2013 Football League Champions
our football team won a famous 5-4 victory in a thrilling final against Bury Grammar School to be confirmed as Bury Football League Champions.
Well done to everyone who has been a member of the squad this year. We are all very proud of you!

Reception and Year 1 Trip to Hesketh Farm Park
Reception and Year 1 had a great day out when they visited Hesketh Farm Park.
They learned about life on the farm and how to care for all sorts of animals. They handled lots of cute, fluffy creatures. They found out how to guess the age of a tree and they rounded it all off by going a bit wild themselves in the play area! It was lots of fun!

Treasure Hunt
A brilliant time was had by all at the Annual Family Treasure Hunt. The clues kept us guessing, the barbecue was delicious and the company was great. Thanks everyone for another superb event!

The Romans are Coming!
Y4 had a great time on their history trip to Chester. They saw the Roman sights, smelt the Roman smells, felt the feel of cold Roman swords and tasted the thrill of putting on Roman armour and going round intimidating the locals! What could be better?
Thanks to Mr Turner for organising a brilliant day out!

Year 2 Trip to the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester
Year 2 had a great time learning about Electricity and Forces. They used batteries and bulbs to make torches for a little owl who was afraid of the dark and in the afternoon they did lots of experiments about ‘pushes and pulls’. They all had their favourite parts of the museum - there was so much to see and do!

A Taste of Italy
Our reception children have been learning about ‘Food Around the World’ and they had a great time making Italian food at Pizza Express.
At they end of the day they each took home their delicious pizza to share with the family - mmm - delicious!

Golden Performances!
Great news! The school band came first in the Ramsbottom Music Festival. The band was awarded an ‘Outstanding’ grade and won the Rotary Trophy for Best Primary School  Instrumental Group.
The band also achieved a 2nd prize award in the recent Rochdale Music Festival and performed brilliantly in Music For Youth during the Easter Holidays. Well done to all our wonderful young musicians!

School Band in Rochdale Music Festival

Do count your chickens!
Spring is in the air and the chicks are hatching in Year 1.
They are very cute!
Pre-school children are welcome to pop into the Year 1 classroom with their parents after school and say hello!

Starry Night
Y6 have been painting pictures in the style of Van Gogh. They painted with spatulas instead of brushes and created the effect of reflections in water. Which painting is your favourite?

Come Dancing!
There are some photos from the recent Primary Schools’ Dance Festival on Woodhey High School’s web site. Just follow this link and then select Galleries and then Dance Festival 2013.

Thanks All Round!
The children enjoyed a recent visit from Angela Harris, who works for Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity; she gave a presentation about the work of the hospital at assembly and thanked the children for taking part in the ‘Be Seen In Green’ day last Autumn and for raising money for the charity fund. Then she told us that we had won a prize of £250-worth of Ryman Stationery vouchers in a prize draw involving all the schools who had been part of Be Seen In Green, which was sponsored by Rymans. Great news! Thank you to Rymans from everyone at Hazlehurst!

Eco Day - February 2013
Everyone had a great time on Eco Day. We learned about the ‘3 Rs’ - Reduce, Re-use and Recycle and we put them into practice by creating art and craft from recycled materials. We also learned about climate change and ‘food miles’, and discussed how our shopping habits make an impact on farmers in other countries.
We all need to work together to look after our world!

Eco Leaflet
Read all about what we are doing at school to help Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.

A Life of Luxury for Hazlehurst’s Little Creatures!
Year 1 have been busy building a Minibeast Mansion to create new habitats in our wildlife area for all sorts of interesting little creatures. We are looking forward to seeing which creatures will be the first to pay us a visit!

Bouncy Bouncy!
Everyone had a great time at our recent Sponsored Bounce. A huge bouncy castle was inflated in the school hall and every child in the school contributed to a non-stop bouncing marathon that last 150 minutes. Even one of the teachers had a go too (guess who?)!
We are raising money to try to create some additional indoor space for activities and learning, and this event was our first fund raising effort.
Total raised was £1833 - Thank you!

It’s a Classic!
Year 4 have been preparing for the Key Stage 2  trip to see the Halle orchestra by studying the pieces of music that they are going to hear, and they made up a dance to go with one of the pieces too!

Reduce, Re-use and Recycle with Year 4
Let Y4 us tell you all about the 3Rs of looking after the environment
as you join them on their trip to the recyling centre and see their class
Eco project.

View the Eco Project Film

It’s Snowing! - January 2013
We had a great time making snowmen on the school field.
Which is your favourite?

A picture can paint a thousand words!
Come and join Year 4 on their trip to Bury Art Gallery and see them learning about great works of art and improving their sketching
skills.

We hope you enjoy this year’s whole school Christmas song,

‘I’m a Little Christmas Cracker’

(Click here for Mac version)

Hazlehurst’s Got Talent!
What a lot of fun we had at the Christmas Talent Show! The singers, dancers, musicians, comedians, gymnasts and magicians kept the audience entertained and gave the judges a very difficult job choosing a winner from each class.
It was a great show. Well done to everyone who took part!

School Band at Ramsbottom Christmas Market
The school band added a bit of Hazlehurst magic to the festivities at Ramsbottom Christmas Market. As the bells of St Paul’s chimed 11 o’clock the band struck up with bells of their own - Jingle Bells!
A wonderful audience cheered them on as they played all their favourite Christmas songs and carols. It was great fun.
Well done to all our brilliant young musicians!

Reception and KS1 Nativity Play 2012
Thanks to all the children and staff for giving us such a lovely concert.
The singing, dancing and acting was wonderful and the audience loved the show.
Well done!