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10/09/25

So proud of Pine and Yew Class for their fundraising last year for Books2Africa. The books are on their way to new schools now! #books2africa

10/09/25

Amazing writing in Mulberry Class this morning. Their ‘Traction Man’ character descriptions had a brilliant range of adjectives!

10/09/25

Fantastic reading comprehension skills in Year 2 Sycamore Class exploring their text ‘A friend like Simon’.

09/09/25

We are so very proud of Grace in Year 3 who was chosen as the parents player of the match when she played for her football team at the weekend.

08/09/25

Year 5 showed off their sporting prowess during football today in the glorious sunshine; their dribbling and accuracy skills were clear to see! #StayActive

08/09/25

In science, Elder class have investigated the adaptation of bird beaks. We enjoyed seeing which beaks were most suited to the different types of food.

08/09/25

Maple Class had a great time this week during our learning launch. We tried foods from different countries in The Americas, made Brazilian carnival masks and Native American dream catchers.

08/09/25

Year 4 have made a fantastic start to their new topic in Art. They look forward to sharing their final outcomes of Roman mosaics in a few weeks!

05/09/25

Year 2 have loved learning all about Traction Man this week and can't wait to see what adventures he is going to go on next!

05/09/25

What a fantastic first week in Elm Class! 🌟 Everyone has worked so hard and settled in brilliantly. We ended the week with a fun PE session focusing on Fundamental Skills 🏃‍♀️⚽️ #ElmClass #BackToSchool #PEFun

05/09/25

Sycamore Class created amazing title pages based on the portraits of Jawlensky. They were so creative!

03/09/25

Elder class have enjoyed their learning launch this morning for our Geography topic! Can you guess the continents we are learning about this term?

02/09/25

Mission: Completed! All the Year 5 agents graduated from Spy School with flying colours today! From testing our agility on the laser course to writing secret codes with invisible ink, it is safe to say the children had a superb time! #learninglaunch #engaging #Stormbreaker

11/07/25

Today we were able to celebrate the achievements of some of our Year 5 children who have finished their Young Adventurers programme @DofE We are very proud their success. Well done!

11/07/25

Elm Class have one very proud teacher! 🎨 We are such wonderful little artists and feel amazed by what we can create. We've finally finished our collages — and what masterpieces they are! 🌟🖼️ #ProudTeacher #CreativeClassroom

11/07/25

🌟 Elm Class have finished the second part of their collage project — adding beautiful watercolour skies! 🎨☁️ Amazing creativity on display! #ArtInAction #CreativeClassroom

09/07/25

Floodland inspired art from Beech class for art week.

09/07/25

Floodland inspired Art from Ash class for art week!

08/07/25

🎨 Elm Class are loving Art Week! We're exploring a new skill each day, building up to a final masterpiece at the end of the week. Creativity is in full swing! 🖌️✨ #ArtWeek #CreativeClassroom

08/07/25

Pine Class enjoyed painting their volcanoes with acrylic paint today. There were some fantastic mixing skills being used to create the colours needed.

08/07/25

Year 6 had great fun using their knowledge of electrical circuits, insulators and conductors to make a steady hand game.

07/07/25

VIPS Aylesford hosted Young Carers from @VIPSLeybourne today for an afternoon of fun in the sun. We all made new friends and met others who are going to the same secondary school.

04/07/25

Elder class have been busy working on their art final outcomes inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. They have enjoyed following the video tutorial and creating their own sketches using different techniques.

03/07/25

Elm Class had a fantastic time exploring capacity in today’s maths lesson! We used water play to practise comparing amounts using the words ‘more’ and ‘less’ 💧

02/07/25

Thank you to @scholasticuk for letting us have a travelling book shop this week. We have loved choosing new reading for pleasure books. Thank you to all parents and carers for supporting us. @OpenUni_RfP

Reading for Pleasure

To truly embed a culture of reading, we ensure that our children (across all year groups) have the opportunity to read for pleasure, have stories read to them and have the option to engage with our reading facilities throughout the school day. At 3pm each day, each class has story time; this will either be the class teacher reading an exciting book while modelling the fun this brings or it will be children having the opportunity to read their own book of choice. This dedicated time for reading is essential for our reading ethos and staff and children look forward to this time every day!

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Please see below for some examples of Aylesford staff and children modelling reading to the children, which the children can access at any time:

We're Going on a Monty Hunt - The Thompson Family

How to Train Your Dragon - Mrs Kindred

Monkey Puzzle - Miss Fafunso

Chair for Baby Bear - Mrs Doe

Oi Goat - Miss Adams

Chocolate Cake - Mrs Vidler

The Monty who came to Tea - Miss Thompson

All the Ways to be Smart - Miss Adams

Harry Potter - Mrs Kindred

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk, Part One - Mrs Kindred