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Mrs Amos' Blog
April 28th 2023
Morpurgo class practising music for the Stay & Learn for parents
EYFS had a fantastic time at Forest School.
Rowling class doing PE with Watford FC
EYFS Have been learning to use part, part, whole models.
Year 1 did their artwork in the Design Den for the village competition for the Kings Coronation.
Please send children to school wearing Red, White and Blue on Friday 5th May for our Coronation celebrations. Please bring a cake decorated for your child to eat or for them to share with their friends, we love a "Bake Off!"
Forest School Fun!
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Michael
Jeffers class - Juniper
Milligan class - Jessica
Rowling class - Isla
Morpurgo class - Melani
Shakespeare class - Noah
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year 1 98.7 %
Second: Year 6 98.4%
Third: Year 3 97.6%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 28/4/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who knows how to solve friendship problems” |
Harry (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Rowling class) Lunan (Milligan class) Lacey (Jeffers class) Aliyah (Kipling class)
| Dill (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Leah & Sienna(Rowling class) Rikie (Milligan class) Bella (Jeffers class) Lev (Kipling class)
| Ryan (Shakespeare class Victor (Morpurgo class) Taya & Evalyn (Rowling class) Hawler (Milligan class) Zayden (Jeffers class) Jimmy (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you on Tuesday next week, enjoy the bank holiday weekend!
Mrs Amos' Blog
April 21st 2023
Loving the new gates!
Coronation celebrations in school May 5th
Please send the children to school wearing red, white and blue for our Coronation celebrations on Friday 5th May. Please also send a cake decorated for the coronation, either for the individual or to share. Looking forwards to fun together!
The children in EYFS have been reading Jack and the Beanstalk and have planted some beans. We need to be a little more patient than Jack before we have a beanstalk tall enough to reach the sky!
Morpurgo class performing a times tables song in groups, such a great way to remember them!
Then they had a test on the mini-whiteboards.
Rowling class conducting an investigation about liquids in Science.
BBQ sauce was the winner, followed by Ketchup and Mayo came last in the race!
In Forest School the children decorated wooden disks, built dens and created a really good game with plastic tubes.
Congratulations to our kitchen!
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Orion
Jeffers class - Bertie
Milligan class - Charlie
Rowling class - Maisie
Morpurgo class - Evie
Shakespeare class - Alisha
Attendance Cup winners are:
First: Year N 100%
Second: Year 5 97.6%
Third: Year 1 96.5%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 21/4/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who knows how to be a good friend” |
Theo & Jess G (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Max, Lewis & Isla (Rowling class) Archie & Rikie (Milligan class) Olivia (Jeffers class) Poppy K (Kipling class)
| Ellie & Lexie (Shakespeare class) Melani & Alfie (Morpurgo class) Anabella & Darcie (Rowling class) Ava (Milligan class) Gabby (Jeffers class) Keira-May (Kipling class)
| Stanley (Shakespeare class Melina (Morpurgo class) Mia & Kieran (Rowling class) Lunan (Milligan class) Teddy T, Bailey & Daisy (Jeffers class) All of Kipling class
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 31st 2023
Book Week - poetry
This week the whole school has been reading poetry from 'Poems Aloud' by Joseph Coelho and Daniel Gray-Barnett
We have been learning about the features of poems and writing our own poetry.
Shakespeare class Shenley Park, based on 'Richmond Park' Joseph Coelho
Morpurgo class Shenley Park, based on 'Richmond Park' Joseph Coelho
Milligan class 'Wandering'
EYFS poetry
Eliminate racial discrimination
Happy Easter!
Rev Sarah came to do our Easter assembly and to teach us about the events of Holy Week, we learned why we have bread and wine, hot cross buns, palm crosses and Easter eggs.
Kipling class happy and sad art using warm and cold colours.
What helps us have good mental health?
We would like to add parent's views to our tree display please...
Science fair winners 2023, congratulations!
Lunchtime fun playing "spiny"
Easter fun in Jeffers class
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Charlotte M
Jeffers class - Bella
Milligan class - Chase
Rowling class - Anabella
Morpurgo class - Alfie
Shakespeare class - Henry B
Attendance Cup Spring term winners are:
First: Year 6 96.6%
Second: Year 3 and Year 4 94.7%
Third: Year R 92.2%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children for the whole Spring term 2023:
Writer of the Term | Mathematician of the Term | Child of the Term |
Emmy (Shakespeare class) Daisy M (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Rowling class) Skyla (Milligan class) Juniper (Jeffers class) Poppy E (Kipling class)
| Oscar (Shakespeare class) Evie (Morpurgo class) Kaitlin (Rowling class) Myla (Milligan class) Harper M(Jeffers class) Jack (Kipling class)
| Lizzie(Shakespeare class) Alfie(Morpurgo class) Dexter, Annabella, Archie (Rowling class) Ashleigh (Milligan class) Blake (Jeffers class) Michael (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good Easter break and look forward to seeing you rested and refreshed on April 17th!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 24th 2023
Shenley's Got Talent!
