We had an amazing visit from Atomic Alex, from Sublime Science, who delivered some amazing Science workshops to the children. They were action packed with incredible feats of science: how to balance a ball in the air, creating smoke rings, hair raising experiences with electricity and of course, creating pots of gooey slime! All the children had so much fun and thoroughly enjoyed themselves!
Do you think you can make an egg bounce? Well, Year 5 tested this theory!
We put eggs into white vinegar for 24 hours and observed the changes. We saw the reaction of the vinegar dissolving the egg shell. It created thousands of tiny bubbles on the shell. The shell even looked like a snake shedding its skin according to Vinnie, 5 Cedar.
We then ‘peeled’ the egg and had a go at bouncing them!
We had a few eggtastrophies along the way but 5 bouncy eggs survived!
Unfortunately, the boys lost 2-0 but played incredibly well as a new team. Congratulations to those children who represented Parkside for the first time today!
A special mention to David in Year 5 for his amazing performance in goal and to Mr Honour and Miss Bowers for supporting the team this afternoon.
Thank you Borehamwood Youth Football Club for allowing us to use their wonderful facilities
Miss Bowers worked extremely hard with all the children to ensure they were competition ready and had rehearsed the chosen routine. A big thank you also to Mr Honour and Miss Sanver for supporting our children at the event.
Results were as followed:
Year 1 (team 1) 3rd
Year 3 (team 1) 4th
Year 3 (team 2) 5th
Year 5 (team 1) 5th
Year 5 (team 2) 6th
I hope you all had a great afternoon, it is wonderful to see your enthusiasm and excitement as we look to develop your skills in a wide variety of sports.
Mr Wanless
This event was in support of the Football Association- Let Girls Play – Initiative. The girls showed a short skill session followed by a Q and A with the sports Ambassadors from Year 6. They prepared some questions for him to answer which were led as a presentation by the girls in Year 6 who made a PowerPoint.
This week we received a lovely letter from Sir Oliver Dowden thanking us for welcoming him into our school to mark International Women’s Day by taking part in the ‘Let Girls Play’ Initiative . In this letter you will find the answers to all the questions the children asked. In response to this the Year 6 children thanked and were very honoured to have received the letter. You will be able to find both the letters on our Newsletter. Thank you Rt Hon Olivier Dowden and Year 6.
The Average attendance for the week was: 94%
Reception Pine : 92.2%
Year 1 Maple: 91%
Year 2 Willow: 90.7%
Year 3 Birch: 95.5%
Year 3 Elm: 93%
Year 4 Aspen: 97.1%
Year 5 Ash: 97%
Year 5 Cedar: 93%
Year 6 Cherry: 97.2%
They have been writing party invitations in class.They have enjoyed learning about postmen and women. They have been looking at different books about bats. In Maths they have been working hard learning about addition facts using Think 10. In history they have been learning about Kings and Queens and all their important job roles. In science they have been learning about the seasons of the year, Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter. We all enjoyed your assembly
Children and staff had a lovely afternoon, well done to both classes.
As part of our school initiative to improve attendance, our monopoly board has a variety of treats for classes who achieve over 95% attendance for the week. Attending everyday counts.
You have all demonstrated excellent attitudes towards your learning and thank you for upholding our values. Keep on soaring.
We would like to invite our Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 families to join us in the school hall on Thursday 21st March at 8.45am- 9.15am. It will be a chance for you and your child to share one of our library books and a spot of breakfast together in the warm, away from the chilly weather outside!
Please drop your children to their classroom to be registered and then make your way round to the office to be signed in. You will meet your child in the hall.
If you cannot attend please feel free to ask another family member to attend in your place. We will provide the books, snacks and drinks.
Parkside Community Primary School, Aycliffe Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 4EP
Phone: 0208 387 3000 | Fax: 0208 387 3001 | admin@parkside.herts.sch.uk | Initial enquiries: Mrs Berwick
