Mrs Fidock's news update
We can't believe the first week back is already over and with only 6 weeks left to go we still have so much to do! Our wonderful PTA are in the final stages of arrangements for the Summer Fayre - please do come along next Saturday and take part, we have lots to keep you and your family entertained.
On Monday, Lola started her Dog Mentor training - we are delighted that she passed with flying colours and she now has her own Dog Mentor coat for when she is working. Thank you to Jenny from the Dog Mentor Team for all her hard work with our staff and Lola. Photos below.
On Tuesday we had Kent Moderators in to look at our Year 6 writing. Our moderator was blown away by the quality of the writing across the year group - well done to all the pupils and staff in Year 6. We are also in the final stages of Phonics testing in Year 1 and some Year 2, the Year 4 Multiplication check, Key Stage 1 Teacher Assessment and EYFS' Good Levels of Development - all the outcomes will be shared with you before the end of the year.
On Sunday a few of the choir sang at the Thanksgiving Service for the Queen at St. Andrew's Church. Thank you to all those that were able to make it and it really was a lovely service to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
As we emerge from Covid, we are starting to re-establish links with our partnership with Bereko in Tanzania. To help us relaunch this special link and to reinvigorate our school house system we have a competition for you to take part in below...scroll down to find out more.
Proud@paddockwoodcommunity
This week we are really proud of...
Lucie 6C
On Saturday 4 June Lucie played her first match for the Kent U11 girls team. They played a team called London Schools and were only just defeated by 1 run. She should be playing her 2nd match this coming weekend against Middlesex. Well done Lucie.
Lucia 3TL
Well done to Lucia for completing many different challenges in her swimming academy when on holiday. It is fantastic to see how proud you were when talking about your achievements. Well done!
Dates ahead
Some dates for your diary:
15.6.22 , 21.6.22 & 28.6.22 Y4 to Kew Gardens
18.6.22 PTA Summer Fayre
20.6.22 - 24.6.22 Y6 to Scotland/Other trips
27.6.22 Year 3 Music Concert to parents
Week Beginning 4.7.22 - Scholastic Book Fair
4.7.22 Year 5 & 6 Sports Day
5.7.22 EYFS Sports Day
7.7.22 Year 3 & 4 Sports Day
8.7.22 Year 2 to the Cutty Sark
School Reports Home to parents
11.7.22 Year 1 & 2 Sports Day
15.7.22 Leaver's Disco
22.7.22 Year 6 Leavers Assembly
Last day of term - 1pm Finish and no After School Clubs
Platinum Jubilee Picnic
On Friday 27th May we celebrated the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a Commonwealth Celebration.
We had songs and dances from around the World and the children and staff performed brilliantly to our picnicking parents.
Thank you for all your support - we have given the children something to remember. We have so many photos we will try to add these to the website for you to enjoy.
Author visits
Both Years 4 and 5 were immersed in reading and writing this week when a couple of authors came to visit!
In Year 4, Clare Povey discussed one of her books: The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre, A classic adventure story about friendship, hope, bravery and the power of imagination. Getting signed books, bookmarks, understanding what it takes to become an author and taking part in a writing workshop made for a fantastic Thursday afternoon!
Year 5 had the amazing Darren Simpson who discussed one of his books, Memory Thieves: 'A secret mission to discover the truth about the sanctuary...'
Building a new world, receiving signed books and bookmarks was a special moment for them all. Many Year 5 children have been reading this in class already and are in awe of the text!
Learner Profile / Approaches to learning Certificates this week go to:
6C
Lyla
For showing knowledge and understanding during our science visit.
6J
Danielle
Being a fantastic communicator through your artistic expression when creating a city skyline silhouette. You worked tirelessly for hours until you were happy with your amazing creation. Great job Danielle.
6M
Lacey
For taking a principled approach to your writing, being conscientious and showing a determination to finish both pieces of writing.
6S
Lilly
Every day, you set an example to others - working well as an inquirer, communicating respectfully with others and being principled in your approach. Keep it up!
5G
Jessica
For demonstrating a balanced and reflective approach to her Inquiry work on Fast Fashion this week making good use of your critical and creative thinking skills. Well done Jessica!
5P
Maia
For being a principled member of the class. You always come in and get straight on with your work every day, and engage well in every lesson. Keep it up!
5R
Darcy
Being a caring friend this week and looking after your friends when they need support. Keep it up, Darcy!
4DP
Maddie
For being a great thinker and fearless inquirer when discussing the states of matter - you have the perfect inquiring attitude to be a successful scientist!
4E
Arlo
You have been a reflective learner this week. You have taken time to consider how you are presenting your work and taking time over your handwriting.
4G
Ayaan
For being an inquiring learner this week - you have provided a wonderful example of how to work independently and were very creative in developing a fictional villain!
3B
Nancie
For being such a resilient and independent learner despite breaking your arm last term. You didn't let this stop you from working incredibly hard and producing some wonderful pieces of work.
3L
Joey
For being an inquirer this week. You asked thoughtful questions about light sources. You have also been knowledgeable by listening carefully in the lesson and as a result, you wrote a super explanation about why the moon isn’t a light source. Well done Joey!
3TL
Archie
For being a caring friend. When you noticed that someone was sitting on their own in the lunch hall, you offered to sit with them and made sure they had someone to play with in the playground. Well done!
