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Friday 17 April 2026 Year 4 Summer Term Letter
Friday 17 April 2026 Stars of the Week- week ending Friday 17th April Nursery- Tommy
Thursday 16 April 2026 Nursery Summer Welcome Letter
Thursday 16 April 2026 Year 6 summer term welcome letter
Wednesday 15 April 2026 Welcome to the Summer Term, Year 2!
Wednesday 15 April 2026 Welcome to the Summer Term, Year 1!
Wednesday 15 April 2026 Spring Eco Club Update! Last term, Eco Club were lucky enough to have a visit from Anne and Richard from the Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust. They gave us some top tips to help us to keep our environmental area, and pond, in the best condition we can!
Wednesday 15 April 2026 Year 5 Summer Welcome Letter
Friday 27 March 2026 Year 6 persuasive writing Year 6 have been learning how to write speeches which persuade others to banish their pet hate to Room 101. We started by looked at the language, vocabulary and structure used in famous speeches, such as Lincoln's Gettysburg address and Churchill's Battle Of Britain speech. Using techniques from these and modern podcasts and speeches, we wrote our own speeches, aimed at adults and our peers. We focussed on the use of conjunctions, modal verbs and statistics and have included rhetorical questions, repetition, emotive language and the power of three to persuade listeners of our arguments. Here are some examples:
Friday 27 March 2026 Stars of the Week- Week ending Friday 27th March Nursery- Lara
Tuesday 24 March 2026 Year 1 Visit the Cathedral! On Wednesday 18th March, Year One went on their annual trip to St. Albans cathedral to learn all about the story of Saint Alban. This links the current History topic!
Monday 23 March 2026 Year 2 Make Sandwiches! Today, Year 2 spent a fun afternoon making sandwiches! During our DT lessons this half term, we have been testing different breads, tasting a variety of fillings and planning our very own sandwiches.
Friday 20 March 2026 Year 5's Trip to Hampton Court Palace!
Thursday 19 March 2026 Year 6 go to Crucial Crew Year 6 participated in Crucial Crew at St. Albans Fire Station on Thursday. The workshop, run by the St Albans Community Safety Partnership, covered a range of safety aspects in and out of the home.
Friday 13 March 2026 Stars of the Week- Week ending Friday 13th March Nursery- all of the Nursery class are absolute stars after presenting their beautiful Mother's Day Tea Party.
Wednesday 11 March 2026 Year 2 Become Food Critics! Yesterday, the Year 2 children were assigned an exciting job... the job of a food critic! The classroom was transformed into a chinese restaurant, with Miss Gray and Mrs Wildman as the waitresses. The children were tasked with writing expanded noun phrases for the chinese food they 'tried', inspired by our current English unit and book, Dim Sum Palace.
Wednesday 11 March 2026 World Book Day 2026 Last Thursday, Skyswood had a lovely day celebrating World Book Day. We started the day off with a 'teacher reading carousel', where each teacher spent five minutes with each class reading them a story. This was followed by a World Book Day assembly led by Mrs Lewis.
Friday 6 March 2026 Stars of the Week- Week ending Friday 6th March Reception- Oliver
Monday 2 March 2026 Oceans in Year 2!
Friday 27 February 2026 Stars of the Week- Week Ending Friday 27th February Nursery: Naomi

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