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  • 12/11/14

    Remembrance Day

    On the 11th of November at 11am we held our minutes silence, to remember all the soldiers who have fought for our country and for those who are still fighting for our country today. The fighting stopped on the 11th day of November at 11 o’clock in the morning 1918.  So at 11 o’clock...
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  • 03/11/14

    Remembrance Assembly

    This week we will be finding out about the Remembrance Day Celebrations. In Assembly today four people form The British Leigon came to tell us what Remembrance day means to them. They also showed us the flags they will be using on Remembrtance Day in the town centre on the 11th November.
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  • 17/10/14

    Ed Murphy visits Highlees

    As part of European Local Democracy Week 2014, children across the school took part in a drawing competition to show their ideas about democracy, linked to sharing, choosing and deciding. On Wednesday 15th September, Councillor Murphy visited Highlees. Year 2 shared ideas from their project...
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  • 16/10/14

    Jack Trelawny Visits Highlees

    We had a visitor today in Assembly his name was Jack Trelawny. He has written a series of books about Pirates. We all dressed up as Pirates, and completed various activities in class. Some of the children worked on a treasure map using coordinates. Some wrote their own ending to a chapte...
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  • 14/10/14

    Anti-Bullying

    Today we watched a fab play! We learnt about bullying and cyber-bullying.  Bullying is face to face, however cyber-bullying is on the internet and on instant messaging sites.  I think it was a great play. I think that the Year 3’s learnt the most about it, they even handed out pencils t...
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  • 03/10/14

    Harvest Festival

    We had a fantastic Harvest Festival assembly today. We would like to thank Errol and the singers from their Gospel Choir, the members of the Children's Team from Kingsgate Church and all our children who sang so beautifully today. Miss Gardner, thank you for organising today's assembly, it was a...
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  • 26/09/14

    Foodie Friday - Foodie Thursday - Free School Dinner Day

    Foodie Friday will be on Foodie Thursday next week the 2nd October - Free on Thursday 2nd October. Year 2 Hedgehogs have chosen... Choice 1 - Cheese and Tomato pizza, chips, beans, sweetcorn or coleslaw. Choice 2 - Hot Dogs, chips, beans, sweetcorn or coleslaw. Desert - Ice Cream...
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  • 15/09/14

    Hub Opening

    The Hub is now open, we have some activities taking place in the Hub throughout the week  Please visit our Community page and follow the link to find out more infromation. There is a leaflet at the bottom of the page for you to see what is happening at The Hub.
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  • 06/09/14

    Welcome Back!

    Highlees opens doors to the start of the new school year.
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  • 28/07/14

    Highlees Leavers

    Today we said goodbye to our Year 6's. This morning we held our Leavers Assembly the year 6's always leave us with a lasting impression and as usual tissues were needed by all.  This evening the Year 6's had their Leavers Do! We all had a lovely time, we had mega games to play such as La...
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  • 28/07/14

    Celebration Assemblies

    Today we held our Celebration Assemblies for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. This is where our children are awarded trophies for what they have accomplished over the year. Accomplishments such as overcoming problems, excelling themselves, exceeding their own expectations or for just doing what...
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