Posted on: Tuesday 4th July 2017
It’s been a long time in the designing, planning, fundraising and construction, but on Saturday our school’s outside stage was open for business. With an awful lot of hard work, what started out as one child’s drawing has, rather brilliantly, been turned into a reality. The project to redesign our outside spaces really started off […]
Posted on: Tuesday 4th July 2017
The Outside Stage – Ignite Imaginations “Play is the highest form of research” Albert Einstein We are very excited to announce that the outside stage in the lower playground is ready! Thank you to all the children, parents, staff, trusts, foundations and all our supporters who have helped to raise the £65,000 construction costs. We […]
Posted on: Monday 3rd July 2017
Ellie’s Easter Camp! Reception to Year 6 Monday 7th April to Friday 11th April 2025 And Monday 14th April to Thursday 17th April (depending on interest registered) We are delighted that Ellie will be running her holiday camp at school during the first week of the Easter holidays. Ellie may run her camp for the second […]
Posted on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
It’s nearly four years since the school was inspected and last week’s heat-wave brought this rather traumatic experience back with a shudder and a sense of dread. It was the last full week of term in July 2013, temperatures were up in the 30s and everyone was more than ready for a well-deserved holiday. […]
Posted on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Doing the rounds of the education press this weekend was the news that a school known for its ‘no excuses’ approach to managing pupil behaviour has just received an outstanding judgement from Ofsted. The disciplinary approach includes ‘demerits’, or detentions, for forgetting pencils, grimacing at teachers or talking in corridors between lessons. The school […]
Posted on: Thursday 15th June 2017
In-Year Admissions If you would like to join us during the school year, this is called an In-Year Admission and depends on the availability of places. To make an application, parents should contact their local authority directly. Residents of Haringey can make an application online by going to: http://www.haringey.gov.uk/children-and-families/schools-and-education/school-admissions Please do also get in touch […]
Posted on: Thursday 15th June 2017
Reception Admissions All children in Haringey enter the Reception class in the September of the school year in which they will be five. Some children will move up from the nursery and others join the school at reception age. We have places for 56 reception children each year. To make an application, parents should contact […]
Posted on: Thursday 15th June 2017
Nursery Admissions Applications Applications need to be made by the last day of February in the calendar year that the child is due to start nursery, using this link https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NurseryApplicationForm/. Applications are processed during March and parents are formally offered places by the end of March for a September start. January places, if available, will […]
Posted on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Autism As we have a number of children with autism in our school community, we thought it might be helpful for parents to learn a little more about what the diagnosis means. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person perceives the world and interacts with other people. It is a spectrum […]
Posted on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
PSHE explained At Highgate Primary School we believe the teaching of Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) is one of the most important elements of our curriculum. You can read an overview of the Curriculum here. Skills We Learn Always in an age appropriate way, we help the children manage their lives, now and […]
