📰📸🎉 Enjoy our Headteacher's wrap-up of news, events and pictures from a fantastic Spring Term at #Hertswood on our website at www.hertswoodacademy.org/121/news/post/448/spring-term-wrap-up

🎞️✨ "One quiet act of courage changed history. This dance honours Rosa Parks’ refusal to move, turning stillness into strength." 💖

Enjoy #Hertswood 's Dance Live! 2026 video.

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💎🧁 Mrs Gill hosted a special tea party for #Hertswood 's first Diamond Award winners of the year! These six students have already earned over 2,000 House Points. Joined by school dog Ada 🐶, they enjoyed an array of well-deserved treats.

✨ Mr Gillett hosted a Year 7 assembly at #Hertswood on achieving excellence through hard work, sharing the story of an 'Expert in a Year' table tennis player. Students even took on him and Miss Elvins in a mini-match to win Amazon vouchers! 🏓

✨ #Hertswood dancers were incredible at Dance Live! 2026 at The Swan Theatre. They performed a moving piece about the courage of Rosa Parks, with great sensitivity and teamwork. We are so proud of their dedication and the support they showed other schools. 🏆

🩺 Inspiring talks for our aspiring healthcare professionals! Huge thanks to Max Yip from OpSurg and alumna Neşe Beyzade for sharing their journeys into medicine and nursing with our Year 12 and 13 students. Great advice for the next generation of #Hertswood medics! 🏥✨

📸 More from World Book Day 2026 at #Hertswood! A* for effort. 📚🤩

📚 Yesterday #Hertswood celebrated World Book Day 2026 in style! From Matilda to Harry Potter, students and staff showcased incredible costumes to celebrate a love of reading. Well done to our staff winner, Maleficent! Year 7 winners will be announced next Wednesday. 📖✨

🫀🔬 Saffron Green Primary visited #Hertswood for a heart dissection workshop last week. As part of our transition offer, Year 6 students explored the four chambers and the aorta in our labs. We were impressed by their curiosity and engagement during this hands-on session!

💡 Year 8 have designed and manufactured impressive lamps in Product Design. From studying iconic movements like Pop Art to using CAD/CAM and vacuum forming, students showed great skill. Mrs Robertson is very proud of these high quality #Hertswood outcomes! 🛠️✨

✨ After a successful bid to the DfE's ‘Connect the Classroom’ programme, #Hertswood has invested £150k+ into upgraded wireless, installed over the half-term. This continues our commitment to top-tier technology to support teaching and learning for our students and staff. 💻

🎭🪧 Year 8 Drama students at #Hertswood have mastered the art of Brechtian theatre! Focusing on placards and clear messaging, they created powerful performances on topics like internet safety. Well done to our winners and all our performers who earned House points for their creative work.

🕯️ Year 7 #Hertswood students were joined by Debra Barnes from @Gen2GenUK for a moving talk on her family’s Holocaust testimony.

The visit brought their literacy studies of Morris Gleitzman's 'Once' to life, teaching vital lessons on the dangers of hatred. 🙏

🚀 Year 7 enjoyed an inspiring assembly with Executive Headteacher Mr Gillett this term, exploring the future of technology. He also celebrated our subject award winners for their fantastic effort last term. Great to see #Hertswood students continuing to 'Aim High'! 🎓

🥁🎁 A huge thank you to Elstree resident Duncan Fullerton for the generous donation of a complete drum kit to our Music Department! The kit is already being put to great use by #Hertswood students during our after-school Open Access practice sessions.

🎭 30 Year 9s enjoyed a memorable trip to 'Into the Woods' at the Bridge Theatre last week. From stunning costumes to inspiring sets, our students were captivated by an outstanding live musical experience. They represented #Hertswood with pride and left feeling truly impacted. 🎶

🏆 Twelve Year 7 students from #Hertswood visited Wodson Park for a multi-sport event to build confidence and teamwork. They met an England Wallball player and tried Quidditch and Blazepods, finishing with a brilliant bronze medal! Well done to the great team of students. 🥉✨

🤝✨ #Hertswood was thrilled to welcome Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice and receive thanks from Hertfordshire Mind Network for our 2025 fundraising. We are so proud of our staff and students' dedication to supporting these vital specialist care services.

✨🎁 In the lead-up to the holidays, we were moved by the generosity of the #Hertswood community. From personalised gifts for students making great progress to our annual staff gift collection, it was a joy to see our students and their families supported.

🌳🦺 Recently we welcomed Gristwood & Toms back to #Hertswood for an engaging Year 11 careers talk. Students explored apprenticeships in arboriculture, learned about safety at height, and even tried out the equipment. A fantastic insight into the industry!

🌿📸 Year 10 and 12 #Hertswood Photography students enjoyed their annual trip to Kew Gardens last term! They captured some incredible shots of the botanical collections and the Temperate House. Well done to everyone involved for such a creative day out.

🪩✨ We had a fantastic end to last term for Year 7 at their reward disco in the #Hertswood Theatre! Students earned tickets through House Points and enjoyed a great night with DJ Miss Sammi. Our thanks to everyone involved. 🙏

🎨 Since September, six Year 11 Youth Ambassadors have worked with 'The Sandbox' to promote wellbeing at #Hertswood. Their '5 Ways to Wellbeing' poster is now live on screens around the Academy, and we look forward to seeing more from them in the coming months! 🌟

🎖️ #Hertswood is incredibly proud of our Exams Officer, Ms Inwood, who has been awarded a British Empire Medal for her 14 years of dedicated leadership as Chair of Leecliffe Big Local. A well-deserved recognition for her amazing service to her community!

💬 Some of our favourite quotes from our most recent Ofsted report, in which #Hertswood received Good in All Areas! ✨

❄️✨🙏 It's been a wonderful Winter Term at #Hertswood and we are excited to share some of the highlights with you!

Find our Headteacher's full wrap-up of pictures and news from the Academy at hertswoodacademy.org.

🏆 A fantastic week of assemblies at #Hertswood celebrating our students' Aspiration, Integrity and Resilience this term. Congratulations to our Students of the Term and all award winners as they head off for a well-deserved Christmas break! 🎄🌟

❄️🎄🐶 Seasons Greetings from Ada and everyone at #Hertswood! Look forward to our wrap-up of all the news and events from a fantastic Winter Term at the Academy, releasing tomorrow.

❄️🐶 School dog Ada did a fantastic job in her photoshoot for this year's #Hertswood Christmas Card, and was well rewarded with treats for her effort and patience!
We look forward to sharing this year's card next week, as a wonderful winter term comes to a close. 🎄

Fantastic 51-8 victory for the #Hertswood Year 9 basketball team away at Yavneh College this week! They’re now 3-1 in the District League, giving them a great chance to make the final. Amazing effort from the team! 🏀⛹️