BLOG #2 A warm October and a stunning start to the year! A quick note to keep you updated on how things are progressing at Larwood. Pupils have settled in really well, and this includes new pupils that may have only been with us for a few weeks. We have seen many make some notable progress in comparison to how things may have been before they joined us. Thank you to all parents for your support with this.

So far this year, we have had a group of Year 6 pupils attend a fantastic charity fishing trip (they all caught or shared their fish with each other), an amazing McMillan Coffee morning with over 30 parents in attendance, some Pobble Time Travel workshops for pupils supporting writing, and had a visit from Captain Morgan! The latter making Maths a little bit more fun for some of our pupils. 

Our residential consultation closed on September 28th and all information relating to this will now be processed, and collated so that the Governing Body can make a final decision on Tuesday 16th October. I will pass this decision, as soon as I can.

POLITE REMINDER

Please do not book holidays during term time. It is not acceptable, it will not be authorised and you may be fined. If you do, please note that you will be required to attend a school based meeting to discuss this matter.

SUPER SATS!

A headline you will not see very often! The truth is that I don’t really think they are ‘super’ but they are part of our education system and testing is part of life. What is truly super is the fact that our Year 6 pupils, supported our staff and you, all did as well as they could with each of the tests. It is a tough week for our pupils and I told them all today, during our Friday assembly how proud I was of every single one of them. I even waved a British flag around in honour of them all. My flag waving may have also been linked to a wedding taking place this weekend, but more so for our youngsters.

Connected to the Royal Wedding, our pupils have joined in a number of themed activities this week. Flag making and cooking being two examples. Let’s hope the day is one to remember for all concerned.

We continue to be very busy with a number of events taking place. It is that time of the year again! Dragon and Bell boat racing will soon be upon us. We take part and compete against all of the other Stevenage primary Schools. We are the smallest school to take part and we always do really well. I am sure all of the pupils and staff will have a great time.

As always, please do keep in touch with your child’s class teaching team about anything that may have an effect on them whilst at school.

BLOG #6

An exciting week at Larwood, with a big focus on Science and a visit from a company that promotes pupil engagement with Science. A range of experiments took place in assembly, followed by all pupils attending a special work shop.

Our pupils continue to help with the local community via Jubilee Court old peoples home, litter picks in our local area and in other areas of Stevenage, alongside our own Life Skills course.

We look forward to our non-uniform day on Friday 16^th, Secondary School Transition evening for Year 5 parents on the 22^nd March, Sports Relief activities and those wonderful end of term trips are not far away!

Please note that the results from our Autism Accreditation review should be available in the next 6 weeks. A huge thank you to all parents who engaged in the process and the comments that were made.

BLOG #4 We launched our week with an assembly relating to anti-bullying led by Miss Gwynne. We often discuss this issue with pupils and look at the various ways it can happen (verbal, physical, on line etc) and the feelings that it produces. At the end of the week, I asked pupils to recall if they could think of a situation during the week, which involved them being kind. Being kind is almost as far away from being a bully as you can be! I did ask pupils to consider if their kindness was at school or after school, and the clear majority of pupils could recall an act of kindness. Great emphasis is placed on kindness at Larwood and it’s lovely to see pupils reacting so positively to this. 

Please note that our Facebook page is back, and Mrs Ford will now be overseeing it. If you do use Facebook, please join the group. 

BLOG #2 Working hard on our writing skills! Just to show how hard our pupils are working on this area, here is a quote from Pobble. (Pobble is the online platform that allows pupils to share work, comment on it and develop their skills in a collaborative way. It also enables parents to see what pupils are working on and what they have written). 

Larwood Primary School has made an excellent start to the new school year! They began the year in style by using exciting story starters from Pobble 365, before publishing their brilliant writing for the world to see on Pobble. With 2000 views and nearly 500 comments, writing is most definitely exciting at Larwood!
Huge congratulations to Larwood Primary for being Pobble’s School of the Week!

Great work Team Larwood!

BLOG #10 SATS have taken place and are now finished! Hooray! This is always a tricky and challenging week for us and across the country for all primary schools. Our approach to our pupils has been made very clear. We have encouraged pupils to do their best, and get used to the fact that tests exist in all walks of life, as well as setting up a nice treat at the end of the week for them. 

Next week we get back to our usual approach to life at school and have several events on the horizon to look forward to. This includes Dragon Boat and Bell Boat next couple week, the Year 6 residential trip on 21st June and Sports Day on July 4th.  All of which will be much more fun than and just as important as SATS!