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Get out of my Facebook: Social Media Forum for Parents

by Guy Holloway 9 February 2012 Parents
One of our greatest challenges is to ensure that our children are equipped (technically and emotionally) to use the internet safely. You may have noticed from your child’s Almanack that the evening of Monday 27 February (7pm) has been set aside for you to engage with the School on this subject. The evening is open [...]
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Young Enterprise: The Mid-Year Briefing

by Ben Ruddin 8 February 2012 Business
Young Enterprise Mid-Year Briefing Marat Guysin, Alyssia Everest and Adam Barrs (below) represented Hampton Court House at Tiffin Girls School on a cold Tuesday evening to listen to talks on finance, reporting and stall merchandising. They also encountered an Old Courtier (OC) Rupert Sadler who is now involved with the Young Enterprise group at Kingston [...]
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“Why do I have to learn spreadsheets? I’m never going to use them.”

by Carl Turland 4 February 2012 Articles
I hear students say something similar to the above quote so often. In the past I have struggled to give an answer that I have been entirely happy with. I have tried the poor parent answer, “because you have to,” all the way to trying to place a way the student may use spreadsheets in [...]
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La Chandeleur

by Caroline Géhin 3 February 2012 Francais
Aujourd’hui, avec la classe des Année 7, nous avons célébré la Chandeleur. En France, nous célébrons la présentation du Christ au temple en faisant des crêpes. Traditionnellement, il faut garder dans la main une pièce en or – un Louis- tout en faisant sauter la crêpe! Les élèves ont passé un bon moment à préparer [...]
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Lord of the Flies: Auditions

by Guy Holloway 1 February 2012 School News
Spring Term school play: LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding. Auditions for this term’s play (to take place on Monday 12 March and Tuesday 13 March)  started today at lunch time. A group of about twenty students arrived for the first workshop, and improvised various scenes. It’s clearly going to be a difficult job [...]
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Open Evening

by Jon Hind 1 February 2012 School News
Last night we held a very successful open evening thanks to the help of so many students. As Guy mentioned in his speech, it isn’t the building that makes a school, but the people in it. Thank you all for making the school last night.
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DON’T TEACH YOUR CHILDREN CHESS … until you’ve read this.

by Richard James 31 January 2012 Articles
HCH chess teacher Richard James is passionate about promoting chess to children and passionate about ensuring that every child who learns chess gets the best possible start. The first chess lesson you give your child, says Richard, is the most important lesson they’ll ever have. Experts on chess for young children across three continents all [...]
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HCH At the forefront of Computer Science in Education

by Carl Turland 30 January 2012 Articles
Hampton Court House is looking to get a head start on other schools by investing in a set of Raspberry Pi computers. Developed in the UK, the Raspberry Pi has been designed as a modern day replacement for the BBC Micro which was used by so many in the 1980s to learn how computers work [...]
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HCH Kenya Trip – Year 7-11

by Naomi Owen 30 January 2012 Featured
Just a reminder that the Kenya evening for information regarding the trip will take place on Monday (30th January) at 6.30pm. Please feel free to attend even if you have not returned the form. I hope it will give me a chance to show what an amazing opportunity the trip would be for your child [...]
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Y6 Assessment Results

by Jon Hind 27 January 2012 Parents
The results of the Y6 Assessment Tests will be emailed out to parents on Saturday 28th January, in line with the ISEB guidelines.
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