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Summer Fair on Saturday
Fri 21 Jun 2019Just a reminder that the Summer Fair is this Saturday from 12pm to 3pm. The sun is set to shine and the PTA have worked really hard in organising this event, so we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. Thank you for your continued support. -
Sports Day
Fri 21 Jun 2019Well, we were definitely blessed with the weather today after what seems like weeks of rain! Thank you to everyone who has helped organise/walk or joined in with Sports Day. We were delighted that so many families were able to come and join us for our whole school picnic and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. The whole
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Year 3 Animal Workshop
Fri 21 Jun 2019On Thursday, the Year 3’s had a fantastic opportunity to meet and handle various animals from all around the world whilst also learning
about their habitat. They met, amongst other animals, a tarantula, a scorpion, a very cute skunk, a beautiful coloured chameleon and a very long snake! -
Sports Day - next Friday 21/06/19
Fri 14 Jun 2019Next Friday is Sports Day. If you can help walk the children to the Infants, please let the office know. So far we only have 4 helpers.
Don’t forget you are welcome to join us for a whole school
lunchtime picnic at 12pm. No hot dinners will be provided so your child can either order a Caterlink packed lunch or provide their own. If you would like Caterlink to provide one, please return your slip
by Monday or email admin@parkgatejm.herts.sch.uk.
We will also be selling ice lollies for £1. Lets hope the sun
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Year 5 Trip to Green Park
Thu 13 Jun 2019On Wednesday morning, Year 5 left on a coach for their overnight stay to Green Park. Despite the endless hours of rain, which
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We won the District Cricket Final!
Fri 07 Jun 2019A few weeks ago, the Year 6 children attended the local sports partnership tournament and one of our teams won. Yesterday they attended the District final and we are so proud of them as they won that too. We are now on our way to the County Finals! We are very
proud of the children. This is a really fantastic achievement as we have never got to this stage before. Go Parkgate Go! -
Who Do We Think We Are
Fri 07 Jun 2019An exhibition of Heritage Boxes by children from Parkgate and other Watford schools will be on show at the Watford Family History Museum, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, 362 Hempstead Road, Watford WD17 3NB. The remaining display date is on Saturday 22nd June 11 am - 4pm. This is a cultural heritage
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PTA Summer Fair - Saturday 22nd June - 12pm-3pm
Fri 07 Jun 2019Don’t forget the Summer Fair is on Saturday 22nd June between 12pm to 3pm. We need helpers to set up, run stalls, and tidy up.
If you can help please drop us an e-mail at PTA@parkgatejm.herts. sch.uk. We will confirm the stalls that will be going ahead the week back after Half Term.
If you haven’t already done so, please return you raffle tickets. They are £1 per ticket or £5 per. -
Day 4 in Cordoba
Fri 07 Jun 2019We started off our day with breakfast before heading off to collect the children from Victiora Diez and then off to Cordoba Town. A very loud, sing song journey with both English and Spanish songs! We went to the Natural Park to do some bird watching before crossing the Roman Bridge. We then went to see the patios of the old town. Individual families create and look after many of these patios and we were lucky enough to visit three of them and to have one owner talk us through how he looks after it and how he waters the pots that are three storeys high. The children were fascinated with how they are built. We managed to find a small but packed shop where we unloaded our Euros. We left with lots of gifts.The journey back to Hornacheulos was even louder but Ayesha and Ariela still managed to doze off in the midst of the noise.
We returned for a lunch of lentils which was surprisingly popular. The pupils have been truly brave with their food choices and the kitchen have said we have brilliant in our attitude to new foods. The pool this afternoon was great. Ice creams all around – thank you Mrs Pipe. Ayesha and Yashvi competed in diving competitions which were rather impressive. Maariyah and Georgiana opened a hairdressing salon.
The evening activity was a fossil trail. Chloe was the first to spot a whale bone and by the time we reached the lower valley Ryan and Jaisal were pointing our shells and bones of many tiny creatures on the cave walls. After dinner we settled down for our evening workshop – we learnt about medicinal plants and that came in very handy – Aloe Vera for sunburn and the odd mosquito bite while the orange blossoms, lavender and jasmine were for soothing and relaxing.
Bags are now packed and snores can be heard from all rooms. Hopefully everyone will be well rested for our final day tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Mrs Croxford and the Cordoba Crew
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Evening of Day 3
Thu 06 Jun 2019Well, our early night turned out to be not so early...
The afternoon was spent in the pool and with Eva and Evelyn playing Uno with our new friends from Victoria Diez. Miss Ryan and Miss Rodgers taught diving lessons and Max and Lily impressed us all with their bomb drops - soaking us all.
We then put some more sensible shoes and headed up to the Zipwire. Everyone did the Zipwire, without hesitation much to our surprise - it was very high above the trees. Georgiana even managed to do the splits and high kicks while suspended above the valley. We then tackled the high ropes course. Nana perfected his archery aim, the Spanish parents now calling him Robin Hood.
The goats stopped Mrs Croxford and Jaisal from picking oranges from the tree but we will persevere and are determined to pick a few for breakfast tomorrow.
Dinner was Chicken, spinach with chickpeas and a cheesy mashed potato. We then settled down for diaries before bed (which ended up being a lot later than planned)
Another brilliant day, brave children, slightly sunburnt noses and tired teachers. Night night all.