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13/11/24

Thanks to for their support on our most recent project. has recently brightened its premises with an innovative addition: new window wraps aimed at enhancing the school's aesthetic while fostering a creative and welcoming environment. pic.twitter.com/KwCFeDuWJ2

12/11/24

Year 2 have been using counters and tens frames to ‘add by making 10’. Using concrete resources really helped the children to understand the strategy. pic.twitter.com/HbfHS88DIY

12/11/24

Year 4 investigating how long it takes to turn a liquid into a solid. pic.twitter.com/vhtDVZcK0x

12/11/24

Year 3 exploring key texts in our new fable unit. We brought in some of our reading skills and performance read extracts. pic.twitter.com/V2mCJZO7XL

12/11/24

**Reception Parent Tours - book yours now and join us in September 2025** pic.twitter.com/0LQYhYK5yL

11/11/24

Team Dahl really outdid themselves at our Harpenden Academy Remembrance Day assembly with their gorgeous performance of ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon.#Oracy pic.twitter.com/bhtqzSLQzq

25/10/24

The eco council have been working hard to create an eco- code for our school to follow. pic.twitter.com/ekjangqzZN

22/10/24

So proud of our Y5&6 girls who took part in the ‘Saracen’s Foundation Tag Rugby Festival’ today. They all worked hard as a team on communication, finding the pass and developing resilience! As a result, the girls smiled their way through the afternoon, picking up tags and tries. pic.twitter.com/LC9NYIBm9z

22/10/24

A really productive science lesson today as the children investigated whether mixing can be a reversible change! pic.twitter.com/EuABEO1fjg

18/10/24

Our Ladybirds have fully embraced our school values and remembered to show kindness to each other when getting stuck in the mud pic.twitter.com/J9gPiz9Jog

18/10/24

Year 3 using co-operation and team work to create carrot cars, pic.twitter.com/3OaEDPqd4w

18/10/24

Such a brilliant English lesson in Team Dahl today - we made a conscience alley to debate between two positions using subordinating clauses! pic.twitter.com/HCWZVi24Qg

18/10/24

Team Dahl was lucky enough to be visited by a Sicilian parent to teach us about Italian - our language of the month! pic.twitter.com/QXnn5joTk4

18/10/24

Ladybirds are exploring the pumpkin farm this morning, picking pumpkins, hunting for worms and squelching in mud on our very first school trip. pic.twitter.com/bQhjm15jBb

16/10/24

Year six athletes enjoying their gym session with Fitkidz. pic.twitter.com/a2TyFWnQpY

16/10/24

Year six athletes enjoying their gym session with Fitkidz. pic.twitter.com/EFSsBp7mGy

16/10/24

Moomin class had some great discussions today about how our actions can affect others pic.twitter.com/2TALG0Sfr1

16/10/24

This morning, Year 3 have enjoyed their ‘fit kidz’ PE session. pic.twitter.com/zuAdqrEKND

08/10/24

Year six enjoying a visit from a local Diversity group which focused on prejudice and unkind and unfair behaviour towards vulnerable groups. The talk focused on the importance of being an upstander when witnessing prejudice or bullying. pic.twitter.com/KUM0azoLvn

08/10/24

Today Ladybirds have been exploring the different spatial patterns to represent the number 3. We enjoyed describing them in our carpet session then recreated our own using stickers during our child-initiated learning. 🐞 pic.twitter.com/MKPLyPdsE5

07/10/24

Our lovely parent visitor sharing how she celebrates Diwali with her family. pic.twitter.com/2fD9qMeO7i

07/10/24

Team Dahl partaking in a brilliant diversity workshop! pic.twitter.com/u3BxsrLBtI

07/10/24

Moomin class have enjoyed their ‘Diversity Role Models’ workshop this morning ! pic.twitter.com/ou356DwkzE

04/10/24

TeamDahl were so lucky today to come into contact with real-life Hindu artefacts from their homes of two of our students! pic.twitter.com/52YFgp4pnW

