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• Thursday 15 April 2021 Numeracy Challenge - 15/04/2021 We're back with another #MathsChallenge for you all!Good luck... and #Congratulations to those in our #JamesHornsbyFamily who worked out the answer to our last #Challenge ... 141!#JamesHornsby #Maths #Mathematics #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 14 April 2021 Student Leadership Applications Check out our Instagram to hear Mrs Sheern with a message regarding your #StudentLeadership applications due in the week!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Tuesday 13 April 2021 Six Tools to Improving Independent Learning Head over to our Instagram to hear Mr Poole sharing six #Tools to improve your #independentlearning#independentlearners #independent #JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Monday 12 April 2021 Welcome Back We can't wait to see every member of the #JamesHornsbyFamily this morning!Here's a reminder about your new tutor group rooms. We hope you had a great break!#JamesHornsby #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 24 March 2021 Numeracy Challenge Take on our #Numeracy challenge!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 24 March 2021 Home testing is now available
• Thursday 11 March 2021 Year 11 Parents Evening A reminder to all #year11 parents and carers...#Virtual #ParentsEvening is today from 3.30pm - your appointments are on school cloud.#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 10 March 2021 Great to see our #WorldBookDay celebrations in the #Echo today! Great to see our #WorldBookDay celebrations in the #Echo today! Make sure you pick up a copy for the full range of images!Well done to staff and students involved!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 10 March 2021 New Headteacher Mrs Nicholls #Thankyou to everyone in the #JamesHornsbyFamily #JamesHornsby #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 10 March 2021 New Headteacher at The James Hornsby School
• Thursday 4 March 2021 World book Day
• Tuesday 2 March 2021 Testing starting this week for students Great to get a mention in the #Echo today regarding our #testing that starts this week! Well done to all staff and students across the @zenith_mat Trust, and a big thanks to the parents and carers in the #JamesHornsbyFamily for their overwhelming support!#JamesHornsby #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Monday 1 March 2021 National offer day
• Friday 26 February 2021 Letter regarding students return
• Wednesday 24 February 2021 Recent NHS visit Check out the full article in the #Echo today regarding our recent visit (and excellent report!) from the #NHS Deep Clean Advisory Service.#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 24 February 2021 The launch of the new podcast Mr Rawlinson launches our #Podcast of the week!#PodcastOfTheWeek #JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Friday 5 February 2021 Resources available for students
• Thursday 28 January 2021 New virtual assembly on Friday #staytuned #virtualassembly #healthylifestyle #JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Friday 22 January 2021 Our latest virtual assembly
• Tuesday 19 January 2021 A message for all parents and carers A message from Mr Edwards for all parents and carers in the #JamesHornsbyFamily#JamesHornsby #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Monday 11 January 2021 A message from Mrs Nicholls #motivationmonday with our #Headteacher Mrs Nicholls.#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Friday 8 January 2021 Virtual assembly now live
• Thursday 7 January 2021 Virtual Assmblies are returning Exciting news on the return of #Virtual #Assemblies !#homelearning #JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Wednesday 6 January 2021 Remote learning tips Well done for another great day. This evening we wanted to discuss how important your daily routine is during this period of #remotelearning by sharing some tips tips!#JamesHornsby #JamesHornsbyFamily #Laindon #Zenith #ZenithChild
• Monday 14 December 2020 Information about Remote learning Where to find our guide on #remotelearning for parents.https://youtu.be/ebjFjIO4Ouk#jameshornsbyfamily #jameshornsby #laindon #zenith #zenithchild
• Thursday 10 December 2020 ITV news visit Tune in at 6pm tonight on ITV to see Mr Steel talking to Hannah Pettifer.#itv #anglia #essex #jameshornsby #jameshornsbyfamily #laindon #zenith #zenithchild
• Thursday 3 December 2020 Year 11 Parents Evening On Thursday 10 December there will be a #Year11 Virtual #Rewards Evening where we recognise outstanding achievements from the recent PPEs. In all subjects, students will receive recognition for Attainment, Progress and Endeavour. #watchthisspace #jameshornsby #jameshornsbyfamily #laindon #zenith #zenithchild
• Wednesday 25 November 2020 Parents evening On 3rd December we are holding a #virtual #Year11 parents evening.Appointments can be made right now via our new #Schoolcloud #parentsevening system. Details and a user guide have been sent home to help you do this. We look forward to seeing you then!#jameshornsby #jameshornsbyfamily #laindon #zenith #zenithchild
• Friday 20 November 2020 Remembrance Day
• Tuesday 17 November 2020 Children in need #didyouknow last week we raised £151.45 for #childreninneed2020 Well done to everyone in the #jameshornsbyfamily that supported this great cause!
