Headteacher Blog - Summer 1
Mrs Amos' Blog
July 19th 2023
Y6 Leavers' assembly
Y6 leavers' party
Rev Sarah parables assembly
Goodbye and keep in touch Y6!
Big thanks and goodbye Ms Grant!
Happy Summer holidays!
Please enjoy a restful break with your families and we look forward to seeing you for the new school year on September 4th!
Mrs Amos' Blog
July 14th 2023
Amazing Africa house morning
We love working with our families!
Thank you to the PTA for paying for the brilliant African drumming workshop which the children loved. It was so inspiring and the children had such fun!
I'm an 11 year old get me out of here!
Shakespeare and Morpurgo class did two amazing performances for the parents. They spoke up, sang out and acted with such confidence, it was brilliant to see!
Parents joined Milligan class for their last ukulele lesson this morning with Mrs Mackie. The children showed us a range of musical skills, clapping, singing and playing the ukulele so confidently! Thank you to Mrs Mackie for teaching them ukulele lessons this year, the children are looking forward to Mrs Jacobs teaching them with Mrs Mackie in Year 4.
Our children were mascots at Borehamwood FC, such a privilege!
Zoo lab, thank you to those who donated for this great experience!
Morpurgo class compared different sources to find out about Walter Tull in History. They wrote their own questions about the sources.
Dressing up fun at Breakfast club!
Shakespeare class at Elstree Screen Arts, what an experience!
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 - Renee
Jeffers class - Zayden
Milligan class - Lunan
Rowling class - Danny
Morpurgo class - Evie
Shakespeare class - Clarisa, Alex, Oscar & Lily
2022-23 Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6 95.5%
Second: Year 5 93.7%
Third: Year 3 92.9%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for the Summer term:
Writer of the Term | Mathematician of the Term | Child of the Term |
Jessica G (Shakespeare class) Melani (Morpurgo class) Lillie (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Lacey (Jeffers class) Poppy K (Kipling class) | Ryan (Shakespeare class) Nina (Morpurgo class) Daisii (Rowling class) Daniel (Milligan class) Bella (Jeffers class) Kacper (Kipling class) | Jessica B (Shakespeare class) Melina (Morpurgo class) Bailey (Rowling class) Ava (Milligan class) Zayden (Jeffers class) Levison (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
July 7th 2023
Milligan class have had such a lovely time at Celtic Harmony!
All the parents loved the Dance performance on Wednesday, the children put such passion into their movements and made it a real performance!
Rev Sarah told us the parable of the Prodigal son
The School Council led an assembly about playtimes and lunchtimes and shared some new equipment for us to use on the field. They reminded the children about our school values.
We are very much looking forward to the Y6 concert on Tuesday 11th July at 1.30pm and 6.00pm. The whole school enjoyed the dress rehearsal this week, it promises to be great!
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 5 97.6%
Second: Year 4 97.5%
Third: Year 6 97.5%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 7/7/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Melani (Morpurgo class) Bailey (Rowling class) Ava (Jeffers class) | Daisy M (Morpurgo class) Steven (Rowling class) Max (Jeffers class) | Henry (Morpurgo class) Lillie (Rowling class) Daria (Jeffers class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
June 30th 2023
We have had fun at Sports Day racing - sprints, egg and spoon, sack and hurdles races. Thank you to Mrs James for organising such a fantastic event! Thanks also to the PTA for providing refreshments on the day. Well done to all the children for their sporting participation and cheering one another on!
Sack races!
Egg and spoon
Hurdles
Sports Day 2023!
Winners: Green house 1,431 points
2nd: Blue house 1,427 points
3rd: Yellow house 1,326 points
4th: Red house 1,165 points
Shakespeare class widening their horizons in Geography using our food labels and atlases to see where our food is from.
We enjoy reading to Pixel our PAT dog!
Rev Sarah taught us the parable of the wise and foolish builders.
Milligan class enjoyed their computing this week. They used Purple Mash to enhance their learning of grammar and expanded noun phrases.
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 - Harley
Jeffers class - Olivia
Milligan class - Ava
Rowling class - Bailey
Morpurgo class - Alfie
Shakespeare class - Logan & Riley
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6 99.2%
Second: Year 4 97.8%
Third: Year 5 96%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 30/6/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who can understand and respect the changes they see” |
Dill (Shakespeare class) Agnes (Morpurgo class) Angie (Rowling class) Archie (Milligan class) Isla (Jeffers class) Vinnie, Orion, Kacper (Kipling class)
| Lexie (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Rowling class) Ashley (Milligan class) Daisy (Jeffers class) Poppy K (Kipling class)
| Logan (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) All of Rowling class Skyla (Milligan class) Bailey (Jeffers class) Stanley (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
June 23rd 2023
Jeffers class had a great Stay & Learn planting and designing a poster to show the steps they had to take to grow a plant. It was great to see parents and children enjoying being creative together.
