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Wednesday 21 January 2026 Year 4 Sharing Assembly On Wednesday this week, Year 4 treated the Upper Phase and parents to a creative and entertaining assembly to showcase how much they had learned about Ancient Greece. They informed us about a large number of Greek Gods, Athenians, Spartans, Greek Myths and so much more. The performances were so fun, confident and chartacterful. They certainly brightened up a wet January morning for us all!
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Friday 28 November 2025 Football Success Rushmore Boys' Football team delivered an outstanding performance in the group stages of the HSAA Five-a-Side League on Thursday evening. The team dominated the competition, winning all of their matches against Hackney New School, Mossbourne Parkside, Mandeville and Parkwood and earning a maximum 12 points. Highlights included Cassius scoring four goals and Kit scoring three, showcasing fantastic teamwork, determination and skill. Their unbeaten run means they have secured a well-deserved place in the grand final, taking place on Thursday 12th February. A huge congratulations to Cassius, Kit, Malik, Liugi, Sonny and Anil (who saved some incredible shots)—we're proud of you!
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Tuesday 25 November 2025 Community Quilt Session Thanks to all the parents, pupils and alumni who came along for the first community sewing session. Next session Thursday 18th December 2025. Come along and make your contribution to our 150th anniversary Community Quilt.
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Tuesday 25 November 2025 Children in Need 2025 For Children in need, Reception to year 6 classes took part in a Pudsey bow decoration activity. Our school council were given the difficult job to judge the best bow for each year group. Our teachers modelled the bows during our very own fashion show. Our wonderful support staff were tasked with scoring the bows on the catwalk.
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Thursday 20 November 2025 Rushmore at The Hackney Steel Pans Playorama
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Sunday 9 November 2025 Rushmore Cycling Team Conquer the Springfield Park Hill Climb Well done to all our cyclists who represented the school yesterday at Springfield Park. The children were faced with the challenge of cycling up the steepest gradient in Hackney to the highest point in the fastest time. What was really impressive was not just their effort and determination to complete the task, but the manner in which they supported each other. A special well done to Winter, who came third overall in the Year 6's girls event.
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Monday 3 November 2025 Rushmore Celebrates Black History Month During October, we celebrated Black history Month with workshops and lessons.
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Friday 3 October 2025 Year 5 Community Connections Our amazing Year 5 students have been busy making a big difference! As part of a community project to celebrate 150 years of Rushmore, they helped to collect non-perishable food items to support the Hackney foodbank. With compassion, teamwork, and lots of enthusiasm, the students have shown just how powerful young people can be when they come together for a good cause. Well done, Year 5 – your kindness is helping to make our community stronger!
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Wednesday 1 October 2025 New Playground Opening There was much excitement on Monday morning when the upper phase children and parents gathered for the opening of our fantastic new play area.
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Friday 19 September 2025 World Afro Day Event A big thank-you to Sinead and Alix for organising a great celebration on Monday for World Afro Day. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and a big thanks to the staff at Salon 173 for all their help and expertise.
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Friday 12 September 2025 Year 1 Harvest Their Produce Our Year 1 pupils were delighted with their successful harvest when they returned to school in September. During spring and summer they planted, watered and weeded and the garden blossomed as a result of their care.
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Tuesday 25 March 2025 World Book Day Fun 2025
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Thursday 13 February 2025 Year 3 Victorian Day This week Year 3 celebrated Victorian Day and Year 3 Rowan also went to the Hackney Museum to learn about what life was like during the Victorian times.
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Thursday 13 February 2025 Year 5 at The Greenwich Observatory
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Friday 7 February 2025 Debate Mate Urban Debate League Round 1 On Thursday 6th February, 24 Debate Mate children attended the first round of Debate the Urban Debate League. The year 6's showed off their brilliant, developing debating skills and made many fantastic points in their debates. Well done!
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Friday 31 January 2025 Choir at The Hackney Schools' Gala Concert
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Friday 31 January 2025 Year 5 are Published Composers
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Friday 31 January 2025 Reading Champions Last week, two of our Reading Champions, Shaifa and Indi, went to Hackney Town Hall to talk about the great work they have been doing and their plans for 2025!
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Tuesday 22 October 2024 Year 4 on The Lea Year 4 went canoeing and litter picking on the River Lea last Friday. They also took part in a workshop about waste and learnt lots of interesting facts.
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Friday 18 October 2024 Year 5 Visit the British Museum On Monday 14th October, Year 5 visited the British Museum. They explored the Ancient Egyptian exhibit looking at a wide range of different artefacts including canopic jars, sarcophagi and mummified animals. They even came face to face with a real life mummy!
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Friday 11 October 2024 Foodbank Donations Thanks to all of our families for their donations to the hackney Foodbank
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Friday 11 October 2024 Year 5 Sycamore - Water Safety and Bumping into the Mayor of Hackney!
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Friday 4 October 2024 NumBots & Times Tables Rock Stars Day! Everyone at Rushmore had a great day relaunching our maths online platforms. Check out all our Rushmore Bots and Rock Stars.
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Monday 30 September 2024 Year 5 River Lea Field Trip On Monday 30th September, Year 5 went on a Making walking tour of the River Lea to understand how a river may change. They learned about how erosion and deposition affect the bend of a meander in a river.
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Tuesday 24 September 2024 Year 1 Harvest Their Produce Our Year 1 pupils were delighted with their successful harvest when they returned to school in September.
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Tuesday 10 September 2024 Amazing Work from the Art After School Club Sarah Bagner, a Rushmore parent and very talented creative has been running after school art clubs for the reception and Year 3/4 children this year. The quality of the work they are producing is incredible so we wanted to showcase it in a gallery for everyone to enjoy.
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Friday 17 May 2024 Sporting News The cycle league team in years 4 and 5 went to the Hackney Downs Grass Track on the 9th May. The children had to compete around a short oval track on fixed wheel bikes. They competed in a number of short races, which were of differing formats. All of the children did very well, special congratulations to Winter who came second place in her race! Rushmore are now in 3rd Place overall in the league, with two events remaining.
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Friday 3 May 2024 Herbie and Purdy's Show Debate On Wednesday 24th April, Herbie and Purdy were invited to present a very special show for Debate Mate investors. They had to arrive at school extremely early (7:15am!) to travel into The Ivy Soho Brasserie, where the show debate was being held. Luckily, Debate Mate had pulled out all the stops and they were treated to taxis both ways and cinnamon rolls with hot chocolates upon arrival. There were over 30 Debate Mate investors watching the debate and both Herbie and Purdy did the school extremely proud. Their debates were well written, their rebuttals were insightful and their POIs (points of information) even got a few laughs out of the investors. At the end of their debates, both Herbie and Purdy were met with ruptures of applause and cheering. It was clear to see they had made an impression on the investors. The reason Debate Mate is able to go ahead is down to investors like the ones Herbie and Purdy presented to. So, we are confident in saying that Herbie and Purdy have played a pa
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 Year 4 Orchestra Concert Both Year 4 classes enjoyed a trip to the Hackney Empire this week, as the culmination of their year-long project with the Apollo Orchestra. Following 6 workshops, in which visiting musicians played live classical music to each class, Elm and Spruce classes were very excited to see now-familiar faces performing on stage in a full symphony orchestra, performing a beautiful and inspiring rendition of Schumann's Spring Symphony. Thank you to the parent volunteers who made the trip possible!
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Wednesday 24 April 2024 Earth Day 2024 Ms Taylor and the Eco Committee planned a fantastic day of events on Monday 22nd April to mark World Earth Day.
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