Rubie
Year 5
I love reading books as they calm me down when I’m feeling scared, worried or anxious.
The STEP Community
East Sussex
South London
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At High Cliff Academy we are passionate that every child is supported to reach their full potential. Through high-quality directive teaching, every child will become competent and confident communicators, readers, writers and mathematicians.
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Tafari
Year 1
Painting is my favourite thing to do. We have been learning how to mix primary colours to make secondary colours.
Sebastian, Ivy, Ricardo & Sydney
Year 3
My favourite part of our music lessons is the singing assembly.
Stories from our community
The poppies and other wonderful mementoes have arrived at HCA! Come by the office with your donations for the poppy appeal or alternatively children can bring in a donation in a sealed envelope to buy their own poppy @PoppyLegion #RemembranceDay #WeWillRememberThem pic.twitter.com/Kk99JUfF14— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) November 7, 2023
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Today's assembly was a focus on #SalutingOurSisters as a part of the UK's #BlackHistoryMonth2023. The aim of this theme is to learn about Black & Mixed Heritage British women who have shaped history. We looked at influential Black British women from different industries.@BhmUK pic.twitter.com/tK4ZG360rj— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) October 11, 2023
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High Cliff's open day will be on Wednesday 9th November. If your child is due to start school for the first time next year please come along and see our school in action! Contact us to book your slot. #OpenDay @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/bWZ24CGGbc— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) September 28, 2023
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Come along and join the fun at High Cliff's School Summer Fair on Friday 14th July starting at 15:30pm until 17:00pm. There will be lots of fun and games for all the family. We look forward to seeing you there 🤩 #SchoolCommunity @thesteptrust pic.twitter.com/P87gLlNyPW— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) July 4, 2023
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In computing, Y4 & 6 have been learning with the #Micro:bits. Last night it was the turn of the teachers who spoke about the importance of providing opportunities to learn hands on digital skills & the aim to diversify the pupils who choose #STEM subjects later in life. #STEPup pic.twitter.com/1ckm55Tn6E— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) June 22, 2023
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In PSHE, Reception class have been learning about the importance of staying healthy & why it is important to wash our hands.We experimented with germs & the effect on bread: an untouched piece, hands cleaned with sanitiser, hands cleaned with soap & water & dirty unwashed hands. pic.twitter.com/p12Enm3Gb3— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) March 27, 2023
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Year 3 have had great fun this week, starting a 6 week investigation into how plants grow thrive in different environments. Everyone has had a turn planting their own plants & will be observing their growth each week. They have been good scientists making their own predictions🌱 pic.twitter.com/2gaCrSlvd0— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) March 2, 2023
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Today is Safer Internet Day! The theme this year is 'Making Space for Conversations about Life Online'. Each class will be completing activities across the day. Join us and @UK_SIC this #SaferInternetDay to create a better internet - https://t.co/NHvmP3gag1 pic.twitter.com/IQgynQOBpz— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) February 7, 2023
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This term Year 1 are reading the book 'Dear Greenpeace' & in our writing lessons we have been building the skills to write full sentences including adjectives about a whale. Here is our Year 1 board covered in their brilliant work, they have written their sentences on the whales. pic.twitter.com/uGZrYO7Q86— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) February 6, 2023
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A big well done to staff at High Cliff for achieving the bronze level Race Charter Mark award for commitment to action & improvement in relation to race equality! Miss Turner our Race Champion worked hard to drive this with support from the entire staff body & Academy Committee. pic.twitter.com/FwaWBvsvKx— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) February 1, 2023
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In Reception we have been learning about polar bears & discussing how they use their fur as camouflage in the white snow. We discovered many other animals that use camouflage too & wrote fact files about them. For our homework we created models of animals which use camouflage🐻❄️ pic.twitter.com/KDtyVp5o1Y— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) February 1, 2023
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This week Seedling Class have enjoyed exploring the outside area. We have been developing our gross motor skills & strengthening our core muscles whilst learning how to use new equipment. We had fun practicing balancing skills on the balance beam & learning how to walk on stilts. pic.twitter.com/FmdhvCmv5M— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) January 24, 2023
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The poppies have arrived at HCA! Come by the office with your donations for the poppy appeal or alternatively children can bring in a donation in a sealed envelope to buy their own poppy 🌹@PoppyLegion #PoppyAppeal2022 #RemembranceDay #WeWillRememberThem pic.twitter.com/KIfYIwghrc— High Cliff Academy (@STEPHighCliff) November 8, 2022
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A great day thinking through our next steps for our anti racism roadmap, with our race champions! Lots of thoughts, discussions and ideas from a great team! #one team @Ann_Palmer20 pic.twitter.com/N7fyaP7GAB— STEP Academy Trust (@thesteptrust) September 22, 2022
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Celebrating success
73%
Phonics
75% National (2023)
18
MTC
20.4 National (2023)
64%
Maths
73% National (2023)
59%
Reading
73% National (2023)
70%
Writing
71% National (2023)
50%
Combined
59% National (2023)
2018
Ofsted Rating
Outstanding