As part of our Religious Education at Shenley Primary School, Shakespeare and Morpurgo class visited the Life Expo Exhibition on Tuesday at Holy Trinity Church, Frogmore, St. Albans. This immersive experience was an exciting multi-media exhibition, which compliments the National Curriculum teaching of Christianity in an authentic and attractive manner. The children were invited to think deeply, placing enquiry questions at the heart of learning.
Thank you to the 'Christian Input for Primary Schools' in St. Albans and district who sponsored our visits.
The staff at the exhibition praised the children for their interest, thoughtful questions, and behaviour, commenting they were a credit to the school.
Watford FC Premier League Primary Stars came to deliver an
Elimination of Racial Discrimination workshop
with Rowling class. It was lovely to see Miss Burton again and engage with this fantastic arty workshop, painting with different skin tones.
Science Fair
The whole school loved the learning in Science week. We celebrated this with our Science Fair and the children and parents enjoyed all the varied investigations on display, well done everyone who participated!
Rabbi Garber came for his last assembly with us to celebrate Pesach. He told us the story of the Passover and how the Jewish people escaped from Egypt. He showed us the Seder plate, flat bread and wine cups that Jewish people use to celebrate Pesach. We would like to thank Rabbi Garber for all the brilliant assemblies he has shared with Shenley Primary school over the years and wish him well in his new job.
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Charlotte H
Jeffers class - Teddy T
Milligan class - Daniel
Rowling class - Darcy
Morpurgo class - Daisy D
Shakespeare class - Rhyen
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year 5 97.6%
Second: Year 6 97.2%
Third: Year 3 93.5%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 24/3/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who knows how to be a good friend” |
Oscar, Stanley (Shakespeare class) Melina (Morpurgo class) Leah (Rowling class) Jessica, Rosie, Tommy-Lee, Ruby, Vincent, Archie (Milligan class) Louie (Jeffers class) Charlotte H (Kipling class)
| Elliot (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Steven (Rowling class) Ava (Milligan class) Teddy W (Jeffers class) Zara (Kipling class)
| Ruby (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Dexter (Rowling class) Freddie (Milligan class) Bella (Jeffers class) Jasmine (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 17th 2023
Science week
The whole school has been having fun investigating biscuit dunking!
How long does it take for the biscuit to fall apart and why?
Which is the best biscuit for dunking?
What is your favourite dunker?
After the dunking investigation Rowling class had a tea and biscuits treat, yum!
Cooke and Ahlberg class had a brilliant learning assembly today. It was beautiful to see the pictures they had painted of their Mums for Mother's Day! They spoke up really well and told us why they love their Mums. We all enjoyed listening to their beautiful singing, all the parents and carers enjoyed the assembly, including tears of joy! Well done EYFS!
Science week
EYFS have been on a wildlife hunt to find out which minibeasts we can find at Shenley in March!
They have also been matching images of 2 halves of animal faces.
Year 4 made their own finger prints for Science week, trainee detectives!
They also investigated the strength of bridges.
Morpurgo class did an experiment with yeast and found out that with warmer water the balloon attached to the bottle inflated more!
They loved seeing the rainbow effect from watching the Skittles in the water!
Rowling class reviewed the rules of tag rugby and then took it in turn to
referee 5 aside games.
Year 4 have been sewing their own purses using a variety of stitches and fabrics of their own design, great colourful results!
On World Book Day we received this fantastic video
from an illustrator in our school:
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Aliya
Jeffers class - Ava
Milligan class - Arien
Rowling class - Donart
Morpurgo class - Daisy M
Shakespeare class - Elliot
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year 6 98.7%
Second: Year 1 94.5%
Third: Year 3 93.5%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 17/3/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who has been physically active” |
Alex (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Lillie & Danny (Rowling class) Charlie (Milligan class) Blake (Jeffers class) Fran, Renee & Effy (Kipling class)
| Lily (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Donart & Sonny (Rowling class) Chase & Freddie (Milligan class) Teddy T (Jeffers class) Stanley (Kipling class)
| Harry (Shakespeare class Amber & Daisy M (Morpurgo class) Freddy, Darcy & Daisii (Rowling class) Tommy-Lee (Milligan class) Bailey (Jeffers class) Kacper (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 10th 2023
Kipling class had a brilliant learning assembly today. It was amazing to hear how much they had learned this term! They spoke up really well and we all enjoyed listening to their beautiful singing, all the parents and carers enjoyed the assembly. Well done Y1!
