How did Hobbayne get

its name?

Nearly 600 years ago during the middle ages a man

called William Hobbayne was living in Hanwell.

When he died in 1484 he left a house and some land

in his will to the people of Hanwell. William made a

charity that gave money to St. Mary’s Church and

towards vaccines, building houses and education for

poor people.

There is no record of any school in Hanwell before

1782. In 1779 William Hobbayne ‘s charity started to

pay for a few poor children to go to school outside of

Hanwell. In 1781 the charity decided that it wanted

to have a school in Hanwell so that more children

could learn and play together. In 1782 it bought a

house by St. Marys Church and turned it into a

school. Although Hobbayne School is no longer in

that house you can still go and see where it was by

visiting the Rectory Cottage.

The site of Hobbayne’s charity school moved around

quite a few times as it got

bigger. During the 1800’s a number of other schools

opened in Hanwell and Hobbayne’s charity school

closed as the county council

took over the running of

schools. The council opened

a new school on Greenford

Avenue in 1911 and this is

what we call Hobbayne

School today.

By Amy Goodall

Aged 8, Purple Class

Life 100

years

ago

Hello my

name is

Anna and I

want to tell

you about

my life. I was born in Hanwell Cottage Hospital in

1903. I live near the new Elthorne Park. Before Elt-

horne Park was made there used to be fields belong-

ing to the farm. I was there when it opened last year

and a really important person came in (a Lord I

think) and he said I declare this park to be open and

he opened the gates. My school is Hobbayne Pri-

mary school but my best friend goes to Cuckoo

school. He says the school is strict and they only

give you bread and margarine and a glass of water

to finish with and jam on weekends. The school

owns a church and a farm. Then one day Charlie

Chaplin took Tom and the rest of the school to a

picnic and to see one of his films at the cinema be-

cause he’s in loads of films. A few years earlier he

went to Tom’s school. My friend Tom is a bit mad

and I told him to be careful because he might end up

in the lunatic asylum near the canal.

Last weekend we went on a picnic near the old

windmill. My dad told me about the 3 bridges there

designed by Mr Brunel. That’s what boring things

dads like to talk about. My dad works in a violin

factory and my mum works at a laundry just round

the corner.

Better be off now because I might get caned by my

teacher Mrs Fiddles because I’m talking to you and

I am supposed to be doing my homework!

By Anna Ruddock Year 3

Memories

Len was born in Hanwell 85 years ago, he still lives in the same house now with his wife Josie. I asked

him if he could tell me some of his memories through the years.First he told me 2 Historical facts:

Hanwell is in the Doomsday Book

The magnificent viaduct is a Brunel and when Queen Victoria’s train travelled across it they

had orders to scown to a halt so she could admire the view across church fields.

When he was young the streets were the children’s playgrounds and they played hop-scotch and mar-

bles and spinning tops. One of the big events in the 1930’s was the brass band parade from Hanwell

Town to Elthorne Park. Many bands took part and one year Len carried the Hanwell band flag at the

front - he is still proud of this!Len was not in Hanwell in the war as he was a green beret in the royal

marines. Josie said she spent many nights in the basement of St Annes School with lots of other people.

There were not many cars and their main transport was these lovely old trams which ran on tracks. The

population was much smaller then and community spirit was good , the main meeting place for friends

was the town centre. Josie told me the big changes began in the 60’s as they had a lovely shopping cen-

tre with varied shops then suddenly Sainsbury’s closed down and quickly most other shops did too-she

thinks it’s never been the same. Len said all changes started to happen after this, many more properties

were built and some were lost but he and Josie are very proud of Hanwell’s history they just wish

something could be done about the town centre.

I really enjoyed listening to Len and Josie they

have a lot of funny stories to tell and too many

to be able to write! I hadn’t spoken to them be-

fore but I have been invited back!

I also met David who went to Hobbayne in the

1950’s. He said he couldn’t remember a great

deal because all days were the same. There was

just a main building then and the playground

seemed very large. He remembers a patch of

grass with flowers where the school photos

were taken and pupils were not allowed to play there. He didn’t have a favourite teacher- they were all

quite strict! David did like the headmaster mr Ridley as he was quite fair with punishments. This has

been a good way to find out more about where I live and go to school!

Jane Richards , 8 years old - Purple Class

HOBBAYNES PAST

Hobbayne opened in 1911 and is still here now. My

school has changed a lot since it started. The field has

modified because there used to be lots of benches and

the school had a different logo. Hobbayne ran a scout

club and it had lots of class assemblies.

