Recent Posts - Sidestrand Hall School

06Jun
2019

Summer Survival Guide for Parents

The new Summer Survival Guide for 2019 provides activities and events for children and adults throughout the summer holidays in Norwich...

08May
2019

Volunteer Shop Assistants

Volunteer Shop Assistants needed for Strands Charity Shop, Cromer Sidestrand Hall School is a state maintained school for pupils with complex educational...

03Apr
2019

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

D of E Bronze Award Year 11 students will begin preparations for this years D of E Expeditions – a practice...

03Apr
2019

City College Visit

Year 11 and 6th form students visit City College for course taster sessions and interviews ready for taking their next steps...

22Mar
2019

Wear It Wild Day

Wear it Wild for World Wildlife Fund on Wednesday 27th March. Come in animal print, costume or face paints. £1 donation....

14Mar
2019

Pearson Teaching Awards 2019 – Thank A Teacher

Pearson Teaching Awards 2019 – Thank A Teacher It’s that time of year again when the nominations for a teaching award...

12Mar
2019

Online payments

We are exploring reducing the amount of cash we handle in school and making life easier for parents by moving to...

07Mar
2019

Look what turned up at the Charity Shop

Look What Turned Up At The Charity Shop A selection of Nature Readers from 1934 on sale at 2d!! Any collectors?...

07Mar
2019

Eclectic book selection

Eclectic Book Selection We are recycling books from the charity shop all monies raised go towards this years school prom! First...

27Feb
2019

Guide Dogs Association Assembly and MUFTI Day

On Monday, 4th March we will be having an assembly about animals that help us. We are having a special visitor...

26Feb
2019

Norfolk SEND Spring 2019 Newsletter

In this Edition— School transitions, Part-time timetables, Illegal exclusions, Norfolk Steps, EHCP annual review, Making changes to an EHCP, IS update...

11Feb
2019

Parent / Carers survey

SEND Surveys Norfolk County Council and partners are working with partners to improve support for children and young people with special...

07Feb
2019

Vocational Students Get Busy in the Workshop

Vocational Students Get Busy in the Workshop Year 10 Vocational Students busy working on projects in the construction workshop today.

07Feb
2019

Signing at Sidestrand Hall School

Signing at Sidestrand Hall School Coming Soon! to this website….. A dedicated space for regular updates regarding ‘signing’ at our school. ...

26Nov
2018

CCTV Images!!!

Infra red CCTV images reveal the source of late night chatter and hammering in the workshop!

15Nov
2018

Pudsey Cake Raffle

As part of our activities for Children in Need on Friday 16 November, we will be raffling this amazing Pudsey cake...

18Oct
2018

INSET Day training – Staff Feel the Heat!

Staff Feel The Heat! Training day today and of the many courses on offer one was the Fire Safety – Fire...

10Oct
2018

Blickling Hall Trip

This month saw year 10 and tear 11 students visit Blickling Hall and grounds in search of the Tudors! They also...

10Oct
2018

Year 10 D of E Teamwork Challenge – Protect Your Egg!

As part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award Year 10 students were divided in to groups for a team work challenge...

10Oct
2018

School Council News – Wow!!!

Wow! Well done to all our students who took part in the School Council today, meeting and posing questions to the...

10Oct
2018

Brand New School Council

Kerpow! News Flash!!We now have a brand new school council! Look out for future announcements from the school council about exciting...

09Oct
2018

Duke of Edinburgh Award Twitter Feed is Changing…

The Sidestrand Hall School Twitter feed has merged with the school Twitter Account! All year 10 and Year 11 D of...

09Oct
2018

Year 11 Field Trip Investigating River Courses

Year 11 students (group 1) out and about on a field trip investigating water courses. First stop was Stakebeck Bridge and...

19Jun
2018

Sometimes you see the strangest things…

Sometimes you see the strangest of things… Year 11 students relocating ……a shed! ( By the way the students are not...

19Jun
2018

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Expedition

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Expedition Year 11 students taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Expedition ahead of...

25May
2018

Year 11 Vocational students ‘Corporate Day’

Vocational year 11 students enjoyed a corporate afternoon out at Cromer Kart track as a result of their successful self employment...

03May
2018

Norfolk’s Local Offer Newsletter

2018 05 SEND Schools Newsletter

22Mar
2018

Ground Force!

Year 10 vocational students show a terrific work ethic getting to grips with practical ground works today clearing and maintaining the...

21Mar
2018

Charity Week..’Wear A Hat Day’

This week is our Charity Week and today was ‘Wear A Hat Day’! in support of The Brain Tumour Research Charity https://www.braintumourresearch.org/fundraise/wear-a-hat-day Initial...

16Mar
2018

Vocational Students Business Start Up!

Year 11 students studying the Mechanics and Construction vocational course have started up two businesses as part of their self employment...

14Mar
2018

‘Signalong’ Choir

‘The Signalong choir have been learning the signs to the songs ‘I have a Dream’ by Abba and ‘Shine’ by Take That.’...

14Mar
2018

National Trust Work Experience Day

This month students in Key stage 4 visited Sheringham Park on the North Norfolk Coast to experience working with the National...

