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• Friday 14 November 2025 Painting poppies for Remembrance Day For Remembrance Day, Year 3 created beautiful artwork painting poppies on a watercolour background, to make them look like they are blowing in the wind. All classes then showed off their artwork in assembly on Thursday. It was a really lovely way to remember this very special time of year.
• Friday 14 November 2025 Crucial Crew This week, Year 6 had a fantastic opportunity to learn valuable life skills and discover how to stay safe in a variety of situations. With support from an ambulance crew, the British Transport Police, local police officers, and other community organisations, the children took part in a range of engaging and informative sessions.
• Tuesday 11 November 2025 Remembrance Day Year 6 took part in our Remembrance Day activities by painting beautiful poppies. Using their chosen techniques, the children thought carefully about the effect they wanted to create for the viewer. They explored the size and shape of their poppies, experimented with colour mixing, and considered how different background colours could enhance their artwork.
• Tuesday 11 November 2025 Remembrance Day Reception have thought about Remembrance Day by making poppies. They joined in respectfully with the whole school collective worship and one everyone stood beautifully for the one minute silence.
• Tuesday 11 November 2025 Remembrance Day poppies We made poppies in different ways to commemorate Remembrance Day; we painted poppies in the atelier, coloured in and cut out poppies on the writing table, and made poppies using red play dough.
• Sunday 9 November 2025 Life on the moon. Our STEM Challenge this year was to build a moon which would allow humans to live on the moon for a period of time.
• Friday 7 November 2025 Firework fun Following our Diwali celebrations before half term, we are continuing to explore the theme of fireworks through our Bonfire Night activities. The children are investigating pre-writing shapes such as spirals and straight lines using glitter, loose parts, paints and chalk.
• Friday 7 November 2025 STEM Challenge With support from the Head of Design Technology and some sixth formers from Hitchin Girls School, Year 6 completed a STEM challenge to design a moon base that the first group of humans could live in to practise for life on Mars. Using recycled materials, they built their bases, incorporating features such as a power supply, living quarters, a social area, a laboratory, an area to grow crops and a launch pad. The children were very engaged in creating their designs and really demonstrated our school values of koinonia and perseverance.
• Friday 7 November 2025 Publishing and performing
• Thursday 30 October 2025 Publishing Biographies Having gone through the processes of ideas gathering, planning, drafting, editing and proofreading, we finally reached the stage of publishing our biographies.
• Friday 24 October 2025 No Outsiders - Celebrating Differences
• Friday 24 October 2025 Culture Week 2025 We started the week by wearing clothes that represented different cultures. As it was Diwali on Monday, we celebrated by making Rangoli patterns and dancing on the piazza with colourful ribbons. In our atelier, we made flags from around the world and painted African necklaces using paper plates. A big thank you to parents who came in to share their cultures with us- we have learnt so much!
• Friday 24 October 2025 Imperial War Museum, Duxford On Tuesday, Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. They started the day making documentaries about some of the World War II artefacts in the American Air Museum. It was fantastic to see how engaged the children were, reading about the various exhibits and recording each other to produce their own informative film clips. We visited the Ops Block which was used during WWII to control the aircraft flying in and out of Duxford and saw aircraft, ambulances and air raid shelters in the Battle of Britain hangar. After lunch, we visited the exhibits in the AirSpace hangar and particularly enjoyed going aboard Concorde. Our trip ended with some fun in the playground!
• Thursday 23 October 2025 Art From Around the World Reception have thoroughly enjoyed celebrating our cultures. Parents kindly visited our class to share their own cultures with us: We sang, listened to music, learnt new languages, looked at maps, explored artefacts and heard stories from around the world. Inspired by the art we looked at throughout the week, children used a range of different media to create their own art work in the Atelier.
• Thursday 23 October 2025 FSC Amersham We had a wonderful trip out yesterday to the Field Studies Council in Amersham. Activities included digging up soil, identifying rocks including fossils and taking a walk back through time! The lovely weather enabled the children to enjoy their outdoor learning – a great way to end our first half term.
• Sunday 19 October 2025 Our Fruit Solar System
• Friday 17 October 2025 Dirt puddings!
• Friday 17 October 2025 Exploring a new glue We have been developing our skills in using PVA glue by applying small amounts at a time and ensuring we swipe the brush against the edge of the container to avoid any dripping. As part of this learning experience, we created pictures of sheep using cotton wool, which complements our weekly focus on the rhyme “Baa Baa Black Sheep.”
• Friday 17 October 2025 Mould Investigation As part of our Classification topic in science, we have been learning about helpful and harmful microorganisms. This week, we started a mould investigation. We considered what would be our independent, dependent and controlled variables, in order to carry out a fair scientific investigation and predicted what might happen. We set up our experiment and have been checking every day for mould growth on our bread.
