Well done to Dylan and Edward for pirate work and the amazing catapult created by Edward! Sophie did a lovely piece of writing – so very detailed. Evie did an amazing respect poster. Gabriel and Charlie, I mean Sir Francis and Captain Hawkings turned up at my office demanding an end to homework, I said if they worked hard for six weeks they could have six week break from homework…..:). And Paris did some excellent maths.
Here are the latest Headteacher Merit Award winners. WELL DONE to them all – some very proud and happy faces!!
Headteacher Merit Award Winners Summer 2013
| MATURITY | |
| Daniel Pike-Jones | Daniel has shown a very mature approach to his learning and his play this term. He concentrates more and is thinking more about how to improve his own learning and then putting it into practice. |
| Charlotte Weir | Charlotte has taken on a lot more responsibility for her own learning. She is trying to remember to do her homework every week and be at school on time. |
| Alfie Miller | Alfie has shown great maturity in recognising he needs plenty of water during the day and making sure he eats his lunch. We are pleased with Alfie’s growing maturity applying himself to open-ended and adult directed activities. |
| Dylan Piercy | During the last half term Dylan has demonstrated a growing maturity in his disposition and attitude to both guided group work and independent tasks within the classroom. A super Hayward’s hero Dylan, well done. |
| Tia-Louise Holman | Participating freely in all activities across all areas of learning. |
| Mea Marino | Mea has a very mature attitude and has a great attitude to her learning, resulting in her making amazing progress in less than 2 terms. She has been so mature in how she completes her homework and deals with her friendships. |
| Henry Field | Henry is a fantastic role model, not only to the rest of the class but also to the other children in the school as well. He is a very hard working member of the class who can be relied upon to act sensibly and maturely. Although he likes to share in a joke with his friends, Henry is mature enough to know when this is appropriate. |
| Josh Snell | Josh has become a very mature young person in year 1 .He can always be trusted to do his very best at everything he tries to do. He works very hard ay his academic work but also at looking out for other children and he will speak up if he is concerned about anything so that it can be dealt with in a mature way . |
| Charlie Rook | Charlie shows great maturity. He is independent in his learning, moves himself away from distractions, is fun without being disruptive and really wants to do well and improve. |
| Owen Pick | Owen has really shown a real change in the way he approaches school and home learning. He has become much more mature, taking responsibility for his learning and aiming high! With his homework he is taking care to complete tasks to a better standard. |
| Maisie Harper | For reacting calmly when things go wrong and being able to say what the problem is. |
| FOCUS | |
| Jade Cann | Jade has focused on all of her learning this year. When she friends things tricky, she keeps focused and has really improved in her maths as a result of this. |
| Lottie Harris | Lottie is making a big effort to focus on her work and do her best. She is concentrating much better during class time and is now working harder during independent tasks. |
| Daniel Gould | Dan is very creative and really focuses on his model making. He puts a lot of thought into his designs. He is confident choosing resources he needs and reviews his work, adapting his models where necessary. |
| Abigail Baptist | Abigail has made amazing progress this year. Her focus and determination to achieve is wonderful. She takes pride in her achievements and enjoys sharing her work with others. Well done Abigail. |
| Lily Birch Hayes | Lily is now able to focus on child initiated and adult led activities more consistently. |
| Elliott Angell | Elliott’s challenges are linked to physical activities. He is now beginning to accept and engages in a variety of physical exercises. |
| Luke Wilson | Luke has applied himself to his lessons and has been especially focused in his writing so that he has made good progress in this last term. Keep it up Luke! |
| John Turner | John is a very hard working member of the class and regularly demonstrates fantastic focus. He is engaged with his learning and is able to maintain good concentration, which has enabled him to make great progress this year. |
