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First Week Back!
First Week Back!
We have had a brilliant first week back at Micklem. There has been some fantastic learning taking place and it has been the last week of our swimming lessons. Swimming has been another resounding success with huge progress made across the board. The children that I have spoken to have really enjoyed it and could talk to me about how they had improved their skills.
It was lovely to see so many Parents and Carers at Parents Evening this week. Thank you for your continued support with your children's education.
PTA Work Commences
PTA Work Commences
You may have noticed the developments taking place just inside the entrance to the playground this week. I am very excited to confirm that work has started on the PTA's project to build a new covered area for children to store their bikes and scooters. The astro turf has now been laid (so they won't get covered in mud), and the covered area will be going in shortly. This means that children will not have to take their bikes and scooters around the school to store them, there will be increased capacity for storage, and the storage will be under cover.
Thank you to all members of the PTA for their fundraising support and thank you to our school community that have contributed to fundraising at our PTA events.
Experiences and Opportunities
Experiences and Opportunities
PERFORM Drama Workshop
PERFORM Drama Workshop
Before half term, Reception, Year 1, 2 and 3 took part in drama workshops. They travelled to space, visiting different planets along the way and even defeated the evil alien that they met on their travels. It is fair to say that they thoroughly enjoyed the workshop!
Nursery 'Bonfire Night' and Diwali
Nursery 'Bonfire Night' and Diwali
For Bonfire Night we had a bonfire at Forest School. We watched Miss Evans light the fire. We could see colours and smoke. We heard crackling. We cooked apples, marshmallows and hot dogs. It was fun!
For fireworks and Diwali we threaded sparkly pipe cleaners through the holes of colanders and painted fireworks using cotton buds for our fine motor skills. We drew around our hand and then added mendhi patterns onto it. We did firework experiments predicting what would happen ... change colour .... mix it ... Our experiments were: Fizzing fireworks, colourful catherine wheel, shooting fireworks and exploding fireworks.
Diwali in Reception
Diwali in Reception
In Understanding the World, Reception have been learning about Diwali. We learnt that it is the Festival of Light. We loved learning about different cultures and beliefs!
Autumn Fun!
Autumn Fun!
After a week of arguments over who various leaf piles belong to, children from KS2 came together today to create a giant leaf pile! They are going to see what is left after the weekend and then add to it on Monday. They worked together beautifully and everyone appreciated that it was much more fun to work together than to argue over the leaf piles!
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week 2024 will take place from Monday 11th - Friday 15th November, with the theme: Choose Respect. In school we will be thinking about what respect means, how we show respect, and how to respectfully disagree with others.
Odd Socks Day for awareness of the week, is taking place on Tuesday 12th November, with adults and children being encouraged to wear odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique. We are not asking for donations for this.
Click on the link below to learn more for parents and carers and how you can bring anti-bullying week to life at home.
Armistice Day
Armistice Day
We will be holding a Remembrance Assembly for the children, including a two-minute silence on Monday 11th November. This is a chance to reflect and remember the sacrifices that were made for our freedoms. The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal products are available to purchase at the School Office with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity.
Children in Need
Children in Need
This year we will be taking part in the Children in Need appeal on Friday 15th November 2024.
We are asking that your child/ children come into school wearing something yellow and spotty like Pudsey, or choose to side with the Gladiators and go for superhero style! You can get as creative as you like! Whatever you choose, wear something that will make your whole class smile.
In return, we ask that you make a donation to help with our fundraising and help make a difference to children’s lives.
Celebrating Cultures Day
Celebrating Cultures Day
Our Celebrating Cultures Day will take place on Friday 22nd November. On this day, our school community will come together to celebrate the diverse cultures that make up our community. We encourage children and staff to dress up in colourful and traditional attire representing your cultural heritage, by wearing colours of a regional or national flag that is important to you, or by wearing clothes that show a community you belong to such as Scouts or Brownies.
From 2.45pm, we will be welcoming families into our school hall to continue this celebration. This is an opportunity for you to host a stall and share something from your cultural heritage with our school community. This could be a traditional dish for people to try, a traditional art or craft for them to have a go at, traditional instruments to play... the list goes on! Please speak to Miss Palmer or the school office to let us know if you would like to host a stall, so we can arrange enough tables.
Attendance
Attendance
Nursery
80%
Reception
92.6%
Year 1
94.8%
Year 2
93.7%
Year 3
93.2%
Year 4
95.2%
Year 5
97.5%
Year 6
93.8%
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 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:
Nursery
Cody has written his name this week.
Rinoa has shown confidence and participated in group times.
Rayan has joined in with everything and been confident to try new things.
Asil has built up good friendships and has played independently.
Reception
Ellie has shown amazing shape knowledge this week.
Lucas has been talking lots this week and making staff smile every day.
Year 1
Eliza has been working really hard this week especially in English, she was able to complete her task independently and used a capital letter and full stop.
Finlay has worked really hard in English when writing the opening to a story. He used capital letters in all of the right places, finger spaces and full stops.
Evie has been working really hard in English, she has been aiming high and is always challenging herself.
