The Sisters of Mercy are an international order of Catholic women founded in 1831 by Sister Catherine McAuley in Dublin. In 1899, the Sisters of Mercy came to St Albans and opened a special rest…
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Inspirational Sporting Star Helps Us Raise Over £1,000!
This week, our Key Stage 2 pupils were privileged to meet Victoria Ohuruogu, the GB sprinter who has won bronze and silver medals. Victoria led an inspirational assembly in which we heard her story and…
Read MoreEgg-citing egg-speriments in Year 4!
Last week, in our Science lesson, we set up an experiment to investigate the effect of different liquids on our teeth. We realised that egg shells are a little bit like the enamel coating of…
Read MoreVisiting Old Father Thames
Year 5 have been out and about this week. Today we went into London by train to take a river boat trip along the River Thames. We walked along the south bank, from Blackfriars, to…
Read MoreYear 6’s Week!
Victoria Ohuruogu British championship medalist Victoria Ohuruogu paid SSAS a visit this Thursday. She ran a circuit training session which 4 activities: spotty dogs, mountain climbers, press ups and star jumps. The children were tired…
Read MoreY3 Planting sunflower seeds
As part of our science topic on ‘Plants’, Year 3 have gone on a nature walk around the school grounds. We have used the tree identification sheet to identify different types of trees by the…
Read MoreGlockenspieling! 🎵
Our Y2 and Y5 children have been using the Glockenspiels in their music lessons this week. The Y2 children have been learning how to read notes on a stave and have been enjoying learning 2…
Read MoreYear 1 Go Back To The Future!
This week in our History lesson, we have been comparing new cars to old cars. We were very fortunate to get a visit from Mr Cotterell, who brought in a car from the 1970’s! The…
Read MoreGaelic Football
Some of our Year 6 pupils participated in a Gaelic football tournament on Thursday 15th June. We played five matches and won four of them even though many of us had never competed in Gaelic…
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Sports Morning On Wednesday, the children were very fortunate to have visitors come in to teach a sports session. The children started with a good old-fashioned warm up of stuck in the mud before 6B…
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