Remembering at St Adrians

Year 4 sat respectfully during today’s Remembrance Service and sang very well. Thank you to the children who created beautiful “stained glass windows” for this year.

The children always enjoy the library trip and yuekeles on Friday.

They have finished learning about addition and subtraction and will start Area next week. Their versions of “The Varmints” are progressing very well and they are including lots of expanded noun phrases which we have practised lots.

Next Friday there will be a bake-off competition for CHildren in Need, so year 4 will have their cake sale on Friday 24th.

Have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing everyone next week.

November 10th

We have been looking at Autumn and how the seasons change across the year.

We have also talked about armistice day, remembrance and the significance of poppies.

Nursery – 10.11.2023

This week we had a visit from Richard, the postman for this area who told us all about his job. The children listened really well to what he had to say and we asked him questions like ‘What time do you have to get up?’ and ‘what happens if it snows?’ He told us he drives a postvan that has lots of letters and parcels and told us what he does if he cannot deliver a parcel that cannot fit into a letterbox.

In RE this week we read a lovely story called ‘Welcome to the World’ and talked about what a very exciting time it is when a family welcomes a new baby. We reenacted welcoming a baby in class.

We also created a lovely post to welcome anyone into nursery and to the St Adrians community.

We read the book ‘Ava’s Poppy’ this week and talked about why we wear a poppy at this time of year. The children created their own poppy artwork.

Other photos from this week:

Next week is Anti Bullying week so children are invited to wear odd socks on Monday 13th November.

Friday 17th November is Children in Need – children can wear spots and stripes to school.

Have a lovely weekend and see you next week.

Miss Taylor

Welcome back, Year 4

Year 4 was a credit to the school and their families at St Bart’s on Wednesday. They are also representing the school very well on the weekly swimming trips, when they are making very good progress with their skills.

We have moved onto Addition and Subtraction with 4-digit numbers in Maths and are writing our first story, with the children creating interesting sentences using expanded noun phrases, prepositions for detail and personification. The inspiration is a book called “Varmints”, which the children have really enjoyed exploring.

They are also enjoying the ukelele lessons and the strumming sounds very tuneful!

Luckily, the rain has not been falling at breaktimes so the children can still get outside at play. Long may this continue!

Monday is photograph day , so the children should come to school super-smart like they usually do.

Apologies for the lack of photos this week. I will endeavour to post some next week.

Wishing you all a relaxing weekend.

Year 3 Geographers

This week in  geography, we embarked on our new unit: ‘ Uk, Towns, Cities and Features.’ We used maps and atlases to identify physical geography features. We then created detailed maps for each county, incorporating both its human and physical features. 

Welcome back, Year 6!

Year Six have got straight back into the swing of things following the half-term break.

On Wednesday, we headed to St Bartholomew’s for the All Saints where our chaplaincy team helped lead the worship. Everyone in year six excelled, shepherding our friends in year two and guiding them through the mass. It is lovely to see how well the children take care of the younger members of our school community.

There has also been plenty to learn as we have embarked on new topics in many areas of the curriculum: in English, our writing is inspired by Nicola Davies’ thought-provoking ‘The Promise’, whilst in reading, we are sharing Kate DaCamillo’s ‘The Tiger Rising’. We are also looking forward to learning more about the impact of the Tudors in history and our visit to Hampton Court Palace.

3rd November 2023

This week we have been learning about part – whole models and writenumber sentences.

We have also learned about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot.

Nursery – 03.11.2023

Hello Parents/Carers,

This week we started our Little Wandle Sessions and looked at the initial sound ‘s’. In the classroom we looked at things beginning with this sound such as sock, scissors, sellotape, star, stickers and sandwich.

The children were able to explore these objects during the week and discuss them with their friends. Can you find anything in your house beginning with ‘s’?

New Role Play

This week our new role play was open for business, the children can now write their letters and work in the Post Office. It has been a huge hit with the children and they have enjoyed playing in there this week. Next week we have a visit from the Post Man who will tell us all about his job and what he has to do. The children have watched the video below – Journey of a Letter.

In RSE this week the children created some stars to add to our picture of Creation.

Other photos from this week:

In RE we talked about welcoming someone into our family. We talked about how we can welcome Miss Rowson into nursery and into the St Adrian’s Community. The children made welcome cards.

Thank you so much for returning the Autumn Bags, they discussed what they had found with their friends and then made collages.

Important Dates:

Monday 6th November – Individual and Siblings photos

Tuesday 7th November – Post Man visit

Monday 13th November – Wear Odd socks for Anti Bullying Week.

Reception Applications

Reception applications are now open, link below:

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/schools-and-education/school-admissions/primary-junior-and-middle-schools/primary-junior-and-middle-school-places.aspx

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Taylor

Year 2 worship

This week, the children attended the All Saints service at St Bart’s. They thoroughly enjoyed the service and sang beautifully. It was lovely to see the Year 6 children accompany the Year 2s and they had lots to chat about on the way to and from church! Back in class, the children learned about their class saint, Saint Teresa of Calcutta and they then wrote a prayer to help them live their lives in a more saintlike way.

Year 2 celebrations

The children sang beautifully during this week’s Harvest Festival celebration and they should be very proud of themselves. All things bright and beautiful truly describes Year 2!

The Year 2 children have learned so well in school throughout this autumn half term and they have also worked extremely hard at home too. Take a look at these slides where we celebrate their achievements, dressed in red to Show Racism the Red Card!