Shakespeare class have written their own Blogs this week using Purple Mash.
The children enjoyed dressing a potato as a book character to celebrate World Book Day, here are some of our creative results!
Winners for World Book Day dressing up were:
Solomon
Effy
Ruby
Jess G
Winners for the best dressed potato were:
Amaia
Max
Danny
Amber
Milligan class had a great morning at the Borehamwood foodbank, all the volunteers were really kind. The children learned about what the food bank does and what makes a nutritious meal for a family linked to our eat well science work in school. We then used Meadow Park for our cardio activities for PSHE and keeping healthy learning about importance of exercise.
The children went on to write letters to the foodbank to say thank you.
Thank you to Mrs Light for organising the visit and all the adults who supported including parents with transport.
Year 6 have been experimenting with refraction. We tested how different objects refract the light from different angles.
Rowling class have done some art work for James and the Giant Peach, it's peachy!
Rowling class are using a conscience alley to advise James whether to enter the peach or not... Chapter 9!
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Zara
Jeffers class - Louie
Milligan class - Myla
Rowling class - Kieran
Morpurgo class - Agnes
Shakespeare class - Ellie
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year 6 96.4%
Second: Year 5 94.6%
Third: Year R 93.9%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 10/3/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who makes healthy choices” |
Logan (Shakespeare class) Melina (Morpurgo class) Freddy & Sonny (Rowling class) Myla (Milligan class) Daisy (Jeffers class) Logan (Kipling class)
| Noah (Shakespeare class) Henry & Sonia (Morpurgo class) Darcy (Rowling class) Ruby (Milligan class) Emily (Jeffers class) Harley (Kipling class)
| All of Shakespeare class Evie (Morpurgo class) Daisii (Rowling class) Jessica (Milligan class) Grace (Jeffers class) All of Kipling class
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 3rd 2023
Jeffers class had a brilliant learning assembly today. It was amazing to hear how much they had learned this term! They spoke up really well and we all enjoyed listening to their Continents song, all the parents and carers enjoyed the assembly. Well done Y2!
Year 6 did some book tasting to find some new books that we want to read.
Shakespeare class took part in the Premier League Stars Booky Footy Quiz with their highest team scoring 19/20!
Kipling class enjoyed DEAR, Drop Everything And Read time on World Book Day.
Year 1 did a book quiz on World Book Day.
They had fun guessing which books they were!
On World Book Day we did a
Book character parade
look at the costumes, wow!
Rowling class have been studying Leon and the place Between inspired. They have completed some amazing Big Top homework projects, well done!!
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Logan
Jeffers class - Grace
Milligan class - Ashleigh
Rowling class - Rosalind
Morpurgo class - Henry
Shakespeare class - Jess G
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year 5 96.8%
Second: Year 6 96%
Third: Year 3 95.8%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 3/3/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who is a good role model” |
Ellie & Lacie (Shakespeare class) Alfie (Morpurgo class) Rosie & Lillie (Rowling class) Charlie (Milligan class) David (Jeffers class) Poppy E (Kipling class)
| Rhyen (Shakespeare class) Daisy M (Morpurgo class) Jack (Rowling class) Ava (Milligan class) Christopher (Jeffers class) Orion (Kipling class)
| Emmy (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Lunan (Milligan class) All of Jeffers class Vinnie & Charlotte (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
February 24th 2023
Milligan class had a brilliant learning assembly today. It was amazing to hear how much they had learned this term! They spoke up really well and we all enjoyed listening to their ukelele playing, all the parents and carers enjoyed the assembly. Well done Y3!
Shrove Tuesday & Ash Wednesday
Rev Sarah celebrated Shrove Tuesday with us and we had a pancake flipping competition! We hope you all enjoyed your pancakes as well...
Funky Kids make pancakes!
The children at Funky Kids made their own pancakes and really enjoyed eating them!
Thinking Day Tuesday 22nd Feb
Some of our Rainbows, Brownies, Beavers, Cubs wore their uniforms to school. They could remember their group's promise and told us all about what's it's like to be a Rainbow or a Beaver on Thinking Day, well done!
Kipling class sorted different clothing by season for our Science work around seasonal changes.
Design Technology
Morpurgo class have been taste testing and evaluating a variety of breads from around the world. What a delicious lesson!
Design Technology
Shakespeare class have been investigating different shape cam mechanisms this week. They have designed their own space themed moving toys with some very stable results, well done!
Rowling class has created a circus!
In Early Years they have been ordering numbers to 10. Some children decided to challenge themselves to make towers and order them to 20!
