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A warm welcome back from myself to our whole school community. I do hope you had a wonderful summer break, enjoying some lovely family time, wherever you were. I am pleased to say we’ve had such a positive first days, despite the playground fiasco,  welcoming the children into their new year groups. It is an absolute delight to see them smiling, happily bounding back into school. And I can’t believe how much some of them have grown! Everyone has come back refreshed, eager, ready to learn and excited about the new year.

The new children in the Ash and Saplings have settled in so well. This is a big step for them but they are making many new friends and learning the routines! We have also been joined by children in other year groups throughout the school. We are proud of our wonderful school and pleased that parents have chosen to join us and we hope that they will all be very happy at Little Hadham.

You will see from the website in the class page that there are many activities planned for this term. Do look out for your class updates where you will receive information about what the children are learning and any updates.

Kind regards

Ms Connolly

Wow! What a year we’ve had! So many great achievements to celebrate and so many very special memories that will last forever. We really have loved our time in Year 6 and, although we are sad to say our goodbyes, we are ready to take the next step and begin a new adventure at Secondary school.

Our final week was full of Leavers’ celebrations…

our last Sports Day at Little Hadham Primary…

BBQ fun…

and end of year parties…

and saying our final farewells!

Willow Class, thank you for being such stars this year. We have loved teaching you and we wish you all the very best in your new schools. Keep shining bright! Have a truly well deserved summer break.

Thank you for your kind words, beautiful gifts and for the laughter this year.

Best wishes,

Mrs. Tweedale x

Friends of Little Hadham Primary held their first ever fun run today and it was super successful. They have raised… drum roll please… £3342!! WoW!

A huge thank you to the Friends for making this day so very special for everyone. The sun was shining, sprinklers were out and after about 10 mins the children all looked the same- covered in colour!!

The Friends  and all of us here at Little Hadham  would like to thank the incredibly generous community we have for all their support. We are so lucky to have such supportive families at our school.

Day 2!

Today we learned something new…once one is awake, they’re all awake! But the sun was up with them and there was excitement as they got ready to head off for a lovely breakfast before tackling some new challenges. Today we had ‘Gauntlet’ – this is an extremely wobbly high rope activity with rope ladders and tyres thrown into the mix. Did this stop Willow Class, nope, they harnessed up and off they went each one setting themselves a challenge! With challenges achieved, they set off for the next ones, zipping off a high pole with smiles and determination and tackling the ‘Leap of Faith’ – rather them than us!   It definitely was a day filled with thrills and fun and lots of chattering and giggling along the way. We finished off with very loud ‘repeat after me’ songs and lots more that I am sure they will share with you tomorrow. Well done, Willow Class, you have certainly impressed us with your skills and determination once again.

Greetings from Willow Class. We have arrived safe and sound, and have done 3 exciting, energetic activities where climbing, pedaling and team work were involved. You’d think they’d be worn out, but a shower and a hot chocolate has re energised them – the night is very young! They are loving their new abode and have made themselves at home already! Tomorrow is another busy day with zipping around the place and tomahawk throwing – we hope we find a good hiding place! We hope you all are enjoying the peace and quiet and not missing us too much!

Another week has flown by… that probably has something to do with it being a 4 day week for some of us and a 3 day week for others. However, a short week doesn’t stop us from doing lots of fun learning!

Today the whole school celebrated the Coronation of King Charles III as he becomes our new monarch this weekend. We celebrated by wearing something red, white and blue and some of us even wore crowns. We were delighted to be met this morning by King Charles himself- who knew he would come all the way to Little Hadham. Thank you Mrs Battle for lending the cardboard cut-out, we loved it!

Unfortunately, the weather stopped us from having our planned picnic but we had had a fantastic coronation lunch ‘street party style’ indoors. We had so much fun even… if we did reach a fair few decibels above normal!

The children have been learning all about the King’s coronation and making fantastic crowns and wreaths. Here are 10 facts for you:

1. The coronation takes place at 11.00am on Saturday 6^th May 2023.
2. The official dish of the coronation is a coronation quiche!
3. We get an extra bank holiday day for King Charles’ coronation.
4. The coronation will take place in Westminster Abbey, London.
5. The coronation procession route is much shorter than Queen

Elizabeth’s.

6. During the ceremony, Charles will sit in an old wooden chair called the Coronation Chair, which was made in 1300!
7. King Charles will wear the St Edward’s Crown and Queen Camilla will wear Queen Mary’s crown.
8. The King has asked for 12 musicians to create music for the coronation.
9. There are 2,000 people attending.
10. King Charles III has a special coronation emblem

A big welcome back to you all.  I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful couple of weeks with your families over Easter. We certainly enjoyed plenty of chocolate and adventures in our household! It seemed earlier this week that spring had sprung. Hopefully the weather will continue to get warmer so the children can enjoy the wonderful outdoor environment that we have at Little Hadham Primary.

This week I’ve been blown away by the start to term from children across the school, with a purposeful and highly engaged return to school. Whether it’s our EYFS children making wonderful progress with their writing, watching Lime children sing their hearts out or Year 2 and Year 6 making such strides in their SATS preparation – I’m one proud Headteacher!

Remember to look at the class pages to see what your child has been learning this week.

Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6s who took part in a local schools competition at Bishop’s Stortford Rugby Club.  Mrs Goodger was proud of their excellent teamwork, and said they displayed fantastic passing and held an excellent defensive line. So much so they came joint first- well done everyone, what a fabulous achievement- you might be ready to take on Ireland next!

I would also like to give a special mention and thanks to the everyone for helping to get them their and to Peter’s mum for helping out and to Mrs Goodger for all her hard work organising and even washing the kits- we are lucky to have you!

Year 6 pupils have just completed the Bikeability course.

First pupils had to develop cycle handling in an off-road environment (the playground) to prepare for cycling on the road. Next the children learnt how to cycle on single-lane roads and simple junctions with moderate motor traffic flows. Apparently, they have been the best school so far this year so an extra well done to all who took part. Keep cycling!

Golden Morning is enrichment time, with a wealth of opportunity to practice, to enjoy or to learn something new.  Enrichment activities help our children here develop a love for learning in their own time, expand their mind and gain skills that will help them in the future. Learning outside the classroom also gives our children the opportunity to experiment which helps to build confidence as they learn new skills and immerse themselves in new experiences.

Each term we try to offer new and exciting activities for the children to participate in. Today the children had the choice of sport, cooking, coding, computer science, arts and crafts, origami, cheerleading and even had a go at being a Scientist.

The school was buzzing with excitement. In one class the children carried out an ‘owl pellet dissection investigation’. They used a bone chart to identify the bones they had found in the pellet and were able to identify rodents and shrews. Thank you Jono, for sharing your expertise. Also, it’s great to hear that Riley and Peter are scientists in the making!

Others were busy taking a computer a part and learning all their functions before putting it back together. Thank you to Sam our computer whizz for giving us your time- much appreciated and the children loved it! Also, well done Violet, I hear you may be taking over his job!

The cheerleaders learned some new moves and a routine in under 90 mins- well done and thank you Mrs Harvey! The aroma of baking scones was drifting through the school and I heard a child a saying isn’t that smell just beautiful- I agree, though they didn’t want to share! Thank you to Mrs Forgham- patience and delicious recipes- what a talent!

What can I say, Little Hadham Primary is a culturally and artistically rich environment for our children to  learn within, where our staff teach to the whole child (head, heart, and hands). This could definitely be seen today with the variety of arts and crafts on offer. We do pride ourselves on offering a wide range of creative opportunities that go beyond the National Curriculum and are so thankful for such creative staff to allow these activities to take place.