Author Archives: Leigh Academy Hartley

A group of seven children in red shirts pose for a celebratory photo. They are holding one teammate in a horizontal split position while others cheer and smile toward the camera.
Year 5 go Cheerleading

The children worked with other schools collaboratively to learn a short dance and then were [...]

09
Feb
Impressive Display from Year 5 Basketball Team

The Year 5 Basketball team represented Hartley brilliantly at the local competition in Gravesend. Despite [...]

06
Feb
Animal Science Workshop

Year 1 – Animaltastic! We absolutely loved our experience with different animals and being able [...]

04
Feb
Basketball competition at Northfleet School for Boys

On Thursday 15th January a team of Year 4 children took part in a basketball [...]

04
Feb
Year 3 Museum Trip

‘Wow! What a trip Year 3 had this week! On Thursday we embarked on a [...]

04
Feb
Young Voices 2026

‘Our amazing school choir took part in Young Voices 2026 at The o2 on Tuesday. [...]

23
Jan
On a school stage, a child holds a toy blaster and a presenter wears an Iron Man mask and holds a Captain America shield during a presentation. A large audience of students in red uniforms watches from below.
Fun and Memorable Assembly

This week, on Wednesday, NRS visited our school to deliver an engaging whole-school assembly about energy and power generation. [...]

22
Jan
A group of school children in high-visibility vests and holiday headbands standing together in a common room. Several children are seated on the floor in front of them, and two handmade Christmas cards are propped up on a small table.
Year One visit the residents of local care home

Our Year One children visited the residents of Fairby Grange care home before Christmas to [...]

05
Jan
End of Module 2 Newsletter

Please read our Newsletter for the end of Module 2 to see what we have [...]

19
Dec
Rugby festival at Gravesend Rugby Club

On 5th December, a Year 5/6 team took part in a girls Rugby festival at [...]

17
Dec