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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!
Shakespeare class have been competing in House teams to win Bake Off. Congratulations to Rhyen who won the whole Bake Off Competition!!
Year 5 have been working with their partners to test each other on spellings and
times table flashcards.
As part of our music lessons this week Year 1 have been playing untuned instruments, learning to copy a rhythm and learning the name of instruments. We worked in groups to match the instruments to their names.
EYFS have been reading 'The Gruffalo's Child' and have done lots of work on making different tracks (like the ones in the snow in the story) and have made houses for the creatures in the story.
EYFS had fun in PE playing parachute games, just look at their faces!
We love Book Buddies!!
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 - Stanley
Jeffers class - David
Milligan class - Hawler
Rowling class - Angie
Morpurgo class - Maisie
Shakespeare class - Lizzie
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year 5 98.4%
Second: Year 6 95.6%
Third: Year 3 95.4%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 27/1/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “Someone who works well with a partner or in a group” |
Isobel & Oscar (Shakespeare class) Nina (Morpurgo class) Taya (Rowling class) Jack (Milligan class) Gabby (Jeffers class) Orion (Kipling class)
| Elliot (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Danny (Rowling class) Daniel (Milligan class) David (Jeffers class) Jasmine & Charlotte (Kipling class) | Emma (Shakespeare class) Sonia (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Daria (Jeffers class) Jaxon (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
January 20th 2023
Ahlberg and Cooke class have been celebrating the Lunar New Year!
The EYFS children combined Science and Art, they used natural materials and froze them to make superb ice pictures!
Year 2 found some natural ice art!
Wow!!
Rowling class are investigating the digestive system.
Kipling class have been using number frames to find different ways to make the same number, well done!
Rowling class have written nonsense! Their own version of Jabberwocky!
Morpurgo class created timelines ordering Anglo-Saxon events chronologically.
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 - Levison
Jeffers class - Blake
Milligan class - Jack
Rowling class - Archie
Morpurgo class - Sonia
Shakespeare class - Jess B
Attendance Cup
The class with the best attendance receive the Attendance Cup each week.
This week the winners are:
First: Year 6 96.8%
Second: Year R 96.5%
Third: Year 1 95.8%
Well done!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 20/1/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “Someone who keeps trying even when it is difficult” |
Ruby (Shakespeare class) Amber (Morpurgo class) All of Rowling class! Ruby (Milligan class) Lacey (Jeffers class) Jimmy (Kipling class)
| Isobel (Shakespeare class) Agnes (Morpurgo class) Evalyn (Rowling class) Yehor (Milligan class) Harvey (Jeffers class) Zara (Kipling class) | Clarissa & Emmy (Shakespeare class) Alfie (Morpurgo class) Kieran (Rowling class) Ashleigh (Milligan class) Juniper (Jeffers class) Logan (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
January 13th 2023
Art club have started back with creating abstract backgrounds ready for art work on top. They used anything other than brushes to paint- cardboard pieces, hands and fingers were the favourite!
In Forest School the children have been having fun using the Christmas trees.
We have started Book Buddies again which the children love, it's so wonderful to see the older children inspiring the younger children to read and vice versa.
In Dreams and Goals, we have been thinking about how we would feel if we didn't achieve our goals and what advice we would give to others.
In EYFS we have been learning about winter.
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
Jeffers class - Max
Milligan class - Tommy-Lee
Rowling class - Mia
Morpurgo class - Melina
Shakespeare class - Lexie
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 13/1/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “Someone who has stayed motivated when doing something challenging” |
Lizzie (Shakespeare class) Agnes (Morpurgo class) Archie (Rowling class) Lunan (Milligan class) Zayden (Jeffers class) Levison (Kipling class)
| Theo (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Jasper (Milligan class) Harper F (Jeffers class) Poppy K (Kipling class) | Dill (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Bella-Mae & Bailey (Rowling class) Myla (Milligan class) Blake (Jeffers class) All of Kipling class |
Mrs Amos' Blog
January 6th 2023
The children have been writing their New Year Resolutions and thinking about perseverance and how to achieve their goals for 2023!
Happy New Year!
Today was our first House Arts morning and the children had a lovely time together, the older children did such a great job of looking after the younger children. Thanks to all the staff for arranging such a fantastic start to the term.
Drama
Music
The children performed music using cups, with the backing music of "I'm still standing" from Sing.
Dance
Art
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 6/1/2023
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “A positive start to 2023” |
Lincoln (Shakespeare class) Daisy M (Morpurgo class) Lewis (Rowling class) Hawler (Milligan class) Teddy W (Jeffers class)
| Rhyen, Stanley (Shakespeare class) Melina (Morpurgo class) Freddy (Rowling class) Rikie (Milligan class) Teddy T (Jeffers class) Kacper, Poppy E (Kipling class) | Lexie (Shakespeare class) Nina (Morpurgo class) Lillie (Rowling class) Archie (Milligan class) Olivia (Jeffers class) Stanley (Kipling class) |
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 21st 2022
Happy Christmas!
KS2 Carol Concert was a great success! Thanks to Rev Sarah for hosting us at St Martin's Church for a real Christmas treat! What beautiful singing, reading and even dancing, the children did an amazing job! Thank you to all the staff and parents for supporting this lovely occasion.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this term:
Writer of the Term | Mathematician of the Term | Child of the Term |
Noah (Shakespeare class) Sonia (Morpurgo class) Sonny (Rowling class) Jessica (Milligan class) Harper F (Jeffers class) Zara (Kipling class)
| Riley (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Angie (Rowling class) Yehor (Milligan class) Grace (Jeffers class) Aliyah (Kipling class)
| Ellie (Shakespeare class) Amber, Victor, Henry (Morpurgo class) Kieran, Steven, Jack (Rowling class) Lunan (Milligan class) Isla (Jeffers class) Keria-May (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a fantastic Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year!
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 16th 2022
Please support the PTA Christmas Fair today!
Looking forward to seeing you there straight after school!
Market Theatre company performed Hansel & Gretel pantomime this morning, "Oh no they didn't!"
"Oh yes they did!"
The KS1 children did an amazing job at their Christmas performance for their parents and carers, they were amazing! We loved their singing and the whole audience was very proud of their performance, well done! Thank you to the staff for working so hard to prepare them for this fantastic occasion!
Rabbi Garber came to assembly to tell us all about Hannukah, we enjoyed learning about this Jewish festival and his visit. The children pretended to read the Torah and when the Greek soldiers came they quickly swapped to playing with a dreidel. We learned about the story of Hannukah.
Milligan class have been busy in DT making their own purses. They have designed them, practised their sewing and then made the final product - wow!
Morpurgo class have finished their DT project for the term designing and making their own chocolate boxes, they have created some creative designs, well done!
The EYFS children did an amazing job at their Christmas performance for their parents and carers without the dress rehearsal due to the snow day, they were stars! We loved their singing and the whole audience was very proud of their performance, well done! Thank you to the staff for working so hard to prepare them for this lovely occasion!
Miss Atkinson would like to use tubs as drums, if you have any spare tubs please bring them into school, thank you!
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 9th 2022
Year 6 Bake off this week had a distinctly Christmassy theme! Delicious!!
On Sunday the children went to the Christingle service to celebrate Jesus,
the Light of the World!
Tuesday 6th December the whole school enjoyed a visit from Living Things. The children learned all about a frog, a tortoise, a millipede, a meerkat, a corn snake, a bearded dragon lizard, a sugar glider and a tarantula. The children touched the animals and the millipede curled itself round an arm, the meerkat popped its head up when it sat on our backs and the sugar glider jumped from our backs when we stood on a PE table pretending to be a tree!
It was such a lovely experience!
Thank you to the parents who kindly donated this!
On Tuesday afternoon Councillor Nicky Beaton came to school to plant two trees for the Queen's Green Canopy! The children in Forest School helped to put a stake and a guard around the trees to protect them from wildlife (and footballs!)
Thank you Nicky for supporting us on this special occasion when we remember not only the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, but also her whole life.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 9/12/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who always tries to use kind words” |
Emma (Shakespeare class) Amber (Morpurgo class) Isla (Rowling class) Aleya (Milligan class) Ava & Juniper (Jeffers class) Michael (Kipling class) | Oscar (Shakespeare class) Evie (Morpurgo class) Annabella (Rowling class) Skyla (Milligan class) Max (Jeffers class) Logan (Kipling class) | Ellie (Shakespeare class) Agnes (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Rowling class) Vincent (Milligan class) Lacey (Jeffers class) Harley (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week at all our special Christmas events!
Mrs Amos' Blog
December 2nd 2022
Ruby and Lincoln were very privileged to switch on the Shenley Christmas lights at the Village Hall on Monday. Families attending enjoyed refreshments together and joined in with a "Count down" for the lights to be switched on. Advent begins!
Year 4 took part in the Botjoy started by Gary Hirsch
We made a Bot to give to someone in our community and spread the love, joy, and courage of the Botjoy movement.
Year 5 and Year 6 girls visited Borehamwood FC on Wednesday and had a fantastic time!
The School Council have been asking the children what they love about Shenley Primary School, here are some of their answers:
“Everyone is kind and respectful and always nice to each other.” Melina
Year 1 "We like the climbing frame out the front and the back and the monkey bars and the wobbly bridge."
“Teachers take care of us, help us and make sure we are safe.” Agnes
Star of the Day!
Mia “Lots of festivals and creative people helping after school.”
Dexter “I like stacking cups and dodgeball makes free time more fun.”
