Reception Pine :91.9%
Year 1 Maple: 98.7%
Year 2 Willow: 98%
Year 3 Elm: 100%
Year 4 Aspen: 97.7%
Year 4 Rowan: 98.5%
Year 5 Cedar: 98.1%
Year 6 Cherry: 100%
Year 6 Oak: 98.9%
A double up week on hot chocolate as we congratulate them this week and last. Well done to Billy-Ray, Mya, Jackson, Eunice, Joan, Bailey, Charlie, Ava, Ephraim and Reggie. Last week hot chocolate winners were Louie, Adam, Melanie, Eldon, Jaxson, and Maksmilian.
Nursery and Reception
Nursery have been looking at ‘Flips Snowman’ and have created their own snowman with what they see in the winter. Reception have been learning about ‘Polar Bear, Polar Bear, what do you hear?’ They have written down their own ideas for sounds.
Year 1 Maple
‘It is time someone wrote a story about a nice wolf!’ Year 1 have been reading 2Footprints in the snow” and have written the story out on storyboards making sure that it is in the correct order.
Year 2 Willow
We have been reading Man on the Moon and have created our own alien profiles using information they have learnt about the aliens in the book. We used different ideas to create our own personal alien.
Year 3 Elm
We have been looking at Narrative Poetry. This is poetry that tells a story but as a rhythm and rhyme. Children could choose to write about their families, pets and animals and more.
Year 4 Aspen and Rowan
We have been reading My name is not Refugee and we have written a diary updating daily on what has happened. Children put their thoughts in about what they would say to their mothers.
Year 5 Cedar
We researched facts about the Himalayas, in particular the highest peak – Mount Everest and imagined what it would be like to climb to the top. We wrote a diary entry about our experience. We discovered, using a range of sources, information and interesting facts about the Alps. We then created our own presentational pieces using this information.
Year 6 Cherry and Oak
We have been reading ‘The Spider and the Fly’ and have created diary entries writing as the spider inviting and persuading other insects to visit them. We used vocabulary that would draw in the insects to stay.
Year 5 have been learning about mountains in Geography and have made a presentation in class which have been put up on display so that everyone can enjoy their learning. In Year and 2 they have been looking at writing a shopping list and writing stories about wolves. 4 Aspen have been going above and beyond with their homework while year 4 Rowan and Year 3 Elm have been talking about dreams with Mrs Lunniss in RE. Year 6 in RE with Mrs Lunniss have been looking at Buddhism and drew lotus flowers. Keep up the great work!
Reception Pine : 85.6%
Year 1 Maple: 97.3%
Year 2 Willow: 96.4%
Year 3 Elm: 95.3%
Year 4 Aspen: 94.2%
Year 4 Rowan: 98%
Year 5 Cedar: 97.8%
Year 6 Cherry: 98.2%
Year 6 Oak: 85.6%
Year 3 started a new block of learning and looked at narrative poems. Year 1 have started to build on the work they started last term by developing their story writing. Year 4 Aspen used their persuasion skills by helping house buyers to decide how to buy a property and Year 4 Rowan spent time developing the important skill of converting lengths. Year 5 have been using their knowledge to write facts about mountains whilst Year 6 have been writing flattering sentences to a fly as part of their learning on the very famous poem the Spider and the Fly. Well done to all the children who showed their excellent work in assembly.
We will continue with Hot Chocolate next week so we congratulate Louie, Adam, Melanie, Eldon, Jaxson, Maksmilian, Billy-Ray and Reggie.
In the afternoon we had our traditional Christmas Dinner where we all sat together in classes and staff. A massive thank you to our lovely kitchen staff who provided us all with an amazing meal.
Reception Pine : 75.9%
Year 1 Maple: 73.6%
Year 2 Willow: 77.4%
Year 3 Elm: 82.1%
Year 4 Aspen: 90.1%
Year 4 Rowan: 75.8%
Year 5 Cedar: 84.1%
Year 6 Cherry: 86.5%
Year 6 Oak: 95.6%
The Christmas fun-filled event consisted of face painting, glitter tattoos, henna, nail painting, hair braiding, arts and crafts, gingerbread decoration, soft toy tombola, Santa’s grotto and many other festive stalls. We asked local community businesses to be a major part of the event which turned out to be an inspired decision. All the funds raised will go towards renovating the school playground. We thank you all for being part of our Christmas fair and look forward to future events at Parkside. Well done to the PFA of Parkside and the staff for helping to make the event so memorable for families. Thank you one and all.
Parkside Community Primary School, Aycliffe Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 4EP
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