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  • 26/06/14

    PixL – Partners in Excellence

    Two children were chosen to represent Highlees Primary School on Thursday 19th June, to go down to London to take part in a Celebration event organised by the PixL Team (Partners in Excellence).  Highlees have been involved with the PixL Programme, since March 2014, which is aimed at wo...
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  • 25/06/14

    Sainsbury's Voucher Update

    We would like to say a massive thank-you to all the supporters of the school, who have managed to donate 4736 Sainsbury's Vouchers for Schools, which will be added to last years total and used to buy some equipment for all the classes.
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  • 25/06/14

    New Parents Meeting

    It was wonderful to see so many parents (some familiar and some new faces) attend our 'New Parents Meeting' on Friday 20th June 2014. The morning provided parents with the opportunity to learn more about our school and to meet their child's teacher. Year 6 pupils provided tours around our school...
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  • 16/06/14

    Father's Day Dinner

    On Friday 13th June, Dad's, Stepdad's, Grandad's, Uncles, Brother's, etc. were invited to join us for a Roast Dinner lunch to celebrate Father's Day. It was a fabulous event, with over 60 people attending. It was great to see everyone chatting, laughing and enjoying spending time togeth...
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  • 16/06/14

    Country Dancing Festival

    On Thursday 12th June, the Country Dancing team represented Highlees  at the Peterborough Country Dancing Festival. This is an annual event where children from across the city are invited to enjoy an evening of dance. They all had fun performing the dances that they had been l...
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  • 16/06/14

    Sleep Solutions

    We had a visitor in school last week, we talked about things to do to help us get a good nights sleep. Did you know we shouldn't play on devices like games consoles, smartphones or computers before we go to sleep as these devices wake up our brains with their bright screens which makes us active...
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  • 16/06/14

    Highlees Sports Days

    A big thank you to everyone who helped our sports days events run very smoothly. We couldn't of picked two better days of weather either. All the children had a great time taking part in the races and the clock sports. It was nice to see so many parents, carers and friends come to enjoy the day t...
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  • 11/06/14

    New News Story

    School Council visit to the Houses of Parliament What a fantastic day was had by all of the Key Stage 2, School Council members when they visited the Houses of Parliament. The children got to walk the route the Queen had taken the previous week when she attended the Houses of Parliament f...
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  • 20/05/14

    News Reporter In The Making!

    Year 5 have been learning about water. This weeks theme was flooding. Each group were challenged to find out about a flood and to write and present a news report about it. We found out about flooding all over the world and the children learnt that is can have a devastating impact on the local com...
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  • 20/05/14

    Tennis Skills Workshop

    Year 5 Giraffes were lucky enough to take part in a tennis skills workshop at Jack Hunt school on Friday 16th May. They were coached by the sports leaders. They all had a fantastic afternoon learning skills to help them improve their game. Wimbledon here we come!
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  • 19/05/14

    Year 5 Trip to Rutland Water

    On Friday 9th May Year 5 visited Rutland Water as part of their topic about water. They were investigating water as a habitat and found out about a lot of wildlife that lives at Rutland water. During the day the children went on a bug hunt, did some pond dipping and went bird watching. We even sp...
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  • 19/05/14

    Blackbird Nest

    We have a Blackbird nest in the Reception outside play area. The Blackbird has decided to build her nest in one of our water toys high up on a shelf.
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