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  • End of term

    Published 04/04/25

    As we come to the end of a busy Spring term I would like to thank all of you for your support; we have received so many positive messages from families this term and it has been lovely to be able to share these with the staff team. We are yet to receive our draft Ofsted report, following our visit in March, but we will share it with you as soon as we are able to.

    On behalf of the staff team, and I’m sure the whole school community, I would like to thank the Governors and the Friends of Tannery Drift for their dedication and commitment which makes such a difference to our community.

    I very much hope that you will have the opportunity to enjoy some of the sunny weather we are expecting over the next few days and that you are able to spend time with family over the Easter break. If you are looking for ideas of local activities to keep the children busy, do check the Listing and the Royston Museum website.

    We look forward to seeing you all when the Summer term begins on Tuesday 22nd April.

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  • Artsmark Gold Award

    Published 28/03/25
    We are delighted to announce we have been given a Gold Artsmark Award by the Arts Council England, in recognition of the school’s commitment to fostering creativity in drama, dance, music and art, throughout the school. The Arts Council comm
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  • Rocksteady Concert

    Published 28/03/25
    On Wednesday, parents and carers were treated to a rock concert featuring our five Rocksteady bands.  The confidence the children showed was amazing, especially considering for many of them this was their first time performing on stage.  We
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  • Drumba

    Published 21/03/25

    On Friday, children in Years 1-4 had the opportunity to have a go at Zumba – a high energy exercise combining drumming, music and movement. The workshops were great fun, and the children brought a lot of energy to the sessions!
    Thank you to Miss Watts for organising the day.

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  • Colour Run Inspired by Holi

    Published 21/03/25

    On Thursday, the children in Reception took part in a Colour Run in the sunshine, inspired by their learning about the Hindu festival of Holi. As you can see, the children and staff had a wonderful time!

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  • Red Nose Day – Friday 21st March

    Published 17/03/25

    Friday 21st March is Red Nose Day for Comic Relief.  Children are welcome to come to school in their red noses, red clothing and PE kits that day.

    From Monday 17th March a limited number Red Noses will be available to buy from the School Office for a cash donation of £2.50 to Comic Relief (exact change if possible, please!). Once we have sold out we won't have any more stock, but noses are being sold online by the charity in the Comic Relief Shop.

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  • World Book Day 2025

    Published 07/03/25

    Thursday was World Book Day and, as always, the children at Tannery Drift fully embraced the day!  We were delighted to see so many fun costumes based on such a wide range of books.  Thank you to parents and carers for supporting with this.

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  • Family Toolkit Parenting Course

    Published 13/02/25

    Hertfordshire Family Centre are running a parenting course for parents/carers of children aged 3–9 years old.  This will take place in the Tannery Drift new building from 10am-12pm, starting Wednesday 26th February, for four weeks.

    Parents/carers will learn strategies to positively respond to their child’s needs, behaviour and get the best out of family life. 

    Families will need to register with the Hertfordshire Family Centre to attend this course:

    Registration Form

    For further information, or if you would like to attend, please contact Ms Kerr, our Family Support Worker, at familysupport@tannerydrift.herts.sch.uk or call 01763 246549. 

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  • World Book Day competition!

    Published 07/02/25

    We are running a competition, to be judged on World Book Day. This will be to create a 'Book in a Box' or 'Book in a Jar', and we will present a £5 book voucher to the winners in each year group, this can be redeemed at our Scholastic Book Fair on 6th and 7th March.
    You can include carefully chosen items to represent your book, such as quotes, or clues about its characters or setting. There is no obligation to enter, but if your child would like to do so, please make sure their entry is in school, with their name clearly marked underneath, by Wednesday 5th March.

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  • Stretchy Hands ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Published 30/01/25

    As part of PSHE, Year 1 have been creating “Stretchy Hands” inspired by flowers. These reflect how sometimes we have to stretch ourselves in our learning to reach our goals.  Don’t they look great!

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  • Three red chinese lanterns , made from card, placed on a table. The lanterns have gold paper handles and names written in mandarin characters.

    Chinese New Year Celebrations

    Published 30/01/25

    Pelican class have made beautiful Chinese lanterns and even written their names on them using Mandarin characters.

    Elsewhere in school, Reception classes learned a small part of the Chinese New Year dragon dance. They had so much fun dancing and wearing the dragon costume. 

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  • Friends of Tannery Drift School (FTDS)

    Published 24/01/25

    On Monday we held our first meeting of 2025 and discussed past and future events and the best ways to spend our funds. Last term we raised over £5K which was an incredible achievement!

     

    This term we are hoping to hold a Cake Sale and a Spring Disco. More information and a request for helpers will be announced in the coming weeks.

     

    If you have an idea on how we should spend our funding, or are interested in running an event for FTDS, please do contact us on friendsoftannerydriftschool@gmail.com. Without volunteers we cannot continue to run events to enrich the lives of all our children.

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