King's Hawford Magazine 2020

2019 | 2020

02 | HEAD’S30 INTRODUCTION | LOCKDOWN

Despite the challenges that this way of schooling presented, it was good to see families taking advantage of these moments.

It was, to an extent, reminiscent of the scene in ‘A Christmas Carol’ when Scrooge is returned to the days of Mr Fezziwig’s Christmas Party. Although he did not know it at the time, these were Scrooge’s happiest days. Dickens writes:

“

When happiness shows up, always give it a comfortable seat.

“

I have always loved that line. The happiest days of our lives will undoubtedly be the days when we came together as a family, enjoying the laughter and joy of simply being together. Simple moments are the best moments. So, in making the most of a difficult situation, we showed the spirit that united us as a community. Of course, it was wonderful to see the children return in the final weeks of the summer term and to celebrate being together again and also to offer our Year 6 children a Speech Day, albeit recorded and online.

Remote learning, along with a national lockdown, made for a tricky time for all of us but, in an unexpected way, it was period that we can all look back on with a great deal of pride. Our parents and children engaged positively with new ways of learning while greater and greater levels of independence were apparent as the term progressed.

Zoom lessons, recorded videos, learning platforms and Joe Wicks became the ‘New Norm’. Given the fabulous May weather our families enjoyed time out with each other in the garden, on walks and in taking part in the various ‘Turner’s Trials’ that took place each week. We loved seeing the videos that were sent in, all of which attracted numerous views on our YouTube channel.

“

Do it today.

Tomorrow it might be forbidden.

“

The final term of the 2019-20 school year presented a great deal of challenges and a situation that none of us could have predicted.

Whatever the situation, make the most of the opportunities that are presented to you.

In doing so, celebrate the joys these days bring. And remember the Finnish proverb:

I wish you and your families many years of happiness together. These will be the best days of your lives.

JIM TURNER Head

03 | MFL

“

I really enjoyed the Turner’s Trials. I won the musical instrument challenge.

“

“

Lessons are always lively.

“

The House Languages Competition is fun but, we all really want to win.

We understood how much doctors and nurses were doing and really appreciated them.

“

“

I came in for key worker care and we were like a little family.

“

“

“

Absolutely everyone gets dressed up for Languages Day, it is so colourful.

“

By Year 6, we have learnt German, Spanish and French.

C’est bon!

“

I really enjoyed seeing my friends on Zoom and the lessons were great fun.

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04 | MUSIC AND PERFORMING 28 | YEAR ARTS SIX

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Competing in the Worcester Arts You really appreciate Festival was amazing. your friends more Winning made than ever in yourit even more special. last year.

““

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We were part of the climate change protest even though we weren’t at school.

“

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It’s not every day you get to be a genie.

“

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Lights of Love was magical.

I love singing in the Cathedral.

“

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KH Radio is amazing to work on. You feel so proud when the programme is played in assembly.

“

I loved the opportunity to take on leadership roles.

It was great to help others.

“

Everyone just wants to dance and it’s great to watch the other classes too.

“

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06 | ART 26AND | YEAR DESIGN FIVE

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I loved showing others what I had made and explaining how it worked.

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““

I love taking on challenges outdoors.

Blists Hill was a

Thegreat Rangoli trip. We patterns learntfilled so much. the school with colour.

“

“

“

Some of our self portraits were incredible, others were quite funny.

“

“

Paul Klee is now definitely my favourite artist. Dad bought a poster of one of his paintings for my room.

Teaching using sweets is not fair; you just want to eat them all the time.

“

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The trip to the Food Bank helped us understand who we were helping and how important our donations were.

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24 | YEAR 08 | SPORT FOUR

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We swim every week at school and the galas are a great experience.

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“

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We had a lot of lessons outside.

Year 4 do the most, I think.

I didn’t think All the coaches at cleaning up the were the tournament canalimpressed would be so by the much wayfun. we played.

““

“

The barrel scene was so hard to learn. We kept popping up at the wrong time!

