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08/12/23

Happy Hannukah to the Jewish community. May this festival bring you blessings, peace, and light. pic.twitter.com/HySs2392ed

08/12/23

Today marked the end of our interhouse PE competitions the winners for each year groups are as follows:Year 7 - Newton Year 8 - Wallace Year 9 - Whitlock Year 10 - Tovey Overall winners - Wallace & Strike 🏆 Excellent effort from all house groups 🥳 pic.twitter.com/Aua9TwTWDm

08/12/23

Year 10 and 11 showcased their musical talent during the Harris Academy Ockendon Live Lounge event. Well done to all involved. pic.twitter.com/k7tB9qN3wR

04/12/23

English Literature Oxford university taster day, hosted at Harris Chobham, with 8 of our year 10/11 students! Students came away with even higher aspirations than before, after enjoying various lectures & seminars on different genres of literature. A thoroughly enjoyable day! pic.twitter.com/Bjt47OW3aw

04/12/23

Interhouse competitions have started this week in PE with year 8 starting the week off competing in dodgeball and benchball. Excellent start to the competition. Which house will take the win on Friday? 🥇🥈🥉 pic.twitter.com/FRrD80zAOu

02/12/23

Y11 walking talking their way through English Language Paper 2 with Impress the examiner. Students working hard on a Saturday, with English teachers to support. pic.twitter.com/SOXre5q9SD

29/11/23

As part of raising awareness around men's mental health, here are some conversation starters to support people to start conversations about their mental health. pic.twitter.com/b97Y3MXi9F

29/11/23

This week students had an assembly based around men's mental health. It was great to hear stories from staff from describing their challenges & how they approach self care with mental health. Giving advice to our students & exploring the stigmas around asking for help pic.twitter.com/LFVlh3H8B2

28/11/23

As celebrate birth of Guru Nanak Dev ji, founder of the faith, we can all identify with his core teachings of truth, love, gender equality, working hard for an honest living, meditating upon the One and sharing with others.Best wishes all for a blissful . pic.twitter.com/ED9nEwG0lz

25/11/23

We are delighted to offer 5 fully-funded places on the January cohort of our Sustain and Grow group coaching programme to parent-teachers from ethnic minority backgrounds.https://t.co/gAtXLJEYRZBook your place soon as these tickets will go fast!Thanks to ! pic.twitter.com/ijbAi0y3k3

23/11/23

Year 7 football girls in their new kit tonight. Winning both their Borough games. Excellent start to the season ⚽️ 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kPpWZoaNu7

22/11/23

Year 11 students engaging in the Harris experience independent learning day. pic.twitter.com/1RIxwUfUKs

17/11/23

Our year 7 boys football team in their new kit last night ⚽️🔥 pic.twitter.com/bqJTHPh5kR

12/11/23

Happy Diwali & Bandi Chhor Diwas to all celebrating. An important time to reflect on our internal light and darkness, as well as the events taking place in our world today 🪔🪔🪔 pic.twitter.com/j6PQh0Tjv9

10/11/23

colleagues can enjoy fully-funded 1:1 coaching with the . Choose from our Accreditation, Parental Leave, Return to Work or Transition coaching to support you as you start and grow your family. Find out more and sign up at https://t.co/pBZxdoXZwJ pic.twitter.com/GiwiuAMoO1

10/11/23

This morning our year 10 sports leaders had hot chocolate Friday with Ms Rainey to receive their certificates and celebrate their success over the last year on the course. Well done to all those who qualified 🎉. pic.twitter.com/dgxqb2w2dO

04/10/23

U13 girls have arrived for their Essex cup match at The Billericay School ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/ZqVg7WrhGx

03/10/23

🚨PE CLUBS / FIXTURE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 - Wednesday - U13 Essex Cup girls football v Billericay (Away) Thursday - Girls Football club (moved from Wednesday due to the above fixture) Friday - Rugby - all years (moved from Wednesday)

25/09/23

Excellent turn out for all years netball tonight! Over 50 students at the club. Amazing start to our netball season 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fte57ArKQ0

25/09/23

🚨 P.E CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT this week 🚨 - Monday - All years girls netballWednesday - All years boys rugby 🏉 All years girls football ⚽️ Thursday - Years 7 boys football ⚽️ If you have any questions please see a member of the P.E department.

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Testimonials

Student Testimonials.

WORK EXPERIENCE STUDY VISIT TO ALICANTE, SPAIN 2023   

In May we had another opportunity to take our Year 12 Spanish enrichment class to complete two weeks of work experience in Alicante.  The majority of the students had only started studying Spanish in September 2022 and have made excellent progress.  By the time they reached Alicante, they were able to have conversations with their employees and deal with customers.  Students had some intensive Spanish lessons in our link school, Zador, supervised by our wonderful Spanish host, Amelia.  Work placements were completed in a variety of places, a ceramics workshop, a tourist souvenir shop, a press office, a food training department of the local government, a photography shop and a local turrón café.  Afternoons and weekends were spent with an amazing array of activities and cultural visits to places such as the Valor chocolate factory, the Turrón factory, the local Candelobre caves, the Ocean Boat race museum, salsa lessons, the Hogueras museum and of course a visit or two to the beach. 

