At Almond Hill, we love to share and celebrate your successes. If you would like your child featured in our weekly newsletter, please email admin@almondhill.herts.sch.uk with a photo of your child and a bit of information about the wonderful things they have been doing. You can see some of our recent achievements below!
Freddie in 3L has had an exciting time recently with his football journey. He's been training and playing games for Luton pre-academy AND Stevenage FC. Freddie has also been invited in to play for Tottenham pre-academy. What an achievement! We look forward to hearing how you get on!
Zoë in Year 3 was awarded "Gymnast of the Week" at her gymnastics club last weekend. Well done Zoë!
Well done to Sidney in Year 6 for achieving his Grade 1 Roller Skating!
Danny in 6S (Eagles) worked hard with his reading over the Summer holidays and successfully completed the Marvellous Makers' Summer reading challenge. Well done Danny!
Adam (Year 5) and Zoë (Year 3) auditioned for and got a speaking part in the Stagecoach Performing Arts summer production of Matilda the Musical. Adam played the role of Bruce, which included singing a solo, and Zoë was Hortensia, which meant learning their parts in one week and culminated in a performance to a packed audience. Well done!
Teddy in Year 4 was chosen to be captain in his first game of the season and won player of the match as voted for by the opposition team.
Well done to Betsy-Rose who completed the Summer Reading Challenge with the library.
Zoë in Year 3 and Adam in Year 5 were proud to receive their Summer Reading Challenge certificates and medals from Stevenage library this summer, for reading six books during the holidays (some of which were thick chapter books!). Well done to both of you!
WOW! Amelia in 3W has passed Stage 6 swimming and is now moving onto purple hats! Well done!
On Saturday, Lilly (in 4C) took part in the Westminster Mile run and completed it in 14:43 minutes. Well done Lilly!
Amelia S (3W) competed in the Stevenage Swimming Club Gala on Sunday. She swam well and won a medal in each of her three races. Her results were 🥇 breaststroke 🥈 front crawl and 🥉 backstroke. What an achievement. Well done, Amelia!
Jupiter had a swim Gala on Sunday and entered 4 events. He came away with 3 Silver and 1 bronze for his efforts! Fantastic! Well done!
Dominic in 5S was mascot at Stevenage Boro’s game against Charlton on Saturday. What an amazing experience!
Elizabeth in Year 4 has passed her Stage 8 swimming level and has moved on to Stage 9 with a black hat. Great work Elizabeth!
Daisy in Year 3 recently achieved her silver award for Acrobatics for SSAC! Congratulations Daisy!
Teddy (Year 6) and his team, SFS Supreme Football Skills, went to Chelsea’s Training Ground at the weekend after reaching the finals of the Eng Inter Cup. They won the cup and conceded no goals at all!!
What an amazing achievement for Teddy and his team, who were competing against teams from The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and all over the country, to become the best U11’s grassroots team 2024! Fantastic!
Emelia in Year 4 performed in the West End this month at His Majesty's Theatre. What an incredible experience. You should be very proud, Emelia, we are!
George in Year 5 successfully auditioned for this year’s pantomime at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Peter Pan! He will be playing one of the lost boys. 169 children auditioned for 36 places. He is on in the Blue Team and will be appearing in 32 performances from November 22nd until January 31st.
Congratulations to RJ who has been awarded his red belt in Taekwondo!
On Sunday night, Abi took part in a dance production 'Lets Take a Bow' at the Indigo Stage at the O2 London. She performed 2 dances and a finale. A huge achievement - well done!
Noah in Year 3A recently received the award for Manager's Player of the Year for the Bedwell Rangers under 8s football team he plays for. What a fantastic achievement - well done!
Teddy and his team SFS entered the Norwich RDP Football Tournament in Cambridge on Saturday and won. Teddy conceded no goals at all throughout the tournament. Fantastic result, well done!
Teddy and his football entered the Lamex Cup U11 Tournament at Stevenage FC on Saturday and won! Teddy also
won the Goalkeeper of the Tournament too and received a trophy, certificate and a pair of gloves. We are so very proud of him and his team! What a great achievement Teddy. Well done!
Annabel is very proud to have achieved level 6 in her gymnastics class on Friday evening and can’t wait to start work on the next level.
Emelia-Rose in Year 5 performed amazingly on Friday night alongside stars of Technicoloured Dream Coats at the Gordon Craig theatre.
On Saturday, Keiyan’s football team, Hertford Stags, reached the cup final against Shephall United and won with a fantastic result of 4-2! Congratulations!
Fiorella celebrated her first Holy Communion at St Hilda’s church at the weekend. Congratulations, Fiorella.
Teddy and his team ‘Supreme Football Skills’ entered the prestigious England International Football Qualifier U11 tournament yesterday at Loughborough University. Teddy was also the captain of the team too. This was the last qualifier before the final which is to be held at Chelsea FC Training Ground in June 2024. Teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales attended qualifiers around the country and Teddy's team WON the Loughborough qualifier. This is incredible and Teddy only conceded one goal throughout the day! A great achievement for him and his team. We wish you the very best of luck for the final, Teddy!
A big well done to Aavya and Aashvi who have moved to yellow hat in swimming. Congratulations!
Wow! Aavya in 3A completed the Mini London Marathon recently! What an achievement!
