Author Archives: Leigh Academy Horsmonden

Dear Parents  It has been an incredibly busy term, particularly over these last few weeks as we’ve raced toward the Christmas break! The festive spirit has been in full swing, and it’s been wonderful to see everyone enjoying the celebrations. This week, our children shone in a variety of performances, including the KS2 Carol Service, […]

IB World School Welcome! A huge congratulations to Leigh Academy Hugh Christie on becoming formally authorised to deliver the International Baccalaureate (IB) World School offering the Middle Years Programme (MYP)! 🎉 What is the International Baccalaureate?  The IB offers four educational programmes for students aged 3 to 19; the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years […]

As part of their inquiry, Year 2 have been finding out about great explorers, including Captain James Cook, who discovered Australia. They used their new knowledge combined with their DT and Science skills to build boats and explore how people travelled in those days. When complete, they had lots of fun testing the boats on […]

Dear Parents  Following the dates and information that has previously been shared, please find a summary below of all our Christmas events taking place before the end of term:  Wednesday 10th December – Wreath Making Workshop for Y6 Further to the letter already shared, please find below a reminder for this event:  Year 6 children […]

Thank you to Roger Hulbert for leading our Remembrance Service where we remembered all the brave souls who lost their lives to protect our futures. Our wonderful Year 6 children shared their thoughtfully written poems and the whole school community joined together for reflection.

Thank you to the Horsmonden Nostalgia Society for inviting children in Year 6 to view their collection of WWII memorabilia. The children had a fantastic morning looking at the display and particularly enjoyed the quiz!

Dear Parents Thank you to everyone who attended Parent Consultations last week, it was fantastic to see so many parents engage in the process to find out more about their child’s learning. The next formal opportunity to hear more about your child’s attainment and progress will be in March. However, as always, if there is […]

Huge congratulations to our four Year 6 ‘risk-takers’ who made their swimming gala debut today! Competing against 13 other LAT Primary Academies, they were brilliant ambassadors for Leigh Academy Horsmonden and swam their way to the backstroke and relay finals!

Thank you to all the parents who donated so generously to our Harvest Boxes last week. The children thoroughly enjoyed meeting members of the village and sharing their boxes. Since then we’ve received a number of thank you notes complementing the children on their manners and behaviour, which shows how much they enjoyed meeting the […]