Last weekend Paddock Wood FC U10's Topcats won the Tunbridge Wells Youth FC Tournament  Plate Trophy.  They showed fantastic resilience and spirit coming back from a poor start to the day, in excessive heat, by winning 2-0 against Westerham Lions in the Final. Their first ever trophy after many close events. Well done boys, what a fantastic achievement!

Stanley handled the first day of his two week hospital admission like a warrior! He had a general anaesthetic and a few procedures but his bravery was amazing.  Well done Stanley, we are so proud of you and are looking forward to seeing you back in school soon!

Jack achieved his Level 3 Learn to Swim award and is already working on the next level.  Well done Jack, we are so proud of you!

For some terrific inquiry work about Ancient Greece. Also for being extremely helpful in class and showing initiative and consideration.

For your fantastic attitude at Go Ape, you faced your fears and despite being unsure at first, you traversed around the hardest course twice. You even smiled at one point! Well done Emelia.

For being a focused, principled and knowledgeable learner. You have created an engaging piece of work about your career aspiration - I can’t wait to see your final project. 

For consistently showing her reflective nature and taking part in our class reading conversations in the most thoughtful way - you’re an inspiration to us all :)

Well done Chloe :)!

Cleo, your exceptional work in Science this term has been outstanding. Your research skills and enthusiasm for learning about living things has truly impressed me. You have a natural curiosity that shines through in class discussions. Keep up the fantastic work! Your dedication and passion make me a proud teacher.

For being principled and acting with integrity during Sports Day. As the person charged with keeping score for your team, you were efficient and honest. I knew I could trust you.

For being such a wonderful member of the class who always displays fantastic social skills, whether helping a partner, working as part of a team or looking out for her friends. Well done Freya!

For being a reflective learner this week - you kept trying to find ways to improve your work, both in Inquiry and when discussing your writing.

For being a brilliant critical and creative thinker (even in Mathematics) when solving problems - well done Roshni!

For being very knowledgeable about climate change and using these facts to write a persuasive report on why the class should choose your planet friendly burger...and they did!

For being a thinker and reflective learner in Maths. You have worked really hard this week on telling the time and have also been reflective when completing flashbacks and arithmetic questions, always using your prior knowledge.

Well done!

For your efforts in reading and writing.  You have worked really hard on your reading and tried to use what you have learned in your writing showing that you are a principled learner - keep it up!  Well done!

You have been knowledgeable this week  because you have researched and shared information about the rainforest. You have written clear and factual information about the four layers of the rainforest.

For being a principled member of the class recently, and for showing your communication skills. You have been trying your best to make the right choices in and out of class and you have been sharing your thoughts with the class in lessons.

For being knowledgeable this week! He has worked hard practising his phonics and is now able to decode a range of words. Well done David!

For the wonderful enthusiasm you showed in Phonics this week. You engaged in all our tasks wonderfully portraying your growing phonics knowledge. We are so proud of you!  Keep up the amazing work! 

Kurish you have shown thinker and inquirer learning attributes this week! You wrote a fantastic postcard around our core text 'Katie in London'.  We are also so proud of your application of phonics in all your segmenting! Well done.

Freya you are a caring member of the class and a determined individual. You can always be relied on to help keep our classroom environment nice and clean.

For bringing her BEST attitude every day! She does not always find her work easy but she tries her best and is always positive about her learning.

For always having a ‘can do’ attitude towards learning.  He is setting himself goals and becoming a positive role model to others.

For being a knowledgeable learner, you are getting more and more involved in class discussions which is lovely to see!