04/10/24

Happy World Smile Day from Team Dahl! pic.twitter.com/SiVtxg7BgJ

21st June 2024

Dear Parents

This week's highlight was without doubt Sports Day at SJL. The children this week have been doing a variety of sporting activities. On Tuesday we hosted an inclusive Sports Day, inspired by the upcoming Paralympics in Paris this summer. It was a wonderful celebration of diversity and athleticism! On Thursday the excitement continued with our Tiger Cheer workshops, bringing energy and school spirit. On Friday we had had a special assembly with world-record holder Freestyle Footballer, Ash Randall. he showed us his incredible freestyle football tricks. He challenged some children to perform some of his tricks and then he set Mr Leung and Mr Gandhi to a head-to-head competition!  The children all had the opportunity to attend a football freestyle workshop. 

The highlight for many of us was Sports Day on Wednesday. Many thanks to parents who came along to cheer along their children and FoHA for providing the drinks and biscuits during the event. They also organised the ice-cream van which was very popular!  It was terrific to have a new sports day winner in the Amber family group.  I love the tradition of having the oldest and youngest member of the group to collect the cup.  We have never had 2 children share the same birthday before so it was nice to have two Year 6 children share the glory!

Below are a selection of photos from the day.  Many thanks to my staff who adjusted their working weeks to be with us during the event, and especially Miss Harvey who took on the lion's share of organisation.

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3rd Diamond 858
4th Emerald 789
5th Sapphire 744

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Our Children Shine at the World Games Event!

We are thrilled to share that four of our children represented Jamaica at the prestigious World Games event, held at Oakland's College and hosted by the School Games partnership. Under the guidance of Mrs. Davies, our children had an incredible experience, especially in karate where they had the unique opportunity to train with Jordan Thomas, an ex-world champion in karate. Our children learnt invaluable techniques and even got to test their skills against the world champion himself, aiming to tag him with his lightning-fast legs!

This event was not just about sports, but also about embodying the core values of determination, resilience, courage, and belief. 

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St Albans District Primary Schools Swimming Championships

Following on from competing at the St Albans District Primary Schools Swimming Championships Mylo and Clark will be competing at tonight's Hertfordshire Inter-District Primary Schools Swimming Championships. We wish you both the very best of luck!

Year 6 Online Safety Talk with our Police Community Support Officers

Today the local police visited Year 6 to talk about online safety and how to keep us safe online. They talked about issues like cyber-bullying, hidden identify, inappropriate images and online privacy. The police officers shared examples of how people in our community have been badly impacted by cyber issues. 

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River Lea, Year 4

Year 4 had an exciting and educational trip to the River Lea, where they explored the local ecosystem and learnt about the importance of rivers in our environment. The children enjoyed a guided walk along the riverbank, observing various plants and animals that call the River Lea their home. They participated in fun, hands-on activities such as water testing and bug hunting, which helped them understand the role of clean water in supporting wildlife. The trip not only enhanced their knowledge of natural science but also fostered a greater appreciation for nature and the need to protect our waterways.

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Reminder

There is no school on Monday 24th June and Tuesday 25th June due to our final INSET day and a Trust Conference day.  I do hope you manage to take advantage of this time away and if anyone has taken advantage of the discount organised by FoHA to Legoland, that you have a lovely time. 

SEND

I wrote a few weeks ago to parents offering a meeting with our Director of SEND and Safeguarding for any parents of SEND children or those interested in hearing the SEND developments from HCC a year after the SEND Ofsted.  Ms Laden Shirazi will be in school on Monday 1st July at 9.00am to meet to discuss SEND provision available in the Trust, and the developments over the past year.

Eco-Club news

A reminder that on Friday 28th June the Eco Club would like all children to come to school dressed as an animal,  plus a donation on Parentpay to raise funds for the chosen charity of W.W.F.

Parent Pay is now set up to receive donations as we are a cashless school.

New Reception Parents' Meeting

On Thursday evening we welcomed new parents into school for our Reception 2024 class.  It was lovely to meet them and tell them all about our school.  Beat School Uniform, our new uniform supplier, set up a display of our uniform.

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Happy Birthday this week to: Keanu A (R), Grace G (Yr 2), Joshua R (Yr 2), Nicolas (Yr 5)

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