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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

Extra Curricular, Clubs & Activities

Harpenden Academy places great emphasis on extending the curriculum beyond the classroom.  

We offer an extensive range of school activities and lunch time clubs.  These range from Tech Club to Multisports, from Piano to Awesome Engineers.

A number of these activities are provided by outside providers and carry a moderate charge.

How to book your child on to a club:

Contactor Clubs

Autumn Term 2026 Contractor Clubs

New contractor clubs:

  • Monday KS2 Ukulele
  • Monday Year 1 Mixed Football
  • Thursday Year 2 Mixed Football
  • New Piano teachers
  • Clarinet, Saxophone and Flute
  • Violin

All clubs will start on the second week we return to school after the summer, on w/c Monday 7th September 2026 and finish on w/c 7th December 2026 (unless otherwise stated by club). 

Please contact the club provider to book your place, it will be on a first come first served basis.  The Club Provider is responsible for all communication and confirmation of external clubs. Please see flyers below for further details. You can contact the club contractors to book your child on to their clubs with immediate effect.

Teacher Clubs 

Autumn Term Teacher Clubs

Please click on the timetable above to view the offering of extra-curricular teacher clubs for the Autumn Term 2026. There is no charge for these clubs.

Please do not rely on these school clubs as childcare, it is dependent on teacher commitments and we may need to cancel them at short notice.

All parents will be able to book their child on to teacher led clubs from Thursday, 3rd September 2026 from 5.00pm. You will be able to login to your child's MCAS profile and select the club option from the menu. At 5.00pm you will be able to enrol your child on to their chosen club. If the club is full the system will add your child to the waiting list and the office will inform you if there are any cancellations. We will always do our best to try and accommodate your child’s choices and we will send you a reminder of the booking date in September. 

All clubs will start on the second week we return to school after the summer, on w/c Monday 7th September 2026 and finish on w/c 7th December 2026 (unless otherwise stated by club). 

KEY NOTES:

  • We do not offer Reception clubs in the first term to allow the children time to settle in school. 
  • We have offered a range of clubs for KS1 and KS2 following feedback from our Cultural Experience Survey.
  • FoHA has kindly agreed to pay for the external company Musicale to run our choir club. There will be no charge for parents and you will need to book your child's place via MCAS.
  • All children will need to enrol on clubs to give everyone a fair chance. 
  • We are looking to recruit a Sports coach for September so we will add sports club to this timetable. You will be sent the updated club list as soon as it is finalised in preparation for booking in September. 
  • Clubs have shifted around to accommodate teacher's after school timetables. 
  • Ukulele's will be provided by the school.
  • Recorders will be provided by the school although if you would like to purchase your own then we will have a stock in school and you will be able to purchase one via MCAS. This will be sorted once the children are enrolled on the club in September.  

List of flyers

Harpenden Awesome Engineers

Choir

Football Year 1 Mondays

Football Year 2 Thursdays

French

Game On

IRock

Spanish

Street Dance & Cheerleading

Ukulele

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