Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
It's lovely to see that Spring is finally here. Our assemblies this week have been all about looking around for signs of Spring. We have told the children to just stop and spend time looking and listening. As the weather is getting better why not go for a walk in the countryside or just sit in the garden?
Next Week
PTA Easter Events
Free Library Books Event every day after school
Monday: Easter Egg Hunt after school
Tuesday / Wednesday: Sweet Sale
Friday: School Finishes at 1.30pm
Book Fair
Thanks to everyone who bought a book from the fair last week. It has meant that we now have over £200 worth of new books we can get for our library.
To make way for these books we will be putting out books after school for you to help yourself to. This will be at the end of every day next week and different books will be added throughout the week.
Sports Update
Yr5 played competitive games for the first time at the Yr5 Netball Festival. We were impressed with their teamwork and determination.
Well done to the football team who have won their league. They play in the interleague finals on Wednesday at Wheatfields.
St Albans+ Parent Support
Please check out our St Albans+ website page for updates. These include holiday activities as well as workshops around Talking Families, Talking Teens and Understanding Adolescence.
This week:
Nursery shared their learning in assembly including their designs and woodwork skills in making vehicles.
Reception have been talking about keeping healthy and doing exercises
Year 1 were printing with a range of materials.
Year 2 have been using portioning to solve subtraction calculations.
Year 3 have had university students undertaking a Mystery Investigation
Year 4 visited Affinity Water
Year 5 were writing biographies of famous astronauts.
Year 6 went to Crucial Crew.
Today is the last day of the book fair after school, in the dining room. Remember a percentage of the cost of the books will go back to school so we can purchase new library books.
PTA
Helpers urgently needed for the Spring Discos next week on Friday 29th March.
Netball Tournament
Congratulations to our netball team who won the St Alban's Schools Netball Tournament last Saturday. This success is due to their ability to play as a team. They were a credit to us all. Special thanks to Ms Franklin for coaching and giving up her time.
Message from the Governors
We welcome your views on sport and physical activity at Colney Heath School. Please click on the link below to complete the questionnaire.
https://goo.gl/forms/rUDdZFjBI85GiMl12
Thank you in advance,
Corinne Doust
Dates
New dates for diary
Yr3/4 Performance: 15th May Matinee / 16th May Evening Performance
Sports Day: 22nd May
We have been extra busy this week with two netball matches, one football match, cross country, a violin concert, Building Blocks and Reception and Yr6 class assemblies.
Next week the Book Fair arrives and the children will have a chance to use their Book Day voucher. Remember a percentage of book sales is given back to the school which enables us to purchase new books for our library.
Next Week
Saturday
Netball Tournament
Tuesday
Book Fair 3.15 in dining room till Friday
Wednesday
Yr4 Affinity Water Trip / Yr6 at Crucial Crew
Friday
Nursery Class Assembly 9am
Saturday
Penalty Competition at Clarence Park
St Alban's+
Easter Holiday activities now online. See our St Alban's+ webpage for details.
There is also details of a parent workshop that will give you the tools needed to support your teenager with stress and wellbeing.
Can You Help?
We are looking for someone with building experience who could help us reinstall the special 'Old School Plaque' back into the wall at the front of the school.
If you can help please let the office know.
Netball Results
Colney Heath 10 Bernards Health 1
Oppositions best player - Darcie
Player of the match - Ella
Colney Heath 10 Alban City 0
Oppositions best player - Chloe
Player of the match - Izzy
Colney Heath 6 Cunninghamhill 3
Oppositions best player - Ruby
Player of the match - Lily Mai
Colney Heath 6 St Adrians 8
Oppositions best player - Chloe
Player of he match - Ruby
(Oppositions best player chosen by other team)
It has been lovely to see the children dressed up ready for their bedtime story today. As part of World Book Day they will also be bringing home a new book from the Book Swap event. We hope to see many of you coming into school before the end of the day to read to groups of children. A new helpful guide on reading with your child is on our Home Learning page.
Scholastics Book Fair will be starting week commencing 18th March. Look our for more details next week.
You might have noticed over the past few years we have not asked the children to dress up as book characters. This is because we'd prefer you to spend your money on books rather than a costume that may only be worn once.
Next Week
Sunday
Messy Church
Monday
Home Football and Netball Matches
Wednesday
Reception Building Blocks
Violin Concert 2.30
Away netball match - St Adrians
Thursday
Reception Class Assembly 9am
Friday
Year 6 Class Assembly 9am
Sports Results
Netball
Colney Heath 10 Bernards Heath 1
Colney Heath 10 Alban City School 0
Football
Colney Heath 2 Abbey 2
Next Friday (8th March), we will be celebrating World Book Day in school with a Bedtime Stories event. Thank you to all the families who have donated a book so far, your support is very much appreciated. Please donate any further books by Wednesday. We would like to invite parents/grandparents/carers into school on Friday at 2.30 to read your favourite story book to your child or a small group of children, please let us know if you are able to support us with this.
Nursery have been looking for signs of spring – watching daffodils grow and drawing the new flowers that appear every day. The book ‘Emma’s Lamb’ by Kim Lewis has been the inspiration for them frolicking about the classroom!
Reception have been learning about traditional tales, they have been reading, re-telling and acting out The Gingerbread Man. There was lots of porridge eaten when they read Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
In year 1 there have been plenty of books on their topic on castles, there is a super Learning Wall in the classroom that shows some of the information they have found out which they would like to share with you next week.
Year 2 have been Book Detectives, using non-fiction books in Science to learn about healthy eating. By correctly using the index and contents, they have managed to create their own booklets on the topic.
Rhodopis, The Egyptian Cinderella, has been the focus of year 3’s stories. On Thursday the classroom was full of Tutankhamuns, Nefertitis and Cleopatras.
‘Roll Up! Roll Up! It’s all the fun of the circus!’ Year 4 have just started reading the book Leon and the Place Between, which is an exciting circus-based book.
Not only have year 5 been reading every day at home, but they have also been studying a variety of biography texts in school. They are looking forward to their explorations of famous astronauts, galaxies and the unknown…….To Infinity and Beyond…..!
In the Dining Hall, Year 6 have displayed their non-fiction report writing that was based on the fantastic creatures found in the Spiderwick Chronicles; they are now learning about refugees and migration by using the picture book The Arrival.
The book fair will visit the school the week after for you to use your voucher, get a new book and raise funds for new school books.
Reminder
If you are entering the 500 word story competition it needs to be submitted by Friday 8th March by 7pm.
Next Week
Monday
SetPoint Workshops for Yr3/4
Home football match
Thursday
Year 3 trip to British Museum
Nursery trip to Natural History Museum at Tring
7.30pm PTA Meeting
Friday
World Book Day
Menu change Red will be a chicken burger, not fish as advertised