On this page we will celebrate the achievements of our pupils both in and out of school.
If your child has achieved something outside school which you would like to share with us you can email Mrs Pelham on head@hollypark.barnetmail.net. If you are including a photo please ensure that there are no other children on the picture.
Meeting The Chief Scout
Christos attends Squirrels, which is designed for 4/6 years olds which is part of the Scouts. He was asked to participate in a special occasion and join a select few with honouring the new UK Chief Scout Dwayne Fields, whose predecessor was Bear Grylls and is the first man of colour to reach the North Pole. Christos was fortunate to meet Dwayne and be featured on the children’s BBC Newsround episode on Friday the 6th September including both major news channels ITV and the BBC on the lunch time episode and also at 6pm.
A Journalist In our Midst!
One of our Holly Park pupils (Daisy in Year 5) had her work featured in an August edition of First News. First News is a national newspaper for children. Daisy was sent to watch the show ‘Terrible Tudors’ and was asked to write a review of the show. Daisy was delighted to see her work published. Having your writing published is always a pleasure – no matter in what form it is published. It gives the writer more purpose for their writing. Over this year at school we will be looking to give all of our children more opportunities to publish their work – whether in a class book, writing a letter to me, something for younger children to read etc. Well done Daisy on having your work professionally published.
Fianna
Fianna recently performed at the Shaw Theatre in Kings Cross. Fianna had some solo lines. She also did singing, acting and dancing. She performed in items from: Pirates of the Caribbean, Grease the musical and The Adam’s Family. What an amazing experience!
Chess Tournament
Seven children from our Holly Park Chess Club took part in the North London Chess competition at Moss Hall Junior School. This was an all-day event competing against a number of schools who have an excellent reputation for chess. The Holly Park Chess Team did amazingly well. This was even more impressive considering they competed against players who had been playing for a number of years and our team have only just started with chess. Each player played five games over the course of the day trying to win points for the school team. Congratulations to the children involved.
Race For Life
Teddie in Y3 took part in Race for Life 2024 at Hampstead Heath in memory of his nanna Angie and all the loved ones lost to cancer. Well done!
Karate success
Barnet Junior Quiz
Five of our Year 6 children took part in the Barnet Schools Annual Junior Quiz at Queenswell School. The team was selected after we had done an internal general knowledge quiz at school. The quiz consisted of several different rounds from general knowledge to spelling. Our Quiz team represented Holly Park very well indeed and finished joint second out of twenty-three schools. A fantastic result – the children should feel very proud. Well done to the children who again were extremely well behaved.
Litter in the Local Area
Lily in Y6 has started a litter picking group. In recent months she has got quite upset about the litter in the local area. She asked her mum to get some litter pickers & asked if they could go out. They did. Lily has also written to the local council and asked for some more bins & recycling bins in her local park – Bethune Park. She has written numerous emails – no reply yet! Lily then organised to get some more supplies from the council – she now has multiple litter pickers, high viz jackets, bags, gloves & other bits. Last weekend she invited some friends and they went out in the local area – the litter was bad and there are very few bins. Lily wants to get more people joining in so she can get more done. Lily’s actions link very well with Rights Respecting Schools as it demonstrates a pupil doing something to make a difference in their local community. Well done Lily and friends.