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Welcome to Hertford St Andrew
Where is the Treasure???
3/2 B have been making proposals for a school treasure hunt: We have some great ideas where to hide treasure so that we can have a huge treasure hunt at school. I wonder what Mrs Banks will put in the treasure box? Below are some of our ideas, but the place of the real treasure will be a secret!
“What have you learnt this week?”
Another school week has come and gone (time sure does fly when you’re having fun at school!) and just before I said goodbye to the children for the weekend, I asked them to tell a partner one thing they thought they had learnt or had got better at doing this week. Here are a few of their answers ..............
Arrival of the Butterflies!
Early this morning three of our painted lady butterflies emerged from their cocoons. As the children began to arrive they were lucky enough to watch the fourth come out and spread his wings. At break time the fifth and final butterfly came out of his cocoon.
Caterpillar Update!
Our creepy crawly caterpillars have crunched and munched their way through loads of food and have now made their cocoons! The cocoons or pupas have been placed carefully inside their special butterfly house and we are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our painted lady butterflies. Miss Woodland asked the children in Reception about our caterpillars and this is what some of them said .....
Eat your heart out Mr Ford!
Last week saw us getting to grips with nets. No; Wimbledon is still a few weeks away! We were exploring the nets used to fold into 3d shapes. With scissors and glue everywhere (mostly on the table), a selection of cubes and cuboids emerged from sheets of A4 paper.
Seriously Annoying Tests??
Well what another busy week we have had in Yr 6! Yet again we have been studying hard for our SATs tests which will start on Monday 14th May with the reading test. This will be followed by maths tests on Wednesday and Thursday. The further English tests will be taken the following week.
Tesco's Beware ... 3/B Stores Open for Business!
The official opening of 3/2B Stores took place last week and was great success. Customers have been filling up their baskets with essential food items and are looking for bargains
“Why are marmalade sandwiches Paddington Bear’s favourite food?”
“What is a prism?” “How do you spell ginormous?” These are just some of the questions I have been asked by the children in 2/1L this week. I love the fact that they are interested in what we are learning and fascinated about the world around them. It’s what makes teaching such fun!
*D I S C O* *D I S C O*
Friday 27 April was Disco Night. Very well attended with masses of children (all age groups, including younger ones). There have been too many children watching the dance programmes on television ... they all want to show off.
On your marks... Get set... Go...
Mathletics has arrived! We want every child to feel like a maths champion and so they will be taking part in fun and engaging maths training sessions in school.
Junior Assistants help out
Sometimes the older children coach the younger children as part of their responsibilities. The younger children love the individual attention. Below are some of the very sincere comments that the seven and eight year olds have made about the older ones teaching the younger ones.
Disco Dancing and Rhyming Stig!
The children entered school to some disco music this morning. Their excitement was self restrained as they hung their appropriate attire for the disco on their pegs. Our minds focused on the poetry techniques we had learned during the week and we included our loveable friend Stig. Only a few hours left to go!
Who needs GPS?
Busy! busy! busy! is the watchword as once again Danny fever sweeps through Class5/4G. A whole variety of new activities to enhance the children's learning continue at a pace. Some children were engrossed in making imaginary maps of journeys that Danny may have made or even themselves on some mysterious outing to an exotic place (or Sele Farm and that can be exotic at times!!).
CATERPILLARS!!!
Reception has got some creepy crawly visitors! Today the children in Reception have had some furry arrivals; four tiny caterpillars have found a new home in our classroom. So far we have named one of the caterpillars ‘Fred’ as suggested by Mrs Banks; however we still need names for his three friends.
Model Mania!
A big thank you for the fabulous models that have been created over the Easter period. There has been a wonderful selection of Stig characters as well as Easter scenes which have highlighted our classroom. As usual children have paid great attention to detail. The creative methods that have been used have been more and more ingenious, what a team!
Disco here, Disco there..
Put on your dancing shoes because the School Disco is coming! It takes place on Friday 27th April, 4pm to 5.30pm in the school hall. Tickets are only £2 and can be bought on the door on the day. There will also be a tuck shop and pocket money toys on sale.
Easter holidays
A well deserved break for the children of Yr6 (and the teacher!). The home activities set, with the children looking forward to writing a diary, in their new notebooks; of their holiday adventures. With 10 seconds to go on the last day of term, the children counted down, 10,9,8.....you get the idea! "Have a lovely break," they shouted to me as they left the classroom."You to," I replied.
Amazing Animal Models!
Wow...we have received some fantastic animal world models created by Nursery over the holidays! We have farms, jungles and under the sea...all unique creations and beautifully made! We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who helped their children make such excellent models.
What a caravan sight!
Absolutely fabulous', 'amazing', 'wonderful effort', 'superb'. This is just a flavour of what was said as the Easter home activity models came into Class 5/4G on Monday morning. There were many excited children eager to show what they and their parents had achieved over the two weeks.
Austin 7 older than Mr Gosbee!!
At last, yes the Austin 7 had finally arrived. Mr Gosbee had kept his word. Vic (the gentleman who had brought the Austin in for us to see and sit in) was extremely nice. I had been waiting all day for this. Shoving my clip board underneath my arm. We all ran out side to see it ..................