Szymon Pawluk Year 3

HANWELL 100 YEARS AGO

A hundred years ago, Hanwell was a very dif-

ferent place, there were lots of fields and open

space and not many schools. For example Han-

well Community Centre was once a school. It

was split into two parts, one part where you

work and the other was for learning. This is

because a hundred years ago children had to

work. From ages 4–9 you were in the learning

part and 10–14 you started working and learn-

ing how to do everyday things.

The girls did needlework, cleaning, nursery-

maid work, cooking and tidying dormitories

(this is where they slept). The boys did baking,

blacksmithing, carpentry, glazing, painting,

gardening and farming. When the boys reached

the age of fourteen they moved on and worked

in boy’s homes, in their own home or they

were placed as apprentices. When girls reached

the age of fourteen they started working as ser-

vants or maids. The girls also used to take part

in Swedish dancing classes. Most of the boys

went and joined army bands and then many

became bandmasters.

If I lived 100 years ago I would have found it

very different from now. I might have liked it a

bit but I don’t know why girls couldn’t do

painting too! I prefer to stay where I am now

than going back to the past to learn. I like it

much better here!

By Lola Almeida Year 5

Hobbayne Primary Celebrate Centenary.

This year Hobbayne Primary is celebrating

its one and only centenary! How this special

and festive event is going to be celebrated

has yet to be decided by Mr. J. Brown the

current headmaster and Mrs. C. Densmore

the deputy. Even though it is 'Hobbayne's

Centenary' the school wasn't always known

as Hobbayne Primary. The school changed

its name from Greenford Avenue Primary to

Hobbayne Primary on February 1930. Many

things in Hobbayne have changed through-

out the years of its existence, including the

uniform: in the 1950-70's the Hobbayne's

uniform was an old type gym slip, navy uni-

form, completed with a felt hat.

Possibly of coincidence, but in 1484 a man

named William Hobbayne gave lands in

Hanwell, worth £6 per year, which was used

to help the local poor. In 1781, a charity

school was established, and children were

taught "reading, writing, plain work, and the

principles of the Christian religion". Other

early schools were the Hanwell Academy, a

private boarding school, founded in 1832,

and the Central London District School (also

known

as the

Cuckoo

School)

for poor

children

from

central

London.

It was founded in 1856; its most famous pu-

pil was Charlie Chaplin. Hopefully Hobbayne

will enjoy this event.

Chantelle Da Costa Year 6

CENTENARY STRIKES HOBBAYNE

There is no record of any school in Hanwell before 1782. A Roman Catholic school started in 1901 by Sisters of St. Joseph, who had moved into the area by the invitation of the priest. The county council opened schools in Oaklands Road in 1906 and on The Greenford Avenue in 1911. In 1926, when Hanwell became part of Ealing, the borough took over the council schools.

A few years after the seniors (high school age) were also moved from Greenford Avenue (now renamed Hobbayne School) When the school was opened it was called Greenford Avenue but was later changed and named after William Hobbayne who has been part of Hanwell’s history for a long time. In 1484 William gave a house and land to be used for the poor and needy of Hanwell. Since then the Charity of William Hobbayne has been quietly making a difference to local people in need, hardship or distress and putting time into schools. The school has had very good reports from inspectors from when it

was inspired by the local church charity to today where the school is still going for gold every day. The only difference is we no longer play hopscotch but also spend a lot of time on techno-logical games and basic education has been replaced with getting ready for the future. The school’s main building stayed the same over time but additional buildings have been put up and around the school. The head teacher at this present time is Mr. Brown and the school has almost 500 students. The school used to have students mostly from the village of Hawell now has students from all over the world who have moved into the bigger space that is now Hanwell. Happy Birthday Hobbayne and may it live to see another 100 years! Jade Beecham Year 5

Hobbayne Primary School in 2111 I think Hobbayne Primary School in the future will have computers as work books, there would be no

tables because we could all float and if

teachers were sick and could not come into

school, there would be a robot to cover for

them. In the past I think school was very

unfair because the teachers

used physical violence and

they used a cane to whip

children if they miss behaved. I think in the

future we will not do Geography lessons and

R.E lessons any more, instead I think we

will do D.I.Y to learn skills for when we

grow up. I think we will not study Geogra-

phy in Primary school, instead we will learn

Geography at university because it is a more

advanced subject. I think we will not do R.E because nobody will believe in god any more.

