Welcome to Watling View School, a 2-19 maintained special school in St Albans, Herts catering for pupils with complex and profound learning difficulties.
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Joined June 2018
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Comic Relief Day Reminder
It is Comic Relief tomorrow. Pupils may wear either red clothing or non school uniform and bring in a donation of £1
On our Winter Sports Day, parents were invited to come and enjoy the fun too. Our gym was converted into an ice rink for skating, tobogganing, curling and snowflake hunting. To warm everyone up, hot chocolate and biscuits were the order of the day.
It was a fabulous day!
Nativity - Friday 15th December
A huge well done and thank you to everyone for your effort in making this morning’s performance a success. It was wonderful to see our pupils once again rise to the occasion on the big stage, in front of a record-breaking crowd of just over 100!
Xmas lunch - 12th & 13th December
The theme for these two days was ‘Red & Green’ and the children could wear a Christmas jumper for the day.
We had a wonderful time and a special thank you goes to our kitchen staff for a delicious lunch!
🎄Dressing the Xmas Trees - Monday 4th Dec 2023🎄
Pupils had a fun afternoon decorating and dressing the two Christmas trees kindly donated by Burston Garden Centre. What a beautiful job they did!
Christmas Market - Please join us on Wednesday 6th December 9:30-1:30pm at St Albans Market on St Peter's Street, for our Christmas market stall. We will be selling a lovely selection of gifts, as shown below, handmade by our students.
We look forward to seeing you there!
St Albans Theme Day⛪️
We enjoyed a tour around St Albans Cathedral using visual worksheets, taking part in art activities and engaging with interactive activities such as dressing up as Romans. Some students loved dressing up!
A great and immersive community visit was had by all!
Watling View’s student School Council
Class representatives got together on Friday 6th October to meet each other and learn about their roles this year. They will ask their class some questions about lunch time and playground activities and what they would we like to see more of.
National TA's Day '23
Teaching Personnel created National TAs’ Day in 2012 to recognise the vital work that TA's do in our classrooms every day.
Today we are celebrating all the amazing hard work and dedication they show our students in support of their education.
Thank you TA's!
Lower Middle School and Early years had an amazing trip to Gravely Fruit Farm picking strawberries, playing in the sand pit, running across huge bouncy pillows and enjoying a bumpy tractor ride! We were blown away by the beautiful site, range of activities and the lovely staff!
On Thursday 15th June we held the Watling View Carnival. This was a colourful and joyous outdoor extravaganza that began with a BBQ lunch, before pupils spent the afternoon watching and performing dance routines in the playground while a live band played a mix of popular tunes.
Peace Garden - June 2023
This week we have seen the exciting completion of our Peace Garden, a joint project with Manor Lodge School. They have been fundraising for the last two years, to gift us the money to be able to create this amazing space. Thank you to Manor Lodge School!
A group of Middle School students are going sailing at Rickmansworth Aquadrome every Wednesday afternoon for the summer term.
They've had a great start to the season, some trying out sailing and others the Kata canoe. The weather has been kind so far, we hope this continues!
Sports Day - 18th May 2023
Our students had a great time trying out different activities such as wheelbarrow racing, water balloons and basketball skills. We were fantastically supported by Sports Leaders from Samuel Ryder and our many parents who came too.
* Apollo Archery - Tuesday 16th May 2023 *
Voyagers had an amazing time trying out a fantastic new sport. With the support of Josh and Bob, the coaches they managed to hit the target multiple time. They all really enjoyed trying a new sport.
* Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Opportunity *
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