Primary Award Winners: Spring 2022

Here is a round-up of the awarded so far in the spring term of 2022.   Each successful application has to satisfy our award criteria which you can find here.  We wish all the schools every success with their wonderful projects and are very pleased to have helped them "make a big difference with a little money".

 

School Focus Area Project Amount (£)
Brookmans Park Primary   Multi-focus All-day assemblies/workshops by global adventurer, James Ketchel to inspire and develop risk-taking, resilience and resourcefulness. 500
Cassiobury Junior Effective/Outdoor L. A  greenhouse to enable learning about biodiversity, healthy eating etc. 1000
The Grange Academy English Various magazine subscriptions for each year group inc. National Geographic, How it Works and The Week Junior. 1000
St. Meryl English 4 iPads for the library to help with research, book search and large print/audio access 1000
St. John's RC (Baldock) Multi-focus Healthy Bodies/Minds Day:  PE, wellbeing drama and cookery specialist workshops 1000
Maple Grove STEM 5 iPads for small groups and Tapestry learning journal 1000
Cockernhoe English Little Wandle phonics membership, readers and resources 959
Moss Bury Multi-Focus Books and resources to start 4 after-school clubs 439
Watling View PE Equipment for their soft-play room to develop communication and gross motor skills 1000
Harvey Road STEM 15 Freenove Ultimate Starter Kits for BBC micro:bit computers to develop understanding of components and coding 960
Hillshott Infants English Membership of Little Wandle Phonics Scheme to embed a consistent phonics curriculum across the school. 995
Hertingfordbury Cowper C/E English Three sets of Little Wandle Phonics decodable readers to enable home reading and catch-up. 1000
Holy Family Multi-Focus Initial equiping of outdoor play area to aid communication, social and physical skills. 1000
Wareside Effective/Outdoor L. Equipment to set up a Forest School to enhance wellbeing and build social skills, independence and problem solving. 999
Shenley English 3 sets of Read/Write Inc.  phonics books to reduce sharing, facilitate books being taken home and catch-up sessions. 946
St. Michael's Woolmer Grn. STEM 8 Asus laptops for children to use in the classroom for presenting work, research and IT skills. 1000
St. Pauls Catholic English Outdoor library, bean bags and book sets to promote and support leisure-time reading and study/homework. 1000
Thundridge English A wide range of diverse and subject specific books to expose pupils to a wider range of genres, people, backgrounds and alternative professions. 1000
Offley English A  school-branded book vending machine for lending prize books to encourage reading at home and facilitate author focus periods. 1000
Hoblett's Manor English A school-branded book vending machine to encourage reading at all levels and create a talking point about current "on-trend" books. 1000