Headteacher blog Autumn 2023
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 20th 2023
What an amazing evening we had at St Martin's Church for our
KS2 Christmas Concert.
The children spoke up really well and sang beautifully. Thank you to friends and family who supported the children and to all the staff for preparing the children so well. Thank you to Rev Sarah and the congregation at St Martin's church for welcoming us into their lovely warm church building. It was a fantastic evening!
Thank you to Samson and Sophie who provided a fun morning
with the reindeer this morning!
The children learned lots of reindeer facts and it was very exciting to meet Santa with some real reindeer! We enjoyed icing biscuits and had such fun!
Thank you to the PTA for the brilliant Christmas Fair which raised £400 and paid for the pantomime Little Red Riding Hood. Thank you also to all the staff who stayed and helped and our wonderful parent volunteers!
Attendance Cup winners for the Autumn term are:
First: Year 6, 94.5%
Second: Year 4, 94.1%
Third: Year 5, 94%
Well done!!
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 15th 2023
EYFS wowed us with their Nativity play! What fantastic singing, the children thoroughly enjoyed the performance and the family and friends were captivated! Thank you to the staff for all their hard work preparing the children.
Thank you to the PTA for our pantomime! The children loved Little Red Riding Hood and joined in with gusto! Santa even made a guest appearance to check what we want for Christmas “Oh yes he did!”
Thank you to Ange for our amazing Christmas lunch, it was truly delicious! Thank you to all the staff and volunteers for all their hard work to make this such a success. The children enjoyed a traditional Christmas dinner and split into age groups to watch a Christmas film.
KS1 fantastic nativity "Children of the world!"
Shenley Primary School Choir sang Christmas songs at Wilton Lodge
Thank you to Mrs Mackie and Miss Rawlings for taking the children.
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Amelie
Jeffers class - Zara
Milligan class - Max
Rowling class - Freddie
Morpurgo class - Jack
Shakespeare class - Amber
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6, 100%
Second: Year 1, 98.8%
Third: Year N, 95.3%
Well done!!
Our celebrations
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for the Autumn term:
Writer of the Term | Mathematician of the Term | Child of the Term |
Chloe (Shakespeare class) Darcy (Morpurgo class) Jasper(Rowling class) Emily (Milligan class) Charlotte M (Jeffers class) Charlotte (Kipling class) Stanley (Ahlberg class)
| Maisie (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Rikie(Rowling class) David (Milligan class) Orion (Jeffers class) Finlay (Kipling class) Orfeas (Cooke class)
| Daisy D (Shakespeare class) Albie (Morpurgo class) Ava (Rowling class) Olivia (Milligan class) Harley (Jeffers class) Zayden (Kipling class) Leo (Ahlberg class) |
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 8th 2023
We made smoothies on the smoothie bikes, it was great fun!
We are very proud of the Year 5 football team, who were fantastic ambassadors to the school on Wednesday at Borehamwood FC’s football tournament. They finished third in their group with some great goals and performances, and showed a high level of sportsmanship throughout. We look forward to taking part in more matches and tournaments in the New Year. Thank you to Miss Rawlings who was their coach and made a brilliant job of encouraging them throughout.
Rev Sarah shared our Advent assembly
Rabbi Nick taught us about Chanukah
EYFS Christmas hilarity!
Year 2 have been learning about how Christians prepare
for Jesus' coming and Advent.
The candles symbolise Jesus as the Light of the World.
Y3 designed and made their own purses, well done!
Shenley Primary School Choir sang Christmas songs at Shenleybury House,
they also sang Happy Birthday to a lady 94 years of age and made her day! Thank you to Mrs Mackie and Miss Rawlings for taking the children.
Forest school whittling and hammering, serious fun!
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Khyla-Marie
Jeffers class - Orion
Milligan class - Daisy
Rowling class - Myla
Morpurgo class - Steven
Shakespeare class - Victor
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 4, 96%
Second: Year 1, 95.7%
Third: Year 5, 95.6%
Well done!!
