Micklem Newsletter

World Book Week

World Book Week has been bigger and more vibrant than ever before! The enthusiasm from both staff and students has truly made this year’s celebration special.

Throughout the week, we have welcomed author Claire Hatcher-Smith who inspired our young readers in KS2 with her stories and creativity. Additionally, we hosted virtual sessions that allowed our children to engage with literature in new and exciting ways. Our competitions brought out a fantastic spirit of fun and creativity, and students spent time participating in events such as flashlight reading and ‘Drop Everything and Read’.

The costumes were absolutely fantastic for World Book Day, and I would like to extend my congratulations to the winners of both the Extreme Reading and the Book in a Box competitions! Effort and imagination have really shone through, and it was heartening to see how much passion the children have for reading. It was also lovely to see such a great turnout to our reading cafe- we hope you all had a wonderful time.

As part of our activities, each class has created some wonderful poetry inspired by our book ‘Change Sings’. The children have shown remarkable talent and insight into the theme of change, and it has been a joy to see their work and we look forward to it being displayed around school.

Finally, a quick reminder that our sponsored readathon is still live and will continue until Sunday. Please remember to bring in any sponsor money by Wednesday next week. Alternatively, you can also make payments online here. Readathon Sponsorship Page

Thank you for your continued support in promoting reading and fostering a love of literature in our children. Let’s keep the momentum going as we inspire our young readers to make stories a part of their everyday lives!

Have a fantastic weekend and STAY SAFE!

Experiences and Opportunities

Forest School

Our Year 5 and Reception classes had a muddy start to their Forest School sessions!

We had fun playing games, learning about different types of soil, exploring the seasonal changes to our Forest School and even had a go at doing some yoga!

Learning in Classrooms

It's been another fantastic week of learning at Micklem! All children have been working so hard and trying their best in all subjects.

In Year 2, the children have been reading about King Arthur in Guided Reading. They read the text and explored the vocabulary earlier in the week and then used their comprehension skills to answer questions about the text. Take a look at Ayla's super sentences about Arthur and Merlin.

This half-term, Year 3 have been focusing on 'Rocks' in Science. In one lesson, they were really excited to learn all about fossils. Poppy created a comic strip to show how a fossil is formed and was able to use super scientific vocabulary such as 'minerals', 'eroded' and 'decay'. Well done Year 3!

This week, the whole school has been working on poetry inspired by the poet Amanda Gorman. Have a look at an extra from Isla's poem about change.

Change begins with a heart filled with courage
Change is a person filled with kindness
In which they spread like confetti

I can hear change humming
Slowly but gently it's coming.
End hunger, spread hope
Homes for the homeless, they cannot cope.
They don't your coins, they need change.

Recycle your rubbish, reduce your food waste, reuse your old things
Can you already hear your change sing?
Water runs free,
The difference starts with you and me.

Pancake Day

The children were lucky enough to make and eat pancakes (or crêpes) with the lovely Miss Lopez. Children in KS2 were able to follow a French recipe and instructions. By the end of the day, Miss Lopez had managed to make a whopping 163 pancakes with the children!

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

298

Green House

275

Red House

308

Yellow House

292

Upcoming Events

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.

Science Week

17th-21st March is our Science week. The week will be filled with many exciting opportunities and events, which have been made possible due to your kindness and generosity towards the sponsored Lego Walk! There will be opportunities for some classes to go and experience Science at a secondary school; river studies at Gadebridge Park; wild Science assemblies and much more! Please remember to enter our Science fair which will take place on Friday 21st March and is being judged by our local MP.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

17th - 24th March is also Neurodiversity Celebration week. Click on the image to find out more.

"When it comes to inclusion, neurodiversity refers to a world where neurological differences are recognised and respected as all other human variations. Depending on how our brains are wired we think, move, process information and communicate in different ways. Many people in our community use neurodiversity as an umbrella term used to describe alternative thinking styles such as Dyslexia, DCD (Dyspraxia), Dyscalculia, Autism and ADHD. But regardless of labels, neurodiversity is about recognising those who think differently. And no matter whether you are a school, university or organisation you can benefit from different thinkers!"

www.neurodiversityweek.com

Red Nose Day

Friday 21 March is Red Nose Day. This year celebrates 40 years! Look out for more information in upcoming letters.

Attendance

Nursery

86.2%

Reception

86.5%

Year 1

94.5%

Year 2

90.5%

Year 3

93.5%

Year 4

96.1%

Year 5

95.4%

Year 6

93.1%

Congratulations to Year 4 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

All of Reception - you were fantastic in the yogathon!
Leia - great Maths skills.
Adrian - improving his writing.

