NHCCC Sings at the Switching on of the Podobello Christmas Lights
Friday 1st December marked the turning on of the Podobello Christmas Lights on Thorpe Close. The NHP Foundation’s Notting Hill Children’s Community Choir (NHCCC) sang beautifully, drawing in the crowds and demonstrating the hard work that they have all put into this term’s workshops. It was lovely to see so many of the community come to watch and cheer them on. Thank you and well done to all of the children who took part, from NHP, Oxford Gardens Primary, St Francis of Assisi Primary, Colville Primary, Avondale Park Primary, St Charles Primary and Thomas Jones Primary.
You can view a video of their performance below:
Read MoreNHPs Annual Partnership Schools Maths Competition
On Monday 10th October, our Head of Maths Mr Lee and our Year 8 pupils hosted the NHP annual Maths Competition for our local partnership schools. We welcomed Thomas Jones Primary, Colville Primary, Avondale Park Primary and St Francis of Assisi and Oxford Gardens Primary in a race for the winning spot. Each round presented teams with fun challenges that tested their skills, including who could build the tallest Lego tower! Congratulations to the winning team from Thomas Jones who took the lead. A big thank you to Mr Lee, our Year 8 pupils and our participating schools, it was a fantastic morning and we look forward to next year’s competition.
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From the Moon to Mars!
On Wednesday, 27th October, Avondale Park Primary School and NHP experienced a STEM workshop presented by Imperial College London, in partnership with Oundle School. Charting the early history of space exploration through to modern day space tourism, the two shows educated and entertained in equal measure. Excited and awed, Year 5 and 6 from our partnership school Avondale Park Primary ‘s and NHP’s Year 4-8 pupils and parents enjoyed an hour of live demonstrations of rockets, fireballs and the wonders of space travel! An incredible opportunity that inspired the pupils from both schools to learn about opportunities in the world of STEM.
Harvest at NHP
This year’s Harvest at NHP was a week-long celebration that was all about community, in partnership with the K&C Foodbank. The whole school have been generously donating items for the Foodbank and we look forward to delivering these to be made into parcels to support those in our local area most in need. We were visited by Reverend Paul Wood who spoke to our OB pupils in an assembly all about what Harvest is. On Wednesday, 4th October, the whole school had a ‘basic’ lunch, a pared back menu made up predominantly of items that can be found on the Foodbank shopping list. Our kitchen staff collaborated to come up with a menu that was nutritious and saved an incredible £345.59 in food costs, which we will be donating to the Foodbank. The celebrations were topped off with a Year 5 visit to the Foodbank, who warmly welcomed us to learn all about the importance of why the Foodbank exists, who they serve and how they do this. We all learned a lot and the children had the opportunity to help out by making up food parcels.
Ellie, Year 5: The trip to the food bank was good because it is important to be aware of people who can’t afford enough food because of the cost of living crisis. Being more aware of it and supporting food banks is making a big difference to the people who go there.
Woojae, Year 5: This food bank trip was important because it taught us about how grateful we should be for our food and how important food banks are.
Bloodhound Land Speed Record!
On 21 September, our Year 7 pupils enjoyed a brilliant half day STEM workshop at one of our partnership schools: St Charles RC Primary School. Our pupils joined forces with their Year 6 on the Bloodhound Land Speed Record workshop. The workshop was an exciting opportunity to learn about jobs in STEM and to experience using engineering skills. In teams, they were challenged to design and build the most effective air-powered rocket cars that would run as quickly as possible over a set distance. They then moved outside to the playground to test their cars and see who could achieve the fastest time, to huge cheers as each car was propelled with force! The pupils had to work closely in their teams throughout, and it was lovely to see children from both schools collaborate effectively and put their decision-making skills to good use.
NHP raises £1,250 for the Red Cross!
NHP families and pupils were hard at work in the kitchen last week showing us their baking skills by producing an incredible selection of cakes and biscuits to raise funds for the Red Cross. Friday’s cake sale was a big hit, raising over £1,250 for the Red Cross Morocco Earthquake Appeal and the Red Cross Libya Floods Appeal to support those who have been directly affected. Thank you to all those who supported by either baking or buying cakes and biscuits and to our fantastic parent and staff volunteers for helping to manage not one, but two cake sales outside the OB and PGB.
Lala’s Athletic Achievements
At the end of last term, NHP pupil, Lala, participated in the Activity Alliance National Junior Athletics Championships. This is a national event for children with disabilities and people come from all over the UK to compete. We are incredibly excited to announce that Lala won the following medals and trophy:
Gold in 60m, Gold in 100m and Gold in Javelin
Anthony Hughes Memorial Trophy – Rising Star 2023 for overall most promising under 12
We are extremely proud of Lala’s achievements and her beaming smile suggests she is equally proud of herself! Well done, Lala!
