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Haydon School is a comprehensive foundation school located in Pinner, London, England. The school serves about 1985 students aged 11–18.
It was formed in the 1970s from the union of St Nick's Grammar School (for boys) and St Mary's Grammar School (for girls), and was named after a local family.
It is currently a Language College teaching students and the local community a range of modern foreign languages. When students enter year seven, they select two languages, either:
Latin, Mandarin, and Japanese are available for the gifted.
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Haydon School is a comprehensive foundation school located in Pinner, London, England. The school serves about 1985 students aged 11–18.
It was formed in the 1970s from the union of St Nick's Grammar School (for boys) and St Mary's Grammar School (for girls), and was named after a local family.
It is currently a Language College teaching students and the local community a range of modern foreign languages. When students enter year seven, they select two languages, either:
- French & Italian
- Spanish & German
Latin, Mandarin, and Japanese are available for the gifted. Extra language classes are available at lunch time or after school.
Houses
Haydon has 5 houses which are:
- Discovery
- Challenger
- Voyager
- Endeavour
- Pioneer
There are three forms in each house per year. A form is identified by the year, the house and a number. This last number is either 1, 2, 3 or 4. Odd numbers represent forms that study French and Italian, whilst even numbers represent forms studying German and Spanish. For example 7P1 would be a year seven form, in Pioneer with students studying French and Italian.
The houses all have different colours. Challenger are red, Discovery are yellow, Pioneer are purple, Voyager are green & Endeavour are blue. Since 2004 students have worn ties in their house colours to show what house they are in. Haydon is a designated language college with a high quality of learning and support.
Website
Haydon School has recently updated their website after three years. The old website was outdated and contained a lot of incorrect infomation. The Haydon School intrant website still remians the same, but this is being changed soon. The website includes links like: Former Students, Communtiy News, Galleries and Virtual Learning. Most of the websites pages are being edited as many still say: Coming soon and work in progress.
Virtual Learning
Haydon School has recently set up virtual learing resources called: Fronter. students log on using their hillingdongrid email address and password. Teachers can set work and students can contact the teachers through the student friendly interface.
New Art & Design Building| Peter Woods Building
The new Art, Design & Technology building provides an inspiring, light and spacious environment for pupils and teachers to work together to explore art, design and technology. The building has been designed to meet the needs of a changing curriculum which will ensure generations of pupils benefit from it and teachers have the flexibility they need to prepare pupils for life in a changing world.
The art studios on the top floors are full of natural light with views of the surrounding area and offer the space that the Art Department need to expand their curriculum and the experiences they offer pupils. The Technology workshops are equipped with new machines including a Laser Cutter and a CNC Router. The new machines and rooms provide the department with the facilities it needs to deliver exciting and inspiring projects that reflect recent advances in technology and design in recent years. This work cost over £5,000,000 and is still ongoing. Some of the older technology classrooms have also been revamped and made to look like the new ones. The building will be offically opened in 2009, the building is named after the old headmaster of Haydon School, Peter Woods. He will return to the school for the opening ceremony
Eco Club
The school has a thriving eco club. It has over 25 members. They meet every week in room 73. The eco-club also produce a wide variety of posters notifying students, staff and visitors to the school of the importance of attending eco club and to support the schools recycling policy. The eco club have been sucessful in getting a recycling bin into every classroom. Which has alredy reduced the waste of paper the school uses. The eco club used recycled paper for posters and tries to make others aware of the problems of not recycling. They have also made videos which you can see on their website .
ID Badges And New Conduct Cards
to follow soon, anyone to edt this part?
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