29/04/26

Year 2 are loving learning about coil pots so far! They've started by practising their spiralling skills and have learnt how to join two pieces of clay together using slip.

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29/04/26

Spreading the sunflower happiness! Our sunflower seeds have begun to grow and we are so proud of ourselves! Thanks to Pinions Pet Foods for kindly donating the seeds. 🌻🌻

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28/04/26

We are all super proud of Marnie in Year 4 who has earned not one but FOUR Blue Peter badges including the very special silver award. Marnie is now wearing them with pride around school. Huge congratulations Marnie.

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27/04/26

Some of our children were extremely proud to be able to take part in the London Mini Marathon on Saturday. The weather was glorious and all the children demonstrated resilience to complete the course and receive a medal. WELL DONE!!

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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!

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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!

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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!  #SchoolsCricketDay ⁦ @KentCricketDev⁩

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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!  @KentCricketDev  #SchoolsCricketDay

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23/04/26

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

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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!

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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! #enhancingthecurriculum  #Y5

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02/04/26

Upper KS2 young carers taking part in a cooking workshop run and provided by  #cuchina  @SchoolCatering  #imago # #youngcarers

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01/04/26

A huge thank to  @networkrail 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.

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30/03/26

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

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30/03/26

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

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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?

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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 :)

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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!

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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! #mentalwellbeing  #year5  #forestschool

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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  @BockettsFarm! 🚜

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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.

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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.

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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.

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13/03/26

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

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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!  #community

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