Prom Night/ Last Day

Year 6 had a lovely celebration at the prom night last night and went around saying their goodbyes and getting their shirts/socks/faces all signed today. There were lots of tears when they sang their goodbye song in the assembly at the end of the day- but the staff have calmed down now. 


A letter detailing how to order the professional photos that were taken on the prom night went out today. You need to go to www.taraleephotography.co.uk and go to the client page and scroll down to portraits. It will then ask you for a password. I don't want to post that on here so if you need the password, email the school office (office@wykeham.havering.sch.uk) with your full name and the name of your child.


We will leave the blog up for a year, so you will have plenty of time to peruse and download the photos at your leisure. Good luck and best wishes for the future to both year 6 classes! Do come back and visit us soon!

Year 6 Presentation Evening 2012

We had a lovely celebration of the achievements of our year 6 children last night. 


Here is the video/slideshow presentation that was shown on the night (complete with silly captions).




Here are some pictures from the evening:

Dancing Through The Decades

GREAT SCOTT! The video for Dancing Through The Decades is now available on youtube. Filmed by Miss Gillett from her front-row seat.


It is ONLY available through the above link and embedded below. You will not be able to find it in a search.

Isle of Wight: Friday

The week has flown by and we woke up early this morning to make sure we were all packed up and on the coach in time to catch the ferry. We had one last stop at Action Stations in Portsmouth, where the children used their last reserves of energy climbing walls and testing their reflexes on interactive punch-bags. Sneaky Mrs Byrne managed to catch some of the children napping on the coach ride back to Hornchurch, but they all woke up in time to get very excited to see families waiting at the school gates. 

Thankyou to all the children for a fun and memorable week. We are proud of the way they represented the school, behaving well and showing growing independence and responsibility. We hope everyone manages to get some rest ready for an eventful (and emotional) last week of primary school!

Isle of Wight: Thursday

Well... the good weather did not hold out and we did get a little bit drenched today, but we still had fun. In the morning, we saw Carrisbrooke Castle and saw the room where Charles I was kept prisoner after the civil war. We managed to find some shelter for lunch and then headed off to Shanklin Chine where we walked by waterfalls and lush (and damp) vegetation. We then walked back to the hotel along the seafront. At dinner, the hotel owner, Luis, presented the children with awards for best table and tidiest room. Here are the winners:


Best table: Skye, Mahpara, Joanna, Aminah
Tidiest room: Bobby, Jack G and Taylor
Tidiest room (2): Skye and Lorna


Congratulations to those children. During the week children received raffle tickets for keeping their rooms tidy and tonight winning tickets were drawn.


After dinner, we had a lively and competitive quiz night.

Isle of Wight: Wednesday

This morning we went to see Queen Victoria's favourite church, St Mildreds (re-modeled by her husband, Prince Albert). We saw the tomb where her daughter, Beatrice and son-in-law were buried. After the church, we continued the royal theme with a visit to Queen Victoria's holiday home Osborne House. We had a little bit of rain and heard a few rumbles of thunder, but we were indoors and escaped the worst of it. After Osborne House we went to Robin Hill adventure park. The children really enjoyed the 'Colossus' ship ride and then we explored the park playing in several adventure playgrounds. Mrs Byrne was an expert on the zip-wire!

Thankyou very much for your comments on the blog. Delighted to hear parents are enjoying the photos. We have passed your messages on to the children. I am really pleased that those year 6's who have stayed at Wykeham are having a great time and keeping busy. Looking forward to seeing pics of the 'bad hair day'.

Isle of Wight: Tuesday

We had a fun-filled day on the Isle of Wight today. The rain held off and we packed in a lot. First we went to Alum Bay where we saw a glass-blowing demonstration, got a great view of the needles and filled some glass sculptures with sand. After lunch, we headed over to Amazon World, where our intrepid adventures endured the humid, tropical conditions to see lots of fascinating creatures. We even got to walk through a Lemur enclosure. Then we had a spell in the adventure playground before we went back to the hotel for a well-earned and delicious roast dinner. Before bed we went down for some more fun on the beach and took the scenic route back before bedtime. We hope you are enjoying the pictures. Please do leave a comment and we will pass it on.

Isle of Wight: Monday

We have had a lovely first day of our trip- and the weather has stayed sunny all day! We stopped off at Guildford Cathedral for a rest stop on the way to Southsea. We had lunch and a walk, then went to the D-Day Museum. After the ferry ride, we soon arrived at the hotel and settled into our rooms. After dinner, we walked down to the beach for a bit of fun in the sand. Let's hope this great weather continues tomorrow!


All is quiet now, so goodnight from year 6.

Dancing Through the Decades

Well done to all of year 6 for a fantastic final performance of Dancing Through The Decades. Here are some pictures taken during the rehearsals. 


Underneath the slideshow, I have posted a high resolution picture of the whole of year 6. If any parents would like to request higher resolution versions of any of the other pictures, email your request to year6wykeham@gmail.com.