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Green Lanes School Newsletter

Issue 14: Thursday 7th May 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

Warmer Weather Reminder
As we move into the summer term and enjoy warmer weather, please ensure your child comes to school dressed appropriately for the conditions. We recommend:

  • Sun protection: Please apply sunscreen before school and provide a named sun hat for outdoor activities
  • Water bottles: Please send a named water bottle to school each day to keep your child hydrated

Exciting Events This Summer Term
We have a wonderful programme of events planned for this summer term at Green Lanes Primary School!

Foundation Year Group Assembly - This Friday, 8th May, 9am
We're delighted to invite our Foundation parents to join us for our first year group assembly of the year!

Important details:

  • Entry: Please enter through the car park and use the rear main hall doors
  • Photography: You are welcome to photograph and film your own child for personal use only
  • Safeguarding reminder: Not all children have permission for photography, so please do not share any images on social media platforms. This is essential to protect all our children

Green Lanes is Great! Open Evening - Wednesday 17th June, 4:30-6pm
We're excited to announce our Green Lanes is Great Open Evening showcasing our pupils' creativity and talents.  This year's theme is the school's 85th Birthday. 

Categories for entries:

  •  Creative Cooking/Decoration
  •  Creative Arts - painting, collage and artwork
  •  Creative Models - Lego and junk models
  •  Creative Mini Gardens
  •  Creative Computing - film, photography, Canva and PowerPoint

Please note the times for singing and signing performances on the evening. Singing and signing will take place on the KS1 playground.

4:45pm Reception 
4:55pm Year 1
5:05pm Year 2
5:15pm Year 3
5:25pm Year 4
5:35pm Year 5
5:45pm Year 6

Look out for more detailed information closer to the time!

New Music Opportunities
We're delighted to expand our creative arts provision:

Flute Lessons
We'll be offering flute lessons through the music school. Details of how to book will be sent home soon.

Green Lanes School Orchestra - NEW!
This is an exciting first for our school! We're starting a Green Lanes school orchestra, giving pupils who already play an instrument the opportunity to practice and perform together as part of an orchestra. More details to follow.

GLSA Summer Fair - Save the Date!
Sunday 28th June, 11am - 3pm
Please save the date for our community summer fair organised by the GLSA.

  • Grand Prize Draw raffle tickets will be sent home soon
  • Please tell friends and family about this wonderful community event - everyone is welcome!

Sports Days - Coming Soon!
Sports days are fast approaching! Please check the attached diary dates for the time slots for your child's races.

Remember to come dressed in your house colours!
Please see the attached diary dates for full details of all our summer term events.

We look forward to seeing you at these events and celebrating our children's achievements together.

Kind regards,

Michele Johnson
Headteacher

Class Assembly - Foundation
9:00am – 9:30am
08
May
Class Assembly - Year 4, followed by multiplication test update
9:00am – 9:30am
15
May
Class Assembly - Year 3
9:00am – 9:30am
22
May
Half Term starts
8:40am – 3:30pm
25
May
Half Term ends
8:40am – 3:30pm
29
May
Parent Cafe - Maths Multiplication
9:00am – 9:30am
05
June
Working Party - Home School Agreement
9:00am – 9:30am
12
June
Green Lanes is Great!
4:30pm – 6:00pm
17
June
Sports Day - Foundation, 9.15-10am
9:15am – 10:00am
19
June
Sports Day - Year 1 & 2, 10.30-11.30am
10:30am – 11:30am
19
June

Foundation Stage

 

The children have really enjoyed our 'Let's Grow' topic and we are excited to see if any of you managed to grow your bean. Don't forget to send in some pictures if you can.

This week in Foundation we have been learning all about butterflies! We have found out about the life cycle of a butterfly and how they start as tiny eggs!  We had a go at making our own caterpillars and butterflies in many different ways. Such as with tissue paper, pegs and sticks! 

In preparation for our assembly, we have been busy learning our lines and songs. Remember the assembly is on 8th of May at 9.00am, keep learning or reminding your child of their words.

 

Year 1

 

We have had another very busy two weeks in Year 1.

We have completed our letter writing unit using the book Paddington's Post as inspiration for our own letters to Year 2 where we asked them some of the questions we had about what life is like in Year 2. 

In Maths we have been practising the concept of multiplication and division and using our skills to solve everyday problems. 

The children thoroughly enjoyed our History topic on the lives of significant people. In this unit we learnt about four astronauts and the impact they had. We rounded off the unit with our astronaut training day. A highlight was launching our own rocket on the school field!

This week we have started our next Computing unit where the children will learn the basics of Scratch Junior programming. We will look forward to showing you some of our creations at Green Lanes is Great evening after half-term. 

As we are leading up to the Phonics screening check after half-term please do remember to change reading books each Monday morning, and please look at the words which are sent home every Friday and encourage your child to read them during the week at home to help them build confidence. 

 

Year 2

 

Year 2 have finished writing their fantastic instructions using imperative verbs, conjunctions, adjectives and more.

We are now excited about starting our new book 'The Lost Homework' which will support us in writing a narrative about a personal experience 'The Lost...'.

In Science we are learning more about Plants including the difference between seeds and bulbs.

For Maths, we have been continuing to develop our multiplication skills, practising times tables for our weekly times tables grid on a Monday afternoon and using arrays and repeated addition to help us develop our understanding. 

 

Year 3

 

Year 3 have had a busy couple of weeks.

We had a brilliant time at Bisi Badminton and the children showed their determination at trying new things!

