'Together we Learn and Grow'
Friday 29th November was our annual Christmas Craft Day. The children had great fun making a range of different objects and decorations. We all enjoyed wearing our Christmas jumpers. Thank you to Miss McCabe and Mrs Walmsley for organising and to the parents and governors who came to help.
We had a great afternoon on Tuesday, tree planting with the Manx Wildlife Trust. This planting is part of last year's Dragonflies Den project, a collaboration with Douglas City Council to support wildlife themed community projects in Douglas. At HBN we have planted tress and climbing plants at the…
We had great fun on Children in Need Day and raised lots of money for the charity. We dressed up and designed Pudsey Pyjamas. Here are the children who won the competition for the best costume and the best PJs.
Every week the staff choose pupils who have been fantastic HBN learners. They look for pupils who have shown a GROW attitude. G - Grit R - Risk O - Optimism W - Work hard Here are some of our award winners from the second half of the Autumn term. \
At HBN we are delighted to have been awarded Green Flag distinction from the Eco Schools Scheme. Well done to our Eco Club and Miss Jones for leading us through the process and ensuring we have students that care for and value out environment.
Year 5 led our annual remembrance assembly to help us all think about why we wear poppie s.
All these children received a FAB in the first half of the Autumn term for: F - Fantastic A - Attitude B - Behaviour They displayed these qualities all half term. Here are Key Stage 2 Here are Key Staff 1
We held our annual Harvest Festival on October 16th. Everyone enjoyed being thankful for our food and farmers. Thank you for all the donations that were sent in. All food was donated to the IOM Foodbank.
Mrs Nelson organised a visit to Year 6 by WatMahatha, a Buddhist monk. This was part of RE work on understanding religions of the world. They took part in guided meditations and were able to ask him questions and his beliefs and practices.