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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)! #futureperformers

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! @UK_SIC

13/02/26

Number day 2026 raising money for @NSPCC

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.

04/02/26

Year 5 have been exploring illusion art based around the work of MC Escher. They have enjoyed experimenting with different techniques to produce some wonderful optical illusions.

03/02/26

Year 3 finished off their DT topic by making bread rolls last week. The children loved mixing, kneading and waiting for the dough to prove before baking it. The results were very much enjoyed! @PaulHollywwod_

02/02/26

Shoutout to James for completing his mile swim! Amazing achievement, well done! 🏊

02/02/26

We are so very proud of Taylor in year 3 who is now competing at a national level for ballroom and Latin American dancing. She achieved a 1st place in the U12 starters section and 3rd in the U10 & U8 sections. Blackpool here she comes! Keeeeep dancing!

30/01/26

Willow Class were very excited to receive one of our National Year of Reading Champion badges for their wonderful book review of The Bog Baby.

29/01/26

Oak Class have been very busy this week learning about odd and even numbers and how to improve the paintings of famous artists.

28/01/26

VIPS Aylesford are all very excited about the Winter Olympics. We have all drawn our country and cannot wait to watch the events. Each class is researching their country and creating flags. @BBCSport @sebcoe @LizYarnold

27/01/26

Year 4 have been working hard to create a fantastic outcome for their history work on the Stone Age this term. @britishmuseum @MaidstoneMuseum

27/01/26

Beech Class have been exploring space and the earth this term. In science they used a torch and a globe to help them understand how night and day occur as the earth rotates on its axis.

23/01/26

Congratulations ot Livvy in Yr 6 who is part of the Youth Council at Aylesford Football Club where she plays. She organised a specialist bag of resources to support the girls teams at training and match days. We are very proud of her @aylesford_fc

22/01/26

Year 5 have thoroughly enjoyed reading Cosmic by @frankcottrell_b They have written some very engaging character studies of Liam, the main character in the novel. Well done Beech class.

21/01/26

Year 4 working incredibly hard to produce a fantastic written outcome on the Stone Age in history!

20/01/26

National year of reading 2026 has got of to a brilliant start here at VIPS Aylesford. Thomas in Yr 6 has completed his 'read your height' challenge and we are so very proud of him. We always knew he was an avid reader but this is an incredible achievement. Well done Thomas!

19/01/26

Willow Class have had a very busy week completing large scale practical maths and learning about JMW Turner who spent much of his life in Margate in Kent @TCMargate

16/01/26

Sycamore Class have been creating Banksy-inspired sketchbook designs and created their own street-art using iPads!

Additional Learning Resources

Listed below are a number of links to learning resources which may be useful at home.

When it comes to times tables, speed AND accuracy are important – the more facts your child knows, the easier it is for them to do harder calculations. Times Table Rock Stars is a fun and challenging programme designed to help students master the times tables! (please see your child's contact book for login and password).

An educational resource with fun characters and colourful settings where children love to play fun educational games and activities (please see your child's contact book for login and password).

BBC School Radio has audio resources / podcasts suitable for primary school children. They included many classic stories as well as a few updated versions. You may need to create a BBC account for them.

A safe search engine for children.

Typing Games, Typetastic and BBC Dance Mat are all games to improve keyboard skills and typing speed.

A programming puzzle game which is fun and introduces the principles of programming. Easy way for kids to learn concepts such as loops and if-then statements without typing or coding.

Run and jump into coding! SpriteBox is a unique puzzle-platformer; a mix of exploration and learning to code. By giving Sprite programs of instructions to follow, you can advance through unique worlds and help free Sprite's bottled-up friends.

A music sequencer with a twist as it is visual as well as aural.

Program your own interactive stories, game and animations in Scratch.

Scratch Jnr is available on the App Store for iOS devices.

Educational games for children aged 2 to 11.

Learn how to stay safe online the fun way with Hacker and Dodge, the Dixi crew, Bobby Lockwood, the Horrible Histories gang and more!

Hours of code for all ages, using familiar characters.

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