Birds of Prey Visit

On Thursday 1st July, the children from Nursery to Year 6 had an exciting day when Hilltop Birds of Prey visited. The children had the opportunity to have their photograph taken with Polo the Barn Owl and then had a very interesting talk about the birds that Mike had brought with him. These were; another Barn Owl, a Little Owl, Snowy Owl, Tawny Owl, Peregrine Falcon Buzzard and a Harris Hawk.
After lunch, the children were treated to a spectacular flying display which saw the Peregrine Falcon swooping over their heads while trying to catch a lure. This was followed by the Harris Hawk catching food in mid-air and chasing Charlie Catterall who acted as a rabbit! The display ended with the Barn Owl flying silently over them.
Everyone agreed that it was an informative, fascinating and enjoyable experience.

KS2 trip to Paris and Boulogne-Billancourt 23rd-25th June 2010

At 5am on Wednesday 23rd June a very excited group of 40 children from Years 5 & 6 boarded a coach bound for St Pancras International Station, where they would take the Eurostar to Paris. For some children, it was their first trip abroad, and therefore doubly exciting.


 
We were met at Gare du Nord by two French teachers, Sylvie Le Romancer and Patricia de Col Baron with her son Mathias, and they took us to the coach, which had been generously provided for us by the Mairie (Town Hall) of Boulogne-Billancourt.
 

At the Eiffel Tower, we met children and teachers from our partner school, École Albert Bezançon, and we queued together to go right to the top of the Tower – The views were amazing!
    
After the descent, we were ready for our picnic in the Champ de Mars, before making our way across the Pont de l’Alma to the other side of the River Seine, where our Bateau Mouche would soon be ready for departure. This was a more relaxed time when we were able to chat with our penfriends and get to know them better.

After the boat trip, it was time for the daytrippers to go back to Gare du Nord for the journey home, and for the rest of us to go to the school in Boulogne-Billancourt to meet the other teachers and our host families. They had prepared a wonderful reception in the playground for us with drinks, snacks and cake, and with café-style French music. The playground was beautifully decorated, and in the middle there was a Union Jack on a flagpole!


The headteacher, M Pierre-Etienne Bontemps, welcomed us to the school, and an official from the Mairie also said a few words. Mrs Pipe responded, thanking everyone for such a warm welcome. We then presented the school with a rounders set to add to the Kwick-Cricket they received last year.  Soon afterwards, we all departed with our host families to have dinner and an early night!
The next morning, the children started arriving at school from 8am onwards, each with their own story of the wonderful hospitality of their host family. They spent the morning distributed around the school in different classroom situations, varying from making chocolate cake to discussing differences between the cultures of our two countries.

Lunch was on a Belgian theme, and simply delicious. The Belgian waffles for dessert were a great hit!

After a long wait for the coaches, we left for Versailles. Unfortunately, we could not go inside the château because of a strike (protesting against the raising of the pensionable age), but we were given an interesting and informative tour of the gardens. In the blistering heat, the ice creams had never tasted so good!

The evening was spent relaxing with host families, many of whom joined forces for some kind of activity.
Friday morning was once again sunny and hot, and we started the day with both groups together, talking about the activities of the previous two days, and learning a little more about Louis X1V and the Château of Versailles.

We then walked to the local park for an orienteering challenge which had been kindly prepared for us with the help of the PE teacher. Each group of children was given a compass reading which directed them to a question in French or English. They had to work together to find the answer before moving on to the next clue.

After another delicious lunch, we set off on foot for the Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville), where Benedicte, our guide, gave us an excellent description of the mayor’s role in society and the three important symbols of French democracy – Marianne, symbol of Liberty; le tricolore – the national flag; and l’écharpe (sash) worn by the mayor.

         
After an interesting talk, we said fond farewells to our French friends and were taken by coach to Gare du Nord, stopping for a little last-minute souvenir shopping on the way.

The trip home was predictably noisy, peppered with French phrases which would be music to any language teacher’s ears.
Our two school groups had shared three wonderful days together, and we should like to thank all those who helped in any way to make it possible. We are particularly grateful to the Twinning Association of Rushmoor for a generous grant which kept the price of the trip to a minimum. My personal thanks go to the children, who behaved impeccably and remained very good-humoured, despite the intense heat; to the HPS co-principals and staff at home and away - and to our two extra accompanying adults, Mrs Boukhobza and Mrs Taylor - for their unstinting help and support; to the staff, parents and children of École Albert Bezançon for all their hard work to give us such a warm welcome – and for working on a day when some of them might have been on strike!; and to the Boulogne-Billancourt Town Hall for their support and for funding the transport and school meals during our stay.  The children have come away with some very positive memories of their brief stay in France, which will stay with them for life.

