Miss Loveridge and Ms Smith are Laurel Lane's Middle Leadership and they support the personal development of the school. Each half term, they will provide an update on all of their hard work.

Autumn Term 2026

We have had a very busy half term setting up new opportunities for our pupils. 

Prefects

The children applied to be prefects and were chosen as a result of their behaviour and attitude in classes. 

6CB: Gursees , Indiana , Navtej , Demi , Alannis  & Adnan 

6HS: Nevaeh, Jaron , Aisha , Rayaan , Sophie , Nabeeha , Freddie , Nhyria  & Athan

 

House Captains: 

These year 6 pupils have been chosen because they have earned the most house-points during their entire time at Laurel Lane. 

 

Blue House	Muhammad and Rayaan
Green House	Navtej and Alannis
Red House	Adnan and Nabeeha
Yellow House	Gursees and Nevaeh

 

School Council: 

School Council members have been selected and voted for their classes to represent their classes in discussions and decision making. They have had their first meeting and are ready to make a difference to school life. 

1AK – Ayat 

2ML – Vinnie 

3SW - Dana 

4AM – Delilah 

5JR - Isaac 

6HS – Jaron 

6CB – Hussain 

 

Eco-Warriors: 

Classes voted for children to represent their classes as Eco Warriors. Their first meeting will be next week. 

1AK – Ryszard 

2ML – Kiara 

3SW – Sienna 

4AM – Emily 

5JR – Israa 

6HS – Evie-Mai 

6CB - Demi 

 

Well-Being Ambassadors: 

Class teachers are in the process of selecting Well-Being Ambassadors to help other children around the school. If someone is hurt, unsafe or very upset they will get an adult. The overall purpose of their role is to help make Laurel Lane a happy, welcoming and inclusive school where everyone feels that they belong. More information will follow soon. 

Flourish Friday Feedback 

This half term, we were very excited to begin ‘Flourish Fridays’. This is an opportunity for the children to participate in a range of extra-curricular clubs to develop their well-being, confidence and enjoyment in a range of activities.

Years 1-3 could choose from: 

• Art 

• Dance 

• Yoga 

• Construction 

Years 4 – 6 could choose from: 

• Coding 

• Lego 

• Choir 

• Art 

Here is what the children had to say about their experience of Flourish Friday so far: 

“It makes you do lots of creative pictures and its realistic” Eliannah (Art Club) 

“It helps you get energised” Kiara (Dance Club) 

“It’s good for learning and it makes you healthy” Charlotte (Yoga) 

“I like building” Dorian (Construction club) 

Coding Club – “Coding club is very, very, very fun because people get to use Tinkercad to design and create things. Tinkercad is a great website” Gobind 

Art Club (Years 1-4) “Art club is cool because you get to make stuff. I made a dog and a butterfly” Amiyah 

Lego Club – “I think it’s amazing because you can create things using your imagination” Abdul 

Choir – “It is very fun to learn how to sing & learn low pitch and high pitch – when you sing it feels good and calm” Fatima 

After half term, the pupils will have the opportunity to have a different club to experience. 

I think you will all agree that ‘Flourish Friday’ has been a success and is having a positive impact on our pupils here at Laurel Lane. 

Black History Month: 

Next week, your children will be learning about key historical black men and women that changed the course of history through their bravery and actions. Each year group will study a different individual and we will be combining our work in a display – photos to follow. Please talk to your children about what they have found out. 

EYFS – Rosa Parks – Civil rights activist   

Year 1 – Mary Seacole – nurse,   

Year 2 – Aretha Franklin – musician, activist   

Year 3 – Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE – space scientist   

Year 4 – Maya Angelou – poet/playwright, activist   

Year 5 –Martin Luther King – Civil Rights Activist  

Year 6 – Marcus Rashford, footballer and free school meals activist