Category: Our Classes

It has been a very hot week, but the children have still continued to show what great learners they are. They started the week with a Teddy Bear’s Picnic in the shade as temperatures were already reaching 30 degrees. The children revised their Design and Technology learning by making wraps and they enjoyed rereading the recipe instructions that they wrote during this topic to help them to make another delicious wrap.

Starting with a performance by the cheerleading club,, the children have celebrated their talents all week, finishing with a very successful talent show. Well done to all the Year 2 children who auditioned for this event. They really are a very talented bunch! Here are some photos that show what a wide range of opportunities the children have in the many school clubs available to the children here at St Adrian’s. There is a club to suit everyone’s interests!

The children have coped very well with the heat this week, but next week is set to be even hotter, so please do send your child in with at least one full drinks bottle. Why not send in a second bottle, filled with frozen water as this will be great for the children to enjoy later in the day.

The children have been fantastic this week – it’s been such a busy week with demonstration assemblies by our wrap-around clubs, a concert by Rock-Steady Music School, the Year 6 production, the amazing choir sharing their performance with so many of our class taking part and finally, our school talent show. All this, whilst coping with the sweltering conditions – the children have been amazing, treating each other with kindness and patience throoughout the week.

Next week is due to be even hotter and we will do all we can to make the end of term calm and cool. Please help by remembering to send your child in to school with plenty to drink.

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe in the heat!

All the rehearsals finally paid off as the Year 6 children gave the performance of their lives, firstly to the school in their dress rehearsal but then to their parents on Wednesday evening.

There was a last minute stand in for the part of King John and he really stole the show.

The jokes made the audience laugh and the singing brought a tear to many of the parents’ eyes.

It was a truly memorable occasion.

Our thanks go to the parents for helping with the costumes, to Mr Hayes for the lighting and to Mr Greg Sallis for the sound and drama workshops.

Well done children- you were all Super-Stars!

Year 3 looked stunning on Monday as they dressed up in their best outfits for a party at school to mark their First Holy Communions. We marked the occasion with a prayer in the shade in the prayer garden and then some games in the classroom. The children were free to wear as few layers as they chose, due to the heat. We also stuck to quiet games, the children enjoying “wink murder” and “banana!” Then they tucked into a magnificent spread provided by their very generous parents. I was very relieved that they all took great care with their clothes, which I think escaped the buttercream, sugar and chocolate.

It was very exciting for the children to visit their new classroom on Thursday. They have made their own labels for the lockers which will be in year 4 instead of drawers, so there will already be a little bit of something of their own when they arrive in the classroom in September.

On Thursday the children learnt about the Ancient Egytpians: what were they? Where were they built? Why were they built? They shared their thoughts on their own miniature pyramids.

On Friday the children watched the amazing school talent show. The range of skills and talents held by the children is vast and the children thoroughly watched each other perform.

Thank you for sending in full water-bottles, hats and sun-tan cream every day.

There are just 1.5 days left of year 3 for the children and I’m very excited about remaining with them next year. We will all be ready to hit the ground running and seamlessly continue with the learning. The children are ready for a break and plenty of time to be outside, meet friends and have a break from formal learning is just what they need to give them the energy to start afresh in September. Have a great weekend.

It has been another action-packed week for Year 4 and the children have been fantastic throughout.

In English, we have begun the last of the books that we will share together – Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky. This blend of real words and nonsense has really made us think about the clues we use when reading and how different word classes work.

The children have worked really hard all year and enjoyed getting our classroom ready this week to welcome our families to our open evening.

Our wonderful PTA organised a sponsored ‘Bounce’ for us too and we had a great time on Wednesday afternoon being put through our paces on the inflatables. Thanks to everyone who sponsored us and helped raise funds for our school.

Thursday brought our sports day and we all did our best, cheered on by our parents. We ended the day with a much-deserved ice lolly.

What a busy week the children have had as part of our Commonwealth Games celebrations. The Sponsored Bounce was great fun for all of us and Sports Day was a wonderful event with the children displaying super sports skills as they joined in with all the games activities.