Liz Willey

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I.S.A. National Athletic Championships
Bedford International Athletics Stadium,
Barkers Lane, Bedford MK41 9SB
Wednesday 23rd June
Start 12.30 pm

HAWLEY PLACE NATIONAL QUALIFIERS AND RESULTS;

YEAR 4

CERYN MANDERS – RELAY – 4TH
CHLOE CHANA – RELAY – 4TH
MELISSA HUTT – 600M   - 8TH AND RELAY – 4TH
GEORGIA PEARSON – 60M – 3RD  AND RELAY – 4TH
HARRY GARDNER – 60M  - 5TH AND 600M – 5TH

YEAR 7

REBECCA TATE – 800M – 6TH
ANNABEL DAVIDSON – 1500M – 5TH
ELENIE BISCOMBE – DISCUS – 5TH

YEAR 8

FREYA DAVIS – 1500M – 4TH

YEAR 9

COURTNEY SMITH – 100M – 3RD PLUS RELAY – 1ST
LOIS BEATTIE – 800M – 3RD
REBECCA HOWARD – 1500M – 1ST
ELLIE BOLLONS – 800M – 2ND

YEAR 10

LUCIE LAWTON – 1500M – 10TH

Mr Rowley

Aldershot & District Schools Athletics Association
Junior District Championships
Thursday 24th June 2010

Individual results – The first 6 athletes score. The first 3 athletes receive certificates.

u/13 GIRLS

HOLLY SZEWCZYK – 4TH  - 80M
ROSIE TERHEEGE – 5TH – 80M
ROBYN ACKERMAN – 4TH – 150M
REBECCA TATE – 1ST – 1000M
ANNABEL DAVIDSON – 4TH – 100M

ELENIE BISCOMBE – 3RD – DISCUS
ROBYN ACKERMAN – 4TH – SHOT
HOLLY WESTON – 6TH  - SHOT

U/13  4X1 RELAY TEAM – JOSIE, ROSIE, HOLLY, ROBYN – 3RD

U/13 GIRLS RESULTS

1ST – FARNBOROUGH HILL
2ND – ROBERT MAYS
3RD – HAWLEY PLACE

HAWLEY PLACE

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Aldershot & District Schools Athletics Association
Junior District Championships
Thursday 24th June 2010

Individual results – The first 6 athletes score. The first 3 athletes receive certificates.

u/14 GIRLS

SUMANA SHRESTHA – 4TH – 100M
JODIE HAY – 3RD – 200M
FREYA  DAVIS – 1ST -1500M * JOINT BEST U/14 TRACK ATHLETE
AMBER TRY – 2ND – 70M HURDLES

JODIE HAY – 4TH – HIGH JUMP
MEGAN CHARLES – 5TH - HIGH JUMP
AMBER TRY – 1ST – LONG JUMP *  BEST U/14 FIELD ATHLETE
SOPHIE TEPPER – 2ND – JAVELIN
ANNABELLE HUTT – 4TH – SHOT

U/14  4X1 RELAY TEAM – AMBER, EMILY, JODIE, SUMANA – 4TH

U/14 GIRLS RESULTS

1ST – ROBERT MAYS
2ND – FARNBOROUGH HILL
3RD – HAWLEY PLACE

AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN OUR SECOND DISTRICTS – WELL DONE TO ALL HAWLEY PLACE ATHLETES

Aldershot & District Schools Athletic Association
Senior County Athletics Championships 2010
Saturday 12th June 2010 – Portsmouth

The following girls represented the District at the County championships;

Ellie Bollons – u/15g – 800m - In the final Ellie came 3rd in final – time – 2.32.3

Lois Beattie – u/15g – 800m - In the heat Lois came 4th – time – 2.35.7. Due to an injury Lois did not run in the final.

Rebecca Howard – u/15g – 1500m - In the final Rebecca came 2nd – time – 4.56.6

Courtney Smith – u/15g – javelin – 8th - 20m.18cm

Amber Try – u/15g – long jump – 3rd – 4.51cm

Rebecca Howard qualified for the Inter-counties in the 1500m to be run at Horsham on Saturday 19th June.

At this event Rebecca needed to achieve a 4.51 qualifying time to represent English Schools but managed 4.52.6.

Ellie Bollons also ran on the 19th, in the 800m “B” race and came 5th in a time of 2.33

WELL DONE TO ALL THESE HIGH ACHIEVERS IN ATHLETICS!

