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Primary Schools battle it out at sports champs

Gainsborough Primary School have won the first day of the Hackney School Sports Championships, after battling it out against other primary schools in paralympic sports such as Wheelchair Basketball and Boccia. On Day Two, which took place on Tuesday, Grasmere Primary took the top spot.
Over 2500 London schoolchildren of all abilities will come together over [...]

Hackney schools welcome WorldSkills Competitors from across the globe

Hackney school pupils are looking forward to a special visit today (Tuesday 4 October) from children from Mexico, Canada, Luxembourg and beyond who are arriving in London for the WorldSkills event.
Around 400 Competitors and Team delegates will visit 16 schools in Hackney for a special Welcome Event organised and hosted by students.
WorldSkills London 2011, the [...]

Chaotic, messy but always fun! Hackney’s adventure playgrounds

The Summer Holidays are always the busiest time of the year for Shoreditch and Hackney Marsh Adventure Playgrounds – the two that are run by the Learning Trust in Hackney, which has 7 in total. Here, Play Development Manager Nick Jackson tells us more about them…..
To the uninitiated they may seem at first to be [...]

Hackney schools at the heart of 1 year to 2012 celebrations

Lucky Hackney youngsters were among the first people to visit the newly completed Aquatics Centre on the Olympics Park yesterday – and saw 2012 hopeful Tom Daley take his first dive.
Sixty pupils from Hackney schools attended the event at the Aquatics Centre on Wednesday to mark one year to go and were treated to displays [...]

Beijing visitors delight Hackney pupils with dancing and music

Pupils from Our Lady and St Joseph’s RC Primary School in Hackney welcomed children from Beijing as part of a special exchange arranged as part of preparations for London 2012.
Nearly forty children and teachers from the Hai Dan district in Beijing visited the South Hackney school and performed dances and music in traditional costume.
After watching [...]

School recruitment drive marks rise from ashes

Thomas Fairchild Community School has launched a recruitment drive today as part of efforts to rebuild the school following a devastating fire last year.
The primary school, which is temporarily based in Grange Street, N1, is advertising for a Deputy Head, a Team Leader for Years 5 and 6 and a Key Stage 2 Class [...]

Hackney pupils lay the foundations for Olympic success

Pupils from Hackney primary schools Brook Community, Daubeney, Gainsborough and Jubilee were among 40 children praised for their commitment and leadership by double Olympic Gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes recently, at the graduation ceremony for the latest Olympic Park Construction Crew.
The children were joined by 20 previous graduates of the scheme and the 40 [...]

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