Our celebrations
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Sonia (Shakespeare class) Taya (Morpurgo class) Tommy-Lee (Rowling class) Isla (Milligan class) Vinnie (Jeffers class) Summer, Myla (Kipling class) | Maisie (Shakespeare class) Lillie (Morpurgo class) Jack (Rowling class) Harper FJ (Milligan class) Jaxon (Jeffers class) Alfie (Kipling class) | Agnes (Shakespeare class) Isla (Morpurgo class) Kylan (Rowling class) Blake (Milligan class) Poppy E (Jeffers class) Charlotte (Kipling class) |
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 1st 2023
Daisy and Melina switched on the Christmas lights at Shenley village hall on Monday. Shenley Primary School choir sang some Christmas songs to get us in the festive mood. The children and their families were treated with festive food and drinks to celebrate, what a lovely way to start the festive season!
At Forest School we have made ice art using natural materials, the weather has joined us and turned really icy!
EYFS have been learning about the Christmas story. We have heard lovely sounds coming from the Hall as they have been practising their nativity play.
Please come along to watch Tue 12th Dec at 9.30am.
The children have been collecting their coins for the Children's society in preparation for the Christingle service on Sunday 3rd December. Please send any remaining donations to school on Monday 4th December, thankyou.
Thank you to our gardeners Classic Gardens for the donation of a real 6ft Christmas tree, it is stunning!
Funky Kids had a great time decorating the tree!
School Christmas lunch is Wed Dec 13th
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Alfie
Jeffers class - Poppy E
Milligan class - Isla
Rowling class - Tommy Lee
Morpurgo class - Yehor
Shakespeare class - Henry
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 4, 96.5%
Second: Year 6, 94.6%
Third: Year 5, 94.2%
Well done!!
Our celebrations
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Nina (Shakespeare class) Leah (Morpurgo class) Alea/Ruby (Rowling class) Teddy (Milligan class) Stanley (Jeffers class) Lilly May (Kipling class) | Melina (Shakespeare class) Kaitlin (Morpurgo class) Jasper (Rowling class) Louie (Milligan class) Michael (Jeffers class) Phoebe (Kipling class) | Evie (Shakespeare class) Kieran (Morpurgo class) Jessica (Rowling class) Bailey (Milligan class) Keira-May (Jeffers class) Amelie (Kipling class) |
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 24th 2023
Party!
Celebrating GOOD at our Ofsted party!
School Council chose new playground equipment, we love it!
The children created portraits of either the Tudors, themselves or their parents. Thank you to the parents who supported the Y6 Stay & Learn, we found out that you were all artists in the making!
Rev Sarah taught us the names of Jesus' disciples!
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 2, 98.4%
Second: Year N, 94%
Third: Year 6, 93.9%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Chloe (Shakespeare class) Steven (Morpurgo class) Harry (Rowling class) Christopher (Milligan class) Poppy K (Jeffers class) Maddie (Kipling class) | Amber (Shakespeare class) Danny (Morpurgo class) Alea (Rowling class) Bailey (Milligan class) Aria (Jeffers class) Khyla-Marie (Kipling class) | Daisy D (Shakespeare class) Mia (Morpurgo class) Rosie (Rowling class) Harper M (Milligan class) Fran (Jeffers class) Eric (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 17th 2023
On Thursday 23rd November we are having our Ofsted GOOD party!
Please send your child with a cupcake to celebrate with!!
Happy Days!!
Year 1 visited St Martin's Church on Monday as part of their RE topic learning about Baptism. Rev Sarah demonstrated what happens at a real Baptism by baptising baby Hulk Smash!
Year 1 Trip to St Martin's Church
Rev Sarah came to school to celebrate Remembrance Day on Monday.
Year 3 read the poem they had written in unison.
Year 6 read famous Remembrance Day poems.
Even the EYFS children sat quietly for a minute silence, well done!