Darcy “Lots of fun books to read.”
PTA tuck shop!
Max “We learn in creative ways, in DT we made and created a variety of books.”
Ruby “We have fun lessons (LED signs)”
“Good teachers and I love the food.” Evie
Rosie “We all help each other learn from our mistakes.”
Shakespeare class are having a "Bake Off!" today, wow! Look at their bakes, excellent work Y6!
Morpurgo class have learned to write a "Cinquain" poem.
They had such lovely ideas:
"And Tango Makes Three"
Rev Sarah is coming to do our Advent assembly on Monday,
Christmas is coming...
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 2/12/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who tries to solve problems” |
Ryan & Noah (Shakespeare class) Evie (Morpurgo class) Steven (Rowling class) Ashleigh(Milligan class) Harvey (Jeffers class) Stanley (Kipling class) | Amelia (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Evalyn (Rowling class) Tommy-Lee (Milligan class) Bailey (Jeffers class) Vinnie (Kipling class) | Theo (Shakespeare class) Sonia (Morpurgo class) Lewis (Rowling class) Rikie (Milligan class) Blake (Jeffers class) Charlotte (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 25th 2022
Please make sure that the children have full PE kit each week
we are having great difficulties with children trying to do PE in school uniform. Miss Burton has sent out several reminders and this is still proving a problem. Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school all week - thank you.
Morpurgo class went to Radlett Reformed Synagogue on Tuesday with Empowering Voices and had a fantastic time! The Rabbi commended the children on their fantastic behaviour and thoughtful questions, well done Y5!! Thank you to Mrs Light and Mr Donnellan for organising this.
Milligan class really enjoyed their trip to the cinema to watch Clifford the Big Red Dog, what a treat!! Thank you to Miss Atkinson for organising this lovely event!
Thank you to Miss Burton and Miss Smythe for taking some Y6 girls to Arsenal for football and Literacy. They had such a brilliant time!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 25/11/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who includes others when working and playing” |
Henry & Rhyen (Shakespeare class) Sonia & Amber (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Rowling class) Daria (Jeffers class) Jasmine (Kipling class) | Jess B (Shakespeare class) Victor (Morpurgo class) Max (Rowling class) Ava (Jeffers class) Effy (Kipling class) | All of Shakespeare class All of Morpurgo class Freddy (Rowling class) Isla (Jeffers class) Jimmy (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 18th 2022
Thank you to Mrs Light for taking some children from Milligan class to the War Memorial. The children made her so proud on Remembrance Day. Everyone commented on how well turned out we were, in their smart uniforms, and how well they spoke their heart felt words. They were a credit to the school. Please read our newspaper report about the event.
We had a fantastic house morning on Monday, our theme was SMSC "Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural" education. Thank you to all the staff who made it such a great success, the children had a fantastic time!
Spiritual
Yoga and mindfulness
Moral
posters to celebrate our school values
Social
icing biscuits and discussing
Cultural
drawing to music from different cultures
The Sports committee played in a table tennis tournament and really enjoyed the experience! The other schools were also good sports people and it was good to compete together.
Miss Burton and the Sports committee led our assembly about the World Cup, we're all very excited to watch the games!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 18/11/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who knows how to help if someone is bullied” |
Stanley (Shakespeare class) Amber (Morpurgo class) Kaitlin (Rowling class) Arien (Milligan class) Bella (Jeffers class) Jack (Kipling class) | Harry (Shakespeare class) Melina (Morpurgo class) Bella May (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Harper (Jeffers class) Aliyah (Kipling class) | Oscar (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Archie (Rowling class) Daniel (Milligan class) Teddy W (Jeffers class) Zara (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 11th 2022
Remembrance Day 11/11/22
Reverend Sarah came to do our Remembrance Day assembly, we listened to the Last Post music, had a time of reflection and did a minute silence together as a school to show our respect.
Kipling class had a fantastic Stay & Learn, the parents helped the children label their Art using the sound mats. It was lovely to see and hear them using their sounds so effectively to write.
Ahlberg class loved it when their parents came to play for their Stay & Learn. It was lovely to see them accessing all the resources and so confidently showing their parents what they love to do in the EYFS classroom including snuggling with the giant bear and reading a book in the reading corner!
The children had a fantastic time at Hertswood running Cross Country, thank you to all the staff and parents who supported with this to make it such a great success!
Some of our children were very proud to be flagbearers at Borehamwood FC!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 11/11/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for showing kindness and supporting others” |
Lily R (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Dexter (Rowling class) Tommy-Lee (Milligan class) Bertie (Jeffers class) Jaxson (Kipling class) | Alisha (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Kaitlin (Rowling class) Ashleigh (Milligan class) Grace (Jeffers class) Fran (Kipling class) | Amelia (Shakespeare class) Agnes (Morpurgo class) Anabella (Rowling class) Ava (Milligan class) Gabby (Jeffers class) Keira-May (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
November 4th 2022
Jeffers class had a fantastic Stay and Learn sketching a city scape. They used their memories to hold the picture and drew from memory! They sketched and used charcoal to help emphasize particular features. Thank you to all the parents who supported this.
Rowling class enjoyed their Ancient Greek WOW day, they learned about myths, told the story of Troy and had a great time dancing in their costumes. Thanks to all the staff for preparing such a fun day!
We have had lots going on this week with lots of different learning experiences. Remember to check out your class pages under the learning tab to find out more!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 4/11/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who accepts that everyone is different” |
Harry (Shakespeare class) Victor (Morpurgo class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Max (Rowling class) Freddie (Milligan class) Zayden (Jeffers class) Christopher (Jeffers class) Renee (Kipling class) | Lacie (Shakespeare class) Alfie (Morpurgo class) Sienna (Rowling class) Robyn (Milligan class) Vincent (Milligan class) Olivia (Jeffers class) Harley (Kipling class)
| Noah (Shakespeare class) Melani (Morpurgo class) Bailey (Rowling class) Chase (Milligan class) Emily (Jeffers class) Arien (Kipling class)
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We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
October 21st 2022
Book Week
And Tango Makes Three
This week for our book week around the story 'And Tango Makes 3' the children in Nursery had a go at making their own nests for a penguin egg. They used a range of different natural materials.
Year 4 penguin Art
Rowling class have been sketching and shading, there's a cheeky chick!
Year 5 penguin Art
Morpurgo class have used colour blocks and a very effective reflection!
Year 6 penguin Art
Shakespeare class have been sketching and shading to great effect!
Rowling class had a fantastic Stay & Learn!
Thank you to everyone who supported this.
Miligan class had a fantastic Stay & Learn!
Thank you to everyone who supported this.
We were very sad today to say "Goodbye!" to Mrs Scanzi and Mrs James who have been such valuable members of Shenley primary school for many years. Best wishes for the future!
Please welcome the new School council!
Please welcome the new Sports committee!
Fri 18th November we will be dressing up for Children in Need 2022!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 21/10/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for being a good role model” |
Lexie (Shakespeare class) Jess B (Shakespeare class) Melani (Morpurgo class) Steven (Rowling class) Mia (Rowling class) Vincent (Milligan class) Teddy T (Jeffers class) Orion (Kipling class) | Emmy (Shakespeare class) Nina (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Jack (Milligan class) Christopher (Jeffers class) Stanley (Kipling class) | Elliot (Shakespeare class) Alfie (Morpurgo class) Evalyn (Rowling class) Darcy (Milligan class) Isla (Jeffers class) Jaxon (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a restful half term week and look forward to seeing you after half term!
Mrs Amos' Blog
October 14th 2022
We have had lots going on this week with lots of different learning experiences. Remember to check out your class pages under the learning tab to find out more!
Dogs Trust
We have been so lucky to have a visit from the Dogs Trust this week. They did a school assembly and carried out a range of workshops for the children. The children learnt about how to keep dogs safe, how to treat dogs and make links in Science, learning about their senses. Some of the classes have created posters and written about Dog safety too!
The Great Fire of London
Year 2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London. This week they built their Tudor houses and painted them. We also set up a safe 'fire' to show the children what it would have been like as the fire spread so quickly back in 1666.
Year 6
In Year 6 during their Science lessons, the children have been investigating the the rate of mould growth in different environments. They have been making scientific predictions and are looking forward to analysing and writing up their results!
Year 1 finished their 'running' topic in PE this week. They have been engaging in lots of running games and skills to improve their techniques. They explored running using different body parts and different techniques and began to understand how to run efficiently.
Nursery went to the music room this week as part of their Phonics lessons. They have been learning the names of different musical instruments and played listening games where they tried to identify the instrument that is playing. They also had a go at playing lots of different instruments and practiced starting and stopping to a signal. Well done Nursery!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 14/10/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “always following the class charter' |
Ellie (Shakespeare class) Daisy M (Morpurgo class) Angie (Rowling class) Arien (Milligan class) Juniper (Jeffers class) Charlotte (Kipling class) | Alex (Shakespeare class) Sonia (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Jessica (Milligan class) Lacey (Jeffers class) Jack (Kipling class) | Elliot (Shakespeare class) Evie (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Hawler (Milligan class) Daisy D (Jeffers class) Poppy E (Kipling class) |
Next week
Next week we have our whole school book week with the book 'And Tango Makes Three'.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Amos' Blog
October 7th 2022
Harvest assembly
Thank you for all the Harvest donations which the children brought into school this week. Reverend Sarah came to take our Harvest assembly and the children enjoyed holding up different fruits and vegetables which can be harvested at this time of year. We are donating the food items to the Borehamwood food bank, thank you for your generosity.
