The James Hornsby School

Thursday 23 March 2023 Throwback Thursday This #ThrowbackThursday we wanted to highlight the amazing #Opportunities our students have had on #Trips and #Visits over the last few years. What wonderful smiles! #ExtraCurricular #JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Wednesday 22 March 2023 University of Essex visit #DidYouKnow that this week student ambassadors from the #UniversityOfEssex visited us to support our #year11 with #Revision techniques to prepare them for their #GCSE exams! The countdown is on!

Tuesday 21 March 2023 World Poetry Day Happy #WorldPoetryDay ! A massive #WellDone to all students that took part in our #Poetry competition! #Congratulations to our winners! Your #Poems were amazing! It was a difficult choice as we had so many wonderful entries. #ThankYou to everyone that took part. Same again next year #JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbySchool #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Thursday 16 March 2023 Year 10 Rewards Evening A great #Snapshot of our #Year10 #Rewards evening.It's wonderful to celebrate #Academic progress as well as the exemplary attitude to learning our students have!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Friday 10 March 2023 Rugby Shield Winners! ???? SHIELD WINNERS! ????Huge congratulations to the James Hornsby Rugby Team that entered the Essex Rugby 7's for the very first time this week.The students who represented the school did us proud, remaining undefeated the whole day, returning victorious after beating Roding School in the final 3-1!A great start on the rugby journey for all at James Hornsby School!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Essex #Laindon #Zenith #Rugby

Thursday 9 March 2023 National Careers Week 2023 For #NationalCareersWeek our #Year10 students, having taken part in CV writing and interview prep workshops, participate in mock interviews with a range of employers from the area!Thank you to everyone that helped us today!#JamesHornsbySchool #Careers #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Wednesday 8 March 2023 Poetry Idol Who do you idoliseStudents of #JamesHornsby we are inviting you to write a #Poem about your favourite person. Who do you idolise Is it your mum or dad Your best friend Your brother or sister Perhaps there is a famous person, from a sports or film star to an author or musician that you admire and aspire to be like.Grab your pen and get writing! From haikus and rhymes to acrostics and everything in-between, we welcome your poem in any style and format celebrating your idol.Winners will receive prizes and achievement points!Please submit entries to Miss Wainman in EN1 by Friday 17th March.#JamesHornsbyFamily #JamesHornsbySchool #Laindon #Rewards #Zenith

Thursday 2 March 2023 World Book Day 2023 What an effort! Well done, #JamesHornsbyFamily !!??????????????????#WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay23 #Reading #JamesHornsbySchool #JamesHornsby #Laindon #Literacy #Zenith

Monday 20 February 2023 JHS Debate Team at perform at the Essex Speakers Union public speaking competition Join us as we #Celebrate the success of the #JamesHornsby #Debate team at the #EssexSpeakers Union public speaking competition!??????????????Mahi, Jodie and Thomas were a credit to the school, with Mahi performing a brilliantly powerful speech on whether gun ownership undermined liberty.As a result of their excellent conduct, we have been invited to join a local debate circuit! Well done to all staff and students involved!#JamesHornsbyFamily #JamesHornsby #Laindon #Zenith

Thursday 9 February 2023 Fundraising with Adventure Island! #DidYouKnow that we now sell discounted @adv_island Wristbands for £18 (park price £28/online price £26) and you can purchase these for friends and family tooYou can purchase through Parent Pay. Your child can then collect from #Finance during Break 2 or after school.Any questions please #email finance@thejhs.co.uk#JamesHornsbySchool #AdventureIsland #JamesHornsby #Laindon #Southend #Zenith

Thursday 2 February 2023 Assemblies in the new conference centre! This week, Miss Overy has been delivering assemblies on the history of #LGBTQ+ in our new #ConferenceCentre#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbySchool #Laindon #Zenith

Friday 27 January 2023 New Conference Centre! Here's a sneak peak at one of our feature walls in our new conference centre!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Thursday 26 January 2023 Congratulations Josh Congratulations to Josh who represented #Basildon at the #Essex #CrossCountry this week. He ran a tough 5k course with determination and did himself and the school proud!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbySchool #Sports #PE #ExtraCurricular #Laindon #Zenith

Tuesday 24 January 2023 Summer Rewards Trip Summer Rewards Trip!If students achieve 96% attendance to school from Monday the 23rd January until the end of the summer term they will be eligible to go on the Summer rewards trip!For students who don’t achieve the 96% target they will be expected to complete class based activities for the day. Any queries please discuss with the College Team.

