The Active and Safer Travel Team  are disappointed to advise you that the School Crossing Patrol that was due to start today can no longer fill the position. We are still urgently trying to recruit someone who would be interested in becoming the School Crossing Patrol at De Havilland Primary

THE PAY IS £12.26 PER HOUR

(excluding enhancements)

Job Share Considered

if you are or you know anyone who is interested and would like further information please contact Joanne Morris on 

01992 556803

Hertfordshire County Council, Active and Safer Travel Team, Farnham House, Six Hills Way, Stevenage SG1 2ST

scp.enquiries@hertfordshire.gov.uk 

Sept 2024

Can we please respectfully remind you that it is parental responsibility to get your child

to and from school safely

The children have shown great curiosity this week and have asked lots of questions, especially about The Great Fire of London. We have begun to research the fire, finding out when it was, how it started and who was responsible for it. The children have shown lots of interest in their history learning and have been using books and resources around the classroom to find out extra facts. We are looking forward to learning more next week, when we will focus our learning on why the fire was able to spread so quickly. Great job Year 1!

What an exciting week we have had in Year 2, our trip to the Shuttleworth Swiss gardens definitely taking place as the most memorable day of the week. We want to say a MASSIVE thank you to all our parent helpers, who braved the cold and made our trip successful. We also want to say a huge well done to all the children.  They represented the school beautifully and asked some excellently inquisitive questions. We hope you all enjoy a restful weekend - us teachers sure will!

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Year 5 started their week with learning the different ways plants reproduce. In Maths, they were able to accurately multiply a unit fraction and non-unit fraction by an integer and continue to consolidate equivalent fractions. In English, we revised relative clauses and possessive apostrophes and learnt about modal verbs and enjoyed reading some hot tasks from last week, in Book Stop. In R.E, the children explored the importance of colour in relation to the Holi festival and reflected on what colour represents to them. In Science, the children were able to identify some physical changes that adults experience as they reach a later stage of adulthood. Our puppet rehearsals have continued with great success and we are looking forward to performing to you all next week! (Wednesday afternoon for Silver Birch and Thursday afternoon for Sycamore.) Also, a final reminder to the children participating in ‘Bikeability’ that it starts on Monday so please make sure that your bikes are tested for safety and all necessary equipment and clothing are brought in!

This week, we have been super proud of the level of maturity the children have shown in Year 6. We have completed a week of mock SATs and the children have conducted themselves extremely well and have showcased some fantastic progress. Alongside our assessments, we have also been developing our guided reading skills, reading non fiction texts to help us to infer and retrieve. We have also completed research on our polar regions, creating a line graph to compare the temperatures of the Arctic and Antarctica and considering factors as to why Antarctica is the coldest polar region.