Shakespeare class took the food to St Martin's church for the foodbank collection, they even had the opportunity to ring the bells!
Amazon wishlist
Thank you to all the parents who have kindly donated items from our Amazon wishlist, we appreciate your kindness. The children have started to use the beautiful books and resources already which will enrich our curriculum.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 7/10/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “teamwork” |
Riley E (Shakespeare class) Melina (Morpurgo class) Kieran, Archie, Kaitlin (Rowling class) Rikie (Milligan class) Grace (Jeffers class) Michael (Kipling class) | Emma (Shakespeare class) Nina (Morpurgo class) Daisii (Rowling class) Harry (Milligan class) Daria (Jeffers class) Kacper (Kipling class) | Isobel (Shakespeare class) Amber (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Daniel (Milligan class) Harvey (Jeffers class) Jasmine (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
September 30th 2022
Great Big Green Week
This week we are celebrating the Great Big Green Week and we visited Shenley Park on Tuesday 27th. Thank you to Liz who invited the whole school for this apple juicing experience. We tasted different varieties of apples and compared the flavours. We chopped, mashed and pressed the apples to make delicious apple juice! Thank you also to the staff and parent helpers who made the day such a great success.
Goodbye and thank you
I’m sure that you would like to join me in saying Goodbye and thank you to Mrs Gellman who has worked at Shenley Primary school for 18 years. The majority of our children have worked with Mrs Gellman in Nursery over their time here and benefited from her wealth of experience and great patience. Mrs Gellman will be sadly missed and we wish her well in her change of career. What fantastic memories we have of her time at Shenley, thank you!
Today the Nursery class had a party to say goodbye to Mrs Gellman. Mrs Gellman has been a central part of the Early Years team for the best part of 18 years and has taught many of the children throughout the school. She will be really missed by everyone, but we wish her the best of luck as she moves on to her next adventure.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 30/9/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who cares about others’ feelings” |
Dill (Shakespeare class) Agnes (Morpurgo class) Max and Jack (Rowling class) Arien (Milligan class) Bertie (Jeffers class) Logan (Kipling class) | Lexie (Shakespeare class) Alfie (Morpurgo class) Angie (Rowling class) Tommy (Milligan class) Bella (Jeffers class) Keira-May (Kipling class) | Lizzie (Shakespeare class) Daisy M (Morpurgo class) Dexter (Rowling class) Myla (Milligan class) David (Jeffers class) Renee (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
September 23rd 2022
Rabbi Garber came into assembly to teach us about Rosh Hashanah, we learned the rhythm for the shofar, it made an impressive sound!
We found out that Jewish families eat apples and honey to celebrate their new year, we hope your new school year is sweet and our words are as sweet as apples and honey!
After a lovely visit from Rabbi Garber on Thursday and learning about Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah, the Nursery children were really keen to learn more about how Jewish people will be celebrating this weekend. We decided to taste the traditional new years treat of apples and honey, a sweet treat, for a sweet year ahead. "Shanah Tovah!" to everyone in our school community celebrating.
Morpurgo class have been learning the names of different fruits in French an apple is a pomme.
Next week is The Great Big Green Week and we are very excited to be visiting Shenley Park for apple juicing.
Autumn is here and we are watching the leaves change colour, playing with conkers and observing the differences in the seasons. Please make sure you have a coat, in case it rains and wear sensible school shoes.
Please ensure that children bring the correct PE kit to school: a white school T-shirt, blue school shorts, indoor plimsolls, a pair of trainers and royal or navy blue tracksuit for outdoor PE. PE kit is part of our school uniform.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 23/9/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “respecting others’ learning” |
Emmy (Shakespeare class) Victor (Morpurgo class) Mia (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Ava (Jeffers class) Zara (Kipling class) | Clarisa (Shakespeare class) Daisy D (Morpurgo class) Steven & Daisii (Rowling class) Lunan (Milligan class) Zayden (Jeffers class) Effy (Kipling class) | Ruby (Shakespeare class) Melani (Morpurgo class) Darcy (Rowling class) Alea (Milligan class) Harper F (Jeffers class) Poppy K (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
September 16th 2022
The Nursery children have been drawing their pictures of Queen Elizabeth 11.
EYFS have been learning about playing co-operatively,
they have made a really good job of this!
Morpurgo class are sketching their portraits and developing an eye for detail, well done!
Rowling class are learning about Ancient Greece, we love to dress up!
Fun in Y1, identifying leaves in Science...
Shakespeare class are challenging themselves to sketch feathers accurately!
Milligan class are learning to play the ukulele, this will be a musical adventure and we're just getting started!!
The PTA will be selling disco tickets on the playground at 8.30am on Tuesday 20th September. The children are really looking forward to this lovely event!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 16/9/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who helps others feel welcome” |
Jess B (Shakespeare class) Evie (Morpurgo class) Bailey (Rowling class) Ava (Milligan class) Bailey (Jeffers class) Vinnie (Kipling class) | Logan (Shakespeare class) Henry (Shakespeare class) Melani (Morpurgo class) Lillie (Rowling class) Kylan (Milligan class) Louie (Jeffers class) Harley (Kipling class) | Jess G (Shakespeare class) Amber (Morpurgo class) Archie (Rowling class) Ruby (Milligan class) Harper (Jeffers class) Aliyah (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
Mrs Amos' Blog
September 9th 2022
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new children and families this term, welcome to Shenley Primary School! We put the children first in all that we do and we hope that you enjoy your time here with us, if you have any questions please ask, we are here to help.
We shared in this time of mourning for the Queen in assembly today by watching the video of Queen Elizabeth with Paddington bear to celebrate her Platinum jubilee. The children watched the 2022 trooping of the colour, replete with a fly past from the Red Arrows. We have happy memories of our Platinum jubilee celebrations with a street party on the playground and now we remember the Queen. We prayed for the Royal family and the nation to be comforted in their loss. St Martin's church is open for families to visit and there is a book of remembrance for us to write in.
Patch has been retired to the countryside to live with other rabbits. We would like to thank Keira-May and her family for looking after Patch during the Summer holidays. Mrs Henman has promised us a photo of him tbc...
We would like to thank the Kikaya family for paying for the Design Den to be decorated over the Summer holidays. It will be so exciting to start to use this room, thank you also to Mrs Jacobs who has been very busy preparing the room and choosing inspiring objects for Art and Design. We will soon be posting pictures of our Art work...
We would like to thank Gristwood and Toms for their kind donation which paid for the EYFS fence to be made secure, the classrooms to be decorated and the brand new sandpit. We very much appreciate the financial support, alongside the practical support, in removing the Wildwood Den.
Thank you also to the EYFS staff for moving all the furniture, building the sandpit, sourcing new resources and redesigning the EYFS classrooms. The children love their new classrooms!
We are collecting food for Harvest to support people facing hardship. Please bring food donations to school and we will arrange for them to go to the Borehamwood food bank after our Harvest celebrations on October 5th.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 9/9/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “someone who helps others feel welcome” |
Harry (Shakespeare class) Chloe (Morpurgo class) Lewis (Rowling class) Jasper (Milligan class) Emily & Teddy W (Jeffers class) Francesca (Kipling class) | Alisha (Shakespeare class) Maisie (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Charlie (Milligan class) Blake (Jeffers class) Poppy K (Kipling class) | Stanley (Shakespeare class) Sonia (Morpurgo class) Donart (Rowling class) Skyla (Milligan class) Max (Jeffers class) Orion (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
July 20th 2022
Today there wasn't a dry the in the house for the Leaver's assembly. The children sang beautifully and shared their favourite memories from their time at Shenley. We have been busy signing t-shirts and autograph books all day! We wish them all well as they move on... we will miss you!!
The Y5/6 production 'Treachery at Traitor's Quay' was a highlight of the year, what amazing performances they gave the children and the parents! Speaking out, singing, dancing, solos and great team work came together to show what life was like for evacuees during the Second World War. At times there was hardly a dry eye in the place! Well done Shakespeare and Morpurgo class and well done to all the staff who worked so hard to make this production so lovely!
Shakespeare class had an amazing prom! They looked so grown up and ready for Secondary school!
At SHENFEST we celebrated and remembered the life of Clare Cocomazzi!
A huge thank you to the PTA who did a fantastic job and worked SO hard to make the day such a great success!
The PTA raised £1,169!!
Thank you to everyone who supported the day.
We are very proud to announce that Shenley Primary School has been awarded the Gold School Games Mark!! This was awarded for our commitment and engagement in
School Games for 2021-22.
We are sorry to announce that Claire Dales our Sports leader is leaving us this term after serving in Shenley Primary for 10 years, she will be greatly missed and we all wish her well in her new post. We are now happy to announce that Nicola Burton will replace Claire as Sports leader and we are sure that our commitment to School Games will remain consistently excellent.
Milligan class had a fantastic 'wow' day learning about Ancient Egypt, they had such fun, they even got to Mummify Mr Donnellan!!
The children enjoyed meeting their new teachers on Transition Day and the parents met them in the evening to introduce the whole family.
I would like to thank all the parents and carers for their support this year and I hope that you all have a restful summer break. We look forward to greeting the children in their new classes on Friday 2nd September.
Mrs Amos' Blog
July 8th 2022
Governor Awards 2022!
We are very proud of the children who were nominated for a Governor award.
