Our annual food festival for multicultural week took place at the end of the half term. It was, as usual, a roaring success with lots of food from all over the world. Thank you to everyone who supported this fabulous event!

On Monday, some very weary Year 6 children and staff arrived back to school following their fantastic trip to PGL Caythorpe Court. The children had a wonderful time, taking part in a whole host of different activities: climbing, abseiling, Giant Swing, canoeing, orienteering and archery, just to name a few! Lots of sweets were eaten and not much sleep was had but all of the children demonstrated our school values of courage, ambition and teamwork throughout the trip - we couldn’t have been prouder of all their achievements!
Huge thanks to Miss McBride, Ms Reid, Mrs Conner, Mr Jack and Miss Rosalind for leading the trip and giving the children these life-long memories! 

The Year 6 production of 'A Golden Ticket' was truly magnificent! The children performed so well, having learnt their lines, the songs and the dance moves during the half term. There were singers, dancers, prop makers,  Oompa Loompas, bratty children (who we know are lovely in real life - they are simply great actors!), suspect German actors, poor manners with too much burping, and, of course Willy Wonker herself with a lot of chocolate!! Not forgetting the technicians who ensured that the show ran without a hitch - it was a wonderful team performance from our very special year 6!
Huge thanks to all of the adults who helped to make this show so special: Ms Kelly, Miss Saker, Mrs Leite, Mrs Watson, Mr Jack and many of our support staff who worked so hard to support our children, make the props and help with costumes.  
And to our directors and producers - Ms Reid, Mr Robotham and a special mention for Mrs Barker who choreographed and made sure the show was simply brilliant!

Following the successful art exhibition for years 2 and 4 last half term, we held our second Art exhibition this time for Year 1, 3 and 5. All year groups have all been "Working in 3D".

Year 1- Making Sculptural Birds

In Year 1, the children have combined their making and drawing skills to create wonderful birds. Inspired by a range of artists and using a range of media including oil pastels, water colours, pencils, crayons, the children carefully recreated ‘feather’ like drawings before creating a collage of their work on a foam board resembling the bird’s body.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 3- Stories Through Drawing & Making

In year 3, the children have been taking inspiration from different artists and illustrators. They looked at Quentin Blake’s characters in more detail and created their own sculptures inspired by his work. They used different techniques to construct and model their 3d pieces then used acrylic paint to finish and add details to the sculptures.

 

Year 5 – Set Making

In year 5, the children created their own model theatre sets.  They started by looking at the work of Rae Smith – set designer for the production War Horse and then looked at the sets of other big theatre shows like The Lion King and Les Misérables. They discussed how the set created the atmosphere for the production and helped tell the story. Using the stimulus of either Under the Sea, the Jungle or the Savannah, they sketched plans for a set and then created them using shoe boxes, paint, construction materials, fabric and their imaginations.

The whole school visited the art exhibition and were very excited to see the work of our artists. It was also wonderful to see so many parents attend the Exhibition after school!

 

The artworks were all absolutely amazing! We have very talented artists at Hazelwood!​

Click here to see all the amazing artwork this term!

 

The sun was shining and the talent was all around as we had a huge turnout of children, parents and carers for our amazing Hazelwood's Got Talent Final 2023! The 9 finalists, all who had made their way through from the class rounds to the semi-finals in their houses and then onto the big stage for the final, all performed brilliantly, with real confidence, bravery and showing off their talent. Cheered on by the huge crowd, who had been able to buy lots of yummy cake, candy floss and popcorn thanks for generous donations from parents and HPSA, the finalists performed in front of our four judges: Sidrah, our Chair of Governors; Steve, our former HPSA chair and ever-present member; Martin, from our friends at Anthony Webb Estate Agents; and our very own Mrs Pearson! 

Winners were chosen from each category (Year 1 & 2, Year 3 & 4, Year 5 & 6) but, in truth, everyone was a winner on this fabulous occasion. 

Huge thanks to Miss Bispham and Miss Hammond for supporting the acts to get to the stage, Steve Rawlinson for technical support and Miss Powell for organising and hosting the final!