I think in the future school uniforms will not exist anymore (at least I hope it won’t!!!) Instead everyone

will where their own clothes and if someone wore school uniform they would get told off because it be-

came illegal in 2050 I hope!!! At lunch time you would just have a little sweet and it would give them

all they need for lunch (a bit like Willy Wonka!) and they would have water by drinking coke, but the

coke would give them all the things they needed and the coke would be HEALTHY!!

Maddy Bush YEAR 4

The future of Hobbayne!

The year is 2111 and it is a normal school day at

Hobbayne Primary School. All the pupils come in on

their astonishing jet scooters. They are a bright me-

tallic red with a solar panel built on the handles and

not forgetting they can fly! The pupils rush into class

for the register.

Registration is very different nowadays because in-

stead of the teacher reading your name out, you

scan your fingerprint on a machine on the class-

room door. Practically every school in the country

has one.

Teachers only teach certain lessons now, the ones

that computers cannot do. First of all we have our

science lesson.

A holographic teacher does this. He stands by a

whiteboard and can walk around the room when

pupils push there small help buttons.

When we are down stairs we feel excited that we

will be using the Bunsen burners. The holographic

teacher is amazing. He teaches us everything you

need to know with a Bunsen burner.

When it is time for break all the pupils go in glass lifts

down to the playground. The lift passes every class-

room on the way.

Some of the boys play air basketball where all the

players wear jet boots. The silver design gleamed in

the sunlight and was expertly made. Some of the

girls play skipping with the skip robots. The robots

hold the ends of the rope and make sure everyone

who wants a turn gets a turn.

After break it was time for I.C.T. We get to our com-

puter suite from the class lift. With the special com-

puters in the suite, you can ask the computer what

program you want and it will automatically open it.

Like science, pupils can press the help button and a

real teacher will sort out the problem.

At the end of each lesson we use the virtual reality

helmet that takes you back to any historical period

in 4D. You can touch things, smell it and hear what

is going on at that certain moment in time.

Next is lunch. At our school we order our lunch on a

touch screen and what you ordered arrives on a

conveyor belt. You don’t have much time for break

so you can concentrate on lessons.

After lunch is our last lesson of the day, P.E. For

sports, there is a central room with lots of different

rooms around it. Each room is for a different sport.

For example in the cricket room you hit a ball and

on the screen it shows how fast you hit or bowled

the ball and if you got any runs are out.

It was now the end of the day and everybody was

going home happily wondering if tomorrow would

be as good as today.

By Luke Blake Year 5

Hobbayne in 2111

This is how I imagine our Hobbayne School in 2111 At Hobbayne the outside world would be quite the same but some things would be different. There would be windmills to create electricity. They would create energy that would be put into a tube in a box that would then turn into electricity. Also, rainwater would get collected in buckets that were hidden on the roof. The water is filtered and used for drinking water and toilets. Also on the roof, there is a place with lots of plants and green things. The windows make the energy by the sun shining on it. The energy goes through a tube into a box. In the box, electricity is created, just like windmills do. The playgrounds are almost the same, just a few changes. The infant playground has the “monkey bars” but they are shorter. By the entrance, there would be a play car-set, with pretend traffic lights so you could learn about being safe on the streets. In the classroom it is quite different too. Instead of white boards, there are unbreakable glass boards at the front. You might notice that the wood tables are covered in the same glass as well. The glass uses computer technology. There would be a message box that you could put your message in and it would go through the table legs, into the floor and sent to the person. On the table you can do math, reading, science, language and you can even watch TV. The teacher could send you messages from his/her glass table as well. The types of things you learn would be a little differ-ent too. Chinese will be taught more often. There would be a new class all about the environment. Also there will be a big change in science. You will start to learn more science at a younger age. In the year 2111 this is how I imagine some of the things to be like.

Anna Marie Cobb, Year 3

Hobbayne 2111

“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ready or not here I come” shouted my friend. I had a grate hiding place it was

behind the climbing frame then suddenly I saw some thing at first I didn’t know what it was. It was a

door, I opened it, it was just big enough for me to go through. It opened to my play ground but I

couldn’t see my friends then a girl came up to me and asked “are you new?”

“No, I just came through a strange door where am I?”

“you’re in Hobbayne” she replied, “but that's were I came from” I said confused “it could be a

change of time” she suggested. “Whats the time then” I said still confused “2111” she answered “but

I’m from 2011” I said “I’m in the future” I said “yes that would make sense” she replied and walked

off.