The winners are highlighted, well done to you all!
| Shenley values | Best improver | Resilience |
Cooke class | Eric | Aurora | Lennon |
Charlotte | Zayan | Khyla-Marie | |
Ahlberg class | Keira-May | Logan | Renee |
Aliyah-Rose | Alex | Jasmine | |
Kipling class | Harper F | Bailey | Lacey |
Jeffers class | Rikie | Jessica E | Freddie |
Milligan class | Max | Dexter | Angie |
Rowling class | Amber | Henry | Alfie |
Morpurgo class | Isobel D | Ryan | Lexie |
Shakespeare class | Christopher | Clark | Mia |
Outstanding achievement | |||
Denisa | |||
The Dance showcase to parents was a great success! Thanks to all who attended for supporting the children. The dances were inspirational, and such a great performance to round off the lessons this year.
The Dancing Stars club were the first act to perform!
Cooke class performed beautifully to the 'Trolls'
Ahlberg class were fierce lions to Lion King!
Kipling class wore garlands and danced to Incanto!
Jeffers class were scary when they danced to 'Do it like the Zombies do'!!
Milligan class danced to the beat of their own drum!
Rowling class danced to 'Rio' wore feather wristbands which really emphasized their armography!
Morpurgo class danced to 'Space Jam' and they were cool!
We had an amazing visit from some farm animals, the children learned lots of new information and got to stroke the animals!
All the parents really enjoyed the Jeffers class assembly today, what clear speaking voices they had! The children taught us great a song about the continents!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 8/7/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Agnes (Rowling class) Chloe (Milligan class) Chase (Jeffers class) Max (Kipling class) Keira-May (Ahlberg class)
Morpurgo class had awards for the Y5/6 production: Lizzie, Isobel, Lincoln & Jess B | Daisy D (Rowling class) Leah (Milligan class) Vincent (Jeffers class) Christopher (Kipling class) Harley (Ahlberg class) | Maisie (Rowling class) Archie (Milligan class) All of Jeffers class for the assembly Zayden (Kipling class) Orion (Ahlberg class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
July 1st 2022
Congratulations to the Green team for winning Sports Day!
The Nursery class entertained us in their Learning Assembly,
with their singing about
Goldilocks and the three bears,
well done!!
Morpurgo class have been learning a sculptural technique with card,
and they stand up well.
Rowling class have been learning how to get colour into sculptural relief in the style of Sokari Douglas-Camp. The end result is very effective, and colourful!
Milligan class have sculpted with clay and they chose their own design carefully and creatively, well done!
Kipling class got wonderfully messy experimenting with clay, then they designed their own sculpture, good work!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 1/7/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for coping with change” |
Jake (Shakespeare class) Denisa (Shakespeare class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) Melina (Rowling class) Bailey (Milligan class) Hawler (Jeffers class) David (Kipling class) Effy (Ahlberg class) | Danny (Shakespeare class) Dill (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Chloe (Milligan class) Archie (Jeffers class) Grace (Kipling class) Effy (Ahlberg class) | Isla J (Shakespeare class) Clark (Shakespeare class) Oscar (Morpurgo class) All of Rowling class Rosie (Milligan class) Rikie (Jeffers class) Bella (Kipling class) Poppy E (Ahlberg class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
June 24th 2022
This week is National Sports Week,
and what a week it has been!!
Everyone got a turn to play on the new cool playground equipment
at the front of the school!
We cycled on the smoothie bikes to make delicious smoothies!
Celebrating healthy eating.
We did boxing, tennis, skipping, Gaelic football, First Aid, Cooking, football and archery... in fact we've been so excited all week and getting loads of exercise!!
Then, on Thursday it was Sports Day, the weather threw at least
3 seasons at us, but we were undeterred!!
We sprinted, we jumped on space hoppers, we jumped in sacks, we skipped and we even tried a new version of the egg and spoon race, the potato and spoon race - equally funny!
Our parents cheered us on and kept in good spirits despite the rain...
We shared our picnic on the field with our parents and carers and the sun shone!
Then we went to the Harris Lane field, which was set up as our
Cancer Research fun run.
Again, just after we started it poured with rain, quickly followed by
lovely sunshine!
The parents and carers ran with the children, making this a very special occasion. So far we have raised £109, if you still need to contribute towards Cancer Research please donate on Arbor, or by cash at the school office - thank you!
Sports Day results:
Green team 5020
Yellow team 5000
Red team 4580
Blue team 3450
Congratulations Green team!
We would like to congratulate all the children for their sports this week, their support of one another, encouraging and helping one another -
it's so lovely to see that 'sports person-like' behaviour!
A special thanks to Claire Dales and Lora Grant for organising the week.
Thanks to the PTA for providing refreshments throughout the day.
Thank you to all the staff who have worked so hard and to all the parents and carers for supporting us on Sports Day!
The next parent coffee afternoon is on Friday 1st July at 2.30pm.
We will be discussing the school vision and values.
We will also review the updated Relationships and Sex Education policy.
Please join us, all welcome!
Mrs Amos' Blog
June 17th 2022
Celtic Harmony!
Hot off the press!!
Here are some of the KS2 children having a fantastic time at Celtic Harmony for their residential trip. What lovely weather for such a lovely occasion!
Check out the Learning tab for photos of the children at Celtic Harmony today and tomorrow.
We loved the Kipling class assembly on Thursday, they re-enacted the story of the Three Little Pigs replete with songs and actions, such fun!
We also loved the Ahlberg class assembly today! We learned all about saving the planet - turning off the taps, recycling our litter and turning off the lights. What lovely singing and musical instruments!
Three boys worked collaboratively to make a model and they could describe it in intricate detail, fantastic design and fantastic team work!!
We are busy practising for Sports Day on Thursday 23rd June, please come and join us!
We will be raising money for Cancer Research at our afternoon Fun Run on the Harris Lane Field on Thursday 23rd June. Cancer Research is a charity which is close to our hearts, as cancer has affected several members of staff and families recently. Please let us know if you can help to supervise the Harris Lane Field area during the races.
Please feel free to run with your children and raise money together for such a worthy cause.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 17/6/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for coping with change” |
Lottie (Shakespeare class) Lincoln (Morpurgo class) Albie (Milligan class) Arien (Jeffers class) Harper F (Kipling class) Fran (Ahlberg class) | Isobel (Shakespeare class) Luis (Shakespeare class) Ellie (Morpurgo class) Daisii (Milligan class) Chase (Jeffers class) Lacey (Kipling class) Jack (Ahlberg class) | Harper (Shakespeare class) Jaden (Shakespeare class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) Alfie (Rowling class) Angie (Milligan class) Myla (Jeffers class) Christopher (Kipling class) Poppy K (Ahlberg class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
June 10th 2022
We are pleased to be launching our Book Bingo today! The initiative encourages children to read, understand and enjoy a variety of authors and types of books throughout the year.
They can start anywhere they like. When they show their completed work to their teacher, this box will be crossed off on their card. Children are encouraged to share a book review, share their book with a friend or talk to a teacher about the book they have read. You must only complete one square at a time and only use a book once per bingo card.
Every time a row is completed; children will be rewarded with a certificate and special mention in our weekly Celebration Assembly and their name entered into our prize draw for the end of term.
Please continue to sign children's diaries when you have read with them, as our expectation remains that all children will read at least 4 times a week with an adult. This is a huge support to developing their reading fluency and confidence.
This week in Nursery we have been using the sounds we have learnt so far to read and write simple words. We have practiced sounding out words together and writing them down. Some children were even able to sound out and write down the words independently.
Rowling class are playing call my bluff, a great way to learn new technical vocabulary in English. The children take turns at playing teacher learning negative numbers through counting up and down which is great fun!
DEAR Drop Everything And Read in Year 5.
Isobel and Oscar were winners at the Jubilee picnic on the Harris Lane field, congratulations!!
We have been learning about caring for the environment. We have been thinking about making sure we put rubbish on the bin-we went outside and collected some rubbish and then put it in the bin. We have also written posters for our classroom to remind us to put rubbish in the bin.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 10/6/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week |
Tanzel (Shakespeare class) Mickey (Shakespeare class) Logan (Morpurgo class) Isobel (Morpurgo class) Melani (Rowling class) Chloe (Milligan class) Daniel (Jeffers class) Bailey (Kipling class) Stanley (Ahlberg class) | Jayden (Shakespeare class) Benji (Shakespeare class) Ruby (Morpurgo class) Amber (Rowling class) Bailey (Milligan class) Charlie (Jeffers class) Juniper (Kipling class) Jimmy (Ahlberg class) | Alexi (Shakespeare class) Elliot (Morpurgo class) Victor (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Hawler (Jeffers class) Gabby (Kipling class) Michael (Ahlberg class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 25th 2022
We have been celebrating the Queen's platinum jubilee with a special picnic lunch and a parade. Thank you to all the parents, staff, governors and particularly the kitchen staff for all their hard work in making this such a great success!
The children paraded from the Hall and around the playground to Rule Britannia and the teachers made an arch!
We ate coronation chicken, cucumber sandwiches, cherry shortbread and jewelled ice lollies!! The kitchen staff gave prizes for their colouring competition and the rain just held off!!
Y4 went to St Alban's cathedral and had the most wonderful trip, a step back into history to learn all about the story of St Alban, to make stained glass windows and have a great time.
We hope you have a lovely half term and look forward to seeing you on June 6th!
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 20th 2022
What an exciting week we have had now that the Y6 SATs have been completed. It was so great to visit Shakespeare class at Runway’s End and to see them having such great fun!
