Trotts Hill Primary School and Nursery
Celebration Assembly – Friday 14th February 2025
A fantastic half term at Trotts Hill with so much to be proud of and to celebrate.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Molly for coming into school with a smile all week.
Year 1: Ibrahim for increased confidence when contributing to lessons and sharing his knowledge of Islam with others.
Year 2: Scarlett for excellent effort in English, using the sentence stems but adding her own words to them.
Year 3: Bruce for working hard in lessons and for also being helpful in class.
Year 4: Cara for always having her hand up in lessons and being engaged in learning.
Year 5: Grace for overcoming a big challenge by persevering in maths.
Year 6: Lacey for writing an exceptional story using ambitious vocabulary.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Savanah for superb ‘ee’ sentences
Year 1: Zekiah for working hard to form his letters correctly.
Year 2: Bella for beautifully presented learning and completing extra learning on Purple Mash.
Year 3: Brody for helping a homeless person by buying reading glasses and a foot warmer as part of the kindness home learning.
Year 4: Barry for working really hard on Lexia at home.
Year 5: Amelie for extra learning and carrying out the kindness task.
Year 6: Gabriel for completing an act of kindness and writing it up.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Michael for producing beautifully written sentences in phonics.
Year 1: Inez for completing all of her non-negotiables and lots of
Year 2: Radhvi for smaller writing in English.
Year 3: Olivia for excellent presentation of her geography research.
Year 4: Archie for an excellent poster persuading people to come to his circus.
Year 5: Ilaria for excellent presentation in maths.
Year 6: Jessica for returning to her beautiful and consistently joined handwriting.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1 & EYFS- Reception for super lining up at the end of play.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for improved manners in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 98.67%
Whole School for Spring Term 1 is 97.1%, which is superb!
154 pupils reciedved certificates for 100% attendance in Spring Term 1.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Nursery were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Ace in Year 1 for coming into class telling Mrs Cornish that we were going to be learning more colours today and that noir is black in French.
Golden Welly Award
Noah CW and George B in Year 1 received the award for taking turns and playing together in the sandpit.
Golden Broom Award
Haniya in Year 6 received the award for tidying the boots after other people are leaving boots untidily.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Jaxon, Darcie and Jaylah received certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Willow was named gymnast of the week for improving the skills on the high beam and tumbles.
Connie achieved core level 8 in gymnastics.
Thea has achieved learn to swim level 2.
Olivia’s football team won their match at the weekend 6-3, Olivia scored a hat trick and was named player of the match.
Laila received a distinction in her dance exam
Karolina stage 3 rookie lifeguard training
Leo F and Fawaz were both awarded parents player of the match at the weekend with their team winning 4-0.
Sports Reports
Last week, the boy’s football team played Lodge Farm the score was 5-1 Leo, Brian and Bailey scored the goals. Fawaz was named man of the match for excellent defending.
School Games Values Awards
Passion:
Scout
LH
Ahmed
Jael
Willow H-P
Florance
Determination
Marnie
Darcie
Teamwork
Scout
Self-Belief
Grace
JA
Jamie
Jake A
Team Work
Cobie
Leo C
Reggie
Honesty
Illyana
Willow R
Respect
Adeel
Radhvi
Celebration Assembly – Friday 7th February 2025
Another fantastic week at Trotts Hill, Year 6 were praised for their exemplary behaviour on a trip. Ruby, Georgia, Jerome and Hannah represented Trotts Hill at Pupil Parliament and spoke brilliantly about how we support mental health. A group of Year 5 and 6 children also made us very proud at an athletics event.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ruby T who always shows our PRIDE learning behaviours in everything she does in school and learning at home.
Year 1: Emmie for excellent focus and contributions especially in English.
Year 2: Radhvi for excellent oracy skills.
Year 3: Harveer for working very hard in maths and showing confidence with perimeter.
Year 4: Lamis for her amazing canopic jar and falcon lid. Even with only one arm!
Year 5: Amelie for great suggestions in English.
Year 6: Karolina for showing passion and enthusiasm towards science on our trip.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Aamina for excellent 'ow' sentences which were also beautifully presented.
Year 1: Harry F for completing all his home learning plus additional
Year 2: Alessandro for using beautiful handwriting and making a magnificent Tudor house.
Year 3: Caiden for adding detail to his food diary and completing all non-negotiables.
Year 4: Alma for her extremely decorative cupcakes representing the book she is reading.
Year 5: Ewan high quality non-negotiables.
Year 6: Izzy for completing all tasks to a good standard.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Arlo for drawing a super bus in Literacy.
Year 1: Owen for showing improvements in letter formation and sizing.
Year 2: Franco for improved handwriting across all subjects.
Year 3: Freddie for working very hard to use finger spaces and letters the correct size and on the line.
Year 4: Jael for his beautiful handwriting in his persuasive leaflet.
Year 5: Diya for beautifully presented learning in science.
Year 6: Brian for a beautiful mindful colouring for Children’s Mental Health Week.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for improved lining up at the end of lunchtime play.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for continually showing good manners in the dinning room.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 98.67%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to WR in Year 5 for his contributions to learning about breakfast in France,
Golden Welly Award
Brandon and Leo in Year 5 received the award for making a car which moved. This then inspired many other creative plays opportunities.
Golden Broom Award
Adeel in Year 1 received the award for using lots of effort when tidying up the wheel play.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Oscar won parents player of the match on Saturday. He scored two amazing goals and demonstrated great team work.
Olivia’s football team won 10-1 in their match at the weekend. Olivia scored 6 goals and was named both parents player of the match, and the opposition teams player of the match.
FT, year 1, progressed to level 2 in swimming this week.
Amelia R achieved learn to swim level 2 in swimming this week.
Elsie- Rae received a certificate and medal for skating 100m in 24.7 seconds.
Jael, Scout, Owen P and Freddie received certificates for being a Lexia superstar.
Millie, Alma and Elsie-Rae received medal for rollerskating, winning races and beating personal best times.
Sophia was given the role of being a sixer in Brownies, she is very excited to have this opportunity.
Match Reports
18 Year 5 and 6 children took part in the Stevenage Small Schools Sports Hall Athletics event, held at Barnwell Community Leisure Centre. The competition, which was supported by sports leaders from Barnwell School.
All the children gave their best efforts in each event, supporting one another throughout.
The boys team ended the morning victorious, winning heat overall, while the girls team finished 2nd. This meant the boys finished 7th in the whole Stevenage competition and the girls 10th overall. Well done to the children who represented the school so well.
The boys football team took part in cup match that finished in a 1 all draw. After a thrilling penalty shootout, Trotts Hill were victorious with a final score of 3-1. The goals were scored by
Celebration Assembly – Friday 31st January 2025
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Savanah for excellent focus on sentence writing and a brilliant recall of We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
Year 1: Ace for excellent participation in dance.
Year 2: Joshua S for working really hard in all subjects and having ambition to improve.
Year 3: Austin for focus in maths this week and asking to work with the teacher so that he could focus.
Year 4: Aairah for persevering with the short method of division.
Year 5: Jessica for excellent redrafting in English.
Year 6: Jessica for demonstrating enthusiasm for learning and school life.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Efehi for his wonderful recall of We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
A special well done to all of the Reception children who sent in videos of their children recalling the bear hunt with such enthusiasm.
Year 1: Eric for completing all of his home learning plus extra writing.
Year 2: Jesna Susan for high standard of learning.
Year 3: Owen for being creative with his alternative choice of words.
Year 4: Sanaa for completing all non-negotiables to a high standard as well as extra division practice.
Year 5: Scout for extra home learning to support progress in maths & English.
Year 6: Miliani for completing all tasks, including non-negotiables.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Molly who always presents her writing well in her literacy book.
Year 1: Noah W for great presentation when completing a comic book.
Year 2: Leona for excellent presentation in English.
Year 3: Archie for trying vey hard to achieve his pen.
Year 4: Inaaya for her presentation in maths now showing answers on the squares in her book.
Year 5: WR for super handwriting.
Year 6: Zohaib for improved handwriting in English.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for maintaining low noise levels in the dining room and improved lining up at the end of OPAL.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for supporting Reception with independent play and team games.
Attendance
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 97.67%
Whole school attendance for January is 97.3%
Year 4 had the best attendance for January with 98.1%. They will choose a book of their choice to go into their class library.
175 children received stickers for 100% attendance in January.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Reception were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Freddie Year 3 for joining in with our new learning about animals and showing the school value of enjoyment when completing the listening activity.
Golden Welly Award
Neo in Reception received the award for joining in with a wide range of games during OPAL.
Golden Broom Award
Year 1 received the award for tidying up the tyres and making sure that the large loose parts were tidy.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Elsie-Rae was awarded gymnast of the week for making great progress towards independent handstands.
Emelia received the level 3 gymnastics proficiency award.
Cara achieved learn to swim level 6.
Wezem, HM, Jael, Daniel C, RP and Aairah all received participant ribbons for attending a badminton event.
Munesu and Kaneshe? Received certificates for completing the library winter reads challenge.
Joshua S, Elissa, Mia, Owen B, Laila, Millie and Kyran received certificates for being Lexis superstars.
Olivia scored 5 goals for her football team, in their match at the weekend, the final score was 8-0 and Olivia was awarded player of the match.
Junior Duke
Celebration Assembly – Friday 24th January 2025
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill, with lots of excellent play and a trip to the O2!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception:
Year 1: Ilyana for excellent contributions in RE.
Year 2: Joshua H for always showing enthusiasm on carpet.
Year 3: Avyukt for increased participation in lesson.
Year 4: Barry for his amazing improvement in swimming moving up to the deep end.
Year 5: Tommy for excellent contributions to discussions
Year 6: Ivy for being an independent learner, and making excellent progress in maths.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Year 1: Albie for completing all the non-negotiable and the number challenge.
Year 2: Elliot for completing lots of learning.
Year 3: Joshua for completing extra maths.
Year 4: Charlie for exceptional non-negotiables.
Year 5: Eliza for high quality non-negotiables.
Year 6: Jake D for completing an extra reading related task.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented learning:
Year 1: Ava for correctly forming letters and taking care in all areas of learning.
Year 2: Mason for improving his cursive writing style.
Year 3: Olivia for always perfectly presenting.
Year 4: Cara for super presentation in maths, using the formal written method of multiplication.
Year 5: Bailey for well-presented science.
Year 6: Leo for perfectly presenting his monologue.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for making a good use of free flow lunches.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for having a much improved lunch time play- finding lots of different activities other than football.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 97.67%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Ilaria in Year 5 for her writing about food likes and dislikes, including extra information about allergies.
Golden Welly Award
Year 6 received the award for an incredible week of playing tag together, keeping warm and always smiling.
Golden Broom Award
Teddy T, Teddy G, Jaxon and Jase in Year 4 received the award for looking after the large loose parts and making sure everything was put tidily away.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Jaylah, Harveer and Max F received certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Leo P completed the library winter reads challenge.
Bella was named star of the week at her dance class for creating a game to help the class practise their tap.
Arthur shared the results from go-karting. He also shared that during a recent football match he kept a clean sheet while playing in goal. He also scored a hat trick when playing.
Brody has achieved learn to swim level 3.
Bruce scored his first goal for his football team. His team won 4-1 with Bruce scoring 2 goals and narrowly missing out on a hat trick.
Olivia was named player of the session in her football session.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 17th January 2025
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill with lots to celebrate. Year 4 were congratulated for their behaviour on the school trip and Year 3 and 4 for excellent behaviour at swimming.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Evie for excellent maths mastery this week using super vocabulary
Year 1: George B for great behaviour for learning and super contributions in lessons.
Year 2: Daniel for excellent learning throughout all subjects and beautiful cursive writing.
Year 3: Zohan for excellent listening, participation and enjoyment during swimming.
Year 4: Gabby for being so inquisitive on the school trip and for reading lots of Egyptian books from the library.
Year 5: Darcie for progress in maths and times tables.
Year 6: Izzy for always having an exemplary attitude to learning
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Ruby T for going above and beyond with learning at home and also Oliver for super writing.
Year 1: Henry for writing extra sentences at home.
Year 2: Jaylah for showing determination when completing her learning.
Year 3: Avyukt for completing a comprehensive food diary and presenting it in a table.
Year 4: Isabella for presenting clear facts about an Egyptian artist neatly.
Year 5: Laila for research on David Hockney.
Year 6: Hannah for creating a very detailed and beautifully presented geography booklet
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Milo for his beautifully written list in Literacy.
Year 1: Amelia for always presenting learning to a high standard.
Year 2: Willow HP for lovely handwriting.
Year 3: Mia for excellent presentation in English.
Year 4: Teddy T for his improved presentation in maths.
Year 5: Ewan for well presented science learning.
Year 6: Jerome for taking pride in his presentation, particularly in English and Science
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for making good choices in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for lovely manners in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 100%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 2 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Ilyana in Year 1 for her recall and pronunciation of "Je m'appelle".
Golden Welly Award
Year 3 received the award for deciding to make a big den and working collaboratively
Golden Broom Award
Oliver in Year 3 received the award for always making great choices at tidy up time and encouraging his friend.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Jesna and Karolina completed the ‘Winter Reads Challenge’ set by the library service.
Karolina has also completed lifeguard training and achieved bronze level.
Kyran, Alfie, Lacey-Lou, Samiya, Giselle and Leon were awarded with a certificate for being a Lexia superstar.
Emilia won a gold medal for coming first at a gymnastics competition at the weekend.
Freddie was awarded gymnast of the week for improving his bunny hops on the high beam and building his confidence.
Jake received a certificate for achieving being able to swim 15m.
The results from the virtual archery competition were received this week. The children competed virtually against other schools across Stevenage. These children ranked in the places against the other schools.
Milani achieved 2nd place in the Year 6 girls’ competition.
Gabriel achieved 3rd place in the Year 6 boys’ competition.
Ruben, Gabriel, Milani, Brian, Emelie, Izzy, James and Lacey-Lou achieved 2nd place in the mixed Year 6 competition.
Izzy was also awarded a ‘passion’ award by The Sports Leaders for her contributions to the competition.
Reading Champions
The Reading Champions received a fantastic selection of books, generously donated by our wonderful school community. We are incredibly grateful for the kindness and support of our children and their families. These new additions will bring joy to the children as they share them and incorporate them into their class libraries.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 10th January 2025
A fantastic week back at Trotts Hill this week with lots to celebrate. The children have enjoyed learning this week, with a school trip for Year 4 a visit from the museum for Year 1 and 2.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Neo who has shown independence this week with his writing.
Year 1: Owen for making great contributions and always putting his hand up.
Year 2: Isla P for having an excellent confident start back after the holiday.
Year 3: Caiden for always being ready to learn.
Year 4: Teddy G for his acting and expression when performing a playscript.
Year 5: Sophia for hard work and determination particularly in maths.
Year 6: Annie for showing determination in maths and with reading
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Sofia for super word building over the holidays and uploading it to Tapestry.
Year 1: Cooper for doing lots of reading in the holiday.
Year 2: Salaar for doing lots of extra reading over the holidays.
Year 3: Bruce for completing Lexia during the holidays.
Year 4: Charlotte for her amazing contribution on TTRS, helping her house win the battle.
Year 5: Ilaria for extra poetry writing and science.
Year 6 Leo for completing extra reading comprehension activities at home.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Elsie for ensuring learning is always stuck in her book neatly.
Year 2: Alayna for beautiful cursive handwriting.
Year 3: Avyukt for excellent presentation in maths.
Year 4: Wezem for his title page in art, creatively turning the title into the River Nile.
Year 5: Malaika for well presented learning in geography.
Year 6: Hannah for demonstrating how to perfectly present when planning poetry.
Lunch Cup Winners
EYFS and Key Stage 1- Reception for fantastic lining up at the end of lunchtime play.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for being helpful and courteous towards staff in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 2 and Year 5 had the highest attendance this week with 100%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 5 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
Golden Welly Award
Ruby V in Reception received the award for making new friends in Year 4 and playing nicely with the ice.
Golden Broom Award
Jack in Year 1 received the award for moving large loose parts and excellent listening.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
For celebration assembly this week:
Inaaya painted pictures and sold them to the family and friends over the Christmas Holidays. She donated the money she mad to help an orphanage in Sri Lanka. Her kindness allowed 30 girls to have a very nice meal.
Jessie has been awarded Level 10 in at Stevenage Gymnastic Club.
Isla L has passed stage 3 swimming award and also celebrated her two year anniversary of joining Rainbows. She was awarded with the ‘influence stage 1 badge’ and a special badge for being kind.
Jesna Susan made her promise at Rainbows.
Ava received a wrist band for achieving running a half marathon at parkrun.
Emmie awarded as gymnast of the week for great improvements with forward rolls.
Elsie Rae was awarded with gymnast of the week and also achieved level 3 in swimming.
Tia attended her first gymnastics lesson.
Emelie and Charlotte were in a dance show over the holiday.
Bruce and Leo both received certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 20th December 2024
A wonderful assembly to end the term. Merry Christmas everyone.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Koa for his engagement with fire making at Forest School. An excellent stick collector!
Year 1: Noah for great behaviour choices and super learning in computing.
Year 2: Franco for kindness towards peers (and resilience when didn't feel well).
Year 3: Teddy for working hard in English, showing enjoyment and pride in his learning.
Year 4: Leon for performing his poem in front of the class with such confidence and expression.
Year 5: Isla for the perseverance and determination shown in English this week.
Year 6: Brian for his excellent and detailed science work.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Ruby V. because after making gingerbread people at school, Ruby also made them at home.
Year 1: George M for presenting some great learning in computing.
Year 2: Nancy for trying her very best and working independently.
Year 3: Oliver for reading every week for the whole term and always producing excellent home learning.
Year 4: Daniel for consistently reading 7 times a week!
Year 5: Kunashe for high quality non-negotiables
Year 6: Emelie for Home for completing work to a very high standard
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Cobie for completing all of the non-negotiables to a high standard.
Year 2: Oscar for a consistently high standard of presentation and gorgeous snowflake decoration
Year 3: Ethan for excellent joined handwriting.
Year 4: Millie for trying really hard when writing up her poem in neat and for completing it in time.
Year 5: Eliza for beautifully presented learning in maths.
Year 6: Ellie for her science learning.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- For all years for excellent manners and behaviour during Christmas lunch.
The winners for the term are Reception and Year 2
Key Stage 2- For all years for excellent manners and behaviour during Christmas lunch.
The winners for the term are Year 4.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 97.3%.
The best class attendance for December was Year 2 with 98%.
100% attendance for December
132 pupils
100% attendance for Autumn Term 2
98 pupils
100% attendance for the whole of Autumn Term
61 pupils
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Jerome in Year 6 for his work on French Christmas food.
Golden Welly Award
Michael and Koa in Reception received the award for playing nicely in the sandpit.
Golden Broom Award
Leona, Scarlett and Radhvi in Year 2 received the award for litter picking at playtime all week.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Olivia was named Player of the Match by the opposition for her football team. She also played her first game for Tottenham, scored 2 goals, and was named Player of the Match.
Teddy was named Gymnast of the Week for his hard work in improving his backward rolls and also received a certificate for swimming 20 meters of front crawl.
Ava received a medal for achieving the Gold Level 1 Gymnastics Award.
Isabelle received a certificate and badge from the Royal Academy of Dance for achieving Pre-Primary in Dance.
Jessica was named as performer of the week in her dance class.
Laila achieved a distinction in her modern dance exam.
Jesna Susan performed with her church choir. `
Owen P received certificates for completing both the 100m and 200m swimming events.
Ethan, Freddie, Grace, Nancy and Alayna received certificates for being Lexia Superstars.
Thea received a certificate for being on the ‘nice list’ from Father Christmas.
Jase came 2nd in the Stevenage Borough Football Club Christmas Card Competition. He was invited to the Lamex Stadium to collect his certificate and watch Stevenage play.
Jake M received a certificate for achieving swimming 15m.
Sienna P was awarded with gymnast of the week.
Ewan was named man of the match from his football team and are unbeaten this season so far.
Kindness Award
Nursery- Robert
Reception-Harjun
Unsung Hero
Year 1- Noah W
Year 2- Bella
Integrity
Year 3- Joshua S
Year 4- Charlotte
Year 5- Ewan
Year 6- Michael
House Points
4th Farah with 1922
3rd Picasso with 2073
2nd Hawking with 2082
1st Rowling with 2095
Rowling will have a non-uniform day on Monday 13th January 2025.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 13th December 2024
A wonderful week at Trotts Hill with 4 outstanding performances and lots to celebrate.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Tia who has shown excellent focus in phonics, writing words independently.
Year 1: Zekiah for increased confidence and putting his hand up in class.
Year 2: Jaylah for excellent effort in English and maths
Year 3: Arthur for demonstrating resilience and perseverance and finally enjoyment when sewing.
Year 4: Harry for working independently in DT to make his stocking and being very creative.
Year 5: LH for always demonstrating enjoyment in learning.
Year 6: Ivy for making excellent progress, particularly with her grammar learning.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Millie who completed her phonics learning and some extra too!
Year 1: Thea for completing all home learning, non-negotiables and reading.
Year 2: Joshua H for extra independent work.
Year 3: Emilia for producing an excellent poster about the benefits of being active.
Year 4: H for completing all non-negotiables to a high standard and practising his times tables.
Year 5: WR for extra maths practice.
Year 6: Ella for her creative Junior Duke learning, including using AI to write a story.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Ace for taking pride in his presentation.
Year 2: Isla P for well-presented digital story book in computing.
Year 3: Bruce for some very neat stitches in D&T.
Year 4: Peyton for her careful embroidery, stitching clear letters.
Year 5: Isla for much improved handwriting.
Year 6: Zohaib for making an increased effort to present maths learning clearly.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for improved noise levels in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for being very polite at the hatch.
Attendance
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 99.3 %
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom) -
This week Year 5 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Ruby in Year 5 for writing about her family.
Golden Welly Award
WR and Ruby in Year 5 and Finn in Reception received the award for playing superbly together.
Golden Broom Award
Donnie and Harjun in Reception received the award for making sure all of the wellies in Reception were left neat and tidy.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
For celebration assembly this week:
Millie completed in a skating competition, on Saturday, she came first and smashed her personal best In both the 300m and 800m.
Annie made her promise at Guides and shared her certificate.
Elsie-Rae was awarded with a certificate for being gymnast of the week, for improving her backward rolls.
Izzy M took part in her first dance show at Nobel School. She performed a street dance routine with the rest of her class.
Jessie got gymnast of the week for working hard on her landing shapes.
Emelie and Charlotte, Florance, Alma and Cara performed in a Christmas dance show.
Scout and Owen received certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Celebration Assembly – Thursday 5th December 2024
A lovely end to the week with lots to celebrate. Please be reminded that school is closed tomorrow for an occasional day.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Donnie for excellent sorting in phonics and beautiful singing in the Christmas performance.