Children from Milligan class read their poem at the
Shenley Remembrance Day service
and presented a wreath from the school.
Thank you to all the parents who supported the EYFS Stay & Learn, it was so lovely to see the children 'in the flow' of child initiated learning! I think the parents had fun as well!
We wore odd socks for Anti-Bullying week
Y2 exploring in Forest School!
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Maddie
Jeffers class - Jasmine
Milligan class - Harper M
Rowling class - Jessica
Morpurgo class - Darcy
Shakespeare class - Alfie
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 4, 98.3%
Second: Year 1, 94.4%
Third: Year 5, 92.6%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Daisy M (Shakespeare class) Archie (Morpurgo class) Jack (Rowling class) Lacey (Milligan class) Kacper (Jeffers class) All of Kipling class | Agnes (Shakespeare class) Sienna (Morpurgo class) Skyla (Rowling class) Blake (Milligan class) Aliyah (Jeffers class) Aurora (Kipling class) | Melani (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Ava (Rowling class) Olivia (Milligan class) Charlotte M (Jeffers class) Lennon (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 10th 2023
Year 1 Stay and Learn
Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to Year 2s stay and learn today. We created some 3D poppy art on our hands. We think they look great!
EYFS have been learning about Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day.
We have used different media to create our super art work!
Y2 Wolf in the snow art
The rain didn't stop play for Rowling class when
Watford FC came to do our PE lesson!
Muddy fun in Forest School!
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Summer
Jeffers class - Stanley
Milligan class - Emily
Rowling class - Ashleigh
Morpurgo class - Sienna
Shakespeare class - Alfie
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 2, 97.9%
Second: Year 4, 94.7 %
Third: Year 1, 94.4%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Maisie (Shakespeare class) Omar (Morpurgo class) Myla (Rowling class) Harley (Milligan class) Logan (Jeffers class) Alfie (Kipling class) | Sonia (Shakespeare class) Mia (Morpurgo class) Rikie (Rowling class) Gabby (Milligan class) Jack (Jeffers class) Amelie (Kipling class) | Henry (Shakespeare class) Jack (Morpurgo class) Yehor (Rowling class) Lacey (Milligan class) Effy (Jeffers class) Khyla-Marie (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 3rd 2023
We are so delighted to announce that
Ofsted rated us as a 'GOOD' school!
Thank you to all the staff for their hard work over the last 6 years, it's been a real team effort, we are proud of our successes!!
The children were confident in speaking to the inspectors and showed them how great this school is and what they have all achieved, well done!
Rev Sarah came to assembly to teach us about the History of Hallowe'en and the meaning of All Saints Day. We learned a lot about the origins of this celebration.
Hallowe'en themed lunch!
Art club had fun creating glow in the dark skeletons to
celebrate Hallowe'en, spooky!!
Year 5 have been building vocabulary around
our book Wolf in the Snow.
Wolf in the snow sketches Y4
Year 2 have really enjoyed the book ‘Wolf in the Snow’ this week. The children sequenced pictures from the book before deciding what imperative verbs and conjunctions they could use to write a set of instructions.
Forest school pumpkin fun!
Baby Shower
I'm sure you would all like to join me in wishing Miss Suckling well as
she goes on her maternity leave.
All the staff are looking forward to meeting the baby and to cuddles!
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Zayan
Jeffers class - Poppy K
Milligan class - Gabby
Rowling class - Daniel
Morpurgo class - Bella-Mae
Shakespeare class - Chloe
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 5 95.8%
Second: Year 3 95.5%
Third: Year 1 94.4%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Sonia (Shakespeare class) Ruby (Morpurgo class) Archie & Chase (Rowling class) Bailey (Milligan class) Jaxon (Jeffers class) Bonnie (Kipling class) | Henry (Shakespeare class) Darcy (Morpurgo class) Yehor (Rowling class) Teddy (Milligan class) Kacper (Jeffers class) Finlay (Kipling class) | All of Shakespeare class All of Morpurgo class Rikie (Rowling class) Blake (Milligan class) Jasmine (Jeffers class) Teddy (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
October 20th 2023
Morpurgo apple juicing fun!
