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Sunday 22 June 2025 We are Poets! After listening to the sounds of the ocean and acting out activities we like to do on the beach, Reception wrote a collective poem. We used our 5 senses to help us gather our ideas: What might we see, hear, taste, feel, and smell at the beach&quest;
Friday 20 June 2025 Under the Sea We have started our new topic... under the sea! We found a 'fish' in the classroom on Monday! Where did it come from&quest; Where is it going&quest;
Saturday 14 June 2025 The Olympic Legacy Yesterday, year 5 took part in the Olympic Legacy event at Knights Templar School in Baldock.
Friday 13 June 2025 Bubble Workshop We explored bubbles in a STEM Bubble Workshop this week. We learnt about how bubbles are made, their shape, and the colours we can see in them. We then made bubble paintings to take home.
Friday 13 June 2025 Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere Reception have enjoyed a science workshop run by StemPoint this week. We were set several fun and practical challenges to help us explore the wonderful science of bubbles. We blew bubbles using different shape wands, created bubble mountains, made bubble prints and explored which household objects we could blow through to create bubbles! We were amazed that we could use strange objects like keys, hosepipe and funnels to blow bubbles. Whatever we used to blow our bubbles with and however we blew them, we found that they were always sphere-shaped.
Thursday 12 June 2025 Dinosaurs and much much more.... Our last full day on the Isle of Wight and what a busy one it was! Fossil hunt, dinosaur museum, chair lift, sand shapes, glass workshop, sandcastle competition.... the list goes on. Hopefully, the photos speak for themselves!
Wednesday 11 June 2025 All Aboard the Steam Train This morning we enjoyed a scenic ride through the Isle of Wight countryside on the Havenstreet Steam Railway. The children enjoyed exploring the 'Train Story' Museum. After a picnic lunch we headed off to Tapnell Farm Park, where we visited the animals, played in the hay barn, drove go-karts, enjoyed the slides and trampolines and had fun on the bouncy pillow.
Wednesday 11 June 2025 An angle is an amount of turn
Tuesday 10 June 2025 Fun in the water! What a fun filled day! After a short visit to the park, we made our way to Osbourne House. Having explored the house and the grounds, we treated ourselves to ice creams on the beach. This evening, the children had the best time ever doing water sports.
Monday 9 June 2025 Day 1 on the Isle of Wight Year 6 are happily settled into their new 'home from home' after a fun day visiting HMS Victory and the Naval Museum. After a breezy trip on the ferry, we arrived at our hotel where we enjoyed a tasty dinner before heading to Sandown Beach. The brave souls amongst us (the children) ventured into the water before playing games on the beach or building sandcastles. We then headed back for biscuits and a bedtime story.
Friday 6 June 2025 Sports Day Once again, Year 6 demonstrated their leadership skills, this time as Team Captains on Sports Day. Every one of them supported the younger children in their teams, encouraged them during the carousel of activities and ensured that everything ran like clockwork as they guided their teams from one station to the next. They then set up all of the obstacle races, organising the equipment quickly and efficiently. At the end of the afternoon, they even had energy left for the relays and the endurance race. Congratulations to all of you! Finally, our Phoenix and Apollo House Captains proudly lifted the trophy - the first time there has ever been a dead heat at St Andrew's Sports Day.
Friday 6 June 2025 A Fruit Feast!
Sunday 25 May 2025 For the love of history This week, we were lucky enough to have two parent visitors who helped us understand the importance of history in today's world.
Friday 23 May 2025 Plants! We have been looking carefully at the structure of bulbs.
Friday 23 May 2025 Careers using History & Geography
Thursday 22 May 2025 Trip to Shepreth 2025 Nursery have had two very successful trips to Shepreth Wildlife Park this week. We were incredibly lucky with the trains and the weather, and we had a lovely time seeing the animals and listening to a minibeast talk. We were lucky enough to see red pandas and a tiger, and we even heard the donkeys say a big "goodbye" to us as we were leaving! Both classes were so well behaved and represented the school very well. A big thank you to parent helpers and the train staff, who were all amazing. Wishing everyone a lovely half term!
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Money, money money!
Monday 19 May 2025 Wimpole Hall Farm Trip The Reception children had a lovely trip to Wimpole Hall Farm, we saw piglets, ducklings and shire horses.
Sunday 18 May 2025 You Rang My Lord! This week, Year 5 had a wonderful time developing their history skills and learning what life was like for the servants at Audley End. They began the day by entering into the life of s servant.