Friday 20 January 2023 Matilda Rehearsals Our first #Matilda rehearsal was fabulous with all of these ‘Revolting Children’!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbySchool #Laindon #JamesHornsbyFamily #Zenith

Thursday 12 January 2023 University of Essex visit Year 10 pupils This week, the #UniversityOfEssex delivered a fantastic presentation to a group of #Year10 pupils and parents about an exciting progressive project they are implementing at #JamesHornsby#StayTuned #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Thursday 12 January 2023 County Champions!

Friday 6 January 2023 Headteacher Award Well done to the winners of the #Headteacher award for last term!#JamesHornsbySchool #JamesHornsby #Celebrate #Rewards #Laindon #Zenith

Monday 12 December 2022 Seasons Readings! Come and check out our festive #Reading selection in the learning forum!#LoveToRead #EssexYearOfReading #Literacy #Books #JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Friday 9 December 2022 Well done to all involved with the James Hornsby debate team! Well done to all involved with the incredible success of the #JamesHornsby debate team at the recent Essex #SpeakersUnion competition!One of our teams is through to the next round and Thomas won the award for best questioner! #WatchThisSpace#JamesHornsbySchool #JHO #Laindon #Debate #Essex #Competition #JamesHornsbyFamily #Zenith

Thursday 8 December 2022 Free Christmas Dinner! #DidYouKnow that every child next week will have FREE #Christmas dinner during their college assembly!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Wednesday 7 December 2022 Nine local primary schools take part in a Year 5 & 6 basketball competition! #DidYouKnow that yesterday we welcomed children from NINE local primary schools to take part in a #Year5 and #Year6 #Basketball competition!Thanks to all our students that helped run the event!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbySchool #Sports #PE #Laindon #Zenith

Tuesday 29 November 2022 Year 10 students visit Writtle college A group of our #Year10 pupils had a fully immersive experience at Writtle University College where they learnt about University life... and some rather more unique courses available!#HorsesForCourses #JamesHornsbyFamily #JamesHornsby #Horse #Writtle #WrittleUniversityCollege #Horses #Laindon #Zenith

Thursday 24 November 2022 U14 Netball team make James Hornsby history! Our #u14 #Netball team have made #JamesHornsby history by being the first ever team to get through to compete in the county finals Netball tournament!The girls performed outstandingly well and were a real credit to the school. Our competition was tough playing against several of the top sporting schools in #Essex

Monday 21 November 2022 Black History Month competition winners! Well done to the winners of our #KeyStage3 #BlackHistoryMonth competition!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Friday 18 November 2022 Paul Hannaford speaks to students about the dangers of drugs, gangs, and knife crime A big thank you to #PaulHannaford who came in this week to speak to our students about the dangers of drugs, gangs, and knife crime.#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith

Wednesday 16 November 2022 Are you showing your SPARK at school? Are you showing your SPARK at school Your teachers will be looking to give you reward points for demonstrating your enthusiasm for learning, every lesson, every day.#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbySchool #Laindon #Zenith

Tuesday 15 November 2022 Glee Club perform at the Towngate Theatre Congratulations to the #JamesHornsby #Glee Club who performed at the Towngate Theatre for the #JackPetchey awards last month!#JamesHornsbyFamily #ExtraCurricular #Zenith

Friday 11 November 2022 Remembrance Day 2022 Lest we forget

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