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| | Sports Day – 12 Noon Update - Friday, July 06, 2007
As of midday, the planned Sports Day will go ahead starting at 1.30pm (subject to there being no drastic change for the worse in... |
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 | London Marathon - Monday, April 23, 2007
Congratulations to Archies dad who ran the Marathon on Sunday in an excellent time... |
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 | Soccer Team through to SE Heats - Friday, December 01, 2006
Footballing whizzes from Haddon Dene School in Broadstairs are celebrating after coming top of the Small Schools Soccer Sixes county competition.
A squad of seven boys from the Gladstone Road school showed off their skills to neat three teams before facing juniors from Sittingbourne. The Broadstairs team shot to victory with... |
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 | B Team Netball - Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The netball match was against Palm Bay School. The final score was 3–2 to us. HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lydia scored the first goal as goal attack, but unfortunately Palm Bay scored as well. Haddon Dene played extremely well in the first half, but so did Palm Bay.
In the second half Sam scored, but... |
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 | Remembrance Day - Sunday, November 12, 2006
The children of P4 pay their respects at the War Memorial on Remembrance Day, Sunday 12th... |
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 | Sports Day – Second Attempt - Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Following Friday’s Sports-Day being brought to an abrupt end by the downpour of rain on Friday, we will be having a second attempt today – Monday 10th July.
The revised venue is the Thanet Wanderers Sports Ground in Broadstairs (St. Peter's Recreation Ground, Callis Court Road, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 3AE)... |
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 | Rugby Special - Saturday, May 06, 2006
On Saturday May 6th we played in the 11th New Image Rugby Festival at Upton School. Each squad has nine players, with seven playing in the matches. Each team must play at least one girl or one boy in every match. We played two girls in all our matches.... |
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 | Dickens Week - Tuesday, June 21, 2005
On Tuesday, 21st. June, the whole of the Prep. Department, dressed in Victorian costume, walked from the school to Nuckell's Gardens to join in the Dickens Festival and lend our support to the festivities.
The children's outfits were splendid, (as were the staff’s) and evoked many compliments from members of the... |
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 | School Disco - Friday, June 10, 2005
Friday 10th June saw the Haddon-Dene School summer disco held at Upton School.
It was financed and organised by our PFA who worked tirelessly throughout the evening making sure everyone had a good time. The evening was very well attended and enjoyed by everybody. A number of last year’s leavers... |
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 | Rugby Special - Wednesday, May 25, 2005
On Saturday 23RD April we played in the 10th Anniversary New Image Rugby Festival at Upton School.
Each squad has nine players, with seven playing in the matches. Each team must play at least one girl or one boy in every match. We played three girls in all our matches.
The... |
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 | P4 Go Investigating - Monday, May 23, 2005
During their recent lessons P4 have been learning about forces. They built boats and parachutes and tested out their ideas to see if they would work.
To understand how technology and man’s best friend 'the dog' help the blind, P4 recently spent an interesting afternoon with Caroline and her guide... |
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 | Butterflies - Friday, May 20, 2005
Today the P1 butterflies were realised,... |
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 | Fundraising Fun - Monday, May 16, 2005
So far this year we have held a non-uniform day (the children donate a £1 to come to school in clothes other than their school uniform). Together with a bring-and-buy and a bucket collection, we raised the sum of £364.90, which was sent to the Tsunami Appeal Fund.
Red Nose day... |
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 | Swimming Update - Saturday, April 16, 2005
Kent Schools Championships
On Saturday April 16th we took part in this annual swimming event. Competing in the Mixed Medley Relay, Breaststroke, Backstroke and Freestyle events, all our swimmers did extremely well against very strong competition. In the small schools mixed freestyle and mixed medley relay events, our team won through... |
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 | Netball Update - Thursday, April 14, 2005
Saturday 14th April saw us taking part with two teams in the Thanet Primary Schools Netball Tournament. There were 18 teams representing 14 local schools. The teams were divided into three groups for the first session of matches. From their position in this round the teams were placed into the... |
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 | Football Report - Monday, April 11, 2005
Our football season has now come to an end, with our last games being cancelled due to the bad weather. Since last November we have played in three mini festivals and one 40-minute match, on Saturday 13th, Saturday 17th November and Saturday 11th December.
The teams we played were: -
Dame... |
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| Object to Mast Installation - Monday, March 07, 2005
Dear Concerned Parents,
At the PFA meeting tonight we found out from Cllr Chris Wells that there is a planning application for a fourth telephone mast on the BT telephone exchange in Seafield Road (adjacent the school).
You should object to this application - and as soon as possible. Today is officially... |
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 | Cross Country - Saturday, March 05, 2005
We took part in the Kent Primary Schools’ Cross Country Championships. These were held on the sports field at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
On arriving at the ground we found most of the course covered in a deep layer of frosty snow that was crisp on the top but... |
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 | Oops - School Closed Again - Friday, March 04, 2005
Dear Parents & Guardians,
Although we tried to open as normal today, due... |
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| School Closed Today - Thursday, March 03, 2005
Dear Parents & Guardians,
Due to the adverse weather conditions the school will be... |
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| New Site Additions - Friday, December 10, 2004
We will very soon be updating the web site to allow the regular presentation of... |
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 | Visiting Orphans - Friday, November 26, 2004
Haddon Dene School recently had a visit from 2 baby orphans. These were little hedgehogs called Tom and Jerry that were found by the RSPCA and handed to a parent at the school who takes care of such troubled animals.
They were far too young to be left to hibernate, so... |
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| Half Term Football Report - Friday, October 29, 2004
On Friday 10th September we played in the first football mini festival of the season. Having just come back to school and unable to have a practice session because of bad weather, this was the first time we had played as a team.
We played 6, eight-minute matches.
The first game... |
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 | Harvest Festival - Thursday, October 21, 2004
The Isle of Thanet Gazette reported our Harvest Festival activity, complete with the following story and picture. Thank you to The Isle of Thanet Gazette for allowing us to reproduce this picture.
Pupil’s Bumper Harvest
These pupils at Haddon Dene School in Broadstairs enjoyed a bumper harvest festival celebration. Parents donated an... |
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 | Jeans for Genes - Friday, October 01, 2004
What a great day everyone had for a donation of £1! We all had the chance to wear jeans at school and to see our teachers wearing them too.
We raised a total of £142.00 that will be sent to the “Jeans for Genes” charity.
“Jeans for Genes” is a fund... |
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| Welcome Back - Monday, September 13, 2004
Dear Parent/Guardian
A belated, but nonetheless sincere welcome back to Haddon Dene for what I am sure will be another productive year of education.
You will know that upgrading of buildings has started in the Prep. School and this will continue so that the whole of the upper floor will have been... |
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