Going on the Cardiff sports tour with my friends was an incredible experience.

Some of the sixties costumes were amazing.

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Our mixed tag team was awesome.

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10 | OUTDOOR22PURSUITS | YEAR 3

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The Instructor was impressed that we had learnt so much on the KataKanus at school.

“

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The hula hoop just kept falling on the floor.

The Maths Challenge was like a treasure hunt; They kept telling measuring distance, us that team work adding and subtracting. makes the dreamwork.

“

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“

“

“

We did some experiments nearly every week in science, working with our partners.

Ali Baba was amazing to be part of, but it was sad that we didn’t get to perform it for our mums and dads.

“

“

“

Weaving the fence was hard work but we loved slapping the mud on.

“

I love toasted marshmallows sooo much!

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12 | LEARNING OUTSIDE THE 20 CLASSROOM | YEAR TWO

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We go to our Forest School and sometimes have hot chocolate.

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The best bits were singing and my costume.

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“

When we performed our role plays in the outdoor classroom, we couldn’t stop laughing.

“

Having the canal next to school is brilliant.

We are on the water in no time. is My favourite subject art but I liked maths when we pretended to go shopping.

I like lessons outside - it is different to being in our classroom.

“

“

There are rules to follow, but it is very cosy by the fire.

“

ThinkTank was incredible - I had a lovely day.

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14 | EVENTS 18 AND | YEAR CHARITY ONE

We all love the days where we dress up.

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We were kings

There were so many from King’s, fun things to do on which is funny.

Sixties Day and I think we raised a lot of money for charity.

“

The whole school joined in to help save the planet.

“

“

“

“

My pancake got stuck and then my scarf fell off.

“

Christmas at Hawford is magical and the tree in the house is huge!

“

I have lots of friends.

We like playing tag and the boys play football.

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“

We donated so much food to the Food Bank.

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16 | EARLY YEARS

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I was the Gruffalo on World Book Day.

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I forgot my line but the teacher helped me.

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We make up our own games in Forest School.

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There were loads of books at The Hive.

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14 | EVENTS 18 AND | YEAR CHARITY ONE

We all love the days where we dress up.

“

We were kings

There were so many from King’s, fun things to do on which is funny.

Sixties Day and I think we raised a lot of money for charity.

“

The whole school joined in to help save the planet.

“

“

“

“

My pancake got stuck and then my scarf fell off.

“

Christmas at Hawford is magical and the tree in the house is huge!

“

I have lots of friends.

We like playing tag and the boys play football.

“

“

“

“

“

“

We donated so much food to the Food Bank.

“

“

12 | LEARNING OUTSIDE THE 20 CLASSROOM | YEAR TWO

“

We go to our Forest School and sometimes have hot chocolate.

“

“

The best bits were singing and my costume.

“

“

“

“

“

“

“

When we performed our role plays in the outdoor classroom, we couldn’t stop laughing.

“

Having the canal next to school is brilliant.

We are on the water in no time. is My favourite subject art but I liked maths when we pretended to go shopping.

I like lessons outside - it is different to being in our classroom.

“

“

There are rules to follow, but it is very cosy by the fire.

“

ThinkTank was incredible - I had a lovely day.

“

“

10 | OUTDOOR22PURSUITS | YEAR 3

“

The Instructor was impressed that we had learnt so much on the KataKanus at school.

“

“

The hula hoop just kept falling on the floor.

The Maths Challenge was like a treasure hunt; They kept telling measuring distance, us that team work adding and subtracting. makes the dreamwork.

“

“

“

“

“

We did some experiments nearly every week in science, working with our partners.

Ali Baba was amazing to be part of, but it was sad that we didn’t get to perform it for our mums and dads.

“

“

“

Weaving the fence was hard work but we loved slapping the mud on.

“

I love toasted marshmallows sooo much!

“

“

“

“

24 | YEAR 08 | SPORT FOUR

“

We swim every week at school and the galas are a great experience.

“

““

“

“

We had a lot of lessons outside.

Year 4 do the most, I think.

