Join us at Rosedale College on Thursday 27th April at 7:00pm for A Night At The Musicals Dance Show! Our students have been working hard and put together a wonderful show for you all to see. Tickets are £4, and they will be available to purchase at the door on the night.
Refreshments will be served from 6:30pm.
The Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust is delighted to announce the details of the Year 11 Prom, taking place on the evening of Friday 14th July 2023. The event will celebrate the end of the GCSE examinations and will be a time to mark the end of Key Stage Four for our Year 11 cohort.
Being a Hewens College Student Ambassador means our students take active roles in our College community and develop many positive skills in the process. The goal of inspiring student leaders is to create a culture of ownership, collaboration and community in our classrooms and beyond. Student Ambassador development provides our young leaders with vital skills they can carry over to adulthood.
Bookings for Hillingdon’s Easter Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) programme have now opened! Through their programme of free healthy food and fun activities, children and young people can develop new skills, take part in creative and physical activities, learn about food and cooking, and enjoy a nutritious meal each day.
The holiday programme is open to school-aged children from reception to Year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. They are also able to provide a limited number of discretionary places to vulnerable children that do not meet the Free School Meal criteria, if you would like for a child you are supporting to be considered for a HAF place, please email HAFprogramme@hillingdon.gov.uk with the child's name, date of birth, address and parent contact details.
Activities this Easter include:
Find out more on their website - Easter HAF programme - Hillingdon Council where you can find out more about HAF, check out the Easter programme offer and find booking information.
On Monday 20th March 2023, we had the pleasure of welcoming three Army Soldiers to Hewens College. Years 7, 8 and 9 took part in a STEM project where they worked in teams to build a catapult from different materials and then fire a tennis ball, measuring its distance. Students were engaged very well throughout the session and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Every group collaborated well and displayed our college values in the correct way.
Year 8 had an eventful week where they were learning about future option choices for their GCSEs. Students met with various industry experts to explore different options for their future. We welcomed Melanie Kindley-Deeks, a Careers Adviser at the Education Development Trust, who delivered a session on making choices for the future. The highlight of the day was the invaluable advice given by industry experts, who ranged from a prison officer, nursery workers, prospective professional rugby players, and an event manager to name but a few. Students really enjoyed their interactions and received some insightful advice and information to help them make their choices.
On Tuesday 28th of February, Hewens College held its year 8 options evening. It was a hugely successful evening with the canteen packed with eager students with their parents/carers. The day started with the students engaged in class-based activities, workshops from professionals and an assembly from a career’s advisor. This was followed in the evening, with parents/ carers being given important information and guidance from subject teachers who were on hand to promote their subject and Mrs Littlefair giving a keynote speech outlining the choices and the process.
The Year 10 Senior Student Ambassadors recently interviewed students in Year 8 to widen and develop the student leadership body across the College. There were a number of students in Year 8 who applied for the role of Student Ambassador and the interview process was tough and rigorous and we are delighted that a number of Year 8’s were successful and are looking forward to fulfilling their role as a valued Student Ambassador of Hewens College.
Hewens College organised a successful GCSE success evening where we welcomed Year 11 students and their parents, guardians and carers to give them top tips on how to revise for their upcoming GCSE examinations. The session also provided them with some valuable revision resources. The evening was well attended by students with positive mindsets to reach their full potential; we are sure with some solid hard work they will reach that. Good luck!
To help make World Book Day special – and to encourage reading for the rest of the year too – please download the free World Book Day Family pack which includes tips and tools to help your child develop a reading for pleasure habit, and find the joy in reading!
You can download more fun World Book Day resources here: https://www.worldbookday.com/resources/
An estimated one - third of children have a social media account, so it’s important that trusted adults know what content young people are consuming, what they’re posting and interactions they’re having. On social media, it can be easy to go down ‘rabbit holes’ that aren’t beneficial to out wellbeing. As platforms grapple with managing such ‘legal but harmful’ content, lives are being impacted - sometimes to tragic effect. We might be daunted by the scale of the tech giants and their content which enthrals young people, but we can still help children to be aware of their mental wellness: recognising when something isn’t ok... and knowing what to do about content that upsets them.
We were so excited to watch our students represent Hewens College as ball boys at the Carabao Cup at Wembley Stadium for the Manchester United vs Newcastle United game on Sunday night!
Well done boys! What an incredible experience and a memory that will last a lifetime!