Jeffers apple juicing fun!
EYFS apple juicing fun!
EYFS Forest school
Milligan class have been enjoying music in preparation for their Stay and Learn. Thank you to all the parents who supported the Stay & Learn session and to the staff for all their hard work.
Year 3 have been using microscopes in science to compare different types of soil.
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Eric
Jeffers class - Vinnie
Milligan class - Lacey
Rowling class - Hawler
Morpurgo class - Lillie
Shakespeare class - Maisie
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6, 96%
Second: Year 5, 93.8%
Third: Year 4, 93.7%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Amber (Shakespeare class) Angie (Morpurgo class) Rosie (Rowling class) Daisy (Milligan class) Orion (Jeffers class) Alfie & Jacob (Kipling class) | Alfie (Shakespeare class) Danny & Lewis (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Rowling class) Bella (Milligan class) Aliyah (Jeffers class) Zayan (Kipling class) | Chloe (Shakespeare class) Archie (Morpurgo class) Charlie (Rowling class) Grace (Milligan class) Harley (Jeffers class) Maddie (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a restful week and look forward to seeing you after half term!
Mrs Amos' Blog
October 13th 2023
Please come and join in with the PTA Children and Parents Games evening
Friday 13th October at 4.30pm, it promises to be great fun!
Year 4 enjoyed having our parents in this week for Stay & Learn.
We sampled traditional Polish foods and discussed if we like them, thanks to the staff for working so hard to make this so enjoyable!
Thank you to all the parents who attended and supported the occasion.
Year 1 - Drawing Shells
Year 1 have been learning about the artists Georgia O'Keeffe and Adriaen Coorte as part of their drawing topic in art this half term. This week they have been doing some observational drawings of shells, inspired by the work of the artists they studied.
Year 5 have been testing how different materials are effected by air resistance. We made our own parachutes and tested to see
which material made the slowest fall.
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Lennon
Jeffers class - Harley
Milligan class - Grace
Rowling class - Rikie
Morpurgo class - Ruby
Shakespeare class - Melani
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year R, 94.5%
Second: Year 3, 91.9%
Third: Year 2, 91.5%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week Making our school a better place to be |
Daisy D (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Yehor (Rowling class) Juniper (Milligan class) Keira-May (Jeffers class) Alfie (Kipling class) | Evie (Shakespeare class) Kieran (Morpurgo class) Harry (Rowling class) Max (Milligan class) Stanley (Jeffers class) Lily-May (Kipling class) | Nina (Shakespeare class) Omar (Morpurgo class) Tommy Lee (Rowling class) Lacey (Milligan class) All of Jeffers class Maddie (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
October 6th 2023
Thank you to all the staff at Shenley Park, all the children had such a fantastic time tasting so many different varieties of delicious apples. We learned new ways to describe different flavours. Thank you to the parents who walked with us!
We are looking forward to Apple Juicing on Mon 16th October on the school field.
EYFS Autumn walk
Rowling class Premier League Primary Stars!
Morpurgo class had a challenge in Stay & Learn, they did a continuous line drawing of an object, the challenge was not to take your pencil off the page!
They also drew portraits of themselves and their parents. Thank you to all the parents who attended and to the staff for organising the fun!
Year 3 are learning about subtraction and using place value mats and
counters to represent their calculations.
Year 3 are learning about Netball in PE and improving their chest passes.
Their teamwork and sportsmanship is improving.
