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24/04/26

Year 6 welcomed Francis from Reform Restore Respect this afternoon. He told us all about prison and the importance of making the correct life choices to ensure we reach our dreams of being teachers, vets, footballers and dancers!

24/04/26

We were very lucky this week as our EYFS and KS1 children recently had the pleasure of welcoming the Night Owl team to school for a truly memorable experience. The children met a range of owls, from some of the smallest species to those with wingspans of up to 1.5 metres!

23/04/26

Year 6 had a brilliant time celebrating Schools Cricket Day practising their throwing and catching skills as well as playing some mini games!  ⁦ ⁩

23/04/26

Year 6 welcomed Adrian from Kent Cricket this afternoon as he will be delivering cricket lessons each week for Year 6 this term. Today is also schools cricket day!   

23/04/26

Elder class are loving our core text in reading lessons  ‘The Haunting of Aveline Jones’ by  . They come up with new predictions every time we read the book more! We are looking forward to the mini marathon this afternoon too!

22/04/26

Some of our KS2 children were fortunate to receive a creative writing lesson from Imran Abbas, the author of The Secret of the Soulless Kraken. It was a very inspiring lesson and they now cannot wait to read the book!

22/04/26

Year 5 had an incredible morning for their rainforest learning launch! Huge thank you to Andy for leading the workshop. The children overcame fears by interacting with some super creatures and have developed a wealth of knowledge and understanding!  

02/04/26

Upper KS2 young carers taking part in a cooking workshop run and provided by      #

01/04/26

A huge thank to  who delivered an engaging assembly to Year 4 today. The children also had the opportunity to showcase what they have learned in their history topic based around railway safety.

30/03/26

Elder class have worked hard to create a healthy balanced meal (starter and dessert).

30/03/26

Some fantastic outcomes from Year 4 last week. Their artwork based on the work of  was incredible! Their letters of persuasion, based on the book Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by  , were also a super read.

23/03/26

Today in Elder class for early morning fun we drew our weekend and listened to music.  Can you tell your child’s drawing based on what you did at the weekend together?

23/03/26

Well done to our Year 5 and 6 netball team who competed against schools across Maidstone and finished 2nd in their group. Another new team that played brilliantly together :)

23/03/26

Shoutout to our UKS2 Netball team who placed 3rd in the VIPS Tournament last week! A brand new team and they all played brilliantly together! Special shoutout for Leo for scoring 5 goals in two games!

22/03/26

Year 5 have had an incredible two weeks on a Friday afternoon - we made transient art in Forest School in Week 3, and showcased our skills in 'Beech Class has Talent' in Week 4!    

20/03/26

Year 1 had a wonderful day at Bocketts Farm. We had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of animals, learn new information, go on a tractor ride, and watch a pig race! We had the best time, thank you  ! 🚜

13/03/26

We love our new mornings 8.30-8.40 in Elder class. Today’s activity was bench ball.

13/03/26

In school we were so excited to hear about the communication Megan in Year 4 has had with the author Megan Hopkins who visited our school. Megan dressed up as one of the characters from Starminster and earned her Reading Champion badge linked to the National Year of Reading.

13/03/26

Huge congratulations to Amelia in Year 5 who has achieved her 1 mile swimming award...and is now striving for the next milestone. Well done Amelia.

13/03/26

Science club fun for LKS2! See the rainbow🌈. See the explosion 💥.   

11/03/26

We were delighted to welcome members of the community in for our first soup social event. Locals enjoyed a bowl of piping hot soup, amazing cakes, with the company of some of our pupils, taking the time to look through some of their work. Everyone had a great time! 

09/03/26

Willow Class had a wonderful World Book Day! We became authors and illustrators of our own stories. We read some of our favourite books with Year 4 and opened letters with Year 2 that they wrote when they were in Year 1. Of course, wore wonderful costumes based on a book.

06/03/26

In his spare time, Luca has created a fantastic poster of the periodic table! A Scientist in the making!

06/03/26

Amazing achievement! Well done Mia who has won an entire cabinet worth of trophies over the last 2 weeks competing in various dance competitions! She was even awarded the judges choice for what really is an incredible talent! Well done Mia 🏆

06/03/26

World Book Day in Elder class!

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Posted on: December 15th 2020

End of Term Message

Dear Parents/Carers and Guardians

Re: End of Term 2

As term 2 closes, and with that the end of 2020, I can’t help but reflect on what has been the most unimaginable year of our lives. Who would have thought an invisible enemy could have such a profound effect on an entire global nation? Despite these uncertain times, I am forever impressed with our school’s community spirit.