Rhianna Holgate Year 12 student 

“My two weeks of work experience was incredibly influential. I was partnered with Yoli and Cristina at the Union general de trabajadores greeting people at the reception. My daily tasks were to greet employees in Spanish and navigate them to their designated floors or to where the bathrooms were. It was brilliant to be able to practice my Spanish and learn about both Yoli and Cristina’s family and future plans.  

Throughout our visit, we also had Spanish lessons with Naomi at Amelia’s school. Although we had been practicing Spanish for enrichment, the Spanish lessons were to consolidate our understanding of numbers, the alphabet, the time, as well as learning new phrases to use for our work placements e.g. how to ask where the bathroom is, asking our employers what we can do at work as well as speaking about our favourite past time activities.  

One of my favourite moments of the trip was visiting landmarks and trying different foods to learn about Spanish culture in Alicante.

The weather was nice and hot so we took advantage of those hot days to go to the beach as the water was so nice and cold. We tried all different cuisines from paella to kebabs, pasta to empanadas – it was so rich and heavenly.  

This was an out-of-the-world experience that I am so glad I was able to be a part of. Thank you to HAOC and the MFL department for making this trip happen and leaving me with a whole new demographic I was so happy to explore.”

WORK EXPERIENCE STUDY VISIT TO MORZINE, FRANCE 2023 

Our students of French in Year 10 and Year 12 had an amazing opportunity to complete two weeks of work experience in Morzine, in the beautiful French Alps. Students enroled on an extra-curricular NVQ (National Vocational Qualifications) languages course in order for them to participate in this experience.  For the two weeks, students covered three aspects of how to run a luxury chalet in a ski resort.  They spent time learning about housekeeping, hospitality, and three days each with Chef Thomas to prepare and cook meals for the whole group every day.  The students rose to every challenge and provided us all with superb dinners (including a Raclette, tartiflette and cheese tasting!) while maintaining an amazingly clean chalet, even doing the laundry!  They also did two days of work shadowing in placements across the town.  Don’t worry!  They did have some downtime: revising for upcoming assessments back at school, designing wooden ornaments, hiking to the local waterfall, a visit to Thonon, circuit training in a local gym, a treasure hunt, quiz nights, tree climbing activities and plenty of shopping! 

Carter Johnson, Year 10 student 

“I was privileged to be selected to go on the French Work experience trip and it was an incredible opportunity. We embarked to the wonderous town of Morzine. Situated not far from the Swiss border, it is nestled in a picturesque valley with stunning views. In the town there are numerous things to do including many Cafés, a library, church, and an ice rink. Furthermore, it is surrounded by incredible forests and mountains which provide a fitting backdrop for this jaw dropping place. Not only are the views incredible but the natives couldn’t be more welcoming. They create an atmosphere scarcely matched around the town which just adds to the incredible experience. For me, the experience was a once in a lifetime opportunity which I believe I will not replicate. It was not only work-experience but an incredible life opportunity to develop not only skill wise but as a person. I believe that this trip will stay with me for a long while yet.

Ella Greenham, Year 10 student 

“One thing that I really enjoyed about going on the trip to Morzine, France was getting to do work experience in various places around the local town. It was nice to have the opportunity to take my knowledge of French that we had learned in the classroom and apply it to real life situations. It also allowed me to challenge myself by getting to talk to some of the local people in French. It was slightly difficult at first, but the hosts of our placements were so welcoming to all of us, right from the start of our time there which helped a lot. They showed us everything we needed to do and helped us with anything that we were not sure about. I have taken a lot away from this experience which I can use when working anywhere and the things that I have learnt from this experience will definitely stay with me for the future.”

Employer Testimonials

Queens Theatre Hornchurch

“I would just like to say it was an absolute pleasure to have your students with us, they really made a great impression.  They got involved in all of the activities on offer were punctual, professional and motivated. We would love to welcome more of your students back in the future, they have been a credit to the school.”

Stubbers Activity Centre

“Your student was keen and enthusiastic across the week, gave 100% in all activities across the board. Well done on a great week.”

Parent Testimonials

“Ben was incredibly nervous on his first day but came home buzzing! He has grown in confidence since being at his placement and I could definitely see him working in this area. We are so pleased as parents for him to have this opportunity!”

“Owen applied himself with maturity and went into the workplace with an open mind. We had a few very positive comments from the company and was please with how hard Owen worked.”

“Sally really enjoyed her work experience, she got a great insight into what certain year groups do and helped out in a number of subjects which will help her out in the future.”