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15/02/25

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13/02/25

Successful end of term art project for year six: children planned, designed and built these amazing Memories Boxes linked to our Oval history topic and our belonging driver. pic.twitter.com/n9kmoqMctV

12/02/25

Year six loved their visit from Steel today and asked some brilliant questions!#pshe pic.twitter.com/SVSTN0xR3p

12/02/25

We loved our visit from Steel today, learning all about resilience and the importance of sleep, healthy diet, being active, hydration and showing gratitude (noticing glimmers). Can anyone beat Steel’s record of 757 burpees nonstop in under an hour?#pshe pic.twitter.com/FLHRxZ2Lkq

12/02/25

As part of Safer Internet Day, year 2 explored a variety of dangers online and discussed how to respond to them. They had some excellent ideas and good knowledge of the safety features of various apps. They created posters to teach younger children about what they had learnt. pic.twitter.com/dWyOSidsdH

12/02/25

Amazing messages being given to the children this morning by the amazing gladiator Steel! What a fantastic morning we have ahead pic.twitter.com/Y0WFDxF1nL

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works. pic.twitter.com/ewcfvsfMRX

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works. pic.twitter.com/Dz7qWkgTL8

11/02/25

Year six home learning designing posters for around school about how to keep safe online. pic.twitter.com/eya9mmpF4M

11/02/25

Year six historians exploring the Oval as part of their local history project, with an added extra of a tag rugby PE lesson! pic.twitter.com/iabdKAYvHI

11/02/25

Year six historians exploring the Oval as part of their local history project, with an added extra of a tag rugby PE lesson! pic.twitter.com/gRFv2OAoT6

11/02/25

Team Dahl had a great science lesson on space and the stars with Mark the scientist yesterday (2).#science pic.twitter.com/FrJSAI3V1t

11/02/25

Team Dahl had a great science lesson on space and the stars with Mark the scientist yesterday (1).#science pic.twitter.com/K62hUgwN7y

11/02/25

Marking Safer Internet Day with a visit from the charity Computer Friendly pic.twitter.com/NuuQv4ROU2

10/02/25

Year 3 had a visit from Hands on Science and took part in a workshop on biological diversity. pic.twitter.com/RoqPJoSdUj

07/02/25

This week in assembly we celebrated Martin Luther King day, reading about this inspiring activist who devoted his life to fighting for civil rights. We linked to other activists such as Nelson Mandela, Greta Thunberg, Malala and Rosa Parks; and to our value of respect. pic.twitter.com/TKQlLAdduw

07/02/25

A huge thank you to all the adults who came to visit us today to explain how their job uses maths. pic.twitter.com/nNu8EdPIvU

07/02/25

Ladybirds have had a fantastic ! We have loved hearing about jobs that use numbers and dressing up! We are so inspired. We also made foot rulers to measure things in the classroom. pic.twitter.com/sfwifgPkd4

07/02/25

Our fourth visitor of the day was Tendaii, a train and air engineer. Our Y6’s were fascinated by his models and recognised how scale factors work in producing drafts of projects. pic.twitter.com/QmOElYN5WQ

07/02/25

Our third visitor of the day was Matt who works in the sports field. He explained to our Y6’s how fractions, decimals and percentages play a part in making predictions about different sporting events. pic.twitter.com/Js9gcUBH3m

07/02/25

Our second visitor of the day was Business Analyst Andreii who spoke to our Y6’s about how algebra and coding is used in his IT role. pic.twitter.com/g7qgZWX25k

07/02/25

Our first visitor of the day was Nurse Helen who works at treating cancer patients. Our Y6’s enjoyed learning about why measuring is particularly crucial in this field. pic.twitter.com/IG2nvg7xEC

07/02/25

Happy Number Day from Year 3! pic.twitter.com/bS3fxp7e8P

06/02/25

Aren’t we lucky to have such lovely, kind parents in our Year 1 class? We are so appreciative of these yummy sweet treats! pic.twitter.com/IEp8f6rkyO

04/02/25

Lunar new year celebrations last week pic.twitter.com/GAQmtKUjeU

Parent Coffee Mornings

Coffee morning 1

All parents are welcome to come for a Friday morning coffee. There is always a short presentation (20 minutes). These include ways to really help support your child's learning at school, parenting advice and support and information about a wide range of things from safety to spellings and maths to mindfulness and more!

Friday mornings are always fun and very informal. There is lots of time to ask questions, share experiences and find out what is happening in school.

Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Carers, Aunties, Uncles and friends of the family are ALL welcome

Why come in for a coffee morning?

  • meet other parents
  • chat to your friends
  • celebrate that it is Friday
  • learn something new
  • feel involved in school life and up to date with what's going on
  • have some time just for you and feel great!

Please email the school office if you have a suggestion for future topics.

Date Title of Coffee Morning Powerpoint (click on ppt to download) Parent Suggestions from Session
4th November 2022

A Journey through school at Harpenden Academy

Mrs Davies

 3  
11th November 2022

The link between reading, academic success and wellbeing and how parents can help

Mrs Watson

 1
  • share year group bookmarks (with range of questions with parent volunteer readers.
  • create a book swap station outside school to engage with the parent community (like at the train station).
  •  other ways to support children with swapping books.
  • remind parents that we are a healthy school so rather than bring in birthday treats, please donate a book to your class.
  • next term have a different reading activity to complete each week which is the same across the school eg. reading a picture to give all parents a range of ideas for reading with your child.
18th November 2022

Play & Lunch times

Mrs Marchment & Mrs Ross

 No ppt  
25th November 2022

Cultural Capital and expanding children's horizons

Mrs Withers

 Slide
  • Parents to support with diverse issues in school – Mrs Withers to create Focus Group in New Year
  • Resources and ways to support children in understanding LGBTQ+ issues in a child friendly way
  • Children love the workshops so more of those please 
  • Classical music – seeing orchestra
  • Theatre trips and shows like the Jack and the Beanstalk in Autumn
  • Updating of books to support children’s understanding of diversity
  • Anti-racism Schools Award?
2nd December 2022

Online Safety

Mrs Curnow/Police TBC

    
16th December 2022

Free places to go around London 

Mrs Davies

 LD  
27th January 2023 PE at Harpenden Academy PE
  • Maintain Gold School games mark.
  • PE moderation and professional discussion to aid assessment of pupils
  • Continue and embed use of Concept Descriptors to inform assessment to ensure sustained progress in PE.
  • To use ipads as tool to aid the learning in PE.
  • To ensure we are being more sustainable in PE, we send all sporting communication via Edulink.
  • Support the wellbeing of pupils we are offering a range of opportunities to enjoy physical activity.
3rd February 2023 Travel Plan Travel
  • Spring and Summer, LA run initiatives.
  • Promote the park and stride.
  • Need to see an increase in families using the park and stride to reach silver.
  • Staff and pupil survey.
3rd March 2023 Apps we use in School Eharvey  
19th May 2023 Behaviour Support Procedures

Behaviour coffee morning (002)

Behaviour Support Summary

  
10th November 2023 Online Safety Workshop Online Safety  
17th November 2023 Sustainability Workshop Sustainability  
24th November 2023 Computing and New Technology New Technology  
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