Friday 16 May 2025 We Smashed SATs! Year 6 has smashed their SATs week! The children really brought their A-game, showing off fantastic concentration and adaptability as they whizzed through the assessments. We couldn’t be prouder of how hard they’ve worked and how resilient they've been. To top off their incredible achievements, they enjoyed scrumptious chocolate brownies baked by Mrs Evans, and were also treated to some refreshing ice lollies. What a lovely way to celebrate!
Friday 16 May 2025 Geography field trip This week, we took a sunny walk into our local town, Hitchin, to explore its human and physical geographical features. The children represented St Andrew’s proudly with their behaviour and enthusiasm. I hope they all enjoyed taking their learning beyond the classroom.
Friday 16 May 2025 Year 4 Assembly Huge congratulations to all of the Year 4 children who did fantastically well in their assembly today!
Friday 16 May 2025 Writing for Pleasure This week (apart from the SATs), the Year 6 children had a fantastic chance to indulge in writing for pleasure. The classroom was buzzing as they expressed their creativity. From comics and poems to exciting World War II stories and lively cartoons, the variety of writing outcomes was impressive. After our writing session, we shared our creations, fostering a wonderful sense of community. It was a delightful reminder of the joy that comes from freely expressing oneself through words!
Thursday 15 May 2025 Spiders Our focus this week has been spiders! We used charcoal to draw spiders, focusing on making an anticlockwise circle for the body and straight lines for legs. In the creative area, we used boxes to create minibeasts through junk modelling. In our literacy lessons, we have been considering what we know about spiders and deciding whether we would want a spider as a pet. We went on a spider hunt outside to see if we could identify where they live, and we used a magnifying pot to have a closer look at them before setting them free!
Wednesday 14 May 2025 Shuttleworth Visit Year 2 had a wonderful trip to Shuttleworth today. We were treated to watching a Spitfire doing some aerobatics over head.
Sunday 11 May 2025 Thank you Along with the rest of the school, year 5 celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE day by creating Union Jack bunting.
Friday 9 May 2025 Repeating pattern caterpillars This week, we had lots of maths links to our creative activities. We made caterpillar paintings by printing using tangerines and pears. Many children accepted the challenge of creating a repeating pattern caterpillar, which links to our current maths topic. On the play dough table, we made spiders and carefully counted 8 pipe cleaners for the legs. On the piazza, we played a game where we rolled giant dice and put that number of spots on a ladybird template.
Friday 9 May 2025 What's crash landed in the EYFS playground? On Tuesday Reception children found something strange in the EYFS playground.
Friday 9 May 2025 VE Day
Friday 9 May 2025 VE Day Celebration
Thursday 8 May 2025 Planting seeds As part of our science learning around plants, we planted sweet pea seeds. We can't wait to look after them and watch our plants grow.
Thursday 8 May 2025 Travelling back to the Stone Age Year 3 are currently learning about what life was like for Ancient Britons. To support our learning we travelled back into the Stone Age at a place near Hertford called Celtic Harmony. We were ably led by Grizelda who told us she was from the Iron Age, but she was extremely knowledgeable about the Stone Age.
Sunday 4 May 2025 Proofreading and Publishing Having spent quite a few English lessons, idea gathering, reading as a writer, drafting and editing, we finally got to the stage where we could proofread our dragon physiology posters and publish them.
Friday 2 May 2025 Hudnall Park We brought the weather with us again this year and had the most fantastic time at Hudnall Park! Your children were amazing and made the most of every moment. They loved all the activities and the experience of 'having a big sleepover'! I am sure they have told you all about it and I hope they have created memories they will treasure forever - they did themselves and their teachers proud!
Friday 2 May 2025 Fun with Cubes
Thursday 1 May 2025 No Outsiders - Elmer This week, we looked at the story of Elmer as part of our No Outsiders books. We explored the theme of being different and being proud to be different.
Thursday 1 May 2025 How Do Craters Form on the Moon? Reception had a really fun and messy time investigating how craters formed on the moon today. We used cornflour and baby oil to make our moon surface and then used pebbles to act as our meteorites crashing into the moons surface.
Monday 28 April 2025 Sunflowers We have been looking at the work of Van Gogh and painting sunflowers. Later in the week we will be planting some!
