Dear Parents/Carers, 

Welcome to the final newsletter of 2025!  Thank you all for your support and commitment this term. It has certainly been a busy one with so many achievements we cannot mention them all. Your children have continued to demonstrate our school values, challenging themselves to learn more while still showing kindness and respect to their peers. We are proud of each and everyone of them. 

Thursday brought the joy of a Christmas fair featuring festive activities and Santa's grotto. We extend our gratitude to PlayPlace for organising this wonderful event and express our heartfelt thanks to the dedicated staff for their invaluable assistance.

Today, we hosted our whole-school Christmas Carol Concert, to celebrate the festive season and to wrap up the term. Thank you to those of you who were able to attend. 

We have had an exciting end of term. Children have  been learning about features of diary entry and wrote their own diary . Look at their amazing writings. They have progressed so much!

This term in Year 1, the children have been busy learning across several exciting areas. In English, they have been exploring diary entries, learning what a diary is, writing in time order, using ‘I’ sentences, and adding their own feelings and opinions about events. 

In Maths, the focus has been on numbers and shapes, with children practising counting forwards and backwards, recognising and writing numbers, comparing amounts, and exploring simple addition and subtraction, as well as identifying and describing 2D and 3D shapes and their properties.

We have also been learning about weather changes, where the children have observed different types of weather, discussed seasonal changes, learned how weather affects what we wear, and recorded the daily weather using pictures and simple words.

I hope you all have a wonderful holidays. Thank you for all the warm wishes and wonderful gifts.

What a lovely final week of the term children have had! Pupils loved rounding off their topics and finalising their publishing for Rosie Revere Engineer to create a fabulous end of term display. They loved adding final touches to their photo frames in DT, which they then evaluated against their designs.

In maths, the children recalled multiplication and division facts for the 3 and 4 times tables. They built on their knowledge of the 4 times-table and recognised that multiplying by 4 is the same as doubling then, doubling again. In science, the children loved completing a low-stakes quiz based on magnets. Pupils discussed how Christmas is celebrated and why the themes of winter and togetherness are so significant when learning about the meaning of Christmas in RE. The children discussed what they have learnt in the past few weeks and then organised their ideas neatly onto a double-page spread. 

In geography, the children participated in a fun, low-stakes quiz, which tested their knowledge of rivers in particular the River Nile and the River Thames. In computing, the children used Purple Mash to create their own programme. For their programmes, the children understood how to use the repeat command and learnt how to move objects.

Lastly, the children ennjoyed reward party on Thursday afternoon to celebrate their achievements. 

It's been a busy final week of term in Year 5. The children worked incredibly hard with Miss Crockett to complete their colour monsters as part of their DT project. They carefully chose their stitching and then finished their monster using eyes and buttons and then evaluated their final product against a success criteria. The children were proud of their accomplishment and some have been displayed in the corridor for visitors to admire.

In English, the children learnt about the difference between direct and reported speech and generated examples of both. In maths, the children continued to add fractions including mixed numbers. 

In science, the children investigated if you can use filtration to reverse changes in states of matter. They used filter paper and a variety of solutions to see if they could separate solids from a liquid. 

In PE, the children applied their batting and fielding skills in a game of rounders. In RE, the children answered the question 'Why should we care for our world?' using a double-page spread. They discussed the different religions they have studied this term and the different ways they care for their local environment and community.

If you have concerns about a child (or their families) welfare, contact Croydon Council’s Single Point of Contact (SPOC) 

Telephone: 020 8726 6400 

Out of hours: 020 8726 6400 (ask for out of hours team) 

Email: childreferrals@croydon.gov.uk 

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