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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to what 2025 will bring. We have had a bitterly cold start to term, but it does look like we will be warming up moving forward.
We have had a fantastic start to our learning this term, picking up from where we left off at Christmas. The children were ready and raring to go as soon as we returned to school and it has been full steam ahead from that point. We have also been thrilled by the start of our 30-hour Nursery and extended offer at Breakfast Club. It has been brilliant to see new faces coming and joining our learning here and I look forward to seeing what the children can accomplish.
Have a fantastic weekend and STAY SAFE!
Experiences and Opportunities
Experiences and Opportunities
Learning in Classrooms
Learning in Classrooms
There have yet to be any out of school learning opportunities this half term, but that hasn't stopped our children from topping up their knowledge in classrooms. We have had money maths from Year 2 shared in assembly; scary descriptions from Year 5; balances and writing in reception and year 6 have completed their letters to their French pen friends.
Forest School
Forest School
Despite a chilly start to this terms Forest School, the children have really embraced the cold weather! From scavenger hunts, games and warm drinks to exploring different types of soil and rocks, whilst digging for treasure. Both children and adults had a great, albeit muddy time!
Class Dojo
Class Dojo
This year, we have introduced Class Dojo. A way of celebrating individuals and classes that are following our school rules of:
Be Kind.
Show Respect.
Aim High.
Children will be able to receive one or two points for these core values from any member of staff. We will keep an eye on which individuals, classes and house groups are being the kindest, most respectful and ambitious over the year.
Blue House
415
Green House
372
Red House
415
Yellow House
396
Attendance
Attendance
Nursery
85%
Reception
94%
Year 1
98.8%
Year 2
90.2%
Year 3
90.7%
Year 4
98.5%
Year 5
97%
Year 6
94.8%
Congratulations to Year 1 for aiming high with their attendance this week. The class will receive bonus Class Dojo points for Aiming High!
Learning of the Week
Every week, we celebrate extraordinary learning from two children in each class. It may be that they have pushed passed an obstacle in their learning; worked on their presentation; thought about how to help others amongst other things.
Our Learning of the Week for the last fortnight goes to:
Reception
Makayla has worked really hard in phonics and has been keen to learn.
Ada has worked hard to write a full sentence.
Juno demonstrated great balances in P.E.
Eden completed some fantastic writing to Clive the Penguin.
Year 1
Eva created some wonderful art work inspired by Piet Mondrian.
Angel wrote some wonderful predictions about our book 'The Squirrels Who Squabbled'.
Michael has worked hard to create his setting inspired by 'The Squirrels Who Squabbled'.
Masie has independently written some brilliant sentences to describe the setting in a story.
Year 2
Harry C has worked really hard on his use of apostrophes and has also been tackling the challenge questions in maths.
Fatima always has a positive attitude to learning and has shown great attention and accuracy in her work.
Maddox has focused well in lessons and has been kind on the playground.
Arison has been great with following expectations and working well with others.
Year 3
Harleigh has worked hard on multiplying numbers by 10 and showed great resilience.
Amy has worked really hard in guided reading, explaining her answers and finding evidence to justify.
Jason has shown excellent times tables skills and has multiplied a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number with an exchange.
Alex has shown his knowledge of expanded noun phrases, similes and metaphors in his setting description.
Year 4
Sofia S has been a kind friend to a new classmate.
Hriyaan has aimed high and written a wonderful letter using fantastic vocabulary and emotion.
Leo K has written a wonderful description of a ceremony using great vocabulary.
Seb has written a wonderful description about the Water Goddess using brilliant vocabulary and phrases.
Year 5
Polya wrote some great descriptive sentences about Grendel using powerful verbs and adjectives.
Jessica wrote a fantastic (and slightly scary) description of Grendel using powerful adjectives and relative clauses.
Ava-Lillie always makes valuable contributions to class discussions and participates well in lessons.
Kurtis has written a fantastic Kenning poem using powerful adjectives.
Year 6
Sofia has shown great resilience in maths with comparing and ordering fractions.
Tafari persevered in English when inferring meaning and answering questions based on our book 'Holes'.
Charlotte,Stanley & Jessica have worked really hard on fractions in maths.
Adrian has produced a great persuasive brochure in English and has shown enthusiasm finding the source and mouth of rivers in geography.
Janel has worked really hard on her spellings and is improving her use of apostrophes.
Sunshine Group- KS1
Isla has been a fantastic role model to others.
Sunshine Group-KS2
Stivan has shown great amounts of independence when completing work.
Well done to everyone who worked so hard this week, it is fantastic to see so many positive learning experiences!
Pupil Leadership
School Council
Watch this space for further updates.
House Captains
Watch this space for further updates.
Letters
Please find all of our latest letters here: https://www.micklem.herts.sch.uk/letters/ . If you have any questions regarding anything coming up, do not hesitate to ask.
PTA
Our Valentine's 'Friendship' Disco is taking place on Thursday 13th February. If your child would like to attend then please book their place on Arbor by Monday 10th February.
We have lots more exciting things planned for 2025! Watch this space for more information.
A 'We Need You' poster was sent out to parents/carers this week. If you are able to help the PTA in anyway then please get in contact.
Facebook page: Micklem Primary School PTA
Upcoming Dates
Upcoming Dates
21st January - Year 6 Pizza Express Experience
23rd January - Year 6 Online Health Questionnaire
W/C 3rd February - Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
6th February - Year 1 Trip to British Schools Museum
11th February - Safer Internet Day
12th February - Nursery Open Morning
13th February - PTA Disco
14th February - PTA Non-Uniform Day
17th - 21st February - Half Term Holiday
Good Shepherd Booking
Good Shepherd Booking
Good Shepherd Club - to book spaces at After School Club, please visit
SEND and Family Support
The latest DSPL8 parents/ carers newsletter, with details of FREE upcoming events and workshops, is available to download from their website. We've picked out a couple of things that stood out to us below. Scan the QR codes or click on the pictures to book!
https://dacorumdspl.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/DSPL8-ParentsCarers-Newsletter-Spring-Term-16125-1.pdf
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