Saturday 11th May at 2pm
This years mental health awareness week has the theme of “Moving more for our mental health”. To kick start the week, we invite the whole Townsend community to join us for a family fun run (or walk or jog!). Help us raise community spirit whilst also raising money for one of our school charities.
More information coming soon!
Mrs Scott
Student and Family Wellbeing Lead
Please complete the short google form to give reasons why you believe school attendance is important.
https://forms.gle/C5q78E1r3GXM9FMo7
Thank you,
Miss Gibbons
Assistant Headteacher
We have a range of sanitary pads and tampons for you to choose from.
Please either give the office a call on: 01727 853047 or email us on: admin@townsend.herts.sch.uk and we will put aside the products for you.
Kind Regards,
Miss Stuckey
It will be taking place this year on Friday 22nd March from 7.00pm in our school hall.
A range of our students from year 7 – 13 will be showing off their talents through singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, gymnastic performances, poetry, acting, including a sneak preview of what’s to come in this summer’s school show!
If you would like to purchase tickets, here is how you purchase them:
Tickets are £5 per adult and £3 per child and can be purchased on School Gateway (please do not send cash to school). On School Gateway, please calculate the correct amount for the number of adult and child tickets you require. For example, if you require three adult tickets please pay £15 in the adult section, if you require two child tickets please pay £6 in the child section. The numbers are limited to 250 spaces and will be sold on a first come, first served basis. To gain entry upon arrival on the performance night, your name will be checked against our master payment list.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Mrs Aubrey
Head of PE
These have included the following:
• Four year Unifrog subscription. This benefits all year groups, with advice on career choices, apprentice applications, and PSHE.
• A Yamaha keyboard and stand for the main hall for concerts, shows and practise for student instrumental improvement.
• PA equipment for the main hall and lecture theatre.
• A Book vending machine. Which is placed in the foyer for students to borrow books.
• School Christmas trees.
In January 2024 The PTA has given a donation to the Discovery Centre in excess of £10,000 to enable the library to purchase up to date fiction and non-fiction reading materials for all ages.
It has been agreed that a small annual donation will be given to continue the updating of reading materials.
The PTA are delighted that our fundraising efforts have made such positive contribution to all Townsend students. We look forward to continuing to do so in the future.
Many Thanks,
PTA
We had a large variety of activities taking place, ranging from author visits, to our masked reader event, to our form door competitions. Even our Sixth Formers took part in dressing up as book characters to celebrate the day!
All the students taking part had a great time and enjoyed the different book related competitions and events that took place throughout the day.
Make sure to keep a look out on our social media platforms to see all the activities that students got up to!
To celebrate this, we will be running a few fundraising events throughout the week. Starting on Monday, students will be able to guess how many sweets there are in a jar, with each guess costing 20p. Students are also encouraged to buy Red Nose Day merchandise from school gateway and then wear that into school on Friday.
Finally, our big event will be a Teacher vs Student dance off, held on Friday 15th March! There will be sign up sheets across the school and we are also going to send out a google form for students to register their interest on. It will cost 50p to watch the dance off, which will be held on the upper courts at lunch time. Viewers will then have the opportunity to choose the winner of the dance off at the end!
We hope to see you there!
Ellie C, Head Student
The next Hertfordshire Schools’ Gala Concert will take place on Sunday 23rd March 2025.
The 2025 Gala theme is ‘For the Record…’, celebrating music across generations and exploring what music means to today’s young people. There will be a new commission written for this event and HMS want to shape this by showcasing students’ musical interests and leaving a mark on the last 30 years of music and the Hertfordshire Schools’ Gala.
If you would like to join Gala Youth Focus Group to collaborate on thoughts and ideas for planning aspects of the Gala including staging, programming, lighting, sound and more please apply by 22 March. Applicants must be aged 15 or over.
Ms Merser
Head of Music
Mrs Sibley
Inclusion Manager
