Will your child be joining Reception in September 2026?
Applications open on the Hertfordshire admissions website Monday 3rd November 2025 and close Thursday 15th January 2026.
We will be holding an Early Years Open Evening on Wednesday 15th October, come along any time between 3.45pm and 5pm to meet our current Reception staff and look around the classrooms.
We will also be holding day time tours from October-December. Please contact amy.mcdonagh@fairlands.herts.sch.uk to book or call the school office on 01438 351053.
We are hosting an open evening on Wednesday 15th October from 3.45pm - 5pm for families who have a child joining Nursery or Reception in September 2026. Our Early Years team will be available to answer your questions and show you our wonderful learning environment. We will also be giving you the chance to sample some of the delicious lunches that we offer!
This term in year 3 we have been looking at British History asking the question Would you prefer to have lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age?
Last Friday, Willow Class had a fantastic time celebrating Languages Day! The classroom was buzzing with excitement as we kicked off the activities with some fun language quizzes. We listened to different languages being spoken and saw them written down – then had to guess which language it was. Some were tricky, but we loved the challenge!
Today has been very wet but we managed to find a short break in the rain and went on a seasons hunt! We took photos of all the things we could find that would help us to tell which season it was. We found trees with red leaves, puddles of water, clouds in the sky, leaves that had fallen to the ground and we had to wear our coats as it was a bit chilly. Once we had gathered our evidence, we decided it must be autumn!
In Art, we have been thinking about what we see on the way to school. We have then used different media including coloured pencils to draw a map of our route to school. We then used different materials to show Fairlands lake, houses and fields. The materials included string, fabric, foil and cardboard.
In our Art lessons we have been trying to think like artists. In week one we had to look for the shapes you can see within images to help us draw. Then we used different lines to create our drawings. This week we have been looking at the rules of shading and we had to remember to use the side of our pencil, shade in one direction, press evenly and leave no gaps.
On Friday the 26th September it was International Language Day. We looked at the different languages that are spoken across the world. In our classes some children made posters and flags and even taught us how to say welcome in their language.