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08/01/25

"Exciting news! Alma-nac visited our school, and Year 5 took part in workshops as energy detectives! They explored ways to help the school improve energy usage and become . Amazing work, Year 5! 🌍💡 pic.twitter.com/MRz3WYR28k

19/12/24

We know that the festive period can at times be a difficult time of year. Here are some useful tips to support your well-being over the festive period. ☺️#Christmas2024 pic.twitter.com/eTT3avUZlS

19/12/24

Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Christmas Crafternoon! ✂️🎁⁰It was a joyful afternoon filled with creativity, laughter, and festive fun. We loved seeing all your amazing crafts! 🎄✨#ChristmasCrafternoon pic.twitter.com/LupIAGQ7bT

19/12/24

🎄✨ Yesterday, at Harris Primary Haling Park, we were spreading festive cheer with Christmas Jumper Day! 🎅🎁 The school was buzzing with holiday spirit as everyone enjoys their colourful jumpers and a delicious Christmas dinner. 🍽️🎶#ChristmasJumperDay pic.twitter.com/xUn1ee4M9j

19/12/24

The elves have gone for a ride on Gerry Halingwell the giraffe! Miss Smith is SHOCKED 😮 🤯#elfontheshelf pic.twitter.com/kKLAwoltJ2

18/12/24

The elves are having a phonics lesson this morning! Have a look to see what they’re learning!#Phonics pic.twitter.com/r7KoqtFuXi

18/12/24

Reception are back safe and sound from James Terry Court care home! They sang Christmas songs and presented them with a hand made Christmas card. It’s safe to say that they spread some Christmas cheer to not only the residents, but everyone we saw on the way! 🎄#Christmas2024 pic.twitter.com/p9qL4Edwk1

17/12/24

Come and take an ‘elfie’ today! 📸🤳#ElfOnAShelf pic.twitter.com/R8SEnUFhVu

16/12/24

This Thursday, our annual Christmas 'Crafternoon' is back! Join us at 2.30pm for an afternoon of arts and crafts and festive cheer! 🎄🖼️👩‍🎨 Please be advised that there will be no entry after 2.45pm in order to safeguard all children. See you there!#Christmas pic.twitter.com/mDb1QfqqqZ

16/12/24

Christmas post is open! The fastest delivery service - even better than Royal Mail. If your child would like to bring in a Christmas card for anyone at school, the post box will be open from today and cards will be delivered throughout the week! 📮🎄🎁#Christmas2024 pic.twitter.com/SSE4a1r7Cz

16/12/24

UH OOOOOHH! Elf is stuck! This is an emergency! pic.twitter.com/DyehsjsKXm

13/12/24

Creativity + Effort = Masterpieces 🖌️ We’re in awe of the creativity and effort the children put into their Dip and Dos. Each project is a unique masterpiece filled with their ideas and originality! 🎨✨ pic.twitter.com/2ufWFYzDli

12/12/24

Second night at Carols by Candlelight! Bring the Christmas spirit, Year 4 and Year 6! 🎤🎶🎄 pic.twitter.com/Di3TDMRZZu

12/12/24

The dinosaurs have escaped from Nursery and taken the elves hostage! This is bad, VERY BAD! 🤦🏽‍♀️ 🦖#ElfOnAShelf pic.twitter.com/qWBIOZFOWT

11/12/24

The elves are cold and they’ve decided to roast some marshmalllows! 🔥#ElfOnAShelf pic.twitter.com/eSGEvEt8uI

10/12/24

What a delight! Santa came to visit us after our performances for Carol by Candlelight! 🎅🛷🎄 pic.twitter.com/qRCrofnOCS

10/12/24

What a beautiful night! Well done Year 3 and Year 5! Absolutely smashed it! 🎄Thank you to Emmanuel’s Church for hosting us! pic.twitter.com/vhPAbk2ubJ

10/12/24

Oh no! This is not good! Please be on the lookout! 👀 pic.twitter.com/PJUsgv2VGG

09/12/24

Well, well, well. Clearly the elves think splatting paint everywhere is fun! 🎨🖌️ Who’s going to clean this up then?! 🤔 pic.twitter.com/OckX9UgtVG

06/12/24

The elves have been up to no good again. They’ve stolen our instruments and have made their own band! 🎄🎸 pic.twitter.com/7I3vluYWmd

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Community Champions

“Harris Primary Academy Haling Park is an academy with community at its heart!”

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Community Champions is a school wide initiative that brings the whole school together as a community to work with our local community. Each month has carefully selected theme:

Autumn 1 - 

DIVERISTY

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Autumn 2- 
CHARITY

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Spring 1 - 

MENTAL HEALTH

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Spring 2 - 

ACTIVE LIVING

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Summer 1 - 

ENVIRONMENT

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Summer 2 - 

CELEBRATIONS

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Our Community Champion themes are revisited each year to ensure children leave HPAHP with a clear understanding of these topics and a commitment to being champions of these areas themselves in their future lives. We feel passionate that these themes should not only be taught discretely and should form a key component of our curriculum, rather than an ‘add on’ or tokenistic teaching approach.

Although a termly theme has been chosen, this does not mean to say these topics are not covered throughout the year, rather that we believe it is important to explore the theme in greater detail discreetly.

Each month follows are shared theme which includes key advocates, a school song, and some exciting home learning projects. The pinnacle of each month is a whole school activity or event.

Community Champions Activities 2022/23:

September – Charity

We started the year thinking about how we can help and support others within our community. All children voted to nominate a whole school charity who we would support this academic year. The Croydon Deaf Children’s Society was our chosen charity. We will run a number of fundraising events throughout the year to support the work of this fantastic local charity. We also collected items to donate to our local foodbank – The Purley Food Hub.

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October – Diversity

October was a celebration of the key ingredients that makes our school exceptional – our diverse community. We celebrated our similarities and differences through our whole school cultural day. The whole school community was invited to come into school wearing clothing that represented their culture, background, or heritage. The day concluded with a whole school food festival which took our taste buds on a culinary tour of the globe!

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November – Remembrance

November was a time of remembrance – for those who have made sacrifices or discoveries that have impacted on the world we live in today. Each class created their own Poppy art which they presented in our Remembrance Day assembly.

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December – Human Rights

December saw us fight for what we believed in. Throughout the month we found out about people who had campaigned for things that they felt strongly about. Each class then decided about something they felt passionate about. This culminated in an end of term protest march in the playground.

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January – Inclusion

Every month is inclusion month at HPAHP but in January we shone a spotlight on one the best things about our academy – everyone being involved!

February – Mental Health and Wellbeing

February was all about how we look after ourselves. We spent the month thinking about how we could ensure we had healthy minds. We held a wellbeing afternoon at the end of term where we played our favourite board games with our classmates. We saw so many different types of games – some traditional classics as well as some newer favourites.

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March – Active Living

In March we got active with HPAHP’s first ever fun run. Every child in the school took part as we did laps of our playground to raise money for our chosen charity – The Croydon Deaf Children’s Society. We raised over £700 and led an active lifestyle at the same time!

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