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

• Head's Blog

  Fri 24 Nov 2017 Mr Rose

  A special thank you goes to the PTA officers who organised our Winter Wonderland.  It made £1,700 profit which is £500 more than last year, which was fantastic!  It was a great event and it was lovely to see so many of you supporting it.

   

  Next Week

  Sunday

  Christmas Light Switch On - St Alban's City Centre 12 - 6pm

  Wednesday

  School Council Stationary Shop

  Home football match against Camp

  Friday

  Year 5 Class Assembly

   

  Today you should be receiving a letter about our Carol Concert, please read it carefully and only return slips if you want to be entered into the draw.

   

  Music

  We are currently in the process of organising our instrumental tuition for next term.  If your child is interested in learning either the flute, guitar or violin we would be happy to organise a 'trial' lesson and discuss the subsidised fees with you. Please contact the school office for more information.

   

  Local News

  Please be aware that there have been reports of garages being broken into around the village. 

   

   

   

• Head's Blog

  Fri 17 Nov 2017 Mr Rose

  It's our Winter Wonderland (Christmas Craft Fair) tomorrow 12 to 3pm. This is a great opportunity to pick up Christmas presents and for the children to have a fun afternoon. At the same time we will be raising money for the school. We still urgently need volunteers to set up, to help on PTA stalls and to tidy up. It would be a shame not to be able to run everything that has been organised and therefore reduce the amount raised. Please contact the PTA officers or school office today if you can spare any time at all (even 20 minutes would be a great help).

   

  PTA

  Our Quiz Night on Friday 1st December is fast approaching. If you would like tickets and to order food please do so as soon as possible.

   

  Local Events

  Sunday 19th November 7.30pm Cafe Church at St Mark's

  Come and find out more about Toilet Twinning (our Harvest Project this year) in a relaxed atmosphere with good coffee and cake!

  Parish Council Public Meeting 20th November 7.30pm at the school about the Garden Village Proposals

   

  Around The School

  We continue to get reports of issues around the school site before and after school.  As parents we would expect you to set an example to the children and consider their safety; by parking respectfully, driving slowly and stopping at the crossing.

   

• Head's Blog

  Fri 10 Nov 2017 Mr Rose

  Today we held a minutes silence on the playground in-front of our field of poppies. The children have been learning and talking about Remembrance Day all week, and making lots of poppies.  We have had some fantastic pieces of work completed by the children across the school, some of which is on our website and class pages, please take a look.

  We have also had a busy sporting week with two netball matches and three football matches.

   

  Football Results

   

  Colney Heath 3     Park Street 5

  Colney Heath 2     St Adrians 3

  Friendly Colney Heath 9     St Adrian 0

   

  Netball Results

  Colney Heath 6       St John's Fisher 2

  Colney Heath 4        Skyswood 2

   

  Next Week

  Wednesday Yr4 trip to Roald Dahl Museum

  Friday Yr3 Class Assembly

  Saturday Winter Wonderland

   

  Urgently Need Your Help

  We need people to volunteer a small amount of time next Saturday 18th to help at our Winter Wonderland. Please contact the school office or PTA officers if you can help.

   

   

  

• Head's Blog

  Fri 03 Nov 2017 Mr Rose

  This week Yr1 had a fantastic day at Mountfitchet Castle it was a great experience for the children and the weather held out for them.  This trip was kindly subsidised by our PTA.

  Our football team played a thrilling cup match this week against Garden Fields, which after extra time and due to poor light ended up needing to be replayed with a score line of 2-2.

  Children have enjoyed playing on the new artificial grassed area at the front of the school. This was funded by the PTA and the ground works and installation was generously given free of charge by Mr Lewis who is the father of a child in our reception class.  A huge thank you to him and his team.

   

  Every Day Counts

  Imagine:

  • You are given your first driving lesson and the instructor starts teaching you about fourth gear.

  • You are asked to jump into a swimming pool fully clothed to do lifesaving before being taught how to swim.

  • To be asked to produce a report about a meeting you didn’t attend.

  • To run a marathon with no training.

  • Arriving at a party where a game is in full swing but no one has explained the rules.

  • You're on a train without knowing where it stops.

   

  This is what it is like for the children who miss school, specifically for holidays or regular absence due to minor ailments. They are missing key teaching within the sequence of learning, which means gaps, therefore hindering their progress.

  Valid authorised reasons for absence include a temperature, vomiting, chicken pox and diarrhoea etc.

  Not sniffles, coughs, tiredness, a headache, siblings with a doctor appointments, birthdays or visiting relatives.

  Try doing long multiplication problems if you have missed the sessions on the method, or write a story without the planning, structure and ideas stages. This is the impact it has on the children's learning when they miss lessons and it can be difficult for them to catch up.

  Fines are available to us but we would much rather see your child very day.

   

  Current Attendance Figures

  Reception 96%    Lateness 1 sessions
  Year 1      97%    Lateness 46 sessions

  Year 2      97%    Lateness 50 sessions

  Year 3      95%    Lateness 41 sessions

  Year 4      95%    Lateness 11 sessions

  Year 5      97%    Lateness 11 sessions

  Year 6      95%    Lateness 41 sessions

   

  Thank You

  Our support of Toilet Twinning (Harvest) helped to raise £960 which equates to 16 toilets.

   

  PTA

  Coffee Morning next week on Tuesday at 9am

  Winter Wonderland on Saturday 18th November

  Thank you for your donations. Help is needed both on the day and before.

   

  School Dinners

  Thank you to the many families who ensure that their child's accounts are kept in credit and up to date.  As you know our policy is to provide meals for children who have funds available to order a meal.  It is a daily challenge for the office staff to chase parents who have let their child's accounts slip into debt and we would ask that all parents make regular payments (online, by cash or cheque) to ensure that funds are always available for those extra meals ordered. Balances can be checked through the Gateway.