Year 1: Adeel for always showing PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 2: Alistair for using excellent science and maths vocabulary.
Year 3: Emilia for excellent engagement and participation.
Year 4: RP for slowing down her learning and taking pride in her presentation.
Year 5: WR for working hard in all lessons and outside school too
Year 6: Gabriel for always showing determination in maths.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Milo who consistently completes his phonics and reading.
Year 1: Sienna for completing all non-negotiables.
Year 2: GT for learning lines and songs and excellent stage presence.
Year 3: Haris for summarising research into his own words and presenting it neatly.
Year 4: Charlotte for always presenting every piece of work neatly.
Year 5: Fin for a presentation of a fitness task.
Year 6: Zohaib for recalling his mathematical learning to achieve 36/36 in his arithmetic, and completing non-negotiables.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Jesse for forming letters correctly.
Year 2: Kyran for perfectly presented learning in computing.
Year 3: Teddy for excellent joined handwriting in all subjects and in his home learning.
Year 4: Jael for practising his times tables at home which is improving his scores in school.
Year 5: Owen for improved letter formation and consistency of size.
Year 6: Kawia for making an effort to improve her presentation in maths.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for adapting well to OPAL.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for helping Reception during OPAL play.
Attendance
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 99.58%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 2 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Oliver in Year 3 for excellent participation and singing when learning the French carol.
Golden Welly Award
Daniel and Wesem in Year 4 received the award for playing tennis nicely throughout the week.
Golden Broom Award
Brandon in Year 5 received the award for joining in cleaning up the sandpit when other children did not arrive.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Emilia was awarded gymnast of the months from her gymnastics club.
Daniel received a level 2 silver award in gymnastics.
Alastair achieved learn to swim level 4.
Alma and Elsie-Rae shared certificates of achievement for the year in roller-skating.
Jessica and Amelie received the Brownie gold award.
Sienna took her Brownie promise this week.
Jase played a football match for his football team, they won 5-1, and he scored a hat-trick.
Marnie, James, Mia, Ethan and Bruce received certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 22nd November 2024
We had lots to celebrate at Trotts Hill this week. Well done to Reception for their first full week at OPAL.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Efehi for challenging himself in phonics and showing super progress.
Year 1: Ava for excellent contributions in English this week.
Year 2: Isla L for improved confidence in maths and presentation in English
Year 3: Connie for always giving 100% in maths and showing an increased confidence.
Year 4: Peyton for trying really hard in maths and working through to the trickier challenges independently.
Year 5: Georgia for solo singing to help Mr Sapsed in dance.
Year 6: Jake D for always demonstrating the PRIDE learning behaviours in lessons.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Rudy who completes his home learning every week and is showing real progress with his pencil grip.
Year 1: Cooper for doing lots of reading this week.
Year 2: Willow HP for making an incredible Plague Doctor costume and super research.
Year 3: Sienna for creating a cook book for her instruction home learning.
Year 4: Aairah for completing all non-negotiables as well as extending her own learning and creating an anti-bullying poster.
Year 5: Aruhi for writing a cinquain after learning about them in English and extensive spelling practice.
Year 6: James for extensive RE research.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Cobie for trying hard with her letter size and formation.
Year 2: Scarlett for great presentation in science work.
Year 3: Giselle for beautiful joined handwriting.
Year 4: HM for presenting his work neatly in English and maths.
Year 5: Kunashe for a great improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Milani for always displaying high standards of presentation in all subjects.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for improved lining up in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for always being polite and well mannered at the dinner hatch.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.3%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Charlotte in Year 4 for outstanding learning and completing an extension activity on opinions accurately,
Golden Welly Award
The Year 6 boys received the award for playing penalty shoot outs and working cooperatively.
Golden Broom Award
Jessie in Reception received the award for tidying up brilliantly in her first full week of OPAL.
Sports Leaders
Thank you to all of the Sports Leaders who have done a wonderful job of supporting
Reception at lunchtime.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Georgia was awarded performer of the week at PQA.
Sienna P was awarded a merit grade for the preparatory ballet exam and received a medal and certificate. She also was awarded a blue card for playing football.
Amelia achieved learn to swim level 1.
Bella received a trophy from her ballet class.
Joshua S, Amelie and Scout received a certificate for being a Lexia superstar.
Isabell has learnt to swim 200m.
Max has learnt to swim 200m and learn to swim level 6.
Isla L has completed the Winter Reads Challenge and is was the first person to have done so at Stevenage Library.
Ace completed his level 3 award at swimming and was also awarded footballer of the week at football training.
Mason achieved learn to swim level 2.
Olivia scored 6 goals for her football team this weekend and was named parents’ and the oppositions’ player of the match.
Match Reports
The Year 5 and 6 boys played football against Featherstone Wood last Friday. It was a very close game with the opposition finally winning 3-2. There were lots of shots on target and Trotts Hill gave their defence a real challenge. Ruben was awarded man of the match for his superb goalkeeping.
Some Year 5 children took part in a bench ball tournament. They represented Trotts Hill brilliantly and won an award for self-belief.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 15th November 2024
We discussed in celebration assembly why we are raising money for “Children in Need” and how this links to our school rule “Be Kind” We also talked about our learning during Anti Bullying week and how this links to our school rules "Be Responsible" and "Be Safe" it is our responsibility to look out for each other and be kind to each other.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Zoha whose confidence has grown so much and her enjoyment for learning shines through.
Year 1: FT for increased confidence and independence, showing kindness and helping peers in computing.
Year 2: Elliot for working really hard in maths.
Year 3: Oliver for always demonstrating the PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 4: Isabell for an amazing character description and setting description.
Year 5: Bailey for progress with grammar knowledge.
Year 6: Jerome for shining in RE lessons.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Oliver who has continued to practise phonics while he was recovering from an operation.
Year 1: Inez for always completing her home learning and doing lots of reading.
Year 2: Willow R for excellent research on the plague doctor.
Year 3: Olivia for completing extra by writing about the Remembrance Parade.
Year 4: Inaaya for completing all non-negotiables to a high standard.
Year 5: Ilaria for high quality non-negotiables and extensive research about where our food comes from.
Year 6: Hannah for completing all tasks to a high standard, including extra evidence of non-negotiables.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Thea for trying to write along the line.
Year 2: Leon for his excellent oral presenting skills in English.
Year 3: Emilia for trying very hard with joined handwriting.
Year 4: Barry for trying really hard with his handwriting in English.
Year 5: Samiya for an excellent improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Ella for presenting her story beautifully in English.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1 and EYFS - Reception for continued good behaviour in the dining room and adjusting well to OPAL.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for always complementing the kitchen staff.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 100%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French Star of the Week
This was awarded to Kawia in Year 6 for writing in the 3rd person and making her adjectives agree with the nouns.
Golden Welly Award
Cooper, Harry T, Owen, Zekiah and George M in Year 1 received the award for excellent cooperative play and working together to build a den.
Golden Broom Award
FT in Year 1 received the award for helping to put away all the wheeled play was tidied away at the end of stay and play. Mrs Hunter has been pleased with how well all the children have been tidying up.
Outside Achievements
We shared the following achievements for celebration assembly this week:
Isabella achieved a pass in the rosette ballet exam and received a rosette and certificate for her achievements.
Sophia achieved a merit in the rosette ballet exam and received a trophy and certificate for her achievements. She was only a few marks away from a distinction.
Bella and Sophia were the flag bearers for Girl Guides at the parade to commemorate Remembrance Sunday last weekend.
The following children were rewarded with certificates for being Lexia super stars; Annie, Kyran, Millie, Barry, Alfie, Laila and LP.
Olivia was awarded a certificate for being player of the match, this was awarded by the opposing team.
Willow received a certificate for learning to swim 5m.
Georgia went to another film festival with PQA and she received a medal for this,
Isla took the school’s wreath and laid it at last week’s Remembrance ceremony.
FT received a trophy for being street dancer of the week.
Noah was dancer of the week at his ballet class for learning all the moves.
Lovell was named man of the match for scoring a hat trick last weekend.
Match Report
The Year 5 and 6 boys' football team played Roebuck last Friday. Brian and Leo both scored a hat trick, and the final score was 6-1 to Trotts Hill. We were so proud of the boys on the team, as well as the other members from training who came along and showed incredible support for their friends.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 8th November 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill, with lots to celebrate including our brand new gazebo bought with money donated from FROTH!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Jessie for fabulous learning over the holidays as well as an excellent engagement all round this week.
Year 1: Henry for showing independence and perseverance in computing.
Year 2: Salaar for maths engagement, neatness and perseverance with adding across 10.
Year 3: Max D for excellent participation, engagement and enjoyment.
Year 4: Leo for an improved attitude to learning and making good choices.
Year 5: Fin for contributing and having an excellent attitude to learning.
Year 6: Hannah for excellent improvement in pace and stamina in all subject areas.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: D who has still been learning while on holiday, practising his name writing and numbers.
Year 1: Zonaira for additional home learning.
Year 2: Kyran for showing perseverance and correcting his learning.
Year 3: Ethan for completing 14 hours of Lexia during the half term holiday.
Year 4: Lamis for strong non-negotiables and creating a book about the Olympics.
Year 5: Owen for having all non-negotiables completed to a high standard and extra learning.
Year 6: Haniya for choosing to complete extra home learning over half term
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Charis for always presenting her learning neatly.
Year 2: Joshua S for beautifully presented learning during handwriting.
Year 3: Sienna for perfectly presenting in all subjects.
Year 4: Aariah for super presentation in Maths
Year 5: Brandon for improved handwriting.
Year 6: Ivy for well-presented jottings in maths.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1 and EYFS - Reception for exceptional behaviour and attitude in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for adjusting very well to the new free flow lunch system.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 100%!
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Nursery were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to RP in Year 4 for her work on French numbers.
Golden Welly Award
Cara, Gabby, Aairah and Charlotte in Year 4 received the award for creating and presenting Trotts Hill news.
Golden Broom Award
Reggie in Year 6 received the award for consistently collecting up coat which have been left at the end of play.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Ali achieved a certificate for swimming 50 m and achieved level 8 in gymnastics too.
Leo C achieved learn to swim level 2.
FT was awarded with puffin level at swimming.
Isabell P was awarded with certificates and medals from Kumon for a very high standard of maths and English.
Jessica and Georgia were invited to the PQA Film Festival at the BFI in London where one of the short films they worked on, "Teleportation", was shown and the film won an award!
Bailey scored for his football team in their last match and got parents player of the match.
Harveer achieved level 6 in swimming.
Ruby and Scout performed a Halloween themed dance in the town centre, during the half term holiday.
Olivia received a medal for scoring lots of goals player for her football team and being named as their player of the term.
Owen, Ethan and Harveer were all awarded with certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 25th October 2024
We celebrated a fantastic half term at Trotts Hill and shared the achievements we were proud of.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Finn for excellent progress in phonics and all round engagement in Diwali activities.
Year 1: Inez for always showing kindness.
Year 2: Willow R for building confidence and showing all her fabulous activities from home.
Year 3: Max F for excellent participation during whole class teaching.
Year 4: Archie for his creative ideas in English and guided reading.
Year 5: Kunashe for settling in well and contributing to class discussions.
Year 6: Benson for an exceptional piece of creative writing.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Evie who consistently completes her phonics home learning to a great standard.
Year 1: Henry for excellent presentation.
Year 2: Radhvi for consistently great home learning.
Year 3: Mia for an excellent recount of our history visit.
Year 4: Teddy T for completing the extra challenge set to a high standard along with extra time tables practice.
Year 5: Diya for extra maths practice.
Year 6: Brian, for completing home learning to a high standard, despite sporting commitments outside of school.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented learning:
Year 1: JA for taking care in maths.
Year 2: Jesna for improving presentation in English.
Year 3: AMP for producing some excellent joined handwriting in English.
Year 4: Lamis for excellent illustrations of her ideas in English.
Year 5: Leo for an excellent improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Ruben for increasing effort and pride taken in mathematics presentation.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for improved behaviour in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for improved manners at the serving hatch.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.67%
165 children achieved 100% attendance in October.
Year 1 had the best attendance for October with 99.2%.
129 children received a certificate to celebrate 100% attendance for all of autumn term 1.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 5 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Jessica Year 5 for writing in the 3rd person.
Golden Welly Award
Year 2 received the award for excellent collaborative play in the sandpit.
Golden Broom Award
Year 2 received the award for excellent tidying up of the sandpit.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Jamie has moved up to stage 4 in his swimming lessons
Daniel won man of the match and scored 2 goals for his football team last weekend.
Isla W received star of the week for improving her technique in ballet. Isla and Noah completed their ballet exams this weekend. They have both worked really hard practicing for the last month, doing extra ballet rehearsals on Sundays too. Isla received a Merit only a few marks off a distinction and Noah passed his rosette exam.
I wanted to share that Daniel M has been awarded a level 3 swimming certificate and badge and has now started level 4 swimming lessons.
Bella achieved learn to swim level 2.
Leon M achieved learning to swim 5m.
Cobie achieved learn to swim level 1.
Sophia achieved learn to swim level 6.
Spencer achieved learn level 3 and can swim 10m.
Ethan, Zohaib, Samiya and Owen were all awarded with certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Brian went to France to play against teams from France, Germany and Spain in football. His team came 2nd in their group.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 18th October 2024
Lots to celebrate at Trotts Hill this week. The children shared positive feedback from their parents or carers following parent consultations.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Aamina who puts so much pride into everything she does.
Year 1: Zonaira for showing resilience in the mornings.
Year 2: Jamie for stretching himself in English to add in ambitious vocabulary.
Year 3: Elissa for super focus and engagement during lessons.
Year 4: LP for enthusiasm for all areas of her learning.
Year 5: Eliza for perseverance resulting in good progress in English.
Year 6: James for being engaged in English and maths and demonstrating a positive attitude towards his learning.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Tia for super effort with her phonics.
Year 1: Eric for neat presentation.
Year 2: Spencer for completing lots of extra learning.
Year 3: Connie for consistently completing all non-negotiables as well as lots of times table revision.
Year 4: Tihomir for completing all non-negotiables to a high standard.
Year 5: Jessica for creativity in spelling practice this half term.
Year 6: Lacey for completing home learning and bringing it in before the deadline.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Ibrahim for super presentation in maths.
Year 2: Daniel for greatly improved cursive handwriting.
Year 3: Max D for excellent presentation in English.
Year 4: Isabell for a beautifully presented Anglo Saxon book.
Year 5: Grace in planning and writing in English
Year 6: Emelie for consistently high standards of presentation
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for continued good manners at the dinner hatch.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for being well-mannered and showing good behaviour in the dinner hall.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 99.33%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to CA in Year 1 for remembering the classroom instructions in French.
Golden Welly Award
Daniel and Alastair in Year 2 received the award for continuing to create a mini den they started in forest school.
Golden Broom Award
Teddy T and Jase in Year 4 received the award for being excellent Play Rangers and packing away resources.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Georgia was awarded with performer of the week from PQA.
Leo got player of the match for the second week in a row last weekend. His team won 3-2 but it was Leo's absolutely incredible goalline clearance in the last few minutes that won the game and stopped the other team's player getting his hatrick! The manager of the other team congratulated him on such a brilliant tackle.
Bruce was awarded got player of the match for some brilliant passes and improved performance. He also got his 50m badge in swimming and competed in a triathlon where he did 125m swim, 0.8mile bike and a 0.7 mile run. Both the bike and the run were tough on wet grass and soggy ground.
Joshua set a new personal best at junior park run of 8:36.
Sienna, Ilaria and Savannah took part in the Great Ormond Street race, running 5k, and raising £1000 between them.
Emmie achieved core level 9 in gymnastics.
Coby has passed his level 4 swimming award.
Freddie and DS received certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 11th October 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill – with lots to celebrate. We are looking forward to seeing you at parent consultations next week.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Micha for having exceptional manners when getting his lunch in the dining hall.
Year 1: Jack for always showing PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 2: Spencer for showing great focus and determination.
Year 3: Mia for showing confidence and answering questions during whole class teaching.
Year 4: Jael for showing resilience in maths.
Year 5: Ahmed for being mindful of his targets.
Year 6: Zohaib for having an excellent attitude towards learning
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Blake went above and beyond with his HL including patterns, phonics, reading and talking about where his food comes from (while helping to make Bolognese)
Year 1: Adeel for completing extra learning.
Year 2: Isla L for lots of additional home learning.
Year 3: Zohan for completing all home learning and some extra learning.
Year 4: Teddy G for trying hard with home learning and making sure it's always handed in on time.
Year 5: Amelie for consistent effort in home learning.
Year 6: Gabriel for showing good evidence of times table practice.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented learning:
Year 1: Amelia for taking care when writing on the line.
Year 2: Bella for beautifully neat English.
Year 3: Oliver for always trying hard to perfectly present all learning.
Year 4: R for using one digit per square for column addition.
Year 5: Brandon for a huge improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Florance for a well presented data handling table in science
Lunch award
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for much improved behaviour in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for good manners and lining up at the serving hatch.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Bailey in Year 5 for his listening and understanding skills.
Golden Welly Award
Noah CW in Year 1 received the award for great play during lunchtime today.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Oscar shared his certificate for entering the BBC 500 words competition- good luck! He was also named player of the match by his football team for showing great perseverance and positivity.
Jaxon received a certificate for being a Lexia superstar.
Scout received a certificate for being a Lexia superstar.
Gabriel shared a certificate for writing 3000 words on his night zoo keeper account.
Mason was awarded a trophy from his boxing club for working the hardest.
Bailey set a new personal best for running 5k at Park Run.
Emilia came 2nd place in county gymnastics competition and also set a new personal best for running at Park Run
Alma, Emelie, Charlotte and Cara all took part in a spooky Halloween dance show.
Alma moved up to black hats at swimming.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 11th October 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill – with lots to celebrate. We are looking forward to seeing you at parent consultations next week.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Micha for having exceptional manners when getting his lunch in the dining hall.
Year 1: Jack for always showing PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 2: Spencer for showing great focus and determination.
Year 3: Mia for showing confidence and trying to answer questions during whole class teaching.
Year 4: Jael for showing resilience in maths.
Year 5: Ahmed for being mindful of his targets.
Year 6: Zohaib for having an excellent attitude towards learning
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Blake went above and beyond with his HL including patterns, phonics, reading and talking about where his food comes from (while helping to make Bolognese)
Year 1: Adeel for completing extra learning.
Year 2: Isla L for lots of additional home learning.
Year 3: Zohan for completing all home learning and some extra learning.
Year 4: Teddy G for trying hard with home learning and making sure it's always handed in on time.
Year 5: Amelie for consistent effort in home learning.
Year 6: Gabriel for showing good evidence of times table practice.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Amelia for taking care when writing on the line.
Year 2: Bella for beautifully neat English.
Year 3: Oliver for always trying hard to perfectly present all learning.
Year 4: R for using one digit per square for column addition.
Year 5: Brandon for a huge improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Florance for a well presented data handling table in science
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for much improved behaviour in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for good manners and lining up at the serving hatch.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Bailey in Year 5 for his listening and understanding skills.
Golden Welly Award
NCW in Year 1 received the award for great play during lunchtime today.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Oscar shared his certificate for entering the BBC 500 words competition- good luck! He was also named player of the match by his football team for showing great perseverance and positivity.
Jaxon received a certificate for being a Lexia superstar.
Scout received a certificate for being a Lexia superstar.
Gabriel shared a certificate for writing 3000 words on his night zoo keeper account.
Mason was awarded a trophy from his boxing club for working the hardest.
Bailey set a new personal best for running 5k at Park Run.
2nd place in gymnastics competition and also set a new personal best for running at Park Run
Alma, Emelie, Charlotte and Cara all took part in a spooky Halloween dance show.
Alma moved up to black hats at swimming.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 4th October 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill. Thank you for your kind donations for Harvest. Mrs Kramer and Mrs Evans will take the donations to the food back after school today. We had a very positive visit from the Local Authority this week. Reminder FROTH donut sale after school today.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Nathan who showed such enthusiasm with our soup making and a general love for learning about the world around him.
Year 1: Harry F for excellent effort in maths.
Year 2: LC for being such a cheerful and enthusiastic member of the class, always willing to help.
Year 3: Olivia for excellent learning in all areas and for being kind to her peers.
Year 4: Jaxon for being extra enthusiastic in all areas of learning.
Year 5: Harry for patient support of his peers.
Year 6: Kawia for excellent, engaging writing in English.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Lily who did some excellent word building and writing as well as practising her reading.
Year 1: Harry for lots of extra reading at home.
Year 2: Leon for doing lots of extra learning.
Year 3: Brody for completing all non-negotiables and home learning neatly and accurately.
Year 4: Gabby for completing all non-negotiables to a high standard and for completing extra spellings practice.
Year 5: Diya for completing learning to a high standard and extra practice.
Year 6: Ellie for gathering detailed research about Mary Seacole which enabled her to write a cohesive biography in English
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Jack for writing his g as a descender.
Year 2: Elliot for his excellently written autumn poem to go display.
Year 3: Anaya for neat presentation across subjects.
Year 4: Alma for excellent handwriting and pictures in her myth.
Year 5: Harry for beautifully presented maths.
Year 6: Michael, for always displaying high standards of presentation in all subjects
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for keeping noise levels to a minimum in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for maintaining good manners and a positive attitude at the dinner hatch.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.33%
162 children received stickers for having 100% attendance.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Nursery were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Amadea Year 3 for excellent conversation writing.
Golden Welly Award
AMP in Year 3 received the award for playing nicely in the sandpit and using the toys creatively
Golden Broom Award
Willow R in Year 2 received the award for tidying all of the fake grass to check that all the worms were ok.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Alastair was awarded gymnast of the week for amazing hanging on the bars.
On Saturday, Sophia won star of the week at her ballet class. She has been working incredibly hard towards her grade 1 ballet exam which involves double ballet lessons and an exam in three weeks.
Willow HP received a certificate and medal for achieving core level 7 in gymnastics.
Joshua H received a trophy to celebrate him being named player of the week.
Noah T achieved the learn to swim level 2.
Ewan was awarded as parents player of the week and scored a goal in a 10-0 win in football.
Olivia scored 5 goals for her football team in 9-9 draw, coming back
Karolina achieved a rookie lifeguard award.
Arlo achieved the learn to swim level 1 award
Brandon has joined a boxing club and received a certificate to recognise his hard work.
Florance, Fawaz, Jerome, Michael, Leo, Brian, Ella and Emelie all received participation certificates for attending the cross-country event last week.
Amelie, Laila and Owen all received certificates to celebrate their achievements in Lexia.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 27th September 2024
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Rudy for super engagement with phonics every day.
Year 1: Jesse for trying his best when contributing to whole class discussions.
