Hesketh House

Year 6 Memories...

I really loved it when we did the Flash Mob for Mrs Brierley. I enjoyed seeing the smile on her face when we surprised her with it. She really deserved it after all the good things she did for us. It was a great memory. Kate Shanley

One of my favourite memories from Hesketh House was when I played the drums for the first time and came 2nd in the music festival. I still have my shield! Lucy Sackfield My favourite memory from Hesketh House was when I stepped up to be given my Year 6 Ambassador badge because I love giving a helping hand to people. Mia Winward Dunn

My favourite memory is when I got chosen to swim in the English Schools Swimming Gala. We took part and got through to the finals in Sheffield! Anna Wiggetts

My favourite memory was when we did the flash mob and festive farewell for Mrs Brierley when she retired. Charlotte Kennedy

One of my favourite memories from Hesketh House was when Mrs Holt told us about her starting a Zumba class and she showed off some of her Zumba moves! Anika Maini My favourite memory this year is when I was given my iPad at the start of the year which is my own to use and look after. Mariam Seedat

I remember the first day I came to Hesketh House in Year 3 and saw the enormous building in front of me. I was amazed at how modern it was compared to my old school. The girls made me feel more comfortable about joining and they have been my friends all along.Beth McGuiness My favourite memory from Hesketh House was when we did the flash mob for Mrs Brierley - it was very exciting and the look on her face was funny! Lexie Vincent

My special memory was in Year 3 when Mrs Brierley dressed up as Winnie the Pooh. She came in with lots of energy, as always, and then suddenly she started bouncing around the hall and asked me to join her! She held my hand and we bounced together! Jessica Crompton When I got off the coach on my first visit to Patterdale, I knew it was going to be really fun. Going gorge walking and climbing were the best bits and I have been really excited to go again each year.Martha Morrow 6L

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is Charity Afternoon. It was really fun and there was lots to do. I loved making the cupcakes! Sarah Habbab

The first time I got a Head Teacher’s Award, in Year 3; I felt very My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when I played the trumpet for the first time in front of everyone in School Assembly. I was nervous in case I couldn’t blow a single note. Now, I am proud going to show my work to the Head, and I loved it when the postcard arrived home for my mum and dad to read. Georgia McGinty confident playing the trumpet and performing in School concerts and with Junior Concert Band. Caitlin Nuttall One of my memories of Hesketh House is when I first entered for the Music Festival and I was filled with excitement about performing to my year group. I was nervous about standing up on stage and also nervous about the amount of competition and talent that was around but we all encouraged each other and it was a fantastic experience. Martha Brennan

My favourite memories are when we made Mrs Brierley sit on a huge whoopy cushion and the time when she dressed up as Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Lightyear. Emilie Reilly My favourite memory is when Mrs Brierley grasped the nettles in assembly. Kareena Singh

My favourite memory is when we did the flash mob for Mrs Brierley when it was her last day of Hesketh House. I miss her. Rebecca Parry I remember learning about the history of our school founder, Lord Leverhulme, when we went to Port Sunlight. Hollie Asquith

My favourite memory from Hesketh House was in Year 3 when Kareena Singh was really friendly and welcomed me, as I didn’t know anybody. Jasmine Shum My best memory of Hesketh House was when I got into the squad for AJIS Sports Hall Athletics and AJIS Netball. Amelia Charova

Starting year 4 at a new school was a bit scary but when I look back now, I remember all the happy times I’ve had. There are so many fantastic memories to choose from but the one that stands out for me was when Mrs Brierley dressed up as Winnie the Pooh for World Book day. It was so amusing and unexpected to see the Head dressed up! Zahra Ali

My favourite memory of Hesketh House was the first ever day I arrived: Mrs Brierley gave us a group hug and a big smile to wish us luck for Hesketh House. Jasmine Curtis - Walker One of my favourite memories is when I sang a solo for Mrs Brierley with Georgia, Kiana and Martha. We practised very hard: in the playground, the hall and with Miss Fairclough. All the hard work paid off because we had the best night of our lives! Summer Burke

When we did the assembly for Mrs Brierley: seeing her cry on the last day was an extremely emotional and special day and that’s why it is my favourite memory. Aakifah Ismail

“To celebrate our diversity, we all drew our own colour crayon.” Chloe Zhang

Observational drawings of flowers using oil pastels: Emily Bowden

‘Hot paintings’ made for the Learning Challenge: Hannah Faulkner

Looking at different styles of boxes for Packaging topic

Card skeletons made for the topic ‘Food and our bodies’; Sofia Longworth ‘Still Life’

Ancient Egypt

Architecture in Roman Britain - Mosaics. Vivien Hall

Work inspired by the novel ‘The Wreck of Zanzibar’. Grace Houghton

Work inspired by the novel ‘The Wreck of Zanzibar’; Alexia Howarte

Pianists

Congratulations to all of our pianists who played so beautifully on the first day of our Music Festival. Adjudicator, Ms Celia Tope, was very impressed with the girls’ skills and also their poise and confidence. Well done! Results as follows: Year 3 1st Georgia Ainscough 2nd Sofia Riaz 3rd Mariella Duckworth Year 4 1st Rhea Sudhakar 2nd Anoushka Sharma 3rd Nyah Pomian Year 5 1st Ai Makino 2nd Phoebe Chuck 3rd Natasha Williams Year 6 1st Emilie Reilly 2nd Bethany Shum 3rd Ananya Ajit

Instrumentalists and Ensembles

The second day of our Music Festival was equally enjoyable and impressive. There was a wide range of instruments for us to enjoy plus some beautiful singing. The day was rounded off very nicely with some lovely pieces from groups and ensembles. Results as follows: Year 3 1st Eva Hurst 2nd Annabelle Guest 3rd Freya Marland Year 4 1st Sophie Swift 2nd Anoushka Sharma 3rd Erin Turner Year 5 1st Nicola Shaw 2nd Lauren Amerna 3rd Natasha Williams Year 6 1st Ananya Ajit 2nd Martha Brennan 3rd Anika Maini

Small Ensemble

1st Anna Brennand and Alexia Howarth

Large Ensemble

1st School Choir All of our award winners have been invited to take part in our celebratory concert at Hesketh House on Tuesday 1st March and we look forward to hearing them perform again.

