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Oliver used his persuasive writing skills to write a letter to his favourite football player and was thrilled to receive a reply; a signed poster from Jarrod Bowen. Well done Oliver!

For being a thinker and showing how knowledgeable you are. You have written factual and interesting pieces of work about different types of animals and even wrote a riddle.

For your thoughtful questions during our inquiry into the Empire Windrush. You thought carefully about reasons people may have migrated and inquired into what their life was like before migrating. Well done Freddie.

For being knowledgeable and a superb inquirer. You used your scientific knowledge to produce a brilliant piece of writing. Well done!

What a joy it has been to see you so focused and applying yourself in all areas with a principled and balanced approach as well  as effectively communicating your knowledge in class contributions.

Otto has been a principled learner this week, he has taken pride in his writing. He has carefully edited and reflected on how to further improve his work with dedication. Keep it up! 

For being a risk-taker with your learning this week. You have challenged yourself in both your maths and your writing - working independently to produce some excellent work. It has been wonderful to see you take so much pride in your accomplishments. Well done!

Theo you have had such a great week.  You have been really principled, showing us what you can achieve when you put your mind to it.  Keep up this brilliant effort Theo!

For his determined effort in English writing.  Elliot has shown impressive skills when completing his non-chronological piece on Roman features. Keep up the awesome effort.

For being a brilliant inquirer, always searching for new information (and questioning it!) - well done Nathan!

Freya has been a fantastic communicator this week, contributing great answers in every subject.

Lucia is a principled member of the class and can always be relied upon to be doing her best, making good choices and being an excellent role model. Well done!

Tom has been a reflective learner this week while learning about soils and volcanoes. He looks at what he has been asked to do and thinks about what more he could do, always adding something interesting.  

For being a inquirer. This week you have shown a real desire to write and have obviously enjoyed learning about Queen Elizabeth II. It’s been lovely to see.

You consistently follow the school rules, setting a fantastic example to others. You are kind, polite and always raise your hand to contribute in class. Your confidence grows daily. Well done Oscar, keep it up! 

For being a risk-taker this week. She has embraced our new Christmas dances during our PE lessons. Maci has impressed us with her ambitious dance moves, giving us ideas for our routines. Superstar!

For being a risk-taker during our Geography learning this week. You challenged yourself and worked extremely hard to create a map of our school grounds. You used a ruler with growing confidence, labelled the different rooms and made links to our Science inquiry my identifying different everyday materials in our environment.

Keep up the amazing work!

You have been a dedicated and reflective learner this week! You have worked so hard to improve in all subjects, and it has been amazing to see you getting on with your learning independently. Keep up the amazing work! Well done!

You have been superb in phonics this week and have been a consistent, knowledgeable learner. You really excelled in our phonics game and new graphemes. Keep up your great attitude to learning! Well done! 

For being a fantastic communicator this week. She has found her voice and now shares her ideas, her feelings and her thoughts every day. We are so proud of her progress, well done!

For being a knowledgeable inquirer! We can always count on Betsie for some fantastic, interesting questions when we are learning. Her creative nature allows her to learn a range of new things and discover new ways of constructing her ideas. Well done!

For being a great communicator this week! It has been lovely to see you make choices independently. Well done!