Since March, we have come together in many different ways: daily welfare calls from staff during lockdown; collecting, making and delivering food packages and care parcels; our very own book fairy keeping reading alive and exciting for our local community (thank you Mrs Doe) and with social media imploding with pupils and parents celebrating successes and achievements.

From the start of this academic year, I and all the staff, have been overwhelmed with the adaptability, bravery, resilience and perseverance of our families. You turning up to school every day has meant so much to us as it’s the truest sign that you trust in our health and safety procedures, policies and risk assessments. Staff have worked tirelessly to ensure we have upheld the highest safeguarding practices during these times and your recognition of that has gone a long way. Our recent parent survey says that 100% of parents feel their child does well, with 99.5% stating the school has high expectations. Furthermore, 99.5% of parents say their child is happy at our school with 99% parents feeling that their child feels safe and the behaviour is good. This positive support from parents/carers has been so lovely and at times the motivation needed to assure us that we are doing a good job. Thank you!

Some of the most memorable moments have been hearing the children’s laughter and imaginations on the playground along with their voices travelling down the corridor with their enthusiasm to share their thoughts and eagerness to know more in their learning.  The resilience shown by the children and their joy at being back at school has been infectious. Their appreciation for, and attitude towards, learning has been staggering. I am continually blown away by the high standards the children are able to produce and consequently the progress made by all has been impressive! Equally notable has been the children’s excitement to be an active voice in their school through being elected or appointed through interview for Councillors, Subject Ambassadors and Digital Leaders. We are a school that listens to its pupils.

Closely beside the children are the staff. What would our school be without them? I am so very lucky to work with incredible colleagues. Despite everything, staff turn up with a smile on their face with a deep-rooted belief that all children deserve the very best; day in – day out. The commitment to delivering a quality of education was transferred via online learning too. COVID wasn’t going to stop us! Many thanks to the commitment and open-mindedness to Mrs Church, Miss Hookey and Mrs Pickard for their achievements with this. I am so very proud of what has been achieved and of the warm, welcoming, supportive and exciting learning environment we have all created together. We are striving for excellence here at Aylesford and with pastoral care alone, we have achieved this.

During our return to school, the participation from you all to our local, national and international communities has been tremendous: supporting HelloYellow for Mental Health; Odd Socks day for Anti-Bullying; UK based Children in Need and Christmas Jumper Day for Save the Children. Collectively raising £1228.45. This is brilliant!

To add to this, our dedicated PTA continue to raise much needed funds for our school through a variety of exciting (and COVID-friendly) activities: Halloween spoons; Light Up Aylesford; Christmas raffle, Christmas cake design and Christmas Jumper Day have all gone ahead with great involvement from you all. I never knew so much creativity could come from a wooden spoon! It has been superb watching the PTA grow in numbers and with that new and exciting ideas. Thank you to everyone who has been involved with this so far.

Most recently we showed our respects to those who fought for us by making and displaying poppies at St Peter and St Paul’s local church for Remembrance Day. And in the spirit of Christmas, we have continued to show respect, thoughtfulness and generosity. Our reverse advent calendar has been growing daily and the generosity in donating to others has really shone through. Mrs Adams and Miss Featherstone continue to make parcels up ready for distribution on Wednesday.

As we approach Christmas, I feel very fortunate to be the Headteacher of such a united community. For it’s not the Christmas wrappings, nor the gifts that lie within, but the gift of love to others in every way.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

With warm wishes,

Miss L Stevens

Headteacher

 

Points of Interest

Dates:

  • For now, we are continuing to have PPA on a Wednesday afternoon, with school closing at 1.15pm or 1.30pm, and this will be reviewed during Term 3.
  • Your child returns to school on 5 January 2021.

Christmas:

  • Twitter page has lots of photos and videos of what the children have been up to in the build up to Christmas: https://twitter.com/VIPSAylesford
  • You can view the children singing a Christmas song to you via our website: https://www.aylesford.viat.org.uk Also available on our Facebook, YouTube and Twitter page.
  • Christmas dress up day Wednesday 16 December
  • Wednesday 16 December at 9am, we are holding a Virtual Carol Karaoke. Please see our schedule below:
  1. Year R: Santa Clause is Coming to Town
     
  2. Whole School: Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
     
  3. Year 1 and Year 2: Away in a Manager
     
  4. Whole School: All I want for Christmas
     
  5. Year 3 & Year 4: Silent Night
     
  6. Whole School: Jingle Bells
     
  7. Year 6 & Year 5: Merry Christmas Everyone
     
  8. Grand Finale: 12 Days of Christmas (each class has a different day to sing/dance)

Lunches:

  • Year 5 and Year 6 will have the option of a take-out lunch every day when we return. A special offer Cucina have out in following pupil’s feedback. We are excited to see this transition.
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