrs
Harley, MIss Graves, Miss Porter and Mrs Stockdale. Instead of regular
Good Work assemblies, each class shared their experiences with the
rest of the school by giving a short presentation.
Step aboard Y1's flight to Spain - Gallery
pictures by Katie Y6
Wildlife
Garden
Hawkes
Farm's new wildlife garden was officially opened on Friday June
8th 2007 at 11am. A representative group fo children from all yeargroups
attended the ceremony, while Mrs Izon, chair of the Friends, looked
on as Mrs Cobb cut the ribbon.
Pyke
House - 5GB gallery
Playtime
PhotoStory
Snow
White
Years
3 and 4 gave a memorable performance of Snow White and the 7
Dwarves on Thursday March 22nd. Photos in the picture gallery
were taken by Mrs Harley. The movie was recorded during the dress
rehearsal.
Picture Gallery
Movie
Spring
click image for slideshow
Snowfall
click image for slideshow
Isabel,
Y6, presenting a cheque to Jancine Potts from St Wilfrid's Hospice,
alongside the Mayor, Mr Ellwood. Isabel, on her own intitiative,
raised money for the hospice by doing a sponsored walk round Abbots
Wood.
Sports
Day 2006
See
the full Sports Day gallery!
Summer
Fair Gallery
Members
of the Book Group, attending the final award ceremony of the East
Sussex Children's Book Award, presented to Joshua Doder for his book
Grk.
Residential
Trips
Pyke
House Picture Gallery
PGL Activity Weekend
Goodbye
/ Hello :)
Mr Alexander contemplates his Goodbye card in the final assembly of
the Christmas term after completing a highly successful teaching practice
in Year 2. We wish Mr Alexander all the very best in his future career.
UPDATE - Mr Alexander is now completing his NQT year in Y3.
older news...
Daniel &
the Lions
Picture
Gallery
Performance Highlights - moviefile
Everybody who watched the Y3/4 production (performed in the afternoon
and evening on Thursday March 23rd) agreed that standards of both
singing and acting were superb. It was greatly enjoyed by all. Well
done to both yeargroups.
In
The Nets
The
new sports wall and nets saw a day of action on Friday 24th March,
with PE co-ordinator, Miss Graves, leading a number of classes in
activities using the lane feature provided by the netting. On hand
was Mr T Tapp, instrumental in the fundraising for the 'wall' and
in its installation.
Still
Winning!
The
school netball team won the local netball tournament held at Hawkes
Farm on Wednesday 22nd March. The school now holds both the netball
and the football cup concurrently (see below).
Keep On Winning!
The
school football team won the local tournament on Wednesday 15th
March to keep the cup. We have retained the football trophy so consistently
in recent seasons, it's becoming hard to remember the last time
Hawkes Farm didn't win this event!
Kabubbu
Visit
On the last day of term a group of children from the Kabubbu School
in Uganda visited. After performing some of their songs they socialised
with Years 5 & 6 and joined the rest of the school for lunch.
The Quicken Trust,
a local charity which supports the education of these African children,
was presented with a cheque made up of donations received at the
school's Christmas concerts and carol service.
The Kabubbu children sing:
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Song With Drums 1
Song With Drums 2
Carols
The
KS2 children had their annual carol service at St Mary's Church
on Tuesday December 13th.
Carol
Clips: 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Nativity
Shows
Watch
The Bossy King
Watch
It's A Baby
Christmas
Fair
The
first major event organised by Melanie Izon and the new committee
of the Friends of Hawkes Farm was a resounding success.
Christmas Fair takings exceeded £2000, with final funds raised
(after expenses) expected to be not much under that figure. The
fair was opened by the Town Mayor (delegating for MP Charles Hendry,
who was suffering with scarlet fever). Just before 2pm the queue
stretched into Hawks Road and took over 40 minutes to pass through
the entrance.
Big
Sing
BigSing Clips
Clip 1
- Clip 2 - Clip
3 - Clip 4
IMPS
On November
10th one of the Year 6 classes took part in a series of training workshops
led by members of the Injury Minimisation Programme for School (IMPS).
Find out more about this organisation on
their website.
The other Year 6 class have their training next Thursday.
Skipping
Workshop
On Wednesday 9th November selected playleaders from Y6 received
skipping training in the afternoon and then gave Y2 - Y5 a demonstration
of techniques that could be used in the playground.
There was a further skipping workshop after school. Skipping ropes,
priced £3.95, will be available from the school office for
the next two weeks. Children's names should be taped to the plastic
handles.
