Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope you have had a lovely week - the weather is certainly looking a lot warmer!

On Monday, Year 6 loved their visit to Maidstone Police College. They thoroughly enjoyed learning about crime scene investigations, online safety, money laundering and cyber crimes - they even met the horse and dogs too. All of their pictures are on twitter - please have a look!

On Tuesday, Doves class enjoyed reading traditional tales and looking closely at the characters in the story. They did some paintings of their favourite scenes and characters.

On Wednesday, it was Celebration Assembly. Congratulations to our Stars of the Week, Maths Champions and Times Table Rock Stars! It is clear that you've all been working extremely hard. In addition to this, Finches had some water fun with DPD who helped with gathering water for the mud slide so that the children could slide down very speedily. Blackbirds also enjoyed their time in the forest this week. They took it in turns to swing, build a home for the rabbits using sticks and grass and looked for bugs under the logs.

On Thursday, Kingfishers delivered their first class assembly celebrating their learning throughout the term. Thank you to all the parents who attended and well done to the children - you were incredible! In addition, Woodpeckers were rehearsing their public speaking. They discussed effective features of speeches and ensured they included these in their fantastic performances.

Today we had a Careers Fair. The children all had the opportunity to visit the KS2 Hall where they could speak to all the volunteers about their different careers. The children had so many questions and were absolutely buzzing about this opportunity.

In the afternoon, the children in EYFS picked carrots and beetroot today from their school allotment. They washed their vegetables and tasted the carrots. They also cooked the beetroot and tried some too. The children were thrilled to try the food that they had been growing! In addition, the children across the school participated in a live session associated with volcanoes that was led by Lyfta. All children were enthusiastic about their sessions. Thank you to Lyfta for organising this fantastic event. It is a fantastic online resource that we can not wait to use throughout our teaching from September.

Have a relaxing weekend and enjoy the weather,

Miss Capes, Mrs Jackson and the Maundene Team

Well done to all the children who achieved star of the week this week. We are so proud of you!