Year 2: Oscar for being incredibly enthusiastic in all subjects and hugely helpful around the classroom.
Year 3: Joshua for excellent discussion and participation in history and RE.
Year 4: Millie for working really hard and coming up with creative ideas to write her own myth.
Year 5: Marnie for independent learning in maths.
Year 6: Fawaz for always having an exemplary attitude.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Neo for fabulous phonics and storytelling.
Year 1: Noah W for completing extra home learning.
Year 2: Joshua S for excellent home learning.
Year 3: Max D for completing learning neatly.
Year 4: Peyton for step by step photographic evidence of her science experiment with explanations.
Year 5: Sophia for choosing to do extra learning and writing a poem.
Year 6: Leo for completing all tasks and non-negotiables to a high standard, particularly times tables.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Zonaira for writing on the line.
Year 2: Nancy for working really hard on her handwriting in English.
Year 3: Amadea for always having well presented learning.
Year 4: Daniel for his excellent presentation in maths.
Year 5: Ruby for superb handwriting.
Year 6: Izzy for superb presentation in maths.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for continued good behaviour and lining up in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for improved behaviour and using good manners at the dinner hatch.
Attendance
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 99.7%. Well done Year 3 who were a close second with 99.3%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 6 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Owen in Year 5 for contributions in class and good listening skills.
Golden Welly Award
Ruby T in Reception received the award for always playing wonderfully in Mini-OPAL. .
Golden Broom Award
Jase in Year 4 received the award for putting the nets over the sandpit even though there was torrential rain.
Lexia Superstars
These children received certificates for fantastic learning in Lexia:
Millie
Archie
Jael
Scout
LP
Owen B
Cross Country
A huge well done to our Year 6 Cross Country Team who ran a very wet and muddy 1 mile course at Fairlands Valley park yesterday afternoon. We gave a round of applause and shared how proud we are with the whole team. They all gave 100%. What a team!
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Olivia shared that her football team won 12-2 in their match at the weekend and she scored 8 goals. She was voted player of the match by the other team.
Alma and Millie took part in the International Inline Speed Skating Race in Zemst, Belgium over the weekend. They each skated in six races against competitors from across the world and relished in the fantastic experience. They both received participation medals. Elsie Rae also took part in two fun races at the event and also enjoyed the great experience.
Joshua Year 3 received the parents player of the match in football on Saturday and scored 4 goals in their 9-9 game.
Last weekend, Daniel C was awarded with a trophy for being named player of the match for his football team.
Karolina has achieved a progress award for lifeguard training at Stevenage swimming pool.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 4th October 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill. Thank you for your kind donations for Harvest. Mrs Kramer and Mrs Evans will take the donations to the food back after school today. We had a very positive visit from the Local Authority this week. Reminder FROTH donut sale after school today.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Nathan who showed such enthusiasm with our soup making and a general love for learning about the world around him.
Year 1: Harry F for excellent effort in maths.
Year 2: LC for being such a cheerful and enthusiastic member of the class, always willing to help.
Year 3: Olivia for excellent learning in all areas and for being kind to her peers.
Year 4: Jaxon for being extra enthusiastic in all areas of learning.
Year 5: Harry for patient support of his peers.
Year 6: Kawia for excellent, engaging writing in English.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Lily who did some excellent word building and writing as well as practising her reading.
Year 1: Harry for lots of extra reading at home.
Year 2: Leon for doing lots of extra learning.
Year 3: Brody for completing all non-negotiables and home learning neatly and accurately.
Year 4: Gabby for completing all non-negotiables to a high standard and for completing extra spellings practice.
Year 5: Diya for completing learning to a high standard and extra practice.
Year 6: Ellie for gathering detailed research about Mary Seacole which enabled her to write a cohesive biography in English
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Jack for writing his g as a descender.
Year 2: Elliot for his excellently written autumn poem to go display.
Year 3: Anaya for neat presentation across subjects.
Year 4: Alma for excellent handwriting and pictures in her myth.
Year 5: Harry for beautifully presented maths.
Year 6: Michael, for always displaying high standards of presentation in all subjects
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for keeping noise levels to a minimum in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for maintaining good manners and a positive attitude at the dinner hatch.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.33%
162 children received stickers for having 100% attendance.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Nursery were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Amadea Year 3 for excellent conversation writing.
Golden Welly Award
AMP in Year 3 received the award for playing nicely in the sandpit and using the toys creatively
Golden Broom Award
Willow R in Year 2 received the award for tidying all of the fake grass to check that all the worms were ok.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Alastair was awarded gymnast of the week for amazing hanging on the bars.
On Saturday, Sophia won star of the week at her ballet class. She has been working incredibly hard towards her grade 1 ballet exam which involves double ballet lessons and an exam in three weeks.
Willow HP received a certificate and medal for achieving core level 7 in gymnastics.
Joshua H received a trophy to celebrate him being named player of the week.
Noah T achieved the learn to swim level 2.
Ewan was awarded as parents player of the week and scored a goal in a 10-0 win in football.
Olivia scored 5 goals for her football team in 9-9 draw, coming back
Karolina achieved a rookie lifeguard award.
Arlo achieved the learn to swim level 1 award
Brandon has joined a boxing club and received a certificate to recognise his hard work.
Florance, Fawaz, Jerome, Michael, Leo, Brian, Ella and Emelie all received participation certificates for attending the cross-country event last week.
Amelie, Laila and Owen all received certificates to celebrate their achievements in Lexia.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 13th September 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill, with lots to celebrate!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Millie who is an excellent role model being always ready to learn and a super tidier.
Year 1: Noah W for always following class rules.
Year 2: Kyran for excellent learning in English.
Year 3: Freddie for excellent enthusiasm and engagement with our English text.
Year 4: Wezem for settling straight into year 4 and producing some excellent, creative writing.
Year 5: Laila for great progress subtracting using exchange.
Year 6: Haniya for challenging herself in writing.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Ruby T for her super reading over the weekend.
Year 1: Emmie for creating a wonderful summer diary.
Year 4: Charlie for his research about Picasso and for recreating one of his famous pieces of art.
Year 5: Ruby for completing all the non-negotiable and high quality research.
Year 6: Annie for engaging with our class text.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented learning:
Year 1: Ilyana for writing on the line.
Year 2: Jake for beautifully presented work in English and science.
Year 3: Noah for excellent handwriting in English.
Year 4: Sanaa for always presenting her handwriting beautifully.
Year 5: Eliza for excellent presentation in English.
Year 6: Jessica for maintaining a high standard of presentation in all subjects
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for settling well into lunchtime routines.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for being very polite and well-mannered at the serving hatch and making good choices and choosing lots of vegetables.
Attendance
Year 4 had the highest attendance this week with 99%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Jesse in Year 1 for speaking clearly and Lacey-Lou in Year 6 for persevering during a listening activity.
Golden Welly Award
Oscar, Salaar, Daniel, Franco and LC in Year 2 received the award for beginning to make and build their own cross-country route and encouraging each other.
Golden Broom Award
Leon in Year 2 received the award for excellent attention to tidying, stopping playing at the right time and making a great effort.
Sports Leaders
We had a huge amount of applications for the Sports Leader positions in Year 5, more than we have ever had before. Mrs Evans and Mrs O’Brien read through the applications and were thoroughly impressed with the effort and real passion for sport that shone through, so a massive well done to all the children who applied. They should feel very proud of themselves and, if they haven't been chosen, there are many other pupil groups they could be part of.
The 6 leaders we have chosen are: Laila, Eliza, Scout, Bailey, LH and Leo.
The sports leaders will complete leadership training at Barnwell School.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Alma and Millie attended a skating race in Leicester, on Saturday. Millie won 2 gold medals, one for her category race and the other for her age group race. Alma won a silver medal in her age group and beat her personal best in the 1km race by 48 seconds.
Jessica and Georgia passed the PQA stage and screen award, grade 2, both of them achieved a distinction.
Leo P successfully passed grade 1 violin exam with merit. He was also named man of the match, for his excellent goalkeeping, from his football team.
Emmie was awarded gymnast of the week for improved rolls, especially down an incline.
Ruby T completed her learn to swim level 1 award.
Jael shared that he has begun to play for Peterborough.
Freddie and Harveer were awarded with a certificate for being Lexia superstars.
Joshua S received a gold medal for winning a golf tournament.
Jase played his first football match of the season, he scored 5 goals and his team won 11-0.
Emelie completed the marvellous makers library challenge.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 6th September 2024
A fantastic first week back at Trotts Hill, with so much to celebrate. It has been wonderful to welcome our new Reception cohort and some of our Nursery. We look forward to all of our Nursery children joining next week. Well done to all of the children for following our school rules and showing our PRIDE learning behaviours this week.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Blake for making excellent choices during his independent learning time.
Year 1: Trying her very best and growing in confidence.
Year 2: Nancy for making an excellent start to the year; being enthusiastic; working hard and being willing to have a go.
Year 3: Anaya for being an excellent role model and demonstrating the PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 4: Isabella for giving everything a go in maths and having a really positive attitude.
Year 5: Nasara for improving the content of a recount.
Year 6: Lacey for beginning Year 6 with enthusiasm and determination.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Year 1: George and Albie for writing a super summer diary.
Year 2: Oscar for his superb summer holiday book.
Year 4: Gabby for excellent times tables practise at home.
Year 6: Karolina for engaging with our class book as well as reading other Year 6 texts.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Eric for writing along the line.
Year 2: Munesu for well-formed letters and care when sticking in.
Year 3: Arthur for very neat presentation in maths.
Year 4: Leon for his presentation in maths neatly drawing base 10.
Year 5: D for beautifully presented learning in English.
Year 6: Reggie for presenting his diary entry perfectly when his target is to improve his presentation.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for enjoying all aspects of OPAL and tidying up at the end of play.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for wonderful lining up at the end of play.
Attendance
Year 2 and 4 had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Karolina in Year 6 for using French in social occasions.
Golden Welly Award
Scout for showing fantastic confidence and personal safety during wheeled play.
Golden Broom Award
Olivia year 3 for being really polite and helpful to Mrs Leach when tidying the sand pit.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Sophia received certificates for achieving Brownie bronze award and the young lives Vs cancer kid’s summer challenge.
Bella received certificates for achieving Rainbow bronze award and the young lives Vs cancer kid’s summer challenge.
Isla received certificates for achieving Rainbow gold award.
Gabriella completed a successful week at Stagecoach and passionately performed in the ensemble of the musical Matilda.
During the summer, Laila performed in a parade at Disneyland Paris followed by a dance performance on the stage, with her dance school.
Gabriel performed a dance in the parade at Disneyland Paris.
Cara achieved learn to swim level 5.
Throughout July, Millie and Alma were raising money for Dementia UK with their skating team. Both girls smashed their target of £100 by raising £400 each. Alma skated 50 miles and Millie clocked up 100 miles.
Millie also competed in a race during the holiday. She came 1st in the 100m sprint and 3rd for the time lap and 3km.
Blake received learn to swim level 1.
Marvellous Makers
Well done to the following children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge:
Reception: Ammina, Arlo, Lily and Jessica.
Year 1: Sienna P, Ibrahim, FT, Jack and Amelia.
Year 2: Jamie, Oscar, Jesna Susan, Joshua S, Willow R, Jake M, Daniel, Isla L, Isla P, Franco and Alistair.
Year 3: Mia, Caiden, Joshua, Brody, Giselle, Anaya, Emilia and Oliver.
Year 4:Charlie, Archie and Daniel
Year 5: Bailey, Owen, Eliza, Sophia, Amelie, Leo, Jessica and Georgia.
Year 6: Fawaz
Celebration Assembly – Friday 5th July 2024
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Albie who has shown incredible perseverance with his writing this term.
Year 1: Alastair for always showing all PRIDE behaviours.
Year 2: Giselle for excellent effort in English with adding detail, punctuation and hyperbole to her writing.
Year 3: J'ael for excellent progress in English.
Year 4: Brandon for working really hard on creating a landscape in art.
Year 5: Lacey-Lou for her achievements in maths this week.
Year 6: Charlie for showing determination during Sports Day
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: George for excellent sentences using HFW's which he also illustrated.
Year 1: Willow R and Spencer for completing extra home learning.
Year 2: Ethan for completing a detailed map of his journey to school.
Year 3: LP for creating a lovely poster about reggae as well as completing all non-negotiables.
Year 4: Samiya for completing her classification key for science and for reading six times.
Year 5: Karolina for a super presentation all about Japan.
Year 6: Thomas for continuing to take pride in completing non-negotiables
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Ace for working hard to use lower case letters and presenting them perfectly in phonics.
Year 1: Oscar for taking care when drawing in art.
Year 2: Caiden for a beautifully presented materials scavenger hunt in science,
Year 3: Charlotte for always taking pride in her presentation.
Year 4: Isla for her amazing landscape blending the paint together and applying lots of different skills previously learnt.
Year 5: Haniya for much improved handwriting.
Year 6: Jethro for beautiful sketches of Henry Moore sculptures.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for great behaviour in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for excellent behaviour in the packed lunch hall.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 99.33%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 5 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
Golden Welly Award
Balveer and Harveer received the award for creating an excellent den.
Golden Broom Award
Ella in Year 5 received the award for always coming to the shed and helping.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Connie and Olivia took part in their first football tournament last week and came 2nd, they were part of the youngest team in the league. They both played brilliantly and lost the final on penalties.
Connie received a certificate and medal for achieving core level 9 in gymnastics.
Gabriel shared that he had achieved a green and blue belt in Taekwondo.
Joshua S completed in a golf tournament last weekend and even appeared on Sky Sports TV channel.
LH was awarded with a trophy for being man of the match in a football game.
LP was awarded with a certificate for being a Lexia superstar.
Archie received a trophy from his football team.
Junior Duke
Jack was awarded with the micro duke.
Sports Day
The final scores for Sports Day are in :
Farrah 1st
Rowling 2nd
Picasso 3rd
Hawking 4th
Well done all of the children who showed the PRIDE learning behaviours and good sportsmanship throughout all the events.
Pupil Groups
House Captains
Josh
Layla
Finn
Ollie
Sophie
Riya
Luke
Evie Grace
Sports Leaders
Emelie
Milani
Jerome
Leo
Lacey-Lou
James
Riya
Layla
Sophie
Dexter
Finn
Reading Champions
Caiden
Oliver
LP
RP
LH
WR
Zohaib
Haniya
AG
Ardante
Science Ambassadors
Arthur W
Max F
Charlotte
Charlie
Jessica
Scout
Florance
Jake D
Dexter
Joe
Creative Crew
Mia
Elissa
Mille
Isabell
LP
Laila
Annie
Ella
Myah
Evie- Rose
Eco Warriors
Emilia
Coby
Daniel
Archie
Finley
Aaruhi
Hannah
Ivy
Patrick
Samson
Digital Leaders
Noah
Teddy
J’ael
Tihomir
Georgia
Eliza
Ruben
BF
Thomas
Noah
School Council
Joshua
Sienna
Cara
Alma
Bailey
Illaria
Gabriel
Fawaz
Patrick
Olivia
Mental Health Ambassadors
Gabby
Lamis
Jessica
Illaria
Gabriel
Jake A
Joe
Evie-Grace
Isla
Play Rangers
Bruce
Joshua
Isabella K
Sophia
Reggie
Ollie
Celebration Assembly – Friday 21st June 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill, Reception and Year 2 were praised for their behaviour on school trips this week. We are so excited for our Friday Fiesta and hope to see as many of you as possible.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Harry T who was such a trooper on our trip to Shepreth and never once complained despite being unwell.
Year 1: Munesu for settling in so well at Trotts Hill.
Year 2: Noah for his excellent work in English trying to meet the success criteria.
Year 3: Gabby for always showing enthusiasm and interest in her learning.
Year 4: Laila for including a map from memory in her geography fact file.
Year 5: Jerome for showing PRIDE learning behaviours during the glider STEM challenge.
Year 6: Noah for his enthusiastic participation in dance.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Ibrahim for some excellent sentences using consonant blends which were beautifully written.
Year 1: Ella for creating a lovely rocket.
Year 2: Connie for completing all of her learning to a high standard.
Year 3: Layla for producing a comprehensive recount of our Roman visit.
Year 4: Lovell for completing all non-negotiables and maths learning to a high standard
Year 5: James for applying colour strategy to spelling
Year 6: Finn for learning his lines with confidence and delivering them exceptionally well.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Elsie Rae for her perfectly drawn tiger on our Dear Zoo cover.
Year 1: Elliot for creating a neat snail.
Year 2: Avyukt for neat pictograms in maths.
Year 3: Isabella for excellent attention to letter size and crossing out with a pencil and a ruler.
Year 4: Malaika for her presentation in Maths.
Year 5: James for handwriting improvements
Year 6: Samson for improved presentation in English.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for lining up in the dining hall as quiet as mice.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for using the best manners in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 97.5%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Lamis in Year 3 for her singing when learning a French song about sports.
Golden Welly Award
Laila in Year 4 received the award for bravery and perseverance when climbing trees
Golden Broom Award
Diya in Year 4 received the award for diligently tidying the shed.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Daniel was awarded with a trophy for the most improved player in his football team.
Gabriel shared that he took part in performances in ‘I am’ at the Gordon Craig Theatre. He also shared a certificate for writing 1000 words and writing an inspirational poem.
Luke shared the certificate he was awarded for coming 1st place in the boys 600m race, at the Hertfordshire schools’ athletics competition.
Isla W, Emmie, Sienna P, FT and Noah W all received certificates of excellence for their performances at the Gordon Craig on Sunday. Noah remembered all four of his dances perfectly and Isla was brilliant in her 2 ballet dances.
Sophia and Bella received certificates of excellence for their performances at the Gordon Craig on Sunday. They showed hard work and dedication, during their performances.
Riya received a certificate and trophy for her performance at ‘Dancing Through The Decades’.
Isla W received a certificate for completing a water safety award and swimming 100m.
Noah received a certificate for water safety.
Zohaib took part in a step up challenge at Watford stadium and received a certificate for this.
Amelie, Millie, Alfie and Barry all received certificates to celebrate their super progress with Lexia.
Samson, Patrick, Ivy, Hannah, Aaruhi, Finley, Daniel, Archie, Emilia and Coby all received certificates for their support to help the school to gain the Eco School award.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 14th June 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill, with lots of compliments about behaviour of our pupils at trips and out of school. Well done! We celebrated the following achievements.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: FT for having an excellent attitude towards her writing.
Year 1: Ella for making a super effort with behaviour for learning.
Year 2: Haris for a super story map of ‘Why Elephant has a Trunk’.
Year 3: Charlotte for continued excellence in all areas.
Year 4: Isla for writing an excellent rhyming poem in the style of Roald Dahl.
Year 5: Hannah for use of the text in reading comprehension.
Year 6: Ollie for thoughtful contributions at Crucial Crew.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Emmie for extra writing as well as an excellent shape picture.
Year 1: Jesna Susan for always producing an exceptional amount of learning.
Year 2: Sienna for completing lots of extra times tables.
Year 3: Leo for remembering, independently, to hand in his home learning.
Year 4: Amelie for excellent research about Gaudi.
Year 5: Karolina for being the first to hand in Junior Duke in Year 5
Year 6: Noah for completing extra learning to help with our play e.g. creating props.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: A for writing some beautiful sentences for his home learning.
Year 1: Jake for drawing fractions clearly and presenting a number in each square.
Year 2: Amadea for making a well presented tally chart in maths.
Year 3: Harry for an excellent Roman mosaic.
Year 4: Tommy for presenting his work neatly in geography.
Year 5: Hannah for improvements in handwriting.
Year 6: Myah for a beautifully presented short story.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for playing really well together outside.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for excellent behaviour in the dining hall.
Attendance
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 98%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to BF in Year 5 for supporting a classmate and James in Year 5 for speaking out in French in front of the class.
Golden Welly Award
Dexter, Finn, Timi, Samson in Year 6 received the award for playing rolling games with each other.
Golden Broom Award
Florance and Annie in Year received the award for collecting loose parts from the field.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Jesna Susan shared the trophies she received for being awarded first place in a group song and third place in the solo song competition, run by her church.
DS, Harry, Samiya, Scout, Owen and Grace received certificates for being Lexia superstars.
Olivia shared a medal and trophy from her football club for being voted players’ player of the season.
Leo received a trophy from his football team for excellent goalkeeping and also an end of season medal.
Annie received a certificate from Brownies for completing her gold award.
WR received a trophy and medal from his football club.
Nasara and LH received medals from their football club.
Amelia was awarded gymnast of the week for improvements when climbing ropes.
Isabella received a certificate for being brave during a blood test.
Millie and Alma took part in a speed skating race this weekend. Alma came 3rd in the 100m sprint and time trial. Millie came 3rd in the 3km race. Both girls showed determination and beat their personal bests in the 100m race.
Mason received a medal for taking part in a football tournament.
BF came 1st in his heat and 2nd in the final for the 200m race at the athletics competition yesterday.
Luke went to an athletics event and came first in the 600m.
Junior Duke
Caiden received a gold mini duke award.
Karolina received a gold junior duke award.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 7th June 2024
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill this week. Thank you to everyone who attended the stay and play yesterday and for donating to FROTH sweet tombola today.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ilyana who gives 100% to everything (learning in school, home learning and behaviour) and is a super role model.
Year 1: SS (mum has said that she is happy for name and pics but I think as yet to tell the office) an improved focus in English.
Year 2: Zohan for managing self-regulation during play times.
Year 3: Barry for excellent independent written learning.
Year 4: Bailey for creating an excellent game in computing inputting his own code.
Year 5: Michael for applying new punctuation independently.
Year 6: Year 6 for being super stars at Rock UK, for overcoming their fears, challenging themselves and encouraging each other.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Cooper for his excellently written holiday diary.
Year 1: Mason for competing an outstanding amount of reading.
Year 2: Oliver for a beautiful recount all about his half term.
Year 3: Alma for completing her Purple Mash times tables
Year 4: Aaruhi for extra times tables and spellings practice.
Year 5: Izzy for her lifecycle of a ladybird.
Year 6: AG, for learning lots of his lines for the play and delivering them with enthusiasm
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: CA and JA for their perfectly presented lists in Literacy.
Year 1: Isla L for improved presentation in maths.
Year 2: Joshua for his excellent sketches of tree shapes in science.
Year 3: Isabell for always being perfectly presented.
Year 4: Ruby for her presentation in maths.
Year 5: Lacey-Lou for beautifully presented learning in maths.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for best lining up.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for a wide and varied range of play, even on non-football days.
Attendance
Year 2 and Reception had the highest attendance this week with 97.67%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
Golden Welly Award
Haris in Year 2 received the award for singlehandedly building a mosque.
