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14/07/25

Our year 9 student Maya, pictured with Ms La Joice led on creating the backdrop for our Shakespeare Showcase. pic.twitter.com/UXg7PkcdFC

11/07/25

DofE expedition - over and out. Our students are a credit to themselves, their families and the academy. We are so proud of each and every one of you! Now time for some well deserved rest 😴

11/07/25

Next group! ✅ pic.twitter.com/9JRSj6xgN3

11/07/25

Next group! ✅ pic.twitter.com/txDLV0SqFF

11/07/25

Next ground! ✅ pic.twitter.com/WrPyhkz3w8

11/07/25

Next group! ✅ pic.twitter.com/yDszutQ35b

11/07/25

Next ground.. completed it ✅ pic.twitter.com/pMUVqQaIg3

11/07/25

DofE expedition ✅ first group have made it through all checkpoints. Well done boys! pic.twitter.com/iNM0ocXpPi

11/07/25

More check point action. Mrs Torrance and Mr Stokes working harder than the students. Beautiful afternoon in Edenbridge ☀️ pic.twitter.com/2bCX8rGUOx

11/07/25

Our students are a credit to our academy. The field was left spotless! pic.twitter.com/pluSoR5NML

11/07/25

This group had a tough day yesterday and ended up walking for 10 hours! The resilience to get up this morning, thinking positive and ready to go again is excellent to see! pic.twitter.com/Hxr6imAZBE

11/07/25

Mrs Torrance making hot chocolates for the boys this morning… pic.twitter.com/tizJddSAOs

11/07/25

Mr Stokes enjoying camp life! He cannot wait to do it all over again next week with year 7s and his tutor group! pic.twitter.com/j6x1OMsA8A

11/07/25

Good morning from camp! pic.twitter.com/A4C4HKAPTB

10/07/25

Well done, guys! Keep posting. We are following your progress. You've got this! Mr Shone has been challenged with 3 posts every 2 hours!

10/07/25

More pics of dinner and chill! pic.twitter.com/mNUFLWkuI8

10/07/25

Dinner time! pic.twitter.com/4pbp3GKmcW

10/07/25

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10/07/25

More checkpoint action! pic.twitter.com/LuDkiqXqtk

10/07/25

Students are meeting staff at the various checkpoints - well done to group 2 who have made it to checkpoint 3! pic.twitter.com/oSk3Qc1sXZ

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Literacy @ HABE

Writing at HABE

We explicitly teach our students how to become experts at writing within individual subject areas by equipping them with the necessary support skills. For students who struggle with these skills, we offer different forms of interventions to support such as Sounds Right, Phonics and Hackney Literature.

Reading at HABE

This year we have moved away from the generic Drop Everything and Read system to a more systematic approach with The Big Read. This programme involves a set class reader to explore with their form tutor. The rational behind this is that the teacher is modelling to the students an effective manner of reading while also teaching them key decoding skills for unseen extracts and texts within their other subjects.

Oracy at HABE

We embed different opportunities for students in lessons to develop the spoken word. This could be through Partner 1 and 2, Just a Minute and Knowledge Summary. To support these skills, students are offered a success criteria as well as oracy steams. This further develops their academic language.

Vocabulary at HABE

This year we have been implementing a systematic vocabulary approach within our lessons. The focus has been to expose our students to a wide range of high frequency words that can be implemented across all of their subjects to make learning more cohesive. We also use Bedrock vocabulary as an online platform where students are given various tasks to support the implementation of this.