Blue Peter
Badges
This group of children recently received individual green Blue Peter
badges in recognition of the website they designed while in Year
2.
Go
here, to find out about Blue Peter's latest appeal:
They are asking children to collect unwanted mobile phones and coins
for the Blue Peter Treasure Trail Appeal. By recycling these coins
and mobile phones, you can raise money to help Childline answer
even more phone calls from children who really need to talk to someone.
Thomas (Y4) now has both a blue and a green badge!
Endangered
Species
Check
out this
microsite by a group of Y2 children at a lunchtime workshop tutored
by Mr Munro.
The
Rocky Monster Show
See pictures from the Y5/6 production:
Matinee/Thursday
cast
Wednesday
night cast [NEW]
Specialist
TA
Penny
Gaunt of CfBT presenting Mrs Pearce with her Specialist Teaching
Assistant Certificate.
KS2 Sports
Day
Picture
Gallery
Summer
Fair
The Summer Fair raised well over £3500 thanks to the support
of everyone who attended and the hard work put in on thr day and beforehand
by Karen Sellens, her committee and their helpers.
Picture Gallery
Gymnast
Visit
Picture
Gallery
Cricket
Presentation
Mr Carpenter, on behalf of the local branch of UNISON, presenting
two bags of cricket gear to some of the school's cricketers.
The school's cricket club is highly appreciative of the union's
generous sponsorship.
Particularly
Successful
Hawkes
Farm has been identified by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector
of Schools (OfSTED) in his 2003/2004 Annual Report as an extremely
effective school. The report gives special praise for fewer than
10% of schools inspected during 2003/4. Hawkes Farm was the only
East Sussex school commended as 'particularly successful'.
See
the list...
Governors'
Report
Read
the Governors' Annual Report for 2003/4, published January 2005:
WORD format
PDF format
Romans
Quiz
Try
out Flashclub's ROMAN
QUIZ, specially designed for Year 3, but anyone can
have a go.
Can YOU get ten out of ten?
Jean Ure
Visit
Popular
children's author, Jean Ure, visited the school on Friday 19th November
2004 and gave children from Years 4, 5 & 6 a riveting author
talk and then signed copies of her books.
Olympic
Athlete Visit
Olympic
pole-vaulter, Nick
Buckfield, visited the school on Wednesday October 20th to formally
recognise the school's Activemark
GOLD status. Years 2 - 6 were given a talk and Q&A
session after which Nick gave Year 6 a special gymnastics workshop.
The visit was co-ordinated by Amy Graves, the school's PE Leader.
Bob Lake, the LEA Manager for PE, and Julie Jackson, PE Development
Officer, were special guests.
Walking Bus
x 4
 All
four Walking Buses (+ 'mini-bus') pictured here with Mrs Cobb after
arriving at school on May 25th 2004. ALL ABOARD - they are still
going strong.
School
For Spuds
Picture
taken by Mr Pashler, when driving past a farm near Coventry!
[Click image for larger view.]
Movie
Clips & Picture Galleries
 Alice
Gallery1 &2
(password protected)
Alice
The Movie (broadband only)
Y5
Drumming Movie-taster
Christmas
Bazaar - View the gallery...
Hear
Wealden Brass Band 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Christmas
Lunch 2003
KS2
Christmas Parties 2003
Whoopsadaisy
Angel
Clips 1
- 2 - 3
- 4 - 5
Image
Gallery
Witnesses
Image
Gallery
Clips
1
- 2 - 3
- 4 - 5
- 6 - 7
-
8
- 9 - 10
- 11 - 12
- 13 - 14
KS2
Sports Day 2003
KS1
Sports Day 2003
Y6
French Visit 2003
Pied
Piper - Y3/4 2002
Clips
Clip1
~ Clip 2 ~
Clip 3 ~ Clip 4 ~
Clip 5
Clip 6 ~
Clip 7 ~ Clip
8 ~ Clip 9 ~ Clip
10
Giant
Slayer 2005
Movie
Stills
Red
Nose Day '05
BigNose
Movie
Nativities
'04
Humph
The Camel Y1 & Reception
Webmovie
Stills
gallery
Hosannah
Rock Y2
Webmovie
Stills
Gallery
Victorian
Day 04/5
Movie
Stills
Hoodwinked
Y4 2004
Movieclips
1 ~ 2
~ 3 ~ 4
~ 5 ~ 6
~ 7 ~ 8
~ 9 ~ 10
~ 11 ~ 12
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