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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.

12/02/25

Year six loved their visit from Steel today and asked some brilliant questions!#pshe

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

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.

12/02/25

Amazing messages being given to the children this morning by the amazing gladiator Steel! What a fantastic morning we have ahead

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works.

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works.

11/02/25

Year six home learning designing posters for around school about how to keep safe online.

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!

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!

11/02/25

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

11/02/25

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

11/02/25

Marking Safer Internet Day with a visit from the charity Computer Friendly

10/02/25

Year 3 had a visit from Hands on Science and took part in a workshop on biological diversity.

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.

07/02/25

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

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.

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.

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.

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 May 2026

Dear Parents/Carers

We have had a very exciting week with our Year 6 children completing their KS2 SATs. A huge thank you to the small army of parents who took time out of their busy days to provide the most divine breakfasts for the children before the tests began. This, the extra playtimes and then extended buddy time with the reception children on Friday made their week. The end of SATs marks yet another rite of passage for our children as they slowly move their way to secondary schools and the next chapter of their schooling.

Year 6 SATs week

This week, the Year 6 pupils completed their SATs, and we have been incredibly proud of their hard work, determination and perseverance throughout the week.

The children enjoyed a delicious breakfast each day, kindly provided by parents. There was a wonderful selection of treats on offer, from pancakes and pastries to fresh fruit and juices. Many thanks to all the parents for their generosity — it was greatly appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed by the children.

On Thursday, we ventured to the park to celebrate the end of the tests and to recognise the children’s fantastic efforts throughout the week.

Photo collage SAT

Year 4 Exotic Explorers' Workshop

Year 4 recently took part in an exciting 'Exotic Explorers' workshop, which they all absolutely loved. The children had the incredible opportunity to get up close with a giant gecko, a mossy frog, and a royal python! They were also delighted to meet a baby sugar glider in training, and watch a parrot demonstrate some amazing tricks. It was a truly wonderful day of hands-on learning!

Photo collage EA

Year 2 Walk to Rothamsted Park

On Thursday, Year 2 visited Rothamsted Park for a local science trip.

The children were fantastic at using their learning of plants from this half term to make the most of the environment around them. They found lots of flowers growing such as daisies and buttercups, they observed bees pollinating by sticking the pollen to their legs, and they investigated seed dispersal through blowing dandelions into the wind. 

We finished off the afternoon by having some fun in the playground, and despite getting hailed on, a great time was had by all!

Photo collageW1

Photo collage.W2

​Year 1- Phonics parents meeting

On Wednesday morning, we held a meeting for Year 1 parents to discuss the upcoming Phonics Screening Check. Thank you to all the parents who attended. During the meeting, we explained what the screening involves and shares ways that parents can support their children at home. For any Year 1 parents who were unable to attend, please click here to access the PowerPoint presentation.

Fun Run, Wednesday, 17th June - Whole School

Year 6 will once again be organising a whole school fun run for sports week on Wednesday, 17th June 2026.

They will organise the marshalling and races as well as provide homemade snacks for our return to school. Please can parents make a £2.00 voluntary donation via MCAS to participate which includes your child's snack!  All snacks will be nut and sesame free and will be shop bought or home made by our Year 6 children. If your child has an allergy and you would like to supply your own snack then please just drop this off at the office in a labelled bag on the morning of the race. If you would prefer your child not to have a snack then please send an email to the school office before the day of the fun run. 

The £2.00 payment item can be found in the store/section of the MCAS Mobile App. 

Traffic Lights Half Term

Booking is now open for the second half term of Friday After School Creative Arts Club! There are also a few spaces left for the “Beauty & The Beast” themed Holiday Workshops during May half term. If you would like to book a place for either of these activities, please email Mrs Marchment directly: admin@trafficlightarts.co.uk

Sadie

Traffic lights half term

Forthcoming events for the Summer term

The summer term is always a busy one for our school so please find below some of the key events that are already booked in the diary for this half term:

Tuesday 19th May Year 5 Play 
Wednesday 20th May Year 5 Play

Break for half term

New Football Club

We have a new football club for Reception & Year 1 from 3.20pm-4.20pm which will be on Mondays starting on 1st June 2026 when we return after the May half term. This is a mixed football club for the little ones and parents can sign up using this booking link. 

Football

Netball Club starts on 3rd June! Year 4 & Year 5 mixed club

There is still time to join our netball club which starts after half term. We currently have 8 chidlren signed up to the club from Year 4 and Year 5. Please see below how to sign up. 

Netball Summer 2

HB

Happy birthday this week to:-  Muneeb A (Yr 2), Myles C (Yr3), Inaaya K (Yr 3), Henry B (Yr4), Ezra H (Yr5)  

 WH

Please click here to view our Harpenden Academy vacancies

Sports Coach/Specialist P.E Teaching Assistant, Part Time – Up to 32.5 hours - Term-Time only

Fixed term for 1 year with potential to be made permanent

Please click here to view our Scholars' Education Trust vacancies

COM

Swimming

Poster baby & Childrens

2k inter School Poster 2026

Summer Term 2026 Groups & Workshops

School leaflet movies on the farm

JMF Newsletter 2025 FINAL

Poster Birthday Mrs Marchment

 

 

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