Year 2 finished the week having fun practicing doubling and halving.

Year 1 enjoyed searching for germs in the classroom. They learnt about Mary Seacole and how good hygiene is so important.

Year 1 have enjoyed learning about hygiene and how special people have shaped our world like Mary Seacole in the past and Dr Ranj helping children to learn today. They even got to brush their teeth!

Nursery have had a fun, creative morning. Children made special cards and enjoyed their whole class treat for filling their marble jar. Well done nursery children, what a… faaaantastic half term!

Reception had their last Tuesday Forest School session this week. We made it special with a fabulous fire, toasted marshmallows, a long water run and lots of fun, despite the drizzle!

Nursery had a visitor today to tell them all about the Luna New Year. They were kindly gifted with 20p each in an envelope 🧧 which is considered lucky and a part of the Luna tradition in many cultures. 🐴

This afternoon, Year 3 have been brilliant scientists, exploring the properties of different rocks!

Miss Webb got her numbers in a muddle so Nursery made sure they were in correct order.

Nursery are learning about the Chinese New Year this week. One child was very keen to make sure the classroom was clean for the celebration 🎉 🐴

Nursery have enjoyed feel good week spending lots of time exploring different feelings and linking it to our learning.

Some exploring, reasoning and group work during maths in year 1. Looking for equal groups and repeated addition.

Young Voices - A few more pictures from our brilliant night at Wembley!

Young Voices - The Power in Me!

Young Voices - It must be love!

Young Voices - Stargazing!

Young Voices! Parents - we’re ready for you!

We have arrived at Wembley and begin our rehearsal! Energies are high!! We are seated in S14. 🎶

All weather forest school for Reception. Making feeling sticks, building dens, mixing and stirring and even making time for snack!

The three little pigs have been in Reception this week! We have been building houses, making pink pigs, drawing pigs and writing about the story in Drawing Club.

Years 5 and 6 workshop with Electric Umbrella.

We had a blast with @electricumbrella.bsky.social today. It’s always a joy to see how much the children having so much fun! Thank you to our wonderful PTA for organising.

The week we were visited by a local Ukulele band. The children had great fun joining in with the performance!

Nursery children enjoyed using their sound cones this morning in phonics. We explored lots of sounds together such as zzzz, vooom and ooooo.

What a joy to have such brilliant music in our school this week. A huge thank you and shout out to the Berkhamsted ukulele band (BURP) for their fun and inspiring performance.

Programming in Year 2. We are learning and practicing to code accurate algorithms

Year 4 had fun investigating the perimeter of shapes today.

Nursery have had a fun morning exploring in our outside garden. Children planted daffodil bulbs and took part in bug hunting 🪱. We have been exploring our wonderful world 🌎 🔍.

As part of our new topic ‘Movers and Shakers’, Year 1 will learn about important people who changed history, including Mary Seacole. The children explored why handwashing is so important and enjoyed having a go themselves!

Fabulous singing along with thousands of other children across the world and Emma Kingston herself who plays Elphaba from the West End! #WickedWorldwideSingalong

In Year 2 we have been learning about different ways to gather data. Today we have been creating tally charts.

Nursery children have been enjoying re telling The Gruffalo’s child in the outside Gruffalo cave today! Some brilliant role play.

Year 4 are busy writing algorithms to program a turtle. We are also learning to debug our errors! Fantastic work everyone.

Year 6 are enjoying an indoor ping pong session, working cooperatively in their teams and pairs.

Year 1 are balancing numbers. We have been making equal amounts on our balancing scales.

Nursery enjoyed creating winter trees this afternoon. They used pegs, cotton wool, paint to make a lovely snow picture. ❄️

A rainy but enjoyable Forest school lesson for year 6 today!🌧️ We went on a bug hunt and then used our classification key to identify what we had found!🐞🐜🕷️🪰

Year 4 are learning to write newspaper reports so today we studied newspapers to pick out all the key features.

In maths this morning we were converting hours into minutes!

Nursery were exploring the differences between summer and winter clothes.

Year 1 and Year 3 are spending some time with their buddies and showing the new UBUNTU value of kindness. 💚

Year 1 made some fantastic smoothies with a hidden vegetable in DT.

Today Year 3 made some tasty, savoury tarts. They tested their skills through grating cheese, shredding spinach and beautifully decorating like Michelin chefs! Our discussions on food hygiene and safety were executed this week! Well done Year 3!

Children had fun in maths today making perpendicular lines using geo-boards. They even spelt Miss Lyden’s son’s name.

Today Year 1 looked at the difference between fruits and vegetables. We now know fruits have seeds. Some were a bit surprising! Who knew a butternut squash was a fruit! 😮🥑🥬🥒🥕🥝🍌🧅🫛 We will be making smoothies this week at part of DT.

Nursery had lots of fun exploring the snow and ice this morning! ❄️🌨️☃️

Great baking!

Year 4 have been busy testing out a basic flapjack recipe. We saw brilliant baking skills and teamwork!

Freezing weather for Forest School today! The children were excited to see a few snowflakes and find huge blocks of ice. ❄️🌨️ We talked about winter and what happens to our surroundings at this time of year. Luckily we had a lovely fire to keep us warm. 🔥

Looking forward to seeing our Reception class tomorrow! We are ready with some traditional tales. Happy New Year to everyone.