I would like to thank all the poeple that have filled in the questionnaire and a big thank you to all the interviewees who were subjected to my abuse on the night. (and me saying WOW) a lot. 

I hope to be podcasting the interview and events from the night as soon as I can and am able. It would be great to hear from any other ex-pupils who would be willing to come in for an interview. 

Please look at some of the comment that have been posted. If anyone has any phots of the evening PLEASE can I have a copy. 

Email  a.clarke at haveleyhey.manchester.sch.uk…

I look forward to hearing from you soon. 

And finally…

“http://www.teachertube.com/flvideo/56459.flv“

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Haveley Hey has welcomed more new pupils - in the last 12 months our intake has gone up by 100 pupils. That lots of new faces and lots of new friends for everyone to make.

We’ve also had three new members of staff - Miss Straker, Miss Groake, and Miss Costigan, as well as welcoming Miss Knight who is already a familiar face of Haveley Hey perminantly to the staff.

On Friday the 3rd October I will be attending a school reunion for Haveley Hey pupils, and I will be taking along all the extracts and posts that I have from former pupils. It’s a great resource to have and we are very lucky that so many have got in contact.

Keep them coming.

Right signing off for now, but keep a watch - I have some excitiing plans in store.

Mr. C

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July 3rd we are having a music show performed by Ben Dixon and his friends, they will be giving us an impromptu performance, discovering how a band works and the many different sounds which can be achieved through electronic equipment. Our children have been learning about electronic instruments for afew years now so I am expecting some interesting questions!

The Year 6 leavers assembly is fast approaching, it will be sad to see them leave us but we wish them every success in their new schools.

Finally, I would like to say what a great multi-cultural week we had! It was great to see music taking an important role in this special week. Our children, not only enhanced their knowledge of different cultures, but also experienced songs, dance and instruments from around the world, well done everyone!

Miss Osborne

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A Music blog highlighting all the events and video from Haveley Hey Music!

You can find the site on http://music.haveleyhey.net and Miss Osborne will be helping me make it spectacular.

This week has also been multicultural week. Check a few of the class pages, they might be able to tell you what they have been doing. (Especially Great Grey Owl as they have been looking at Japan!)

Lets see whats happening. Take a look at the Music page! It’s fabulous!

Mr. C

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 A few comments from me:

I would like to thnak all those that have commented on the website and continue to do so! It’s fantastic to read your memories so please spread the word.

Children remember this is your blog! You can post on here at home if you want, just ask your class teacher for your logon details.

A New Music Blog will be up and running by the end of this week! With a few clips from the showcase. It has taken a while but we have got there in the end. Like the tortoise in the famous fable “slow and steady get’s is done properly!”

 Let’s have a blast this final half term and really enjoy it.

See you soon

 Mr. C

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Photos and hopefully video will be posted of the event that is going to be spectacular! (Trust me, I’ve seen the rehearsals and my jaw was sat on the floor!)

Secondly another memory, which shows how well family word gets around about haveleyhey.net!

Great blog page, and good to read so many memories of the old school,  including post from both of my sisters and my cousin too. I was Sheila Murray and was at HH until 1959 when I went to Poundswick Grammar School.  I can remember some things about the ‘little’ side,  like Miss Hadfield and the head mistress Miss Spinks.  I can also remember a small gym in one of the classrooms.On the ‘big’ side my teachers were Mrs Hannaby,  Miss Unter,  Miss Jackson and finally Mr Chantler.  Another teacher I remember is Miss Williams who also took us for sports but particularly rounders and her favourite phrase was, “If you don’t hit it you are OUT!”.  There was also the delightful Miss Spreckley,  the very tall Mr Dessant,  the terrifying Mr Evans,  scary Mrs Alston,  Irish Mrs Riley who played the piano I think,  and the school secretary Mrs Cunningham.  The headmaster at the time was Mr Thomas.

Sheial (Murray) Sims

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We saw our art work that we produced last half term on display in frames! A few pics of this can be seen on out phanfare site.

The Living Eggs have arrived! You can see the first post (of many), about Mr. Clarke’s spinning head and a picture has been uploaded to our school flickr! We are ever expanding at Haveley Hey and are really getting out on the web as much as we can. http://livingeggs.haveleyhey.net

On Wednesday it is World Math Day! Here is a Website http://www.worldmathday.com/ that children from Haveley Hey can access from home and create their own online avatar and play against children in other countries! It’s really good fun and hopefully by Wednesday more children will have joined up.  