In History, Shakespeare class were exploring the differences between schools in the 1940s and today. We are lucky to be at school today!
In PSHE Rowling class have been thinking about genes and the physical traits we get from our birth parents. In art we decided to share what makes us "wonders" and interpret this with a portrait and words.
Morpurgo class wrote reasons for and against Macbeth betraying (killing) King Duncan. They then used these to create a class debate. They had the challenge of using dramatic voices!
Sports Day
Please send children wearing their house colours t-shirt. The children will be doing their field events in the morning and scoring points for their house. At 12.00pm parents are invited to join their children for a picnic on the field. Staff will register the children for the afternoon and at 1.00pm races will begin. Thank you to the PTA for selling refreshments during the picnic and the afternoon. We will announce the Sports Day house winners at the end of the races. After the races please feel free to take your children home.
We are looking forward to a fun day and hope you can join us!
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 - Effy
Jeffers class - Christopher
Milligan class - Alea
Rowling class - Max
Morpurgo class - Agnes
Shakespeare class - Amelia & Lacie
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 5 97.6%
Second: Year 4 95.9%
Third: Year 3 94.9%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 23/6/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who can express how they feel when change happens.” |
Clarissa & Noah (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Taya (Rowling class) Yehor (Milligan class) Louie & Zayden (Jeffers class) Renee & Jasmine (Kipling class)
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Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Lillie (Rowling class) Tommy-Lee (Milligan class) David (Jeffers class) Aliyah & Charlotte M (Kipling class)
| Alisha (Shakespeare class) Melina (Morpurgo class) Isla (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Harper F & Blake (Jeffers class) Harley & Effy (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
June 16th 2023
Kipling class had a great Stay & Learn creating Art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. It was great to see parents and children enjoying being creative together.
We are all looking forward to joining in with the Reading Challenge at Radlett library over the Summer break. Please join the Library in preparation for the challenge. Children will be able to bring their certificates and medals into assembly in September to show off proudly!
Rev Sarah led our assembly about the parable of the Lost Sheep.
Y3 are book buddies with EYFS and love reading to them!
Rowling class enjoy learning on Purple Mash.
Year 4 also started some volcano projects. They have chosen a volcano, researched and are presenting it.
Morpurgo class are interpreting data on graphs and writing true and false statements.
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 - Jasmine
Jeffers class - Isla
Milligan class - Harry
Rowling class - Sonny
Morpurgo class - Maisie
Shakespeare class - Emma & Emmy
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 5 97.3%
Second: Year R 96.1%
Third: Year 6 94%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 16/6/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who knows that everyone is unique and special” |
Amelia (Shakespeare class) Amber (Morpurgo class) Archie (Rowling class) Yehor, Ava, Jasper, Daniel, Rosie, Arien (Milligan class) Harper M, Harper F, Blake, Emily (Jeffers class) Charlotte M (Kipling class)
| Riley (Shakespeare class) Alfie (Morpurgo class) All of Rowling class Chase (Milligan class) Christopher (Jeffers class) Michael & Jaxon (Kipling class)
| All of Shakespeare class Daisy D, Daisy M, Sonia (Morpurgo class) All of Rowling class All of Milligan class All of Jeffers class Aliyah-Rose (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
June 9th 2023
Great fun at ShenFest!!
EYFS had a fantastic 'Stay & Learn' all the parents enjoyed joining in with 'child initiated learning' and the children loved showing them what to do in Early Years!
This week in Early Years we have been learning about taking care of our environment. We sorted a pile of rubbish into things that are made of plastic and things that are made of card and then we used the things to make models. We went around the school picking up rubbish so the wildlife does not get harmed and found out about recycling.
EYFS Forest School
Fun in Forest School!
Year 3 have started their new French topic ‘les animaux’ we have learnt the names of five animals - un cheval, un lapin, un oisesu, un lion and un cochon.
Y6 cresting budgets!
