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1/12/2025 2:52 PM

Last Friday, the Prae Wood Bike bus (organised and run by parent volunteers Mr Kent, Mr Witter and Mr Blank) took the first journey in to school. 12 children joined, with their supporting adults, to cover the route to school (up to 1.3 miles, depending where joining!)

It was a brilliant start to this 'parent pedal power' initiative, with music and singing along the way and everyone arriving at school full of energy and super-excited for the next one! Mr Kent told us that he is hopeful of doubling the turn out for the next event, planned for Friday 19th December and with a Christmas theme.

If you would like to know more about how you can join with your child and support the route to school by bicycle, you can use the following link to find out more: The Prae Wood Bike Bus

And, if you would like to see a video of all the fun had during the first ride, please click here

1/12/2025 2:37 PM

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed their 'Smartphone awareness' workshop last Thursday. It was great to hear how so many of our pupils are already aware of the impact of the internet and are able to discuss the positives and negatives of the Online World.

The workshop challenged them to consider how much time a day / week / month that they are spending online...And how much this equates to your lifetime! They also came up with a variety of ideas on how they could gain dopamine hits from things other than online-usage such as Gaming. It was a valuable experience and a subject very relevant to their daily lives.

1/12/2025 2:33 PM

Eco Warriors support the Cleaner Air Campaign

On Wednesday morning and afternoon last week (before and after school) you may have seen a number of our Year 4, 5 and 6 Eco Warriors out and about, around the school site.

This year they are helping to support a Hertfordshire-wide Cleaner Air Campaign. They used a plume flow instrument (borrowed from the Green House in town) to measure the air quality and recorded this data. They also recorded the number of cars parked and idling near the Waitrose carpark.

They had some interesting findings; in the morning they found out that the air pollution was extremely high (purple reading) and in the afternoon it ranged from low to moderate to high air pollution. We discussed the different factors, including the weather and the time of day, which might have affected the readings. We will try and carry out this data collection in the Spring and the Summer term too.

21/11/2025 1:32 PM

The netball team saved their best performance for the last game of the Autumn local league series, beating St Adrian's 10-2.

Prae Wood created a substantial 4-0 lead in the first six minute quarter which they continued to build on throughout the game. Harry, voted Most Valuable Player for the third game in a row, coped well with his shift from defence to attack, scoring many of the goals with support from Liza. With the score 10-0 at the end of the third quarter, we completely shifted positions, challenging our players to play somewhere different on court. St Adrian's scored two well-deserved goals in the final quarter.

With four wins from five, Prae Wood look set to be in division one again for the Spring seeded leagues. Will they be able to retain the division one trophy last year's team, which included Harry and Finlay, won after their undefeated run in Spring 2025?

2/12/2025 1:07 PM

The girls football team had a busy end to their Autumn term fixtures with three games in a week.

The first game was at home to Mandeville. Both teams created chances but no one was able to break the deadlock and the game finished 0-0.

Next, it was an away match against Alban City. Prae Wood had an excellent first half with goals from Imogen (2) and Victoria but let their 3-1 half time lead slip away during the second half when their legs seemed to run out of energy. The final score was 3-3.

The final game was at Samuel Ryder under the floodlights. Prae Wood dominated the first half with goals from Lyla (2), Imogen and Victoria. Goal keeper, Daisy, who had hardly touched the ball in the first half saw a little more of the action in the second half with Samuel Ryder scoring a goal. Flo added to the Prae Wood total with the game finishing 5-1 to Prae Wood.

Well done to Lyla who was voted Player of the Match in all three games.

The league will resume after Christmas with the team playing the reverse fixture against the four teams in their division as well as their cup fixture against Garden Fields.

1/12/2025 2:52 PM

Last Friday, the Prae Wood Bike bus (organised and run by parent volunteers Mr Kent, Mr Witter and Mr Blank) took the first journey in to school. 12 children joined, with their supporting adults, to cover the route to school (up to 1.3 miles, depending where joining!)

It was a brilliant start to this 'parent pedal power' initiative, with music and singing along the way and everyone arriving at school full of energy and super-excited for the next one! Mr Kent told us that he is hopeful of doubling the turn out for the next event, planned for Friday 19th December and with a Christmas theme.

If you would like to know more about how you can join with your child and support the route to school by bicycle, you can use the following link to find out more: The Prae Wood Bike Bus

And, if you would like to see a video of all the fun had during the first ride, please click here

1/12/2025 2:37 PM

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed their 'Smartphone awareness' workshop last Thursday. It was great to hear how so many of our pupils are already aware of the impact of the internet and are able to discuss the positives and negatives of the Online World.

