Habs Weekly Junior School edition Friday 8 July 2022 Summer Term
Head of Junior School’s Message Mrs L Flynn
The end of any academic year always provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress, achievements, and highlights, of which there have been many. In my final assembly on Thursday, we celebrated the achievements of numerous children in sport, music, stem, arts, and citizenship. During the assembly I encouraged the pupils to think back over their year, to think about their individual journey of progress since September 2021 and that of their class, year group and the whole school community. Individually and collectively, pupils have consistently demonstrated their ambition and curiosity through their thirst for knowledge and learning this year, making lasting memories along the away; courageously embracing new opportunities and facing challenges head on. As a community there have been many highlights to the 2021-22 academic, too many to mention in one newsletter, but some that come to mind are: the school’s platinum jubilee garden party and the fabulous jubilee timeline display along the corridor (thank you Miss Galvin); Rainbow’s first school trip to Aldenham country park; the Habs Santa Dash; Nativity Farm animals visit; Year 1 attending their first clubs; Year 2 joint trip to Cuffley camp with the Year 2 boys; Year 3 trips to Celtic Harmony and Hazard Alley; Year 3 & 4 Swimming Gala (Year 3 first experience of a gala; Jeremy Strong author visit for the whole Junior School community; Sports Days; residential trips to Norfolk Lakes, Skern, Bawdsey Manor and Suntrap; Alice in Wonderland, A Very Cornflower Christmas and Madagascar; overnight camping in the Philosophers’ garden. I wish you and your family a wonderful summer break and look forward to welcoming everyone back to school in September for another successful year together.
Autumn Term 2022 Arrangements Term begins for all pupils on Thursday 8 September. Please look at the table below for the arrangements set for the year group your child will be starting in September 2022.
Year Group Rainbow
Start and end of day arrangements 8 September: 9am to 12pm. Drop off and collect from classroom door. 9 September: 9am to 12.30pm. Drop off and collect from the classroom door. 12 September and ongoing: Drop off using lanes or walking up from car park, pupils in Rainbow Garden between 8am to 8.30am.
Years 1 and 2
Year 3
Years 4, 5 and 6
Collection from classroom 3.30pm. Drop off lanes 8am to 8.30am. Collection from playground 3.30pm.
Drop off lanes 8am to 8.30am. Car park 8am to 8.30am (pupils can walk up unaccompanied using the pavements past the black gates). Coach Park (Junior School staff escort pupils for the first two weeks). Collection from car park bus stop area 4pm. Coach 4.15pm or 5.30pm (Both car park and coach pupils are escorted for two weeks). Car park 8am to 8.30am Coach Park. Collection from car park bus stop area 4pm. Coach 4.15pm or 5.30pm (New coach pupils are escorted for the first two weeks).
When normal lessons begin N/A
Items to be brought to school School bag and water bottle. School bag, water bottle and packed lunch.
All day
After lunch on 8 September
School bag, water bottle. Bring Forest school/PE kits on the first day the lesson appears on their timetable. Swimming kit will come into school and go home again on the day of their lesson each week. School bag, water bottle, pencil case. Bring PE kits on the first day the lesson appears on their timetable. Forest school/swimming kit will come into school and go home again on the day of their lesson each week. School bag, water bottle, pencil case. Bring PE kits on the first day the lesson appears on their timetable. Swimming kit will come into school and go home again on the day of their lesson each week.
Parent Portal change...
Parent Portal to Firefly We are pleased to inform you that we will be moving from our current Parent Portal system to Firefly Parent Portal. This new platform enables us to bring both school communities together and simplify our communications between students, parents and teachers. The Parent Portal will close and all data will be removed on Wednesday 3 August 2022. Please may we kindly ask you to download all data stored on Parent Portal, such as fees bill, reports, mid-year grades and any exam information before Wednesday 3 August. All data will be permanently deleted from your account on Wednesday 3 August. Firefly will launch for parents and students on Wednesday 31 August and we will send log in instructions and a how to guide on Wednesday 31 August (please note that your email address held by us on Wednesday 3 August 2022 will be used for Firefly, so if you change your email details after this date please notify the school).