Mr. Rowley
June 2010

ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION – NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS RELAY SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

SATURDAY 19TH JUNE 2010

PONDS FORGE - SHEFFIELD

The girls had made it through the Divisional Round in 2nd position to Locks Heath in the medley relay and now faced their biggest challenge, the best junior schools in the country in the National Relay Championships.

We had to wait until the second half of the programme for the medley relay. The team were Alexia (backstroke), Chloe (breaststroke), Leigh (butterfly), and Hannah (front crawl).

We were in the 2nd heat of three heats. There were 8 in each heat, with 8 going through to the A final and the next 8 into the “B” final.

The backstroke leg is all important as it sets up the team. A good start is vital. Alexia had worked on her starts and finishes and in a personal best time of 18.55 (my manual split). Chloe dived in 4th and had to at least hold her own against tough opposition. Some training on Chloe’s starts worked and a good time of 21.03 set up Leigh to make ground on the other teams. Leigh dived in 4th and made up to 2nd position to hand over to Hannah. An electric take over and a very fast crawl leg with a time of 14.74 gave us 2nd in the heat. Following the 3rd heat we made it through to “A” final in 4th position. We would have to do something special to medal.

In the final Alexia repeated her very fast swim from the heat, and improved her PB to clock 18.41. Chloe was really fired up for the final and also improved to record her breaststroke time of 20.83. However, when Chloe handed over to Leigh, we were in 5th position, a lot to do. Leigh clawed back to draw up to level 4th when Hannah dived in. Hannah swam neck and neck with the swimmer from Central Newcastle School but was pipped into 5th place. Leigh’s time was15.86, and Hannah’s time was 15.06.

Our time of 1.10.30 in the heat and 1.10.58 in the final exceeded our divisional time of 1.13.83 in April and 1.14.02 in the Hampshire round in March. The times in the Nationals meant that we were the fastest team in Hampshire.

The swimmers can be immensely proud of their achievements. I do want to make a special mention to Hannah who not only swam through considerable pain, she showed an absolute focus and determination to not allow her foot injury to prevent her from representing her school in this National Final. Well done to a very brave Hannah and well done to all the swimmers.

Mr Rowley

June 2010

23 June 2010

Dear Parents and Former Staff,

The words “Thank you” seem to be totally inadequate for the warmth, affection and kindness shown to me on Wednesday 16 th June.

The Whitebeam is lovely and when planted in my garden will be a constant reminder of the many enjoyable years that I spent in the Senior School and the short but happy time in the Junior School.

Your generosity with my other farewell gift was both unexpected and overwhelming.

I have many treasured memories of Hawley Place but this day, like the opening of the Gaskill Building, is very special to me.

My sincere thanks once again.

Delia Gaskill

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I.S.A. London West Regional Athletics Competition
T.V.A.C. Eton
Friday 11th June 2010 1 p.m.

BOLD = NATIONAL QUALIFIERS +YEAR 4 GIRLS RELAY TEAM (18 pupils)

RESULTS                                         

Junior Girls - 4th  (08)= 4th – (09) 2nd - (010)
Senior Girls – 3rd   (08)  - 2nd (09)  3rd  -  (010)
Overall Girls – 3rd   (08)  - 3rd(09)  3rd -  (010)
Junior Boys – 3rd  (08)  -  3rd (09)  3rd -  (010)

INDIVIDUALS

12 – 1st                     
7 –   2nd
10 – 3rd

Relays

Year 4  - girls  - 1st
Year 4  - boys  - 3rd
Year 6  - boys – 3rd
Year 7 -  girls – 2nd

I.S.A. London West Regional Athletics Competition
T.V.A.C. Eton
Friday 11th June 2010 1 p.m.

REPORT

Following the senior girls successes of the District Athletics Competition in May, it was going to interesting to see how our 70 strong junior and senior team fared against the 17 other schools in the London West region.

Some of the athletes had received the benefit of extra training at the Military Stadium during the term. As the results show, this training, both track and field had proved beneficial.

Our sprinters and middle distance runners took the lion share of the success, both from the senior and junior school. There were some memorable victories from Melissa Hutt (year 4 girls 600m), Harry Gardner (year 4 boys 600m), Lois Beattie (year 8/9 girls 800m), to name but a few. A fantastic surprise for Lucie Lawton, year 10 girls 1500m, as by coming 2nd qualified for the Nationals. Not bad after a couple of runs at the Military Stadium. What would she have done if she was fit?