• Friday 10 October 2025 Self portraits This week, we created self-portraits using painting and sticking techniques. We looked in mirrors to observe our facial features carefully. Then, we painted and glued different materials to represent what we saw.
• Friday 10 October 2025 Our class trip to Whipsnade Zoo What an amazing day we had at Whipsnade Zoo on Wednesday!
• Friday 10 October 2025 Tag Rugby Festival On Tuesday, Year 4 visited Letchworth Rugby Club to take part in a tag rugby festival. Although it was a friendly, non-scored tournament, the children played brilliantly and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We are very proud of how they represented St Andrew's School.
• Friday 10 October 2025 Cross-section volcanoes I have been so impressed with the children's home learning projects! Cross-sections of volcanoes have been made out of all sorts of materials such as air drying modelling clay, cardboard and even items such as a lampshade and party hat! Here are a few fabulous examples, well done Year 3!
• Friday 10 October 2025 Evacuated to Hitchin! This week, Year 6 experienced what it would have been like to have been an evacuee during World War II. During their visit to the British Schools Museum, they put themselves in the position of a child who had just been evacuated from Battersea to Hitchin. The day started with gas mask practice and then each of the children wrote a letter to their mother to let them know that they had arrived safely. The arithmetic lesson was quite a challenge, trying to add ounces, pounds and stones! We saw so many interesting World War II artefacts and a real highlight was going down into the shelter when we heard the air raid siren. The day finished with 'drill' in the playground. The children now have a much better understanding of what it would have been like to have been an evacuee and, having experienced wartime lessons, they now realise that their own teachers aren't that strict after all!
• Thursday 9 October 2025 We are scientists! Reception had lots of fun investigating their fingerprints. We used the graphite from our pencils and some sticky tape to create an impression of our fingerprints. Using magnifying glasses, we used our careful skills of observation to see if we could determine whether our fingerprints were an arch shape, whorl shape or loop shape. We learnt how our fingerprints are all unique.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Exciting News! Our classes from Year One to Year Six have been busy electing their pupil parliament members and Eco Warriors, and this week I had the honour of announcing them in our collective Worship!
• Friday 3 October 2025 Reasons for Hope This week as part of our Science learning the children learnt about the work of Jane Goodall. We looked at how her work changed the way chimpanzees were understood and helped to preserve their habitat across 9 countries.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Volcanoes It's all about natural disasters this week!
• Friday 3 October 2025 Programming in Computing In Computing this week, we explored the skill of repeating instructions as a more efficient way to program. The children were tasked with programming the steps needed to create a square – which everyone achieved brilliantly! They were then challenged to use the 'Repeat' tool to create other shapes. Some of the creative designs and clever uses of the repeat function were fantastic to see.
• Friday 3 October 2025 Tag Rugby Festival On Thursday afternoon, the whole class took part in a tag rugby festival at Letchworth Rugby Club. Three teams of Year 6 children competed against children from 12 different North Herts primary schools. Lots of fun was had by all and the children really demonstrated our St Andrew's values of koinonia, perseverance and respect.
• Thursday 2 October 2025 Autumn This week we've been learning all about autumn and the changes it brings. We talked about how the leaves change colour and fall from the trees, then went on a leaf hunt to find lots of colourful leaves in different shapes and sizes! Back in the classroom, we used the leaves to make some leaf print art. We are excited to keep watching the trees and see what else changes as autumn continues.
• Wednesday 1 October 2025 Reception went on an autumn walk Today we went on an autumn walk. We found lots of exciting things including a huge spider, ladybird, beautiful leaves and a squirrel.
• Wednesday 1 October 2025 Harvest Gifts Thank you for all the wonderful Harvest gifts.
• Friday 26 September 2025 So much to be thankful for! In RE lessons we have been thinking about God the creator and what Christians thank God for at harvest.
• Friday 26 September 2025 European Day of Languages Friday 26th September 2025 is European Day of Languages. To celebrate this day, Year 6 were lucky enough to have two visitors who came in to teach them some French and Spanish phrases. Mrs Dye also taught us how to say ‘Hello' and ‘My name is….' in Polish. The children then created posters which will be entered into a European Day of Languages competition.
• Thursday 25 September 2025 Remote programming This week, we began to learn about the value of remote programming and how it can be use it to control robots.
• Thursday 25 September 2025 Sundials
• Thursday 25 September 2025 Mapping in Reception Lots of children in Reception have been enjoying playing with the trains and vehicles in our Construction Corner. Last week, we covered our floor with big pieces of sugar paper and children got busy with marker pens creating their own road and railway maps. The children showed a great knowledge of the world around them. Their maps included: helipads, junction boxes, traffic lights, bus stops and even fish and chip shops!