It’s great to be doing the usual end-of-year activities. It was lovely to see children showing their adults learning in the classroom and to get the chance to chat at the end of the day. The cushions and clay can now go home. The clay is quite delicate so I’ve asked the children only to take them if they know that they are going straight home. I have plenty of newspaper to wrap them in which will offer some protection.

Sports Day was very exciting. Every child in year 3 shows fantastic sportsmanship, taking part as well as they can, taking modest pride in winning and pride in participating.

This week the children learnt about Australia, a Commonwealth country. Here are there fabulous dot paintings inspired by Aboriginal art and Australian wildlife. If you play some backing music on the computer, you could sing “Waltzing Matilda” with your child, who should be able to explain the Australian lingo to you.

Tuesday saw the “bounce session” which was enormous fun. The team-building activities were not only fun, but also a real demonstration of how working with others can help everyone achieve a common goal. The children did really well at giving each other good advice, being only encouraging and helpful. Thank you very much for all the generous contributions by you and your extended families via the sponsorship money. It all goes towards making education more enriching for your children.

Please remember to bring in your Holy Communion, or smart, outfits tomorrow for the First Holy Communion celebrations on Monday afternoon.

Have a great weekend before the last full week of year 3!

What a lovely week we’ve had this week. We have really enjoyed making smoothies in DT and taking part in Sports Day.

We started the week by focusing on what makes fruits and vegetables what they are. Fruits have seeds and usually grow from flowers. Vegetables can grow in or above the ground. We then taste tested different fruits and vegetables to find out which we would like to include in our smoothies. We really enjoyed the sweet mangoes but weren’t too keen on the bitter spinach! In our final lesson, we learnt how to chop and prepare the fruit and vegetables (carefully and hygienically!) ready to be made into smoothies. The end product was so tasty!

We also took part in a sponsored bounce arranged by our fabulous PTA! Please make sure you get your sponsorship money in as soon as possible. Your child has been sent home with a form and an email was sent out with more details last week.

We really enjoyed our Sports Day this week. We got to take part in lots of activities including throwing, running, jumping and balancing. Thank you to all the parents who came to support us. Here are some picture below from the day.

Well done to our cheerleaders who have worked so hard in their morning sessions. They put on a fabulous show, with pom poms and all. Super stars!

We have also been learning about the country Kenya, as it is a country in the Commonwealth. We used the book Handa’s Surprise to find out more about the country, as is it set in Kenya. We linked our learning about different fruits in DT to Kenya too, as some ingredients for our smoothies are grown there, like mangoes.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Battams 🙂

This week has been a week of fitness and reflections.

Firstly, the sponsored bounce, which was organised by the PTA, was great fun. It also involved working as a team with stealth and strategy to enable successful outcomes.

All the hard work which we have done throughout the year was celebrated at the open evening, with past DT, art and science work being on display as well as some of the children’s newspaper reports. It is incredible just how much we have done since September 2021. 

Our final St Adrian’s Sports Day on Thursday was a highlight of the week. The children cheered and worked hard for their teams. The results were very close but eventually St Matthew were the clear winners. 

The hard work and fun doesn’t end there. Next week, Year 6 will show their production of Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies to the rest of the school on Tuesday12th July and then to their parents on Wednesday 13th July at 7pm. We look forward to another memorable week.

When we visited Ashridge, we found many exciting minibeasts in the woodland and grassland habitats there. As part of our learning in science, on our return to school, we were keen to create a microhabitat at school where we could explore minibeasts every day. Our bug hunts have shown that minibeasts like spaces that are damp, dark and in the shade, and we have had great fun this week finishing off Bugingham Palace, a bug home for all kinds of creatures. We will enjoy finding out what creatures will move into their new home over the next few weeks.

It was lovely to see so many families visiting school, for our first Open Evening in three years. The children have worked incredibly hard this year and it was a wonderful way to celebrate their amazing learning. Thank you for sharing the evening with us.