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04/03/21

Whipping It Up with Mrs Ross! Check out our new page on our website. Cook along with Mrs Ross and send us photos of your tasty treats! https://t.co/XB3oZukAHM https://t.co/PoARVm5Tzu

04/03/21

We are overwhelmed by the entries for our Lockdown photography competition! Deadline for submission is 8th March at 7pm. Check out the entries on our website https://t.co/kSTWob0Lp6

04/03/21

more World Book Day fun! https://t.co/QfzkBzXnDk

04/03/21

World Book Day fun today at Harpenden Academy! https://t.co/dlFzAheRRM

04/03/21

World Book Day at Harpenden Academy today! At school and at home https://t.co/aKm4LNvrfR

04/03/21

Team Shakespeare World Book Day at home - amazing dress up, reading outdoors and comic strips. https://t.co/S5QulaHq1C

04/03/21

Year six - book charades, live workshops and creating stories in a jar https://t.co/BGANVM3dAV

04/03/21

Year six - Can you guess the book character? https://t.co/BWMSaBhSfR

04/03/21

Year six - Can you guess the book character? https://t.co/jaKc3xNJcG

04/03/21

Team Shakespeare World Book Day at home: dress your head, build a story den and feedback! https://t.co/7aG57VVncM

04/03/21

Elmer class are really enjoying World Book Day. https://t.co/EPolQElhE0

04/03/21

More World Book day fun from Elmer at home. Reading in unusual place, creating books and 'Draw with Rob' becoming an illustrator. https://t.co/wOALo6jHTY

04/03/21

World Book Day costumes in Year 1 https://t.co/PK0mMkwcBO

03/03/21

Year six investigating the relationship between height and volume as well as type of material of the floor and volume using sound meters https://t.co/zGJrpC3ByS

03/03/21

Team Shakespeare celebrating Food Waste Awareness Week with persuasive letters home to parents asking for changes to be made! https://t.co/YCNMD6jTJm

26/02/21

Kerr Class taking part in Captain Tom Moore challenge https://t.co/CoEqcA6eOq

26/02/21

Year 3 have been taking part in in memory of Sir Captain Tom Moore. We did 100 repetitions of an exercise, starting with 10 laps of the hall each! It was certainly a challenge! https://t.co/uk8n5Wdayb

26/02/21

Year 1 looked closely at feathers this afternoon. We discussed layering two different types of media. We chose from charcoal, pencil, oil pastels or water colours. Very impressive results Elmer class! https://t.co/92Va8w5qBr

26/02/21

In Year 1 we are developing our observational skills in Art. We started with a warm up game called 'Blind Drawing'. The children had to have a piece of card over their pencil so they couldn't see what they were drawing. We realised quickly that this made it so much harder! https://t.co/zaz3xqQszz

25/02/21

Year 1 have been enjoying their first session on how to conduct online safe searches. The children used safe search engines to find images of animals. They then used their copying and pasting skills to put them into another document. https://t.co/4L4y4sV7Nj

23/02/21

Team Shakespeare mixing science and music. Having investigated how different instruments create different pitch sounds, the children made panpipes! https://t.co/8NtKfGbWia

22/02/21

Year six Art therapy session to express out emotions - symbols of happiness https://t.co/FZpk9tQd5M

22/02/21

Team Shakespeare performing poetry from the beautiful Lost Words poetry book using excellent expression, emphasis and evocative tones of voice! https://t.co/M1K0Cg97Ri

12/02/21

Linked to tactical fitness, year 6 delivered a high impact workout designed to work the whole body. Impressively, the children all came up with a broad range of exercises to target different parts of physical fitness. https://t.co/vVcwT7zqmU

09/02/21

Year 3 have been making colourful cupcakes linked to our self-esteem story “Gilly the Giraffe”. We practised our icing skills and decorated using sparkly sprinkles! https://t.co/GQR9kjwsmP

05/02/21

We are Scientists! Today, in Year 1 we have been learning about things that are alive, were once alive or things that were never alive. As part of this we made our very own fossils! https://t.co/OZ3yPamLVC

04/02/21

Year 1 loved creating story stones and creating imaginative stories from images. Well done everyone! https://t.co/gCYADl7NWl

04/02/21

More of Elmer enjoying their 'Power Snuggle' time. https://t.co/xQxfucTqcZ

04/02/21

Year 1 have loved our special Story Telling day. It has been a day where the children at home, and at school have shown their true creativity and imagination. https://t.co/jGg28xO9QE

04/02/21

Year 6 have had a phenomenal morning, releasing their imaginations and sense of escapism, during Harpenden Academy’s story-telling day: exploring language to create team stories; improvisation, performance and animation through drama; and a high energy fairytale PE lesson! https://t.co/uP5yLw1en0

29/01/21

Year six scientists exploring how sound travels through different states of matter. Great experiments by our scientists at home too! https://t.co/fzG2VZBAht

29/01/21

Year six Hopes and Dreams PSHE lesson inspired by Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem: The Hill We Climb https://t.co/nQgJPCvtMk

28/01/21

Using Willow, Year 6 design technologists, produced beautiful spiders webs - by using their weaving and creative skills, to produce: a striking, unique and colourful Dreamcatcher. https://t.co/0UdM7IQKN6

28/01/21

In Year six we created an outdoor library for our English lesson today - exploring the key features of non chronological reports and their effect on the reader. All feeling grateful for the sunshine! https://t.co/xOjDuirOBC

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

Staff

"The quality of teaching is now consistently good and that is continuing to improve."

School Ofsted Report, June 2019

Senior Leadership Team
Name Role
Mrs Lisa Davies Headteacher
Mrs Vikki Johnston Vice Principal

Senior Management Team
Name Role
Mrs Kate Watson KS2 Coordinator
Mrs Michelle Aylott EYFS Coordinator
Mrs Rochelle Cherry Inclusion Lead (SENCo)

Teaching Staff
Name Role
Mrs Michelle Aylott (Mon-Thur) Reception Ladybird Class
Mrs Katharine Haines (Fri) Reception Ladybird Class
Mrs Vikki Johnston Year 1 Elmer Class
Mrs Gemma Moss Year 2 Moomin Class
Mrs Ceiri Withers Year 3 Potter Class
Miss Emma Harvey Year 3/4 Kerrr Class
Mrs Elise Stanger Year 4/5 Dr Seuss Class
Mrs Billie Foster/Mrs Laura Gilham Year 5 Dahl Class
Mrs Kate Watson (Mon-Thur) Year 6 Shakespeare Class
Mrs Billie Foster (Fri) Year 6 Shakespeare Class

Additional Teaching Staff
Name Role
Miss Caroline Harrigan PPA Cover
Mrs Katharine Haines PPA Cover

Office Staff
Name Role
Mrs Kathryn Jackson PA to SLT
Mrs Nicola McGeown Administrative Assistant
Mrs Sarah Lawrence Administrative Assistant 

 

 

 
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