• Tuesday 17 November 2020 Anti Bullying The #jameshornsbyfamily is #unitedagainstbullying For #antibullyingweek our students and staff are pledging the ways we can all continue to be united against #bullying Students, remember to access your pledge piece on your college #googleclassroom this week #jameshornsby #laindon #zenith #zenithchild
• Thursday 12 November 2020 Movember It's #movember and 12 of our staff are growing #mustaches in support of men’s mental health, testicular and prostate cancer.To support them, visit this link or speak to one of them... at the moment they are pretty easy to spot!https://uk.movember.com/team/2384751?utm_medium=app&utm_source=ios&utm_campaign=share-team
• Wednesday 11 November 2020 Armistice Day Mr Tucker leading the #armisticeday tribute. Our students were a real credit to the school and wider community in their social bubbles.We will remember them.
• Monday 9 November 2020 We will remember them.
• Thursday 15 October 2020 Mental Health Awareness Great to see all schools in @zenith_mat make the Echo today! Well done to everyone in the #jameshornsbyfamily and #zenith trust that put a focus on #mentalhealthLovely to see our new #wellbeingwednesday focus in the paper! #watchthisspace #jameshornsby #laindon #echo #wellbeing #zenithchild
• Thursday 23 July 2020 Class of 2020 Make sure you get your copy of The Echo today!
• Monday 29 June 2020 A message from Mr Poole about blended learning 29/06/20 A message from Mr Poole about our assembly on blended learning, which has just been emailed home and can be found on #youtube #blendedlearning #jameshornsby #laindon #zenith #zenithchild #blended #learning
• Tuesday 23 June 2020 Jack Petchy Award Great to see the @jackpetcheyfoundation website feature us on their homepage today for our work during #covid19 #lockdown and for the recognition of the #progress Bobby has made.
• Monday 22 June 2020 Our 11th virtual assembly 22/06/20
• Monday 22 June 2020 Latest transition video by the humanities team Look out for our latest transition video by the humanities team
• Monday 15 June 2020 Our 10th Virtual Assembly 15/06/20
• Monday 15 June 2020 Our new media platform Planet Estream Introducing PLANET ESTREAM… #planetestream#jameshornsby #laindon #zenith #zenithchild
• Friday 12 June 2020 Our virtual parents evening 12/06/20 Mr Back wants to share his thoughts with you on the fantastic response we’ve had to our #virtual #review meetings, where we’ve been checking in on the #learning & #progress of our #year8 students. More #yeargroups #comingsoon
• Wednesday 10 June 2020 Our virtual transition Video 10/06/20
• Tuesday 9 June 2020 Students return to School letter 09/06/20 Are you a parent of #year10 ?
• Monday 8 June 2020 Our 9th Virtual Assembly 08/06/20
• Thursday 4 June 2020 Our Home learning Guide 04/06/20
• Monday 1 June 2020 Our 8th virtual assembly 01/06/20
• Monday 1 June 2020 Our next year six transition video is now available 01/06/20
• Wednesday 20 May 2020 National thank a teacher day 20/05/20
• Monday 18 May 2020 Our seventh virtual assembly 18/05/20 Check your emails for the link to our 7th #virtualassembly (and the 1st by our new #deputyhead Mr Edwards). https://youtu.be/eMK4ClNzmVQ
• Friday 15 May 2020 Year 6 transition video 15/05/20
• Monday 11 May 2020 Our sixth virtual assembly is now on YouTube 11/05/20
• Thursday 7 May 2020 Our first transition video is now on YouTube 07/05/20
• Thursday 7 May 2020 Jack Petchey Competition 07/05/20
• Tuesday 5 May 2020 See our updated learning menus 05/05/20 A message from Mrs Mechem about the updated #learningmenus #jameshornsby #laindon #zenith #zenithchild
• Monday 4 May 2020 Our fifth virtual assembly 04/05/20
• Monday 4 May 2020 Meet our new deputy headteacher Mr Edwards 04/05/20
• Monday 27 April 2020 Our fourth virtual assembly 27/04/20 The link for this week’s #virtualassembly (our fourth!) has been sent home to all parents/carers.