• Thursday 25 September 2025 Exploring Line and Colour Reception looked at some abstract art work by Paul Klee. We noticed how he had used thick black lines and bright colours.
• Thursday 25 September 2025 Exploring inside and outside
• Friday 19 September 2025 Making new friends We have been having a wonderful time playing together and making new friends. During our circle times, we've enjoyed playing listening and attention games, learning each other's names and discovering new things about one another.
• Friday 19 September 2025 Fun with circuits
• Friday 19 September 2025 Sentences Match!
• Tuesday 16 September 2025 A super start! In Year 2 we have all been very busy settling into our new routines together. The children have all made a super start!
• Friday 12 September 2025 A wonderful start to our new Nursery term! We've had such a lovely start to the new term in Nursery. It has been wonderful to see the children settle into their new classroom and routines, make new friends, and develop their confidence.
• Friday 12 September 2025 A human timeline
• Friday 12 September 2025 Meeting our Buddies This week, the Year 6 children were introduced to their Reception class buddies. Before meeting them, they considered what qualities are needed to be a good buddy. They thought about how they will be good role models, leading by example, showing kindness and respect, being helpful and, most importantly, having fun with their buddies! Each day this week, they have supported the Reception children with their lunch and have enjoyed playing with them in the EYFS playground. We are looking forward to seeing how these special relationships develop over the year.
• Sunday 7 September 2025 Our first day boxes
• Friday 5 September 2025 Getting to know you We've had a brilliant start to Year 4! To celebrate our first few days together, we took part in some exciting activities: playing ‘Getting to Know You' bingo, designing our own Greek mythical creatures, and exploring our school site with a scavenger hunt.
• Friday 5 September 2025 Welcome to Year 6 This week, we welcomed our new Year 6 children back for their final year at St Andrew's. We have been talking about all of the new opportunities and challenges that lie ahead of them. The children thought about their hopes and aspirations for the year and what they will need to do in order to achieve them.
• Monday 21 July 2025 Goodbye and Good Luck! In their final week at St Andrew's, Year 6 have been busy making memories. We were all rather emotional during their Leaver's Service at Holy Saviour Church where they shared some of their favourite moments from primary school. On Friday afternoon, they enjoyed a teddy bear's picnic with the buddies that they have supported so diligently throughout the year. Then, on Tuesday, the children had a splashing time in the pool with water pistols and inflatables. What an incredible class they have been. We are going to miss them so much but they are ready for new adventures and we wish them all well. Goodbye and Good Luck to the class of 2025!
• Friday 18 July 2025 End of the Year! We've had a lovely final week in Nursery, getting ready for the big move to Reception! The children have been practising all sorts of important skills- from doing up buttons and using forks, to writing letters and numbers. In one of our literacy sessions, we continued exploring Billy's Bucket and had lots of fun designing our own imaginary buckets. The children's ideas included flower buckets, family buckets, space buckets and rainbow buckets!
• Friday 11 July 2025 Duck and Dash! Once again, our Year 6 children showed their amazing leadership skills as they helped to organise our annual 'Duck and Dash'. Having spent most of the morning supporting our younger children, many of them still had energy left to compete either in the swim and run or for eight brave children, a triathlon.
• Friday 11 July 2025 Billy's Bucket Our final CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education) text of the year is Billy's Bucket! We started the week by finding a wrapped up birthday present in the classroom with a label that said 'To Billy'. We opened it and found a bucket! What a strange birthday present! The children discussed whether they would like a bucket as a birthday present, with all the children agreeing that it would be a nice thing to receive because they could put shells, sand, fish and water in it and take it to the beach.
• Thursday 10 July 2025 What a Show! Once again, Year 6 excelled themselves this week, this time on the stage! We were treated to two amazing performances of Shrek the Musical. Every single member of the cast gave 100% and showed us just what talented young people they are. It was a true demonstration of our school values: koinonia, courage, perseverance and friendship.
• Thursday 3 July 2025 Floating and Sinking We have been exploring sinking and floating this week (which has also given us a lovely opportunity to cool down in the hot weather!)
• Thursday 3 July 2025 Reception Ready We are beginning to think about getting ready to move on and transition to Reception. Our role play corner now reflects a school classroom, helping the children to explore what school might be like.
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Cooking Jallof rice dish in reception We made Jallof an African inspired rice dish with Mrs Smith. The children helped to chop peppers and spring onions, had the chance to smell the herbs and seasonings before cooking. The children tasted it in the afternoon and many of them had a second helping! We sent home the recipe in case you want to try and make it at home.