Our Maths has continued to focus on fractions where we have begun to learn about how to add them.

In our English we have finished our speeches and have started our own calligrams!

This week we will be finishing our History topic on the Romans, which the children have found super interesting!

 

Year 4

 

We are so pleased to hear that the children enjoyed their time at Tolmers Activity Centre. Lots of children conquered their fears - whether it was heights, being in a new space or sleeping away from home, all children did extremely well. We were most impressed with how kind they were towards one another and offering advice and support to those who needed it. You should be very proud of yourselves Year 4. 

In English, we have now published our persuasive letters using the correct format and included a range of persuasive features. We are moving on to writing a non-chronological report about the importance of play.

In Maths, we have been having a go at long division. The children have shown excellent focus, as we made our way through the different steps of long division. We will continue to practice long division this week and transfer these skills when learning how to use short division.

Finally, In Science we have started our new unit about electricity, and the children are already showing lots of enthusiasm as they begin to investigate this topic.


 

Year 5

 

Our Year 5s have got off to a good start to the Summer Term, and we have lots to report about our learning so far.

In English, we have begun learning about the features of print, radio and video/TV adverts in preparation for our Advertising Campaign at the end of this half term; thank you to those of you who brought in copies of adverts to school. The Advertising Campaign will involve designing and marketing a 'problem-solving' product of their choice. Their final pitch will be to a panel of 'dragons' who will evaluate how well the teams have worked together and how successfully they have marketed/advertised their product. The pitch will be a new concept for our children but they will have already come across designing a product in D&T lessons. 

In Maths lessons, we have been consolidating our understanding of fractions. This has included multiplying whole numbers (integers) by fractions and representing this pictorially. The children have also been exploring this concept using concrete resources such as cubes, dienes and Cuisenaire rods. Learning how to represent their work pictorially (drawing bar models, arrays and pie charts) will help the children to represent and explain their answers during assessments.

In Art lessons, we explored an array of sculptures inspired by the famous sculptor Barbara Hepworth. Our pupils made tissue paper cups using plastic cups, tissue paper and PVA blue; they also used two different kinds of clay to create a decorative slab; finally, they created coil pots using air dry clay. The children demonstrated excellent team work and imaginative skills during the creative process. 

As part of our PE curriculum and golf tournament, our Year 5s visited Brocket Hall Estate where they got the opportunity to showcase their golf skills on the course and the driving range. The trip was thoroughly enjoyed by all and our children were model representatives of Green Lanes Primary School.

See you all in the next edition of our newsletter!

 

Year 6

 

As we approach SATs week, Year 6 have been doing lots of preparation to ensure they feel confident and calm on the day. We are so very proud of them all and thank-you for all of the home support in doing their copious amounts of homework!

We will be talking to the children on Friday afternoon about some tips and tricks to keep a healthy body and brain over the weekend and throughout next week. Such as: eating nutritious foods, drinking a good amount of water, exercising, sleeping well and doing mindfulness activities like grounding and drawing.

Please encourage rest over the weekend and throughout next week, we all need to recuperate after using our brains so hard! 

 

 

Inclusion and Banksy

 
 

 

 

 

 

Dates for the Diary

 

Friday 8th May, 9.00-9.30am - Foundation Stage Assembly

Friday 15th May, 9.00-9.30am - Year 4 Assembly, followed by Multiplication test update

Friday 22nd May, 9.00-9.30am - Year 3 Assembly

Friday 5th June, 9.00-9.30am - Parent Cafe - Maths Multiplication 

Friday 12th June, 9.00-9.30am - Working Party - Home School Agreement working party - come along and give us your ideas!

Wednesday 17th June, 4.30-6.00pm - Green Lanes is Great!

Friday 19th June, Sports Day - Foundation 9.15-10.00am
                                                     - Year 1 & 2 10.30-11.30am

Friday 26th June, Sports Day - Year 3 & 4 9.15-10.15am
                                                     - Year 5 & 6 10.45-12.00noon

Sunday 28th June, 11.00am-3.00pm - GLSA Summer Fair

Friday 3rd July, 9.00-9.30am - Year 1 Assembly

Friday 10th July, 9.00-9.30am - Year 2 Assembly

Friday 17th July, 9.00-9.30am - Year 5 Assembly 

 

Webinar dates coming soon ......

Transition - moving class or moving on to secondary school / supporting anxiety

3 year equality plan  What do we plan to do?  How do you get involved?

 

 

Term Dates 2026/2027

 

Summer Term 2026

Half-term: Monday 25th May 2026 to Friday 29th May 2026 

INSET Day: Monday 13th April 2026 

INSET Day: Monday 29th June 2026

INSET Day: Thursday 23rd July 2026 - Accrued

Bank Holiday: Monday 4th May 2026

Secondary Transfer Day: Thursday 9th July 2026 - Y6 pupils visit secondary schools

Term ends: Wednesday 22nd July 2026 -  school finishes at 2.15pm (2.05pm for FS & Y1) 

 

HERTFORDSHIRE TERM DATES 2026-2027

Autumn Term 2026

Term starts: Thursday 3rd September 2026

Half-term: Monday 26th October 2026 to Friday 30th October 2026  

INSET Day: Tuesday 1st September 2026 

INSET Day: Wednesday 2nd September 2026 

Occasional day: Friday 27th November 2026 

Term ends: Friday 18th December 2026 - school finishes at 2.15pm (2.05pm for FS & Y1)

 

 

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