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16/07/25

Exceptional SATS results for Year 6! 🤩👏🏻

01/07/25

How we keep cool at Mayflower when it is 33 degrees! The Cool Zone - drawing & colouring in the hall. Hydration Station - keeping the water bottles topped up and ice lollies for everyone!

30/06/25

Ahead of their residential in Yorkshire, the Year 6 children all received their leavers hoodies! They couldn’t wait to put them on! Thank you to Miss Williams for organising this wonderful memento 💜

30/06/25

We are so lucky to have several different fruit trees in our Nursery garden. All the glorious sunshine has ripened the cherries and the children enjoyed picking them and taking a bag of cherries to eat at home🍒

23/06/25

Careers in Tech – Part 3 Smashing Stereotypes. In the afternoon, the girls met professionals from across the tech world. It was eye-opening, confidence-building, and a lot of fun. The big message? Tech is for everyone — and the girls saw that for themselves.

19/06/25

Careers in Tech - Part 2 App Design Challenge. The girls worked in teams to tackle real world sustainability problems. They brainstormed, designed app storyboards, and pitched their ideas to industry experts.

19/06/25

Careers in Tech - Part 1 The Journey & Arrival. A group of year 5 and 6 girls attended the TCS office in London through a STEM programme. The TCS building was incredible, with stunning views and such a warm welcome.

11/06/25

The children in Nursery, Reception & Year 1 had a visit from a Dental Nurse. She spoke to the children about keeping our teeth clean and healthy and why it is important to visit the dentist. The children then had a go at cleaning Dexter’s teeth using a very large toothbrush!

04/06/25

👏 Clap and Code! Our KS2 children have been learning how to use Micro:bits to detect sound. They created a fun project where the Micro:bit lights up when you clap! It was a great way to learn about sound sensors and how we can use code to control what happens.

02/06/25

Monday Club Night - Year 6 Steel Pan club performing Katy Perry ROAR 🦁 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

14/05/25

In History this term, the topic for Year 4 is ‘How can we learn about the Kingdom of Benin?’. To broaden the horizon for our children, we had a school trip to the British Museum, here the children were able to further their understanding and learning of the Kingdom of Benin.

12/05/25

It has been a very egg-citing day in EYFS - the arrival of 30 eggs, which have been placed in incubators in Nursery and Reception. Hopefully by the end of the week we will have 30 very cute fluffy chicks 🐣

09/05/25

VE Day celebrations at HPAMA 🇬🇧 Every class created celebratory window displays, children and staff came to school dressed in red, white and blue and had traditional fish and chips for lunch all whilst learning about the history of VE Day.

07/05/25

Thank you to Mrs Hollington and the parents that attended this mornings Garden Workshop. We hope you enjoyed spending time in our garden, in the lovely spring sunshine and learnt some interesting gardening facts and tips 🪴🌸🌼

06/05/25

We had a visit from a very well known author called Lisa Williamson. She spoke to the children in years 3-6 about her journey to becoming an author, she read aloud to the children & discussed what inspired her to write the books. Some children received a signed copy of her book!

02/05/25

Reception - This term in art we are focussing on the artwork of American sculptor Augusta Savage. The children have had the opportunity to create their own sculptures using clay and spoke about what methods they used for creating different marks, impressions and shapes.

01/05/25

Butterflies class are making the most of the lovely sunny weather this week and spending a lot of time in the outdoor area. The water play has been extremely popular, as well as watering the flowers, herbs and vegetables and enjoying snack time as a picnic!

29/04/25

🌟 Every Step Counts in Computing Club! 🌟 Our talented pupils put their coding skills to the test by creating step counters with Micro:bits! 🏃‍♂️💻 Working carefully through design, coding, & testing, they brought their ideas to life & proudly explained the process themselves.