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Lily-May
Jeffers class - Kacper
Milligan class - Bailey
Rowling class - Chase
Morpurgo class - Chloe
Shakespeare class - Agnes
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 4, 96.1%
Second: Year 6, 96%
Third: Year 2, 93.7%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Agnes (Shakespeare class) Sonny (Morpurgo class) Skyla (Rowling class) Christopher (Milligan class) Michael (Jeffers class) Aurora (Kipling class) | Chloe (Shakespeare class) Leah (Morpurgo class) Daniel (Rowling class) Gabby (Milligan class) Charlotte H (Jeffers class) Charlotte P & Eric (Kipling class) | Melani (Shakespeare class) Evalyn (Morpurgo class) Myla (Rowling class) Teddy (Milligan class) Charlotte M (Jeffers class) Khyla-Marie (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
September 29th 2023
Harvest assembly was a great success!
Thank you to Rev Sarah for her HARVEST talk which was a spelling challenge, Year 5 rose to the occasion to show off their brilliant spelling!
We learned to be Waste Aware in assembly.
Morpurgo and Shakespeare class had workshops to sort waste.
Reduce
Re-use
Recycle
Year 1 playing glockenspiels in music.
We practised playing the note C in time with the pulse of the song.
Sensory room refreshed!
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6, 93.8%
Second: Year 4, 93%
Third: Year 5, 92.1%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Melina (Shakespeare class) Donart (Morpurgo class) Jasper (Rowling class) Olivia (Milligan class) Charlotte M (Jeffers class) Zayan (Kipling class) | Daisy M (Shakespeare class) Lillie (Morpurgo class) Hawler/Ashleigh (Rowling class) Louie (Milligan class) Vinnie (Jeffers class) Teddy, Amelie, Summer (Kipling class) | Maisie (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Amir (Rowling class) Harper (Milligan class) Renee (Jeffers class) Jacob (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
September 22nd 2023
Shakespeare class have had a brilliant time at Runway's End.
Thank you to Miss Rawlings, Mrs Irvin and Mrs Henman for making it such a successful week, you are kind!
Please see photos:
Please remember it's our
Harvest assembly
on Thursday 28th September.
Food donations will be sent to Borehamwood foodbank.
Nursery have been exploring environmental sounds this week.
Year 3 compared a variety of rocks including sandstone, chalk, slate and marble. They then sorted them by their properties, it was fascinating!
Jeffers class have been exploring structures in DT and beginning to make model play equipment. We are designers!
In Science this week Year 1 have been sorting objects by the materials they are made from. We learned lots of new vocabulary along the way!
School council 2023 2024
Our assembly was about our school value
Be kind
These children were kind this week:
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Bonnie
Jeffers class - Jack
Milligan class - Harvey
Rowling class - Ruby
Morpurgo class - Leah & Taya
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 4 98.6%
Second: Year 2 93.9%
Third: Year 5 93.7%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Ruby (Morpurgo class) Lunan (Rowling class) Bertie (Milligan class) Aliyah (Jeffers class) Artem, Lennon, Bonnie (Kipling class) | Mia (Morpurgo class) Rikie (Rowling class) Harvey (Milligan class) Poppy E (Jeffers class) Teddy (Kipling class) | Max (Morpurgo class) Freddie (Rowling class) Ava (Milligan class) Zara (Jeffers class) Myla (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
September 15th 2023
At the House Hustings the Y6 children gave a speech to explain why they would make great house captains. The children in their house voted and cheered the winners, well done Y6!
Green house captain and deputy
Blue house captain and deputy
Red house captain and deputy
Yellow house captain and deputy
Ahlberg class have been reading the story Peepo by Janet and Allan Ahlberg and learning about life a long time ago before there was electricity.
Cooke class have been reading the story So Much by Trish Cooke.
Both stories are about families and we have been talking about people in our family.
Rev Sarah told us about Jesus' first miracle, turning water into wine!
EYFS Forest school fun!
Top Table
The children who were chosen to eat their lunch with me today in the hall, were all so well behaved, well done!
Kipling class - Aurora
Jeffers class - Jaxon
Milligan class - Daisy
Rowling class - Freddie
Morpurgo class - Henry
Shakespeare class - Sonia