Milligan class did a fantastic learning assembly this morning, we really enjoyed their recorder playing, well done!
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The Y6 children who stayed in school this week did some fantastic artwork!
Y5 artwork for the Queen's platinum Jubilee is stunning!
Bob the explorer visited Y5 this week, it was very exciting to hear about his adventures and try out some of the equipment.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 20/5/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for helping themselves or others when they feel upset or hurt” |
All (Shakespeare class) Lily (Morpurgo class) Alfie (Rowling class) Sonny (Milligan class) Ashleigh (Jeffers class) Bella (Kipling class) Fran (Ahlberg class) | All (Shakespeare class) Lexie (Morpurgo class) Alfie (Rowling class) Maisie (Milligan class) Vincent (Jeffers class) Alea (Jeffers class) Blake (Kipling class) Renee (Ahlberg class) | All (Shakespeare class) Emmy (Morpurgo class) Amber (Rowling class) All of Milligan class Ava (Jeffers class) Daisy (Kipling class) Alex (Ahlberg class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 13th 2022
What a colourful Arts day we had today, it was so exciting to go around the school and see everyone engaged in such creative learning!
Everyone had the chance to dance, be creative and keep fit.
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Everyone had the opportunity to do Art and make creative choices with sketching, painting with water colours, pointillism - painting with dots and sketching.
Everyone had the chance to do Music, either with the glockenspiels or with the claves to compose their own music.
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Everyone had the opportunity to do Drama, making their own stick puppets and dramatising the story.
The boys played football against Saffron Green.
Handwashing reminder:
The children wash their hands before snack and before lunch in order that we all stay healthy.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 13/5/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for helping others achieve their goals” |
Mikey (Shakespeare class) Riley E (Morpurgo class) Sonia (Rowling class) Sienna (Milligan class) Ruby (Jeffers class) Harper M (Kipling class) | Lottie (Shakespeare class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) Nina (Rowling class) Mia (Milligan class) Rikie (Jeffers class) Harvey (Kipling class) | Oscar B (Shakespeare class) Lola (Shakespeare class) Lincoln (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Ruby (Milligan class) Myla (Jeffers class) Olivia (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a good weekend and that Y6 have a fantastic time at Runway’s End next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
May 6th 2022
It was fantastic to join the Rowling class assembly to find out about their learning, see their colourful mosaics and enjoy their singing and playing the glockenspiel!
Ahlberg class have been working hard on their maths to learn number bonds to 10. The children have been playing a game called 'make 10' using a tens frame, cubes and a dice to see who can be the first to complete the tens frame. You could have a go at playing this game at home.
Nursery filled up their Marble Jar last week and had chosen to bring their bike or scooter to school. We went on the back playground with them for the morning. All the children were so kind to each other, sharing their bikes and scooters and taking turns on each other's.
Year 2 have been practising their knots in Forest School, they look impressive!
Next Friday 13th May we are looking forward to our Arts House Day, please send your children in their house colours, it should be a really creative day!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 6/5/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who helps others feel part of a group” |
Richie (Shakespeare class) Ryan (Morpurgo class) Melani (Rowling class) Lillie (Milligan class) Jack (Jeffers class) Lacey (Kipling class) | Isla J(Shakespeare class) Ruby (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Evalyn (Milligan class) Archie (Jeffers class) Arien (Jeffers class) Isla (Kipling class) | Isabel (Shakespeare class) Elliot (Morpurgo class) Melina (Rowling class) Taya (Milligan class) Jasper (Jeffers class) Harper M (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you next week.
Mrs Amos' Blog
April 29th 2022
It was fantastic to join the Morpurgo class assembly to find out about their learning, view their colourful artwork and enjoy their cool singing!
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Milligan class are enjoying learning to play the recorder.
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The parents had fun at the Y1 Stay and Learn!!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 29/4/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for making good relationships” |
Mia (Shakespeare class) Clarissa (Morpurgo class) Daisy-Maye (Rowling class) Jack (Milligan class) Harry (Jeffers class) Charlie (Jeffers class) Daria (Kipling class) | Clark (Shakespeare class) Amelia (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Isla (Milligan class) Arien (Jeffers class) Christopher (Kipling class) | All of Shakespeare class! Jessica B (Morpurgo class) Daisy D (Rowling class) Anabella (Milligan class) Rosie (Jeffers class) Harper M (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely May bank holiday and look forward to seeing you on
Tuesday 3rd May!
Mrs Amos' Blog
April 22nd 2022
This week we got Inspire Playground markings - wow!
Thank you for supporting the launch.
Congratulations to the Girls who were runners up in the Borehamwood Football tournament.
Thank you to Gristwood & Toms for removing the rotted tree stumps and to the children at after school club for filling in the huge holes with bark. They all worked so hard.
Thank you!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 22/4/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for making good relationships” |
Chris (Shakespeare class) Oscar (Morpurgo class) Logan (Morpurgo class) Evie (Rowling class) Kieran (Milligan class) Tommy-Lee (Jeffers class) Olivia (Kipling class) | Louis (Shakespeare class) Elliot (Morpurgo class) Chloe (Rowling class) Steven (Milligan class) Ruby (Jeffers class) Emily (Kipling class) | Chloe (Shakespeare class) Emma (Morpurgo class) Amber (Rowling class) Dexter (Milligan class) Freddie (Jeffers class) Teddy W (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely healthy and active weekend.
Mrs Amos' Blog
April 1st 2022
This week Y5 were Vikings for a day! The children cooked garlic mushrooms on an open fire and drank Mead. The children learnt to braid like the Vikings, and play traditional Viking games of Kingy Bat and Kubbs.
We have been artist, scientists, historians, mathematicians, foreign language speakers, writers, designers, and geographers this term.
Thank you Morpurgo Class for another term pack full of hard work, good humour and enthusiasm.
Year 5 Teacher
As part of our Design and Technology lessons this half term year 4 have been working hard at researching, designing, making and evaluating photograph frames for the purpose of holding photos. A selection of the finished photograph frames below just shows how hard they all worked to develop their free standing structure!
Happy Easter from Reception!
Year 6 attended the football tournament at Borehamwood FC. They are very proud as they came in 2nd place, congratulations!!
See the Sport's blog for the match reports the children have written:
Year 3 and 4 went to Tring museum today, what fun!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 1/4/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone knows how to keep calm and deal with difficult situations" |
Ewan (Shakespeare class) Harry (Morpurgo class) Tommy Lee (Jeffers class) Jody (Kipling class) | Charlie-James (Shakespeare class) Henry (Morpurgo class) Harry (Jeffers class) Zayden (Kipling class) | Christopher (Shakespeare class) Ruby (Morpurgo class) Harry (Morpurgo class) Scarlett (Morpurgo class) Charlie (Jeffers class) Jessica (Jeffers class) Lois (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely Easter break and look forward to seeing you in the Summer term sunshine!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 25th 2022
The children have had fun using their Forest School skills. It's just so lovely to enjoy the Spring sunshine, the daffodils and the inspiring Forest School area in school, our children are so lucky to have this fantastic resource!
Year 1 Forest School.
After school club Forest School.
Year 3 forest school.
Hammers, nails and lots of sunshine! ☀️
Nursery parents so enjoyed their Stay and Learn, please read their lovely feedback:
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 25/3/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who knows how to be a good friend and enjoy healthy friendships’ |
Asher (Shakespeare class) Louis (Shakespeare class) Logan (Morpurgo class) Evie (Rowling class) Ruby (Milligan class) Rosie (Jeffers class) Harvey (Kipling class) | Harper (Shakespeare class) Scarlett (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Isla (Milligan class) Ashley (Jeffers class) Bertie (Kipling class) | Rocco (Shakespeare class) Ryan (Morpurgo class) Agnes (Rowling class) Bailey (Milligan class) Ava (Jeffers class) Arien (Jeffers class) Max (Kipling class) |
We hope you have a lovely sunny weekend and enjoy Mother's Day!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 18th 2022
It has been such a privilege to hear the children talk so eloquently about their learning in Science week. They have been using science vocabulary, making predictions, investigating, analysing and interpreting their data, well done!
Y1 Science week, exploring and identifying plants outside!
Y3 Science week planting.
YR Science week learning about growth.
Science Fair!
A selection of the EYFS and KS1 experiments.
A selection of the Lower KS2 experiments.
A selection of the Upper KS2 experiments.
Prayers for the Ukraine
So far... £214.60
so far... Emily made £8 from making bows
Well done everyone!
Thank you for respecting the closed gates and not parking in the staff car park, this is key for the safety of the children and pedestrians.
A polite request - when spectating at the football matches, please do not allow children to play in the EYFS area or the Forest School area as these are learning areas, thank you.
Over the next couple of weeks we will be moving from SIMs and School Gateway to Arbor, please look out for emails from the office about how these changes will affect you as parents and carers. Well done to the office staff for all their hard work, thank you!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 18/3/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who has tried to keep themselves and others safe’ |
Charlie-James (Shakespeare class) Lincoln (Morpurgo class) Melina (Rowling class) Leah (Milligan class) Chase (Jeffers class) Zayden (Kipling class) Christopher (Kipling class) | Richie (Shakespeare class) Ryan F (Morpurgo class) Amber (Rowling class) Angie (Milligan class) Charlie (Jeffers class) Olivia P (Kipling class) | Denisa (Shakespeare class) Isobel I (Shakespeare class) Clarisa (Morpurgo class) Melani (Rowling class) Steven (Milligan class) Rikie (Jeffers class) Emily (Kipling class) |
Science Fair winners | Dress the spoon Book Week winners |
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Daniel (KS1) Sienna (LKS2) Dill (UKS2) | Summer (EYFS) Harper F-J (KS1) Albie (LKS2) Ruby L (UKS2) |
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Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 11th 2022
Year 6 have been working hard on paired revision. Using revision cards to remind ourselves of all the different maths topics we have learned this year. Please remember to attend the SATs information meetings on Mon 14th March.
