The children were very involved in this years summer fete. Each year group were given £40 by the PTA to run their own stall. The fete was an amazing success due to the great variety of stalls and huge support given to the children by teachers, parents, friends and other organisations. There was a real… [Read more…]
On Monday 20th June Year 6 went to Overstrand Hall at Cromer which is aKingswood activity centre. It took 3 hours on the coach. Once we got there we had lunch outside and then we met our leader. His name was Scott. After we met Scott we had a tour aroundKingswood. He showed us the… [Read more…]
Year 6 had a French day on Wednesday. The children wore French costumes and spent the day making sable biscuits, making menus and learning the French vocabulary ready to be waiters and waitresses in the afternoon at the French Cafe. The parents were invited to the cafe and were able to buy croissants, French bread with… [Read more…]
Springmead Primary School celebrated the culmination of a year long gymnastics project with Sir Frederick Osborn School on Monday afternoon (13.6.11). Steve Frew, gymnastic Commonwealth gold medallist attended the event which involved 110 Year 5 and Year 6 pupils performing gymnastic routines to a large audience of pupils and staff from both schools. Throughout the… [Read more…]
The theme for this year’s May Dance was ‘Africa.’ The teachers and children all worked extremely hard to choreograph and practise new and exciting dance routines which looked excellent. I would like to say a big thank you to the Capoeira Brazilian Dance Club for their superb demonstration at the end of our May Dance. … [Read more…]
Year 6 recently attended the annual Crucial Crew event held at the University of Hertfordshire. This was a half day hands on workshop covering lots of different themes. The themes this year were: Safety and citizenship in the countryside and open spaces (Lee Valley Park) Fire safety First Aid Internet Safety Anti-smoking Anti social behaviour… [Read more…]
Welwyn Hatfield SSP Year 5 and 6 Girls Football Competition The Springmead Girls Football team took part in a Competition on Thursday 19th May 2011 at Sir Frederic Osbourn. All the girls gave great performances and were unlucky to be beaten 1 – 0 in the Semi Final. The team finished runners up in their group with… [Read more…]
As part of our work in Geography, Year 3 and 6 have recently been involved in the OPAL Environmental Survey. The children will submit the information they gathered from the following three activities. 1. Measuring wind direction – The children used compasses to find North, then observed bubbles flying through the air to see which… [Read more…]
Last week we enjoyed our Lion King drama workshop. An afternoon packed with activities including freeze framing, singing, dance, using our masks and creating large scale moving animals. The pictures below give you a taster of some of the things we did…
Yesterday Year 6 took part in a fantastic drama workshop based on the Lion King. The session started by playing some warm up games. This was followed by making a tableau (picture) of different parts of the story. The children all wore their animal masks which they have been making during Design and Technology. They… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011 by springmeadmrwoodham
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