I didn’t think All the coaches at cleaning up the were the tournament canalimpressed would be so by the much wayfun. we played.

““

“

The barrel scene was so hard to learn. We kept popping up at the wrong time!

Going on the Cardiff sports tour with my friends was an incredible experience.

Some of the sixties costumes were amazing.

“

Our mixed tag team was awesome.

“

“

“ “

“

“

06 | ART 26AND | YEAR DESIGN FIVE

“

I loved showing others what I had made and explaining how it worked.

“

“

““

I love taking on challenges outdoors.

Blists Hill was a

Thegreat Rangoli trip. We patterns learntfilled so much. the school with colour.

“

“

“

Some of our self portraits were incredible, others were quite funny.

“

“

Paul Klee is now definitely my favourite artist. Dad bought a poster of one of his paintings for my room.

Teaching using sweets is not fair; you just want to eat them all the time.

“

“

The trip to the Food Bank helped us understand who we were helping and how important our donations were.

“

“

“

“

04 | MUSIC AND PERFORMING 28 | YEAR ARTS SIX

“ “

Competing in the Worcester Arts You really appreciate Festival was amazing. your friends more Winning made than ever in yourit even more special. last year.

““

“

We were part of the climate change protest even though we weren’t at school.

“

“

It’s not every day you get to be a genie.

“

“

Lights of Love was magical.

I love singing in the Cathedral.

“

“

KH Radio is amazing to work on. You feel so proud when the programme is played in assembly.

“

I loved the opportunity to take on leadership roles.

It was great to help others.

“

Everyone just wants to dance and it’s great to watch the other classes too.

“

“

“

02 | HEAD’S30 INTRODUCTION | LOCKDOWN

Despite the challenges that this way of schooling presented, it was good to see families taking advantage of these moments.

It was, to an extent, reminiscent of the scene in ‘A Christmas Carol’ when Scrooge is returned to the days of Mr Fezziwig’s Christmas Party. Although he did not know it at the time, these were Scrooge’s happiest days. Dickens writes:

“

When happiness shows up, always give it a comfortable seat.

“

I have always loved that line. The happiest days of our lives will undoubtedly be the days when we came together as a family, enjoying the laughter and joy of simply being together. Simple moments are the best moments. So, in making the most of a difficult situation, we showed the spirit that united us as a community. Of course, it was wonderful to see the children return in the final weeks of the summer term and to celebrate being together again and also to offer our Year 6 children a Speech Day, albeit recorded and online.

Remote learning, along with a national lockdown, made for a tricky time for all of us but, in an unexpected way, it was period that we can all look back on with a great deal of pride. Our parents and children engaged positively with new ways of learning while greater and greater levels of independence were apparent as the term progressed.

Zoom lessons, recorded videos, learning platforms and Joe Wicks became the ‘New Norm’. Given the fabulous May weather our families enjoyed time out with each other in the garden, on walks and in taking part in the various ‘Turner’s Trials’ that took place each week. We loved seeing the videos that were sent in, all of which attracted numerous views on our YouTube channel.

“

Do it today.

Tomorrow it might be forbidden.

“

The final term of the 2019-20 school year presented a great deal of challenges and a situation that none of us could have predicted.

Whatever the situation, make the most of the opportunities that are presented to you.

In doing so, celebrate the joys these days bring. And remember the Finnish proverb:

I wish you and your families many years of happiness together. These will be the best days of your lives.

JIM TURNER Head

03 | MFL

“

I really enjoyed the Turner’s Trials. I won the musical instrument challenge.

“

“

Lessons are always lively.

“

The House Languages Competition is fun but, we all really want to win.

We understood how much doctors and nurses were doing and really appreciated them.

“

“

I came in for key worker care and we were like a little family.

“

“

“

Absolutely everyone gets dressed up for Languages Day, it is so colourful.

“

By Year 6, we have learnt German, Spanish and French.

C’est bon!

“

I really enjoyed seeing my friends on Zoom and the lessons were great fun.

“

“

“

“

“

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