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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!

05/03/26

For the last 10 minutes of the day, Elder class took their new World Book Day books outside to start reading!

04/03/26

Elder class had a lovely PE lesson in the sunshine this afternoon playing a version of Quidditch for World Book day/Week! It was great fun and the children played brilliantly. Just a shame we didn’t have flying broomsticks!

02/03/26

Wow! What an afternoon Year 6 have had sharing our writing with the residents at the RBLI. It was truly heartwarming to see the children so engrossed in stories from the residents and how proud they were to show their writing.

02/03/26

Year 4 have been busy in their art lessons producing work based on the techniques of the artist Daniel Mackie. They have been inspired by the natural world. Well done Year 4!

27/02/26

Our Safer Internet Day work has continued into the new term. KS1 have been creating an online safety plan whilst KS2 have been thinking about how to use AI safely.

26/02/26

Look away now if squeamish! This afternoon Year 6 learned all about our heart and even got to dissect a pig’s heart linking to our science topic and book in English.

18/02/26

In Week 6, Aylesford hosted a Performing Arts VIAT Masterclass for all the primaries. The children had an incredible time and, after warm up games, and developing their body language and facial expressions,  performed 'Naughty' (from the musical Matilda)!

13/02/26

We love to celebrate sport at VIPS Aylesford and this week has been no exception. Livvy in year 6 proudly represented our school when she played for the Tonbridge and Malling District under 11 girls team in a match against Crystal Palace. Keep following your dream!

13/02/26

We continue to follow the journey of Taylor in Year 3. Last weekend she took part in the All England Open Championships in the famous tower in Blackpool. Her ballroom and latin American dances earned her medals which she was proud to share in school.

13/02/26

For Safer Internet Day this week we enjoyed an assembly delivered by our digital leaders and completed   activities in classrooms. Our Yr 5 & 6 pupils took part in a Digital Detox and were challenged to stay off social media for 24 hours. Well done to those who managed! 

13/02/26

Number day 2026 raising money for 

12/02/26

Some of our Year 5 and 6 girls took part in a ‘This Girl Can’ event this week which aims to promote gender equality in sports and encourage girls to participate more. They had a brilliant time and represented the school perfectly - go on girls!

12/02/26

Well done to our UKS2 Athletics team for achieving 3rd place last week! 🥉

12/02/26

🥉Bronze medals for our KS1 Athletics team this week! Well done!

06/02/26

THIRD PLACE 🥉 for our amazing UKS2 athletics team this week! Well done!

05/02/26

Year 4, Birch class have been busy sewing in their DT lessons. They have designed and made t-shirts for Bella, our reading bear. A wonderful link between DT and the National Year of Reading. Well done Year 4.

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Posted on: February 12th 2021

'Fractured Fairy Tales' Competition

In the run up to half term Valley Invicta Academies Trust (VIAT) is launching a ‘Fractured Fairy Tales’ competition for students across all its nine schools.

The idea was inspired when students from our School of Science and Technology Maidstone (SST) were set a task to write their own 200 word story which took a classic fairy tale and added a twist, changed characters, or made it more modern.

The story submissions were so good that we thought all students should have the opportunity to take part and create their own fractured fairy tale.

You can see some examples of the SST stories on the school website - https://www.sstmaidstone.viat.org.uk/2724/fractured-fairy-tales

So, whether you are at one of our VIAT primary schools or secondary schools, please give this challenge a go if you wish! We will be giving a prize of a £25 Waterstones gift card to the writer of the best fractured fairy tale in both the primary and secondary category.

Please note, entering this competition is optional. You can find all the details below.

Good luck!

CHALLENGE:

Craft your own 200 word 'Fractured Fairy Tale' - a tale that takes a classic fairy tale and adds a twist, changes characters, or makes it more modern.

Think outside the box – perhaps you could include one of the following elements:

  • Write your fairy tale from a different perspective? E.g. be the bowl of porridge in Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
  • Set your fairy tale in an alternate universe?
  • Choose an unlikely hero/villain?
  • Add an exciting twist?
  • Incorporate characters from different fairy tales?

Please send your entries to: fracturedfairytales@viat.org.uk

Be sure to include your name, year group, school and a contact email address.

CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 12 MARCH 2021.

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