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08/06/26

Year 6 have learnt all about rail safety this afternoon, which is particularly helpful as they transition to secondary.

08/06/26

Year 6 had their transition to secondary school workshop delivered by the NHS today. We spoke about the worries we may have and how to deal with these.

08/06/26

The mixed weather we’ve been having has been doing wonders for our sunflowers! Look at them growing! Looking forward to seeing them bloom 🌻🌻Thanks to Pinions for kindly donating the seeds to us, so we could spread some joy. 🌻🌻

05/06/26

Elm Class enjoyed singing songs in other languages for the Cultural day this week!

05/06/26

Year 6 enjoying the amazing food and activities at the cultural fair this week! Thank you to all of our amazing parents who volunteered their time to come in - we loved it! 🌎

05/06/26

Our Year 5 and 6 girls had a brilliant morning at The Aylesford School being coached and playing matches 🏏

22/05/26

Elder class created their Victorian puppet toys this term with cam mechanisms. These did take a slight modern twist!

22/05/26

Elm Class enjoyed taking part in the Inter House Tournament today!

22/05/26

On Wednesday, Willow Class took part in  . Using junk modelling and lots of imagination, the children created incredible stories inspired by their creations. So much creativity, teamwork, and storytelling without writing a single word!📚

19/05/26

Year 4 had an amazing time at the Big Cat Sanctuary today learning about endangered cats and how the sanctuary helps them. The sun came out in the afternoon for our tour bringing the cats out too! 

19/05/26

This week, the weather held off so Beech Class was able to have a blast at our Parent Showcase, where the children got to play a rounders match with their parents, demonstrating their athleticism!      

14/05/26

Year 1 have really enjoyed learning all about Koru in Māori art this term. It has been great to explore what it represent and how it is created!

14/05/26

Elder class enjoyed their final cricket session with Adrian from  Despite being rained off, we had great fun inside. Thank you as always Adrian.

14/05/26

Elder class made their own buzzer game circuits in science this week.

14/05/26

Today marks the end of SATS for Year 6. They have worked so hard and have all made us so proud. Here are some pictures from SATS breakfast.

13/05/26

EYFS had a great time at the balance bike event yesterday!

13/05/26

Year 2 have loved getting their hands dirty when creating their coil pots this week.

13/05/26

Year 4 had a wonderful time making their river models. They used their geography learning about the different courses of a river to create accurate papier mâché scenes.

12/05/26

Year 5 have been inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's self-portraits and have created their own, focusing on brushstrokes, proportions and use of colour. They've worked hard and should be proud of their artwork!  

08/05/26

Year 1 had a wonderful time exploring the sounds and atmosphere of the rainforest in preparation for our new English text🌱.

08/05/26

On Tuesday, three Year 5 pupils were selected to go to the Science Fair at Invicta, with other the other VIAT primaries. In advance, they had to create a natural-disaster proof building and then talk about their (winning) design.  

08/05/26

KS2 fun in the sun! ☀️. One man’s trash is our treasure!     

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.

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. 🌻🌻

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.

Read Write Inc Set 2 & 3 Sounds’

Having now gained a secure understanding and ability to blend/segment Set 1 sounds, this information will explain the phonics teaching that your son/daughter will receive daily at school during their time in Reception and Years 1 and 2.

It also provides information on how you can help support your son’s/daughter’s phonics development at home.

If you need clarification or would like to know more about our phonics teaching, please make an appointment to speak to your son’s/daughter’s class teacher or our Early Reading Lead, Mrs Kindred.

Click into the links below to see the videos.

air- that's not fair

ar - start the car

ay - may I play

ee - what you can see

igh - fly high

ir - whirl and twirl

oo - look at a book

oo - poo at the zoo

or - shut the door

ou - shout it out

ow - blow the snow

oy - toy to enjoy

ai - snail in the rain

are - care and share

aw - yawn at dawn

ea - cup of tea

ear - hear with your ear

er - a better letter

ew - chew the stew

ire - fire fire

oa - goat in a boat

oi - spoil the boy

ow - brown cow

ur - nurse with a purse

ure - sure it's pure