• Monday 20 April 2020 Virtual assemblies 20/04/20
• Friday 17 April 2020 Covid-19 update Parents/carers: please check emails and our website homepage & announcement banner for an important letter from the school regarding Covid19. Thank you.
• Tuesday 14 April 2020 Keeping safe online while remote working 14/04/20
• Friday 3 April 2020 James Hornsby Photography display in town centre 03/04/20
• Friday 27 March 2020 James Hornsby YouTube channel 27/03/20 A message from Miss Gleeson about our virtual assemblies, starting Monday!
• Friday 13 March 2020 Sports relief charity work 13/03/20
• Wednesday 11 March 2020 Science week 11/03/20
• Friday 6 March 2020 Careers week 06/03/20 Pt1/2…We’d like to thank all the employers that came in this week to support us with #careersweek @careerreadyuk @kirsty_joanne @dpworldlondongateway
• Thursday 5 March 2020 World book day 5/3/20 It’s #worldbookday on Thursday! We have loads of great things going on, including a visit from Simon Woodward, a local author! #staytuned #mostable #reading #surprisesarecoming #costumes
• Thursday 5 March 2020 Medical Mavericks 05/03/20
• Thursday 5 March 2020 World book day 05/03/20 Maybe next year for #worldbookday our #family of teachers and staff will put a bit more effort in… #literacy (Well done, everyone! Incredible!)
• Tuesday 3 March 2020 Kurling team 3/3/20
• Friday 28 February 2020 Design a sub students competition
• Monday 17 February 2020 Ski trip 17/02/20
• Wednesday 12 February 2020 Swimming Gala 12/02/20 Well done to all students involved in the #swimming gala today. They did so well; winning 5 medals
• Tuesday 11 February 2020 Colchester FC 11/02/20
• Friday 7 February 2020 Mental health Awareness assembly 07-02-20 This morning our guest, the incredibly talented @thisisnamaste came in and delivered an assembly all about #mentalhealth and well-being whilst singing some banging #tunes. Thank you so much for being so inspiring! #thisisnamaste
• Tuesday 4 February 2020 Essex Fire and Police 04/02/20 Thank you to Essex Fire and Police services who dropped by this morning to deliver assemblies on #cybersafety to years 7-10.
• Friday 31 January 2020 Conservative MP John Baron It was an absolute pleasure to have Mr John Baron, Conservative MP for #Basildon and #Billericay, visit us this morning and take a tour of our school, led by our Head Girl and Head Boy.
• Thursday 30 January 2020 Young carers bronze award 30/01/20
• Tuesday 28 January 2020 Colin Morrison Media CEO 28/01/20 Today our #Media and #Photography students had a question and answer session with Colin Morrison, Media CEO. They learnt about the power of high aspirations and life in the media industry! Thank you Colin!
• Wednesday 22 January 2020 Leaders in Safeguarding 22/01/20
• Wednesday 15 January 2020 County Boccia 15/01/20 We’re very pleased to announce that five of our students attended the County Boccia finals on Monday and achieved fantastic results of finishing in 5th place and 2nd place respectively. Well done… this is a fantastic achievement for all involved. Students here are pictured with Dan Bentley, who won gold at 2008 Paralympics and bronze at 2010 Paralympics! #countyboccia #finals #paralympics #danbentley
• Tuesday 17 December 2019 Salvation Army Food Donations 17/12/19 Our Deputy Head Boy (Harrison) and Deputy Head Girl (Rheannon) went to the #SalvationArmy in Laindon yesterday to deliver the 60+ bags of food that the students at have donated over the past two weeks to help the less-fortunate families of Laindon this Christmas. We are super proud of our students and want to thank everyone who made a #donation!