Golden Broom Award
The children in Rising Stars, Jessica and Georgia received the award for taking time to tidy up after the Stay and Play yesterday.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Alma, Elsie-Rae and Millie took part in an outdoor roller skating race. Alma came 1st for her age group and Millie came 2nd in her age group. Elsie-Rae received a medal for her participation.
Joshua in year 2 took part in a football camp over the holiday and was awarded player of the day. He also took part in his first golf tournament. He came 5th out of 12 and was one of the youngest children to participate.
Finn achieved his 100th Park Run badge during half term, a total of 200km.
Laila competed in the all England dance (regional finals) last weekend. She came 2nd with her musical theatre group. This means she has qualified for the national finals in July.
CA received an award for gymnastics.
Gabriel received an award for coming 4th in a tennis event. He also received an award for writing a story.
Luke took part in his 2nd athletics competition. He won 1st place in the 100m and achieved highly in other events he took part in.
Arthur Y2 was voted as player of the season from his football club.
Match Reports
The boys football team came runners up in their league and received a medal. Well done to: Finn, Toby, Dexter, Luke, AG, Leo, Ruben, Samson, Joe, Charlie, Jerome and BF. Ruben received a certificate for being the most improved player of the season. Luke was awarded with player of the season.
Junior Duke
Eliza received a certificate for achieving the silver junior duke award.
Rohan received a certificate for achieving the platinum junior duke award.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 17th May 2024
We congratulated Year 6 on a fantastic week during SATS week. We are proud of each and every one of them, well done for showing our PRIDE learning behaviours.
We celebrated our fantastic Eco Award with Distinction! Congratulations to our whole school community!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Noah W for his outstanding performance of a bird in dance.
Year 1: Bella for always showing kindness to others.
Year 2: Mia for excellent explanation in science on dependency (why a fox needs an oak tree)
Year 3: LP for positive engagement with her partner in RE.
Year 4: Ewan for his excellent explanation in Science about switches.
Year 5: Izzy for using new grammar skills in a comparative report.
Year 6: Evie-Rose for showing resilience and determination this week
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Henry for doing extra writing this week in addition to the home learning set.
Year 1: Jamie for a lovely piece of learning about supporting his family- Jamie should be very proud of himself!
Year 2: Max D for creating an iguana collage to match our class poem.
Year 3: Alfie for accurately completing home learning and all non-negotiables.
Year 4: Marnie for completing all home learning tasks and for finishing 5 sound checks on the first day home learning was set.
Laila for going the extra mile and completing 25 sound checks when only 5 were set as home learning.
Year 5: Ellie for improved handwriting in home learning.
Year 6: All of Year 6 for being prepared for this week.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Adeel for working incredibly hard on his pencil grip and letter formation.
Year 1: Joshua S for trying hard to achieve his handwriting target.
Year 2: Harveer for his huge improvements in cursive writing
Year 3: Alfie for excellent presentation in maths and English.
Year 4: Balveer for his neat presentation in Geography.
Year 5: Jerome for neat comparison table in English
Year 6: Grace for ensuring all of her digits were legible during SATs this week
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for being the quietest in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for great lining up in the dining hall and being polite.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 99.31%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 6 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Michael in Year 5 for writing about weather and activities.
Golden Welly Award
Year 4, 5 and 6 received the award for working in collaboration to build dens and role play during OPAL playtime.
Golden Broom Award
Jaxon, Teddy T and Teddy G in Year 3 received the award for setting up and tidying away the water play.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Daniel shared two medals from his football team. They reached the semi-finals out of a 32 team tournament on Saturday and he played on the pitch at Stevenage Borough in another tournament on Sunday.
Oscar shared the football trophy he was awarded for demonstrating a great team attitude, passing when necessary and also scoring a goal!
Noah W reception received star of the week at street dance for learning all the dances for their show. He did this so quickly this was only his 2nd lesson.
AMP was awarded with star of the week at gymnastics for applying himself fully to the requested exercises for the whole session.
Alayna shared received a certificate for water confidence during swimming lessons.
Aairah received certificates for 5m back leg kick and 10m front crawl leg kick.
Nasara shared a medal he was awarded for getting to the final with his football team.
Jael in Year 3 shared two medals from Stevenage and Royston Football Clubs.
Bailey tried his first adult Parkrun which was 5k. He also completed a junior Parkrun and beat his personal best time by 21 seconds and came in 2nd place.
Leon achieved a Lexia super star certificate for completing level 5.
Owen P completed a medal for completing two laps of a nuclear obstacle course.
Karolina share her achievement of performing We Will Rock You at the Gordon Craig theatre.
Sanaa achieved a certificate for completing learn to swim level 3.
Haris and Adeel received medal for speech, poems and singing
Ace received a certificate for dribbling and tackling from his football club.
JA received a gold medal from a Taekwondo competition.
CA received a certificate for achieving the next level on Reading Eggs.
Thea and Elsie-Rae took part in their first skating race and shared their medals from the event.
Match Reports
The boys football team played Bennington at home last Friday. The boys won the match 7-0 with six goals scored by BF and one goal scored by Finn.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 10th May 2024
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: FT for having such a positive approach to her writing this week.
Year 1: Jamie for showing great behaviour for learning in all lessons.
Year 2: Teddy for his excellent science work on habitats.
Year 3: Lamis for producing some lovely art work this week.
Year 4: Ilaria for always making the right choices and trying hard in every lesson.
Year 5: Jerome for sharing his extensive knowledge in RE
Year 6: Timi for trying to improve, particularly in grammar.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Ilyana for excellent sentences using 'ear' words.
Year 1: Leona for trying hard with all of the non-negotiables.
Year 2: Brody for completing all his non-negotiable
Year 3: Lamis for completing lots of non-negotiable practise.
Year 4: Tommy for working really hard on his times tables.
Year 5: Ruben for memorising the class poem really well.
Year 6: Layla for questioning to help her to improve her knowledge in grammar.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Noah W who wrote a book about worms which was written and illustrated with so much care and attention.
Year 1: Willow R for a great effort in English presentation.
Year 2: Bruce for huge improvements in his maths book.
Year 3: Charlie for taking great care with his art this week.
Year 4: Isla for her beautiful handwriting in English
Year 5: Emelie for beautifully presented learning in science.
Year 6: Rohan for trying to improve his digit formation.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for being the quietest in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for much improved behaviour in the dining hall and outside.
A special mention went to Samson from Mrs Poole for trying new vegetables. He took the time to let her know that he had enjoyed them too.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 99.6%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Tommy in Year 4 for his work on giving opinions about school subjects.
Golden Welly Award
Leo, Jerome, Reggie, Jake A and Jake D in Year 5 received the award for beginning to build an excellent den.
Golden Broom Award
Year 3 won the award for tidying the sandpit without adult support. They also took charge of the setting up and tidying of the water area.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Leo P shared his football trophy which he received for being man of the match and saving a penalty.
Charlotte received player of the week.
Teddy T received man of the match for scoing 2 goals for is team
Annie, Millie, Willow and Florance performed in three shows at the Gordon Craig.
Millie has achieved level 6 in the Lexia programme.
Isla P received a certificate to celebrate her progress in gymnastics.
Sienna received a certificate to celebrate her progress in gymnastics.
Joshua was proud to share he set a new personal best in Park Run on Sunday. His time is now under 9 minutes.
Alistair achieved a level 2 learn to swim certificate.
Adeel has been to the library and enjoyed rhyme time.
Isabelle had a ballet exam and received full marks in every area
Luke competed in his first athletics competition this week.
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Celebration Assembly – Friday 3rd May 2024
A lovely end to the week at Trotts Hill, we said Good luck to Mrs C and thanked her for her wonderful contribution to our school. The following achievements were celebrated:
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Noah CW for excellent participation in dance by listening intently to the instructions and following the sequence really well.
Year 1: Franco for a positive attitude in English.
Year 2: Oliver for being an excellent role model and overall superstar.
Year 3: Teddy V for always trying hard to participate during whole class teaching.
Year 4: Grace for being so engaged in her writing in English and trying really hard to meet the success criteria.
Year 5: James for using a new conjunction in English.
Year 6: Rohan for his dedication to improve in all subject areas.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Zekiah for challenging himself to write a sentence using an 'air' word.
Year 1: Oscar for completing all areas of learning and being very creative.
Year 2: Freddie for completing all of his home learning and non-negotiables.
Year 3: Daniel for completing home learning neatly and always completing non-negotiables.
Year 4: Balveer for completing all his non-negotiables and working hard on decimals.
Year 5: Annie for extra learning about Passover.
Year 6: Sophie for putting an exceptional amount of effort into her home learning, including extra preparations for SATs.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Cooper for always trying hard with his presentation.
Year 1: Alayna for writing on the line and forming letters with lead ins.
Year 2: Caiden for improved presentation in English.
Year 3: Peyton for trying hard with joined handwriting and letter sizes.
Year 4: Sophia for lovely writing
Year 5: Florance for beautifully presented learning in art.
Year 6: Keisha for consistently neat presentation in all subjects.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for showing their best behaviour when eating packed lunches in the hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for having the best behaviour outside and using OPAL really thoughtfully/
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 98.93%.
183 pupils were awarded with stickers to celebrate 100% attendance in the month of April. This is our best month for attendance in the past two academic years.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Riya in Year 6 for her work on opinions in our Eurovision lesson.
Golden Welly Award
Year 4 received the award for playing an excellent kings and castles.
Golden Broom Award
Lacey-Lou in Year 5 received the award for an extra effort in tidying.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Laila attended the Watford Dance Festival and was awarded three 1st places, and one 2nd and 3rd place.
Scarlett was awarded gymnast of the week for her cartwheels.
Ali was awarded gymnast of the week for cartwheels with straight legs.
Emmie was awarded gymnast of the week.
Elsie-Rae achieved level 2 in swimming.
Archie received a medal for being player of the match in football.
Bailey scored his first two goals for his football team and was also awarded player of the match.
Junior Duke
Anaya received a gold Mini Duke award.
Isla L received a silver mini duke award- she completed all the challenges and was given a commendation for all of the effort she has put in to achieving this.
Match Reports:
Year 5 and 6 attended a hockey tournament yesterday and finished 3rd we are really proud of their achievements. Trotts Hill statistics were; played 7, won 3, drew 2, lost 2, scored 11 goals and conceded 7 goals.
The scorers were Emelie, Layla and Dexter with 1 each; Finn with 3 and Luke 5.
Best attack: Luke who dribbled down the right-hand side and slap hit into the bottom left hand corner.
Best skill: Layla rollout to create space
Best defence: Goal line clearance from Arthur who sprinted back to dive and slide to knock the ball away from scoring.
We know from previous experience that the tournament is very competitive with lots of strong teams. However, we have been practising on playing a passing, attacking game and we really showed how much we have improved. We played some excellent hockey with lots of determination and perseverance. We used the wings and space well and when attacking the goal directly wasn't working, we switched tactics to pull the ball back or square. Everyone played really well and enjoyed themselves.
The Year 5 and ^ girls played a netball match against Shepalbury Park, unfortunately the girls lost but they played well and showed resilience and perseverance.
The Year 5 and 6 boys football team played Woolenwick in a cup match last Friday. The boys lost 3-5 but showed the values of determination and perseverance.
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Celebration Assembly – Friday 26th April 2024
A lovely week at Trottshill this week, we are all looking forward to welcoming the Mayor this morning. We celebrated the following achievements:
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: CA who has had a fabulous week all round showing high levels of engagement.
Year 1: Nancy for a great effort in all areas of learning.
Year 2: Harveer for all round engagement and enthusiasm. Working hard and embracing new challenges head on.
Year 3: R for giving 100% in all areas of learning.
Year 4: Bailey for his excellent writing in English this week including lots of detail.
Year 5: Izzy for always demonstrating the high standard of behaviour expected at Trotts Hill.
Year 6: Jethro for exceptional vocabulary choices to make an extremely engaging suspense story.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Cobie for her beautifully presented 'er' words.
Year 1: Alayna for completing handwriting and writing lists. Alayna has also been reading lots at home!
Year 2: Elissa for completing all of her home learning to a high standard.
Year 3: Jase for excellent research which was beautifully presented.
Year 4: Aaruhi for her thorough research on a scientist and including extra facts.
Year 5: Ella for extensive research about Georgia O'Keeffe.
Year 6: Toby for furthering his understanding of arithmetic.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Noah C who has produced some excellent writing in phonics.
Year 1: Ella for trying hard with her lead ins.
Year 2: Max F for really trying hard with his cursive writing.
Year 3: Isabella for trying hard to ensure her letters are the correct size.
Year 4: Amelie for working really hard on her handwriting in English to form ascenders and descenders correctly.
Year 5: Emelie for perfectly presented learning in maths.
Year 6: Dexter for continuously presenting his learning beautifully in all subjects.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for lovely manners at the hatch.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for being the best behaved in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 99.29%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 2 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Nazara in Year 4 for greeting Mrs Cornish in French everyday.
Golden Welly Award
Noah in Year 2 received the award for playing nicely in the sandpit.
Golden Broom Award
Radhvi and Leona in Year 1 received the award for tidying up the creative area.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Alma, Cara, Charlotte and Emelie performed in the ‘Younique’ dance show at the Gordon Craig on Sunday. All for girls were brilliant and danced wonderfully.
HM received an award for learning to swim 15m.
Brandon received a stage 4 swimming certificate.
Willow HP was awarded with gymnast of the week and also received her bronze award from Rainbows.
Caiden received a trophy for being player of the week and scored two goals.
Harry F tried his first show jumping competition with his pony. He was the youngest competitor and received a superb 5th place.
Oliver received a certificate for skiing and a badge from Beavers for building and experimenting.
GB and AB climbed Mount Snowdon and climbed all the way to the summit last weekend. They enjoyed the scrambling and climbing.
Henry H received a bravery award from having a blood test.
Junior Duke
Ibrahim in received a certificate for his completing his Junior Duke
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Celebration Assembly – Friday 19th April 2024
A fantastic week back together at Trotts Hill, everyone was praised for returning to school in such a positive way. Next week we have a House event and a visit from the Major to look forward to.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Zonaira for reading and writing every day over the Easter break.
Year 1: Scarlett for a great effort in English.
Year 2: Mia for showing perseverance and determination when facing challenging learning.
Year 3: Alfie for excellent engagement, focus and confidence.
Year 4: Owen for sharing lots of ideas and working hard in science.
Year 5: Jessica for reasoning in maths
Year 6: Olivia for using her vocabulary choices to capture the reader in English.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: I who completed her writing task but also built a bug hotel for the class.
Year 1: Joshua S for completing lots of extra home learning.
Year 2: Emilia for lots of reading at home during the holidays.
Year 3: Tihomir for completing non-negotiables during the holiday.
Year 4: Grace for lots of reading at home over the holidays.
Year 5: Jake D for lots of reading in the holidays.
Year 6: Patrick for completing lots of revision questions in preparation for SATs.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Amelia for beautifully presented writing about The Tiger who Came to Tea
Year 1: Kyran for completing his handwriting to good standard.
Year 2: Olivia for taking time and care when making her moving vehicle.
Year 3: R for excellent presentation in a range of subjects.
Year 4: Scout for presenting her work neatly in place value charts.
Year 5: Jerome for making his handwriting more consistent.
Year 6: Charlie for always presenting his learning beautifully.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for a great start back to the new term.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for embracing the OPAL activities.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 99.57%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Poppy Year 6 for showing determination when asking for and giving directions in French.
Golden Welly Award
L in Year 1 received the award for gathering materials and people to make a den.
Golden Broom Award
Oli in Year 6 and Sophia in Year 4 received the award for organising resources and collecting donations from the donations bins.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Teddy was awarded with core level 9 gymnastics and received a medal and certificate.
Alfie was awarded with core level 8 gymnastics and received a medal and certificate.
Joshua got a personal best in park run, got player of the day at Stevenage football camp and scored 2 goals. He was also named player of the week for his football team.
Myah and Charlie walked up mount Snowdon over the Easter holidays. It took about 6.5 hours and was a 14km walk, encountering wind speeds of 70mph at the top. They pushed through the hard points and made their family very proud!
During the holidays, Dexter bravely climbed Ben Nevis with his Dad and sister. Ben Nevis is the UK's highest mountain and was hard work with a very snowy peak. Dexter has now completed the Three Peaks having already climbed Snowden and Scafell Pike. The whole family are so proud of this wonderful achievement!
On Sunday, Alma and Millie participated in the first outdoor speed skating competition of the season. They raced in a 100m sprint, a timed lap and a 3km endurance race. Alma came third in all three races and Millie brought home a participation medal.
Max D received certificates and badges for achieving learn to swim level 4 and swimming 25m.
Bailey was awarded trainer of the week for his football
Emilia received a level 4 gymnastics award.
L read 12 books as part of the winter reading challenge and received a certificate for this.
F was star of week at her ballet lessons this week and received a trophy for this.
J and A have been progressing superbly and received a certificate from Reading Eggs.
Noah was awarded with level 1 swimming.
Scout was awarded gymnast of the week for an improvement when completing cartwheels.
Isla L was awarded with level 2 swimming.
J’ael received a trophy for being nominated as the supporters player from his football team
Junior Duke
Owen in Y4 was awarded with a silver Junior Duke award.
Finn was awarded with a platinum Junior Duke award. Congratulations to them
Celebration Assembly – Thursday 28th March 2024
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Harry F who has shown excellent engagement for learning both in school and out.
Year 1: Kyran for showing determination in DT
Year 2: Amadea for trying really hard when learning on the carpet and improving the amount she is writing in English (the quality is always excellent!).
Year 3: Charlie for increased focus and participation.
Year 4: Diya for responding well to feedback and making corrections where needed.
Year 5: Jake D for fulfilling his role as a Science Ambassador.
Year 6: Luke for always striving to improve.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Jack for writing some excellent 'ur' sentences.
Year 1: Franco for a fabulous 3D volcano and Alayna for a lovely spring poem.
Year 2: Max F for an excellent model of a tipper truck to support his learning in design and technology.
Year 3: Teddy V for an excellent poster and completing non-negotiables.
Year 4: Darcie for completing all of her non-negotiables and presenting her home learning neatly.
Year 5: Karolina for high quality non-negotiables.
Year 6: Myah for a substantial amount of extra revision.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Zekiah who has worked incredibly hard on his writing and written some lovely words in phonics.
Year 1: Elliot for sewing well and placing felt well, when making a puppet.
Year 2: Brody for producing some excellent English in good-sizes cursive handwriting.
Year 3: Henry for trying very hard to be perfectly presented in his English learning.
Year 4: Georgia for her excellent presentation of her 'Instructions' poem.
Year 5: Jessica for well-presented learning in science.
Year 6: Evie-Rose for crafting a beautiful cross during our Easter journey.
Headteacher Home Learning Award
Haris received a certificate for an excellent presentation on Ramadan which he shared with Year 2.
Kindness Award
Nursery- Evie
Reception- Sienna
Unsung Hero
Year 1-Bella
Year 2-Emilia
Integrity Award
Year 3-Cara
Year 4-Ruby
Year 5- Emelie
Year 6- Dexter
House Points
1st Picasso 1133
2nd Rowling 1087
3rd-Hawking 961
4th Farrah 923
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for thoughtful and creative play.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for helping to keep the sandpit tidy.
Lunch cup winners for the term were Year 1 and Year 3.
A special mention for Jase for helping to put the chairs on the tables and tidying the dining room at the end of lunch.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 99.58%.
150 pupils received a sticker for 100% attendance in March.
142 pupils received certificates for 100% attendance for Spring Term 2.
78 pupils received badges for 100% attendance for the whole of Spring Term.
Best Class Attendance Spring Term
1st Reception 97.5%
2nd Year 2 97.3%
3rd Year 6 96%
Best Class Attendance 2023-2024 (so far)
1st Year 2 97.6%
2nd Reception 96.9%
3rd Year 6 96.8%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Reception were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
This term’s winners were Year 1.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Jessica in Year 4 for telling Mrs Cornish she had a headache in French, ‘j'ai mal à la tête’.
Golden Welly Award
IK in Reception and Hannah in Year 5 for playing together and doing a wide variety of activities including dressing up and creative play.
Golden Broom Award
Teddy T and Jaxon in Year 3 received the award for tidying up both the sand pit and water play area, going the extra mile!
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Salaar shared a trophy that he had won from his football team.
Scout achieved core level 7 in gymnastics and was awarded with a certificate and medal. She was also awarded the certificate for gymnast of the week for showing perseverance on the bars.
Luke and Scout both took part in the Muddy Mayhem obstacle race on Sunday raising money for the Garden House Hospice.
Scout achieved core level 6 in gymnastics and was awarded with a certificate and medal. She was also awarded the certificate for gymnast of the week for trying very hard with full spins on the floor.
Emilia achieved a wristband for attending 100 Park Runs.
Joshua achieved a personal best in Park Run this week. He was also named golfer of the week in his golf lessons.
Franco received a certificate for achieving 5m in swimming.
Millie and Alma competed in the British Indoor Speed Skating Championships in Nottingham. They competed in a 1 lap Dobbin sprint, a 200m race and a 500m race. Alma came 2nd in all three races while Millie narrowly missed out on 3rd. The 500m race was particularly exciting with Millie holding on to third for the entire race until a stitch got the better of her in the very last moment. Both girls showed amazing resilience, courage and sportsmanship.
Olivia shared a certificate for achieving a Rainbows gold award.
JA shared a certificate for achieving level 5 on reading eggs.
Jase received a certificate for swimming and water safety.
Georgia, Jessica, Laila, Amelie and Scout shared certificates for achieving a Brownies silver award.
Emelie was named player of the week for her football team. The goal she scored meant her team qualified for the quarter finals of the league cup.
Junior Duke
Micro Duke Amelia in Reception received
Match Reports
Year 5 and 6 played the Leys in a football match and won 4-1. The team will now be in the quarter finals.
School Games Values
Teamwork
Arthur and Leo
Respect
Salaar and Olivia
Self-Belief
Dexter and Leo
Passion
Joshua, Lovell and Ella
Celebration Assembly – Friday 22nd March 2024
Noah in Year 6 received a Headteacher award for an amazing OPAL presentation. We shared with the children the incredible news that after our final OPAL audit on 19th March 2024, we have been awarded PLATINUM for our play provision. This is the highest OPAL award and we scored 96% in the final audit. The Platinum Award puts our school in the top 1 percentile of UK primary schools in terms of the quality of our play offer. We are one of only a few schools locally to have achieved this award and are very proud of the whole play team and OPAL working party, who have worked tirelessly to improve playtimes for the children in our school.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Emmie for choosing to challenge herself in phonics.
Year 1: Isla L for showing determination in English.
Year 2: Bruce for his map in Science, but also the extra effort he is putting into English. He is really listening to input and applying this to his learning.
Year 3: Teddy T for always wanting to improve and make progress.
Year 4: Samiya for getting on independently in maths and trying really hard with learning decimals.
