Harris Academy Rainham

Welcome from the Principal

An extremely warm welcome to The Harris Academy Rainham website. I hope that the website provides you with the information that you require and gives you a flavour of what our academy is about. Harris Academy Rainham is a great place to be.

Mr. G Stananought - Principal

20 December 2024HarrisRainhamCongratulations to our final Principal Praise winners of 2024: Martina G in 7Collinson and Teddy R in 9Vella! Both of these students work exceptionally hard, and have consistently displayed HAR's values while doing so. Give yourselves a well deserved break over the Christmas holidays, and we'll see you in the new year!

20 December 2024HarrisRainhamCongratulations to the below students who was entered into a prize draw for attendance over the last 2 weeks: Laci 7WHITE Hirani 7THOMAS Archie 8HARRISON Poppy 8HUDSON Callum 9OLABODE Phoebe 9WALLACE Kiera 10DEBRUIN Kelvis 10PEATY Billy 11JONES Alicia 11CLARK You have to be in it to win it. Merry Christmas - Ms Brown & Mr Whitehead

20 December 2024HarrisRainhamThis week we have been celebrating the learning guides with the best overall attendance for this half term. They were treated with a lovely breakfast and some treats. The winners this half term were the following learning guide groups. 7ZAID 7LEBOW 8DURRANT 9VELLA 10PEATY 11ENCELAN Well done to them all - remember you have to be IN TO WIN!! Ms Brown & Mr Whitehead

18 December 2024HarrisRainhamMessage from the Head of Year 9: For my final post of 2024, I would like to recognise Maisie K in 9HADDOW. Maisie is relentlessly kind, helpful and hard-working. She does the right thing every single day, every single time. She is resilient and always considerate of others. She embodies all of the values at HAR and I could not be more proud of her, not only today but always! Miss Hill

17 December 2024HarrisRainhamA reminder about our our annual Carol Service. We would like to invite all parents, friends and families of HAR to join us. The event will take place on Thursday 19th December at 6pm, at Rainham Parish Church. No tickets are required—just come along and enjoy the evening. Christmas wishes, The Creative Arts Team

17 December 2024HarrisRainhamThe Quantum Theatre company came to HAR yesterday morning to perform 'A Christmas Carol' to our lovely Y11's. The production was as amazing as it is every single year and will be so helpful for our students sitting English Literature exams in the summer.

13 December 2024HarrisRainhamYesterday was Christmas dinner and Christmas jumper day for 'Save the Children'. We raised a £211.58! Thank you to everyone who donated and came to school looking fantastically festive!

13 December 2024HarrisRainhamToday I would like to recognise Frankie F In 10Shaw and Lórien J in 10Chopra. Both Frankie and Lórien have shown such commitment to their academia over the past weeks and months to secure their success in their first set of GCSE mock exams. I am extremely proud of both of you, attending exam warm-ups early, staying after school, working extremely hard in lessons. Despite it being a very demanding and mentally taxing few weeks you have both been so resilient and remined polite and respectful to all staff throughout. You are both brilliant young people. A huge well done to you both, I'm sure your grades will reflect your effort. BBB+ points - Miss Koyas - Head of year 10.

13 December 2024HarrisRainhamFriday 20th December: HAR Christmas Karaoke and festive bake sale in the hall for all students during P3 lunch times. Sign up sheets will be outside the HOY office!

11 December 2024HarrisRainhamMessage from the Head of Year 9: Today I am so pleased to be celebrating another extraordinary extra curricular achievement. Mia L in 9VELLA completed in the final platinum level and skate star figure programme on Monday. This means she will now move on with her coach to perfect her skills and learn new advanced ones to gain even higher levels of skating. Mia I am so proud of you and cannot wait to see the wonderful things you will achieve! Miss Hill

11 December 2024HarrisRainhamYesterday we were able to make our annual HAR donation to the Trussell Trust Rainham foodbank. Thank you to all the generous families who make this possible every year! If any of our families need support with the rising cost of living please contact Miss Hill at g.hill@harrisrainham.org.uk or Mrs Brown at c.brown@harrisrainham.org.uk We will be pleased to help with food and toiletries.

9 December 2024HarrisRainhamMessage from the Head of Year 7: This week's shout out goes to Jason F, Dev PK, Safaa T, and Amna L for their amazing performance in the annual Harris Federation Spelling Bee! These four students represented Harris Academy Rainham at Harris Ockendon today and placed 4th out of all the academies attending, which is a fantastic result! A much smaller shout out goes to Ms. Bryant for all of her coaching work, even though she placed 2nd last in the teacher round. This just goes to show the ferocity of the competition, and further emphasises what an amazing job our students did to come 4th overall! Keep up the good work, super spellers! - Mr. Ward

9 December 2024HarrisRainhamCongratulations to last week's winners of the Principal's Praise award: Layla M in 11Encelan and Bohdan A in 11Catalano. Both of these students are the living embodiment of hard work and dedication, and are striving to better themselves everyday as they work towards their GCSEs. Well done for embodying our school's core principles and being a shining example to others; your work ethic hasn't gone unnoticed!

9 December 2024HarrisRainhamWe’re excited to announce our upcoming Post-16 Moving On Fair, taking place on Tuesday, 17th December! Both Year 10 and Year 11 students will have the opportunity to visit the fair, meet exhibitors, and explore their options for post-16 education and careers. In addition, Year 11 students will attend presentations beforehand from a variety of providers to help them make informed decisions about their next steps. Mrs Kears, Assistant Principal.

6 December 2024HarrisRainhamHuge congratulations to all the students who attended our weekly Proud event! Whether students have finished a challenging project, made progress in lessons, or decided to showcase their artistic talent, we want to celebrate them! For anybody that missed out on Proud this week, join us next Thursday lunchtime to celebrate your growth and potential! Well done, all of you.

4 December 2024HarrisRainham127 students at year 10 warm-ups tonight for Geography, History, Ancient History and English. Brilliant turn out. Well done to everyone who turned up. Tomorrow is Spanish 3.15-4pm Miss Koyas Head of Year 10

4 December 2024HarrisRainhamMessage from the Head of Year 9: Today I am pleased to celebrate the achievements of Harry H in 9COHEN who has been officially confirmed as a player with Southend United at their Centre of Excellence at U14 for the 2024/25 season. This is an incredible opportunity and reflects all of his hard work and dedication to sport. We cannot wait to see your future successes! Well done Harry, we are so proud of you! Miss Hill

3 December 2024HarrisRainhamWe would like to invite all parents, friends and families of HAR to join us in our annual Carol Service. The event will take place on Thursday 19th December at 6pm, at Rainham Parish Church. No tickets are required—just come along and enjoy the evening. Christmas wishes, The Creative Arts Team

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