Sunday 27 April 2025 Germination Having learnt how seeds are produced, we now wanted to find out how they germinate.
Friday 25 April 2025 'Weighing' the Earth's forests from Space The whole school, including Year 3, felt very fortunate to have the opportunity this week to speak to some of the scientists involved in designing and launching a new satellite in a few days’ time. One of our parents is involved in this and is currently working in South America in the lead up to the launch from French Guiana.
Friday 25 April 2025 Full to the brim! Although we’ve only been back at school for a few days, we’ve jumped straight back into our learning. In maths, we have begun exploring capacity and volume. We had lots of fun (and made quite a bit of mess!) filling containers with water to investigate different capacities and volumes. Making the learning practical like this really helps the children to understand and remember new concepts more clearly.
Friday 25 April 2025 Mission Impossible Reception have begun a new topic this half term and are learning all about Space!
Friday 25 April 2025 ESA's Biomass Mission This week, Year 6 were lucky enough to hear, first-hand from the scientists at Airbus in Stevenage, about the launch of the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission. The satellite, which will be launched on Tuesday 29th April, aims to weigh the earth’s rainforests from space and to understand how deforestation and changes in land use are affecting carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. Year 6 made posters about the launch and considered the importance of the mission’s work.
Friday 4 April 2025 Money or God - A philosophical debate As we come to the end of our R.E. topic around the question WHAT WOULD JESUS DO&quest;, we had a philosophical debate around the question - IS IT BETTER FOR OUR WORLD TO WORSHIP MONEY OR GOD&quest;
Friday 4 April 2025 Happy Easter This week, Year 6 have been reflecting on the Easter story. As they walked through the 'Stations of the Cross', they thought about the journey that Jesus took during Holy Week and the sacrifices that he made for us all. In our whole school Easter service at Holy Saviour Church, they considered what the crucifixion and resurrection must have been like for those close to Jesus. As a fun way to end the term, Year 6 assisted the Easter Bunny with our traditional Easter egg hunt. We wish you all a happy and restful break and look forward to welcoming Year 6 back after Easter for their final term at St Andrew's.
Friday 4 April 2025 The Stations of the Cross Even in the moments leading up to his death and resurrection, Jesus delivered lessons in how we should live our lives. These are known as the stations of the cross Year 5 presented a very professional and engaging performance of the stations of the cross for the rest of the school. It really brought the Easter story to life and gave the other children the opportunity to think about the true meaning of the most important event in the Christian calendar. Their hard work and dedication shone through and the children should be very proud of their efforts.
Friday 4 April 2025 Stations of the Cross Year 3 were very lucky to have the chance to participate in the Stations of the Cross in school this week. Year 5 children delivered a moving and thought provoking interactive performance.
Friday 4 April 2025 Spring has sprung The warmer weather has certainly felt more spring like, so this week we have made the most of the sunshine by taking our learning outside. On Wednesday we enjoyed a Spring walk looking for signs of spring - we saw flowers growing, trees with leaves and buds growing, we felt the warm sunshine and even heard the birds.
Thursday 3 April 2025 Learning About Easter Reception have been busy learning about Easter this week. We have read the story from the bible and spent time acting parts out, creating our own Easter gardens and beautiful art work to show important parts of the story.
Friday 28 March 2025 How tall is that? In maths this week we have been explore length and height, we began measuring how tall or long an object was using a non-standard unit of measure (multi-link cubes, lego bricks, paper clips). We then extended our learning by leaving how to measure using a ruler and measuring objects in centimetres. We had lots of fun making our maths practical.
Friday 28 March 2025 Happy Mothering Sunday Look at some of our spectacular portraits of our mummies! We really enjoyed showing them to the congregation in our church service on Wednesday and talking about why we love our mums. We hope you enjoyed the service.
Friday 28 March 2025 Happy Mother's Day This week, Year 6 researched the origin of Mothering Sunday and thought about what makes our own mums so special. The children wrote Kennings poems and used watercolours to paint images of flowers for their Mother's Day cards. Year 6 led our whole school service at Holy Saviour Church and were delighted to see so many mothers in the congregation. We wish you all a very 'Happy Mother's Day' and hope that you enjoy some special family time this weekend.
Thursday 27 March 2025 The Easter Journey This week, year 5 were lucky enough to be invited to St. Paul's Church Easter Journey in Letchworth.
Sunday 23 March 2025 Preparations for the Great Year 5 Cook Off This term, our D and T project is centred around the importance of eating seasonally.
