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For ' : moving more for your mental health' we would like to give a big shout out to Halley House School teacher Rebecca Jackson for completing the London Marathon 2024 a few weeks back.

Rebecca ran in support of Whizz Kidz - a charity that works with young wheelchair users - and raised £3,000!

Well done Rebecca, we are very proud of you!
Read more here: https://www.bpet.co.uk/News/Miles-for-minds-and-mobility/

If you are still considering options for primary schools in Sept, come and see the breadth of our provision, get to know our values and experience the atmosphere of community in our school.

Besides our focus on high educational standards, we also offer:
- a breakfast club and 20 after school clubs
- swimming classes for every year group
- a "Halley Houses" system which motivates and focuses pupils to work harder, do better and support their team mates.

Give us a call on 0207 504 0548 to book a visit or a call with our Headteacher Mr Mills-Bishop.

Today is National Offer Day for primary school places!

If your child is going to school for the first time in Sept 2024, make sure you check your inboxes as school places are offered today. Remember that you’ll need to accept the offer in order to confirm your place.

And if you are still in the process of choosing the right school, why not book a visit or a call with our Headteacher? We would love to show you around and discuss the breadth of our offering, our values and strong leadership.

Email [email protected] or call us on 020 7504 0548.
https://www.halleyhouseschool.org.uk/

As we break for the Easter holidays, Headteacher Mr Mills-Bishop would like to say a big "thank you" to all parents and guardians for the three amazing months he had since starting last January.

Many changes have occurred since he came to Halley_House_School, one of them being the introduction of 'Halley Houses', named after constellations:

Carina House - Xavier as captain
Perseus House - Rylei as captain
Centaurus House - Mia as captain
Delphinus House - Isabelle as captain

All children were sent home yesterday with a slip letting them know which house they will be a part of. Have they found out yet?

From the Summer Term, we will be running 19 different after school clubs, across various different activities and interests; we have a total capacity of 440 spaces. If your child is interested in any of those, speak to our office after the Easter break.

Happy Easter holidays!

Our new Headteacher, appointed last summer, has now taken the reins at Halley House School!

Mr Mills-Bishop has a strong vision for Halley House and would be delighted to share it with prospective parents.

Come and meet him for a school tour on:
• Wed 10 Jan 2024, 9.30-10.30am
• Fri 12 Jan 2024, 9.30-10.30am

Book on our website: www.halleyhouseschool.org.uk/apply/book-a-school-tour/ or call our office 0207 504 0548.

Looking for a nursery or a primary school for Sept 2024?
Come and visit us next year: 👩‍🏫
Wed 10 Jan 2024, 9.30-10.30am
Fri 12 Jan 2024, 9.30-10.30am

Book on https://www.halleyhouseschool.org.uk/apply/book-a-school-tour/

If you cannot make the👆 dates, just drop us an email at [email protected]

Looking for a nursery🐥? Come and visit us!
Halley House Nursery offers outdoor adventures, specialist art classes, physical education, music and yoga for children taught by fully qualified & specialised yoga teacher Sarai Littlechild Yoga. At no extra cost to families.

We want to help the local community with the cost of living crisis through a zero deposit scheme and with support towards school uniforms. To know more, get in touch with our Early Year Foundation Stage leader at [email protected]

Halley_House_School Halley House School is a free primary school & nursery in Dalston, for children from all backgrounds.

A reminder to all new Reception parents that children start at 9.15am on Tues 5th Sept.

More details here: https://www.halleyhouseschool.org.uk/new-parents/

See you soon 👋

Our friends at the Garden Classroom TGC sent us a video of our Year 4 day trip. TGC also help us with our Year 5 camping adventures too. We can't wait to be back next year!

In the meantime, have a wonderful holiday break!

TGC - Farming Day Visits in Kent TGC offer Farming Day Visits to Falconhurst Farm in Kent to learn about farm animals, growing food and connecting with the landEmail millie@thegardenclassroo...

If you are looking for a nursery space for Sept 2023, we got you!
We have a special offer of ZERO DEPOSIT for parents who sign up now.

Our nursery offers lots of activities - you can see some in the collage, and many more such as yoga for toddlers with .sarai

Come for a tour! Email [email protected] to see how happy our toddlers are, and tag your friends who need a nursery. More here: https://www.halleyhouseschool.org.uk/nursery/

This morning, Headteacher Claire Syms, future Headteacher Toby Mills-Bishop and BPET Chief Executive Mark Greatrex met the parents of Halley House School to discuss the leadership transition.

