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  • Art Exhibition Year 2 & 4

    Published 25/05/23

    Over the past half term, Year 2 and Year 4 have been learning about Working in 3D in Art.
    Year 2 have been working on 3D stick transformations whereby they have taken natural objects and imaginatively transformed them into tree houses. They took inspiration from the work of Artist Chris Kenny then planned, designed and created their own 3D sculptures.
    Year 4 have been looking at the art of sculpture, particularly focusing on the presentation of a piece and how it can define the meaning of an artwork. They looked at the work of artists such as Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare for inspiration. They learnt about artworks exhibited on a plinth and then planned, designed and created their own 3D sculptures on a plinth.
    The whole school visited the art exhibition and were very excited to see the work of the Year 2 and Year 4 artists.
    The artwork is all absolutely amazing! We have very talented artists here at Hazelwood!

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  • Coronation celebrations

    Published 08/05/23

    On Friday 5th May the whole school came together to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty, King Charles III. Despite the occasional downpour, the royal trooper, Miss Powell, spent the entire day supporting every child in the school to paint a section of our coronation garden wall in the Union Flag colours. Thanks to Naomi, we now have a garden fit for a king, including delphinium's (the King's favourite), various bedding plants in red, white and blue and a Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy' tree, planted by school council to grow during the King's reign. 

    Throughout the day, the children learned about the King and what happens during a coronation, as well as decorating commemorative plates to take home. The lunch hall was decorated specially for the day and the children came dressed in red, white and blue to top off a fabulous celebration!

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  • Crazy Hair Day!

    Published 28/04/23

    There was a lot of Crazy Hair out today at Hazelwood, all in aid of... why not?? No particularly reason other than to be a bit crazy and have some fun - also raising a little bit of money for HPSA to spend on our school! Thank you to everyone for joining in with the fun! 

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  • TCS Mini Marathon

    Published 28/04/23

    On Saturday 22nd April, a large team of Hazelwood children, led by Miss Hammond, took part in the TCS Mini Marathon. The children were able to run the famous last mile of the official London Marathon. They were absolutely incredible and Miss Hammond is bursting with pride!

    A special mention to Lucas, Scott and Howie for raising over £600 for the Alzheimer’s Society.

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  • Remembering Eleni

    Published 19/04/23

    The whole Hazelwood community was deeply saddened to learn that Eleni Vassiliou, our much-loved member of staff, passed away on Saturday 1st April 2023. Eleni worked with us at Hazelwood as a Teaching Assistant for many years and was very much an integral part of our staff here.

    Eleni was dedicated to the children in her care, a much-loved member of the staff team, enthusiastic and professional in everything she did. Her calmness and compassion for the children shone through, alongside her wonderful sense of humour.

    Everyone who met Eleni was immediately struck by her kind, caring and compassionate nature and, even though she was struggling with her health, her huge sense of loyalty to the children and staff of Hazelwood.

    After battling cancer for many years, Eleni was diagnosed with Leukaemia in April 2022 and was unable to return to work from this point. Following a long battle and despite her ongoing courage and resilience, Eleni lost her fight on 1st April 2023. Throughout her sickness, Eleni continued to speak positively about everything and everyone around her. Staff at Hazelwood spoke to her regularly and shared many memories and funny stories.

    We are sure that many of you will remember Eleni with great fondness and affection. She will always be a member of staff at Hazelwood and forever loved. 

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  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Week - Connections

    Published 31/03/23

    This week has been Mental Health and Wellbeing Week, where the children have really focused on their mental health and wellbeing by using their superpowers such as kindness, patience, courage and teamwork to identify how they connect with others and how ‘connecting’ helps us in our lives. The children have participated in a range of activities to develop strategies to support their own mental health and wellbeing.
    Year 2 worked with our very own John Gilbert to look at confidence and courage and how to be proud of themselves.
    Year 3, 4 and 5 took part in online live workshops focusing on specific areas of mental health and wellbeing.

    Other activities for the week included: using ‘The Invisible String’ by Patrice Karst as a focus for English; an art activity where the children created personalised paperchains that display how they feel connected; and a flashmob dance where the whole school connected together through dance.

    Please see below a video of our whole school connected through dance and paperchains! 

     

    Finally, Friday marked the end of term and the end of Mental Health and Wellbeing Week – what better way to end it with asking children to dress to express. They certainly didn’t fail to express and impress with children wearing outfits that reflect who they are. It was lovely to see so many children having the confidence to wear what they felt comfortable in and shows what a brilliantly diverse yet connected community we are at Hazelwood.

     

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  • Spring Music Concert

    Published 29/03/23

    What a fantastic way to end the term! The Spring Music Concert was a roaring success.

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  • Year 2 Singing Partnership Festival

    Published 23/03/23

    Last week, the Year 2 children visited Firs Farm Primary School for the annual Singing Partnership Festival organised by the Enfield Music Festival.

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  • Reception Special Families Assembly

    Published 20/03/23

    The Reception children have been learning that although families come in all shapes and sizes, they are all very special. Friday was a joyful celebration of all our wonderful families at Hazelwood in Our Special Families Assembly. The children have worked extremely hard to learn their songs and particularly enjoyed using a microphone to share with you all why their families are so special. For one last surprise, the children drew their own family portrait as a wonderful reminder of the event. Thank you parents for coming to the assembly. We hope you had fun watching it and join us is saying huge congratulations to the Reception children.

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  • EMS Spring Sounds festival

    Published 07/03/23

    The Juniors Choir represented Hazelwood at the EMS Spring Sounds Festival this week.

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  • World Book Day

    Published 03/03/23

    World Book Day is always a special day at Hazelwood as children and staff seem to go the extra mile to dress up as their favourite book characters. We had plenty of wallies, wizards and witches as well as lots of animals, superheroes and princesses. Huge thank you to the parents for supporting this lovely day - I know that it can be a challenge! 

    The Day included special assemblies, 'drop everything and read' and a special teacher swap with many of the staff reading their favourite books to other classes. What a lovely way to end the week! 
     

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  • Panto!

    Published 14/12/22

    Hazelwood Players performed Aladdin with 3Ds or the Ballad of Curly Slippers to the children on Wednesday. It was an amazing show - oh yes it was! 

    Huge thanks to all the cast, crew, the amazing band, backstage and Panto Kids for all their hard work and brilliance.

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