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22/01/21

Kerr class putting their final touches to their tribal/war dances. Excellent teamwork https://t.co/TKCJnPGkzV

21/01/21

Team Shakespeare have been extremely active, as part of our ‘Be Active’ challenge, to support not only our physical health but our mental health. We have been focussing on tactical fitness today in particular - high impact exercise, designed to get our whole body working. https://t.co/R57JbHHouu

21/01/21

Year six DT project - paper plate dream catchers linked to our North America geography topic. Lovely to see the children at home’s wonderful creations too. https://t.co/uhZ7lRskDY

19/01/21

More matching moves! https://t.co/YdThioHrMg

19/01/21

Year six scientists making their own instruments to explore how sound is made. Some excellent definitions using scientific vocabulary such as energy, particles and vibrations. https://t.co/FfPQDCj5sk

19/01/21

Year six gymnasts exploring different ways to match their partner - using different heights and directions. https://t.co/Z0zDN2o0dY

19/01/21

Year six gymnasts experimenting with matching and mirroring balances and movements using the equipment. https://t.co/JAELi2kE1J

17/12/20

Christmas Lunch in school yesterday! https://t.co/Lvn50LJSRT

17/12/20

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17/12/20

It’s been a tricky challenge but Dr Seuss class are nearly there with their cushion-making DT project! https://t.co/pgkFXTHwsJ

16/12/20

As awesome artists, year 6 have had lots of festive fun creating Christmas cards in the style of Pop Art. https://t.co/qHrCztJyPi

16/12/20

Thank you lovely Mrs Davies for serving our delicious Christmas lunch and to the kitchen team for an amazing meal! https://t.co/Z9GYoEsRn2

16/12/20

Team Shakespeare Christmas lunch https://t.co/38wXvpzMO8

16/12/20

Christmas lunch! https://t.co/4u84oCS6Ix

16/12/20

A Santa sack load of Christmas cheer and laughter as LKS2 enjoyed their delicious dinner today - it really was joyous to eat together as a bubble! https://t.co/j6MOrYrgqT

16/12/20

Yummy, yummy! Thank you Joanna for ensuring our festivities could continue this year. "This is the best Christmas lunch EVER!" https://t.co/2qZwOhiSOI

16/12/20

Merry Christmas! We are ready for our annual Christmas lunch (in our bubbles of course!) https://t.co/z4M0nyNCxg

14/12/20

Kerr class completing a random of kindness by make ginger bread biscuits for Christmas https://t.co/0oiDi0Dvgy

14/12/20

Half our Dr Seuss enjoyed a wonderful visit to the River Lea this afternoon where they furthered their knowledge about the local area and river features. The rest of the class are looking forward to tomorrow’s visit. https://t.co/8CuakegGt5

11/12/20

Year six Santa Dash fun! https://t.co/A8Mlo5Za7I

11/12/20

Magical marble runs being made in Potter class today as part of our Christmas activity day! Children have used their DT skills to work together to create a Christmas maze. Lots of fun! https://t.co/LoL1TtoFun

11/12/20

Dahl class enjoying our Santa dash this afternoon! https://t.co/l6W8zjzipW

11/12/20

Shame the weather was too bad to go outside but we still enjoyed our Santa Dash today in Dr Seuss! https://t.co/HuiZuL5QPr

11/12/20

More fun making peppermint creams in Year 1! https://t.co/ccfl6eW5pj

11/12/20

Year 1 have been very creative with paper plates today. We created snowmen, reindeers and even a Father Christmas! Who knew a paper plate could make so many things? https://t.co/pHGJOhfeTY

11/12/20

Potter class have had an exciting video call this afternoon learning about being safe when crossing the road and safer places to cross. Remember...Stop, Look, Listen and Think... before you cross the road! https://t.co/HwJy8BPGGd

11/12/20

Kerr class Santa dash. https://t.co/MZKvt0pIvD

11/12/20

Kerr class creating symmetrical snow flakes. https://t.co/iM3qnaBQZi

11/12/20

Beautiful felt flowers made by Year Six which will be included in a Garland along with flowers made by our fare home buddies (small acts of kindness project). The dye was made from flowers grown at the Oval which links to out Heritage history project. https://t.co/miV48IYZlX

11/12/20

Year six scientists labelling and explaining the parts of a flower this week. https://t.co/MIhoksptRf