Autumn Term 2022 Curriculum and ACE Curriculum plans AUTUMN 1 Following on from the timetables that you have already received, we are excited to share curriculum overviews for Years 1 to 6 for the first half of the Autumn term. These provide an overview of the learning that will take place in each subject by year group. Year 1
Year 4
Year 2
Year 5
Year 3
Year 6
ACE programme TIMELINES AND ACTIVITIES Autumn Term ACE timeline Friday 15 July Monday 12 September
ACE activities, before and after school, confirmed Autumn 1 ACE programme begins
Autumn Term 2022 Stationery Stationery requirements NOTICE Looking ahead to the next academic year, please see below for stationery requirements. •
The school will provide all stationery for Rainbow, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils
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Pupils in Years 1 to 6 should bring a set of earbuds/headphones in a small, named bag
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Pupils in Years 3 to 6 are requested to bring in day to day stationery items. The specific items are listed below: •
Plain white Pritt stick
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Good quality HB pencil
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Propelling pencil (Years 5 and 6 only)
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Blue ink handwriting pen (not a fountain pen or biro)
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Eraser
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Pencil sharpener that collects shavings
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Sharp scissors
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Clear 15cm ruler (the school will provide 30cm rulers)
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One highlighter pen, any colour
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One coloured fine liner pen for marking and editing (not black or blue)
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A4 foolscap, plastic popper wallet for homework
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All equipment must be named and contained in a small, see-through pencil case
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To replenish stationery items, pupils may, if they wish, utilise the school shop, which sells most of the items above. This is run by Year 6 prefects and open during break time.
Summer Act MONDAY 15 AUGUST TO FRIDAY 26 AUGUST 2022 BUTTERFLY LANE, ELSTREE, HERTS WD6 3AF Habs is excited to announce its Summer School for 2022. Open to everyone aged 8 to 12, it is a great way to enjoy favourite activities and discover new ones in a stunning environment with enthusiastic and experienced staff. The Summer Activity School provides exciting opportunities for children to develop skills whilst making new friends along the way. We focus on helping children build different skills, encouraging them to be ambitious and step out of their comfort zones. We want to inspire them to be courageous, try new activities and allow their curiosity to flourish. There will be three packages to chose from – so you’ll be spoilt for choice!
Limited spaces available. Book now: https://bit.ly/HabsSummerSchool2022
tivity School PACKAGE 1
PACKAGE 2
PACKAGE 3
ADVENTURE
ARCHERY
COOKING
CLIMBING
ART
DANCE
CRAFTS
BUSHCRAFT
DRAMA
SPORTS
CHESS
EXPERIMENTS
SWIMMING
CODING *
FOREST SCHOOL
WATER POLO
DESIGN
STOP ANIMATION *
PROBLEM SOLVING
SUMMER SPORTS
* Please note robotics will replace coding for week two.
* Please note engineering will replace stop animation for week two.
Junior School Reminders
Whole School Summer activity cards
Transport notices
SUMMER LEARNING AND READING Keeping children interested in elements of learning over the summer break can be challenging. To help families with this, we have created a some year group specific cards containing some suggested activities. These will encourage your child to engage and continue with their learning during the holidays. Please utilise the card for the year group your child will be starting in September 2022. Rainbow
Year 4
Year 1
Year 5
Year 2
Year 6
Year 3
Please click here for a letter with updates regarding our coach service, including information about tickets next academic year, route and timetable changes and capacity on routes.
Tooled Up Wishing you all a very happy summer with your families. See below for a few ideas to have in your back pocket for inspiration or for those weeks that feel longer than others… 10 Things Every Family Should Talk About Before School Returns After the Holidays. 100 Things to Suggest if Your Child Complains They Are Bored. Holiday Manifesto.
Summer Cricket camp S U M M E R H O L I D AY D AT E S James Hewitt Cricket will be running a summer Cricket camp through the summer holidays for all pupils in Years 1 to 9. Click here to find out more.
Breakfast and After School Care B O O K I N G I N F O R M AT I O N An After School Care Factility link will be sent towards the end of August to book your child into breakfast club or ASCF for Thursday 8 September and Friday 9 September. We will also send a separate link for week commencing 12 September. Bookings can only be made up until Friday at 12pm of the preceding week. After this time, please email ascf@habsboys.org.uk to make your request.
