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Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Half Term!
Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Half Term!
We have had a brilliant half term and what a way to finish it off with our PTA disco last night and 'wear what you love day' today. Learning has continued to be inspiring and engaging for all of our children and it is hard to believe that we are halfway through the academic year already! We are all looking forward to leaving winter behind and seeing what Spring holds for our school.
There is so much to look forward to in the new term and we start with a chance to invite you in to discuss the progress that your child is making. You can now book your appointments for a meeting with their teacher via Arbor. Meetings will take place on Tuesday 25th and Thursday 27th February. We look forward to seeing you then and working with you to continue to support your child's development and learning.
Have a wonderful break and we will see you all on Monday 24th February.
Have a fantastic weekend and STAY SAFE!
Experiences and Opportunities
Experiences and Opportunities
Forest School
Forest School
What better way to end this half term at Forest school, than to have a fire with hot dogs and marshmallows!
"This is the best day ever!!!" was the theme of the sessions, along with some fantastic perseverance from both adults and children when having a go with the flint and steel.
Year 1 at British Schools Museum
Year 1 at British Schools Museum
Last Thursday, the Year 1 children took an exciting trip to the British Schools Museum. The day began with the children getting into their Victorian school children costumes including pinafores, waistcoats and collars. The children then took part in a normal Victorian school day. They completed their three 'R's. Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic, but they had to use feather quills and slate boards! The children then had the opportunity to explore lots of different Victorian toys and particularly loved the jack in the box and the kaleidoscopes.
Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day
On Tuesday, Micklem came together to celebrate and learn about Safer Internet Day. The theme was 'too good to be true' and it taught the children all about protecting themselves and others from scams online. The children already had fantastic knowledge from their Computing and PSHE lessons and were able to share the SMART rules for being online and knew always to tell a trusted adult if they needed help or guidance with being online. All classes took part in activities about Safer Internet Day as part of their Computing lesson this week and Year 6 created some fantastic posters for the school.
Glow Dance
Glow Dance
Years 1,3 and 4 had a great experience this week in their glow dance sessions. They had the opportunity to dance in the dark with different glow sticks. Lots of fun was had by all!
Children's Mental Health Week
Children's Mental Health Week
This years theme for children's mental health awareness week was 'know yourself, grow yourself.'
We had a visit from Lauren (SEND mental health support team) who ran a workshop on recognising our strengths and thinking about how we would achieve our goals.
PTA Disco
PTA Disco
Lot's of fun was had by all at the ever popular PTA Valentine's 'Friendship' Disco on Thursday 13th February. It was lovely to see so many children attending and having a good time singing and dancing. It was particular nice to see children demonstrating our school values by 'being kind' and buying gifts for their friends from the gift shop.
Learning in Classrooms
Learning in Classrooms
There has been some amazing learning in classrooms over the last two weeks. Children in Year 1 have been reading the book 'The Squirrels who Squabbled' and then wrote their own fantastic versions of the story. This included two cheetahs squabbling over their prey, two spiders squabbling over a web and two cats squabbling over a ball of yarn. Take a look at Evie's amazing story and Michael's Book in a Box inspired by the story.
Year 6 have been getting creative in their Art lessons. They have focused this half-term on Monet and his water lily paintings. Working together, they have created a group final piece that involved using paint and gauze to create the background (no paintbrushes!) and card, paper and split-pins to create the waterlily.
Year 4 have been practicing their golf skills in PE this term and finished the term off by creating their own mini golf obstacle courses.
Nursery and Reception had a visit from Miss Noble, who is a volunteer police officer, with some of her police kit. We talked about what the police do, how they can help and how fast the police cars go!
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club
Our relaunch of Breakfast Club has now begun! Breakfast will now be served throughout the session, so children can choose when they want something to eat, and children who arrive later will still be offered breakfast. Children will be encouraged to develop their independence and will prepare their own breakfast where possible. We are also looking to appoint some Breakfast Club Monitors, older children who will support the younger children to develop their independence. Children will also now have the flexibility to choose between our three areas: quiet/seated activities; active games in the hall; or play outside. All of these areas will be supervised and children will have the flexibility to move between the activities freely. We are keen to ensure that all children that access our Breakfast Club have a positive start to their day and this includes being fed, fit and having fun! Some of the activities that we now offer include:
Playdough
Painting
Reading
Maths activities (the children asked for these)
Lego
Colouring
Board Games
Team Games
Puzzles
And so much more
We are also going to start to bring in theme days in Breakfast Club, with 'Messy Monday' the starting point' - there will be arts and crafts available in the quiet area; ropes and apparatus available in the hall and then activities outside. Children who came to Breakfast Club today will have chocolate-crispy-cakes to bring home as a bonus - I hope they made them home!
Breakfast Club runs Monday to Friday 7:30 - 8:45. Children from Nursery to Year 6 are welcome. There are 45 spaces each day and the cost is £4.50 per session or £3.50 per session for pupil premium children. Further information can be found on our website: https://www.micklem.herts.sch.uk/wrap-around-care/
If you are interested in sending your child to Breakfast Club and want more information, you can always contact the School Office:
01442 408964
admin@micklem.herts.sch.uk
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
353
Green House
329
Red House
416
Yellow House
320
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Parent's Evening
Please book your meeting for the first week back via arbor. This is a brilliant opportunity for you to catch up with your child's teacher and share any concerns that you may have regarding their progress. It is also a brilliant opportunity to share what is going well and really praise the positive progress being made by your children in school.
