News From Our Schools

Children at Icknield Walk First School recently took part in the ‘Colour Your World’ art competition, organised by The Art Room in Royston. The inspiring theme encouraged pupils to explore colour through a range of artistic techniques, including texture, tone, printing and collage. The competition linked perfectly with our whole school celebration of Sir David Attenborough’s birthday,

Children at Icknield Walk First School have wowed families and staff alike with an inspiring display of creativity during their recent Multicultural Art Week. Throughout the week, the pupils learned about art and artists from across the globe. Each class explored a different artist, taking time to understand not only their work but also their

This week twelve Year 2 pupils from Tannery Drift First School proudly represented their school at the Tag Rugby Festival hosted by St. Edmund’s Prep. The event welcomed 24 teams from 11 schools, creating a lively celebration of youth sport and friendly competition. The Tannery Drift teams demonstrated exceptional teamwork, determination, and resilience throughout the

This term, local author Marion from Story Meadow is sharing her first children’s book, ‘Billy Bunny and the Woodpecker Nest’, with schools in the area. During her FREE author visit she reads the storybook to children in assemblies using audience participation and natural craft demonstrations to bring the story to life. Her beautiful, hardcover picture

Children in Year 1 at Icknield Walk First School have been enjoying their ‘Superheroes’ topic. Children came into school dressed as their favourite Superhero which was very fortunate as they had a special mission to complete. Wicked Professor Spade had stolen some classroom dolls and buried them in the mud. Taken from the exciting and

This term both KJAR primary and secondary students took part in the Bebras Computational Challenge which introduces computational thinking to students it is organised in over 60 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. We would like to particularly congratulate 37 of our students who gained the Gold Award