Today, our pupils were treated to a magical surprise! David’s Tricks came to Parkside Primary with an incredible magic show—all with an important message about road safety. Using mind-blowing tricks and fun audience participation, David helped the children learn how to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, and THINK before crossing the road. The show was packed with […]
Today we welcomed Josh and Sarah from Borehamwood Library to tell us all about this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, starting Saturday 5th July! The theme is “Story Garden” — join characters Robyn, Priya, Rhys, Jake, Jess, and Jamal as you explore books about inspirational people, graphic novels, comics, or even fact books. Did you know […]
Congratulations to Year 4 Rowan for winning the Attendance Award this week.
For their weekly attendance prize, Year 5 were awarded a non-uniform day today! All the children had lots of fun coming to school in their own clothes – keep up the great attendance Year 5!
This week in our Celebration Assembly, the children shared some amazing examples of their hard work this week. Year 1 shared their brilliant facts about ladybirds, linked the book ‘What the Ladybird heard’. Year 2 explained that they had been answering some very tricky questions about the Great Fire of London. Year 3 shared some […]
The winning team for Sports Day 2025 is ….. YELLOW TEAM!!
This week, we were privileged to hold our annual Sports Day. The children had lots of fun taking part in a whole host of activities – whether this be jumping over hurdles, Quidditch, an obstacle course, buggy racing or basketball – they showed great enthusiasm and determination to try their best. Both our EYFS and […]
Over the past few weeks, both Year 6 classes have been extremely fortunate to visit Sky Studios—and what an unforgettable experience it was! From the moment we stepped through the doors, the excitement was palpable. The day began with an inspiring session introducing the many different careers within the TV and film industry. The possibilities […]
Year 5 have successfully completed their Mini Police Programme. The children prepared and delivered an assembly to Year 3 and 4 about everything they had learned throughout the sessions with Herts Constabulary. This included anti-social behaviour, internet safety, bullying in all forms and road safety. Year 5 delivered their assembly with confidence – it included […]
Year 5 had a very exciting week. On Tuesday this week, they had to investigate a crime scene! They needed to use their detective skills and aim to analyse the clues to try and solve the mystery of who or what had caused the disruption in the classroom. The children have their theories but […]
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