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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

5th June 2026

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back to the final half term of this academic year. The second half of the summer term is always busy so I think it would be wise to publish as many dates as we can so that parents have as much notice as possible. Please also refer to individual class newsletter of events which might be particular to each class.

June:

Monday, 8th June - Friday, 12th June Year 6 residential school journey
Tuesday, 16th June Visiting Olympic athlete, Frederick Afrifa
Wednesday, 17th June Year 6 organising whole school fun run, Rothamsted Park
Thursday, 18th June NEW reception parents meeting 6.30-7.30pm
Monday, 22nd June - Friday, 26th June Well-being Week
Monday, 22nd June  Visiting cook to visit classes in school
Tuesday, 23rd June  Trust Conference SCHOOL CLOSED
Wednesday, 24th June Year 3 and Year 5 trip to Royal Philharmonic Festival Hall
Thursday, 25th June

Selected children to District Sports

3.45pm Field events, 4.45pm Track events
Friday, 26th June Pickle Ball Day at school

July

Friday, 3rd July Harpenden's Got Talent event, 9.30am
Tuesday, 7th July I-rock concert
Wednesday, 8th July  Year 6 Leavers event 
Thursday, 9th July 

Move Up day and Open day event. 5.30pm-7.00pm
Friday, 10th July 

Year 6 final assembly to school

Reports out to parents
Tuesday, 14th July Sports day @ SJL 1.30-3.20pm
Friday, 17th July  School ends 12 noon

Year 2 Phonic screening, Monday 8th June – 12th June

Next week, the Year 1 children will be undertaking their Phonics screening. Please make sure that your Year 1 child is in school next week as this is a national screening which all Year 1 children need to take part in.

School Photographs

On Monday school photographs were taken and order cards have been sent home this week which have instructions on how to access and order class photos. I am conscious of the cost of living currently so there is no expectation for parents to buy the photographs.

Election of Parent Governor, deadline to submit paperwork Friday, 12th June at 3.30pm

All parents will have received an email this week about the election of a parent governor. If you would like to stand for election please complete and submit the Parent Governor Nomination Form by 3.30pm on Friday, 12th June 2026. Our Chair of Governors, Dhanmita Boodhna, would welcome the opportunity to discuss the remit of the role and the time commitment involved and to answer any questions you may have about what being a parent governor entails. Please email admin@harpendenacademy.co.uk if you would like Dhanmita to contact you or if you have any questions regarding your eligibility to stand or vote in the election.

Parent Summer Survey

Please take a few minutes to complete our Parent Summer term survey.

The deadline for completion is Friday, 19th June 2026 at 8.00pm.  

Fred Afrifa, Great Athlete, Tuesday 16th June 2026

This week, we revealed the Great Athlete that will be visiting Harpenden Academy on Tuesday, 16th June 2026! 

Fred Afrifa will be running a fun fitness circuit with each class, followed by an inspirational assembly and Q&A session. The children have watched a video this morning in class revealing which athlete will be visiting our school. They will have brought home a sponsorship form for this event, so make sure to check their bags for this!  The funds raised will help the school to purchase new sports equipment and support Great Athletes in inspiring the next generation. The sponsorship form has all the details on how to raise money. There are even some fun games on the back of the forms – don’t forget to enter the Great Athletes competition by emailing a photo of the completed sponsorship form to hello@greatathletes.org.

Fred is an international sprinter with two national Gold medals under his belt. He’s been London Schools Champion (2011), World Youth Relay Champion (2013), Surrey County Champion (2015), and National Champion (2018). His big dream? To represent his country at the Olympics.

Please click here to view the video the children watched in class today.

If you would like to sponsor your child, you can bring in cash with the sponsorship form, or you can donate online by following this link and searching for the school name:
https://sportal.greatathletes.org/events/landing

Children will need to wear their PE kit on Tuesday, 16th June 2026. They can come to school in their school PE kit and wear it all day. 

FAfrifa

Year 6 Fun Run, 17th June 2026

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.

Legoland offer - Tuesday 23rd June 2026

FoHA is once again offering highly discounted tickets for Legoland on the Tuesday 23rd June inset day! A great opportunity to visit the park on a much quieter day than school holidays and for a great price. Anyone is welcome to purchase tickets through this link so please feel free to share with friends with pre-schoolers or anyone who may be interested.

Ticket price: £20 per person

Please purchase your tickets by Friday 12th June. Tickets will be sent out during the week commencing 15th June.

INSET Day, Tuesday 23rd June 2026 

Mrs Marchment is planning to run an all day Traffic Light Arts session on Tuesday 23rd June 2026, when it is the Trust INSET Day.

The day will have a summer/seaside theme and include a range of Arts & Crafts projects and free time activities.

Time & Costs:

  • Short day - 8.45am-3.15pm - £30
  • Long day - 8.45am-5.15pm - £35

Places are limited so if you would like to sign your child up, please email Mrs Marchment directly on admin@trafficlightarts.co.uk.

https://www.foha.co.uk/fohashop/p/legoland

Traffic Lights Summer Classes

Sadie flyer

New Summer Football Camp at Harpenden Academy

Parents and children from the school have first priority to book places on the football camp. First priority for our school will be up until 19th June 2026. 

Football

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Happy Birthday to:- Sadie N (Yr2), Haajirah B-Q (Yr4), Yousaf A (Yr6), Winston B (Yr6)

 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

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ADD vance Summer 2026 Workshops (June July)

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Poster Birthday Mrs Marchment

 

 

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