Nursery – 08.11.2024

This week we thought about a special day that is coming up – Remembrance Day. We talked about why we wear poppies at this time of the year as we remember the soldiers who fought in the war.

The children had a go at creating their own poppy which are now on display in the foyer.

In RE this week we thought about welcoming a baby in to a family and the joy and happiness a new baby brings to a family. We role played welcoming a baby in to the world.

Other photos this week

Reminders

As the weather starts to get colder, all children need a winter coat as well as hat/gloves/scarf which all need to be named.

Library books need to be returned each Tuesday so the children can borrow a new one.

You can now apply for a reception place at St Adrians. You will also need to fill out a supplementary form.

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Important Dates

Tuesday 12th November – Wear odd socks

Thursday 14th November – Individual and sibling photos

Friday 15th November – Children In Need – Wear spotty clothes – £1 donation

Wednesday 11th December – EYFS Nativity Performance 10:00AM.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Taylor

Nursery – 25.10.24

In RE this week we moved onto our new topic Baptism. We discussed how the children have been welcomed into the St Adrian’s community and the children were excited to talk about the school badge on their jumpers. We made welcome cards and a welcome poster to put up in nursery

After half term we will continue our work on Baptism, it would be lovely to see photos or any other special items from the Nursery children’s own Baptism. This can be a candle, special card, photo, blanket or gown. They will be shared with the class and then safely returned home.

This week we started our Foundation for Phonics lessons, each week we will look at a different initial sound, our initial sound this week was ‘s‘ . In the box there was a snake, scissors, strawberry, sellotape, soup, a scorpion and many many more things. If you find something at home beginning with the ‘s’ sound let us know, upload what you find to Tapestry!

We went back out into the school grounds this week to collect leaves so we could make crowns for today’s assembly. The children have worked really hard for the past two weeks learning the words and actions to ‘Crunching through the leaves’. Well done Nursery for a fantastic performance this morning in front of the entire school, all the staff and lots of lots of grown ups! Thank you again for all the donations.

Other photos this week:

Half Term Activities

Please upload any half term activities to Tapestry so we can share in class.

Reception Applications

Applications open next Friday, 1st November, you can You will also need to complete a supplementary form.

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

Important Dates

Individual/Sibling photos – Thursday 14th November

Children in Need Day – Friday 15th November

EYFS Nativity Performance – Wednesday 11th December – 10:00AM

Have a lovely half term

MIss Taylor

Year 3

Today, our school proudly wore red to stand united against racism, demonstrating our commitment to equality and inclusion. We were inspired by the ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ campaign, joining together to say a collective “no” to racism in all its forms.

Harvest Donations

We are still accepting harvest donations and kindly ask that all contributions must be brought to the school by Friday, 25th October. Please see the image below for a list of suggested donation items.

Class words from year 4….

The classroom is looking very cheerful with the children’s posters about classes of words around the walls. Hopefully, this will help them remember the different definitions of nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Last Friday the children made pinch pots to create Greek pots. They will paint them with Greek-style pattern or pictures.

Please remember to bring in donations for the Harvest Festival next Friday. The children are looking forward to performing their song to you.

The children wrote some thoughtful, perceptive versions of “The Varmints” this week. We talked about the importance of proof-reading, for both correcting errors and for looking for improvements in the writing.

I hope you all have a relaxing weekend.

Nursery – 18.10.24

This week we started our new book Owl Babies which some of the children already know. We talked about the characters, the setting and what happens in the book. The children are beginning to join in with the repeated refrain ‘I want my mummy’. We will continue to look at this book over the next few weeks.

We also watched a video version of the story:

Our small word tray now has the Owl Babies in so the children can act out the story with their friends.

In RE this week we looked at our family photos and told our friends who is in our family which the children enjoyed, the photos are now displayed in the quiet room for the children to look at and talk about.

On Wednesday morning we went out on an Autumn walk to see what we could find outside, the children had a clipboard and had to tick off what they could see. We saw pine cones, a pumpkin, berries, twigs, lots and lots of leaves but no squirrel. Keep a look out for one in your garden.

