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Starting Reception
Wednesday, 16 April 2025Will your child be joining Reception in September 2025?
Wednesday 16th April is an exciting day for many of you, finding out where your child will begin their full-time school journey.
We would like to invite all prospective parents to join us to see a Reception day in action on Wednesday 23rd April, Thursday 24th April, Friday 25th April or Thursday 1st May.
Please note spaces on the tours are limited, you can book by contacting Amy.McDonagh@fairlands.herts.sch.uk or contacting the school office on 01438 351053 from Tuesday 22nd April.
Finally, please note Friday 2nd May is the final day to accept your child's Reception place, you can do this through the Hertfordshire admissions website.
We will be sharing more information about upcoming Stay and Play sessions and exciting summer holiday collaborations with Track Play, Tumble Tots and Little City on our ‘Starting School’ blog and school social media pages.
We look forward to meeting you and your family over the next few months!
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Super subertising!
The children use Easter eggs to add different amounts to their five frames. The children used their subitising skills to say how many eggs were on the five frame, without counting them first. This is a fantastic way to master numbers to five!
on Wednesday 9th May we are hosting our maths workshop, will you be joining us?
Welcome back!
The children in Nursery have had a wonderful first day back. The children shared how egg-cited they were to take part part in lots of Easter activities during the holidays, so we created our own egg hunt in the Nursery garden!
Easter Activity Mornings!
Yesterday, a group of enthusiastic Year 6 children came into school for a fun and focused activity morning designed to get their brains buzzing and ready for the term ahead. This session was packed with engaging revision games that made learning feel like play, helping to reinforce key skills in a relaxed and supportive environment. One of the highlights was a big mathematical treasure hunt, where pupils worked in teams to solve a series of number-based clues and challenges. It was a brilliant blend of fun, teamwork, and learning – and a fantastic way to keep minds sharp over the holidays! The children are ready for another fun filled morning today where they will be working in their own pizza store!
Will your child be joining Reception in September 2025? We are looking forward to meeting you and your family!
Wednesday 16th April is an exciting day for many of you, finding out where your child will begin their full-time school journey.
Cloud Busting in Year 5
This half term, we have been reading Cloud Busting by Malorie Blackman for our guided reading sessions. The book is about two boys, who's friendship is tested and lives are put at risk. The book, which is written in a variety of poetic styles, really captured the children and they were able to reflect on the various themes such as secrecy, friendship, fear, courage and difference.
Here are poplar class cloud busting and looking at things through the glasses of 'Fizzy Feet', or Davey as he is also known.
Woodland Adventure!
Today we enjoyed learning about habitats. We now know that a habitat is where an animal or plant lives. We went on a woodland adventure around the school and found many insects. We found a spider, ant, worm and even a little frog. The frog then jumped on one of our feet! We then had to draw the habitats which we had seen and label them. We had so much fun in the sunshine!
Trading in the iron age
In our history lessons we have been looking at how lives changed between the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.
Today we learnt about how trade changed the lives of people in Britain. We export and import items around the world and we have done this for thousands of years.
We played a game where we had to trade items from the Iron Age to ensure we had everything on our list to ensure we survived.