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12 January 2023@ColeraineParkThis week some lucky children had their first ever group guitar or ukulele lesson! They’re already sounding great!🎸@HarrisFedMusic @HarrisFed pic.twitter.com/5L9Xwa0UCN

11 January 2023@ColeraineParkReception have been busy learning about the world around them this term and have produced this ‘mini world’ in their classroom to help them get to grips with topics about the environment. What a brilliant idea! pic.twitter.com/1l6ClxMuER

1 March 2019Y2 Fit Food and RainbowY2 had a visit from Chef Gemma from Chartwells who gave a very exciting workshop. We had a blast exploring healthy eating and how to make healthy food. They got the chance to compete with each other and instead of a “dance off” they partook in a “fruit and veg off”. The room was full with fresh, vibrant colourful food which they used to create masterpiece displays before tucking into their beautiful and tasty creations. We challenge you and your family to make new, healthy snacks and dips at home. We would love to hear all about your creations. Mrs. Gill and Mr. Lawler

25 January 2019Y5 Workshop with MetroBankThis week Metro bank visited HPACP for our first workshop. We learnt about how we earn money and what adults do with it. We learnt lots of language that is used in banks (did you know that ATM means automated teller machine?). To demonstrate savings and interest we were each given a grape at the beginning of the session; those of us who didn’t eat it were given another grape at the end. Those of us who had eaten their grapes felt quite sad, but learnt a valuable lesson. We learnt about safety deposit boxes to keep our valuables safe and that the bank uses a vault to keep its valuables safe. We added up money that had been collected in “a magic money machine”. Metro banks all have a magic money machine which sorts and adds up change that you put into it. We can’t wait for our next session and our visit to the bank, when we will get to see the vault! Mrs. Horsnell

11 January 2019Applying for a place in Reception

25 October 2018Prodigious Effort: Spectacular SuccessWOW! Thank you so much for the prodigious effort made by staff, parents, and children to ensure that this year’s heritage celebrations were an even greater success. The outfits that the children wore were wonderful and parents went to so much trouble to make the most amazing cultural food for us all to share. The turn out of parents was over 200 at every event - which means some of you visited us many times! The feedback was incredible and we are delighted that you enjoyed yourselves and were as impressed as we were with the way your children consistently rose to our expectations. Thank you to everyone involved, especially the staff who willingly stayed and helped night after night cleaning up after all the hard work throughout the day.

4 October 2018Our Heritage WOW Day!Today was our ‘Heritage’ WOW day when children attended school in their traditional heritage costume and engaged in an array of fantastic learning experiences from Victorian classrooms to traditional cucumber sandwiches in afternoon tea. Please read on to find out what else our classes enjoyed.

20 July 2018Hairspray raises the Roof!We are still tingling from the excitement and hair-raising fun of our magnificent Year 6 production of Hairspray. The children were delighted to see Lord Harris, who, despite a meeting in the House of Lords, raced through London to make it for the second half! He said it was the best primary performance he had ever seen! He also said that seeing children achieve so well, academically and through performances like this, motivated him to keep on making a difference by taking on more Harris Academies. He was so pleased with them that as a reward he pledged £10,000 to the academy for trips. So, Y6’s trip to Chessington on Thursday was paid for, (parents will receive a refund through ParentPay) and Lord Harris’s donation meant that they all got to keep their amazing sparkly gold and silver shoes! Thank you Lord Harris. We are so glad we make you proud!

13 July 2018Amazing End of Year Results!We are absolutely delighted to tell you that our results this year are outstanding! Thank you to the staff and parents who have worked relentlessly with us, constantly raising the expectation, building aspiration and challenging children to always do better. We are incredibly proud of both the attainments and the progress.

29 June 2018Hands-on Science Learning for Y3RYear 3 Rsoen had the excitement of a trip to Bruce Castle for an enticing tree trail. The children had to become true detectives and gather as much evidence as possible to support their explanations. They recognised and identified many types of trees such as silver birch, copper beech, sycamore and of course the great oak that stands majestically in the middle of the park guarding the castle. This magnificent creation is 500 years old, which is older than Bruce Grove Castle itself! After analysisng many types of seeds, the children used their knowledge from their weekly science lessons to discuss the different methods of seed dispersal. They then had the opportunity to use binoculars to spot birds in the trees, insects on the brancehs, mushrooms on the ground and even lichen and moss! What a fantastic day for the little scientists! Ms Sandu

22 June 2018World Cup FundraiserCome on England! As you are all aware, the World Cup is in full swing. This week the children were given the chance to celebrate the games after school. They were fully immersed with their football shirts on and their faces painted in the games flag. We can only hope that England's winning streak continues and we intend to keep the children updated during assemblies how we are doing. Thank you to the children, who were amazing all week and thank you to our lovely parents who continue to allow their children to attend these events.

15 June 2018It's all about HAIRSPRAY!You can now buy tickets for our annual singing and dancing spectacle Hairspray - from the school office. There will be two performances (Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th July) so please check which showing you want to see. Tickets will sell out quickly, so get ahead of the game and buy yours ASAP! (Adulst:£2, children £1).

8 June 2018HPACP Choir MembersWith half term just over, the choir started off their first day back with an excellent opportunity to attend the Royal Albert Hall. 25 children from HPACP gospel choir joined other children from schools around Haringey to sing the “Haringey goes wild” songs. Children as young as 5 years old, sang with joy and pride, on Monday evening. Arriving at 3:30pm, we rehearsed with a live orchestra, until 6 pm. We then went to the park and enjoyed a light dinner before heading back to our allocated position to wow the audience. We sang the songs together and watched children play the guitar, an excellent drum session, jazz ensemble and the Haringey Vox choir. We spotted children that have moved on, but from our great opportunities here at HPACP, have carried on with learning an instrument. We had an amazing turn out and support from the parents of the choir children. Parents who came had a spectacular time and were extremely proud of their children. Returning at 11:00pm, some children were tired and some extremely excited. A well-deserved weekend rest. Well done children and parents! A fabulous evening! Ms Sweeney

25 May 2018Year 6 Rehearsals until 5pmIn case you have not heard, o r been blown over by the sheer excitement happening in year 6 right now, be prepared...our Y6 production this year is none other than the fantastically challenging and hear-warming 'Hairspray', which will be shown on the 17tha nd 18th July. A musical with a powerful theme of equality, standing against what is wrong and standing up for what is right. The children have shown such amazing energy already as they have auditioned for parts and taken a brave step in singing solo to secure parts. Well done to everyone. It is already proving to be one event you will not want to miss. However, to ensure the production reaches our usual standard of 'exceedingly, abundantly, above' all we can think or imagine then we need to practise hard. Our Year 6 children are used to hard work -they have done it all year, so please can you ensure that they attend all rehearsals which will take throughout the day plus three days a week until 5 pm every Tuesday. Many thanks.