School Blog

Updated list of Secondary School Open Days

We maintain a list of Open Days for both Independent and State Secondary Schools in the West Kent area here for the convenience of our parents.

As most of these schools have announced their dates for the coming academic year, this has now been updated.

Please keep checking back for updates to this list.

Parlez vous Français?

Pupils at Hilden Oaks School & Nursery in Tonbridge crossed the Channel (metaphorically speaking)today when they had a French breakfast as part of their European studies. In the run up to the breakfast, children had been learning how to order and pay in French and this was a fun way to put this learning into practice. Year 6 pupils manned the stalls selling traditional French fayre and pupils had 1 Euro to buy their breakfast at very competitive prices! 120 croissants were consumed in the space of 2 hours and a good time was had by all.

Changes to facebook privacy settings

Facebook has made changes to its privacy settings again. While children should not have facebook accounts until they are aged 13, many staff and parents do have accounts. Our "Suggested Facebook Privacy Settings" document has become widely used in many schools and is available in our e-safety page. The document has been modified with the latest changes (to tagging and photo privacy) and the new version may be downloaded here

Saturday Academy Classes for Summer 2011

Saturday Academy courses for Summer 2011 have now been announced. Details of Judo Lessons, Music Lessons, Craft and Cookery Courses can all be found on the Saturday Academy Pages.

We are also delighted to announce a series of  dance and musical theatre workshops covering many dance forms, including Street Dance and Lyrical Dance. Find out more here

Due to public holidays, there will only be eight sessions for Saturday Academy in the summer term, please check the dates here

MBE awarded to former teacher

Everyone at Hilden Oaks would like to congratulate Mrs Linda Chapman on the MBE she was awarded in the New Year's Honours. Mrs Chapman taught Tennis for many years at Hilden Oaks and still visits us regularly. She was awarded her MBE for her services to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme after 28 years involvement as a Field Officer. Well done Linda!

More website features

We've been busy adding new features to our website.

FOHOS now has its own pages on the website here. You will need to be a registered parent to seem some parts of the FOHOS area.

The ICT Suite is now open to all in our Online Classrooms area with links to educational websites, free software and low-cost software retailers.

E-Safety advice can be found here.

Rounders Tournament

The Under 11 A team played in a Rounders Tournament at Rose Hill on Saturday. Competing against 12 teams they performed fantastically well narrowly missing out on the title. Despite not losing any of their matches, the tie break decider was “batters out in 1 match” and unfortunately we had more. The team got a special mention at the end and we had a fantastic turnout of parents. Well done!

New Online Classrooms

Our new website is coming into its own in this snowy weather. We now have Online Classrooms in the Parents Only section of the website, where our Pre-Prep and Prep teachers can set work, making sure that the children do not fall behind when they are unable to come into school.

Christmas is coming!

Excitement is building! The Reception classes have been rehearsing their Nativity play. FOHOS decorated the school today in their 'Winter Wonderland' theme in preparation for our Christmas Fayre on Friday 26th; it looks beautiful!

Book Week

The Book Fair was a huge success again, earning over £600 of books for the school. Thank you to the FOHOS team for their help at the fair and also for organising another successful "Book Bop" giving the children a fun end to a busy week.