Y6 Science- testing how voltage affects the brightness of the bulb
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 - Fran
Jeffers class - Gabby
Milligan class - Archie
Rowling class - Lewis
Morpurgo class - Sonia
Shakespeare class - Ruby & Isobel
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6 97.5%
Second: Year 1 94.2%
Third: Year 3 91.2%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 9/6/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Theo (Shakespeare class) Sonia (Morpurgo class) Leah (Rowling class) Kylan (Milligan class) Louie (Jeffers class) Lev & Jack (Kipling class)
| Lexie, Amelia, Noah (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Hawler (Milligan class) Harvey (Jeffers class) Keira-May & Charlotte H (Kipling class)
| Rhyen (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Taya (Rowling class) Charlie (Milligan class) Lacey (Jeffers class) Logan, Poppy E (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 24th 2023
Rowling class trip to St Albans
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 19th 2023
In Early Years, we have been using tens frames for counting and some of the Reception children have been writing their own versions of 'The Bog Baby' story.
Kipling class have made fruit salad for DT
Rev Sarah told us the parable of the Good Samaritan, the children enjoyed acting out the story. We have talked this week about who is our neighbour and being kind to one another like the Good Samaritan.
Milligan class made clocks with their parents at the Stay & Learn, we talked about the hour hand, the minute hand and how to tell the time on an analogue clock compared to a digital clock.
Rowling class PE
Year 6 are having such fun at Runway's End!
Fun at 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 - Kacper
Jeffers class - Emily
Milligan class - Kylan
Rowling class - Evalyn
Morpurgo class - Nina
Shakespeare class - Ryan
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6 97.4%
Second: Year 2 94.9%
Third: Year 3 93.8%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 19/5/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who knows how to help themselves and others” |
All of Shakespeare class Henry (Morpurgo class) Dexter (Rowling class) Skyla (Milligan class) Teddy T & Bertie (Jeffers class) Poppy K (Kipling class)
| All of Shakespeare class Chloe (Morpurgo class) Kaitlin & Leah (Rowling class) Amir (Milligan class) David (Jeffers class) Kacper (Kipling class)
| All of Shakespeare class Amber (Morpurgo class) Bailey (Rowling class) Kylan (Milligan class) Emily & Juniper (Jeffers class) Charlotte M (Kipling class
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday!
Please remember that there is no school on Thurs 25th and Friday 26th. We finish for half term on Wed 24th with a non-uniform day for the ShenFest and Village Fete tombola stalls.
Y4 need to wear school uniform for their trip on Wed 24th please.
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 12th 2023
Shakespeare class did an amazing job with their SATs, as did Miss Suckling!
They had practised, they were confident, they did themselves and us proud - well done Y6!
They celebrated on the 'Top table' at lunchtime with me and then in class with a well-deserved party for the afternoon.
We hope they have a fantastic time at Runway's End next week, what an adventure that will be!
Rowling class have been learning about volcanoes in Geography and did some great work to demonstrate their new vocabulary.
Fun in Forest school!
In Early Years we have been reading a story called The Bog Baby. Reception children have written sentences about the bog baby and nursery children have had a go at making their own creature.
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 6 100%
First: Year 5 100%
Third: Year R 98.6%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 12/5/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who shows respect in how they treat others” |
All of Shakespeare class Maisie (Morpurgo class) Chloe (Rowling class) Yehor (Milligan class) Max (Jeffers class) Jimmy & Stanley (Kipling class)
| All of Shakespeare class Melina (Morpurgo class) Sienna (Rowling class) Lunan (Milligan class) Daria (Jeffers class) Renee (Kipling class)
| All of Shakespeare class Sonia (Morpurgo class) Donart (Rowling class) Charlie (Milligan class) Harper F (Jeffers class) Keira-May (Kipling class
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday!
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 5th 2023
Coronation Celebrations!
At Y4 Stay & Learn we learned new vocabulary about volcanoes, the children drew and labelled their own volcano, it was fun!
Shakespeare class SATs revision scavenger hunt!
Morpurgo class loved exploring the police car and wearing the police uniform, how many children can you fit in a police car?
We had fun celebrating the coronation
Cake for the staff!
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 2 97.6 %
Second: Year 1 97.3%
Third: Year 5 95.9%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 5/5/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who helps others to feel part of a group” |
Riley & Noah (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Isla (Rowling class) Ruby (Milligan class) Emily (Jeffers class) Zara (Kipling class)
| All of Shakespeare class Henry (Morpurgo class) Maisie & Archie (Rowling class) Vincent (Milligan class) Juniper (Jeffers class) Orion (Kipling class)
| Ruby (Shakespeare class Agnes (Morpurgo class) Lillie (Rowling class) Jasper (Milligan class) Teddy W (Jeffers class) Francesca (Kipling class
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, hope you enjoy the Coronation weekend and bank holiday!