Category: whole school

Year 4 Roman Day

  Year 4 have had a very busy term and it has culminated in Roman day this week. Thank you to all the parents who ensured all the children looked wonderful on the day and could really immerse themselves in the experience. Magisters Coussinum and Vincetticus helped the children decipher common Latin phrases; as well …

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Year 4 French Cafe

On Thursday 29th and Friday 30th January, Year 4 had an opportunity to host their parents at a French Café. It was wonderful to hear the buzz among the parents as they ordered their drinks and pastries from the children. French was all around and the children were fully immersed in the culture. What an amazing set …

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Ashfield 1st Place Winners

We are delighted to announce that Ashfield Junior School are 1st place winners achieving the most points across the term represented by the children for the Elms School Leaderboard between September and December 2025. We were overall champions and came 1st out of 86 schools!

Tesco Funding

As you may recall, last year, we received a Tesco Stronger Starts funding to purchase some new playground equipment to improve our lunchtimes. The School Council have been busy this year, deciding what equipment they would like and carrying out pupil voice in their class. Together, they have bought a lot of items including hula …

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Year 6 World Warriors: On a Mission to Save the Planet

We are very proud that at the end of the HCC sustainable Schools Competition we finished in the top 6! As a reward, we will receive some seeds – what better way to start our journey? For the competition, the World Warriors built a model showing improvements to make our school more sustainable. We will …

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Christmas Dinner and Jumper Day

On Wednesday we enjoyed our school Christmas lunch. The children and staff wore their festive jumpers and tucked into a traditional turkey Christmas lunch with all the trimmings. They listened to Christmas music, pulled crackers and spent time with their friends.  

ASHA Festive Jolly Jars

Thank you to ASHA for organising our first Festive Jolly Jars event.   There  were some fun filled festive treats to enjoy! Thank you to everyone for taking part. Happy Christmas!

Year 3 Christmas Performance

The Year 3 performance of “Stable Manners” was brilliant! They should be very proud of themselves with learning the songs, lines, dances and actions in such a short space of time. It was lovely to see all the hard work pay off for their final performances to the school and parents.

Year 4 trip to Bhaktivedanta Manor

On Thursday, Year 4 visited Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford to support their learning in RE. They were invited into the Shrine to see the beautiful Murti’s; and had a lesson on the importance of the soul. The children had the opportunity to dress up in traditional Hindu clothing. They also had time to feed the …

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Year 3 Visit to the Library

Year 3 visited Bushey Library on Monday and Wednesday and during this visit, the children came up with their own calligrams based on their favourite thing. They showed good cooperation to create a group acrostic poem using the word Library.   They also had the chance to browse and borrow a book.