Evensong 14 April

Year 5 work Year 6 work Sporting Stars

Rainforest - Emma Seddon

Rainforest - Ruby Schofield

Kites - Hannah Adamopolous

Kites - Janani Velayutham Victorians - work inspired by William Morris

Victorians - work inspired by William Morris

Victorians - work inspired by William Morris

Stalin by Amelia Charora Churchill by Monain Seedat Hitler by Georgia McCarthy

WW2: Evacuees

De Gaulle by Hollie Asquith

Sportshall Athletics Year 5 Team WW2: Evacuees; Alara Unsal Tear 5 and 6 Medal winners from Sportshall Athletics competition

Year 6 AJIS Netball Tournament Team

Year 3 and 4 Cross Country Team

Year 6 Memories...

One of my favourite memories of Hesketh House is the time when I wrote the school blog with my friend Amelia. I think ‘Icecap’ was a success! I also really enjoyed the Music Festival this year, especially as I won something in every instrument. Ananya Ajit

Cookery club was really good fun! We learnt a variety of recipes and they were all delicious. Alara Unsal

One of my fondest memories was when we went on the field at playtime and we piggybacked each other and had races! Lauren Bunting

Playing for the Netball “A” team in Year 5 and in the String Quartet representing the school in the Ramsbottom Music Festival are my two favourite memories of Hesketh House. Kelly Chae

The best memory of Hesketh House for me is when we came in for the Induction Day in Year 3. We decorated a gingerbread man and found out which class we would be in. Faye Clarkson

Hesketh House is amazing and one of my favourite memories is making sandwiches and eating them with our families in Queen’s Park. I have also loved all of the Patterdale trips! Rosemary Crowther

One of my favourite memories is of Charity Afternoon, when we were able to buy sweets called ‘Brain Lickers’ which turned our tongues blue! Isabelle du Plessis

In Year Three I enjoyed the Summer concert about historical eras. In that concert Year Three spoke and sung about The Ancient Greeks. As this was our first concert, we did not get any solo parts but in Years 5 and 6 I did. Holly Fowler

I have a lot of great memories from my time at Hesketh House but the thing that stands out for me in when we made sandwiches in Year 3 then went to Queen’s Park and had a picnic. After we had eaten everyone got on a huge swing and I pushed everyone for about an hour. It was so much fun! Bella Grainger

I have had lots of great memories of Hesketh House but the one that stands out the most is when we went to Patterdale in Year 6. We did lots of fun activities but my favourite was kayaking. Martha Halford

My favourite memory was the H-Factor in Year 3 when we made smoothies by cycling on a bicycle to generate electricity to power the blender at the front of the bicycle. Isabel Heaton

My best moment in Hesketh House is when I won the Year 4 photography competition. I have also really enjoyed doing crosscountry. I did the AJIS competition and ran at Moss Bank Park. Beatrice Hughes

One of favourite memories of Hesketh House was the India Projects we made in Year 4. It was really good fun to watch other people presentations too. Ayesha Jiva There are two events that stand out for me at Hesketh House; I was picked for the sprint final and won, and I was picked to be the lead dancer in Mrs Brierley’s retirement celebration. Porscha Johnson

I came into Hesketh House in Year 5 and one of my favourite memories would have to be getting into the netball team, and playing netball with my friends. Charlotte Jones

One of my favourite memories at Hesketh House was in Year 5 when we were asked to do the Tudor project. I had so much fun making my project and presenting it in front of the class as well as watching other people’s projects. Saima Khan

My favourite moment in Year 6 was helping to run the “Out Of Puff “Science experiment with Ananya, to find out who had the biggest lung capacity in the class! Alice Morgan

Being able to train with the swimming squad is one of my favourite things about Hesketh House. The memory that stood out to me the most is when myself and four other people went to the North West Championships and came 2nd in one race and 3rd in another. We got through to the national competition to compete against schools from all over England and this made me really happy. Kiana Murray

Hesketh House is like a second home to me. I’ve made so many memories here...probably one of my favourite memories was the H-Factor which is where we made smoothies using pedal power; the blender was attached to a bike and as we pedalled we blended the fruit we chose to put into our smoothies. It was so much fun and so different from the normal ways to make juice! Eva Porter

I have a lot of great memories from my time at Hesketh House but the thing that stood out the most was in Year Three when we made a rainforest canvas as part of our Learning Challenges work. We had to bring in as many green materials as we could find in our houses. It was unbelievably fun! Emma Roberts

I enjoyed the time at Hesketh House when we had a teddy bear’s picnic and designed our own sandwiches to eat. All our parents came with us to Queens Park. We all had great fun! Bethany Shum

One of my favourite memories of Hesketh House is doing the Scheherazade play in Year 6 and practising all the songs and scenes. I have also really enjoyed Patterdale and the variety of different activities.

Francesca Williams-Denton

Throughout the whole of Hesketh House I have enjoyed the fun we’ve had with the teachers: the ‘Tatlock Pinch,’ the ‘Mrs Labbé Express,’ and Mrs Phillips’s face when I gave her some tangy homemade crisps! Connie Wright

My favourite memory of Hesketh house is going to Patterdale and doing gorge walking. It was so much fun jumping off big rocks! Madeleine Brooks