Book Week
Book Week will take place from the 3rd to the 7th of March 2025. This year, we have planned a variety of events and activities designed to celebrate the joy of reading and encourage a love for books among our students. World Book Day is on Thursday 6th March so please do come dressed as your favourite character.
As well as World Book Day dressing up, we will also have the following activites and competitions to take part in:
Book in a Box competition
Wonka style 'Micklem' Bars
Book fair and Reading Cafes
Extreme Reading competition
Visit from author Claire Hatcher-Smith for years 3-6
Sponsored Readathon
More information will be sent out after half term, so please look out for it.
We hope that you and your child will join us and partake in these activities, working together to foster a love of literature.
To order Claire Hatcher-Smith's new book, please visit the link below for Our Bookshop in Tring. Books will be sent to school and will be signed on the day.
https://www.ourbookshoptring.co.uk/product/the-mizzy-mysteries-a-skeleton-in-the-closet/
Nursery Open Mornings
Nursery Open Mornings
We are moving in to that time of year where parents and carers need to make a decision on their children's Nursery for September. With that in mind, we would love to invite you to our Nursery Open Mornings. Whether you are looking for 15 or 30 hours of Nursery, we can facilitate that. Breakfast Club, Lunch Club and After School Club are also available to our Nursery children for an additional charge. Please let your friends and family know about these open mornings, 30 hours is still new to us, so the local community might be less aware that we offer it. We offer the following dates: 11th March, 20th March. If you cannot make these dates, then please contact the School Office and we will arrange a different time for you. We look forward to seeing you there.
Attendance
Attendance
Nursery
86.7%
Reception
90.2%
Year 1
95.4%
Year 2
94.4%
Year 3
92.5%
Year 4
96.7%
Year 5
97.6%
Year 6
91.4%
Congratulations to Year 5 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 that has taken place in classes. 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
Adrian has been sounding out brilliantly in phonics and has read beautifully to adults.
Alana completed some amazing independent writing in phonics.
Year 1
Year 1 represented Micklem Primary school on a trip and they were absolutely superb.
Year 2
Logan has been aiming high and challenging himself in PE.
Alfie has shown greater independence in his writing.
Skye has worked carefully all week to develop and improve ideas for her writing. She has finished a fantastic information report about Australia.
Harry has had a positive attitude to his learning recently. He is settling to his learning, aiming high to complete tasks well and listening to feedback on how to improve.
Year 3
Darius has shown great attention to detail in his writing and is showing pride in his work.
Archie has shown a great attitude to learning this week.
Year 4
Eliza has been a kind friend to her classmates.
Penny has aimed high with her story planning and even managed to improve the ending.
Cam has shown great resilience in maths.
Masie had a great experience at the glow dance event and really tried hard to follow the instructor.
Year 5
Tasmia showed effort and great determination when learning to ride a bike.
Xiamara has been showing the school values to others in her class.
Isaak wrote a fantastic biography all about Beowulf. He was able to use titles, subtitles and lots of Year 5 techniques including parenthesis.
Laney works hard in all lessons. Recently, she has been even doing extra writing and Maths at home!
Year 6
Melea has shown an inspiring ,aiming high attitude, consistently looking for ways to improve.
Isla has shown great perseverance in maths.
Sunshine Group- KS1
Toby has shown more independence.
Sunshine Group-KS2
Riley has been a great role model, listening to feedback and aiming high.
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
House Captains, with support from Year 6 have been raising money for playground equipment. So far, they have invested in: new table tennis equipment; new hula hoops, new skipping ropes, cats cradles and more. I have even heard discos happening on the playground at lunchtime this week! Great effort team - keep it up!
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.
Nut Allergies
I would like to remind all parents and carers that we are a nut free school. This means that nuts should not be present or consumed on site. Please ensure that you do not send nuts or products that contain nuts into school with your child. This is for the safety and wellbeing of our children who suffer with nut allergies. It is incredibly important that this rule is followed at all times.
Toys and Fidgets
Please do not send your child into school with a toy from home (including fidget toys) unless this has been confirmed in a meeting with Ms Palmer, our SENCO. We will always facilitate fidgets where they will support a child's learning, but will go through proper procedures first.
PTA
Please see the latest PTA Newsletter that has been sent out to parent/carers today for all of the amazing things that have taken place this half term.
We have lots more exciting events planned for 2025! Watch this space for more information.
If you are able to help the PTA in anyway then please get in contact: pta@micklem.herts.sch.uk
Facebook page: Micklem Primary School PTA
Upcoming Dates
Upcoming Dates
24th February - Return to School
25th February - Parent's Evening
26th February - Year 6 Sky Studios Trip
27th February - Class Photos
27th February - Parent's Evening
W/C 3rd March - Book Week
5th March - Year 2 Sportshall Atheletics
6th March - World Book Day
6th March - Wonka style 'Micklem' Bars sale
10th March - Commonwealth Service Trip - selected Year 6 Children
W/C17th March - Science Week
W/C 17th March - Neurodiversity Week
21st March - Red Nose Day
24th March - Art Club at The National Gallery
28th March - Mother's and Others Gift Sale
3rd April - PTA Bunny Bingo
4th April - School ends at 1:30pm
5th April - 21st April - Easter Holidays
22nd April - Return to School
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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