Parkside Community Primary School

Year 1 are exploring lines in art this half term. Maple class have been exploring how to make lines with different objects and the images that they can make.

It has been another fantastic week of learning in Pine Class! The children have continued to make great progress in their reading and writing and have truly impressed us with their enthusiasm and positive attitude towards learning. In maths this week, we have been busy counting and ordering numbers to 10. The children explored how each number has a fixed place in the number sequence and learned that every number is worth one more than the number before it. They had great fun using a variety of practical resources to build and represent numbers to 10. Wow — what super learning! Well done, Pine Class!

This week in Science, year 6 investigated electrical circuits! We carried out a comparative test, changing the number of cells and lamps within the circuits we created to see if it affected the brightness. The class worked incredibly hard and were able to articulate their findings well.

This week in our Behaviour Curriculum, year 6 have been focusing on Resilience. We discussed the definition of this, and thought about how we each show this in our daily lives.

This week, year 6 have been learning about Malala Yousafzai and have been reading her incredibly important diary entries in Guided Reading. In English, we participated in an activity called Hot Seating, during which one of us pretended to be Malala, whilst the rest of the class asked meaningful, thought-provoking questions. The children thoroughly enjoyed this activity. Great work, year 6!

This week in our behaviour lessons, Pine Class continued to explore the meaning of resilience. We revisited what resilience means and shared examples of times when we have shown resilience. As a class, we worked together to create a Resilience Charter, based on ideas and strategies that help us to be resilient. Well done, Pine Class, for continuing to show resilience every day!

This week in our behaviour lessons, Pine Class have been exploring resilience!
We talked about what resilience means and shared examples of times we’ve needed to show it—both at school and at home. The children came up with so many brilliant examples, like trying really hard to be independent when zipping up our coats in Reception.
Well done, Pine Class, for showing resilience every day!

Happy New Year! The children in Pine Class have made a fantastic start to the Spring Term with a wonderful week of learning.

We have begun our new topic, Let’s Explore, and have been discussing our local area of Borehamwood and what makes it special. The children talked about where they live in Borehamwood and the different types of homes they live in. We have also started learning about maps and how we use them. The children enjoyed reading the story Rosie’s Walk, which we used in our Drawing Club sessions. They drew characters from the story, wrote sentences, and began to create their own maps. These were amazing! Well done, Pine Class, for a brilliant start to the Spring Term!

Happy New Year! Year 6 have started 2026 displaying a brilliant attitude to their learning. This week, they have been working hard to add and subtract fractions in Maths. Today, the children played a game describing key mathematical vocabulary to their partner for them to name. They were excellent at defining these words, using the correct terminology. Well done Year 6!

The children in Pine Class are well and truly ready for Christmas! 🎄

We’ve had a fantastic week filled with Christmas-enhanced continuous provision. The children have loved dressing up in festive clothing, making decorations and cards, and enjoying our favourite Christmas story, Stick Man.

During our Drawing Club session, the children created wonderful pictures of Stick Man and even wrote their own sentences, confidently applying all the phonics knowledge they have gained this term — wow!

What an amazing first term it has been. A huge well done to all the children in Pine Class — we are so proud of you! 🌟

As part of our behaviour curriculum, students engaged in a thoughtful session discussing different social situations and how to respond with kindness and empathy. It was fantastic to hear their insightful ideas and see them put themselves in others' shoes.
We are so proud of their growing understanding of how small, kind actions can make a huge difference in our school community! ❤️

🌟 Well done to our amazing Year 5 students! 🌟
After weeks of practice, they performed "Silent Night" today and it was absolutely beautiful. We are so proud of their hard work and dedication. They truly captured the spirit of the season!