World Book Day March 2nd 2023
Please dress a potato as a book character for World Book Day.
The children may also dress as a book character, please do not feel that you need to spend money in an economic crisis on expensive outfits, a simple costume can be made from the dressing up box at home!
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Poppy E
Jeffers class - Lacey
Milligan class - Yehor
Rowling class - Freddy
Morpurgo class - Amber
Shakespeare class - Harry
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year R 99% wow!
Second: Year 5 98%
Third: Year 6 96%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 24/2/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who keeps trying even when it’s difficult” |
Amelia (Shakespeare class) Victor, Alfie (Morpurgo class) Daisii (Rowling class) Jack (Milligan class) Isla (Jeffers class) Harley (Kipling class)
| Lizzie (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Donart, Max, Lewis (Rowling class) Alea (Milligan class) Lacey, Bertie (Jeffers class) Levison (Kipling class)
| Ryan (Shakespeare class) Nina (Morpurgo class) Mia (Rowling class) All of Milligan class Juniper (Jeffers class) Michael (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
February 10th 2023
Rowling class learning assembly was fantastic today! It was great to share all their learning with the parents and carers. They spoke up beautifully and dramatised their version of Jaberwocky which was great fun, well done Y4!
Thank you to the PTA who sold refreshments before the assembly.
This week is Children's Mental Health Week.
Thank you to Rev Sarah who shared an assembly with us.
Shakespeare class have studied phases of the moon,
they illustrated this with Oreos - how tasty!
Y4 had fun designing their own Top Trumps in Geography.
Thinking Day is Tuesday 22nd Feb
Please feel free to wear Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Beaver, Cub, Scout uniforms to school on that day.
World Book Day March 2nd 2023
Please dress a potato as a book character for World Book Day.
The children may also dress as a book character, please do not feel that you need to spend money in an economic crisis on expensive outfits, a simple costume can be made from the dressing up box at home!
Kipling class had a brilliant visit to the church on Monday,
they even got to ring the bells!!
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Keira-May
Jeffers class - Harper M
Milligan class - Rikie
Rowling class - Daisii
Morpurgo class - Victor
Shakespeare class - Theo
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year 6 98%
Second: Year 4 96.1%
Third: Year 2 95.8%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 10/2/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “help others to achieve their goal” |
Alisha (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Sienna (Rowling class) Arien (Milligan class) Bailey (Jeffers class) All of Kipling class!
| Ruby (Shakespeare class) Agnes (Morpurgo class) Albie (Rowling class) Vincent (Milligan class) Max (Jeffers class) Vinnie & Fran (Kipling class)
| Jessica B (Shakespeare class) Amber (Morpurgo class) All of Rowling class Ava (Milligan class) Ava (Jeffers class) Jack (Kipling class)
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We hope you all have a great half term holiday!
Mrs Amos' Blog
February 3rd 2023
Morpurgo class had a brilliant learning assembly today. It was amazing to hear how much they had learned this half term!! They sang and spoke up really well and all the parents and carers enjoyed the assembly. Well done Y5!
Year 1 did a fantastic job of being reporters when they shared their weather report as part of their 'seasonal changes' topic.
Rowling class had great fun in Science! They used eggs to represent their teeth, and then tested the effects of different drinks on their teeth.
EYFS loved the delightful story 'Can't You Sleep, Little Bear' they enjoyed playing with torches this week. They have learned about star constellations and had a go at painting them and made maps for the bears in the story linked to this work in maths about positional and directional language.
Year 3 have been doing some map work in Geography this week. Identifying map symbols on ordnance maps of the UK.
Top Table
The children chosen to eat their dinner with me on a Friday have been so well behaved in the Hall at lunchtime, well done!
Kipling class - Jimmy
Jeffers class - Harper FJ
Milligan class - Skyla
Rowling class - Albie
Morpurgo class - Chloe
Shakespeare class - Dill
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year R 96.5%
Second: Year 3 95.3%
Third: Year 4 95.3%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Term | Mathematician of the Term | Child of the Week 'being positive' |
Clarisa (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Steven and Ruby (Rowling class) Harry (Milligan class) Daisy (Jeffers class) Kiera-May and Aliyah (Kipling class)
| Jessica G (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Rosie (Rowling class) Arien (Milligan class) Harper M (Jeffers class) Renee (Kipling class)
| Alex (Shakespeare class) All of Year 5(Morpurgo class) Mia, Archie, Chloe (Rowling class) Jack (Milligan class) Bertie and Louie (Jeffers class) Effy (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
January 27th 2023
Shakespeare class had a fantastic learning assembly today. It was amazing to hear how much they had learned in two weeks!! They sang and spoke up really well and all the parents and carers enjoyed the assembly. Well done Y6!