| Bobby Clement Gulley | Bobby has had to work very hard this term to become more focused in his work. He has delighted all of the class by showing us what he can do , especially in early work we are all very proud of him. |
| Abigail Bolt | Abbie ignores distractions, focuses on her work, listens to advice and acts upon it and has a good attitude to learning. |
| Zoey Powlesland | Zoey is working with determination in lessons. It is great to see that the much better Focus is resulting in improvements in her learning and she is sometimes surprising herself at how well she can do ! |
| Elise Williams | Really getting on with her work and trying to improve. |
| RESPECT | |
| Kori Gray | Kori has shown a caring attitude to his fellow pupils and to the adults who teach him. He has worked hard to avoid distractions and focus his attention on the speaker. showing that he respects their point of view and their ideas. Whenever somebody is in need of a supportive friend, Kori can be relied upon to look after them, without needing to be asked. |
| Jessica Andrews | Jessica is always respectful to other children, listening and working together with them during playtimes and groups work. Jessica shows respect to adults she meets in school and follows instructions well. |
| Christie Pike-Jones | Christie demonstrates respect in all situations in school. She displays all the qualities of being a good friend and is a popular member of our class. |
| Libby White | Libby is a such a joy and always demonstrates her politeness through actions and words. |
| Sophie Wyer | Sophie is learning how to respect other people’s feeling and think about treating others how they would like to be treated. This is something that at times she can still find difficult, but is a target she wants to keep working at. |
| Trinity Bowen | Trinity is an extremely polite member of Year 6 and has outstanding manners. She is a very caring member of the class and often acts as mediator to resolve falling outs. She listens well in class and follows instructions with a smile on her face. |
| Evie Brotherton | Evie is a delightful person to have in the class. She is always so kind and caring to any one who is feeling a little bit upset or down .She shows them the greatest respect and kindness and it is just lovely to have such a respectful person in the class |
| Katie Cooke | Katie shows excellent respect, especially to adults. She is mannerly, polite, helpful and fantastic at welcoming others with a friendly ‘hello’. Katie also respects herself. She asks for help when she needs it and really wants to do well and improve. |
| Adam Treen | Adam shows great respect in his attitude towards adults and other children. He has a strong sense of fairness and even when he is unhappy about something that has happened in a playtime game, he is able to sort things out with respect for other children’s views. |
| Reece Lydiatt-Windsor | He always does lovely presentation so he respects his work. He also follows instructions from adults. |
| PERSEVERANCE | |
| Conor Webb | Conor has found writing a challenge as he has so many ideas, he was getting frustrated when he could not get them all down onto paper. When introduced to the idea of a planning timer, Conor quickly found that this helped him get his ideas down so that he wouldn’t lose them and then he was able to concentrate on quality sentence writing. He now does his planning independently! |
| Luke Stone | Luke works so hard all the time. He reads with his parents every night. Luke perseveres to write the best sentences he can and is making great progress. |
| Millie Matthews | Millie has made super progress this year, especially in her phonics, reading and writing. She is a Hayward’s hero for perseverance in her learning. She also demonstrates honesty within the setting, owning up to issues honestly without blaming others. |
| Aston Harvey | Aston recently has worked so hard on activities he finds a challenge which has enabled him to interact with adults and other peers. |
| Riley Peters | No longer gets upset willing to have a go always does his best and has grown in confidence participating in all activities. |
| Lee Waldron | Lee has shown great perseverance in his learning, especially with his writing. He has persevered with his presentation and organisation of his writing so that he can see how much he is improving. Well done! |