25/04/25

The HPAMA allotment has had a makeover & the transformation is fantastic! The bark paths have been replaced with paving slabs, which will make it easier for the pupils to access the area to complete their gardening jobs! The allotment is blooming in the spring sunshine ☀️

24/04/25

Saint George’s Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉🗡️ The children in Reception created their own shields just like St. George’s. They were inspired by the flags of their heritage and of things and people that are important to them.

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Safeguarding

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is committed to the vital contribution all Governors and staff can make to safeguarding children. We will strive to make sure that every student in the Academy feels secure, well cared for, and able to reach their full potential.

We will ensure all our own staff, other professionals, parents/carers and students work together to know the rules about keeping children safe. They will understand the importance of following procedures and listening to each other, especially when there are concerns about safety.

Esafety is a responsibility of all staff, pupils and parents. If you need advice or have concerns click here to access the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Website.

The Academy will work hard to reduce all the kinds of harm that children can suffer, including abuse, bullying, discrimination and avoidable injuries. If you have any concerns at all about the safety or welfare of a child please do not hesitate to contact us on 0203 772 4588 or via our contact emails (below)

At Harris Primary Academy Mayflower we have a team approach to the role of Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding with Joanna Webb, leading the team. All DSL's have the Thurrock DSL training and in addition the team are all Safer Recruitment trained. Our Principal Katie Hanley is our Prevent lead and is also a Home Office accredited prevent trainer (Wrap accreditation number: 9744180).  As part of our commitment to safeguarding we ensure that all class teachers, as well as the leadership team receive Thurrock Level 3 Designated Safeguarding Lead training.

Contact telephone numbers

Thurrock Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH): 01375 652802

Out of Hours Thurrock Emergency Duty Team: 01375 372468

Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO): 01375/ 01376 652921

Police: 111 (or 999 if there is an immediate risk or threat)


What to do if you are concerned about a child at Harris Primary Academy MayflowerThe Academy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Joanna Webb (Vice Principal)                                j.webb@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Katie Hanley (Executive Principal)                                                k.hanley@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk   Wrap accreditation number: 9744180

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Steven Kimberley (Acting Head of Academy)                               S.Kimberley@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Andrew Wright (Acting Head of Academy)                                   A.Wright@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk 

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Hannah Kirwan ( Vice Principal)                                   h.kirwan@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk 

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Cheryl Lopez (Assistant Principal/Senco)                                    C.Lopez@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Andrew Kerr (Assistant Principal)                                    A.kerr@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Sherene White (Assistant Principal)                                  S.White-Stroude@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk

The Deputy Lead Designated Staff Member for Safeguarding is Jamie Williams (Office Manager)                          J.Williams@harrisprimarymayflower.org.uk

 

Extremism and Radicalisation 

In June 2014, the Prime Minister emphasised the important role that British values can play in education. Further, how well a school promotes such values is an aspect of Ofsted’s inspection process.

Although in the current climate, this is something which is developing in its significance for schools, it is not something new at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower. British values are promoted in much of what we do, during school assemblies, Religious Education, Philosophy and Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) sessions.

As well as actively promoting British values, the opposite also applies: we would actively challenge pupils, staff or parents expressing opinions contrary to fundamental British values, including ‘extremist’ views.

The British values we espouse are not unique to Britain. We acknowledge that they differ in no way from the values of the many countries and the cultural backgrounds represented by families at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower.

We have a clear strategy to tackling extremism and acting early to address any issues of radicalisation. We are aware that some pupils and families may be vulnerable to radicalisation and follow the government's channel guidance (Attached as a key document to this page) as well as having a consistent approach to the teaching of values, which we term British Values, through our taught and extra-curricular curriculum offer. This is detailed in the British Values Policy which can also be found as an attached document on this page.

We work closely to ensure our Prevent approach identifies any pupils that may be in danger of radicalisation and to make referrals to the Thurrock MASH service as with any other safeguarding concerns.

The Lead Member of Staff for Prevent is Mrs Katie Hanley, Principal (WRAP number: 9744185)

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