Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Healthy Lifestyles workshop

  Fri 28 Apr 2023

  We will be holding a Healthy Lifestyles workshop in school for parents on Wednesday 17th May at 1pm. Please see photo below for further details.

  To book a place at the workshop, please contact the school office.

  

• Arts Award group pass Bronze award

  Mon 24 Apr 2023

  We are proud to announce that the Year 6 Arts Award group have passed their Bronze Arts Award from Trinity Art, London and have received their certificates. They have worked extremely hard on this Level 1 qualification. Congratulations!

  

• Library van visits school

  Fri 21 Apr 2023

  On Wednesday this week, the Lincolnshire Libraries van visited school. Reception and KS1 children were able to visit the library van and choose a book to read at home or in school for the next few weeks. Please look after the books, we will remind you when they need returning. Happy reading! 

  

• Phonics session - 26th April

  Tue 28 Mar 2023

  We will be holding a Phonics session in school for parents of children in EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2. At the session, you will learn more about how Phonics is taught in school. To book a place at the session, please contact the office.

  

• Year 3 Regional Music for Youth Competition

  Tue 21 Mar 2023

  Well done to our Year 3 children for taking part in the regional Music for Youth competition at Haven High on Saturday with their singing/djembe piece. The judges said that the children were a great ensemble, well rehearsed and beautifully performed! We await to hear if the children have made it through to the next round of the competition in Birmingham.

   

  A big thank you to Mrs. Cooper for putting the performance together and also thank you to Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Smith for attending with the children on the day.

  

• Year 3/4 finish 2nd in Athletics Competition

  Tue 31 Jan 2023

  Eight schools competed in our Sportshall Athletics Event on Friday 27th January. 21 children from Hawthorn Tree made up our school team representing the school in a variety of sprint races, jumps, and throws. The children were fantastic and had a great determination to put in their best performances for the team. Times and distances were calculated, and points were awarded to all of the teams competing. We are so proud of the children for their efforts on the day and are delighted with the final results where we finished in 2nd place, taking home silver medals to be proud of!

   

  Thanks to Mrs Ingamells and Mrs Rodgers for preparing the team and to Mrs Swanson for attending with Mrs Ingamells on the day.

  

• Courses taking place in school

  Fri 20 Jan 2023

  We are delighted to offer a selection of Family Learning Workshops at our school. Please see the posters below for more information.

  

• Ofsted Report 15th and 16th November 2022

  Thu 05 Jan 2023

  I am so pleased to inform you that following this ungraded inspection the outcome is that Hawthorn Tree continues to be a good school.

  Here are some of the key highlights from the report that we are proud to share with you.

  “There is a clear sense that staff and pupils live by the school motto: “where everybody is somebody”.

   

  The report praises teachers for their “high expectations” and also the opportunities that the school provides its pupils to demonstrate leadership. The report states that parents speak very highly of the school; “Fantastic school, going from strength to strength. An amazingly dedicated group of teachers who work hard for all the children”.

   

  The report identifies that leaders have constructed an ambitious curriculum which encompasses all the subjects and aims of the national curriculum. It also notes that teachers understand how to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/ or disabilities, skilfully supporting them to access the same learning as other pupils.

  Pupils develop a love for reading. Books read are well matched to the sounds that the children know, with texts that are chosen well to inspire and motivate our children to read.

  Children in Early Years get off to a good start- “Teachers ensure that all activities support children’s development and prepare them well for the next stage of their education.”

  Teachers encourage pupils’ broader development through assemblies and relationships education.

   

  Bullying is rare and pupils know that in this school bullying is not tolerated. The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The curriculum teaches our pupils how to stay safe and pupils are confident in reporting their own concerns and worries and know how to do this.

   

  We now need to continue to embed our curriculum so that subjects that have been recently re-designed ensure that all children have the depth of knowledge in these areas. We also need to continue to update our training for all reading interventions so that it is the best that it can be.

   

  Thank you to all the parents that spoke to the inspector during his visit or who completed the online questionnaires. This really helped the inspector to gauge parental opinion.

   

  I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the staff and governors of Hawthorn who work so tirelessly to make this school such a happy, thriving learning environment where all children can reach their potential and aspire to be whoever they want to be.

   

   

  Kind regards,

   

  Michelle Palmer

  Headteacher

• KS1 Christmas Production - The Nativity

  Tue 13 Dec 2022

  This year in KS1 we wanted to go back to a traditional performance of 'The Nativity'. We had lots of fun retelling the story of the birth of Jesus and all the children worked extremely hard learning their lines, songs and Makaton signs. Staff and children worked hard on props, costumes and rehearsals to ensure that all audiences thoroughly enjoyed the show.

   

  This year we were lucky to be able to invite in a variety of audiences for the most time in a few years with our first being The Haven Care Home who all had a fantastic time with the Year 2 children staying to offer tea, biscuits and a chat afterwards. This was followed by audiences from the preschool, EYFS and KS2 and finally parents.

   

  Parents had an extra special treat with meet and greet of Christmas Carols and real sheep as they entered the school this year. They too were invited back to the classroom after the performance for mince pies and to view their children's Christmas activities.

   

  A big thank you goes out to all the parents for supporting the children with learning their lines and some amazing costumes.

  

• Family Learning at Hawthorn Tree

  Fri 02 Dec 2022

  Please come along to our session next Wednesday 7th December from 1-2pm to find out more about family learning.

   

  Alternatively you can complete a survey by scanning the QR code to let us know what courses you would like us to run in school.