Toby has been trying his best in PE this week. He gave everything a really good go!
Year 2
Ayla has shown fantastic independent writing. She was resourceful and used our writing frame to join clauses using: and, that, even and if.
Skye has shown great independent writing this week: lists - 'He packed his sleeping bag, matches and compass.'; expanded nouns - 'whistling, green grass'; conjunctions - 'He saw a similar tent but it might be some other people's.'
Dominic really enjoyed drawing and writing about his disgusting sandwich!
Maddox: 'Sink your teeth into my disgusting sandwich. This chewy black widow spider and green goop.'
Year 3
Emberly has been amazing this week in maths, especially Tuesday when adding 3 digit and 2 digit numbers together! She even went to show Mr Swift her fantastic work.
Hayden has shown great multiplication knowledge in our Times Table Rockstar competition this week. He has earned himself 3 amazing certificates!
Holly has been able to reflect and edit her English work, making sure she was using capital letters and full stops.
Resandi has shown excellent number knowledge and has been able to identify different number patterns.
Year 4
James has concentrated on his learning this week, particularly showing confidence to read aloud in guided reading and English.
Iosif has aimed high in maths, showing understanding of multiple exchanges for subtraction with four digit numbers.
Year 5
Luke worked really hard on his formal letter from August to Eddie based on the book 'Wonder'. He used a formal tone, high-level vocabulary and structured the letter correctly.
Olivia wrote a fantastic formal letter in English based on the book 'Wonder'. She included all the features and was able to follow the correct structure.
Sophie has been incredibly determined and focused with her maths this week. She seeks out help when needed and then is able to continue independently with her work.
Ava-Lillie has written a fantastic catchy newspaper headline about The George pub collapsing: 'GORGEOUS GEORGE IS A GONNA'.
Year 6
Sofia has tried really hard in swimming over the last few week's and has made excellent progress as a result.
Jessica can often find maths tricky but this week she has really grasped long division which is super tricky! We are so proud of you Jessica. Always keep trying, you are brilliant.
Sunshine Room
SJ has had a fantastic week back from half-term. SJ has been making great decisions in the afternoons. SJ has followed instructions from adults and peers. Keep it up SJ, we are proud of you.
Jayden has come back from half term with such a smile on his face. Jayden has worked hard to complete all his work and is beginning to give things a go on his own. Jayden continue to push yourself! We are so proud of you.
Stivan consistently strives to complete his work to the best of his ability. He is working hard to make sure he gives his work a go before asking for help!
Natali is always kind and caring to all her peers in the Sunshine Room. Natali follows all instructions and helps support others to follow all expectations.
Well done to everyone who worked so hard this week, it is fantastic to see so many positive learning experiences!
Pupil Leadership
School Council
Some of our School Council stepped in to support disagreements on the playground this week. They saw that some children were finding lunchtime hard and took it upon themselves to ensure that those children found the adult support that they needed. Great job team!
House Captains
House Captains are working on a plan to celebrate our Dojo Points across the school. They will be creating an in-school display and considering how to reward the House that achieves the most each term.
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
Christmas Pyjama/non-uniform day is on Friday 29th November in exchange for donations for our Christmas Fayre.
You may have already seen posters advertising our upcoming Christmas Fayre. Please make all bookings and payments through Arbor-School Shop.
Facebook page: Micklem Primary School PTA
Upcoming Dates
Upcoming Dates
11th November - Remembrance Day
12th November - Parent Phonics Workshop
14th November - Year 2 Tower of London Trip
15th November - Children in Need Day
15th November - Deadline for Parent Order of Christmas Cards
21st November - Kittle Individual Photos
22nd November - Celebrating Cultures Day
26th November - Year 6 Duxford Imperial War Museum Trip
26th November - Year 5 Dodgeball Tournament
27th November - No Pens Day
28th November - Flu Vaccinations
4th December - Care Home Christmas Party
12th December - Reception St. Albans Cathedral Trip
17th December - EYFS Christmas Performance
18th December - KS1 Christmas Performance x 2
20th December - Carols Around the Tree
20th December Christmas Dinner Day
20th December - Christmas Jumper Day
20th December - School closes at 1:30pm
23rd December - 3rd January - Christmas Holidays
Good Shepherd Booking
Good Shepherd Booking
Good Shepherd Club - to book spaces at After School Club, please visit
SEND and Family Support
The Hertfordshire SEND Local Offer
The Hertfordshire SEND Local Offer
The Local Offer lets parents and young people know what special educational needs and disabilities services are available in Hertfordshire, and who can access them.
Over the next few newsletters we will be highlighting some of their different support pages. This week we are focusing on their Services for Mental health and Wellbeing. This includes:
Their resource area which includes practical strategies and tips which might help you to support your child at home
The Just Talk website
Links and advice on how to speak to your child's GP, Health Visitor, School Nurse or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
Information on support that may be accessible through school such as counselling or the mental health support team.
Help for children who aren't attending school regularly
Mental Health Services Directory
Click on the link below to find out more about Services for Mental health and Wellbeing in Hertfordshire.
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