The books of the week are Extra Time by Morris Gleitzman and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Read the first chapter of Extra Time: https://t.co/h774DG7zAc
Watch Khaled Hosseini, author of A Thousand Splendid Suns, discuss the book: https://t.co/GH0MP90Xr2https://t.co/fWDFHdQtuv
Our amazing Year 7 #EcoGarden team achieved so much today! We picked daffodils for the school reception desk. We watered the potatoes, broad beans, carrots and peas and and we also manged to sow melon, runner beans and baby corn! Thanks all! @sirjohnlawes@EcoSchools@RHSSchoolshttps://t.co/FWrdoYdRsF
Year 12 virtual UCAS Information Evening will be live on school website from 4pm today, including presentation from University of East Anglia on student finances.
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Lower School Play auditions for an open air production of The Grimm Tales in July begin next week! Check which night your year group is in action!#theatreinschools https://t.co/U4d2qKawDa
Wonderful to see a return to lunchtime clubs, with year groups returning to activities in year groups. Delightful to hear and see the return of the Chamber Choir.
PE Clubs https://t.co/22Kdz2usvd
Music Clubs full timetable to follow shortly
@SJLmusicfac@SJLPhysEdhttps://t.co/Giuj6mbUyE
Year 9 reminder: the deadline for the Year 9 Vaccinations consent form is THIS Friday 16 April 2021.
Also, please make sure your child is wearing a vest or T-shirt under their uniform on Wednesday 21 April 2021. https://t.co/UmoSClL0qS
Ramadan Mubarak! (Blessed Ramadan/ Happy Ramadan!) from the Library. See below some of the books we have related to Muslim people and culture, these are in the library so come and borrow them. https://t.co/C08I2DVlHK
Year 10: online booking for Year 10 parents’ evening opens tomorrow Tuesday 13 April 2021 at 1pm. See letter’s home for parents’ guide to booking appointments https://t.co/ufgNeDuzplhttps://t.co/M6Nr3yVgNf
From the 12th April some of Arriva’s school bus duplicate services will be operated by coach companies. The coaches will not be able to accept any cash fare payments and will only accept pre – paid Arriva tickets.
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We look forward to welcoming students back to school tomorrow. Remember face masks are still mandatory, don’t forget to put one out when getting your bag ready. https://t.co/83YC7Obuof
A level Text in Performance duologue assessment was a real pleasure to see some brilliant acting and be back under the lights#theatrematters https://t.co/O3dokeoFFz
Immensely proud of the Scholars’ community, to our volunteers supporting student testing, staff for making the return to face to face lessons a smooth and supportive transition, and to our students for making us proud every day with their positive approach to learning. Thank you! https://t.co/6FAetCqrfh
Thank you to the SJL community for supporting the return to school for our students this term, for all the hard work and dedication that has gone into online learning and the enthusiasm that students have returned to school with, to engage in their face to face lessons #SJLpridehttps://t.co/i2ZjeHyC6K
An award-winning family festival in #Harpenden is going ahead after having to postpone from last year. The @FOTFHarpenden
held at @sirjohnlawes playing field, will take place on Saturday July 3.
The mass karaoke phenomenon @massaoke are headlining and a packed line up! 🎤 https://t.co/BW1QbP6Ztp
Year 10 Parents’ Evening will be going ahead as a virtual event on Tuesday 27 April 2021, with consultations taking place online. Full details will be coming out today via EduLink. https://t.co/NDwW8evyWs
WOW! What a great afternoon in the #EcoGarden today. We planted
Pentland javelin first early potatoes in pots and raised beds, Purple haze carrots and Gladiator parsnips! Massive thanks to some superb Year 8 EcoGardeners! Proudly displaying our @EcoSchools flag too @sirjohnlaweshttps://t.co/Q6b8xly1pt
Download Scratch (a fun intro to computer programming for Key Stage 3 students)
Careers
Futuremorph - an exciting website about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Design & Technology
To view a website that contains numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of design and technology; click here.
The BBC Good Food website contains hundreds of recipes that students can use to develop their own recipes, as well as useful hints and tips.
‘Thingiverse’ is the world's largest 3D design community for discovering, printing, and sharing 3D models, with over 100,000 designs for students to view, edit and print.
Drama
Digitaltheatreplus.co.uk (accessible from school desktop) for streams of live theatre from Shakespeare, modern plays, musicals and opera.
Royal Geographical Society's Geography in the News resource: Look at the News Case Studies section. About 20 new geographical articles are added each year. SJL’s login is Bandama and password SM6A424QP.
Teams are entered in a Geowise quiz. These compete against teams from St. Georges and Roundwood Park, as well as some St. Albans’ schools.
www.parliament.uk/education/
A great interactive site that explains how British Government functions. It explores parliamentary history, includes answers to common questions and is a great way for students to learn more about the workings of democracy in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/
BBC News features breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. A great resource for young active citizens who are striving to keep up to date with and research current affairs and social issues on local, national and global levels.
www.channelmogo.org
ChannelMOGO is a portal for young people, aged 13-19 (up to 25 with a learning difficulty and/or disability) who live or go to school in Hertfordshire.
ChannelMOGO brings together lots of services and useful websites for young people in Hertfordshire including Youth Connexions. It features information on a wide range of personal, social, health, careers and citizenship issues and ways to get involved and take action.