Then I looked up and saw a huge climbing frame floating over the playground, with monkey bars and

swinging bars, ladders, ropes, zip wires and huge slides of all kind, with crash mats underneath. So I

climbed up a ladder and did all of the things you could do it was brilliant and fun! Suddenly some

words appeared on the wall it said, year 3 pack lunch, I checked I still had my lunch box, I did, so I

went in for lunch.. On the table there was lots and lots of printers I looked at one, a child said

“cheese” then suddenly a plate of cheese came out of the printer and he ate it. I sat down next to the

girl I met earlier she tort me how to use it, you had to press a button and say what you want to eat. I

said I wanted some “Roast dinner” and guess what immediately some lovely roast dinner came out so

I ate it, it was delicious.

When I went out to play it started raining I looked up and a roof came over to stop the rain, the girl

said it was called a “rain cover”. We played together on the climbing frame mainly on the zip wire it

was so fun. Then some words appeared on the wall again it said come in for your lesson. So we did at

the door the girl said “you have to put your finger on this thing on her wrist and it teliported you to

class by your finger print. We found our selves in the class immediately, it was amazing and cool. It

was lesson time we had a party, because Hobbayne was celebrating its 200th birthday! There was lots

of yummy food like chocolate and sweets the girl said that they had made chocolate and sweets

healthy to eat by adding this special plant. Then we went in to a shed with loads of animals in it and

some were even magic. The teachers taught us how to look after them. Then we went in to assembly

Mr Brown was still alive and it was 2111 so the girl explained that “they had found some thing that

makes people live for ever, at least for 2000 years”.

At the end of the day we went in the school’s swimming pool which had a water slide and wave ma-

chines it even had dolphin shaped boats which were electric and surfing boards with any picture you

want on it. Then it was home time so I said goodbye and went back throw the magic door. “I wonder

where she is,” said my friend. When she found me I told her

about my adventure, she said she wanted to go too as it sounded

so fun. So we went together the next day it was brilliant! I intro-

duced her to the girl I met.

Amelie Moat Year 3 27th Feb 2011

Being a school child in 2111

When I wake up in the morning I hear the jingling Robot alarm. I slowly sit up and rub my eyes. Then I go and

turn the jingling Robot alarm off as I do so I turn round and to my surprise I see my butler Robot standing next

to my bed. My ‘suspended hanger’ that holds my clothes for the day is waiting for me to get dressed. So I jump

into my suspended hanger and a couple of seconds later I’m dressed.

Now I’m in the bathroom getting ready to clean my teeth so I ask another one of my butler robots to do it. Now

that’s finished I have to wash my face ready for school butler robots do that too! Last thing to do in the bath-

room is to put my hover shoes on and I’m afraid the butler robots do that as well. Hover shoes are special shoes

that let you move around just hovering above the ground.

Learning to hover down the stairs is a bit trickier than hovering in a straight line. But by age 5 most children

have mastered it. Do you believe 100 years ago children used to go around on boards with wheels on them. Mum

said they were called skateboards and scooters and that she had them when she was younger but it sounds pretty

dangerous to me.

I’m just eating an energy bar for breakfast then off to school.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that’s so fun swirling round in the air on hover shoes. I’m at school now did

you know to get into school you have to step on a button and the gate opens. There’s another button on the other

side to close the gate operated by my fingerprints. This also is like a register to let the school know I’m in school.

Anyway I’ve entered my classroom. Oh by the way my teacher is called Miss Honey.

She is a very kind teacher. I’m in year 3.

“Today our topic is called people around the world and as you can all see we have a new student called Bella I

suppose she feels the way you felt when it was your first day at school please treat her like it was you” she says

Miss Honey takes the register by calling out children’s names. We all have electronic desk surfaces that can read

our hand print and we touch this to let the teacher know we’re here. My desk works like a touch screen com-

puter with a pen for detailed work especially writing and art.

On the wall is a Digitable, which has the children’s names and buttons next to them. When we’re good we get a

credit on our Credits Card. Credits are practically money because you can buy stuff at school with them. Each

time we get a credit we get a point on our good behavior badge and it flashes on our uniform.

I earned 7 credits today which means I have 7 pounds on my credits card.

Miss honey says it is time for lunch so bye for now.

“Excuse me where do you get your lunch from” Bella asked me so I explain.

“There are ‘holes in the wall’ called lunch monitors and what you’re meant to do is to click on your class name,

then choose your name from the list and they’ll give you a choice of food and you collect it by the metal desk”.

