Year: 2021
Berkshire Maestros’ Junior Music Festival 2021
Members of our Junior Choir were invited to the Hexagon on Wednesday to sing songs about saving the planet with children from many other local schools. It was hard work…
THE ADVENTURES OF FLUFFY (THE TORTOISE)
Fluffy came into Hemdean to visit the children. She is a Hermanns tortoise who is 15 years old. She loves to eat dandelions and lettuce and enjoys a warm bath….
Anti Bullying Week / Odd Sock Day Assembly 2021
On Tuesday afternoon Year 3 presented their assembly on the theme Anti-bullying. They explored what bullying is (with help from the audience too), including acting out a bullying situation and…
Remembrance Day Assembly 2021
After last week’s success and excitement of Outdoor Learning Day, this week has had a bit more of a serious undertone. With Remembrance Day having been on Thursday all of…
Problem Solving Week 2021
Hemdean House School has been a hive of busy maths activity this week with all classes engaged in problem-solving tasks. We know that problem solving is an important area in…
Outdoor Learning Day 2021
The day may have been a bit grey but the sun was shining at School for Outdoor Learning Day on Thursday 4th November. The children spent some if not all…
Giving back – School Council delivers HHS Harvest Food Donations to ReadiFood
1. When did the charity start? FAITH Christian Group was started in 1990 as a response to a need that its founder, Jim McConnell, saw on the streets of Reading….
Windsor Castle Trip
Year 4 was delighted to visit Windsor Castle. When we arrived we had to go through security. It was like being at the airport. We headed up the hill to…
Vegetable Sculpting Competition
What a wonderful half term we have had in Forest School. Time outside in the Autumn sunshine, den building and enjoying the woodland, cooking with wonderful Autumn fruits and finally…
Queen Anne’s Percussion Workshop
Last Wednesday Years 5 and 6 went to Queen Anne’s School to take part in a percussion workshop. There were quite a few other schools there. The man running the…