Friday 21 March 2025 International French Day To celebrate International French Day, we started our maths lesson by learning to count to 10 in French.
Friday 21 March 2025 French Language Day To celebrate French Language Day, Year 6 designed posters advertising Paris. They used their independent research skills to learn about the attractions and culture on offer in Paris and to answer the questions: 'Qu'est-ce qu'il y a à Paris&quest;' (What is there in Paris&quest;) and 'Qu'est-ce qu'on peut visiter à Paris&quest;' (What can you visit in Paris&quest;'). They presented their posters to adults in school in an attempt to persuade them to visit Paris.
Thursday 20 March 2025 We're going on a spring hunt! This week we took our magnifying glasses outside and went on a spring walk around the school. We looked and listened carefully for signs of spring, and we noticed new flowers, bugs and birds. We then made spring blossom tree pictures in our atelier.
Thursday 20 March 2025 We are scientists! During science week we learnt all about worms. We then made our own wormery by layering gravel, sand, soil, dead leaves and, of course, worms from our outside area. We covered it in black paper to keep it dark and put it in a cool place.
Monday 17 March 2025 The Importance of Flowers Have you ever thought about how important seeds are and what would happen if they didn't exist&quest; Have you ever wondered where seeds some from&quest;
Friday 14 March 2025 ROAR-some work This week, the children had the opportunity to share their home learning project. Everyone was so confident in sharing their dinosaur and some of their interesting facts they had researched.
Friday 14 March 2025 Trees on Parade
Friday 14 March 2025 British Science Week This week the children have been celebrating British Science Week by focusing on the topic of, 'Change and Adapt'. This has encompassed several areas of our Science curriculum and prompted some wonderful questions from the children in Year 2.
Friday 14 March 2025 British Science Week During British Science Week, we have been considering the concept of 'Change and Adapt'. In Year 6, we have been looking at selective plant breeding which is a fantastic example of human-influenced plant adaption. Over the next few weeks, we will be choosing the best of a crop to help improve the next harvest. We started this project by collecting our own seeds from a variety of different tomatoes. A fun, but messy, activity! We will work over time to observe changes and record the results. Hopefully, we will also end up with some tasty produce.
Friday 14 March 2025 Spring has Sprung! Reception have been busy outside looking for signs of spring. We have noticed buds appearing on plants, birds singing in trees and lots of minibeasts in the soil! We have learnt the names of some spring flowers: snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils and primroses.
Sunday 9 March 2025 World Book Day in Year 5 St. Andrew's World Book Day theme this year was - The Books We Love.
Sunday 9 March 2025 The cycle of life During this term's science, we are thinking about the importance of living things and their methods of reproduction.
Friday 7 March 2025 New topics in Year 4 We have been getting into our new topics this week!
Friday 7 March 2025 Just Dance Have you ever wondered what else Year 6 do in class apart from learning? Just Dance! It's such a fantastic way to get those little legs moving and energise their minds! A few minutes of dancing not only lifts Year 6 children's spirits but also helps with concentration afterwards. Plus, who doesn't love a bit of a boogie? It’s a brilliant way to combine physical activity with learning, keeping everyone engaged and happy!
Thursday 6 March 2025 Where does our Food come from? As we welcomed Year 2 to another half term we have moved on to looking at where our food comes from in our Geography Unit.
Sunday 2 March 2025 The World of Dragons We went on a dragon hunt. No, we didn't catch a big one but yes, we were a little bit scared.
Friday 28 February 2025 Dinosaur hunt To launch our new topic of 'Dinosaurs' the children when on an artefacts hunt, where they searched for different clues which helped them identify the correct topic.
Friday 28 February 2025 Counting fun! This term we will be focussing on developing our counting skills. We will be practising 1:1 counting a group of objects, ensuring that we count very slowly and use our pointing finger to touch an object while we say a number (and not saying the number before our finger has reached the object!).
Friday 28 February 2025 STEM Discovery Centre
Tuesday 18 February 2025 Thermal insulation and dissolving To complete our materials topic, we carried out investigations around thermal insulation and solubility.
Friday 14 February 2025 Going to the volcano This week, we explore one of our No Outsiders books 'Going to the volcano', the children loved the repeating pattern and rhyme with this story. We enjoyed acting out the story and understanding the message that everyone was welcome to join us on our trip to the volcano.

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