Healthy Eating Week 

Healthy Eating Week is about improving our health through eating healthy food and being active. We will be talking about healthy eating habits, the importance of exercise and different ways to stay active. There will also be some fun home learning set for May half term.  

Walk to School Week 18th to 22nd May 2026 

We’re delighted to announce that our school will be taking part in Walk to School Week this May! 

This is a fantastic opportunity to encourage healthy habits, reduce congestion around the school, and help lower carbon emissions – all while making the journey to school more fun. 

Walking or wheeling to school has so many benefits: it boosts physical and mental wellbeing, helps children arrive alert and ready to learn, and supports a cleaner, greener environment. 

How you can help: 

• Encourage your child to walk or wheel to school as often as possible during the week. 

• If walking the whole way isn’t practical, try a ‘Park and Stride’ – park a short distance from school and walk or wheel the last part of the journey. 

To make things even more exciting, each class will be running a friendly competition to see who can walk or wheel the most during the week. 

That’s not all – following Walk to School Week, we’ll also be supporting Clean Air Day on Thursday 18th June 2026. More details will follow soon.  

Thank you for helping us make a positive difference for our children and our community. Let’s get moving! 

Please find attached our new draft relationships and health education (including sex education) policy. We are inviting all parents to read the draft of this new policy which includes our new PSHE curriculum from September 2026. Parents are invited to an in-person consultation with Miss Andrews (PSHE lead) at 5.30pm on the 20th May. If you are unable to attend this but would still like to ask a question or make a comment, please email admin@almondhill.herts.sch.uk  

Class photos orders : please be reminded that the deadline date for FREE DELIVERY to the school is Sunday 17th May.

Any orders placed after the deadline will be subject to postage & packaging costs with delivery direct to them at your home address.

Upper school (Year 5 and 6) – Wednesday 20th May 
Lower school (Year 3 and 4) – Friday 22nd May  

Both sports days will take place in the morning (approximately 9-11am) 

Although we have allowed 9.00am-11.00am for the sports days, they may finish earlier, especially if the races are over quickly! Parents can come round to the field after drop off. The gates closest to St Nicholas Church will remain closed but unlocked during sports day for anyone who will be arriving after 9.00am. All children must go to class first to register as normal and then will be brought out to the school field for sports day.  

Parents are welcome to take photos at the sports days but please ensure these are for personal use only and not shared on social media.  

Before the upper school sports day performance on 20th May, I am delighted to let you know that the street dance and cheerleading club will be performing. The Wednesday Cheerleading and Street Dance Clubs are run by Lindsey Pollard Dance, suitable for all years and abilities - no previous dance experience needed. Spaces are still available and can be booked using the following link - www.lindseypollarddance.com  

The ‘Dance with Dani’ club will be performing at the lower school sports day on Friday. Dance with Dani takes place on a Tuesday after school. The club can be booked online via the link below: 
https://my.classmanager.com/dance-with-dani   

A reminder of your child’s house colour will be sent via email. Ideally, children will participate in their house teams so please can they wear a t-shirt in their house colour if possible.  Please do not worry if your child does not have an item of clothing in their house colour. We do not expect parents to purchase anything. We have bibs for anyone who hasn't got a top in their colour. 

Currently the weather report looks unsettled but we all know what British weather can be like. We will aim to hold the sports days as planned but will move them to after half term if this is unavoidable. We may have to make this call with late notice to parents and apologise in advance if this is the case.  

The back up sports days are as follow: 

Upper school (Year 5 and 6) – Wednesday 3rd June 
Lower school (Year 3 and 4) – Wednesday 10th June 

Next week marks the start of the schoolwide reading challenge which is planned to last for six school weeks ending on Friday 3rd July. Your child will receive some reading challenges and a pizza template so look out for these in hard copy and on Seesaw. The idea is that they complete the challenges and get their sheet signed from someone at home. Then they receive a 'pizza topping' for each challenge they complete and stick these to their pizza template. There will be supplementary challenges along the way and some prizes for highest individual and class achievements so watch this space!   

The graduations will take place in the school hall 2.00-4.00pm on the following days: 

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

You can now book your tickets for our graduation events. 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. 

For those parents who haven’t yet booked, FREE tickets are available through the Arbor School Shop.