“Thank you” she says gratefully. I go to the Lunch Monitor myself, click on my choice of food and collect it. We

sit together for lunch.

Munch munch yum yum yum mmmmmmm this is delicious food and, guess what, I’ve made a new friend isn’t

that great!

I’m going shopping now hooray. There is no shop but there is another hole in the wall called a ‘Shopper Credit’

where you put your Credits Card in the slot, click on what you would like to buy and then it gets delivered through a bigger hole. You get your card back through a different slot and how ever much the thing you bought

costs you that many credits taken off your card.

Now we’re going home because school is over for he day. So I go and collect my property from my ‘Suspended

Locker’ and sit at my desk waiting for Miss Honey to call my name “Jessica you can go”. So I go home on my

hover shoes with my new friend Bella.

by Jessica Wetherall age 8

Dave Gray’s Diary

Keep out! Monday 8th February 2111

Dear Diary, Today is my first day at a new school, Hobbayne primary. Mum told me that they’re 200 years old this year. Let me tell you the day’s happenings. Mr. Brown (the headmaster) greets me at the School teleport reception. He calls up two boys, one of which is called Simon McDean, and one who is called Liam Johnson. Simon tells me that Hob-bayne’s motto is ‘caring, sharing & learning’. Simon also tells me that I will be in Miss Federici’s class, Mars class. I’m taken to my classroom. It has a 4D laser projector. My hoverseat is next to a boy called Callum. I am given a guided tour of the school by Liam and Simon. They take me to see the Astro-gym on the 6th floor, the history room on the 11th floor where you can meet famous people of the past’s ghosts and the Space Museum on the 19th floor. Afterwards, we fly to morning assembly. As we land I see some awards. Hobbayne got ‘outstanding’ in Ofsted inspections every 4-5 years since 2007. Mr. Brown talks about how astronauts have discovered a new planet called Nedired-inio. I thought all the planets and universes had already been discovered! After Assembly it’s maths. We’re learning fractions, but I’m not concentrating. I’m just writing in this diary. Anyway, I don’t see the point of School. Why can’t I have Brainbox tuition, like the cool kids have? You know, that hat that you put on and it teaches you stuff at home, in a really fun way. You only need 30 minutes of that a day, while I’ve been told that Hobbayne finishes at 3:15pm. After maths it’s playtime. Me, Liam, Simon, Callum and a few other boys play rocket races. I grab an X.68w. we were having a really fun time but suddenly a boy called Samuel Coppinger crashes and breaks his leg. We fly up to the healing spa on the 10th floor and the Roboid nurse shines the healing light on his leg so he is healed straight away. After that we carry on and finally I finish 4th out of the 13 of us that played. Callum finishes 1st. “Not bad for a new kid, Dave,” He commented. “You want to be friends?” I agreed without hesita-tion. Afterwards we learnt about natural disasters. It’s hard to believe that up to around 50 years ago people actually couldn’t predict and stop earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, tsunamis and other

natural disasters happening and people actually died in them! The final thing of the morning is lunch. For lunch I have Moon grass, Neptune dogs and fire-balls. I love those fizzy fire-balls. Our first lesson of the afternoon is P.E. We’re playing Tesad. It’s where you play with a floating ball that has a mind of its own and each side has got a small hole on their side which the opposing side then has to get the ball in. I found out that I was a great midfielder, and I helped my team to win 7-5!!! I scored 3, and Liam and a boy called Mark Cafano each scored 2, (they were on my team) while Callum scored 4 for the other team and Samuel Coppinger scored the other 1 for them. I get the feeling Callum is the best at sport in the class. The last les-son of the day is the unknown, and today we looks at the big bang in 2056, which made Pluto explode. Then it’s home time. I teleport home with Liam and Callum, and I find out that Liam is my next-door-neighbour, and Callum lives 5 space-blocks away. I think that I will really enjoy life at Hobbayne primary.

HOBBAYNE CENTENARYHOBBAYNE CENTENARYHOBBAYNE CENTENARYHOBBAYNE CENTENARY

Congratulations to Hobbayne School - 100 years old!

Enjoy the centenary celebrations - laugh and cheer

New challenges face us during these exciting times

Time moves quickly so make every second count

Every pupil will always have amazing memories of Hobbayne

Never forget the fun you have and the friends you make

Always respect each other and try your hardest

Remember old pupils and welcome all new ones

You are the best

school and here’s to an-

other 100 years!

By By By By Freddie Freddie Freddie Freddie

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