11/12/20

In Dahl class we have presented our own improvements for Harpenden, we have worked really hard! Our class voted and the winning improvements were for a splash park in Rothamstead and a nature reserve with bird hides on the common. https://t.co/5GBElyTyFK

11/12/20

Dahl class have helped Santa this morning by making Christmas trees using newspaper and baubles! They had to stand freely and hold the baubles! Well done Dahl class! https://t.co/DHcj7KQJor

11/12/20

Elmer woke up this morning with a Santa Dash run! A lovely festive start to the day. https://t.co/yUXqyn2hXY

11/12/20

Elmer's act of kindness today is a rather fun one to make! We have enjoyed making peppermint creams to give to members of our family to thank them for everything they do for us...there may be one or two coming your way! https://t.co/vaNsP072R3

11/12/20

It’s Christmas Activity Day at HA and Dr Seuss class are already stuck into making rafts to help Santa cross the river! Great team work and lots of fun! https://t.co/ewk73fj0Va

10/12/20

Using athleticism, year 6 had lots of festive fun during PE today. Highlights included: pass the parcel - using hands, elbows and foot control, in addition to Santa versus the Grinch! Lots of great pair and teamwork, with smiles all round. https://t.co/cs9YFZ0OvZ

10/12/20

Dahl class have had a great afternoon making christingles in our RE lesson! https://t.co/3HVytriZFP

10/12/20

Thank you to Jump! for organising a Christingle-making workshop for us this afternoon. We had a lot of fun in Dr Seuss class! https://t.co/4UgdV4QtyN

10/12/20

Year six taking part in an online road safety quiz, learning lots of new facts including all the different types of crossing such as pelican, puffin and zebra crossings. https://t.co/yqb7liZPd8

10/12/20

In Dahl class we have had a road safety workshop and we have created posters advising children not to be distracted by our phones, headphones or each other! Thank you https://t.co/RWiI1Nwdf9

Reception Admissions 2021

Due to the recent Government announcement regarding the Lockdown it is with reluctance and regret that we have made the decision to cancel the Reception live tours until 2nd December. 

In an ideal world we would have liked to welcome you into school so that you had the opportunity to meet our wonderful staff and children face to face, to see the amazing quality of work and the enthusiasm and creative learning that is taking place. 

Unfortunately we have been advised that we are unable to invite new visitors into school during this Lockdown period however we have produced a virtual tour that we hope delivers an informative view of our school. The virtual tour is presented by our Headteacher, Mrs Davies, who guides you around our school. You will visit our EYFS teaching team and our current Reception class, you will be introduced to key members of staff, see some of our children at work and play as well as get a good oversight of our school building both internally and externally. You will even meet our school dog, Rosie Red!

Updated: 15/11/2020

We have added ADDITIONAL live Reception dates to accommodate the November dates we had to cancel. Please do go ahead and book on the sessions. We will await further updates from the Government and if necessary we will notify parents if we have to cancel these tours. 

If you have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact our office team by email on office@harpendenacademy.co.uk or by phone on 01582 716910.

Applications for Reception places September 2021 should be done online.  Go to www.hertsdirect.org/admissions for further information on how to do this.  You can change your application at any time up to the closing date.  You will be prompted to complete a supplementary information form (SIF).  You only need to complete this if you wish to be considered under the pupil premium criteria.  If this is the case please complete the SIF and return to office@harpendenacademy.co.uk

Tour dates: . 

Each tour will take an hour and is scheduled from 9.15am-10.15am.

Please click here to register online for one of our school tours

Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 Friday, 4th December 2020
Monday, 7th December 2020 Tuesday, 8th December 2020
Wednesday, 9th December 2020 Thursday, 10th December 2020
Monday, 14th December 2020 Tuesday, 15th December 2020
Wednesday, 16th December 2020 Thursday, 17th December 2020
Wednesday, 6th January 2021 Thursday, 7th January 2021
Monday, 11th January 2021  

 

From September 2011 all primary schools must offer children a full-time place at the start of the September term. However, legally children do not have to be in full-time education until the term after their 5th birthday.  Delaying your child’s entry into school is called ‘deferred entry’. You can request this, but your child must start before the end of the school year during which they turn 5.  The expectation is all those starting in September will attend full days but if you are a parent of a summer born child and have concerns over full school days please talk to us.

Virtual Tour

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School Tour Reception Prospective Parents September PPT 2021 

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