14Mar
2018

Last Chance Books

We are selling bundles of second hand pre-loved books, fiction and non fiction at seriously ridiculously low prices. These books were...

12Mar
2018

Computing equipment in Lower School

Over here in Lower school we now have some exciting new computing equipment that all the children in Lower School will...

07Mar
2018

Charity Week 19th-23rd March

The Student Council have arranged a Charity Week, to raise awareness and funds for different organisation throughout the week. As well...

27Feb
2018

School and Boarding Closure Information

School will remain shut for the week. We hope to open as normal on Monday. School remains closed on Thursday 1...

21Feb
2018

Internet Safety

Internet safety and social media ….check out this BBC site. ‘Own it’, it answers quite a lot of questions and highlights...

21Feb
2018

Compass and Map Work

Year 10 and 11 students working towards their Duke of Edinburgh award are getting to grips with maps and compasses! Once...

21Feb
2018

Bespoke new home or Chicken Run 2!

As we speak a new bespoke new chicken house is taking shape in the construction workshop courtesy of Mr Davies and...

21Feb
2018

New Mechanics and Construction Classroom

A little potted history thus far. As the old mobile classroom waved good bye…. ….take a look at the new Mechanics...

21Feb
2018

It’s Gone!!!!

Where has it gone…….? Oh no! over the half term holiday, it’s only gone and vanished!!! The old construction and mechanics...

31Jan
2018

Key Stage 2 Book Tournament

On the 10th January Lower School started their Book Tournament, which will lead into World Book Day that will happen on...

03Jan
2018

French Day

On the 5th December 2017, Key Stage 2 took part in a French day. The children did various activities like learning...

30Nov
2017

It’s all go in Santa’s Christmas Workshop

It’s all go in Santa’s Christmas Workshop at this time of year. So much Hammering, drilling and sawing at all hours...

30Nov
2017

Amazona

On Friday 17th November Bay class visited Amazona Zoo in Cromer as part of our classwork about animals. While we were at the...

15Nov
2017

Pudsey Cake Raffle

We are raffling this Lovely Pudsey Cake Kindly made for us by Kathleen Pym, one of our lovely cleaners. Tickets are...

05Oct
2017

Duke of Edinburgh

Year 11 students trying out different sports as part of their physical activity element of the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.

05Oct
2017

Toxic! Teamwork skills.

Toxic! Year 10 students displaying their teamwork skills as part of the physical and working as a team element of their...

05Oct
2017

Hedgehog House – Construction

Year 10 students begin making their hedgehog houses as part of their construction lesson. Houses will be built to a high...

05Oct
2017

Logs ready for sale.

First batch of logs split and bagged by Sidestrand Hall School students are available at school and are also on sale...

03Oct
2017

Year 11 Enterprise

Year 11 students begin their enterprise project… (actually they are Santa’s elves in civilian clothing, working in Santa’s workshop! (Optional hats...

03Oct
2017

Logging. Year 11 lumberjacks…

Year 11 students show off their logging skills.

03Oct
2017

D OF E Gardening Project – Volunteering

D of E Volunteering – Sidestrand Year 11 students swing in to action ‘Ground Force’ style to help clear the garden...

03Oct
2017

Year 11 Field Trip Rivers

Year 11 were fabulous yesterday on our river fieldwork trip. They collected lots of data and nobody fell in! Looking forward...

11Sep
2017

Bay Class Science

This half term in Science, Bay class are learning about solids, liquids and gases. This week we have focused on gases...

18Jul
2017

Saying Goodbye to some of our Vocational Students

Saying Goodbye to some of our Vocational Students The last day for Year 11 students from Aylsham High School – burgers...

18Jul
2017

Thetford Sports KS4

In June a number of ks4 students attended a sporting event at Thetford Sports Centre, little did we know that it...

18Jul
2017

Presentation Skills

D of E students skillfully showing their presentation skills. KS4 Duke of Edinburgh Students were asked to devise a new ball...

18Jul
2017

New Vocational students get stuck in..

This years new intake from Aylsham High School get stuck in to make an early impression..

18Jul
2017

Activities Week for KS4 Students

A busy week with lots of fun activities going on… Crazy Golf at Mundesley…along with some interesting wildlife…. Games on...

18Jul
2017

Duke of Edinburgh students

KS4 students showing off their prowess during a lesson for the physical element of the award.

18Jul
2017

KS4 DofE STUDENTS 6TH FORM VISIT

KS4 D of E students visited the new 6th form block and were treated to tea and cakes! Enjoying afternoon tea…...

18Jul
2017

Muckleburgh Trip 2017

KS4 students visited the Muckleburgh collection earlier this year and had a great day out! The Muckleburgh Collection is a military...

12Jul
2017

Snap Map

Snapchat has introduced a new feature Snap Map. Nadia Sawalha and her daughter have SHARED the following video to highlight...

12Jul
2017

NSPCC Share Aware!

KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE The NSPCC have teamed up with O2 to help parents teach their children to be Share Aware....

20Jun
2017

Strands College Official Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Special thanks to local author and businessman Tom Blofeld for officially opening our new Strands College. Tom’s sideskick “Mildred” cut the ribbon...