Year 5: Reggie for maintaining focus on the purpose of his writing.
Year 6: Arthur for super engineering and problem solving skills shown in the K'NEX challenge
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Owen for writing a story about an alien and his friend Joshua!
Year 1: Nancy and Ally for completing fabulous learning linked to science.
Year 2: Noah for super research on the continents.
Year 3: Henry for completing home learning to a very high standard.
Year 4: WR for completing his non-negotiables to a high standard and extending his learning by creating a Canopic jar along with his mummified banana.
Year 5: Gabriel for high quality learning.
Year 6: Myah for excellent evidence for non-negotiables - times tables.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: IC for super handwriting in CIL.
Year 1: Scarlett for taking care with her letter formation.
Year 2: Coby for his amazing aerial map of Trotts Hill in science, identifying the different habitats.
Year 3: Alfie for transferring his handwriting lesson skills into his English book.
Year 4: Ruby for her handwriting when writing a story.
Year 5: Zohaib for an excellent improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Charlie for a well presented newspaper report.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for very good behaviour in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for creative play and fun ideas outside at lunchtime.
Attendance
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 100%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 6 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Malaika in Year 4 for her learning on feeling ill.
Golden Welly Award
Year 6 received the award for excellent play during all OPAL playtimes. They also have supported Mrs Hunter and the OPAL team to develop play at Trotts Hill.
Golden Broom Award
The Shed Crew received the award for excellent tidying every day and making sure that equipment is taken good care of.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Archie received a certificate and medal for achieving level 3 gold in gymnastics.
Willow R received a certificate and medal for achieving level 1 silver in gymnastics.
AMP received a certificate and medal for achieving level 3 silver in gymnastics.
Ava received a certificate and sash for achieving level 1 bronze in gymnastics.
Eliza achieved a new belt in karate and is now working on green and purple stripe belt.
Anaya achieved a new belt in karate and is now working on orange and green stripe belt.
Olivia received a certificate for achieving 20m in swimming and a medal for scoring 6 goals in a football match last weekend.
Franco received a certificates for achieving 5m in swimming and achieving learn to swim level 1.
GB received a certificate for achieving 5m in swimming.
AB received a certificate for achieving 5m in swimming.
CA achieved Reading Eggs level 2.
Izzy received a high merit in a tap exam recently.
Noah W was star of the week in his ballet class.
Year 5 and 6 netball team played against Caldicott and showed all of the PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 5 and 6 boys football team played St. Margaret Clitherow in an away match. The boys won 5-3.
Year 3 and 4 played rapid fire cricket representing Stevenage in a Hertfordshire wide competition. They placed 6th out of the whole county.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 15th March 2024
Another fantastic week at Trotts Hill. Today is comic relief and we ended the assembly laughing together as each class shared a joke. Thank you for your donations. We feel ready for a busy week next week, with our final OPAL audit and a visit from the Local Authority.
The following achievements were celebrated:
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Eric who is producing some beautiful writing and always works well independently.
Year 1: Joshua S for showing determination and resilience when sewing in DT.
Year 2: Caiden for adding additional detail and adjectives to his English sequencing work
Year 3: Gabby for always demonstrating the PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 4: Amelie for her independent ideas in English.
Year 5: Ella for improvements in punctuation
Year 6: Josh for putting lots of effort and detail into his English planning in order to write in more detail.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Elsie Rae for completing phonics as well as ordering Russian dolls from tallest to shortest!
Year 1: Mason- for creating a 3D shape rocket and writing about it.
Year 2: Avyukt for always presenting his home learning with care and to a high standard.
Year 3: Isabell for completing her home learning to a very high standard and completing extra research based on our class read.
Year 4: Leo for completely all of his non-negotiables as well as his fractions learning.
Year 5: Gabriel for a high standard of non-negotiables.
Year 6: Finn for completing all the home learning set and also completing Junior Duke to a good standard.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: FT perfectly presented her day, in drawings, when learning about time.
Year 1: Jaylah for using finger spaces.
Year 2: Owen for unrecognisable writing in English consistent size and spacing
Year 3: Archie for trying hard to keep his presentation neat with a poorly finger.
Year 4: Ahmed for presenting his workings neatly in maths.
Year 5: Annie for perfectly presented learning in maths.
Year 6: Ethan for engaging well in handwriting intervention and applying to his writing.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for trying lots of different vegetables.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for being polite and friendly at the serving hatch.
A special mention went to Jase for being an amazing friend ans swapping his lunch choice with a classmate.
WR was commended for taking the time to come back to the hatch after his dinner and compliment the cooks for such great dinners.
Attendance
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 99%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Oliver in Year 2 for always having enthusiasm in French and joining in with The Gruffalo in French.
Golden Welly Award
Owen in Reception received the award for engaging in creative play in the sandpit and making ‘bad porridge’.
Golden Broom Award
Florance in Year 5 and Ace in Reception received the award for tidying the sand and the water areas.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Olivia scored 7 goals in a football match at the weekend and was awarded with a medal for being parents player of the match.
Connie achieved core level 10 in gymnastics.
Alma and Millie competed in a skating race and showed determination. Alma received a medal for coming 3rd place in the relay.
Emilia shared her certificate for gymnastics proficiency award 5.
Caiden received a certificate for fantastic goal scoring from his football team.
Bailey shared his achievement of winning the story competition run by Stevenage Borough. Last weekend, he visited the club to receive a certificate and goody bag during last week’s match.
Karolina received a certificate for improvement in her straddle jumps at gymnastics.
Ilaria received a certificate for core level 3 in gymnastics.
Ace received a certificate great goal scoring and also swimming with a float.
Emmie received a trophy for being ballet dancer of the week and completed core level 10 in gymnastics.
Oliver received for always having a smile on his face and being respectful to coaches at his football club.
Junior Duke
Jael received the bronze Junior Duke award.
Match Reports
Trotts Hill girls netball team played away at Round Diamond on Tuesday 12th March. They had fewer players than usual so no substitutes throughout the game. The girls met against another experienced team, but as usual they were determined. Because the Trotts Hill netball team has Year 6 players so we have had to join the Year 6 league. This consists of many teams that have played together over the past 2 years. Our team have been playing together since September and our unfortunate loses do not show the growth of this great team justice. The score ended up at 22-1. Ella was our captain for the match, and she scored an amazing goal, she was also awarded girl of the match by our opposition. Each of the girls always turn up with a smile on their faces, and excited to play. This match was no exception and even though there were a few goals conceded, all the girls could talk about was the fact that they scored and what a goal it was! Well done to you al
The children looked absolutely brilliant in their costumes for WBD. Thanks so much to parents for supporting this and for joining us for shared reading this morning and later today. The school is alive with the joy and excitement that books bring us today. More pictures to follow later.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ibrahim for sitting so beautifully on the carpet and engaging well.
Year 1: Willow H.P for showing enthusiasm in all that she does.
Year 2: A for excellent independent work in English
Year 3: Jase for trying hard to participate in lessons.
Year 4: Eliza for putting her hand up all the time to share ideas and answer questions.
Year 5: James for independent learning in maths.
Year 6: Joe for excellence in English.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Noah C for practising reading and writing 'ar' words as well as extra Monster Phonics reading.
Year 1: Leon for making 3D art and writing about it.
Year 2: Brody for completing all his non-negotiables on time.
Year 3: Barry for completing home learning neatly and remembering to use capital letters and full stops.
Year 4: Malaika for her excellent PowerPoint on Beethoven.
Year 5: Hannah for all non- negotiables and extra learning.
Year 6: Patrick for creating a wonderful, humorous text adventure game.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Cobie who takes pride in her work producing some beautiful writing and drawing whether it's on whiteboard or in her Literacy book.
Year 1: Salaar for using lead ins to his letter joins.
Year 2: Isabelle for improved cursive writing formation and size.
Year 3: Barry for very good letter formation during handwriting lessons.
Year 4: Laila for her extremely well presented English diary entry.
Year 5: Emelie for beautifully presented English.
Year 6: Thomas for huge improvement in handwriting!
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for improved behaviour at the hatch.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for being polite and complimentary about the food.
Attendance
Year 2 and 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.3%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Hannah in Year 5 for using French in real life situations.
Golden Welly Award
Brody in Year 2 received the award for excellent climbing skills.
Golden Broom Award
Olivia in Year 2 received the award for tidying the sandpit even though she does not play there.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Arthur shared the medal he received for winning a football tournament with his team.
Annie, Finn, and Kuzey performed in the Lytton Players show Junior Lights Up. Their chaperone complemented them on their respect, encouragement for others and patience.
Teddy T was awarded with gymnast of the week for gaining confidence, especially when performing a forward roll on the vault.
Bailey has won a Stevenage wide story writing competition run by Stevenage FC. This weekend he has been invited to the match and will be interviewed on the pitch by the renowned author Ken Follet.
Leo P received man of the match for his goalkeeping skills at Bedwell Rangers Galaxy. He also performed a violin solo to an audience at his music school in preparation for taking his grade 1 exam. He was also awarded gymnast of the week.
Cara took part in Stevenage Swimming Club’s turtle gala and received a certificate for this.
Oscar received an award for his gymnastics.
Willow HP received a medal for achieving core level 8 in gymnastics.
Millie competed in her skating race and came 3rd overall.
Isla W received a certificate for achieving level 5 swimming.
Ewan received a trophy for being trainer of the week.
Gabriel received a green belt in Taekwondo.
Match Reports
The Year 3 and 4s had a fantastic result at the Small Schools Rapid Fire Cricket event on Wednesday - winning the event overall and now having the opportunity to represent Stevenage in the Herts School Games County Finals!
Well done Alma, Charlotte, Daniel, Teddy, Ruby, Scout, Finley & LH.
Year 5 and 6 netball team played against Saint Nicholas in a match. The girls lost bit they all showed all of the PRIDE learning behaviours. Myah was awarded with player of the match.
Junior Duke
Oliver in Year 2 was the first person this year to complete his Junior Duke Gold and was awarded a certificate and badge. Well done Oliver!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: J for showing increased confidence on the carpet and working hard on his blending.
Year 1: Willow R for always trying her best and showing a positive attitude.
Year 2: Avyukt for some excellent work in English engaging and inference with our new book Julian is a Mermaid.
Year 3: Daniel for being the first person in Year 3 to complete the times table challenge and move to Maths Marathon.
Year 4: Harry for showing resilience and determination at swimming and moving up two groups this week.
Year 5: Fawaz for his animated delivery of a persuasive speech.
Year 6: Finn for maximising learning time in maths to master concepts and also support his peers.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Adeel continuing to do lots of learning over the half term break including reading, maths, graphs and much more.
Year 1: Oscar for super effort and always producing great quality learning.
Year 2: Harveer for writing up about a walk in the woods with his brothers.
Year 3: Jaxon for doing double his usual amount of reading over half term.
Year 4: Harry and Ewan for going to the Fitzwilliam museum over the half term break and writing an account to share with us.
Year 5: Florance for changing a bicycle tyre as part of a Junior Duke Challenge.
Year 6: Keisha for putting effort into completing non-negotiables to a high standard.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Elsie Rae for beautiful drawings when sequencing Jasper's Beanstalk
Year 1: Leon for a super improvement with his handwriting.
Year 2: Ethan for beautiful and consistent cursive handwriting
Year 3: Alfie for excellent letter formation during handwriting lessons.
Year 4: Brandon for neat presentation in history.
Year 5: Benson for handwriting in English.
Year 6: Evie Grace for improving presentation.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for improved behaviour in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for looking after their friends and classmates and showing care and consideration.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 97.67%.
134 pupils received stickers for 100% attendance in February.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
Golden Welly Award
Jesna Susan in Year 1 received the award for engaging in creative play in the art area.
Golden Broom Award
Aairah in Year 3 received the award for taking care of the new pegs and tidying the sandpit.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Connie was awarded with gymnast of the week for her effort with mastering hip circles. She also received a certificate for completing learn to swim level 3.
Oscar was awarded with a trophy for being player of the match for his football team Fairlands FC. He was awarded the trophy for his perseverance and a ‘try your best’ attitude.
Alastair received a certificate for achieving core level 9 in gymnastics.
Isabell received a certificate for learning to swim 5m and also achieved learn to swim level 2.
HM received a certificate for achieving learn to swim level 2.
Bailey achieved a wristband for attending 100 Junior Park Run (the equivalent to running 200km). He also received a trophy for being parents’ player of the match for his football team.
Caiden shared a trophy that he won for being player of the tournament in football. Lovell was awarded with a trophy for being man of the match for his football club.
Millie and Alma took part in a skating race. Alma received a medal for coming 2nd in her category.
Millie received a certificate for achieving learn to swim level 4.
Willow HP was awarded with gymnast of the week.
Elsie-Rae received a certificate for learning to swim 10m.
Jaylah shared the medal that she received.
We had so much to celebrate this week. All children should be proud of their achievements this half term. They have followed the school rules and showed our PRIDE learning behaviours. Yesterday our Sports leaders led an assembly and each class worked on one of the sports values. We will share our sports values statements on the website. A number of children received certificates – please see below.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Owen who has made huge progress with his writing and written some excellent captions in phonics.
Year 1: Isla L for working hard on her story writing this week.
Year 2: Anaya for excellent work in English, writing in complex sentences with interesting vocabulary.
Year 3: Isabella for persevering in maths and then showing enjoyment in her learning.
Year 4: Isla for being helpful to her teachers and friends
Year 5: Ruben for enthusiastically helping to set up the class for the day.
Year 6: Grace for excellent progress in reading and maths due to a determined attitude.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Ava who has gone way above and beyond with her home learning this week including finding ways to make 6 and 7, phonics and singing Wheels on the Bus!
Thea for designing and writing a fabulous postcard.
Year 1: Jamie for a super video of his performance of a poem for safer internet day. Jesna Susan for a wonderful dance performance to a song all about being safe when using the internet.
Year 2: Zohan for an excellent write up of Safer Internet Day.
Year 3: Lamis for comprehensive ideas about how the internet makes a positive difference.
Year 4: Nasara for completing all tasks in a well-presented way.
Year 5: Ella for a detailed description of the positive influence of technology.
Year 6: R for detailed research on earthquakes presented beautifully.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Albie for consistently presenting his writing perfectly this week.
Year 1: Willow R for working hard to use finger spaces.
Year 2: Elissa for regularly using a cursive handwriting style.
Year 3: Inaaya for all round excellent presentation.
Year 4: Ruby for neat handwriting and presentation in English
Year 5: Haniya for presentation in science this week.
Year 6: Finn for applying perfectly presented into science learning.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for the best lining up.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for being the quietest in the lunch hall.
Attendance
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 98.33%
112 children received certificates for 100% attendance in Spring Term 1.
Nursery – 9 children
Reception- 16 children
Year 1- 16 children
Year 2- 22 children
Year 3- 10 children
Year 4- 18 children
Year 5- 11 children
Year 6- 11 children
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 5 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Eliza in year 4 for her outstanding character descriptions.
Golden Welly Award
Eric and JA in Reception for working with Miss Hunter to start a fabulous obstacle course on the Large Loose Parts Area.
Golden Broom Award
Isabell in Year 3 for helping Mrs Leach every day this week to tidy up and cover the sand pit.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Mason received a Stanley 1 award for swimming.
Laila received a certificate for swimming 200m.
Daniel C completed stage 3 at swim school.
Jessica received an award for being film maker of the week at her drama club. ‘
Georgia has been awarded a certificate stage 2 swimming.
Karolina has received a certificate for her winter reads library challenge.
Alma was awarded a certificate for being able to swim 400m.
Ivy achieved her stage 5 swimming award.
Cobie wished everyone a happy Chinese New Year.
Sienna P shared her award for dance.
School Games Sports Values Certificate
Passion
Michael in Year 5 for great ability, enjoyment and passion in table tennis.
Emelie in Year 5 for engaging so [passionately with the music in dance.
Finn in Year 6 for great ability, enjoyment and passion in table tennis.
Luke in Year 6 for great ability, enjoyment and passion in table tennis.
Determination
Connie in Year 2 for working hard on balance and coordination in dance.
Caiden in Year 2 for working hard on balance and coordination in dance.
Toby in Year 6 for improving his throw each time in javelin.
Ruben in Year 5 for taking feedback and working hard on goalkeeping.
Self Belief
Grace in Year 6 for joining in with table tennis and enjoying it.
Jake A in Year 5 for not hiding at the back anymore in dance!
Teamwork
Layla in Year 6 for working excellently in a team as part of the 6x6 relay.
Florance in Year 5 for working excellently in a team as part of the 6x6 relay.
Olivia in Year 6 for being willing to work with anyone and helping the younger players at football training.
Respect
Ruby in Year 4 for showing respect for the equipment, others players and time given to play footballing giving 100%.
Eco Friendly
Ava in Reception for recognising that we need to look after the trees.
Sport Reports
Well done to our team of Tear 5 and 6's who took part in the Sports Hall Athletics at Barnwell yesterday afternoon. The boys team came 1st in the small schools heat and the girls came 2nd which is an amazing achievement. The overall scores, for all Stevenage schools taking part, puts Trotts Hill boys in 5th and girls in 12th. We're very proud of how they conducted themselves, winning the School Games Value award for Respect in the process.
Safer Internet Day
Mrs Burr shared how proud she was of the videos and entries for Safer Internet day and some children were rewarded with a certificate for their effort. We are still downloading and compressing some of the videos and hope to share these when collated.
Thank you to Year 4 for teaching us sign language they have been learning- we were so impressed. Ask your child if they can remember any sign language.
We look forward to seeing you at the world book day costume and donut sale later, in the school hall.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Zekiah for doing extra learning at home with Reading Eggs.
Year 1: Radhvi for always listening, contributing and doing her very best.
Year 2: Olivia for exceptional behaviour, learning and contribution to all lessons.
Year 3: Inaaya for excellent English learning this week.
Year 4: LH for supporting peers with their learning.
Year 5: Jake A for showing perseverance in maths.
Year 6: Sophie for being helpful and polite.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: JA who shared a story he wrote at home which was presented beautifully.
Year 1: Isla P for working hard to complete her home learning this week.
Year 2: Archie for a fantastic model of a house from Pudding Lane.
Year 3: Jase for completing home learning even though he was absent last week.
Year 4: WR for his presentation in maths.
Year 5: Annie for PPT research on Malala Yousafzai and coding.
Year 6: Thomas for always putting in a great deal of effort into his home learning and completing to a high standard.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Noah W for his excellent descriptions of what the phonics words meant.
Year 1: Oscar for always making an effort to present his work neatly and producing a wonderful polka dot painting.
Year 2: Arthur for a superb improvement to handwriting and always using the cursive style.
Year 3: LP for excellent presentation when drawing perimeters.
Year 4: Eliza for delightful handwriting. Mrs Cornish would like to say well done to everyone in Y4 for their beautiful handwriting when creating leaflets in English yesterday.
Year 5: Izzy improved consistency of handwriting.
Year 6: Timi excellent presentation in science. Huge improvement in handwriting, showing neatness and consistency in this piece.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for eating lunch sensibly in the hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for better lining up.
Attendance
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 98%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Reception were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Jaxon in Year 3 for working collaboratively and helping his group when faced with a problem.
Golden Welly Award
Fawaz for organising a team from different year groups to build a den which they are still working on.
Golden Broom Award
Finn in Year 6 for being the only Year 6 to be tidying large loose parts.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Caiden received two trophies from his football club last weekend, Typhoon of the week and player of the week.
Fawaz was awarded player of the week from his football team for showing determination and a positive attitude.
Olivia scored three goals for her football team last weekend and was awarded with the team’s sponsors player of the match.
Laila competed in the Welwyn Dance Festival over three weekends. She won medals in four groups and one in a musical quartet from Peter Pan.
JA and CA in Reception shared some baking that they have been doing at home.
Isla W received her level 2 swimming certificate, the test included swimming whilst wearing clothes.
SS received his level 2 learn to swim badge.
Jaxon received a certificate for shooting at goal in football.
Match Reports
The boys’ football team played Giles Junior and won 2-0.
The netball team played against St Vincent De Paul. The team lost 16-0 but played with determination and resilience against very strong opponents.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Albie whose perseverance with phonics, in school and at home, has really impressed us.
Year 1: Oscar for being a wonderful new member of our class, always doing his very best.
Year 2: Connie for enthusiasm throughout whole curriculum and resilience and perseverance in maths.
Year 3: Leon for always giving 100% and wanting to learn.
Year 4: Jessica for perseverance in swimming and moving up into the next group.
Year 5: B for exemplifying compassion as discussed in RE this week.
Year 6: Layla, for always being engaged, challenging herself and striving to be the best she can be.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Amelia and Harry F who have both gone above and beyond with extra learning at home this week - as well as the tasks set.
Year 1: Jesna Susan for completing extra work at home.
Year 2: Isabelle for a superb drawing of the Great Fire of London.
Year 3: Charlie for completing learning to a high standard and completing all non-negotiables.
Year 4: Laila for doing extra times tables home learning and making a 9 times table poster showing the finger technique of helping to get the correct answer.
Year 5: Kuzey for drawing homophones to help him spell them in context
Year 6: Sophie, for completing all of her learning to a high standard and also completing extra revision in preparation for SATs.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: J for perfectly presenting his story map in Literacy.
Year 1: Leona for neat presentation in all subjects including Maths.
Year 2: Noah consistently high standard in English and maths.
Year 3: Cara for consistently neat presentation in all areas.
Year 4: D for her immaculate maths work.
Year 5: Benson for improved handwriting in science.
Year 6: Ardante for consistently neat handwriting and presentation across all subjects.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 2-
Year 3 for everyone trying new vegetables.
Year 6 for manners and kindness in the dining hall.
Attendance
Reception had the highest attendance this week with 98.67%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Freddie in Year 2 for ordering his lunch and using S'il vous plait.
Golden Welly Award
The Year 6 boys received this award for playing with the wheeled play (instead of football) all week!
Golden Broom Award
Georgia in Year 4 received the award for being an ambassador for keeping our OPAL toys in a good condition.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Gabriella successfully completed Stage 1 of her swimming classes.
Alfie achieved level 10 in gymnastics and was rewarded with a certificate and medal.
On Saturday Milie and Alma competed in their first indoor club race with their skating team. Unfortunately neither of the girls placed in their races but they both tried had fun.
Salaar was awarded as player of the week after scoring five goals for his football team.
Gabriel has passed the grade one in musical theatre with distinction.
L shared her certificate for completing the Winter Library Challenge.
JA for completing level 4 on reading eggs.
We ended the week reflecting on all our achievements and shared what we are most proud of. Well done everyone for a super week!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Thea who has had a great week all round, putting her hand up and sharing super ideas on the carpet.
Year 1: Leon For a super attitude to all his learning.
