Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• The Pop Up Farm - Pumpkin Patch, St Albans

  Fri 26 Oct 2018
  Lower middle school visited the Pumpkin Patch Pop Up Farm for some of their community visits this half term. They collected and bought pumpkins from the farm and when in school they decorated them to make their very own pumpkin patch in the gym. Classes visited their patch to see how all the pumpkins had been decorated and had scary music in the background to make it feel like Halloween. 

  

• Wear Pink Day (Breast Cancer fund raising)

  Thu 25 Oct 2018
  Many thanks to our children and parents for supporting this great cause by wearing pink and raising money for life-saving research into beating breast cancer!

  

• Volunteer Day

  Tue 16 Oct 2018

  'We are absolutely delighted to have had the help of more than 40 volunteers from Pitney Bowes, who came to our school for a day in October. In just one day their energy, enthusiasm and hard graft totally transformed some of our outdoor spaces.

  At the front of the school tall prickly bushes were cut down and their enormous roots steadily hacked away at, flower beds were rebuilt and the bin compound had a new lick of paint. We are now enjoying being able to walk out to the buses with much more space and are looking forward to seeing our new Clematises flower next year.

  In the middle of the school the Courtyard Garden has been almost completely cleared ready for a redesign. The weeds and old woodchips that had decomposed into soil were barrowed away, the dead plum tree cut down and dug out and the Cherry tree moved into the old Chicken Run area, where several other fruit trees were also planted. The volunteers even offered to break up some old concrete that was above the level of the rest of the floor.

  Some students from Discoverer's enjoyed watching bricklaying as their new raised vegetable bed was completed and old overgrown bushes were dug out. Inspired by the volunteers they are now continuing to transform their outdoor space into a carefully tended garden - sieving the soil, trimming the bushes, mowing and painting an old bench.

  An incredible amount was achieved and all the volunteers were absolutely amazing. Many people in the school commented on how wonderful they were - not just the amount of work that got done but the spirit with which they entered into it all and their friendliness and sensitivity towards the students and the everyday life of the school.

  We would absolutely love to have them back - there are still plenty of jobs that need doing and it would be great to be able to share our progress with the school grounds and for the volunteers to see the impact their help has had.

  

• PSA Sponsored Walk

  Fri 05 Oct 2018
  On Friday 5th October, the PSA organised a Sponsored Walk to help raise money for a new outdoor classroom. All classes went on a walk around the local community and many were joined by family members who have helped to raise money for what will provide pupils with an opportunity to learn in an outside environment and help to provide shade for pupils during their leisure time. Thank you to everyone who supported the event and have helped to raise money.