A significant minority of children have struggled to meet the expectations of school in the last two weeks. Where this is the case, parents might be contacted by the class teacher or a member of the senior leadership team to help find a resolution. I wanted to say a huge thank you to parents who have responded so supportively. It makes such a difference when school and home work together. Children will make mistakes along the way and the important thing is to reflect, respond and move forward. I have been truly heart warmed by the emails and conversations I have had.

We are reviewing our school’s aims and values this term with staff, governors, parents, and children. 
We would really value your input. Please take some time to read them and share any feedback you may have. In particular, we would welcome your thoughts on whether anything should be added, changed, or removed. 

School Aims and Values  

The Frogs that Flip are excited to announce a fun event for their third pledge! 

They will be hosting a “Guess the Member of Staff by Their Baby Photo” challenge, and there’s already lots of excitement building among the children. The purpose of school government events like this is to help pupils fulfil their commitment to raising money for charities, while having fun as a school community. 

• Cost to participate: 50p 

• Important: Only children who have paid will be able to take part. 

More details will be shared very soon. Watch this space!

Last week, I told families about our desire to create a love of reading and shared our Amazon Wishlist of books to refresh our library. I am delighted to see parents have already bought books from our wishlist. These have been donated anonymously so I can’t thank you personally but please know we are incredibly grateful.  

If you are able to, we would be very grateful if you could consider purchasing a book from the list to donate to the school. https://amzn.eu/00CgkZtS  

We are pleased to invite parents to join us for a Maths Open Afternoon.

Date: Wednesday 17th June  
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm (approx.) 

The session will begin with a short maths talk in the hall, led by Miss Simmons, including a live demonstration of Maths.co.uk. Following this, parents will be invited to visit classrooms to observe and take part in their child’s learning. Each class will be completing an engaging, statistics-based maths challenge. 

Key information: 

• Please enter via the quad and go straight into the hall where you will be asked to sign in  

• Parents of siblings are welcome to visit more than one class 

• The session will finish at approximately 3:00pm 

• You may take your child home at this time via the usual exits, if you wish and staff will sign them out 

• If you would like to collect siblings early, you will need to go to their classes to sign them out 

• If you are leaving before 3.00pm, please do so via the office 

Please note that we have a lift available to access the Year 6 classrooms; however, it is currently out of order. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. In the meantime, if this causes any difficulty in accessing the event, please contact us so we can assist you.

We are sharing the following information on behalf of Premier Education our Wraparound Care provider. 

As they prepare for the new academic year, they are hosting a Wraparound Care “Come and See” session on Monday 22nd June. 

This session will give families the opportunity to visit the provision, meet the team, learn more about the activities on offer and ask any questions they may have. 

The visit will be led by a member of the Wraparound Care team, with small groups of parents attending at different times throughout the after-school club session. Each visit will be allocated a short time slot. 

Please see the attached poster for further details. This invitation is open to families of children currently attending the school, as well as those who will be joining in September. 

If you have any questions, please refer to the contact details on the poster.

We are in the process of planning for graduation and we would like to ask for your help! 

If possible, please could you send in a photo (digitally) of your child either as a baby or toddler/younger child before they came to Almond Hill. This is not a necessity but would be nice. If you want your child to be included in this, please send your photo in by Tuesday 30th June. By sending the photo in, we will take this as consent for using for the purpose of graduation. 

Please send photos to year6@almondhill.herts.sch.uk and use 'baby photo' as the subject. 

There are still some families who have not yet booked tickets for graduation. Please log on to the Arbor App to order your tickets. As previously mentioned, spaces are limited to 3 per family. The booking will close at 12.00pm on Friday 26th June. Please book your places to enable us to plan the space in the hall. 

Tuesday 14th July – 6S 
Wednesday 15th July – 6C 
Thursday 16th July - 6W  

We would also like to ask if any children have any of the following we can borrow for a few weeks. It is for part of the graduation video. Think summer holidays!

• Sun glasses
• Sun hats
• Swim shorts
• Swim costumes and cover ups
• Beach towel
• Inflatables
• Plastic cups and jazzy straws
• Big beach bags
• Small handheld fans
• Deck chairs (yes deck chairs!)
• Sand pit
• Buckets and spades
• Flip flops
• Sun parasols
• Anything Hawaiian themed

The clothing items can be any size. We will make it work!

Please name anything that is sent in and give to your child’s class teacher. We cannot be responsible for any items that have been brought in. All items will be returned after we have filmed the video (hopefully by the end of June). We have some bits but the more we can borrow the better!