A huge well done to Roald Dahl class, who has 100% attendance this week! In KS2, Alan Turing are the winning class for attendance, well done!

Our attendance has dipped even lower as a whole school this week. After so much missed learning over the past few years it is so important that the children are now in school so that their learning is not impacted further. We cannot emphasise enough that the children gaps will widen the more time that they miss from school and they will then return with gaps different to their peers who have better attendance.

Greta Thunberg & Roald Dahl Classes

As part of our inquiry work about our heritage, Year 2 have celebrated Lammas Day and Harvest. We have inquired into the artist, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, who created portraits using fruit and vegetables. The children practised observational drawing and colour mixing skills to create their own portraits in the style of the artist. We also went on a nature walk and found some blackberries and wild flowers.

We have been overwhelmed yet again by your generosity of donations of produce for the homeless charity that Miss Elms supports. We are all truly thankful and the produce will not only be used for feeding homeless people in Medway but also to make food boxes for low income families or those that need extra support.

It was great to see so many parents attend the children's celebratory event for Harvest, where they shared some fabulous singing, dancing, poems and facts around what they had learnt linked to this. I'm sure that you all enjoyed this as much as we did! The children made us all very proud.