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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

15th November 2024

Dear Parents

Cross Country returned this week and thankfully it wasn’t too muddy this year.  The highlight of the event was Winston coming 16th overall in the Year 5 boys' group with approximately 85 children participating.

All the children had a really good time and tried their hardest with virtually everyone coming in the middle of the pack.

Anti-bullying Conference

Today saw the children from Harpenden Academy join with other children from primary schools in the trust at a ‘Anti-bullying Conference’ held at the Samuel Ryder Academy.

The children attending will shortly be working with the other at our school to discuss the information shared during the day.

On the conference, all schools agreed on a definition of bullying, which we will be adopting shortly here, this being:-

Bullying Behaviour is the repeated negative behaviour that is intended to make others feel upset, uncomfortable or unsafe.

We will be altering our website shortly to accommodate this agreed definition, as well as adding additional information.

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Christmas is coming!!!

On Tuesday night I heard the very first practices of Christmas Carols  - it was comfortingly familiar!

This week KS1 and EYFS started allocating parts in the Christmas Nativity.  Plus, Mrs Venner held her first rehearsals for the Christingle Service.

I thought it would be wise to put the key dates below:-

Date Event Time
Wednesday, 4th December 2024 Christmas Carol Rotary Club Concert Year 5 & Year 6 Choir 1.00pm & 7.00pm
Saturday 7th December 2024 St Nicholas Christmas Festival - Choir  10.00am
Monday, 9th December 2024 Christingle Service KS2 Children - St Nicholas Church (KS1 welcome) 6.30pm
Wednesday, 11th December 2024 Reception & KS1 Nativity (adults only) 6.00pm
Thursday, 12th December 2024 Reception & KS1 Nativity 9.30am
Thursday, 12th December 2024 Christmas Jumper Day  
Tuesday, 17th December 2024 Mayor's Carol Concert - Choir 6.00pm
Wednesday, 18th December 2024 Whole School Trip to Odyssey Cinema (Children can wear Christmas Jumpers)

9.15am
Thursday, 19th December 2024 Christmas Lunch  
Friday, 20th December 2024 Break for Christmas 12 noon

Occasional Day

Please can I alert parents that on Monday 25th November school will be closed to everyone.  Please mark this date in the diary.

Thank you.  

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Traffic Light Arts is now offering priority booking to pupils of Harpenden Academy for a range of new upcoming events. If your child would like to attend any of these, please book to secure a place.

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CIN

Today we marked Children in Need and everyone looked 'spotacular' in their outfits! We have asked for a voluntary donation of £1 for non-school uniform day and you can make the donation via your Parentpay account. We have currently raised £161.50 for Children in Need. 

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School Sibling & Individual Photos - date change to Wednesday 20th November 2024

We have moved the date of our school photos next week to avoid the clash with swimming. Please ensure the children are in full school uniform with their jumpers/cardigans and tidy hair. 

KS2 Christingle, Monday 9th December at St Nicholas' Church at 6.30pm, All Welcome

Xmas 2024 Christingle

School Jumper Day,  Thursday 12th December 2024

We will be taking part in 'Christmas Jumper Day' again this year.  If any parents have spare, outgrown Christmas jumpers, which you can donate to the school, we would really appreciate it.

We keep these for the children who might not otherwise be able to join in with the day.  If you can help us in this area that would be terrific. 

Odyssey Cinema Trip, Wednesday 18th December 2024

We will be taking the whole school to the Odyssey cinema for their Christmas film on Wednesday, 18th December 2024. I am aware that lots of information has been sent out regarding this whole school trip already. The deadline to sign up is just one week's time which is Friday, 22nd November. So please can parents take time to sign up to this event via Operoo so we can confirm coaches.

We are looking for parent volunteers for this trip. If you are able to volunteer for the trip and have a current DBS certificate and completed volunteer reference form, please contact your child’s class teacher via Class Dojo or the school office. Thank you to those parents who have already offered their help. Your class teachers will liaise directly with you regarding the logistics of the day. 

Christmas School Lunch, Thursday 19th December 2024 

On Thursday, 19th December 2024 we will be having our school Christmas lunch.  Aspens has now the Christmas dinner option on Aspens Select.  This is the only option of food on that day, so we really hope that as many of your children will join us - even as a one off meal on that day. Please place your orders by Monday, 2nd December 2024. 

If the children don't want to join in with Christmas lunch then please send them in with a packed lunch for the day.

If you need access to your login details for Aspens to book your school lunch then please contact the school office. 

Please also ensure your 19th December 2024 school dinner option is selected. 

Xmas Menu

Copy of SET Notice

As mentioned in an earlier newsletter, the success of FOHA is entirely reliant on support from our whole community. We would be extremely grateful if you could take the time to fill in this short survey, the purpose of which is to gather information in order to improve on how FOHA can support the school, children and wider community.

Please click here to access the survey

Christmas Tree Fundraiser

Fundraising Christmas trees are now on sale!

Selling super fresh, locally grown trees is one of our biggest fundraisers across the whole school year. Trees are cut to order the day before delivery...they are amazing value for beautiful trees and Friends of HA receive generous commission for each one sold.

Please place your orders online and feel free to share with friends and family...https://www.foha.co.uk/fohashop/p/christmastrees

Please spread the word!

Xmas

Save the Dates

  • Saturday 8th February 2025 - Pub Quiz Night (replacing Comedy Night)
  • Friday 18th April 2025 - Easter Egg Hunt 

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Happy birthday this week to: Oscar (Yr 1), Jack B (Yr 1), Eleanor B (Yr 1) and Rhoshen (Yr 1)

We are hiring

Please click here to view our Harpenden Academy vacancies

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