World Book Day 2022

 

KS2 WBD costume winners

In Year 3 we read the story of Icarus and designed our own illuminated letters. We also read the book Leon and the places between and designed and made our own box with magical things inside.

PTA Book Sale

World Book Day 2022- Mr Smith!!!

Some of the best class captions were –

 

Mr Smith's new teaching techniques have really taken off

 

Super Smith flies into work for World Book Day

 

Full of beans, Mr Smith takes off

 

Mr Smith in full flight during his lesson 

Year 4 - IPC Entry Point

To start our new topic, Feel the Force, Year 4 were challenged to build a marble run using recycled materials!

Each team had to design and build a marble run which had:

• an obstacle or lever that changed the direction of the marble

• a drop where the marble falls

• a resting or stopping point at the end of the run 

We thought about how we could use the forces around us to control and manipulate how the marble travelled along our marble runs.

E- Safety Advice For Parents This Week!

 

Year 2- IPC Entry Point

Today the children started their new topic ‘Treasure Island’ all about Pirates! The children had to guess what the topic was about by playing a variety of games. 

The children played ‘Island Hopping’ and ‘Captain’s Commands’. Then the children each got to draw parts of a pirate on a 3-part pirate picture. Finally, they enjoyed painting different pirate pictures on Purple Mash.  

 

Year 2 - Enrichment Trip to Chatham Dockyard

 

Dear Parents,

 

Re: Home Study Support for Years 5 & 6

 

We are delighted to inform you that Kent County Council’s “Reconnect: Kent Children and Young People” programme is providing an exciting, free, Home Study Support initiative starting on 1st March 2022.

 

Delivered by Kent based Invicta National Academy these free voluntary Zoom sessions are available for your child to drop in to and ask their maths and English homework questions or to stay and get support for the whole hour. Sessions are run by qualified teachers with experienced teaching assistants on hand to help. There will be a focus topic for each session and children are encouraged to come with their subject based questions.

 

During the sessions cameras are switched off and communication is via the Q&A function, which is only visible to your child and the teacher and lesson facilitator. Where possible, your child may communicate via the microphone if they would like to; this is controlled by the lesson facilitator.

 

There is no commitment to attend, your child can join as many sessions as they wish using the zoom link provided and can join, leave, and re-join as many times as they wish using the same link.

 

To register your child and receive your free virtual Home Study Support link please click on the link below.  It takes less than a minute!

 

Click here to register

https://www.invictaacademy.com/homestudysupport

 

 

Home Study Support timetable for Years 5 & 6 starting 1st March 2022

 

Tuesdays:     Maths 5-6pm & English 6-7pm

Thursdays:    Maths 5-6pm & English 6-7pm

 

We hope you will encourage your children to take advantage of this exciting new opportunity,

 

 

Year 1 - IPC Entry Point A-B

This term, Year 1's IPC topic is "From A to B." We will be learning about vehicles, transportation and how things move. For our entry point we made paper aeroplanes. We first had a go at making our own, which we tested to see if they would fly. We followed instructions and in teams, made one aeroplane to test. We then had a tournament to see how far they flew, whether they could fly through a hoop and whether they could make a safe landing in a hoop. It was a lot of fun!  

Year 3- IPC Entry Point "Shake it"

Last week the Year 3 children had a scientific day filled of experiments! They learnt how to make cheese using milk and lemon juice and how to make butter using cream. 

Events coming up this term

World Book Day -  3rd March (dress as your favourite book character for the day)

Zoolab Workshop for Nursery and Reception - Friday 4th March

Science Week W/B 14th March 

Red Nose Day - Friday 18th March (wear red and donate a £1)  

TPAT Lego competition - 22nd March (invite only)

Reminder

Thursday 31st March finish at 1.30pm- break up for Easter holiday

School Closed- INSET DAY - Friday 1st April 

Easter Lunch - 30th March

 

Star Writers!

 

E- Safety Support For Parents

 

COVID Update

Dear Parents and Carers, 

From Thursday 24 February, the Government will remove the legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive test. Adults and children who test positive will continue to be advised to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for at least 5 full days. They should then continue to follow the guidance until they have received 2 negative test results on consecutive days.

If your child has a confirmed positive test for Coronavirus can you please report the absence on the school website under the tab "Reporting Absence".

As always, can I thank you for your continued support through what has been a very difficult time. I hope we can now look forward with renewed optimism to things can finally returning to normal. 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Jack