We are looking forward to welcoming back Jason Wilshaw-Mills who will be teaching children how to use i pads to create digital art.
Last year art work was part of the Made In Corby project and was exhibited in the town centre.
We were very proud of the art produced. Jason will be in classes the week beginning June 4th.
Rock UK - the majority of our Year 3 and Year 4 children will be having an action packed visit on Monday May 14th. Children need to be in school for 8.20am.
Rock UK - 'We give young people and those who are young at heart, a chance to experience exhilarating adventure in a safe and affirming environment. We help young people to push boundaries, grow in confidence and discover capabilities they didn’t know they had.'
Hazel Leys Academy has successfully achieved our Career Mark. We are the third in the country and the first in the Trust to achieve this award. Career Mark is validated by ‘The Quality in Careers Standard Board’ (QiCS). Career Mark Primary is that part of Career Mark dedicated to supporting, developing and accrediting primary schools who wish to deliver a high quality careers and work related learning experience to their pupils. All pupils in secondary education will participate in careers and work related learning activities, so offering an introduction to careers in primary schools provides pupils with a valuable introduction to this important area of their personal development and academic education.
Primary Career Mark has 4 standards:
• Impact Measures how the school sets school and pupil targets for careers education and how it measures the achievement of them.
• Management Measures the effectiveness of your systems for planning, managing and integrating CEIAG
• Curriculum Measures how effectively your curriculum supports the development of learners’ knowledge, skills, understanding and attitudes
• Staff Measures how the school allocates, trains and measures the competence of staff delivering the programme.
All Stars Cricket gives girls and boys from the ages of five to eight an opportunity to become a star. The curriculum of fun cricket activities and games provides your children with the basic movement skills to begin a lifelong love of our sport and general physical activity. Children will learn the basics of how to
– Catch and throw a ball
– Hit a moving ball
– Bowl with a straight arm
– Play a basic game of cricket
– Work and communicate as a team
This taster session is to demonstrate to children how much fun playing cricket can be and also to encourage children to join a local group.
The Academy Council is launching their first fundraising activity on Wednesday 25th April - a sunflower competition. The children will be selling three sunflower seeds with instructions on how to look after them. Each pack will cost £1. The child who grows the tallest sunflower will be awarded a prize. All money received will be used to fund our work towards the Learning Outside the Classroom Bronze Award. Looking forward to seeing our tallest flower.
The Ministry of Chocolate will be visiting Hazel Leys Academy to work with our Year 3 children. This supports our Charlie and Chocolate Factory text of the term.
Ugly Duckling is lonely and fed-up, ignored by those around her who think she is too ugly to fit in. She tries to make friends with fellow ducklings as well as with frogs, cats and even a fox, but realising she is not like any of these animals, she is left sad and alone. Duckling, on her journey, realises she can overcome her troubles and that she is beautiful all along.
Retelling the famous Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, Ugly Duckling is the perfect opportunity for young children to enjoy live ballet, music and theatre.
As seen on CBeebies, Northern Ballet’s sell-out productions for children are not to be missed.
This child-friendly performance lasts approximately 40 minutes.
A warm welcome back to all our students and their families. Hope you have all had an enjoyable Easter Holiday.
GET ACTIVE. RAISE MONEY. CHANGE LIVES.
17TH - 23RD MARCH
Whatever Moves You www.sportrelief.com
Hazel Leys Academy will be joining in with Sport Relief for the whole week! Mrs Cadman is organising events for each day – more information to follow. The last day, Friday 23rd March, we will hold a sponsored bounce to raise money for Sport Relief. This will also be a mufti day; we will ask for a donation of £1 that will help pay for a special Bounce Dome. Children will have sponsor forms for bouncing! Each child will have a turn on the Bounce Dome and we will count how many bounces children can do in a specified time. It will be fun and energetic. The money raised from the sponsored bounce goes to Sport Relief. Please can parents make sure that PE kits are in school for this week.
Exciting Week Ahead
Children will be taking part in a range of science activities during the week.
There are other events taking part all over Britain.
One exciting project which links to our Litter Picking assembly and workshops is linked to keeping our beaches and oceans clear of plastic waste. Children can help tag plastic waste spotted on beaches from home. To find out more:-
You can explore the project here: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/theplastictide/the-plastic-tide