Year 2: Emilia for always being polite and helpful (and she's an all-round superstar in her learning too)
Year 3: Teddy G for trying very hard to always join his handwriting.
Year 4: Leo for increased participation across the curriculum.
Year 5: Leo for making connections in maths and applying a subtraction strategy to fractions
Year 6: Myah for increasing her pace in maths and completing all of the challenges.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Cooper for brilliantly written words using his phonics.
Year 1: Josh H for completing extra RE work at home.
Year 2: Olivia for superb research on the Great Fire of London
Year 3: Teddy T for great research and very neatly presented.
Year 4: Georgia for consistent exceptional quality of home learning.
Year 5: Karolina for high quality non-negotiables.
Year 6: Evie Rose for her excellent geography research which was also presented beautifully.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Ava for beautiful presentation in phonics.
Year 1: Nancy for working hard on her letter formation.
Year 2: Teddy for excellent presentation in English.
Year 3: Charlotte for excellent presentation in all subjects.
Year 4: Ilaria for neat shading work in art
Year 5: Jessica for clear recording of working out.
Year 6: Poppy for showing clear working out in maths
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for improved behaviour in the lunch hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for improved lining up at the end of play plus amazing manners and friendly attitude.
Attendance Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 98.97%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Scarlett in Year 1 for clear speaking and sensible behaviour.
Golden Welly Award
Freya in Reception received the award for playing well with a range of children.
Golden Broom Award
Cara in Year 3 received the award for consistently helping tidy.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Annie received a certificate for swimming 200m. Millie received a certificate for swimming 20m.
Bailey received a certificate for swimming 10m and received man of the match for his football team.
Emilia received a certificate for achieving Stanley 6 in swimming and was also most improved gymnast in her section.
Scout received core level 8 in gymnastics.
Ilaria received core level 4 in gymnastics. Bella received a certificate for achieving Stanley 2 in swimming.
Sophia received a certificate for swimming 5 m
Jessica received an award for performer of the week from PQA theatre group. Owen received a certificate for level 4 in swimming.
Sports Report
Last week the boys football team played Shephall Bury Park in a home game. The team won 5-1 with goals scored by Luke.
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill, Year 3 and 4 were praised for their fantastic behaviour whilst swimming.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Sienna for having an excellent attitude to learning and always doing the right thing.
Year 1: Alessandro for careful painting and mixing to create secondary colour on his colour wheel in art.
Year 2: Giselle for an excellent attitude to learning in the New Year. She is writing more in English (still beautifully presented) and working more independently in maths.
Year 3: Cara for excellent participation during every lesson.
Year 4: Ruby for actively participating in all areas of the curriculum in class.
Year 5: Karolina for showing perseverance in all subjects.
Year 6: Evie Grace for presenting her decimal maths learning exceptionally well, including drawing place value grids
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: George M for showing perseverance with his writing and doing extra at home.
Year 2: Amadea for taking care with presentation of home learning and producing lots of additional learning.
Year 3: Charlotte for reading 24 times during the Christmas holiday.
Year 4: Ahmed for an amazing amount of reading during the Christmas holiday.
Year 5: Florance for making bread as part of the Junior Duke
Year 6: Rohan for creating an excellent webpage (as part of Junior Duke)
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Eric for presenting his phonics in a beautiful list.
Year 1: Joshua H for always listening in carpet time and making thoughtful contributions to class discussions.
Year 2: Haris for extra effort with cursive writing. His English this week was unrecognisable!
Year 3: Lamis for trying hard to focus on presentation.
Year 4: Leo for clear and well-presented History learning.
Year 5: B improvements in handwriting over time.
Year 6: Ethan for always engaging in learning, asking for help when he needs it but also for becoming more independent
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for improved volume in the dining hall and coming in to lunch sensibly.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for helping with OPAL activities and tidying up.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 99.44%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Nursery were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Charlotte in Year 3 for having enthusiasm in French and recalling learning.
Golden Welly Award
Jack in Reception received the award for being polite and engaging in a wide range of play.
Golden Broom Award
Year 4 received the award for turning up to their area –the mud kitchen- and tidying every day.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Emelie and Charlotte danced in two shows over the Christmas holiday at care homes and both danced beautifully.
Caiden took part in a tournament with his football academy and was awarded with the trophy for goal of the tournament.
CA in Reception received a certificate for 100% in a Reading Eggs quiz.
Emilia came runner up in her age category for most improved gymnast. They commented that she is always happy, willing to try new skills and support others in her class.
Jesna received a certificate for taking part in the Winter Mini Reading Challenge.
Isla L received her Silver Award at Rainbows, along with Story Time, Express myself and Communicate badges.
Georgia and Jessica received a ‘know myself’ badge from Brownies.
Bailey won trainer of the week at his football club.
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We celebrated a superb week at trots hill with 6 Christmas plays- all children were stars this week! The children are looking forward to wrapping room a a special visitor to the school. They all look festive in their Christmas Jumpers to raise money for “Save the children”
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ava who has consistently shone with her singing in the Christmas performance and also for remembering all about Hanukkah and telling her family!
Year 1: Josh S for always working hard and making super progress in his writing this week.
Year 2: Elissa for contributing in class discussions.
Year 3: Harry for all round excellent participation and enthusiasm.
Year 4: Aaruhi for excelling with her research about the Amazon for English.
Year 5: Jessica - learnt the words of the French song despite being new to the school
Year 6: Noah for being an excellent Digital Leader and for writing the script for the Key Stage Two performance.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Harry F who has been doing extra phonics practise in a really fun and creative way to blend and segment words.
Year 1: Radhvi for making a Christmas decoration and explaining to the class how she made it.
Year 2: Emilia for always completing her learning to a high standard and always reading lots at home.
Year 3: Tihomir for neat presentation of the non-negotiables.
Year 4: Bailey for writing poems about Christmas in his own time.
Year 5: Zohaib for high quality non-negotiables
Year 6: Grace for interesting research about Stevenage for our report writing.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Mason for working hard to write in a cursive style.
Year 2: Zohan for improved presentation in English and maths.
Year 3: Teddy G for trying hard to join his handwriting in English.
Year 4: Nasara for making improvements with his handwriting.
Year 5: Michael for maths
Year 6: Ollie for improving digit formation in maths.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for calm, sensible behaviour outside and for good behaviour in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for good tidying, kindness and looking after each other.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 97%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 6 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
Mrs Cornish thinks that all of KS2 are stars for their amazing performance of the French carol in the KS2 production.
Golden Welly Award
Emilia, Sienna and Elissa in Year 2 received the award for being resilient and playing well in all weathers.
Golden Broom Award
Ellie in Year 5 received the award for brilliant tidying of the large loose parts.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Laila shared a trophy that she received for the right attitude, uniform and good attendance at dance club.
Laila, Georgia, Illaria, Scout, Jessica, and Amelie received a certificate and badge for achieving the Brownie bronze award.
Arthur received badges for creativity, photography, reading and hiking at Beavers. He also received a certificate from his piano teacher.
Leon received a certificate for completing the water skills 1 award.
Emelie and Charlotte have performed 3 dances at the dance Christmas show.
Oliver received a certificate for being able to swim 10 metres.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 15th December 2023
We celebrated a superb week at trots hill with 6 Christmas plays- all children were stars this week! The children are looking forward to wrapping room a a special visitor to the school. They all look festive in their Christmas Jumpers to raise money for “Save the children”
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ava who has consistently shone with her singing in the Christmas performance and also for remembering all about Hanukkah and telling her family!
Year 1: Josh S for always working hard and making super progress in his writing this week.
Year 2: Elissa for contributing in class discussions.
Year 3: Harry for all round excellent participation and enthusiasm.
Year 4: Aaruhi for excelling with her research about the Amazon for English.
Year 5: Jessica - learnt the words of the French song despite being new to the school
Year 6: Noah for being an excellent Digital Leader and for writing the script for the Key Stage Two performance.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Harry F who has been doing extra phonics practise in a really fun and creative way to blend and segment words.
Year 1: Radhvi for making a Christmas decoration and explaining to the class how she made it.
Year 2: Emilia for always completing her learning to a high standard and always reading lots at home.
Year 3: Tihomir for neat presentation of the non-negotiables.
Year 4: Bailey for writing poems about Christmas in his own time.
Year 5: Zohaib for high quality non-negotiables
Year 6: Grace for interesting research about Stevenage for our report writing.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Mason for working hard to write in a cursive style.
Year 2: Zohan for improved presentation in English and maths.
Year 3: Teddy G for trying hard to join his handwriting in English.
Year 4: Nasara for making improvements with his handwriting.
Year 5: Michael for maths
Year 6: Ollie for improving digit formation in maths.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for calm, sensible behaviour outside and for good behaviour in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for good tidying, kindness and looking after each other.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 97%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 6 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
Mrs Cornish thinks that all of KS2 are stars for their amazing performance of the French carol in the KS2 production.
Golden Welly Award
Emilia, Sienna and Elissa in Year 2 received the award for being resilient and playing well in all weathers.
Golden Broom Award
Ellie in Year 5 received the award for brilliant tidying of the large loose parts.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Laila shared a trophy that she received for the right attitude, uniform and good attendance at dance club.
Laila, Georgia, Illaria, Scout, Jessica, and Amelie received a certificate and badge for achieving the Brownie bronze award.
Arthur received badges for creativity, photography, reading and hiking at Beavers. He also received a certificate from his piano teacher.
Leon received a certificate for completing the water skills 1 award.
Emelie and Charlotte have performed 3 dances at the dance Christmas show.
Oliver received a certificate for being able to swim 10 metres.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Amelia who shows a love for learning, at all times, in and out of school.
Year 1: Jesna or always doing her very best in everything, including super enthusiasm in our Christmas show.
Year 2: Archie for being excellent role model using a loud voice in rehearsals.
Year 3: Sanaa for perseverance in sewing.
Year 4: W for a positive week in all areas of the curriculum.
Year 5: Haniya for volunteering contributions to whole class learning
Year 6: Poppy for returning to school with increased focus, determination and independence.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Henry who went above and beyond designing, making, writing and posting Christmas cards to his family (and Mrs O'Brien). Mrs O'Brien would like to thank all families who engaged so thoroughly with our letter writing home learning this week
Year 1: Joshua S for writing a lovely letter about his visit to see Father Christmas.
Year 2: Coby for additional maths learning.
Year 3: L for very neat sewing.
Year 4: Sophia for accuracy with her maths home learning and extended practice of times tables on Purple Mash
Year 5: Fawaz for high quality non-negotiables
Year 6: Myah for excellent research comparing theories of evolution.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception:
Year 1: Franco for beginning to use the cursive handwriting style.
Year 2: A for his shape net and symmetry drawing
Year 3: Leo for a well-written piece of research which contained lots of facts.
Year 4: Bailey for neat note taking in English and making a conscious effort to reduce the size of his handwriting.
Year 5: Jake D for improved consistency in handwriting.
Year 6: Timi for making huge progress and effort with handwriting in English
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for better walking through school and quietly eating in the hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for lovely tidying up and great lining up.
A special mention to Tihomir who has been polite and well-mannered at the hatch. He even asked Mrs Poole if she was having a good day.
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 97.77%.
128 children received a reward for achieving 100% attendance in November.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Patrick in Year 6 for always trying hard in lessons and greeting Mrs Cornish in French around the school.
Golden Welly Award
Connie and Brody in Year 2 received the award for excellent problem solving and communication, while den building.
Golden Broom Award
Finn in Year 4 received the award for tidying in the mud kitchen every day.
Sports Reports
Joe, Finn, Layla, Sophie, Olivia, Patrick and Riya in Year 6 along with Zohaib, Fawaz, Gabriel, Haniya, Izzy, Milani, and BF from Year 6 attended an archery contest. They 3rd out of six teams. Sophie received an individual 3rd place. The children showed excellent teamwork, sportsmanship, determination and perseverance.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Sienna was awarded as gymnast of the week for being able to squat into a forward roll on the vault.
Willow R achieved the level 1 bronze gymnastics award.
Isla Y4 achieved the level 4 bronze gymnastics award.
Olivia received a trophy for player of the match, at the weekend, she scored 2 goals. Daniel was named man of the match for scoring two goals for his football team.
Daniel and Jamie both moved up to the next level in their gymnastics club.
Archie shared that he has moved up a level in gymnastics.
H received a certificate for swimming 10 metres.
Sophia received star of the week from her ballet class for persevering with a difficult aspect of her routine. She was also awarded with cheerleader of the week.
Bella was awarded with cheerleader of the week.
Alma received a certificate for being brave during a blood test.
Arthur received piano star of the week for learning an extra song.
Oliver received the book reader and cyclist badges from Beavers.
Mrs Evans thanked Noah, one of our digital leaders, for creating a brand new, whizzy PowerPoint for our Celebration Assembly.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ace for super letter writing in Literacy as well as choosing to write more during Child Initiated Learning.
Year 1: Isla P for working well independently and making an effort to put her hand up and join in with all our learning.
Year 2: Max F for effort in English carefully considering vocabulary.
Year 3: Tihomir for enthusiasm in geography.
Year 4: Scout for being kind to others and helpful in class.
Year 5: Lacey-Lou for problem solving in science.
Year 6: Patrick for always being enthusiastic to share his extensive knowledge across the curriculum, but particularly in science this week.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: FT for being creative with her phonics at home and using Boggle pieces to build words!
Year 1: SS for completing non negotiables and writing super sentences about his weekend.
Year 2: Anaya for superb home learning consistently and presented to a very high standard.
Year 3: Inaaya for neatly presented home learning and lots of extra work.
Year 4: Malaika for all non-negotiables being completed to a high standard.
Year 5: Jerome for great enthusiasm for reading.
Year 6: Charlie for his excellent DT home learning, practising his sewing skills.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception:
Year 1: Alastair for making an effort to form letters in the cursive style.
Year 2: Avyukt for excellent presentation in English.
Year 3: Jaxon for trying hard to use finger spaces.
Year 4: LH for improving his presentation in English.
Year 5: Ellie for a beautifully presented diagram in science.
Year 6: Olivia for drawing scaled shapes in maths neatly and accurately with a ruler.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for improved behaviour in the dining hall and eating quietly.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for good manners and friendliness in the dining hatch. They also have had a prompt response to tidy up time outside.
A special mention went to Kyran for being kind, friendly and a pleasure to serve at the hatch.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 98.56
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Olivia in Year 2 for her engagement in our lesson about numbers to 20.
Golden Welly Award
Emelie in Year 5 won the award for great den making, always being engaged and active
Golden Broom Award
Dexter in Year 6 received the award for organising his class to help tidy the large loose parts area.
Sports Reports
Luke and Finn shared the match report for the away match against Roebuck last week.
The team won the match with a score of 3:2 with Luke and BF scoring goals. Ruben was awarded with man of the match for some excellent saves toward the end of the match.
Joshua, Coby, Caiden, Emilia and Anaya attended the balance festival yesterday and shared their successes. The children were proud to share that they were able to come first in two of the races.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Over the weekend Arthur took part in a music gig, where he played jingle bells and drunken sailor on the piano. He was very excited and nervous despite this he performed beautifully.
Layla was awarded with a trophy for ‘the most improved female swimmer’, during Stevenage Swimming Club’s annual award presentation.
Caiden was awarded player of the week for his football club and also scored 4 goals
We enjoyed some live music this morning from past and current pupils at Trotts Hill and the children were thrilled to see the live performances. A fantastic week at Trotts Hill with a visit from the Local Authority and a Governor morning. Both visits were extremely positive and more detail will follow in the newsletter next week.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Jack for making an amazing model during his choosing time showing perseverance to complete it.
Year 1: Nancy for working independently in maths, being able to solve subtraction problems and draw part-whole models.
Year 2: Noah for his amazing writing in English, recounting a story, adding in fabulous language and conjunctions.
Year 3: Peyton for excellent understanding and taking pride her maths.
Year 4: Balveer for engagement across the curriculum, especially in RE this week.
Year 5: Emelie for her good suggestions for activities in her role as a Sports' Leader.
Year 6: Evie Grace for always showing kindness.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: CA and JA who have been completing extra phonics activities at home in addition to the activities set.
Year 1: Kyran for writing words and sentences for pictures to tell us about his weekend.
Year 2: Owen for a superb poster all about the Plague doctors.
Year 3: Sanaa for excellent geography facts presented neatly and with all capital letters.
Year 4: Brandon for great work on rounding and going the extra mile with his handwriting.
Year 5: Michael for extra practice of
Year 6: Myah for her excellent map work and for continuing her story writing at home which was of very high quality.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception:
Year 1: Jake for making an effort to write in our new cursive handwriting style for the letters learnt so far.
Year 2: Amadea for consistently producing beautiful cursive writing.
Year 3: J'ael for continued good letter formation.
Year 4: Ewan for clear presentation in maths.
Year 5: Zohaib for presentation in maths.
Year 6: Joe for making a conscious effort to make his handwriting neat, when writing his persuasive text
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for eating packed lunches quietly and lining up sensibly.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for kind and friendly behaviour towards each other.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 99.64%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 2 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Jerome Year 5 for his engagement when working out the meaning of our French carol.
Golden Welly Award
Archie R, Daniel and Alma in Year 3 received the award for working with Mrs Leach to build an amazing den, complete with furniture.
Golden Broom Award
Bruce, Harveer, Max F, Max D, Freddie, Archie T and Coby in Year 2 received the award for tidying the large loose parts and being the only children to do so this week.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
L received a trophy for being man of the match in his football match.
Isla W shared a certificate from her ballet lessons.
Teddy shared the certificate and medal he received for achieving core level 10 in gymnastics.
Joshua received a band for completing 50 junior Park Runs and coming first. He received golfer of the week and achieved stage 4 in swimming. He also played in a football match last week and received a medal for being parent’s player of the week.
Laila achieved five medals in group dances when taking part in Royston dance festival.
Sophia achieved a certificate for being proficient in theatre ballet and will be moving up to grade 1 ballet.
Bella received a distinction in her recent ballet exam and will be moving up to primary ballet.
Giselle completed stage 5 in swimming, she is becoming confident and is looking forward to starting lessons in navy blue hats.
Isla L has received her Blue Peter book badge this week, after submitting a book review to Blue Peter, as part of her Rainbows Book Lover Badge. The book she reviewed was Uh Oh! It's the Unicorns.
Willow H-P shared her Blue Peter badge as part of her Rainbows Book Lover Badge.
Sophie shared the programme from her performance in The Little Mermaid at the Gordon Craig. She also won an array of medals from Royston dance festival.
Gabriel received a certificate from his drama class.
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Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Elsie Rae for making up and writing an excellent story this week.
Year 1: Radhvi for showing all the PRIDE learning behaviours and always doing her very best.
Year 2: Teddy for trying his very best in maths and English.
Year 3: J'ael for enthusiasm in maths and excellent participation during whole class teaching.
Year 4: Harry for consistently working hard in all areas of the curriculum.
Year 5: Jerome for enthusiastic contribution this week.
Year 6: Riya for challenging herself to use ambitious vocabulary in her story.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Emmie who has been doing word hunts, writing sentences, reading and practising her numbers at home.
Year 1: Ally for writing wonderful sentences about his weekend and including high frequency words.
Year 2: Bruce for his extensive research on the plague doctor.
Year 3: Millie for excellent joined handwriting in English.
Year 4: Isla for completing all non-negotiables to a highly presented standard.
Year 5: B for excellent learning on Beddgellert.
Year 6: Toby for engaging well with our Science topic.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: L for developing a super, neat handwriting style.
Year 2: Freddie for great writing in English about how the rain makes us feel.
Year 3: Millie for completing home learning alongside extensive extra non-negotiables.
Year 4: Owen for making a huge effort with his handwriting.
Year 5: Karolina for an improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Noah for consistently neat handwriting even when writing with stamina.:
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1/EYFS- Reception for being the quietest in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for being kind and complementary in the dining hall.
A special mention goes to Keisha, who has been kind and helpful in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 98.33%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Ethan in Year 6 for adapting a text to write in third person.
Golden Welly Award
Leo in Year 1 received the award for excellent den building alongside the Year 6 children.
Golden Broom Award
Willow R in Year 1 received the award for great tidying where ever she is playing.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Charlie achieved stage for in swimming and was praised for his stamina.
Aaruhi achieved her 25m swimming award.
Sienna received a certificate for bravery.
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Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: George M who has engaged so well with his learning this week - even when he was poorly at home.
Year 1: Salaar for approaching his learning with enthusiasm and relishing new challenges.
Year 2: Isabelle for confidently standing in front of the class and presenting her non-fiction English work on the human lifecycle in a big voice.
Year 3: Jaxon for being kind and helpful.
Year 4: Tommy for his exceptional commitment to the Diwali play.
Year 5: Annie for showing perseverance and taking home maths challenges.
Year 6: Dexter for being helpful to peers in class and a supportive friend outside of class.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Noah W for consistently completing his HL to a good standard but also for continuing to want to learn while he is in hospital.
Year 1: Willow R for a big improvement in her handwriting and writing smaller and neater.
Year 2: Arthur for an excellent firework poem and Olivia for some superb research on Guy Fawkes.
Year 3: Charlotte for a great follow on to class learning.
Year 4: Amelie for working so hard on her maths and handwriting.
Year 5: Gabriel for excellent research which was written in his own words.
Year 6: Layla for completing extra maths questions she missed due to Sports Leader training
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception:
Year 1: Ally for writing wonderful sentences about his weekend and including high frequency words.
Year 2: Giselle for her improved presentation in all subjects and building her stamina for writing.
Year 3: Teddy T for focusing on creating a perfectly presented piece of learning.
Year 4: Jessica for beautifully presented description of the setting in her Beowulf writing.
Year 5: James for a huge improvement in letter formation.
Year 6: Arthur for well- presented science research.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for the best behaviour in the dining room and packed lunch hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for friendly behaviour at the hatch and for the best lining up.
Special mention to Ollie Faulkner for spending time at the end of each lunch to help Mrs Qadri tidy up.
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 99.28%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Annie in Year 5 for her reading and speaking work on siblings.
Golden Welly Award
Ali was awarded for varied play and always smiling and showing the PRIDE value of enjoyment.
Golden Broom
Radhvi and Leona received the award for their dedicated tidying in the mud kitchen
Samarivans Competition Winners
Create Crew challenged the children had to design their own campervan and could make an optional donation to the Samaritans charity. The competition idea was organized by Sarah Graham who is a Hitchin based artist who has made some videos for us as a school before.
Mrs Spendlove was really impressed with the number of entries we had and the Creative Crew judged the entries last week.
KS1 winner: Mia
Lower KS2 winner: Alma
Upper KS2 winner: Izzy
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Isla was awarded with the stage 1 swimming badge. She also received drawing and book lover badges from Rainbows.
Laila received a certificate for achieving level 6 learn to swim.