Cornflower Assembly 1 July
Friday afternoon assemblies are always a time of joy and celebration in the Junior School. Our weekly Cornflower Assembly celebrates individuals who have particularly demonstrated ways in which they have embodied our school values: Courage, Curiosity, Community and Ambition. Without fail, the pupils in our school community celebrate the successes of their peers, as well as take time to reflect on the ways in which they have, themselves, taken risks, wondered why, supported others and aimed high. We all love Cornflower Assemblies, and hope that you enjoy celebrating weekly with us too.
Ambition
Community
We set our sights high in terms of what we want to achieve as individuals and as a community, in and outside the classroom, aspiring to achieve our full potential in whatever we put our minds to.
Since we were founded, we have had an inherent responsibility to our diverse internal and wider community and continue to dedicate ourselves to nurturing it and supporting each other to be our best selves.
GEORGIA (3A)
KHYATI (1 PURPLE)
OLIVIA (4 AESC)
ARYA (2A)
ANYA (5 ALEPH)
QAYA (4 ALEPH)
SOHA (RAINBOW BLUE) SYBIL (RAINBOW YELLOW)
AMELIA (5 AESC)
IRIS (3 ALPHA)
AANIKA (6 ALEPH)
Courage
Curiosity
We believe in the courage to face challenge, embrace opportunity and step out of our comfort zones to grow and become our best selves, whilst also having courage in our conviction, remaining true to our moral compass and what we believe is the right thing to do.
In a diverse world, we believe that growth comes from not standing still. We are driven by an unending desire to learn and improve, not standing still and having an open and enquiring mind to anything we face.
RIA (1 ORANGE) ELSA (2 ALPHA) PHOEBE (6 AESC) BELLA (RAINBOW RED)
School community Years 5 and 6 Author visit - Alexandra Hart and Phoebe Sleeman
Last Friday OH Phoebe Sleeman and Alex Hart returned to Habs to talk to Year 5, Year 6 and Lower 4th pupils about their first novel Alight which was published this Spring. The pair had the idea for their magical fantasy, and began writing it, when they were still students at Habs. Our Junior pupils enjoyed a sneak preview of the book and hearing about Alex and Pheobe’s experiences in writing and publishing.
Rainbow KidZania Trip On Friday 1 July, Rainbow visited KidZania for their second school trip of the year. Rainbow had great fun exploring the KidZania town, earning and spending money whilst learning different skills and performing different jobs. We learnt how to fire fight, present the news, how to be a vet and even worked as police officers and doctors! It was a lot of fun role playing these different careers and Rainbow had a wonderful day.
Year 6 Leavers’ Assembly and Leavers’ Party Year 6 had a memorable last Monday of term! They started the morning with their Leavers’ Assembly, sharing some of their favourite memories from the Junior School, and celebrating the friendships they have made over the years by performing their own version of ‘Count on me’ by Bruno Mars. In the afternoon, it was party time and the Performance Space was transformed into a special disco for our Year 6 students to dance the afternoon away together with their friends. Good luck Year 6 – we will miss you all here in the Junior School!
Junior School Summer Concert The Summer Music Concert was a wonderful way to end the school year. We were treated to a range of styles, including music by Taylor Swift, Tchaikovsky, Coldplay, Gershwin, Handel, LinManuel Miranda and John Williams. 13 ensembles including pupils from Year 3 to 6 took part and the concert also featured nine soloists from Year 5 and 6. There was a lovely atmosphere in the hall, with celebratory applause after every item. We are incredibly proud of everyone who took part. Congratulations!
Sport
Fencing School Summer Championships On Sunday 3 July, three pupils from Habs Boys Prep School and I represented the schools at the Fencing School Summer Championships at the Hertfordshire Combat Centre. We were split into two teams: Habs Red and Habs Blue (I competed in Habs Blue). We fenced five different schools. It was really fun, yet exhausting, and in the end, Habs Blue came third in our group of six schools. I received a bronze medal and am very proud of my achievement. Kiera - 5 Aleph
CALENDAR DATES T H U R S D AY 8 SEPTEMBER Autumn Term begins Rainbow Short Day New parents coffee morning F R I D AY 9 SEPTEMBER Rainbow Short Day W E D N E S D AY 1 4 SEPTEMBER ACE Programme begins T H U R S D AY 2 2 SEPTEMBER Year 6 School in Action
