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Headteacher: Liz Heymoz
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
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Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
Fax: 01707 665431
Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
The Dinosaur Has Been Caught!
/0 Comments/in Reception /by Margaret JoyceAfter a very intense meeting at the Natural History Museum on Friday, it was decided that in order to catch our escaped dinosaur, the army would have to be called in. Together, they worked alongside the police, using top of the range security tracking devices and on the early hours of Sunday morning, the dinosaur was caught! Unfortunately, […]
Dinosaur!!!!
/6 Comments/in Reception /by Margaret JoyceWhat an exciting past two weeks Reception have had! Last Monday, Reception Class received a letter from Professor John Pemberton from the Natural History Museum in London. He wanted to know if the class could take care of one of the museum’s very precious and rare dinosaur eggs, while they had a new display cabinet made. The children immediately wrote back to […]
Week 24
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception /by Margaret JoyceReception class have been very busy learning about the Easter Story this week. On Monday, the children learnt about The Last Supper. They acted out the story during RE and some children role-played it again during their Free Learning. On Tuesday, the children learnt about the Stations of the Cross. They then made their own crosses […]
Week 23
/3 Comments/in Reception /by Margaret JoyceThis week was Computing Week. Reception started the week by participating in an action packed eSafety workshop. The children learnt about the importance of not sharing personal information to strangers and how to stay safe online. Later on in the week, Reception used some very exciting apps on the iPads to bring their pictures to […]
Week 22
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception /by Margaret JoyceAs part of British Science Week, Reception focussed on things that live and grow under the ground. We began by starting the process of germinating runner beans. We also found a pot of forgotten bulbs that had begun to grow, and so we quickly planted them in the soil! We had some great responses to the […]
Week 21
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception, Year 6 /by Margaret JoyceIt was lovely to see you all at the Parent Consultations- thank you for your continued support! The week started with the much anticipated World Book Day. What a wonderful array of book characters we had in Reception! During the day, the children shared their favourite stories with each other, spent time reading with their Year […]
Week 20
/5 Comments/in Reception /by Margaret JoyceThe new half term started with a focus on Lent and a chance to come together as a school for a whole school Act of Worship. The children put lots of thought into their Lenten promises and placed them on our very special Lenten tree. As part of our new topic ‘Growing’, Reception are looking at different life cycles. […]
Reception- Week 19
/3 Comments/in Reception /by Margaret JoyceWhat a busy week! On Tuesday we participated in ‘Safer Internet Day’ with the rest of the school. The children thought about ways that they can be kind to others, both offline and online. They listened to a story called ‘The Three Monsters’, where the monsters were sad because someone had said very unkind things about […]
Reception- Week 18
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception /by Margaret JoyceThis week in Reception, we continued to focus our learning around the book, ‘The Three Little Pigs’. The children had fun attempting to make a tower with a specified amount of bricks, and then finding a way to knock the tower over without touching it! We had some children huffing and puffing and blowing their […]
Reception- Week 17
/4 Comments/in Reception /by Margaret JoyceDespite a week of terrible weather at times, Reception have still managed to have plenty of outdoor learning time. We have been focussing on the traditional tale ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and have turned our outdoor role play area into a building site for the pigs. This story has proven to be so popular this […]