Ewan was awarded a trophy from his foot ball team for being man of the match. He also scored his first goal for the team.
Gabriel received blue stripe seventh cup in Taekwondo.
Charlie received a certificate for level 4 learn to swim certificate.
Annie has received a badge for swimming 100m.
Sports Reports
Year 5 and 6 boys played against Lodge Farm in a home game. Trotts Hill won 5-3.
Year 5 entered a bench ball competition and shared their PRIDE values through out and came 8th in the competition.
Year 5 and 6 girls played against Bedwell in a netball match they did not win but they showed excellent sportsmanship.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 13th October 2023
Mrs Kramer praised the children for their positive attitudes during Hello Yellow Day on Tuesday. The House Captains were congratulated for confidence and enthusiasm when they were leading sessions. On Wednesday, every pupil was in school which is an excellent achievement.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Inez for always being ready to learn and to tidy up.
Year 1: Jayla for super reading in phonics using sound buttons and blending.
Year 2: Arthur for taking responsibility when self-regulating and improving his behaviour.
Year 3: Leo for showing enjoyment and enthusiasm in all learning.
Year 4: Grace for putting herself forward for every part in the Diwali play. She took it with good grace when she didn't get a speaking part.
Year 5: Ivy for showing perseverance in maths.
Year 6: Jethro for giving up his own time to improve in maths.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Cooper for doing excellent phonics reading and writing.
Year 1: Bella for completing all non-negotiables and doing pictures and sentences.
Year 2: Teddy for non-negotiables and extra home learning.
Year 3: Millie for completing lots of spelling learning.
Year 4: Scout for achieving all non-negotiables to a high standard and showing impressive research about Wilma Rudolph for Black History Month.
Year 5: Izzy for a PowerPoint presentation on Dr Spence Silva.
Year 6: Rohan for conducting lots of research about his chosen person for Black History month to write a detailed biography.
Perfectly Presented
Year 1: Radhvi for always keeping her handwriting neat and her work well presented.
Year 2: Anaya for lots of carefully considered writing and which was well presented.
Year 3: Henry for improvement in joined handwriting.
Year 4: Laila for a creative and neat plan in English.
Year 5: Florence for beautiful writing in English
Year 6: Dexter for recording his research neatly in Science
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for the best behaviour in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for good manners at the serving hatch. Special mention to Teddy G for trying a new vegetable everyday – from Mrs Pool
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 100%!
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom. Credit was given to all classes in Key Stage 2 for their tidiness.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Daniel in Year 3 for his write up of the conversation he performed in class with Archie.
Golden Welly Award
Jesna and Radhvi in Year 1 received the award for excellent OPAL behaviour.
Golden Brush Award
Leon in Y3 received the award for sharing learning behaviours and always helping.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Karolina Year 5 for achieving Level 6 in gymnastics.
Ilaria and Sienna ran 5K for Great Ormond Street and raised over £1000.
Dexter received Man of the Match for his rugby.
Olivia scored 5 goals in her recent match and was player of the match.
Charlie helped around the house at the weekend.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 6th October 2023
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ace for writing a fabulous list during choosing time.
Year 1: L for always showing enthusiasm and enjoyment in his learning.
Year 2: Max D for an excellent effort in improving his handwriting
Year 3: Barry for always trying his best.
Year 4: Ahmed for always being so incredibly helpful in class.
Year 5: Zohaib for a good suggestion for an investigation in science.
Year 6: Toby for persevering and overcoming challenges in math
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Harry F for some excellent phonics practise and maths sorting.
Year 1: Nancy for completing all non-negotiables and making a caterpillar!
Year 2: Mia for making a wonderful rhyming poetry booklet
Year 3: Charlie for completing extra sentences which were very neat and also lots of times tables practise.
Year 4: Jessica for her work on up-levelling sentences.
Year 5: Milani for the science task she produced.
Year 6: Ardante for championing reading lots of reading entries in his diary.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Gabriella for writing neatly with small and consistently sized letters in all tasks.
Year 2: Connie for a beautifully presented autumn poem.
Year 3: Teddy V excellent joined handwriting.
Year 4: Finley for his beautiful presentation in maths.
Year 5: Zohaib for making a huge improvement with his handwriting.
Year 6: Layla for a perfectly presented graph in science.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for walking in to lunch quietly.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for improved lining up.
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 99.23%
A huge congratulations also go to the 170 children who had 100% attendance for September.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Reception were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Karolina in Year 5 for using vocabulary learnt in Year 4 to tell me that she had an earache.
Golden Welly Award
Nancy in Year received the award for playing nicely with her friends.
Golden Broom Award
Haniya in Year 5 received the award for helping to keep the shed tidy.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Josh received a certificate for an original piece of creative writing which was published in an anthology.
Brody received camping and science badges from Beavers.
Oliver received his hiking and medical badges from Beavers.
Alma collected her 25m, 50m and 100m swimming certificates.
Noah received a certificate for completing Stage 1 swimming.
Laila received a merit in a music and drama exam.
Joe completed his first rugby festival and was named as man of the match.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 29th September 2023
Mrs Evans praised the children’s wonderful efforts in home learning for European Day Languages on Monday. The display looks stunning.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Harry T for independently changing for PE. What a great role model!
Year 1: Mason for always showing the PRIDE learning behaviours and a positive attitude to all his work.
Year 2: Coby for overall engagement and brilliance.
Year 3: Isabell for giving 100% in every aspect of her independent learning.
Year 4: D for answering the register in French all week!
Year 5: Leo for trying very hard to master punctuation.
Year 6: Ardante for being a supportive friend and an engaged learner.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: George and Albie for going above and beyond with their phonics learning.
Year 1: Isla L for working hard to complete all the non-negotiables.
Year 2: Giselle for two excellent posters sharing her home languages.
Year 3: Jase for an excellent recount of our visit to Celtic Harmony.
Year 4: Owen for reading every day and completing a detailed screen time data sheet for computing home learning.
Year 5: Kuzey for non-negotiables and European Day of Languages poster.
Year 6: Sophia for taken home extra maths challenges.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Daniel for super effort and concentration in Art, creating detailed patterns in the style of German artist Durer.
Year 2: Emilia for a beautifully presented poem.
Year 3: Daniel for excellent consistent presentation in maths.
Year 4: Eliza for her presentation in science.
Year 5: Gabriel for beautiful writing in English.
Year 6: Josh is perfectly presented for working hard to ensure his handwriting is consistently neat in English.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for superior lining up.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for helping younger children during playtime.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.6%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Cara Year 3 for her recall of questions and answers from Year 2.
Golden Welly Award
Finn in Year 6 received the award for innovative play.
Golden Broom Award
Annie in year 5 was praised for always tidying up the mud kitchen and doing a great job as the mud monitor.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Isabelle received the level 3 learn to swim and both a five and ten metre swimming badge.
Bella received adventure, nature, book lover, communicate and explore stage one badges Rainbows.
Willow HP was awarded gymnast of the week.
Archie and Willow received medals for running the Westminster Mile in London last weekend.
Joshua received a trophy for being the ‘Club Man of the Year’ in cricket.
Daniel moved to stage 3 in swimming lessons and a new personal best in Junior Park Run.
Jessica was named performer of the week from PQA.
Karolina received her yellow belt in martial arts.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 22nd September 2023
Mrs Evans congratulated Year 3 and 5 for their exemplary behaviour on the school trips this week. They were a credit to the school.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Noah W for being an excellent role model during class learning time.
Year 1: Jake for always coming to school with a smile and a positive attitude and being kind to others.
Year 2: Sienna for all round enthusiasm and learning outside of school too. She brought in a beautifully written story to share.
Year 3: Alma for excellent participation in all lessons and during our history visit.
Year 4: Brandon for being an excellent mathematician and completing several "Fast Finisher" questions over the week.
Year 5: Benson for great engagement and enthusiasm on the school trip.
Year 6: Samson for increased focus and being more independent in English and maths.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Sienna for using her phonics to write CVC words and also completing the level 3 reading eggs phonics challenge
Year 1: Jesna for completing all non-negotiables and doing extra work related to dinosaurs.
Year 2: Oliver for completing all his non-negotiables and entering a poster for European Day of Languages next week.
Year 3: Isabella for completing all of the non-negotiables and showing evidence of this in her home learning book.
Year 4: Bailey for clear, defined instructions and results of his scientific experiments.
Year 5: Izzy for using drawing to support when learning new vocabulary.
Year 6: Olivia for identifying areas in arithmetic she needed to work on and completing extra questions on those areas.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Willow HP for presenting a poem beautifully, forming letters correctly and using finger spaces.
Year 2: Haris for excellent presentation of his writing in English.
Year 3: Sanna for excellent presentation in her science learning.
Year 4: Samiya for beautifully presented English work.
Year 5: Kuzey for a dramatic improvement in his handwriting.
Year 6: Sophie for her excellently presented maths learning.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for being the quietest in the dining hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for playing well and lining up the best at the end of lunch.
Attendance
Year 5 had the highest attendance this week with 99.62%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Reggie in Year 5 for his work on numbers over 70.
Golden Welly Award
Bailey, Tommy, Lovell, Walter Nasara, Harry, Leo, Walter, Ewan, Finley, Balveer and Brandon in Year 4 received the award for excellent play especially when playing football.
Golden Broom Award
Ivy for always tidying the shed at the end of lunch.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Alma and Millie have appeared on the BBC news pages today with their Speed Skate team. The article focuses on their team-mate who broke a record. They will also be on the news today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66869051
Caiden received the typhoon of the week award from his football club.
Joshua received a medal for coming 4th out of 95 children in a 1500m race.
Gabriel received the learn to swim level 7 badge.
Isla received her 40 days of summer badge from Brownies by completing 40 different outdoor activities.
Ewan was awarded with trainer of the week award which means he will captain his team in their next match.
Amelie and Joshua received a medal for participation in the Stevenage Striders mini mile run.
Sophia received her painting and baking badges from Brownies.
Bella received the nature and book lovers badges from Rainbows.
Olivia scored 10 goals in her football match for Bedwell Rangers and the team won 13-4!
Olivia took part in a summer holiday campin the West End and performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
Leo went to a film making workshop during the summer and received a certificate for his creativity and technical ability.
Ready, Set, Read:
Reception: Ibrahim and Freya
Celebration Assembly – Friday 15th September 2023
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Cooper for putting his hand up on the carpet and making excellent contributions in phonics.
Year 1: Daniel for working hard on his sentence writing and making a dinosaur book using materials and adjectives to describe them!
Year 2: Joshua for his excellent input on the carpet and always good behaviour.
Year 3: Archie for increased focus and concentration and for also showing enjoyment in history.
Year 4: Sophia for showing resilience and increased independence in maths.
Year 5: Michael for excellent use of language in free verse poetry
Year 6: Ollie for being so enthusiastic, helpful and polite.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Harry T for beautifully sharing his favourite things about Reception so far.
Year 1: Willow HP for completing all her non-negotiables and making an effort to read at home.
Year 2: Haris for an excellent learning recounting the holiday.
Year 3: Daniel for a very neat front cover and for reading three times.
Year 4: Ilaria for her powerpoint on Picasso.
Year 5: Emelie for extensive research about Kara Walker.
Year 6: Layla for presented her facts about our artist, Turner, well and also completed non-negotiables.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Jamie for using our outdoor space to make rubbings for dinosaur skin and presenting them neatly.
Year 2: Oliver for science.
Year 3: Aairah for excellent presentation in history.
Year 4: Grace for moving on to pen after presenting her work beautifully in English.
Year 5: Annie for well presented maths.
Year 6: Luke for a well presented classification key in Science.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for settling into a new routine with positivity.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for the best lining up at the end of lunchtime.
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 100%!
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Georgia Year 4 for using "Je voudrais" together with an item of vocabulary from our lesson when she needed a pen.
Golden Welly Award
Patrick in Year 6 received the award for making a flag and flag pole.
Golden Broom Award
James in Year 5 received the award for tidying up in the sandpit.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Millie and Alma shared medals for competing in a speed skating competition.
Daniel received a medal from his football club Bedwell Rangers for?
Toby shared a trophy he has won for being the under tens bowler of the year 2023 from Letchworth Cricket Club.
Elsie received a 5m swim badge.
Leo played his first game for Watton Youth FC, he captained the team for part of the match, scored two goals and had two assists.
Ready, Set, Read:
Year 1:Bella
Year 2: Oliver, Teddy and Caiden
Year 3: Lamis, Charlotte and Charlie
Year 4: Sophia and Laila
Year 5: Ella and Emelie
Year 6: Myah
Celebration Assembly – Friday 8th September 2023
We celebrated the end of a fantastic first week back at school, the children have settled so well, showing the PRIDE learning behaviours and following the school rules. It has been lovely to meet our new Nursery and Reception starters this week. The children shared something that they felt proud about in their first week back at school.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: J for showing enthusiasm and sharing excellent ideas on the carpet.
Year 1: Bella for coming in to school with a super attitude.
Year 2: Ethan for a superb performance as the handsome prince in Rapunzel.
Year 3: Charlotte for being an excellent role model to Year 3.
Year 4: Marnie for coming into school with a positive attitude and participating in all areas of the curriculum.
Year 5: Hannah for assisting with the efficient running of the school day.
Year 6: Keisha for her excellent attitude to learning and her particularly engaging writing linked to our class book.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Year 1: Leo for completing writing about his holiday.
Year 2: Archie for super holiday home learning.
Year 4: Finley for the account of his holiday.
Year 6: Finn for completing the library challenge
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Year 1: Spencer for super presentation in English.
Year 2: Mia for excellent presentation in Science.
Year 3: Isabell for well presented maths learning.
Year 4: Diya for her beautiful handwriting in English.
Year 5: Ella for handwriting in English
Year 6: Jethro for his beautifully presented character description
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for great behaviour and following the school rules.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for setting a good example to others and settling well in to Key Stage 2.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 99.58%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 2 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
Golden Welly Award
Jessica in Year 4 received the award for excellent play and keeping equipment tidy in the shed.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Oliver received an octopus 3 award for swimming.
Emilia received a level 8 gymnastics proficiency award.
Scout was awarded gymnastics star of the week.
Joshua received a medal and certificate from football camp for showing good sportsmanship.
Ready, Set, Read: Well done to the children for completing the summer reading challenge.
Year 1: Jamie, Isla L, Jake M, Franco, Leon, Daniel, Alastair and Joshua S
Year 2: Sienna, Emilia, A, Anaya and Joshua S
Year 3: Daniel, Gabby and Millie
Year 4: Georgia, Eliza, Aaruhi, Ilaria, Ahmed, Owen, Bailey, Jessica and Amelie
Year 5: Izzy and Gabriel
Year 6: Finn
Celebration Assembly – Thursday 20th July 2023
House Captains
Hawking- Luke and Sophie
Rowling-Finn and Layla
Picasso- Evie-Grace and Ollie
Farah- Riya and Joshua
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Josh H who has continued to work incredibly hard this week and produced some excellent writing in Literacy and during CIL.
Year 1: Harveer for showing kindness to others.
Year 2: Millie for excellent sewing when making her toy.
Year 3: Isla for showing enjoyment, enthusiasm and creativity with our 'Jelly Baby' challenge.
Year 4: Lacey and Tilly for being great all-round learners.
Year 5: Dexter for showing mature behaviour for learning.
Year 6: Summer for her participation and contributions during our PSHE lesson on transition.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Mrs O’Brien said a big thank you to all of the children who reflected on their year in Reception and uploaded it to Tapestry. It has been so nice to read and share these memories.
Year 1: Connie for writing 3 lovely poems about seasons and completing her non-negotiables.
Year 2: Charlie careful painting in design and technology.
Year 3: Grace for a well presented Roman menu.
Year 4: Izzy for excellent quality of work across the year.
Year 5: Abhi for learning across the curriculum that can be clearly read by others.
Year 6: Lacey for completing extra geography homework.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Franco for a beautifully presented list in Literacy.
Year 1: Brody for a super effort to present a poem neatly.
Year 2: Gabby for a consistently excellent home learning throughout the year.
Year 3: Georgia for always producing perfectly presented learning.
Year 4: Ivy for huge improvements in her handwriting.
Year 5: Finn for consistency across the year and going the extra mile in special tasks.
Year 6: Alanna for her French booklet.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 and Reception were joint winners for the term.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for being the best at lining up and also were recognised at the Key Stage 2 winners for the term.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 97.92%
158 pupils had 100% attendance for July.
100 pupils had 100% attendance for Summer Term 2.
62 pupils had 100% attendance for the whole Summer Term.
9 pupils received commendation certificates from Hertfordshire County Council for 100% attendance for 2022-2023. A very special well done to:
Layla Chumbley
Bailey Freeman
Ethan Kissi
Gabby Nunes-Wright
Millie Paice
Ayaat Raj
Nasara Sanda
Amelie Scales
Noah Thomas
46 pupils received commendation certificates from Hertfordshire County Council for 98%+ attendance for 2022-2023.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Sophie in Year 5 for having enthusiasm in French and recalling learning.
Golden Welly Award
Ivy in Year 4 received the award for making sure that the OPAL equipment is left tidy.
Kindness
These children won awards after being nominated by their class.
Nursery- Ivy
Reception- Jake M
Unsung Hero
These children won awards after being nominated by their class.
Year 1- Mia
Year 2- Jael
Integrity
These children won awards after being nominated by their class.
Year 3- Ahmed
Year 4- Izzy
Year 5- Dexter
Year 6- Bella
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Millie and Inaaya made their promise at Brownies this week. Well done for your confidence and learning your promise independently.
Sophia shared the skirt that she made by herself at home using her sewing skills.
Caiden scored four goals in two football matches this weekend.
Scout received the award for gymnast of the week.
Anna achieved level one silver in gymnastics.
Illaria, Scout, Ruby and D performed a dance at The Gordon Craig.
Gabriel achieved stage 6 for swimming.
Freddie won medals for completing a rainbow run also received a medal for golf.
Willow R achieved the level 6 gymnastics award
Archie T received a medal for football.
A received a certificate for level 2 in gymnastics.
Mrs Evans congratulated the Year 6 children for their magical and outstanding performance to parents on Tuesday night. The feedback from parents has been incredible. The children from Year 2 received certificates for participation in the adapted rounders award. They also received the Determination award and teddy-bear.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Jake for super participation in dance and being an all-round excellent role model.
Year 1: A for much improved behaviour, making good choices.
Year 2: Harry for showing perseverance, independence and determination when sewing.
Year 3: Aaruhi for being a credit to the class and always demonstrating the PRIDE learning behaviours.
Year 4: Ella for excellent work in English which is really mature and engaging.
Year 5: Noah for showing determination in maths.
Year 6: Jack for encouraging other children to project their voice during our performance.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception:
Year 1: Arthur, for finding out more about the artist Angie Lewin and creating his own lino print.
Year 2: Barry for an excellent plasticine model of the Eiffel Tower.
Year 3: Amelie for an excellent painting of the Eiffel Tower.
Year 4: Michael for his consistently high-quality work and always including extra multiplication and division practice.
Year 5: Layla for a 3D model of L'arc de Triumphe.
Year 6: To Jake for his Minecraft pyramid from the outside of the Louvre.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Isla P for her excellent number formation in handwriting practise.
Year 1: Isabelle for careful and beautifully detailed artwork.
Year 2: R for showing determination and achieving writing which is cursive.
Year 3: Laila for paying particular attention to her presentation when writing her poem this week.
Year 4: Lacey for her expertly decorated shaky hand game
Year 5: Riya for taking care with her presentation in English.
Year 6: E for continuing to present her work neatly.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for excellent lining up at the end of each lunchtime.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for finishing football when the whistle blows and helping to tidy up.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 99.33%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Nursery were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
The standard of the home learning was astounding and I'm just sorry that we couldn't give prizes to everyone! The Creative Crew were the judges and made the tricky decisions!
Our winners are:
Year 1
3rd Isabelle F
2nd Joshua
1st Noah
Year 2
3rd Jase
2nd Inaaya
1st Aairah
Year 3
3rd Tommy
2nd Amelie
1st Jessica
Year 4
3rd Lacey
2nd Milani
1st Kuzey
Year 5
3rd Evie-Grace
2nd Aymen
1st Layla
Year 6
3rd Hannah
2nd Jake
1st Summer
Golden Welly Award
Alma in Year 2 received the award for making a fantastic obstacle course.
Premier League Primary Star
Edward was awarded a certificate for playing with ambition.
Louie was awarded a certificate for being inspiring.
Mrs Evans welcomed Mr Freeman, one of our parent governors, who joined the children for celebration assembly this morning. The children in Year 4 who attended a rounders competition and received recognition for playing with respect and good sportsmanship. The children were congratulated for their use of PRIDE learning.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Jesna for showing determination, perseverance and bravery
Year 1: Freddie for making good choices and having a super week.
Year 2: Daniel for making a considered effort to improve his learning.
Year 3: Brandon for making excellent progress with his written learning and handwriting.
Year 4: Gabriel for excellent questioning and manners towards our Sikh guests.
Year 5: Olivia for increased participation in lessons.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Josh S for some excellent research and writing on turtles, making a rainbow turtle and fish as well as reading and letter formation practise. Well done for going above and beyond.
Year 1: Oliver for excellent writing and always completing the non-negotiables.
Year 2: Millie for producing a detailed map with a key.
Year 3: Bailey for consistently reading at home.
Year 4: Kuzey who has worked hard on his presentation and found out about reflective symmetry in shape.
Year 5: Dexter for high standard of learning with all non-negotiables consistently completed.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Ally who presented a beautifully written piece of research on whales as well as some perfect created whales.
Year 1: Owen for a big improvement in his handwriting.
Year 2: Archie for trying to remember finger spaces in all of his sentences.
Year 3: Bailey for good presentation across all subjects.
Year 4: Milani for excellent presentation in the science investigation.
Year 5: Toby for improvements with handwriting
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2
Key Stage 2- Year 4
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 96.42%
131 children received a reward for having 100% attendance in June.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 6 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Haniya in Year 4 for having enthusiasm in French and recalling learning.
Golden Welly Award
Max, Caiden, Oliver, Elsie in Year 1 received the award for engineering tunnels and having fun in the sandpit.
Premier League Primary Star
Louie was awarded this certificate for being inspiring to others.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Owen shared that he passed his 7th cup grading in Taekwondo on Tuesday and is now proudly a green tag belt.
Laila received a certificate for gymnastics core level 7.
Joshua received a medal for attending 8 weeks training with ECB cricket and will now train with the Stevenage under 9s. He also received a medal for player of the week.
Jessica received a certificate for gymnastics level 6.
Annie, Millie, Florance, Olivia and Mrs Cornish all performed superbly in their dance show last night at The Gordon Craig and will perform again.
Mia received an octopus award in swimming.
Alma has moved up to level six, dark blue hats, in swimming.
Georgia received film maker of the week at the PQA.