2B
Mia
Being very knowledgeable when editing her Paddington bear writing this week. She was confident in fixing her punctuation and spellings!
2F
Edison
For being a risk taker! He has worked hard independently with his writing this week, taking care to remember his spelling and punctuation. Well done!
2T
Poppy
For being a thoughtful author with her diary writing; well done Poppy - a huge improvement!
1E
Libby
For being a reflective and principled learner throughout the whole week producing work that portrays just how knowledgeable you are. Keep up the amazing work.
1LT
Dennis
For being an open-minded learner when learning about the religion of Judaism this week.
1T
Holly
For being a knowledgeable reflector. When inquiring into rhyming words, you used your phonics to sound them out. You then reflected upon your work and corrected if needed.
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George
For being a wonderful communicator, he is contributing really well during our learning.
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Isabel
For using writing to be a good communicator. She has made a fantastic book this week that has required a few days of hard work!
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Isla
For being an excellent thinker and communicator this week as we have introduced our new inquiry.
Well done!
ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES THIS WEEK GO TO:
6C
Thomas
Some very interesting work so far for our book work, showing clear communication of ideas.
6J
Lily
Settling brilliantly into the class and getting stuck in with all of your learning, particularly your DT inquiry. Keep up the hard work Lily.
6M
Sabina & Amelia
For an inventive idea for your architecture project and for creating it with style and flair. I love your ‘Cat Café’!
6S
Erin
This week you produced a creative and unique project for our inquiry. You focused and worked diligently to use new skills and we’re really proud of you.
5G
Oliver
For producing a well thought out and executed piece of code in your Computing work designing a quiz using set conditionals and selection processes. Great work Oliver.
5P
Lily
For well presented, informed and detailed work in inquiry and PSHE this week - you made a very attractive poster and double page spread. Well done.
5R
Ellie
Always being a cheerful and hard-working member of our class. You participate fully in every lesson and always try your best! Keep up the awesome work, Ellie!
4DP
Ava
For being so enthusiastic about our author visit. It was fantastic to see how inspired you were and the author was really impressed with your creative ideas - a writer in the making!
4E
Bradley
Bradley, your work this week in Maths has been exceptional! You have mastered the work on money and have been helping your friends!
4G
Chloe
For producing an excellent character study of Con from The Explorer and trying your hardest to understand time in Maths.
3B
Harry
Harry you are a time wizard! You can confidently tell time using quarter past and quarter to and work out time durations. Well done!
3L
Alexis
For your effort in every lesson this week. You have focussed and produced lovely descriptive sentences about Katie and the British Artists. Not only this, but you have also been able to tell the time to o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to! I have been very impressed!
3TL
Alex
For producing a lovely piece of descriptive writing. You used interesting and expressive vocabulary, including similes and adjectives to describe the Turner painting. Well done!
2B
Josiah
For such excellent progress with his writing this week. Jojo has put in lots of effort when considering his handwriting size and spacing between letters.
2F
Eve
For writing a superb diary entry! She has transformed into Paddington Bear and shared her adventurous journey from Peru to London. Superstar!
2T
Eesha
For achieving high standards in reading, writing and Maths since joining the school earlier this year; you always give your best Eesha - well done!
1E
Neveah
For being a fantastic role model for your peers. You always try your best, challenge yourself by taking risks with your learning and you can always be relied on to be caring towards your friends.
1LT
Elliott
For working really hard in phonics! Super star!
1T
Izzy
For consistently working hard. You are using your phonics beautifully when decoding words.
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Phoebe
For some fabulous writing this week, she patiently put a lot of work into creating her sentences.
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Summer
For letting her confidence shine through. We love seeing more and more of Summer's personality coming through and I especially love her new found confidence to speak in front of the whole class!
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Lucia
For trying so hard with her writing this week, she’s starting to think carefully about which sounds to use to form the words in her sentences.
charity football match
Everyone welcome!
Please support this charity event happening
Sunday 12th June KO 2pm, doors open 1.30pm!
Adults £5 and under 16s are only £1!
We work closely with Space 2 Be Me and Slide Away, who are providing amazing support for so many of our young people and hope that this event is hugely successful in raising funds for them both.
cancelled event!
Sadly due to a lack of numbers, the rocket making and stepping up to secondary courses run by Kent Adult Education have had to be cancelled.
Apologies to anyone that did book a place. I will attempt to get the courses run again in the next academic year!
dog mentor training
We spent a wonderful day completing the Dog Mentor training with lovely Lola. We are excited to start getting her out and about with the children.
poster competition
All children are invited to draw/paint/design a picture of Lola for us to use all around school and the winning design to become her school logo! We are in the process of making a WOW Lola notice board and so would love as many pictures as possible to put up. Winners will be announced at the end of term so get creating!!!
lola was fantastic at tricks!
The children are going to love doing tricks with Lola and seeing her around school
house badge design!
We are inviting children in KS2 to submit ideas that will be used by the Trust to help design our new House badges.
Look for the letter that gives further information and please encourage your children to take part in this exciting challenge.
Boxes boxes and more boxes!
To support EYFS with the exciting renovation of their building, could we please ask for any large sturdy boxes to be donated.
Please could these be given in via the office or directly to the EYFS team. Thank you in advance for your help and support.