Year 1

Olivia - Olivia has settled well into our class this week, she has given everything she has been set a go and is definitely aiming high.
Malachi - worked really hard in maths today when working out groups of tens and ones and even did some extension questions and asked for some to do at home.
Theo D - For showing great resilience when writing his poem about change this week, he kept going even when things when he was finding things a bit tricky.
Vinnie - This week Vinnie has worked really hard in English he has contributed some brilliant ideas and has challenged himself when writing his final poem.

Year 2

Archie - Archie did some inventive writing, describing a bus as if it were a dragon.
Stefan V - Stefan has an amazing attitude to his learning. He particularly enjoys pushing himself in his maths.
Millie - Good use of vocabulary when drawing and labelling the features of a castle in History.
Cody - Great work on our review of multiplication and division in Maths including working on the tricky 2 step problem at the end of the lesson.

Year 3

Harleigh has tried her very best with TTRS this week and has moved up 3 levels! Also, she has moved up to Level C on reading plus!
Mason - Mason has shown great progress with his spellings this week and scored 8 out of 9! All that extra practice at home is really paying off!
Yunice - Yunice has shown a great understanding in Maths on comparing and ordering unit and non-unit fractions!
Emma - Emma’s understanding and inclusion of abstract nouns has been fantastic to see during this week’s English lessons.

Year 4

Rhiannon - Rhiannon always makes such an effort in lessons. This week she has persevered when fractions went above 1 and she had to estimate on a number line.
Charlie - Charlie has been putting in huge efforts with his times tables over the last few weeks. He has made huge progress with his heat map.
Harry - Harry worked hard this week to write a poem about change, hope and joy. He spent time editing it and adding alliteration to make it even better!
Emily-Rose - Emily has shown great respect this week by helping her classmates. She has been a kind friend and has made new children to our class feel very welcome.

Year 5

Lexi - Lexi has made an amazing effort improving her handwriting. Lexi has practised lots at home as well! Well done.
Elsa - Elsa wrote a fantastic letter from Macbeth to Lady Macbeth. You were able to use a formal tone and lots of high level vocabulary. You also took the initiative to edit your own spellings, well done!
Harlie - Harlie wrote a really thoughtful and inspirational poem all about how we can change the world. This was inspired by the book Change Sings by the poet and activist Amanda Gorman.
Antonia - Antonia wrote a beautiful poem all about how we can change the world. She clearly is passionate about the environment and making our world a better place for humans and animals.

Year 6

Liara - This week we have been writing informally in role as Stanley Yelnats from Holes. Liara used some great colloquialisms and slang words! Well done Liara keep up the hard work.
Paige - At Sky studios on Wednesday Paige cooperated well with her group and was an amazing presenter! We might even see her on the news for real one day. Well done Paige - proud of you.
Isla - Isla has written a beautiful poem about change!
Albert - For having an improved attitude to learning and being so kind when we visited our reception buddies.

Sunshine Group- KS1

Thomas - Thomas has come back from half term using more words and making more connections with his teachers and friends.
Michael - Michael, you have had a great week in the sunshine room. You have worked hard to regulate your emotions. You continue to be a kind friend to your peers.

Sunshine Group-KS2

All of the sunshine room! Everyone worked so hard as a team to make our space display! We love watching you work as a team and the results you make.
James - James, you have been working hard on your learning and making sure you are starting your work on your own. You have been kind, caring and had a positive attitude. Keep up the hard 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.

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 can I remind you that children should not be bringing toys or fidgets into school. This is for many reasons, including children becoming upset if they get lost or damaged.

If it has been agreed in a meeting with our SENCO, Ms Palmer, that your child needs a sensory or fidget toy to support their learning, this will be provided by school.

PTA

Please see the communication that was sent out to all parent/carers today advertising our Mother's and Other's Day Gift Shop on Friday 27th March, Bunny Bingo on Thursday 3rd April and Easter Squares which is running from now until the last day of 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

10th March - Commonwealth Service Trip - selected Year 6 Children

11th March - Nursery Open Morning

13th March - EYFS Taster Day

W/C17th March - Science Week

W/C 17th March - Neurodiversity Week

20th March - Nursery Open Morning

21st March - Red Nose Day

24th March - Art Club at The National Gallery

28th March - Mother's and Others Gift Sale

1st April - April Fool's Non-Uniform Day

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 Club - to book spaces at After School Club, please visit

https://goodshepherdclubs.co.uk/

SEND and Family Support

As part of neurodiversity celebration week, the events below are being held with inspirational speakers from a range of backgrounds and professions. The discussions will focus on key neurodiversity topics, and aim to educate while inspiring conversations about neurodiversity.

All events are FREE of charge and open to all.

The events are being recorded, so if there is something you are interested in but can't make live, make sure you register for the events so that you receive the recording after and don't miss out!

Click on the image to register.

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