Today is Support Staff Day - Miss Ferraris and Miss Randles wanted to mark the occasion with a little thank you by baking cakes and bringing in flowers for our support staff. We have lots of support staff in our school and it is lovely to celebrate this occasion by getting together at break and lunchtime today over a cake and a cuppa ☕

On Thursday 4 November, our Year 7 boys participated in a rugby tournament at North Walsham RFC's Schools' Day, along with six other local schools. Check out the match report and scores on our PE Blog! https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/hellesdonhigh/news-and-events/pe-blog/y7-rugbytourn-nov21

Two Year 9 football teams took part in a 'Smash Up' tournament at Open Academy on Tuesday 9 November. Check out the match report on our PE Blog!⚽ https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/hellesdonhigh/news-and-events/pe-blog/y9-football-smashup-nov21

We have a new recipe on our #FlavoursofHellesdon page! This time it's Miss Stanley's Autumn Veggie Stew. We would love to see if you have a go at our recipes, so please do send them in! https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/hellesdonhigh/news-and-events/flavours-of-hellesdon

Hellesdon High Sixth Form Last week as part of Road Safety Week, Norfolk Constabulary and Norfolk County Council's Road Safety Team delivered their Lorry Blind Spot Awareness event to the Year 13 students at Hellesdon Sixth Form. The session raised awareness of visibility, self-protection, and road positioning according to a variety of road users: pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. The students appreciated the limited view from a lorry and worked with the police officers to identify safe positions on the road. This was an invaluable experience for students, and we hope it will be one that helps keep them safe on Norfolk's roads in the years to come.

We had some wonderful students come to have hot chocolate with Mr Earl today. ☕ First was Bethany S who was nominated by Mrs McNulty for achieving the most points on Bedrock in October - Bethany racked up 292 points which is a brilliant score! Fantastic work Bethany! Then came Mia M who was nominated by Miss Baker for achieving 2nd place in her first ever BMX race! Well done Mia! With her was Will B (nominated by Mr Cutter) who wrote an incredibly thoughtful poem inspired by 'Refugees' written by Brian Bilston. Excellent work, Will! And finally Farooq S was nominated by Mr Thompson for telling his class about his experiences bravely and eloquently. Thank you for sharing your story with us, Farooq, we are very proud to have you in our school!

You may have noticed the flags at half-mast at the front of school this week. This was as a mark of respect to Gerry Batty, former Headteacher of HHS and CEO of The Wensum Trust. The flags Arsenal and England Rugby Union were two of his sporting passions.

On Tuesday 15 November, we took two teams over to Open Academy for the first Football Smash Up event. Check out the report on the website: https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/hellesdonhigh/news-and-events/pe-blog/football-smash-up-nov21

We have a new post on our PE Blog for our Year 9 Rugby Team - Hellesdon won by 4 tries! https://www.wensumtrust.org.uk/hellesdonhigh/news-and-events/pe-blog/rugby-161121