The workshop challenged them to consider how much time a day / week / month that they are spending online...And how much this equates to your lifetime! They also came up with a variety of ideas on how they could gain dopamine hits from things other than online-usage such as Gaming. It was a valuable experience and a subject very relevant to their daily lives.

1/12/2025 2:33 PM

On Wednesday morning and afternoon last week (before and after school) you may have seen a number of our Year 4, 5 and 6 Eco Warriors out and about, around the school site.

This year they are helping to support a Hertfordshire-wide Cleaner Air Campaign. They used a plume flow instrument (borrowed from the Green House in town) to measure the air quality and recorded this data. They also recorded the number of cars parked and idling near the Waitrose carpark.

They had some interesting findings; in the morning they found out that the air pollution was extremely high (purple reading) and in the afternoon it ranged from low to moderate to high air pollution. We discussed the different factors, including the weather and the time of day, which might have affected the readings. We will try and carry out this data collection in the Spring and the Summer term too.

21/11/2025 1:32 PM

The netball team saved their best performance for the last game of the Autumn local league series, beating St Adrian's 10-2.

Prae Wood created a substantial 4-0 lead in the first six minute quarter which they continued to build on throughout the game. Harry, voted Most Valuable Player for the third game in a row, coped well with his shift from defence to attack, scoring many of the goals with support from Liza. With the score 10-0 at the end of the third quarter, we completely shifted positions, challenging our players to play somewhere different on court. St Adrian's scored two well-deserved goals in the final quarter.

With four wins from five, Prae Wood look set to be in division one again for the Spring seeded leagues. Will they be able to retain the division one trophy last year's team, which included Harry and Finlay, won after their undefeated run in Spring 2025?

2/12/2025 1:07 PM

The girls football team had a busy end to their Autumn term fixtures with three games in a week.

The first game was at home to Mandeville. Both teams created chances but no one was able to break the deadlock and the game finished 0-0.

Next, it was an away match against Alban City. Prae Wood had an excellent first half with goals from Imogen (2) and Victoria but let their 3-1 half time lead slip away during the second half when their legs seemed to run out of energy. The final score was 3-3.

The final game was at Samuel Ryder under the floodlights. Prae Wood dominated the first half with goals from Lyla (2), Imogen and Victoria. Goal keeper, Daisy, who had hardly touched the ball in the first half saw a little more of the action in the second half with Samuel Ryder scoring a goal. Flo added to the Prae Wood total with the game finishing 5-1 to Prae Wood.

Well done to Lyla who was voted Player of the Match in all three games.

The league will resume after Christmas with the team playing the reverse fixture against the four teams in their division as well as their cup fixture against Garden Fields.

1/12/2025 2:52 PM

Last Friday, the Prae Wood Bike bus (organised and run by parent volunteers Mr Kent, Mr Witter and Mr Blank) took the first journey in to school. 12 children joined, with their supporting adults, to cover the route to school (up to 1.3 miles, depending where joining!)

It was a brilliant start to this 'parent pedal power' initiative, with music and singing along the way and everyone arriving at school full of energy and super-excited for the next one! Mr Kent told us that he is hopeful of doubling the turn out for the next event, planned for Friday 19th December and with a Christmas theme.

If you would like to know more about how you can join with your child and support the route to school by bicycle, you can use the following link to find out more: The Prae Wood Bike Bus

And, if you would like to see a video of all the fun had during the first ride, please click here

1/12/2025 2:37 PM

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed their 'Smartphone awareness' workshop last Thursday. It was great to hear how so many of our pupils are already aware of the impact of the internet and are able to discuss the positives and negatives of the Online World.

The workshop challenged them to consider how much time a day / week / month that they are spending online...And how much this equates to your lifetime! They also came up with a variety of ideas on how they could gain dopamine hits from things other than online-usage such as Gaming. It was a valuable experience and a subject very relevant to their daily lives.

1/12/2025 2:33 PM

On Wednesday morning and afternoon last week (before and after school) you may have seen a number of our Year 4, 5 and 6 Eco Warriors out and about, around the school site.

This year they are helping to support a Hertfordshire-wide Cleaner Air Campaign. They used a plume flow instrument (borrowed from the Green House in town) to measure the air quality and recorded this data. They also recorded the number of cars parked and idling near the Waitrose carpark.

They had some interesting findings; in the morning they found out that the air pollution was extremely high (purple reading) and in the afternoon it ranged from low to moderate to high air pollution. We discussed the different factors, including the weather and the time of day, which might have affected the readings. We will try and carry out this data collection in the Spring and the Summer term too.