Welcome to Hawes Down Junior School!

Hawes Down Junior School is situated in the London Borough of Bromley, in Kent. It is a 2 form entry school with @260 pupils in 4 year groups. The school also has a Special Opportunities Unit that currently caters for 10 pupils with moderate to severe learning difficulties.

Our Motto
Together We Can Achieve
UNA PERFICIAMUS

Mission Statement
To challenge and nurture our children to become valued individuals who will reach their full potential by becoming independent thinkers and confident learners.

Ofsted
The school’s last inspection was in June 2004.

In summary:
“This is a good school, which gives good value for money. Pupils achieve well overall and standards are well above average by Year 6. The quality of teaching is good. The overall effectiveness of management is good.”

Click here for a copy of the full report.

At Hawes Down Junior School we:

• Provide a safe, secure, happy and stimulating environment where children enjoy their learning and are inspired to achieve;

• Provide an inclusive, welcoming, and caring environment of mutual respect where children feel special and valued;

• Recognise that all children are different and seek to accommodate all learning and social needs;

• Encourage every child to realise their full academic and personal potential by providing a challenging, balanced, broad and enriched curriculum both in and out-of-school hours;

• Provide high standards of behaviour where children feel confident to communicate feelings and are equipped with solid moral values;

• Encourage, reward and value hardworking pupils who take pride in their work and are excellent role models around the school;

• Encourage positive partnerships and collaborative thinking between all stakeholders of the school; and

• Ensure that all children have happy memories of their time in our school and upon leaving have become responsible members of our community and the wider world.

Autumn Term 2007
School opens	Tuesday 4th September 2007
Half term	Monday 22nd October to Friday 26th October 2007
School closes	Thursday 20th December 2007 (2pm finish)
Please note that Monday 3rd September and Friday 21st December is a Staff Development Day when the school will be closed.

Spring Term 2008
School opens	Tuesday 8th January 2008
Half term	Monday 18th February to Friday 22th February 2008
School closes	Friday 4th April 2008 (2pm finish)
Please note that Monday 7th January is a Staff Development Day when the school will be closed. The school will also be closed on Friday 21st March (Good Friday) and Monday 24th March (Easter Monday).

Summer Term 2008
School opens	Monday 21st April 2008
Half term	Monday 26th May to Friday 30th May 2008
School closes	Wednesday 23rd July 2008 (2pm finish)
Please note that Monday 2nd June and Friday 20th June will be Staff Development Days when the school will be closed. The school will also be closed on Monday 5th May as this is a Bank Holiday.

Clubs		Sports
After school club (at Phoenix Centre)		Short tennis
Peripatetic music		Hockey
French		Football
Turkish		Netball
Drama club
Digital photography		Trips
Gardening club		Year 5 School Journey to Hindleap Warren
War hammer club		Year 6 School Journey to Isle of Wight
Chess club		Cross Country (2 Nov 2007)
Body jam

We also provide a lunchtime sports activity for children with low self-esteem

Parents and staff whose children attend the school make up the Hawes Down PTA.

Our small, but merry band, help to make fundraising events for the children and parents fun. Recent events have included, end of term disco’s for the children, Xmas and summer fetes, staff v parents sporting events, after school video entertainment, competitions, coffee mornings, where mums and dads can get together chat, meet the head teacher and bring books and videos to exchange, quiz nights, disco’s for parents, boot fairs and lots more.

We are open to different ideas and new faces are always welcome to join us especially new mums or dads that enter the school. 
 
The fundraising of the PTA and support of the parents have become of ever more importance to the school to help not just the extras but necessities of school life. It also gives a school like Hawes Down an even more sharing community, which bonds the children, staff and parents as they spend their special years with the school. 

So come and join us and bring your enthusiasm with you. Please contact either the secretary, (Sandra Emblen-Jarrett) through the school office or any of the members displayed on our notice board.