Look who joined us in year 3... a snapping crocodile! Linking with the year 1 topic: "paws and claws....!"
Y1, Nursery and Reception have been enjoying Forest School,
look out for signs of Spring!!
Yr1 were busy making potions using herbs.
Nursery & Reception planted some tulips in our Bird Cafe area and also did some Forest Bathing listening to all the sounds around them.
Some girls in Year 5 have set up an Art Club on a Wednesday lunchtime for our younger children. This week was the first week and the theme was "safari".
In mental health awareness week Milligan class did some meditation... sh!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 11/3/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “ |
Louis (Shakespeare class) Ruby (Morpurgo class) Henry (Rowling class) Victor (Rowling class) Mia (Milligan class) Danny (Milligan class) David G (Jeffers class) Isla S (Kipling class) | Asher (Shakespeare class) Oscar H (Morpurgo class) Daisy M (Rowling class) Sonia (Rowling class) Jack (Milligan class) Ava (Jeffers class) Bertie (Kipling class) | Luis (Shakespeare class) Emma (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Morpurgo class) ChIoe (Rowling class) Daisii (Milligan class) Archie (Jeffers class) Arien (Jeffers class) Juniper (Kipling class) |
Congratulations to Max who has been invited to Herts county under 9 chess team, well done!
Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you next week for
Science week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
March 4th 2022
What a great time the children had celebrating Book Week!
Book at Bedtime was such a lovely occasion, thank you to all the staff who made it such a success and to Miss Suckling for organising the event.
Milligan class on World Book Day!
This is the duo "Sunist" who have made up their own song this week, well done!
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Well done to the Y6 football team...
Match report:
"We had an amazing first game of the school year on Thursday, 24.2.2022.We were down 2-0 at the start of the first half and with some amazing fighting we managed to score an amazing goal by number 12-Jaden. We then finished the first half with a score of 3-1 to the other team.
Starting the second half with an amazing comeback, we managed to even the score out to 4-4! The three goals were scored by number 7 Louis. With the other team scoring another 2 goals really put us down but we carried on fighting and got another amazing goal from number 7. The final score was 6-5 to St Theresa's, everyone played really well and we can't wait to get back on the pitch!"
Thank you to the cooks for a lovely pancake day celebration! Yummy...
Y2 had fund at their Stay & Learn
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 4/3/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “ |
Alexi (Shakespeare class) Emma (Morpurgo class) Dill (Morpurgo class) Amber (Rowling class) Lillie (Milligan class) David (Jeffers class) Isla (Kipling class) | Jake Y (Shakespeare class) Jessica G ((Morpurgo class) Rhyen (Morpurgo class) Victor (Rowling class) Danny (Milligan class) Mia (Milligan class) Daniel (Jeffers class) Bella (Kipling class) | All of Year 6 (Shakespeare class) Oscar (Morpurgo class) Lizzie (Morpurgo class) Isobel (Morpurgo class) Nina (Rowling class) Henry (Milligan class) Rosie (Jeffers class) Emily (Kipling class) |
Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you next week!
...keep reading...
Mrs Amos' Blog
February 25th 2022
It has been lovely to get to know some parents and carers at the 'Meet and Greet' coffee mornings last half term. The next 'Meet and Greet' is Friday 4th March at 2.30pm, it would be great to talk to you then. I have collated the answers to my questions on word clouds, these can be added to after future meetings. I have also designed a parent/carer feedback form, to gather responses from those of you who are not available to come into school, which you will receive via the School Gateway. Please respond by Friday 18th March 2022, thank you!
The first question is: What do you like about Shenley Primary school?
The second question is: What do you want our Y6 children to be like when they leave Shenley?
The third question is: How can we improve at Shenley Primary school?
The last question is: What skills do you have to offer the school?
On Monday, as it was so windy, the children could not go in the woodland as it was dangerous. Instead, we stayed on the field and the playground for Forest school. The children practised their knots and made wind streamers, played with the giant scarves and the highlight was flying the kite. Their faces say it all!!
It was so lovely and really special to have so many family members in school after being apart for so long. Morpurgo class were the first to have their Stay and Learn, where family members were invited into school to join in with their children and take part in a lesson. Year 5 explored Art and landscapes, in predation for their Art sequence of learning which will focus on David Hockney and his use of colour and perspective in his art work, particularly in landscapes.
Stay and learn with year 3 was a lovely occasion, it was so good to see so many parents. Everyone had a great time making a snapping crocodile in DT.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
The after school club enjoyed making the pizzas they made for their snack. Then they had a lovely time using the gym equipment in the hall.
We are very proud of the Y4 rap!!
A fun way to present a serious message:
Stop Bullying!
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Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week: 25/2/2022
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who has made a healthy choice’ |
Isabel W (Shakespeare class) Alex (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Chloe (Rowling class) Anabella (Milligan class) Archie (Jeffers class) Daria (Kipling class) | Denisa (Shakespeare class) Ryan ((Morpurgo class) Alfie (Rowling class) Kyle (Milligan class) Skyla (Jeffers class) Teddy W (Kipling class) | Lottie (Shakespeare class) Logan (Morpurgo class) Daisy D (Rowling class) Amber (Rowling class) Henry (Rowling class) Kyle (Milligan class) Alea (Jeffers class) Harper M (Kipling class) |
Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you next week!
Mrs Amos' Blog
February 11th 2022
This week Milligan Class have created some creatures in art! They used a combination of collage and painting techniques and had lots of fun producing some very exciting work!
Rowling class practised their skills on the outdoor apparatus and showed good core strength.
Milligan class were very excited for the new STAR of the day incentive. They have all been showing good learning, respect, kindness and determination to try become the STAR of the day, it's been so hard to choose! Well done to the children this week that have been our STARs of the day!
The whole class would like to say a huge THANK YOU to Darren Bloom at EDB Graphics for his very generous donation of the fantastic STAR of the day frame, it's been a real highlight for us this week!
Kipling class enjoyed dressing up as a number on Number Day!
Rowling class are so enjoying this book...
Shakespeare class worked hard at Forest School this week planting a hedge to ensure our safety at the front of the school. Please don't trample our new plants, they need time to grow into a full hedge - thank you! This is also good as a habitat for wildlife, we need more hedgerow in the environment.
Jeffers class had a great time at Forest School this week, what a variety of activities they chose, well done!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone working hard to achieve their own dreams and goals.” |
Lottie (Shakespeare class) Amelia (Morpurgo class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Vincent (Jeffers class) Isla (Kipling class) | All of Year 6 (Shakespeare class) Emma (Morpurgo class) Agnes (Rowling class) Henry (Milligan class) Freddie (Jeffers class) Emily (Kipling class) | Benji (Shakespeare class) Lizzie (Morpurgo class) Lacie (Morpurgo class) Ellie (Morpurgo class) Sonia (Rowling class) Kyle (Milligan class) Rikie (Jeffers class) Juniper (Kipling class) |
Parents and carers are invited to a 'Meet and greet' coffee afternoon at 2.30pm on Fri 4th March in the school Hall. I would like to meet you and get the opportunity to discuss what's great about Shenley Primary School and how we can unsure that the school goes from strength to strength.
Have a lovely half term week, we hope you enjoy some rest and relaxation time.
Mrs Amos' Blog
February 4th 2022
There was a new teacher in Reception this week when Orion taught the rest of his class how to make Chinese dragons as they have been learning about Chinese New Year.
This week Nursery have been learning about Chinese New Year. We found out about how the animals had a race to decide who the next year would be named after. We also learnt about how Chinese people celebrate the coming of the new year. Some of the children had a go at copying the names of the animals who entered the race.
Year 6s have had a fun time creating the moon phases using Oreos, how yummy!
This is Year 4 at Forest School this week. They worked as a team to build bridges over a 'river' and then had a leapfrog competition across the field.
At the end of last week, Year 1 took a trip to St Martin's Church to support their RE learning! They had a great time and learnt a lot.
We have decided to change our MFL (modern foreign language) to French, Y3 have started already!! "Bonjour!"
In DT Year 5 were exploring basic bread recipe ingredients and then ways to alter the bread.
They all produced unique mini loaves, some were flavoured and some were shaped. They smelled delicious!
In ART club the children finished their Albert Irvin inspired pieces using print techniques to fill the rectangular spaces they had created.
The children have had a great 'Number Day' engaging in lots of rich maths activities, fun learning, games and much more! Thank you for all the great outfits today!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who helps others to achieve their goals.” |
Jake (Shakespeare class) Ryan (Morpurgo class) Chloe (Rowling class) Maisie (Milligan class) Skyla (Jeffers class) Juniper (Kipling class) | Denisa (Shakespeare class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) All of the children (Rowling class) Lily (Milligan class) Alea (Jeffers class) Teddy T (Kipling class) | Tanzeel (Shakespeare class) Rhian (Morpurgo class) Daisy M(Rowling class) Chloe (Milligan class) Arien (Jeffers class) Lois (Kipling class) |
Mrs Amos' Blog
January 28th 2022
We are excited that next Friday (4th February) is 'Number Day' which is in association with the NSPCC. On this day, all children and staff in the school are being asked to 'Dress as a Digit' which means to wear an item of clothing with a number on or dress as a number in some way. We will also be taking part in fun Maths activities throughout the day.