| Grace Broad and Georgia Steer | I really couldn’t decide between Grace and Georgia for this perseverance award so I have had to be naughty and nominate both of them! In the run up to SATs, both girls were great examples of what it means to be focused. They had a positive attitude to their learning and were keen to keep improving themselves and do better. |
| Billy Edgecombe | Billy has had to work really hard all year and not give up when the learning got a bit tough. He has tried so hard in his reading and in his maths and I know that he is really proud of himself for what he has learnt to do by himself this year. |
| Freddie Hogg | Freddie really wants to do well and improve. He is showing incredible perseverance, particularly with his focus, attitude to his learning and the amount of work he completes in a lesson. |
| Emily Wood | Emily is showing great perseverance and determination in her lessons. She listens well and tries her best. If something is tricky Emily just tries even harder! |
| Elliot Ford | For working really hard with his spellings. |
| HONESTY | |
| Talia Matthews | Talia has shown honesty when looking at her own learning. When she finds things tricky, she is honest and admits it to others, as she knows this is the way to get the help needed to support her learning. |
| Yani Werner | Yani can always to relied upon to tell the truth. She doesn’t constantly tell tales on other children but will give an honest answer and opinion. |
| Maddison Fairchild | Maddison is our ‘Amy Hero’. She demonstrates honesty in our unit and can be relied upon to explain situations which may occur in the playground in a fair and truthful way. |
| Danielle Pidgeon | Danielle has had difficult challenges however she has acquired the skills to seek out an adult when she really needs their support and she can honestly say what happened. |
| Livvy Field | Livvy is being honest about how she feels, especially linked to how she deals with her friendships. She now wants to be able to be friends with more people, which is a really positive thing for Livvy. |
| Charlie Hurman | Charlie is a great role model, both in class and around school. Not only can she be relied upon to tell the truth, but she is also able to be honest when it comes to her learning. She is able to speak up when she is unsure of something and is not too proud to ask for extra support if needed. This honest attitude has enabled her to make great progress this year. |
| Ryan Sandland | Ryan has a very brave part of himself and when he has made a choice which he is not particularly proud of he shows his bravest and strongest part of himself and will be honest about what has happened. He can be trusted to tell the truth. That means that he is a true Hayward hero and I am very proud of Ryan for being able to do that .Well done Ryan |
| Sam Mason | Sam is very honest. He takes responsibility for his actions and can be trusted to tell the truth. Sam is becoming more honest with himself, especially during lessons, where he is starting to ask for help when he needs it. |
| Oliver Way | Oliver shows honesty at school. He is honest about his own learning and knows when he could try harder to improve his work. He is honest when interacting with other children, if something occurs that Oliver does not feel is right or fair, he will say so ! |
| Tommy Wood | He always is truthful about anything that has happened. |
A huge WELL DONE to our very first readers to earn their
READING ADVENTURE OWL BADGES!
These special new badges are only awarded to those who have completed all areas of the Reading Adventure, earning the Dragon badge and all the others along the way. They have persevered with different types of reading, accumulated all the necessary ‘footprints’ and, I hope, tried some books they might not have thought of reading before. Let’s hope they’ve been inspired to be even more adventurous in their reading.
Congratulations to Matthew who was the first person to earn his badge’. He has been patiently waiting for his ‘Owl’ to arrive (it must be related Errol in the Harry Potter stories).
Well done too to Esther, Emily, Henry, Edward M, Finn, Lucy, Louise, Belinda, Aimee and Edward D - quite a flock* of Owls already!
Here they are with Mrs Kemp, telling Mr Quick from the Crediton Courier all about the Reading Adventure scheme.
*Did you know that the group name for owls is actually ‘A Parliament of Owls’? Some sources also say it’s ‘A Wisdom of Owls’, which I think is a brilliant description.
Very well done to these super heroes!! These awards were for the second half of last term.