In the sprint department, a brilliant duo from year 4, Georgia Pearson and Harry Gardner both won their 60m sprint, with a lot to spare. I said to both of them, run 100m fast in training and you will find 60m a breeze! In the senior school, Courtney Smith, having come 4th in the districts, made up for by storming to victory in the year 8/9 girls 100m.

In the relay department, we had never come 1st in any year group, junior or senior. That is now history, as the year 4 girls of Ceryn, Chloe, Melissa and Georgia ensured they booked their ticket with some speedy runs and slick change overs.

These are our National Qualifiers. A brilliant well done to all these high achievers. (The 1st and 2nd places in the middle distance events qualify for the Nationals).

National Qualifiers

Girls long jump – year 6 – Leigh Beale  - 1st
Girls Discus – year 7 – Elenie Biscombe – 1st
Girls rounders ball – year 6 - Daisy McLachlan – 1st
Girls 60m  - year 4 – Georgia Pearson  - 1st
Boys 60m – year 4 - Harry Gardner – 1st
Girls 600m – year 6 – Leigh Beale – 2nd
Girls 600m – year 4 – Melissa Hutt – 1st
Boys 600m – year 4 – Harry Gardner – 1st
Girls 600m  - year 5 – Lucy Lawton – 1st
Girls 800m – year 7 – Rebecca Tate – 2nd
Girls 800m – year 8/9 -  Ellie Bollons – 2nd
Girls 800m – year 8/9 -  Lois Beattie – 2nd
Girls 100m  - year 8/9 – Courtney Smith – 1st
Girls 1500m – year 7 – Annabel Davidson – 1st
Girls 1500m  - year 8/9 – Rebecca Howard – 1st
Girls 1500m – year 8/9 – Freya Davis – 2nd
Girls 1500m – year 10/11 – Lucie Lawton – 2nd

Year 4 girls relay team – Ceryn Manders, Chloe Chana, Melissa Hutt, Georgia Pearson – 1st

From 18 events, 18 pupils qualified for the Nationals.

WELL DONE TO ALL 70 ATHLETES, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOUR FANTASTIC EFFORT AND EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE.

Mr Rowley
June 2010

Hawley Place School Vocal Group ‘hpuk’ trip to Oberursel, Germany - 28 May to 1 June 2010

Pupils and staff from Hawley Place School travelled to Germany at the invitation of the Rushmoor and Oberursel Town Twinning Associations to perform in the ‘Oberursel Brunnenfest 2010’. The pupils performed a variety of solos and duets as well as a programme of whole group numbers including pop, show and folk songs at the open air festival in Rushmoor’s German twin town. The combination of the excellent German hospitality, enthusiastic audiences, and mainly sunny weather helped to make the trip a great success. On Saturday morning we were given an interesting guided tour of the historic town and on Sunday morning several pupils took part in the schools’ fun run.  Apart from our seven performances at the festival, we were also able to visit one of the secondary schools in the town to meet pupils, perform to them and experience one of their lessons. We even had some time for relaxation: shopping in Frankfurt and using the leisure facilities at the very comfortable Movenpick Hotel where we stayed. We are very grateful to Alison Boukhobza and Rainer Hoffmann from the two town twinning associations for their support and for all their hard work in organising such a wonderful and worthwhile trip.

The pupils (Hannah, Laura, Jo, Charlotte, Zoe, Maddie, Jessie, Rachael, Alex, Beth, Lilia & Arianna) who are all aged 13 to 15 commented: ‘It was the best school trip ever & it has taught me how to become a better performer’, ‘I met lots of different people & learnt different ways of life. It was a great experience.’, ‘I loved seeing how the cultures are different & the trip brought us together as a team’, ‘My best things were performing on the different stages & speaking in German’, ‘The trip was amazing! We had so much fun & I became closer to people so they all became like my best friends’.  The pupils were accompanied by four members of staff: Sharon Price (Head of Senior Music), Gerry Thomson (Head of German), Freyja Sculpher (Temporary Music Teacher & professional vocalist), and Liz Willey (German Teacher & Town Twinning Association member). All the pupils and staff feel privileged to have been given the opportunity to take part in such an exciting town twinning venture. Performing alongside musicians from Oberursel and their twin towns is an educational experience which they will never forget.

‘hpuk’ performing with Freyja Sculpher on the ‘Marktplaz’ stage

‘hpuk’ performing on the ‘Europodorf’ stage

CRICKET
Match report
Hawley Place –v- St Neot’s

On Wednesday 26 May 2010, Hawley Place played cricket against St Neot’s at Eversley.