Star of the day!
A child from each class is chosen as “Star of the day” and they enjoy being a “Star!” Please encourage your child to share with you the reason they were chosen and praise them for this.
Year 6 have begun our new art topic of Illusions. We started by researching some illusion artists who use a range of techniques to create their illusions.
We are very proud of the Art club, this week the children have looked at the work of Albert Irvin. We are using his art work to create a piece. We have prepared the background using two primary colours and exploring mixing different tones.
Last week we looked at Paul Klee's art work and created some abstract pieces first closing our eyes and taking our pencil across the page without lifting it off. We then tried to create a face using the technique of fluid movements without taking our pencil off the page. To finish the children used crayons and watercolour.
Paul Klee said, " A line is a dot which went for a walk".
Where will your dot take you?
Here are some pictures of Milligan class deciding whether animals are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores in Science.
Year 3 have been working hard in maths all week, a lot of them have been very proud to bring in learning they've done outside the classroom without being asked. Real dedication to learning in Milligan this week 👏
Ahlberg class have been reading the story of The Gruffalo's Child and the children have been making homes for the creatures in the story.
Y3 dance
Here is the KS2 work about "Coming to England." These displays are a real feature highlighting our reading with a multi-cultural emphasis. Having this super work up in the shared area shows how we value diversity at Shenley Primary School.
Here is Rowling class, showing off our class 'star of the day' chair. Miss Atkinson spray painted it gold and added a gold chiffon bow! The children love it and work so hard to earn it for the day.
At Forest School this week Nursery and Reception made bird feeders/seed balls using bird seed, lard, and oats. Charlotte: "The birds can't get the worms because the ground is too hard." We have hung the bird feeders all around the outside classroom and Forest School area to help keep our local birds fed this winter.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who is a fantastic team player” |
Luke (Shakespeare class) Theo (Morpurgo class) Nina (Rowling class) Anabella (Milligan class) Rikie (Jeffers class) Ava (Kipling class) | Tanzeel (Shakespeare class) Alex (Morpurgo class) Stanley (Morpurgo class) Evie (Rowling class) Max (Milligan class) Rosie (Jeffers class) Leah (Kipling class) | Mikey (Shakespeare class) Lucy (Shakespeare class) Jessica G (Morpurgo class) Amber (Rowling class) Darcy (Milligan class) Ruby (Jeffers class) Harvey (Kipling class) |
Parents and carers are invited to a 'Meet and greet' coffee morning at 9am on Thurs 3rd and Fri 11th February in the school Hall. I would like to meet you and get the opportunity to discuss what's great about Shenley Primary School and how we can unsure that the school goes from strength to strength.
Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you next week.
Mrs Amos' Blog
January 21st 2022
What a great week we have had this week! Here is a sample of the work which EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 did about "Coming to England" watch this space for the KS2 work...!
This week in Forest school:
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Y2
Jeffers Class took a trip to Australia as part of our Geography topic comparing the UK to Australia! We packed our suitcases for the trip and listened to the National Anthem on arrival.
It was great fun and we can’t wait to learn more!
EYFS
This week we have been learning about Winter. The children have been trying to melt the ice outside, so we decided to find out what would make some ice cubes melt the quickest. We put some ice cubes on the window sill in the sun, we put some ice cubes with water, some ice cubes with salt and some ice cubes we tried to melt in our hands and breathe on. We thought that the ice cubes on the window sill would melt first, but we were excited to find out that the ice cubes that we held in our hands and breathed on melted the quickest The next ice cubes to melt were those in water, then the ones with salt and the ice cubes on the window sill were the last.
Exciting Inclusion news... in Milligan class there is a robot!!
One of our classmates is unwell and is accessing their lessons through a telepresence robot called AV1. AV1 sits in the classroom in place of the child, and the child can then join in lessons by listening, watching the teacher, asking questions, and participating in discussions. The children have found this so exciting!!
Nursery have been learning about 2D shapes.
Can you guess the shape?
Patch has moved!!
Mrs Henman has fish to keep Patch company, he's happy there.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who keeps trying hard at something” |
Maddie (Shakespeare class) Alex (Morpurgo class) Victor (Rowling class) Henry H (Milligan class) Daniel (Jeffers class) Blake (Kipling class) | Chris (Shakespeare class) Dill (Morpurgo class) Henry J (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Myla (Jeffers class) Harper F-J (Kipling class) | Charlie-James (Shakespeare class) Stanley (Morpurgo class) Alfie (Rowling class) Kieran (Milligan class) David (Jeffers class) Hawler (Jeffers class) Jody (Kipling class) |
The children will now receive a certificate if they receive a Marvellous Me in the Friday celebration assembly, well done!
Have a lovely weekend, looking forward to seeing you next week.
Mrs Amos' Blog
January 14th 2022
Y3 have been dramatic this week, look at the energy in their movements. They have been using manipulatives to demonstrate division in maths. Well done Milligan class!
EYFS have been sampling tropical food from Trinidad that was mentioned in "Coming to England" mango, pineapple, jack fruit and sweet potato - they were delicious!!
EYFS got messy doing their finger printing like the artist Alma Thomas!!
Y5 are reading Firebird in Guided Reading which is really exciting, they have started a new Geography focus on rivers and created some art work.
Forest school
Christmas tree disposal took some energy!!
The YR 2 children worked hard, moving the Christmas trees to the woodland area. We collected these from residents to use for den building, shelters, whittling.
Yr6 filling the bird feeders for our Bird Cafe area.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who has been motivated” |
Ela (Shakespeare class) Rhyen (Morpurgo class) Ruby (Morpurgo class) Daisy M (Rowling class) Archie (Milligan class) Jasper (Jeffers class) Teddy W (Kipling class) | Mia (Shakespeare class) Ewan (Shakespeare class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) Maisie (Rowling class) Dexter (Milligan class) Ashleigh (Jeffers class) Jessica (Jeffers class) Juniper, Harper F-J, Teddy W, Isla, Daria (Kipling class) | Danny (Shakespeare class) Scarlett (Morpurgo class) Agnes (Rowling class) Jack (Milligan class) Donart (Milligan class) Tommy-Lee (Jeffers class) All of Kipling class |
Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you next week.
Mrs Amos' Blog
Friday 7th January 2022
Welcome back from the Christmas break and I would like to wish all the staff, children, and parents a Happy New Year. I am really looking forward to working with you and I am excited about joining Shenley Primary School! We have been happy to welcome Mr Donnellan as the new Milligan class teacher.
We have had a busy three days; we have been reading the Floella Benjamin book “Coming to England.” Cooke class have read the book and loved the beautiful pictures of Trinidad.
Ahlberg class showed me their fantastic writing and what they had chosen to pack in their suitcases for the two extremes of weather in either Trinidad or icy England. Some children made a boat to carry them from Trinidad to England.
Well done to Kipling class who have been exploring the emotions of Floella. How would you feel if you moved to another country? Would those feelings change over time?
They have looked at the artist Diane Ewen.
What beautiful work, well done!
We are very proud of the posters in Jeffers class, they are preparing to write a letter using expanded noun phrases. They have enjoyed the artwork of Sir Frank Bowling who experiments with different textures using glitter.
Milligan class have written a story map for “Coming to England” and they have learned the story with fun actions.
They are studying the black artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who uses graffiti and a hip-hop style.
Rowling class have looked at the work of a black female artist, Claudette Johnson who paints with umber –
mud, mud, glorious mud!
They have also considered Malorie Blackman, a black author. They have compared the difference between a biography and an autobiography.
Morpurgo class have been making predictions and taking careful notes about Floella Benjamin.
They have also studied the techniques of Chris Olifi who is a black British artist.
Shakespeare class have been looking the artist Kara Walker, their stunning silhouettes will be the background for their final piece of work.
We look forward to finding out how the children develop their ideas about “Coming to England” next week. Watch this space…
Rachel Amos
Headteacher
Mrs Grant's Blog
Friday 17th December 2021
We made it to the Christmas break and what a half term it has been! Firstly, I would like to say a huge well done and thank you to all of our Shenley pupils who make us all so proud!
We have had a very busy half term, with a slightly earlier end but with many learning achievements and memories. This week has been no different with four wonderful Christmas performances that took place for our Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. We had “We Are Going On a Baby Hunt” and “Lights, Camel, Action”. Thank you parents and carers for coming and following COVID and school guidelines to help the children share their wonderful acting, singing and dancing!
Tree planting
This week, Milligan and Morpurgo class have also been down to the local allotments to plant more trees as part of the Queen’s Jubilee. They had so much fun! Well done for being so sensible on your walk. We look forward to watching the trees grow! Thank you to Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Irvin for making it happen. We also want to thank all our parent volunteers who supported us!
Christmas Lunch
Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day went swimmingly on Wednesday. We must firstly say thank the PTA for the crackers that they provided. The children came in different sittings, enjoyed a hall full of Christmas songs and lots of fun while they ate.
We must of course say a huge thank you to Ange, Melanie and Kelly who provided a scrumptious Christmas lunch for all our children and staff! We are very grateful.
Year 6
We are very proud of Shakespeare class this week. The children went down to to Wilton House with Miss Suckling and Mrs Dales to give the residents some calendars
that they had made for them. They also stood outside and sung some carols for them. How lovely!
