Whole School News
CCTV Policy
CCTV policy – Dryden and Hill Top Federation 2018
GDPR – Your Rights Your Information
GDPR Your Information Your Rights As a federation we may use you and your child’s information (personal data) for all sorts of different reasons, for example, to register your child at the federation, to contact you in an emergency, to provide your child with an...
Functional Skills Exam Dates
Parent/Carers: details surrounding upcoming Functional Skills exams will be forwarded to you in due course. Dates are as follows: Wed 16th May 2018 – Level 1 Maths Fri 18th May 2018 – Level 1 English
Hector the Pat Dog update
Hector the Pat dog came to visit today and pupils in Year 7 decided to read him a story. Hector and his owner Wendy who are members of ‘Pets as Therapy’ thoroughly enjoyed the visit and have made lots of new friends. Hector will be back in school on the following...
Fitness & Swimming Award Schemes
The PE Department introduced the Fitness Award Scheme as an incentive to encourage students to make more use of the school’s Fitness Suite. Students using treadmill, exercise bike and rowing machines are motivated to make a sustained effort to gain an award. Click on...
Girls Football
Lots of our female students are staying active by attending the Girls’ Only Football Program organized by Newcastle United Foundation. The program sees the girls attend 5 half day events throughout the year at the Walkerdome in Newcastle. Community Coaches from the...
Dental Workshop
7A had a fun and informative time with local Dentist Melanie, who came into class to advise on the best ways to look after their teeth and to keep them healthy and shiny. First Melanie gave important instructions on how to clean teeth properly, twice a day. A giant...
Open Up Orchestra
Open Up Music empowers young disabled musicians to build inclusive youth orchestras. Together they develop accessible musical instruments and repertoire, as well as challenging expectations and forging new progression routes through the creation of great music. Hill...
Dance Festival Certificate 2018
Hill Top School Dance festival certificate
School Closure 3rd May (Elections)
Due to local government elections both Hill Top School and Dryden School will be closed on Thursday 3rd May 2018. May Election letter
Wood Green Workshop
In conjunction with the Hen Power Project our 6th form students visited Wood Green today to take part in a Art/Drama and Singing workshop. Students from a local university led three session with our 6th form Land Based Group and the Hensioners. The workshop has...
All About Me – Arts Award
Pupils in the Y11 Fine Arts group have been working on a topic “All About Me” and have produced lots of different styles of artwork as part of their Silver Arts Award qualification. They will be contributing to the Arts Award exhibition on Friday 27th April...