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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 Start and end of day arrangements When normal lessons begin

Rainbow 8 September: 9am to 12pm. Drop off and collect from classroom door. N/A

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. All day Items to be brought to school

School bag and water bottle.

School bag, water bottle and packed lunch.

Years 1 and 2 Drop off lanes 8am to 8.30am.

Collection from playground 3.30pm.

Collection from classroom 3.30pm.

After lunch on 8 September School bag, water bottle. Bring Forest school/PE kits on the first day the lesson appears on their timetable.

Year 3 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).

Years 4, 5 and 6 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). 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.

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.

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 2

Year 3 Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

ACE programme

TIMELINES AND ACTIVITIES

Autumn Term ACE timeline

Friday 15 July ACE activities, before and after school, confirmed Monday 12 September Autumn 1 ACE programme begins