Reaching high for the best for your child
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!
Read our blogs!
Threading in Art
This week in Art, our skill was threading!
Threading supports our fine motor skills which makes our fingers strong!
Year 5 Maths
This week, the children have been revising and revisiting the topic of geometry. We have been spending a lot of time consolidating our understanding of key vocabulary and today we used this in a competitive game of '3 of a kind'. They had to organise the shapes based on properties such as parallel and perpendicular lines, acute and obtuse angles and regular and irregular sides.
Is your child joining Nursery in September 2025?
Will your child be joining our school Nursery in September 2025?
On Saturday 14th June, we are hosting a stay and play session. If you haven't booked already, please contact the school office (01438 351053) to book your preferred time.
A Great Big Thank you!
We would like to say a huge thank you for our Amazon wish list donations so far! The children have enjoyed exploring and reading the new books we have received.
Win £1,000 for our school’s library
We Need Your Help!
Read for Good will be giving five schools across the UK and Ireland the chance to win £1,000 in National Book Tokens so they can fill their library shelves with new books. Each winning school will also receive £300 in cash to make improvements to their library space, making it fun and welcoming for all.
When Year 2 Visited Year 3
Year 2 visited Year 3 and shared their writing. Year 2 had worked hard when creating their own stories. We made sure that we included a beginning, middle and end. In the beginning, we had to include something which the character felt excited about. In the middle, we had to include a problem and made the character worry. At the end of our stories, we wanted our characters to felt proud. We tried our best when making sure we used the present tense throughout our stories.
Planting in Year 2
Just before half term, the children in Year 2 worked really hard to de-weed our planters ready for some new plants to grow.