Headteacher Merit Award Winners
| Name | Area | More specifically |
| Mia Hawman | Maturity | Able to eat her lunch with others in School Hall no longer going home at lunchtime. Fluent reader, reading books at home and school. Times when she takes what she is learning at school and tries to find out more at home |
| Kaden Pearce | Maturity | Kaden has been a fantastic example in showing what maturity means. He has been extremely sensible when working with the younger children. Also, he stands up for what is right and does not follow the crowd when others are doing or saying things that are unkind. |
| Lee Mitchell | Maturity | Lee has dealt with lots this half term, but he has shown great maturity and focus in class and with the support his peers, this has helped him feel included in the playground. Well done Lee! |
| Sophie Berry | Maturity | Sophie has a great attitude to learning. She remains focused, even when things are tricky. She juggles several clubs and activities, yet still makes time for other children and friends who need her help and time. She never needs reminding to do tasks and often volunteers when tasks need doing for the class. |
| Liam Bayley | Maturity | Liam shows great maturity in his attitude towards school. When working on an independent task he is hardworking and responsible ensuring he not only completes his work but he checks it over and edits it as well. His maturity is also seen in his kindness and helpfulness towards others adults and the children in his class. |
| Lily-Mae Frost | Maturity | Throughout Year 1 Lily has developed her self confidence and maturity. She has made amazing progress academically, socially and emotionally. We are so proud of Lily and I know Lily is very proud of herself. |
| Tia Scarce | Maturity | Tia is showing more maturity with each passing day. She can always be trusted in class to do her best and to manage her feeling very well. She has shown great maturity in taking responsibly for her own learning and wanting to achieve her very best . |
| Sophie Hartshorne | Maturity | She has become much more mature and thoughtful during the year |
| Abi Jones | Maturity | Abi is very sensible and makes good decisions to avoid difficult situations. She is very responsible and can be trusted to follow instructions. |
| Cameron Frost | Maturity | Cameron is a very mature member of the class. He is polite, has a positive attitude and is independent in his learning. An excellent role model. |
| Ella Howes | Focus | Ella shows she is able to focus on her learning as a member of a group or individually. Being focussed has enabled her to make good progress as a learner across all areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum but in particular she has a good understanding of Letters and sounds and is able to read books at Blue Level. |
| Luca Marino | Focus | Luca has shown tremendous focus in his short time at Hayward’s. By working hard and listening carefully, he has improved his English and is making excellent progress. Well done Luca for having a great attitude and focus to your learning. |
| Louise Waldron | Focus | Recently, Louise has shown a desire to focus on her learning and she has been encouraged by seeing the impact this can have on the quality of her work. This is something she is now keen to continue! |
| Jessika Vodden | Focus | Jessika could get an award for any of the heroes power, she does them all! She is a peacemaker, listening ear, helper and generally a great person to have in class. Focusing on focus, she has a great attitude to her learning and in quick to work on tasks she is set, no matter how tricky she finds them. She knows where to go for help and is not afraid to ask for it when stuck so that she can re-focus on her targets. |
| Nye Werner | Focus | Superb improvement in Nye’s focus! He is trying hard in all lessons and this new focus is resulting in some really good work. |
| Finlay Morgan-Joll | Focus | We are very pleased with the focus Finlay has demonstrated in his phonological awareness, applying his skills very well both in his reading and writing. |
| Billy Edgecombe | Focus | Billy has shown really good focus on the carpet this last half term , especially in his maths sessions ,and then he has then really focused on his own learning task to show just how much he has learnt in a session Well done Billy |
| Thomas Grinney | Focus | Always trying to apply himself to his learning. |
| Toby Rook | Focus | Toby is a hard worker and always concentrates well and is making great progress. |
| Amy Housley | Focus | Amy constantly shows incredible focus. She is a brilliant role model who has high expectations with the quality of her work, listens to advice and acts upon it, ignores distractions, quietly focuses on her work and has an exemplary attitude to her learning. |
| Alfie Poole | Respect | Alfie show adults respect holding doors open. He is very polite remembering to use his manners. He also shows respect for school resources and is able to use equipment with care. |
| Carly Banbury | Respect | Carly is extremely polite to both adults and children. She follows instructions with a smile on her face and is a shining example to others. |
| Alisha Baker | Respect | She is respectful in discussions and will listen to other peoples’ opinions. She is positive about her classmates and will give them praise! She has the ability to make others feel good about themselves. |
