31 October 2025 Welcome to the SEND News bulletin. View SEND News here In this issue: Have your say in HPCI’s annual parent carer survey (all ages) Share your thoughts in the annual childcare sufficiency survey (ages 0-14) The Bridge parent…
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Year 6 Mixed Tag Rugby Last half term, our Year 5 and 6 students took part in a fantastic Tag Rugby event at Old Verulamium’s Rugby Ground. We played an impressive 13 games (yes, 13!),…
Read MoreGreen-Fingered Teamwork on our Parent Volunteer Day
Last week, our wonderful parent volunteers joined forces with their children and our environment tutor, Miss Sophia, to give our upper site grounds a fantastic makeover! Together, they built a new compost bin, planted border…
Read MoreCelebrating Black History Week at St Albans and St Stephens.
This week, our school has been buzzing with excitement as we celebrated Black History Week! We began with an energetic drumming and dance workshop led by Zamble African Dance, who brought traditional West African culture…
Read MoreBlack History Month in Year 3
Year 3 Celebrate Inspirational Black Figures In Year 3, as part of our learning about inspirational Black figures, we learned about the life of the famous British writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah. We discovered that,…
Read MoreCelebration of the Word, Black History and Romans in Year 4
We began the week by learning about Black History and enjoyed participating in an African dance workshop. The children planned and led another fantastic Celebration of the Word. The theme was peace. …
Read MoreBlack History week in Year 2
The Last Week of Term – Celebrating Learning and Inspiration As we come to the end of another busy and exciting term, we’ve been reflecting on all the wonderful learning that has taken place across…
Read MoreReflecting on a Great Half Term in Year 5
What a busy and exciting first half term we’ve had! We’ve travelled back in time to Ancient Greece in History, learning about inventions created by the Ancient Greeks that are still used today. In English,…
Read MoreYear 6 – Fungi, French Café and African Dance
It’s been a busy week in Year 6 as we finish our first half-term. We began the week with a wonderful African Dance workshop to coincide with Black History Week. The children learned a dance…
Read MoreYear 1 – Black History Week
Year 1 had the great opportunity to have an African Dance workshop on Tuesday. The children were guided in chanting, clapping and dancing along to African drumming. You can see from the photographs that everyone…
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