Hawley’s team were:-

Chris Warren (Captain)
Jamie Wilkinson
Harry Harlock
Ragan Jain
Oliver Broad
William Mortimer
Charlie Fryatt
Charlie Catterall
Thomas Leadbetter
George Bainbridge and
Jake Sajkowski (Wicket)
 
Hawley Place won the toss and elected to bowl first.  Harry opened the bowling, followed by Chris.  Chris managed to get 2 wickets in quick succession.  Hawley’s fielding was mainly good and we kept the run rate down, including a great catch from Oliver, and strong wicket keeping by Jake.  Jamie’s bowling was outstanding, and he managed a hat trick!  St Neot’s, however, hit a few fours creeping their score up to 74 by the end of the first innings.

Hawley knew they had their work cut out.  First out to bat was Chris and Ragan.  They made a few brave runs and Ragan hit some amazing shots.  Chris and Ragan retired after 4 overs.  Hawley’s batting was not as good as their fielding but still Hawley managed to get 63 runs (only 12 short).
Well played Hawley!

Match report by Chris Warren
1/6/2010

Aldershot & District Schools Athletic Association – Senior boys and girls Track and Field District Championships – Monday 17th May 2010 – Palmer Park Reading

I chose a strong u/15 girls track and field team to compete at this years championships. Some of these athletes did very well in the junior district championships last year. It would be interesting to see how they fared at senior level. We also had some u/17 athletes, few in number but worthy competitors in their specialized events.

In these championships, to score a point for your school, a placing of sixth or better was required.

These are the athletes that scored points for the school;

U/15 girls

Ellie Bollons – 1st  - 800m
Courtney Smith - 1st – Javelin
Lois Beattie – 2nd  - 800m
Rebecca Howard – 2nd - 1500m
Amber Try – 2nd – Long jump
Freya Davis – 3rd 1500m

All these athletes received commerative certificates for being placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

All these other girls scored points for the school,

Amber Try – 4th – Hurdles
Jessie Lenton – 5th  - Hurdles
Jodie Hay – 4th High Jump
Courtney Smith – 5th – 100m
U/15 4x1 relay team – Mudiwa, Sumana, Jessie and Courtney – 4th.

Going into the final event, the 4x1 relay, Hawley Place u/15 girls team were tying with Robert Mays. The girls did extremely well to come 4th in the relay and came 2nd overall. A fine achievement.

A collective WELL DONE to all the athletes who represented their school. Our strength in track and field is growing year on year and we look forward to the junior championships for years 7 and 8 on Thursday 24th June, again at Palmer Park in Reading.

Mr. Rowley
June 2010

ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION – PRIMARY SCHOOLS RELAY SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Divisional Round – Sunday 25th April 2010
Basingstoke

Report

Following our recent success in the Hampshire round of these championships, the swimmers knew that they had to push themselves even harder in this Divisional round (best teams in Hampshire, Sussex and Dorset), if they were going to make the Nationals in Sheffield on Saturday 19th June. The top two from every event qualified for the Nationals.

The boys team were unchanged from the Hampshire team, Oliver Broad, Charlie Catterall, Thomas Leadbetter, and George Bainbridge.

The boys medley was the first race. A time of 1.21.20 secured a place in the final. There was a very impressive fly leg from Oliver Broad and a much improved breaststroke leg from George Bainbridge. A final position of 4th in a time of 1.21.07 was commendable given the tough opposition.

The girls team saw one change, Chloe Milne coming in for the injured Hannah Archer. The other three swimmers were Leigh Beale, Alexia Debenham and Catherine Moore.

In the girls medley heat, the girls came 3rd and went into the final knowing that a final push was needed to secure a place in the nationals. We were behind after the back and breast legs, but a fast fly leg by Leigh and an amazing f/c finish by Alexia booked the girls a ticket to Sheffield. Alexia dived in 4th as Leigh finished the fly leg. It was almost as if she was accelerating up the lane and in the final 7 metres overtook two teams to touch for glory.

In the freestyle races, the boys posted a good time of 1.08.87 to get the boys into the final, but despite a heroic effort by Oliver in the last leg in the final he could not make up enough to put the team into a medal winning position. The boys came 5th in the final.

The girls found the final of the freestyle very tough. All girls gave their all but when Leigh dived in for the last leg she had too much to do and finished 4th in the final. However, a fortuitous disqualification meant that the girls, although not reaching the nationals, were lucky enough to go home with another medal, this time the bronze in the freestyle relay.

Well done to all the swimmers, well done Hawley Place!

Mr. Rowley
April 2010