| Aimee Perryman | Respect | Aimee is a caring and considerate member of the class. See is always finding ways to help other children and adults. She respects herself by thinking for herself and being confident to stick by her ideas. She listens to others and has a great attitude. |
| Scarlett Rochester | Respect | Scarlett is always polite and helpful, she shows respect for everyone in the class. An excellent role model ! |
| Lewis Bowring | Respect | Lewis is respectful to the adults in class and makes considerate choices when working with his peers. He has a positive attitude to tasks asked of him. |
| Lily Baker | Respect | Lily shows enormous kindness and respect to all the children in our class, but especially to the children who need just that extra bit of feeling that someone, who isn’t their close friend, still thinks they are special and lovely |
| Patrycja Biecka | Respect | She is always polite and caring to others. |
| Roxi Halsey | Respect | Roxi always show respect. She is always polite and well behaved. |
| Lewis Cassar | Respect | Lewis shows fantastic respect, especially to adults. He goes out of his way to show his appreciation, is very mannerly, polite and helpful. |
| Leo Morgan | Perseverance | Leo has shown perseverance in learning to recognise and read tricky words and blend sounds together to read decodeable words. His perseverance has enabled him to read books at red level. |
| Charlotte Moore | Perseverance | Although she finds Numeracy tricky, Charlotte has shown superb perseverance. She happily accepts support from peers or adults and is always keen to do her best. When things are difficult, Charlotte has a positive attitude and doesn’t give up; she keeps going and keeps going and keeps going until she succeeds! |
| Jamie Alison-Bate | Perseverance | Jamie can find aspects of his learning challenging but is prepared to have a go and keep trying, so he now is beginning to see the positive results of his efforts. Brilliant!! |
| Ted Lander | Perseverance | For years now, Ted has had to persevere with his reading. He is now beginning to reap the rewards for his hard work and concentration with a whole new world of books being opened to him. |
| Ellie Scott | Perseverance | Ellie is now developing really good perseverance, if she finds tasks difficult she is determined to keep going ! This hardworking attitude is great and Ellie is even doing extra tasks at home. |
| Ruby Addison | Perseverance | Ruby listens to others to try her hardest even when it’s tough. She is trying to improve her Literacy and Numeracy skills and is working hard both at school and at home. |
| Cody Sandford | Perseverance | Cody has been showing real perseverance to learn to read and to try his very hardest in his writing task. He is able to concentrate for much longer now and is really enjoying the progress he is making |
| Rubi Morgan | Perseverance | She works hard at all subjects and tries to improve her skills and knowledge. |
| Melissa Gould | Perseverance | Melissa is working much harder and is making good progress through her perseverance. |
| Toby Jeffery | Perseverance | Toby really wants to do well and improve. He is showing excellent perseverance, particularly with his attitude to his learning and the quality of his writing. |
| Erin Eaton | Honesty | Erin can always be relied on to tell the truth, reporting incidents which she has witnessed to adults, sequencing events and saying exactly what happened. She has a good understanding of right and wrong. |
| Edward Mortimer | Honesty | Edward has a very honest approach to his learning. He is honest when he is unsure of something or needs support and so is using honesty in a positive way to improve his learning. |
| Aaron Hall | Honesty | Aaron knows that he doesn’t always make the right choices, but is honest enough to see what he needs to do to improve. Using his Knights Quest is helping him achieve his goals. |
| Lewis Heywood | Honesty | Lewis has shown honesty all year. Whenever I need someone to be honest with me, for example, if there is a problem, I know I can rely on Lewis to tell me the truth about what happened, even if he thinks he will get into trouble. He is also incredibly honest in his learning. He tells us things he finds tricky or doesn’t understand, so that he can be helped to improve. He is not scared to admit he is struggling with something and realises that this is a great way to learn. |
| Emily Boddy | Honesty | Honesty is a really important quality and Emily always shows it. She is able to reflect on her work and decide if she should improve it with superb results! At playtimes and in class she co operative and kind towards the other children. |
| Callum Stevens | Honesty | Callum is truthful and displays fairness in his co-operative learning. He is honest about his feelings and accepts responsibility for his own actions. He doesn’t blame others. |
| Alyssa Norman | Honesty | Alyssa always shows great honesty in class and will be very open to adult about what has happened in a situation. She is beginning to show much more ability to complete a task on her own and to really concentrate for longer periods with out distracting others. Keep up the good work Alyssa |
| Winnie Pleece-Drake | Honesty | She helps sort out disagreements with other children by her willingness to say what really happened. |
| Rachael Cole | Honesty | Rachael is very honest and can be trusted to tell the truth. She plays well and is good at sharing and taking turns. |
| Jack Grinney | Honesty | Jack is always extremely honest. He takes responsibility for his actions, is very fair and can always be trusted to tell the truth. |
SIGNIFICANT TOMB DISCOVERED!
