Children’s Work
There is some great new children’s work on our website for you to look at this week - from the Ginger Bread Man project in Reception, to Hocus Pocus in Y1 and some fierce Celtic Warriors in Y4 (not for the faint-hearted!). Enjoy!
 

OFSTED Inspection
We are delighted to say that our school has been graded as ‘Outstanding’ by OFSTED, placing us in the top 6% of primary schools nationally.  Thanks to everyone who was involved in the inspection and to everyone who returned the parents’ questionnaires. The full report is available by clicking the link above.
Well done and keep up the excellent work!

School Band Performance at Ramsbottom Christmas Market
The snow was falling, the reindeer were in their pen and Hazlehurst School Band completed the perfect Christmas scene by performing a selection of Christmas favourites.
It was great fun.
Well done to all our fabulous young musicians.

Infants’ Nativity Play 2011 - ‘The Bossy King’
Thanks to the infants for entertaining us with some lovely acting and singing in their Nativity play.
Everyone enjoyed the show!

2011 KS2 Christmas Concert
Thanks to everyone who helped to make the Juniors’ Christmas Concert such a great success.
Y3 and Y4 performed Baboushka, a traditional folk tale with a modern twist, then Y5 and Y6 performed ‘Panto Pandemonium’ - a whistle-stop race through Panto-Land to find magical objects and help the good fairy to defeat the wicked witch. At the end of the show everyone joined together to sing ‘I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas’ (a ‘once-heard-never-forgotten’ Christmas classic!) Well done everyone!

Festive Fair Fun
Our 2011 Christmas Fair was a great success. Thanks to everyone who helped to make it such good fun. The games and stalls were excellent, the refreshments were very tasty and the music put us all in a Christmassy mood.

A Taste of India
Thanks to Mrs Noot for coming to school to share a special assembly about her high school’s charity links with street children in India. We learned about the hardship of life for some orphaned children and we are planning to send some Christmas gifts to India as a sign of our friendship.

We are the Champions!
Congratulations to the Hazlehurst children who won the recent Maths, Science and Foreign Language Quiz, which was held at Woodhey High School. The team won through against all  the other local primary schools in a  range of challenges designed to test their knowledge and ingenuity.

Year 6 Crime Scene Investigators
Picture this…
A crime committed at Woodhey High School.  The Science Quiz Trophy MISSING.
The only clue…Traces of a salt like substance in the lift and on the floor next to where the trophy was stored. The only solution… Call in Hazlehurst Year 6!
Year 6 were transformed into Crime Scene Investigators when they visited  Mr Mac Donald in the Science Labs.  Through a series of experiments including burning salts to produce coloured flames reminiscent of bonfire night they were able to determine the true identity of the culprit!
A great day matched only by the superb behaviour of the class. Well done Year 6 C.S.I.s.

Y5 have been busy building boats and studying the famous poem, The Highwayman.
Go to Y5 Children’s Work to find out more.

Living History
Y6 had a great time on their trip to Styal Mill in Cheshire. They dressed in Victorian costume and acted out the role of apprentices in the employment of Samuel Greg, the owner of the mill. They learned about the hardships of life in the mill and experienced the clattering roar of the mill machinery in full swing. It was a fascinating day. Thanks to Mrs Lawton for organising the trip.

2011 Tea and Toys (and Chocolate Apples!)
Hazlehurst’s answer to ‘Bargain Hunt’ was once again very well supported by lots and families and friends.
This year was even better than ever, thanks to the lovely refreshments and the delicious chocolate apples - mmm!
Thanks to everyone who helped to make it a big success!

Harvest Festival 2011
Thank you to everyone who helped to make our Harvest Festival such a success.
The event was great fun; all the classes performed their own harvest songs, poems or dances and a large audience of parents and friends joined in with the hymns and songs with lots of enthusiasm.
We are very grateful for the generous donations of food items and toiletries that we were able to give to ‘The Porch Project’, a charity that provides crisis care for vulnerable local people.
We estimate that you donated about £1000-worth of items! Thank you!

European Day of Languages 2011
Our recent European Day of Languages was a great fun!
Everyone came to school wearing the National colours of different European countries.
We worked in mixed age-groups and enjoyed doing all kinds of European art, craft, singing, dancing, cooking, and speaking!