Other photos this week

Today we wore red to support ‘Show Racism the red card’ and made a red flag.

Reminders

We are a nut free school and have children across the schools with allergies – please check lunch box items before sending them in to school.

Harvest Festival

Donations welcome, please send in by Friday 25th October.

Nursery will be going to the assembly next Friday at 9:00. We will be singing a song with reception.

Reception Applications

You will need to apply for a reception place at St.Adrians. Application opens Friday 1st November and closes on the 15th January. You will also need to complete a supplementary form. I have got some of these in Nursery – please ask if you would like one.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Taylor

Nursery – 11.10.24

This week in maths we looked at matching. Matching buttons, matching shoes and matching towers. On Wednesday morning we were given a welly boot and had to look in the playground for the one that matched!

Other photos this week

Family Photos

Thank you for sending in family photos, the children love looking at them. Next week in RE the children will be talking about who is in their family so please send a photo in if you haven’t done so already.

Library Books

The children were excited to take home a library book this week. Please read the book at least once a week. Books need to be returned every Tuesday in order for a new one to be taken out.

Important Dates

Harvest Assembly – Friday 25th October – Nursery will be singing a song.

Half Term – Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November.

Individual/Sibling photos – Thursday 14th November

Children in Need Day – Friday 15th November

EYFS Nativity Performance – Wednesday 11th December – 10:00AM.

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Taylor

Year 3 Authors

We loved reading the fable The Midnight Panther, as its powerful moral reminded us to embrace our unique qualities and celebrate differences instead of trying to fit in. Inspired by this message we crafted our own fable, each with an important lesson as its core.

Reception – Welcome to Reception!

13.09.24

Hello and Welcome to St. Adrian’s Reception Class! It has been lovely to get to know your children and hear all about the wonderful experiences they’ve had over the summer holiday. I feel very lucky to be able to spend this academic year with all of them!

This 2 weeks we purely enjoyed each other company, exploring the classroom, finding out where things are and how to put them all away at the end of the day.
The children were very good lining up, waiting for their lunch and then clearing their trays. They were superstars listening to the rules and trying their best!
I am already very proud!

In the classroom we explored the different areas. We were camping with our friends, played with the sand, read books in our Autumn reading corner and sang songs. Every morning the children had different busy fingers activities.

In the garden the children were very helpful and everything now looks absolutely amazing. Plants have been looked after, grass has been cut and playground was cleaned. Well done children! We also picked some carrots, beans and tomatoes 🙂

On Friday we had our very first PE lesson and everyone enjoyed playing parachute games!

Please make sure that your child has a full, named PE uniform, placed in a named school PE bag. It would be great to spend some time teaching your children how to be independent dressing and undressing. Of course, myself and Mrs Reid will always be ready to help if needed.

I hope you have an amazing weekend!
looking forward seeing you all next week!
Mrs Solakova

Welcome Year 4!

The new year got off to a great start for year 4. They have used handwriting pens in their RE and English books, started listening to the brilliant book “The Iron Man”, begun their Maths learning with place value and were excellent representatives for St Adrians when they went swimming on Thursday. I wished that I had worn my sunglasses, when faced with the dazzling display of brightly-coloured summer costumes on display! All the children have been put in groups and next week the lessons will start in earnest in both the smaller and large pools.

It’s been a great three days and the children are really ready for all aspects of learning and life in year 4.

The first lots of home learning are on Google Classroom – spellings for Tuesday and Maths for Thursday, please. Times- table is a major focus for home learning. It’s really essential that the children learn these facts off by heart. Thank you for your support in doing this.

I look forward to seeing you all at meet the teacher on Wednesday 11th September. In the meantime, I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Fun and Farewell from Year 4

At last some sun came out so year 4 could have some fun playing rounders and having an ice-cream afterwards. As usual, it’s been a busy end to the school year. All the work has gone home, the lockers are empty and year 4 is ready to move on and up to year 5! I have loved being your teacher this, year 4; and wish you all the happiness and success you all deserve. I look forward to hearing about your holidays and adventures when we are back in school in September. Stay safe over the holidays and have lots of fun!