On Monday 15th of April, the children of Hayward’s primary were amazed when Ancient Egyptian artefacts were discovered in their forest school area.
When teaching assistant Mr Geale was planting a tree he came across some what looked like Ancient Egyptian artefacts. The two artefacts you would find on a sarcophagus from Ancient Egypt. One is a crook and the other is a whip. They are both made of solid gold.
My News interviewed Mr Geale and he said “I was very proud to discover these tools.” The police suspect they were STOLEN from the Cairo Museum! Contact PC plod if you have any information.
Please visit here: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/jasmine3
On the very last day of term (Thursday 28th March) we will be raising money for CLIC Sargent on the Bramble Ward at RD&E hospital.
We are doing this to give our support to our very own Jasmine Larkman in year 5, who is bravely battling leukaemia. This is her chosen charity, which will mean that we will not be supporting Comic Relief or Children in Need at school this year. We would rather divert all our fundraising to show Jasmine we are supporting and thinking about her in the next phase of her fight against cancer.
What we are doing: The Big Buzz!!
On the last day of term children are invited to come to school in non-uniform and with a crazy hairstyle or wig.
In return we ask that children collect sponsorship money. We are aiming to raise £600 which is £2 per pupil.
If this total is reached on the day then Mr Hitchcock (and other members of staff he can persuade!) will let the children loose with hair clippers/gel/dye on his hair and beard!
There are two ways to collect sponsorship. The preferred way (the cheapest and easiest for the charity) is online. Please donate at: www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/jasmine3
Otherwise, you can fill out the attached sponsorship, or send some money in on the day. If you choose to use the paper sponsorship form it is really important for your sponsors to fill out the form correctly with all of their details in order for us to claim gift aid: this can increase their donation by 25p for every £1 they donate.
This will be a fantastic day to show Jasmine we are right behind her!!
Well done to the two football teams. Much better!! 
The first team won 3-0, with goals from Henry (x2) and Evan. Those two captains were excellent leaders on the pitch.
The second team won 4-1, and were equally impressive.
I’m so pleased and proud of the effort for Jasmine today – we are at QUADRUPLE our target and still counting past £2500!!!! AMAZING!
I got restyled twice as a result, the second time losing (nearly all of) my hair and beard!!!
Pictured below are the class winners, plus an amazing effort from Charlotte. Thanks to Mr Hasted for also volunteering to have a close trim!!!
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR DONATING – I think Jasmine felt very special today. Please contribute at this link if you haven’t already!!!
Please don’t be scared by the latest picture of me!!!
The Hayward’s Librarians, Mrs Bryant and the Owl wish everyone; children, families and staff; a very happy Easter Holiday.
Whilst you’re all having a lovely break from school, I do hope you’ll find some time for reading – perhaps in between nibbling chocolate eggs and bunnies. Don’t forget to keep track of the time you spend with books, newspapers or anything else you might like to read.
Get those ‘footprints’ signed and coloured in. We can then look forward to giving out lots more Reading Adventure badges when we get back to school.
If you’re in Crediton on Saturday 6th April (that’s in the middle of the Easter Holiday), do go along to Crediton Book Shop where there will be lots of exciting activities going on: Nick Arnold, the author of the ‘Horrible Science’ books will be there, as well as other local authors. There will be story-telling sessions and competitions.
Have a happy, safe and restful holiday.
Best wishes from Mrs Bryant and the Hayward’s Librarians
Welcome to year 5 and Mrs Pereira’s class!