Karolina was awarded gymnast of the week for improving her cartwheels.
Ally shared the medal he was awarded from Stevenage gymnastics.
Junior Duke
Micro Duke
Willow
Bella
Leon
Silver Mini Duke
Sienna
Haris
Connie
Elsie
Austin
Gold Mini Duke
Millie
Alma
Teddy
Charlotte
Bronze Junior Duke
Scout
Sophia
Silver Junior Duke
Annie
Florance
Lacey
Tilly
Michael
Izzy
Emelie
Ella
Gold Junior Duke
Jethro
Arthur
Platinum Junior Duke
Lacey
Layla
Alanna
Praise was given to the Year 3 children who represented Trotts Hill at an Active English Event earlier this week. 26 children from the choir also showed excellent behaviour and performing at The Stevenage Festival. The Year 5 and 6 girls were congratulated for their superb performance throughout the football season. They were nominated for Primary Team of The Year through Stevenage Sporting Futures. They been shortlisted to attend the award ceremony in July.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Josh F for trying new and different foods at lunchtime and complimenting the chef!
Year 1: Brody for always trying his best in every lesson.
Year 2: Charlotte for bringing enthusiasm and dedication to learning in all subjects.
Year 3: Georgia for enthusiastic learning in English.
Year 4: Florance for excellent write up of science observations on gases.
Year 5: Grace for showing perseverance in swimming and overcoming nerves.
Year 6: Jake for his enthusiasm in history and always participating in lessons.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Franco for going home and doing some extra research on mammals.
Year 1: Olivia learning about the seasons.
Year 2: Jaxon for super home learning about toys.
Year 3: Amelie for an excellent 3D Roman shield.
Year 4: Izzy for always producing high quality learning which she should be very proud of.
Year 5: Keisha for demonstrating curiosity about plants.
Year 6: Summer for completing all her non-negotiables and bringing in her costume ready for our end of year production.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Anna for excellent letter formation in handwriting.
Year 1: Oliver for beginning to use a cursive handwriting style.
Year 2: Millie for persevering with cursive handwriting and succeeding.
Year 3: Malaika for always producing perfectly presented learning across the curriculum.
Year 4: Ivy and J for their hilarious and expressive stop-go animation on Purple Mash.
Year 5: Aymen for excellent handwriting in English.
Year 6: Edward for his history work learning.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for the best behaviour in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for walking in to lunch nicely.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 98.87%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Noah in Year 5 for his accurate writing about sports and weather.
Golden Welly Award
Reggie in Year 4 received the award for engaging with the Reception children during OPAL playtimes.
Premier League Primary Star
Hannah was awarded this certificate for being connected.
A and Dexter were awarded with a certificate for being fair.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Archie received trophies from his football club
Sophia received a dance trophy and took part in the active English ribbon.
Arthur received a medal at his football tournament.
Layla has become a guide helper.
Izzy performed at the Gordon Craig in a dance show.
Evie-Grace received 4th place gymnastics festival.
Fawaz man of the match at football.
Junior Duke
Alastair received the micro duke award as well as a certificate of merit for the most outstanding junior duke journal.
Joshua received the micro duke award.
Daniel received the gold mini duke award.
Jase received the gold mini duke award as well as a certificate of merit for the most outstanding junior duke journal.
Amelie received the bronze junior duke award.
Bailey S received the platinum junior duke award.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 16th June 2023
Reception were welcomed to celebration assembly for the first time.
The girl’s football team received praise for their excellent performance at the final of the football on Tuesday. The girls lost 3-2 to St Vincent De Paul in a very close game. The girls showed superb sportsmanship and represented the school incredibly well.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Elliot for showing more independence,
Year 1: Elissa for super effort and improvement in her phonics when reading real and alien words.
Year 2: Jael for excellent use of phonics for reading and writing.
Year 3: Jessica for always participating in all areas of learning with enthusiasm.
Year 4: Fawaz for showing resilience and determination during the poetry unit trying to write a poem with rhyming couplets.
Year 5: Layla for excellent progress in English.
Year 6: Caleb for persevering with his hay fever and coming into school, even though he couldn't open one of his eyes and he wasn't feeling well.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Alayna who has been writing sentences at home which has had a positive impact.
Year 1: Owen for a real improvement and effort in his handwriting
Year 2: Cara for excellent additional research on Kenya.
Year 3: Marnie for completing all of the non-negotiables.
Year 4: Jake for excellent independent observations in science.
Year 5: Toby for excellent research on rock music.
Year 6: Kacey - for his beautifully presented booklet on Chile. It was really informative too!
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Leona for perfectly presented writing about Dear Zoo in Literacy.
Year 1: Amadea for writing about her recent trips out
Year 2: Jaxon for trying to write on the line and use finger spaces.
Year 3: Ewan for excellent presentation in all subjects.
Year 4: Jake for a neat write up and illustration of revolting rhyme.
Year 5: Toby for a dramatic improvement in his handwriting.
Year 6: Liam for always producing work neatly and ensuring his letters are always consistent in size.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for lining up at the hatch quietly.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for best table manners in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 97.33%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 2 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Annie in Year 4 for increased independence with her written French.
Golden Welly Award
Kyran in reception received the award for showing kindness when playing at lunchtime
Premier League Primary Star
Holly and Ayaat were awarded this certificate for being connected.
Outside Achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Alanna won a golden boot and won praise from both Bedwell Ranger and Hertforshire girls football team.
Emelie received a trophy for excellent football skills.
Charlotte received player of the match for pushing more in to the midfield when playing football.
Harveer received a reward for being brave when having his blood taken.
Olivia received a medal at the presentation evening at her football club.
Caiden for scoring a goal at football.
Nasara received a golden boot for being chosen as the best player by his team.
Teddy received parent’s player of the year award and two trophies from his football club.
Florance received three trophies from her dance school.
Bailey and Layla received three medals during a dance competition
Finn 62 Park Runs this year and has beaten his personal best time.
Sophia performed a dance to music from Matilda at Stevenage day.
Karolina received recognition for her performance of Grease at The Gordon Craig Theatre.
Junior Duke
Jack Amass received his platinum junior duke and also was awarded with the most outstanding junior duke journal certificate.
Celebration Assembly – Friday 9th June 2023
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Ally who went above and beyond with his home learning over half term and learned how to play Let It Go on the piano.
Year 1: Connie for super effort in all her learning, particularly Science this week, asking good questions and identifying trees around school.
Year 2: Barry for excellent independent writing.
Year 3: Ruby for excellent progress in writing.
Year 4: B for persevering with maths, taking advice to use method then getting a really tricky time word problem correct.
Year 5: Myah for willingness to share errors and learn from them.
Year 6: Aayat for consistent focus in lessons.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Scarlett for her excellent, factual and beautifully presented poster about Disney music.
Year 1: Harveer producing poster about the genre of swing music
Year 2: Lamis for great learning based on the music genre of motown.
Year 3: Aaruhi for reading many times over the half-term holiday.
Year 4: Leo for fantastic research on European countries.
Year 5: Abhi for wonderful reading over the holidays.
Year 6: Zoe for recording her PE task so clearly and completing all her non-negotiables.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Isla L for her detailed observational drawing of a polar bear. Year 1: Joshua for always working hard to ensure his work is neatly presented.
Year 2: R for trying to improve her presentation in Maths.
Year 3: Ruby for excellent letter formation and presentation across all areas.
Year 4: Fawaz for a high standard of presentation throughout his learning.
Year 5: Ethan for perfectly presented writing in English.
Year 6: Hannah for learning across all subjects.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for adjusting to new lunchtime routines.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for always being polite at the hatch and complementing the food.
Attendance
Year 2 had the highest attendance this week with 97.67%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Luke in year 5 for his work on weather.
Golden Welly Award
Finn in Year 5 received the award for supporting the children in Reception to join in with OPAL, being polite and helpful to all.
Premier League Primary Star
William in Year 6 was awarded the certificate.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Arthur received a trophy for man of the match from his football club.
Lacey received a trophy for man of the match from his football club.
Jesna completed a Reading Champions Challenge by reciting a poem and learning 106 words to read and write.
Ilaria received core level 5 in gymnastics. Archie received level 2 in swimming.
Sophia M participated in a 5k race and raised money for Cancer Research.
Ivy received level 3 in swimming. L received level 4 in swimming. Riya received from her dance class.
Isabell received a trophy from Beavers for being reliable
Isla P has been competing Reading Eggs challenges at home and achieved her Fast Phonics Peak 1 certificate.
Junior Duke
Silver Mini Duke Bruce, Emilia, Caiden
Gold Mini Duke Tihomir, Isabell
Bronze Junior Duke Eliza, Bailey, Ilaria
Silver Junior Duke Karolina, Leo, Gabriel, Kuzey, Ruben
Mrs Evans spoke with the children about all their different achievements and accomplishments over the first half of the term. She told the children how proud she was of the children in their play, learning and behaviour.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Jesna for writing excellent sentences about aliens.
Year 1: Mia for working hard to write sentences and using phonics.
Year 2: Jase for amazing contributions to carpet sessions.
Year 3: Ahmed for allowing the class to interview him as part of their geography learning.
Year 4: Ruben for consistently being motivated and wanted to learn and improve his work.
Year 5: Josh for greater contributions to lessons.
Year 6: Bella for keeping going at Rock UK and showing resilience.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Year 1: Arthur for writing an amazing story and trying to write neatly.
Year 2: L for making her own illustrations for the ‘How to Catch a Star’ story.
Year 3: Harry for completing all of his non-negotiables.
Year 4: Karolina for completing the junior duke activities. She made a beautiful butterfly toy, stitched from felt as well as went on a 3.6km walk around the local area!
Year 5: Rohan for Junior Duke budgeting activity.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Radhvi for the exquisite dress she designed for the doll.
Year 1: Nina for presenting her work neatly in Maths when sharing quantities into halves.
Year 2: Charlie for making excellent improvement with cursive writing.
Year 3: Georgia for consistently presented learning with care in all subjects.
Year 4: Tilly for perfectly presented learning in English and maths. She wrote a stunning story and kept up the good presentation throughout
Year 5: Ollie for perfectly presented maths.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception received the award for making healthy food choices at the hatch including fruit, salad and vegetables.
Key Stage 2- Year 3 for being polite at the hatch and showing good manners.
Attendance
Year 6 had the highest attendance this week with 100%. 141 received stickers for 100% attendance in May 116 children received certificates for 100% attendance in Summer 1.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Nursery were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
Golden Welly Award
L in Year 3 received the award for helping to tidy the sand pit this week even though he hasn’t played there.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Brody has completed his enrolment in Beavers.
Bailey has achieved a certificate for distinction in a musical theatre exam
Jessica was awarded performer of the week at her group.
Junior Duke
Oliver received the silver mini duke award. Anaya received the silver mini duke award. Owen received the bronze junior duke award.
A fantastic week at Trotts Hill- Mrs Evans shared an email from a member of the public praising the fantastic behavior at Trotts Hill and the supportive Teachers. Well done!
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Leon for excellent learning on odds and even numbers in maths and super partner work.
Year 1: Joshua for super story writing using adjectives and conjunctions and even trying out speech marks.
Year 2: Jase for being focused during all learning.
Year 3: Laila for always being willing to participate in all lessons and all subjects.
Year 4: Annie for enthusiasm, improvements in English and maths tables.
Year 5: Charlie for showing resilience in swimming.
Year 6: Lois for writing a powerful poem about friendship
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Jesna for presenting her home learning so beautifully.
Year 1: Zohan for writing an information book about Eid.
Year 2: Teddy T for completing all the non-negotiables and grammar booklet
Year 3: Finley for always completing his non-negotiables.
Year 4: Haniya for going over and above for her music home learning.
Year 5: Sophie for extra art learning.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Salaar for his sentence writing.
Year 1: Noah for a big effort and improvement with his handwriting.
Year 2: Leo for redrafting and improving his presentation.
Year 3: Sophia for moving on to using a pen.
Year 4: Ella for perfectly presented learning in English, even neat when editing.
Year 5: Keisha for an improvement in handwriting.
Year 6: Kaitlyn for making a concerted effort with ensuring her work is presented neatly and ensuring her letters are consistent in size
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 were nominated by Mrs Mehan for great behaviour in the dinner hall.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 were nominated by Mrs Qadri for having the best behaviour in the dinning room.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 98%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 4 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom. All the children in key stage 2 were commended on being tidy
French star of the week
This was awarded to W in Y3 for his work on sports.
Golden Welly Award
Connie in Year 1 received the award for always tidying up the mud kitchen.
Premier League Primary Star
Poppy was awarded this certificate for ‘being connected’.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Willow HP Reception has been awarded core level 9 in gymnastics.
Owen took part in a mile-long nuclear race over the weekend.
Archie and Brody took part in a football tournament showing perseverance, resilience and enjoyment in all their matches.
Junior Duke
Max, Elissa and Oliver received a certificate and badge for completing the silver mini duke.
Mrs Evans shared how proud she was of the Year 6 children during SATs week. She was especially pleased with the children’s ability to show their PRIDE learning behaviours and in particular ‘resilience’. Today is "freeze pop Friday" and also Yoga day at Trotts Hill.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Jake for excellent rocks and rolls in PE and beautiful writing in Literacy.
Year 1: Max for making lots of thoughtful contributions to class discussions, such as explaining why we should use water to measure capacity.
Year 2: Teddy V for listening to teacher feedback in English and making corrections to improve his writing.
Year 3: Jessica for excellent observational drawing.
Year 4: Izzy for excellent writing on ‘The Iron Man’.
Year 5: Jethro for excellent focus in art
Year 6: Holly for her outstanding audition for our end of year play and for being brave enough for singing a solo in front of the class.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: S for his super coronation diary.
Year 1: Oliver for lots of wonderful work about the coronation, including a coronation menu!
Year 2: Lamis for her excellent drawing of King Charles labelled with some facts.
Year 3: Aaruhi for a very detailed timeline of British monarchs.
Year 4: Jerome for additional learning about the coronation and drawing a family tree independently.
Year 5: Finn and Layla for their work on the coronation.
Year 6: Bella for completing all her non-negotiables as well as the extra spellings she practised
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Josh F for the care and attention taken to produce a brilliant crown for the coronation.
Year 1: Amadea for careful and beautiful drawings of plants and leaves.
Year 2: H for trying hard to show a consistent cursive handwriting style.
Year 3: Scout for a perfectly presented sketch book
Year 4: Emelie for a consistently high standard of presentation.
Year 5: A for handwriting in English.
Year 6: Kacey for his creative science work.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 1 for complementing the staff on their food at the hatch.
Key Stage 2- Year 4 for having the best behaviour in the dining room.
Attendance
Year had 6 the highest attendance this week with 98.61%
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 1 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Aairah in Year 2 for her work on naming fruits.
Golden Welly Award
Benson in Year 4 received the award for engaging with different types of play.
Premier League Primary Star
Patrick was awarded this certificate for ‘being connected’.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Joshua shared his medal from a charity fun run.
Archie shared 2 medals from his football training.
Rohan completed his Stage 3 swimming certificate.
Sienna was gymnast of the week.
Willow H-P was gymnast of the week.
Olivia received awards from ballet, tap and Rainbows.
Willow R achieved recognition for achieving the junior park run mini-marathon.
Alma moved up to stage 5 swimming.
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Celebration Assembly – Friday 5th May 2023
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Josh H for always being an excellent role model during CIL and adult directed activities.
Year 1: Freddie for working independently in his History lesson, sorting toys.
Year 2: Isabell for her excellent use of colour and pattern using oil pastels.
Year 3: Bailey for independently making edits to his adventure story.
Year 4: Jerome for excellent contributions to RE learning.
Year 5: Keisha for showing determination and perseverance in her learning.
Year 6: ELH for making huge improvements with forming her letters neatly and ensuring her handwriting is neat in all pieces of work.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Mason for his super handwriting and 'er' sentences as well as reading.
Year 1: Joshua for interviewing his dad about the toys he used to play with and writing about it.
Year 2: Harry for completing his maths booklet and using neat handwriting when practicing his spellings.
Year 3: Aaruhi for a fabulous Bob Marley Power Point presentation.
Year 4: Ivy for excellent independent maths and beautifully presented spellings
Year 5: Evie-Rose for her learning on geography task
Year 6: Eryn for completing all her non-negotiables and making a concerted effort to record her spellings in her homework book.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception: Josh S for the care and attention to detail given to his 'Tree Spirit' at Forest School.
Year 1: Giselle for trying hard to apply our new cursive handwriting in her English lessons
Year 2: Alma for presenting all of her workings neatly in maths.
Year 3: Owen for great development with joined handwriting.
Year 4: Ellie for an excellent effort to improve her handwriting in all subjects.
Year 5: Aymen for improved handwriting
Year 6: ELH for her neat jottings in Maths.
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Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for improved manners at the hatch.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for good behaviour in the dining hall.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 96.25%.
181 pupils received recognition for 100% attendance throughout the month of April.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 5 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Connie in Year 1 for being consistently good at participating in lessons.
Golden Welly Award
AMP in Year 1 received the award for excellent creative play in the sandpit.
Premier League Primary Star
Layla in Year 5 was awarded this certificate for being inspiring.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements:
Tilly has achieved her Swim Stage 8 award.
Noah has passed his Level 2 Safety award.
Coby has passed his Level 3 ‘Learn to Swim’ award.
Owen received his 20m swim certificate.
Jessica and Georgia performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End last weekend.
Emelie and Charlotte danced in the spring dance show
Celebration Assembly – Friday 28th April 2023
Year 2 Children shared their achievements at the rapid fire cricket competition. They won the award for teamwork and supporting each other and came 4th in the competition.
Well done to the children in Year 5 and 6 who attended a hockey tournament for the first time. We came 5th overall. A great result for our first tournament and only 5 practise sessions. 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. There were 3 fabulous goals and some excellent passing. Thank you to Mrs Burr for your coaching.
Girls netball team played against Saint Vincent De Paul, it was a tense game and the girls lost 8-5. Thank you to Mrs Gallagher-Smith for coaching the team.
Year 5-6 Roebuck school at football and won 3-1, thank you to Mr O’Brian for his coaching skills.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Willow H for excellent engagement on the carpet and super wiring in Literacy.
Year 1: Brody for an excellent attitude to learning.
Year 2: Lamis for trying really hard in maths lessons as well as booster sessions before and after school.
Year 3: Darcie for excellent participation during dance and Fit Kidz and supporting friends during these lessons.
Year 4: Emelie for consistently good work, motivation and willingness to do that bit extra to improve.
Year 5: Joe for showing all the PRIDE behaviours at Airbus.
Year 6: Bella for including evidence when answering inference questions.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Isla P for doing extra handwriting this week.
Year 1: Caiden for excellent writing about his trip to watch Manchester United.
Year 2: Alma for completing all of her non-negotiables as well as showing her workings clearly in her maths home learning.
Year 3: Samiya for excellent reading at home.
Year 4: Reggie for an excellent attitude to his home learning and bringing knowledge back into Art learning.
Year 5: Thomas for improving the size and formation of handwriting
Year 6: Millie for completing all her non-negotiables and extra times tables practise
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception:
Year 1: Bruce for excellent effort with presentation of and handwriting and learning.
Year 2: Teddy T for trying really hard with forming his letters in a cursive style in other subjects as well as English.
Year 3: Tommy for excellent joined handwriting.
Year 4: Benson for improved handwriting in English.
Year 5: Evie-Grace for creativity in the Georgie O'Keefe research task.
Year 6: William for his beautifully presented science investigation.
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Year 2 for the best manners and behaviour in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 5 for the best manners and behaviour in the dining room.
Attendance
Year 3 had the highest attendance this week with 98.33%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week were Nursery recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Jessica N in Year 3 for her work on sports.
Golden Welly Award
The girls in Year 6 received the award for superb den building.
Premier League Primary Star
Caleb was awarded a certificate being ambitious.
Outside achievements
We shared the following achievements: Bruce has been learning to kickbox and has received two medals for this.
Florance received the award of gymnast of the week for free roll on a vault.
Noah received blue stripe belt in Taekwondo Toby and Dexter received a medal for taking part in the Herts county rugby festival.
Isla shared that she has made her Brownie promise. Sophia made her Brownie promise and received a range of badges.
Bella received a range of badges from Rainbows.
Isabella achieved her swimming certificates. Myah and Alma took part in a dance performance with their dance troop.
Willow received a rosette for her dancing
Sophie won first place at the Watford festival of dance.
Junior Duke
Gabby completed the Gold Mini Duke. Finn completed the Gold Junior Duke.
Stars of the Week
Congratulations to the following children for receiving the 'Star of the Week' rosette:
Reception: Jaylah- for having a fabulous week all round particularly her engagement with learning and being a very kind friend.
Year 1: Elissa- for always listening and working hard.
Year 2: Charlie- for putting his hand up more in lessons and sharing his own ideas.
Year 3: Sophia- for showing an increased confidence in computing.
Year 4: Leo- for excellent instruction writing for his quiche
Year 5: Charlie- for persevering when writing a science conclusion
Year 6: M- for increased focus and achievement in lessons.
Home Learning Heroes
The following children were recognised as Home Learning Heroes:
Reception: Willow R and Ally- for extra writing diaries during the holidays.
Year 1: Elsie- for writing about her trip to a castle during the holiday.
Year 2: Archie- for completing lots of booklets over Easter as well as keeping a diary of his holiday to Wales.
Year 3: Amelie- for reading 16 times over the Easter holiday - even when she was on holiday.
Year 4: Emelie- for using Purple Mash to practice her times tables.
Year 5: Sophie – for a detailed recount of a day out in London.
Year 6: Layla- for practising all of the common exception words and presenting them with care.
Perfectly Presented
The following children produced perfectly presented work:
Reception-Jake- for beautiful sentence writing over the holidays and in his Literacy book.
Year 1: Coby- for always working hard to keep his handwriting neat.
Year 2: Jase- for trying hard with his cursive handwriting.
Year 3: Finley -for always taking great care in his maths book.
Year 4: Reggie- for taking pride when writing up his method for making a quiche.
Year 5: Ardante- for perfectly presented learning in Science.
Year 6: Lacey- for creative Science learning on light
Lunch Cup Winners
Key Stage 1- Reception for the best behaviour in the dining room.
Key Stage 2- Year 6 for the best behaviour in the dining room.
Attendance
Year 1 had the highest attendance this week with 98.75%.
Henry Hoover (tidiest classroom)
This week Year 3 were recognised as the class with the tidiest classroom.
French star of the week
This was awarded to Hannah in Year 6 for excellent participation.
Golden Welly Award
Millie in Year 2 received the award for excellent play and showing enthusiasm in the sand.
Premier League Primary Star
Samson was awarded the ‘Be Fair’ award for being considerate and playing fairly.
Outside achievements