• Thursday 5 December 2019 Alumni Awards Evening 05-12-19 Awards evening for our alumni starts at 6pm tonight. We can’t wait to see our old GCSE students again. A polite reminder that it’s a ticket-only event.
• Monday 25 November 2019 International school award accreditation 25/11/19
• Thursday 14 November 2019 Annual Primary Maths Challenge 14/11/19 It was a pleasure to hold the annual primary maths challenge this week. We’re honoured to see the event featured in The Echo ‘In Focus’ spread today! Have you got your copy?
• Friday 25 October 2019 Little Havens Charity Film Night 25/10/19
• Thursday 24 October 2019 Project 2024 24/10/19
• Wednesday 16 October 2019 Unstoppable Teen workshop 16/10/19 The ‘Unstoppable Teen’ workshop today was an inspiring tour de force for our students in years 9, 10 and 11. Thank you so much for coming in!
• Friday 11 October 2019 Emma Land from Mirror Mirror Salon 11/10/19
• Thursday 10 October 2019 Mental Health Awareness Day 10/10/19 Students have organised assemblies and events as part of #mentalhealthawareness day. We will have a bake sale at break to raise money for this cause that is absolutely fundamental to young people everywhere.
• Thursday 26 September 2019 British Council International School Award success
• Wednesday 25 September 2019 British Councils international school award 25/09/19 Have you seen the Echo today? Well done to Miss Pellat and all the effort both she and the students put in to gain this fantastic award!
• Monday 23 September 2019 Royal Navy 23/09/19 We’re honoured to have guests from @royalnavy in today to speak to our students about their aspirations and the many aspects involved in the Royal Navy. Lstd Kim Barber and Lch Mattie Tew showed us their amazing skills creating delicious dishes! #cooking #navy
• Monday 23 September 2019 District Dodgeball 23/09/19 We’re organising and hosting the B & C district dodgeball competition today. Good luck to the 12 primary schools that are involved! @JHP_updates
• Thursday 19 September 2019 Open Evening 19/09/19
• Friday 13 September 2019 Jack Petchy 13/09/19 Congratulations to our Jack Petchey award winners. They will be presented with their awards at the Towngate Theatre on 25th September! Have a fantastic weekend, everyone.
• Wednesday 11 September 2019 Parents meeting 11/09/19
• Sunday 8 September 2019 Duke of Edinburgh Awards 08/09/19 Congratulations to the first ever students at James Hornsby to complete the Silver Duke of Edinburgh award! #dukeofedinburghaward
• Friday 15 March 2019 Exciting opportunity with Southend United FC
• Friday 19 October 2018 Black History Month
• Friday 29 September 2017 Brilliant club Graduation trip to Cambridge
• Thursday 21 September 2017 Year 9 trip to Ypres On Friday September 15th, year 9 students travelled to Ypres and the WW1 battle fields to pay their respects to those that have fallen in the Great War. The students were a credit to the school taking in Santuary Wood, Hill 62 trench system, Tyne Cott cemetery, Langamark cemetery and the Menin gate. The James Hornsby School was also represented at the Menin gate ceremony in the evening by laying a wreath as a mark of remembrance and thanks for the great sacrifice endured by those that fell on the field of battle.
• Wednesday 20 September 2017 Rocketing Success Annual Rocket Competition The STEM students were fantastic at this year’s Rocket competition. On the test run day we were top of the league table on every aspect of the competition. Sadly on the competition day the odds were not in our favour, however the students had a brilliant time and become real ‘rocket scientists’ through the process. That’s a label anyone would want on their CV!
• Wednesday 20 September 2017 Health Day Our dedicated STEM group of year 9 students attended a ‘health day’ with 30 year 10 students who wish to work within the medical industry.
• Monday 18 September 2017 Jack Petchey Awards Ceremony

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