• Friday 27 June 2025 Oh I do like to be beside the seaside As part of our Geography unit on the seaside, we enjoyed a wonderful day out at the beach. While we were there, we had a fantastic time paddling our feet, building sandcastles, and eating our yummy lunches. We also explored the human and physical geographical features from the pier, and finished the day with a delicious ice cream. It was a great way to celebrate the year, and all the children behaved brilliantly – even after such a long day!
• Thursday 26 June 2025 Bye bye butterflies We said goodbye to our butterflies after watching them closely for a few weeks, ever since they were tiny caterpillars! We have loved looking after them and learning about their transformation.
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Estimating Angles Despite the sizzling heat, year 5 still spent a short time outside estimating angles.
• Sunday 22 June 2025 We are Poets! After listening to the sounds of the ocean and acting out activities we like to do on the beach, Reception wrote a collective poem. We used our 5 senses to help us gather our ideas: What might we see, hear, taste, feel, and smell at the beach?
• Friday 20 June 2025 Creating art with technology As part of our computing unit, we have been exploring how to create artwork using computers and iPads. Linking with our seaside theme, the children used the iPads to design their own seaside-inspired artwork.
• Friday 20 June 2025 Under the Sea We have started our new topic... under the sea! We found a 'fish' in the classroom on Monday! Where did it come from? Where is it going?
• Saturday 14 June 2025 The Olympic Legacy Yesterday, year 5 took part in the Olympic Legacy event at Knights Templar School in Baldock.
• Friday 13 June 2025 Finding quarters Fractions! Learning about fractions can be a tricky concept to grasp. We explored how to find quarters of an amount, and the children enjoyed sharing the amount out using a grid.
• Friday 13 June 2025 Bubble Workshop We explored bubbles in a STEM Bubble Workshop this week. We learnt about how bubbles are made, their shape, and the colours we can see in them. We then made bubble paintings to take home.
• Friday 13 June 2025 Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere Reception have enjoyed a science workshop run by StemPoint this week. We were set several fun and practical challenges to help us explore the wonderful science of bubbles. We blew bubbles using different shape wands, created bubble mountains, made bubble prints and explored which household objects we could blow through to create bubbles! We were amazed that we could use strange objects like keys, hosepipe and funnels to blow bubbles. Whatever we used to blow our bubbles with and however we blew them, we found that they were always sphere-shaped.
• Thursday 12 June 2025 Dinosaurs and much much more.... Our last full day on the Isle of Wight and what a busy one it was! Fossil hunt, dinosaur museum, chair lift, sand shapes, glass workshop, sandcastle competition.... the list goes on. Hopefully, the photos speak for themselves!
• Wednesday 11 June 2025 All Aboard the Steam Train This morning we enjoyed a scenic ride through the Isle of Wight countryside on the Havenstreet Steam Railway. The children enjoyed exploring the 'Train Story' Museum. After a picnic lunch we headed off to Tapnell Farm Park, where we visited the animals, played in the hay barn, drove go-karts, enjoyed the slides and trampolines and had fun on the bouncy pillow.
• Wednesday 11 June 2025 An angle is an amount of turn
• Tuesday 10 June 2025 Fun in the water! What a fun filled day! After a short visit to the park, we made our way to Osbourne House. Having explored the house and the grounds, we treated ourselves to ice creams on the beach. This evening, the children had the best time ever doing water sports.
• Monday 9 June 2025 Day 1 on the Isle of Wight Year 6 are happily settled into their new 'home from home' after a fun day visiting HMS Victory and the Naval Museum. After a breezy trip on the ferry, we arrived at our hotel where we enjoyed a tasty dinner before heading to Sandown Beach. The brave souls amongst us (the children) ventured into the water before playing games on the beach or building sandcastles. We then headed back for biscuits and a bedtime story.
• Friday 6 June 2025 Errol's Garden As part of our No Outsiders storybook sessions, we explored the book Errol's Garden. The story follows a boy named Errol who loves gardening and discovers a rooftop space on his block of flats. Errol brings his community together to help create a rooftop garden.
• Friday 6 June 2025 Sports Day Once again, Year 6 demonstrated their leadership skills, this time as Team Captains on Sports Day. Every one of them supported the younger children in their teams, encouraged them during the carousel of activities and ensured that everything ran like clockwork as they guided their teams from one station to the next. They then set up all of the obstacle races, organising the equipment quickly and efficiently. At the end of the afternoon, they even had energy left for the relays and the endurance race. Congratulations to all of you! Finally, our Phoenix and Apollo House Captains proudly lifted the trophy - the first time there has ever been a dead heat at St Andrew's Sports Day.

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