Before we see you off into the New Year, I would like to say a hige thank you to Miss Cornwell. As you know Miss Cornwell is leaving us and moving on to new adventures. We have been so lucky to have her teach so many of our children, I know she has meant so much to them. 'Good Luck' Miss Cornwell.
2022 welcomes Mr Donnellan our new Milligan class teacher. We also welcome Mrs Amos, our new Headteacher. Both are very much looking forward to seeing you all in the New Year.
On behalf of the staff and I, we would like to wish you a very happy and safe Christmas. We look forward to seeing you all back on the 5th of January.
Stay safe,
Lora Grant
Acting Headteacher
Mrs Grant's Blog
Friday 10th December 2021
We have had a lovely week this week. We are getting very excited about Christmas and have been busy rehearsing for our productions/carol concerts that are coming up soon!
The PTA are busy planning ideas for our 'Frost Fair' that we are combining with our Carol Concert for Year 3,4,5 and 6 children on Monday 20th December. This is open for everyone to attend (on the front playground); we are very much looking forward to hearing the songs and readings from our Key Stage Two children!
Jeffers Class
In Year 2 this week, the children have been looking at poetry. The video below shows the class performing “At the Zoo” by William Makepeace Thackeray. They created the actions themselves. After this performance, the children worked with their partners to write their own versions.
Poem
Year 6 'Bake Off'
Year 6 do love a Bake Off! Today was a lovely treat for us all with Year 6 bringing in their fantastic bakes! Have a look at what came in this week:
Letters to Santa!
Our Nursery class have really enjoyed writing letters to Santa this week. They have been showing their amazing skills with their letter formation! We are very proud of you Cooke class!
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Forest School
Ahlberg, Cooke and Morpurgo have been busy creating bird feeders and 'Mexican lanterns' during their Forest School learning.
Music Curriculum
It's not just the children that learn new things! With our new Charanga Music curriculum, we have been learning a fun and new way to teach compositon and rhythm to our children. Mrs Scanzi and Miss Cornwell loved having a practice this week!
Our Celebrations
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who has used kind words this week” |
Rocco (Shakespeare class) Theo (Morpurgo class) Agnes (Rowling class) Steven (Milligan class) Jack (Jeffers class) Bertie (Kipling class) Elsie (Kipling class) | Lola (Shakespeare class) Amelia (Morpurgo class) Nina (Rowling class) Sienna (Milligan class) Tommy-Lee (Jeffers class) Max (Kipling class) | Isobel (Shakespeare class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) Scarlett (Morpurgo class) Elliot (Morpurgo class) All of Year 4 (Rowling class) Bailey (Milligan class) Jessica (Jeffers class) Harry (Jeffers class) Isla (Kipling class) |
We hope you have had a lovely week and enjoy the weekend. We are very much looking forward to sharing the KS1 and Nursery/Reception Christmas shows with you next week.
Happy Birthday Miss Cornwell!
Thank you all for your conitnued support,
Lora Grant
Acting Headteacher
Mrs Grant's Blog
Friday 3rd December 2021
We have made it to December! What a lovely feel there is in the school with our Christmas tree and Christmas decorations making a wonderful appearance. This year, as well as some twinkling Christmas trees scattered with baubles, each class were responsible for decorating a hoop, which has been hung in our shared area. Check out the video below:
Christmas hoops
The office staff were thrilled to make one too! Can you spot the Christmas hats on the school stationery?
Ahlberg class
Ahlberg class have been busy exploring ice and doing lots of art and junk modelling this week:
Rowling class
This week, Year 4 were making the structures of their light box in DT. They will be wiring and adding LED's next week. Look out for more photos to see the final product!
Shakespeare class
Some great cross curricular links between Design & Technology and Coding in Year 6 this week as they learnt to write algorithms for a smart system within the smart rooms they have created.
Lucky Patch
Patch has been very lucky this week. Friday is always a fun day for Patch when the Year 6 children come and clean him out and look after him, but this week, On Thursday, one of our Year 5 pupils, Riley, made patch a yummy salad! He does love kale, carrots and apples!
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “” |
Clark (Shakespeare class) Emma (Morpurgo class) Stanley (Morpurgo class) Agnes (Rowling class) Sienna (Milligan class) Archie (Jeffers class) Vincent (Jeffers class) Zayden (Kipling class) Ava (Kipling class) | Jake (Shakespeare class) Rhyen (Morpurgo class) Alisha (Morpurgo class) Amber (Rowling class) Rosie (Milligan class) Ruby (Jeffers class) Harper M (Kipling class) | Chris (Shakespeare class) Alex (Morpurgo class) Melina (Rowling class) Luna (Milligan class) Lewis (Milligan class) Ava (Jeffers class) Blake (Kipling class) |
Thank you all for your continued support for the staff, school and community. We are so proud of our pupils.
Have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
Lora Grant
Acting Headteacher
Mrs Grant's Blog
Friday 26th November 2021
This week, although a shorter one than normal, has been jam-packed with exciting learning opportunities for our children. On Wednesday, we had ‘No Pens Day Wednesday’ which meant classes were given different opportunities to learn – with no pens! This placed a huge emphasis on 'speaking and listening' skills in a more explicit way and enabled our children to record there learning differently.
Bulb planting
On Wednesday, Mrs Irvin and Miss Atkinson took Year 4 down to the Spinney to plant some bulbs that were donated to us. They had a wonderful time enjoying the outdoors and developing their planting skills. Over the coming weeks, more of our classes, including our eco-warriors, are going to be planting trees and bulbs around Shenley!
Well done Jess!
We are so proud of Jessica in Morpurgo class who has completed a sponsored walk of 22km/13.7miles in 6 hours! She has done so well and has raised over £1700 so far for a charity, who not only supported her Grandma, but also supports young people with dementia. The charity itself are very grateful and proud of her achievement as her sponsorship will provide them with a lot of support.
Well done Jess - you are an inspiration!
Donation
We are extremely thankful to one of our parents and the company they work for, St. James’s Place, who donated £300 to the school. We used this money to enhance our music curriculum and have purchased some glockenspiels. Year 6 were the first to have a go and have enjoyed their music lessons this week. Thank you St James’s Place!
Forest School
We always love sharing our Forest School learning opportunities with you. This week, Nursery and Reception have thoroughly enjoyed their time outside.
Triangle of Reflection
We have been supporting our children to assess their learning each lesson. You might have heard them talking about the ‘Triangle of Reflection'. Each lesson we support our children to articulate how they have met the skills of the lesson and use a triangle to represent this! Please talk to your children at home - we want you to hear all about the 'Triangle of Reflection'.
I would like to say how proud I am of all the children at Shenley. Not just this week, but each week it is a pleasure being able to reflect on such wonderful learning.
I hope you have a lovely long weekend,
Lora Grant
Mrs Grant's Blog
Friday 19th November 2021
It has been a busy week at Shenley this week! It has been lovely to see you all enjoying the Book Fair, and even better finishing off the week with our Children in Need celebrations. We were so impressed with all the spots around school today! Thank you for all your donations - remember you can still donate on the School Gateway app if you have not done so already.
We have thoroughly enjoyed the cleverly decorated biscuits that flew through the classroom doors this morning. Check out some of the great designs!
NSPCC Art competition
We would like to say HUGE congratulations to two of our pupils in Morpurgo class who entered the NSPCC art competition for local schools and won. This had a ‘Save the Planet’ theme and both Amelia and Stanley received a WH Smith voucher for their efforts. Well done – some amazing art. Through efforts of all the schools, £2800 was raised for the NSPCC.
Art and DT studio
We are very excited to announce that we are turning one of our spare classrooms into an ‘Art and DT’ studio. With having the extra space, our aim has always been to utilise this and make sure we have the best provision for our children. The aim is have a classroom that teachers can go to teach Art or DT lessons, this will be a fully stocked ‘studio’ style space.
In revamping our classroom space, we also need your help! If you have anything, you feel you could donate, or know anyone that has any Art/DT materials, please do get in touch! We are also looking for a DT workbench. One of the things that I have been keen to do is open the school and invite parents in to paint! Please do contact me, or find me on the gate if this is something you would be interested in doing to support us.
Sports blog
We are so proud of the PE provision at Shenley and want to share this with your more! We have set up a Sports blog under the ‘learning tab’, please check this out, as Mrs Dales, our sports lead, will update it regularly.
Our celebrations!
We are proud of you all, but extra proud of the following children this week:
Writer of the Week | Mathematician of the Week | Child of the Week “for someone who has been resilient this week” |
Harper (Shakespeare class) Isobel (Morpurgo class) Freya (Rowling class) Chloe (Milligan class) Harry (Jeffers class) Leah (Kipling class) | Oscar (Shakespeare class) Dill and Lily (Morpurgo class) Melina (Rowling class) Darcy (Milligan class) Olivia-Mae (Jeffers class) Juniper (Kipling class) | Isabel (Shakespeare class) Rebecca (Morpurgo class) Sofia- Grace (Rowling class) Mia (Milligan class) Skyla (Jeffers class) Teddy T (Kipling class) |
Crochet and Knitting club!
Are you interested in crochet or knitting? Do you want to learn, or have some time to crochet and knit yourself?
On a Monday lunchtime, Mrs Scanzi and Miss Gallagher are running a club for our children. They are going to start with our Year 6 as a trial run. If you have a crochet hook/knitting needles and some wool, bring them along on Monday! Don't worry we have lots of spares too.
Thank you and have a lovely weekend!
Lora Grant