Category: Abbots Hill School
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Carols at St Albans Abbey
Yesterday was the annual Abbots Hill Carol Service at St Albans Abbey. Despite getting to the Abbey about an hour early I only managed to get a seat behind a gigantic pillar, couldn’t see a thing for the whole service but the girls did sound lovely and suddenly I’m feeling a bit more festive.…
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Abbots Hill School Christmas Fair
We’ve moved on from just having a stall at Maddies school fair to setting up a pop up studio mostly so people can have photos taken with suitably silly Christmas props but also because it helps promote my St Albans photo studio better. After I had put the mini studio together Maddie helped me get the lighting…
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Abbots Hill Sports Day
Another year, another sports day although this year without the Olympics theme of last year. Same events though and despite a good performance from Maddie (well I would say that) her clan finished last. Still Maddie did win her heat of the sack race and with a 2nd and 3rd in the running and skipping…
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The Lion King
One of the problems of private schools is the stupid amounts of holidays the children get – 20 weeks a year off! Thankfully there are a myriad of clubs, workshops and camps that have sprung up to amuse the kids and let us adults carry on working! (Not to mention playdates with classmates etc) One…
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A grade student
Maddie just got her latest school report and we are delighted with it. A great improvement all round with A’s (achievement) and 1’s (effort) scattered liberally throughout. She has been putting in lots of extra work off her own back as she is determined to get a progress award at prize giving. In addition she…
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Teacher’s Pet
I’m not sure why it’s happened but all of a sudden Maddie is super keen to do additional project work on top of her normal homework. It seems the incentive of class/clan points has turned them all into super swots! Actually its nice to see Maddie get so interested in her school work so this…
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Nativity
As Maddie is now in year 2 we got reserved seats at the front which was great.Unfortunately cameras were banned at Maddie’s nativity play (unless your the videographer selling dvd’s at £18 a pop) but I did get this sneaky one with my phone and you can see Maddie at the back in her role…
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Homework
Now when I was a kid growing up I don’t think I got any homework until secondary school unlike Maddie who has had some form of homework pretty much from the moment she started school! Actually a really good idea as it won’t come as so much of a shock! Mostly just reading, spelling and…
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Playing in the woods
With Mette being away this week I was on school run duty. Maddie has taken to playing in the woods after school with her friends (seen here with Matilda). They seem to be on a mission to find the big bad wolf who apparently hangs out there! At least its fair to say Maddie has…
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First day at Abbots Hill
Funny how things work out. When Maddie didn’t get accepted into reception at the school she was at, settled in to and only 5 mins walk away (hey thanks Herts CC) we were quite disappointed. Rather than take their kind offer of a school miles away we decided to go private. Today was her first…