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Friday 23 October 2026 Skyswood Stars - 23rd October
Tuesday 20 October 2026 Night of the Gargoyles by Year 6! Year 6 wrote extended pieces of writing based on the book ‘Night of the Gargoyles’ by Eve Bunting. They were encouraged to create suspense within their writing through the use of techniques such as: short-sentences, the past progressive tense, the rule of three, prepositional phrases and varied sentence openers.
Monday 19 October 2026 Year 2's Last Stop on Market Street! In English, Year 2 have been exploring the book Last Stop on Market Street. To develop their writing skills, the children have been focusing on using more exciting verbs and descriptive adjectives. To spark their imaginations, they listened to two pieces of music and created expressive oil pastel drawings inspired by the images and feelings that came to mind. These imaginative drawings then provided inspiration for writing creative expanded noun phrases, describing what they could see, hear and smell.
Monday 19 October 2026 Mythological Creatures in Year 5! Year 5 have written amazing non-chronological reports about a mythological creature they have created. Below are some great examples. They are all now in a class book for everyone to enjoy!
Friday 16 October 2026 Skyswood Stars - 16th October
Thursday 15 October 2026 Mark Making in Year 1! Year 1 are currently working on mark making with Mr Bridle. We have completed a series of lessons including drawing using different media, clay and printing.
Tuesday 13 October 2026 Times Tables Rock Stars Winners! Times Tables Rockstars Winners!
Monday 12 October 2026 Staying Healthy in Year R! Reception have been learning about how to keep ourselves healthy and the importance of washing our hands. The children then had a go at making their own germs!
Friday 9 October 2026 Skyswood Stars - 9th October Congratulations to this week's Skyswood Stars! Your teachers are all incredibly proud of you. Here is why they nominated you:
Friday 2 October 2026 Skyswood Stars - 2nd October Congratulations to this week's Skyswood Stars! Your teachers are all incredibly proud of you. Here is why they nominated you:
Thursday 1 October 2026 KS2 Staying Safe on the Roads To support our understanding of Road Safety, Mrs Elliot from Transport for Herts visited Key Stage 2 to offer an interactive session. She shared information about safe stopping distances for a car travelling at different speeds and we were surprised that even travelling at 20mph it would take the length of our hall for the driver to stop. We were also reminded about other distractions including the dangers of crossing the road whilst using a mobile phone and why it is important to not just follow others when crossing the road but to stop, look, listen and check for themselves. What a brilliant reminder to keep us all safe when out and about!
Thursday 1 October 2026 Folds and Crumples with Year 4! Year 4 have been enjoying their 'Folds and Crumples' Art unit. Having explored pictures and photographs of everyday objects, we then considered how proportion, tone, line direction and shape can be used in observational drawing.
Tuesday 29 September 2026 Complimentary Colours with Year 3! In our first unit of Art this year, we have been looking at colour. The children created colour rainbow washes and then used complimentary colour paintings to try to make their animal pictures pop out of the page.
Monday 28 September 2026 Nursery Build an Obstacle Course! Nursery friends have settled into their new routine beautifully. A new environment, new people, new rules... they have taken it all in their strides. The Nursery team are extremely proud of you all!
Monday 28 September 2026 Year 1 Harvest Festival Donations! As part of Year 1 R.E. curriculum we look at how Christians celebrate the Harvest Festival. Year 1 collected lots of food that we will be donating to the local food bank. The children learnt that it is kind to give to others that are less fortunate. Everyone was so generous and the church will be thrilled!
Monday 28 September 2026 Tints, Tones & Shades with Year 5! Year 5 have been learning how to mix a wide range of tints, tones and shades. They have created some wonderful artwork demonstrating what they have learnt!
Friday 25 September 2026 Skyswood Stars - 25th September
Monday 21 September 2026 School Council 2026/27 Congratulations to those children elected to represent Skyswood on this year's School Council. As always, there were several children in each class who put themselves forward; over sixty in total! Every single child's voice is important and well done to all of those children who made presentations to their class and put themselves forward. Each class will have its own meeting before School Council come together. This ensures that all children have the opportunity to present their ideas, with the class agreeing upon which ideas they would like their School Council reps to present at each meeting. The Year 3 boys' vote was a tie between Noah and Alex, so we have simply decided to offer an additional School Council place for 2026/27. This year's Headteacher nominations went to two children who both came very close in the elections and will most certainly be positive additions within the School Council team.
Friday 18 September 2026 Skyswood Stars - 18th September Congratulations to all of this week's Skyswood Stars, who received their certificates from Mrs Ede earlier today.
Monday 14 September 2026 Year 2 Self-Portraits! Year 2 have spent the afternoon creating abstract self-portraits based on the work of Andy Warhol.

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