Parents were clearly sad to see Claire go, but also excited to meet Toby, and reassured by Assistant Head, Soozii Lim that the staff team will continue to always have pupils' interests at the forefront of everything they do.

We anticipate exciting things ahead in this next chapter for our wonderful school.

We are delighted to be offering FREE yoga classes to local parents and their babies aged 6-18 months!

From 7 June 2023, Halley House School opens its doors to new parents and carers who would like to have a moment to relax, move and enjoy a cup of tea in the company of other caregivers.

Tag your friends you might be interested and book your spot here: https://www.halleyhouseschool.org.uk/free-yoga-classes.../
(Image by Kevin Gent)

Deadline to accept the primary school place you have been offered is Tuesday 2 May. Don't forget to accept!

And if you are still considering several schools, talk to us! You can book a visit or a call with our Headteacher who can show you around and discuss the breadth of our curriculum, our values and strong leadership. Get in touch emailing [email protected]

Selecting a school is an important decision, and we would love to offer you all information you need in order to get to know us.

Today is National Offer Day! Check your inboxes as offers for school places are communicated today. Remember that in order to confirm your place you have to accept it.

Don’t forget… to accept!

A lovely FOHH Spring Fair to celebrate another successful term! The egg rolling was a particular success, along with bulb planting, mosaics and cardboard tube rabbits!

This year’s Science Fair was every bit as spectacular as always, with so many outstanding projects and scientific investigations, based on this year’s theme of ‘Connections.’ Judging was the toughest yet - well done to all our winners and runners up, and to EVERYONE who participated! 🧬 🧪 🏆

The HHS 24-hour Readathon is well underway! Pupils have LOVED coming to sit in our front reception area to enjoy a good book or 3. We’ve been joined by parents, staff and visitors - what a great way to celebrate World Book Day and all things literary! There’s still time to donate - all funds go to the ongoing development of our very well-used and appreciated school library!

The first in our series of Parent & Child Museum of Happiness sessions starts tomorrow after school. Tomorrow’s theme: Exploring Happiness - Build Your Happiness Toolkit. Read more here:

https://www.museumofhappiness.org

The art room is open this half term from 16th / 17th Feb from 10am till 4pm. Halley_House_School

Our Y4 and Y5 classes visited the Houses of Parliament last week, where they had an interactive tour and workshop session. Pupils were highly motivated to see democratic processes in action and certainly had some probing questions to ask, too!

Reception 2023 admissions deadline, Sunday 15th January. Don’t forget to apply here:

https://www.eadmissions.org.uk

We look forward to welcoming you to Halley in September!

Christmas lunch and Christmas jumper day today! The whole school, from Nursery to Year 6, had lunch ALTOGETHER for the first time! It was such a joyous occasion and a great way to celebrate another successful term. A HUGE thank you to all school staff and particularly our kitchen team from for ensuring everything was delicious (as always) and that service ran like clockwork. We’ve come to expect nothing less!

Year 4 went to see The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House - what an inspirational venue and fabulous experience!

Our annual Friends of Halley House wreath-making event was, as always, a roaring success! Not only was it an opportunity to make a bespoke Christmas wreath and spend some well-deserved time together as a community, we were also raising funds for a brand new school stage and sound system! Massive thanks to FOHH for coordinating, and particularly to Clare for all the materials and simply *superb* instruction! 💚

A little taste of what’s to come from our fabulous upcoming performances from Year 4 (Lights, Camel, Action 2: The Sequin) and Year 5 & Y6 (Bah Humbug!)

It was the turn of Y2 and Y3 today, with a beautiful festive concert! Everyone enjoyed the energetic and tuneful rendition, along with the indoor snowballs! Very well done to Galaxy and Hawking classes - absolutely wonderful!

Galaxy Class were on a mission today - to save our oceans! Pupils conducted their own research and then wrote detailed information leaflets on the damage plastics can cause, plus some helpful tips on how we can all make a positive difference. They presented their findings in an impassioned and authoritative way to Ms Syms - our future will be much brighter if it’s in Year 2’s hands! Compelling stuff, Galaxy Class!

Winter performance season has started! And what a wonderful way to start - Phase 1 (Nursery, Reception and Year 1) performed their ‘A Snowman at Sunset’ show this morning to rapturous applause and admiration! There was barely a dry eye in the house! A huge well done to all children for their beautiful singing and seasonal costumes, and especially to Year 1 for their confident and articulate performance on stage. Super!