 World Book day on the 6th March so KEEP READING!!!!!!

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 This week sees the living eggs enter school. For this I have set up a separate page that (with time and commitments permitting) I am going to upload with pictures and videos daily. You can therefore keep watch of our little chicks as they hatch. We have tried doing a live video feed however this is impossible due to security reasons.

Please follow the link http://livingeggs.haveleyhey.net/ for info and what’s going on. And now over to someone else…

“What a great web page.  My cousin Jeanne Murray now Keech who lives in Canada emailed me about the page as she has discovered it and had written her memories.  I was interested to read the memories from Allan of Perth Australia.  From his comments about the dressmaking, I think he must be Allan Rostron who lived in Roughey Gardens off Newhey Road where I lived until I married some 35 years ago.  He must be thinking of when his mother made bridesmaids dresses for me and my cousin Sheila Murray also mentioned in memories for my sister Barbara’s wedding.  

I have many happy memories of Haveley Hey and its caring and dedicated staff.  From the “little side” I remember Mrs Yarwood, Mrs Alston and Miss Hadfield.  From the “big side” I remember Mr Lancaster, Mr Evans and “Pop” Chantler - I was in their classes.   Other memories are of Mr Geocock and the rounders team.  I too like Julie remember being told about the King and being given a Coronation Mug when our present Queen was crowned.  The May Queen event Julie talks about is another happy memory as I crowned Heather Wardle and had to wear my Whit Walks long white dress and veil.  I have a lovely photograph of us all after the ceremony.  I also have memories of  standing on the stage in the hall with other hopefuls singing while I think it was Miss Jackson came along listening to us, and waiting anxiously to see if I had picked to be in the choir.  

I sat the 11 plus and went on to Fallowfield C of E High School for Girls - I think I was possibly the first from Haveley Hey to go there.  Perhaps if anyone reads my memories and also went to Fallowfield they could write in and leave their name as I would love to contact them.  I eventually ended up teaching Business Studies but have since retired.  

Maybe the Norma Hardman who has written will remember my sister Barbara Ingham (now Sellers) and her friend Brenda Carter as they were both at Haveley Hey from 1937 to 1948.  If my memory is correct I think they were among the first pupils at the school. I will try to persuade my sister to send in her memories as she does have a lot of memories of the school and was there during the war years.  

 Shirley Ingham now Shirley Eaton “

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“I was lucky enough to teach at Haveley for a short time between 2000 - 2002, teaching year 3. I always have fond memories of the school, the staff and especially the students. I was a NQT at this school, and I have yet to meet a class I adore as much as the two I had at Haveley. Since leaving I have regularly kept looking back at the school, looking at its progress. I have to say the new building is absolutely fantastic and truely deserved. I know how long it was waited for.
I was lucky enough to teach at Haveley for a short time between 2000 - 2002, teaching year 3. I always have fond memories of the school, the staff and especially the students. I was a NQT at this school, and I have yet to meet a class I adore as much as the two I had at Haveley. Since leaving I have regularly kept looking back at the school, looking at its progress. I have to say the new building is absolutely fantastic and truely deserved. I know how long it was waited for.”

Sophie Garrett

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 Let’s keep the dreams of the children alive and encourage them in all the postive interests they have.

I must have been one of Julie’s contemporaries, having also been three in 1947.
I don’t remember the occasion of the coronation, but I do remember our teacher (possibly Mr. Jackson) telling us the king had died.
The name Shirley Ingham rings a big bell in my memory. My mother did some dressmaking, and I remember having to stand on a chair wearing a dress she was making for Shirley while she fiddled with pins. I can still feel the indignity of having to wear a girl’s dress.
One of the most potent memories of my time at Haveley Hey has nothing to do with the school itself. It was the walk to school and back past that dense patch of woodland alongside Halfacre Road. In the early years it was not fenced off, and though I was always tempted to go into the wood to see what mysteries it might harbour, I think I only ever dared to enter it once. It had a powerful hold on my imagination, and I still dream about it.
Allan (in Perth, Australia)

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