Paddock Wood Primary Academy 

Newsletter 

Mrs Fidock's news update

Our first transition morning went really well and the children thoroughly enjoyed meeting their new teachers. We have a number of staff leaving us at the end of this term: 

Mr Goodrich is moving to Laos with his family. 

Miss Lambert is moving to another Kent school.

Mr Piercy is moving to China. 

Mrs Dunmore will be going on Maternity Leave in September. 

We would like to thank them all for their hard work and wish them every future success and happiness. 

We have some new staff joining us: 

Miss Silk will be teaching in EYFS 

Miss Lategan will be teaching in Year 2

Ms Gough will be teaching in Year 5

Miss Sills will be teaching in Year 3 

We hope you get a chance to meet them when they are next in school on Thursday 6th July - I know they are keen to ensure a smooth transition. 

Next week, Year 6 also have their transition sessions in their secondary schools and many of these schools have been in to say hello, we're looking forward to hearing about their visit on their return. 

Proud@paddockwoodcommunity

This week we are really proud of...

lola 2cr

This week, Lola was awarded 'Coach's Player of the Year' at her end of season football awards! Well done Lola. We’re very proud of you! 

ethan 3tl

Ethan was awarded 'Player of the Year' at his end of season football awards last weekend.  Well done Ethan, we are so proud of you!

freddie 3l

Freddie was super proud to win 'Player of the Year' for Paddock Wood Guardians at the presentation last Sunday. Well done Freddie, we are proud of you too!

Summer Reading 

We are delighted to offer FREE access to MyON online library for the summer. All you have to do is follow the link for further information and then you have access to 1000's of online books, whenever and wherever you need them! 

Myon library

How to log into MyON click on this link and follow the instructions for your online library access. 

Office Messages 

With the increase in the issues with parking on site at the end of the day there will be a change from Monday 3rd July.

The car gates will be locked at 3pm and unlocked at 3:30pm. If you hold a blue badge you must be on site by 3pm - access will not be granted after this time - and remain on site until 3:30pm. We will be checking cars on site, so please ensure your blue badge is displayed on your dashboard. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. 

Please ensure that you and your child walk on the footpath when leaving the school site. 

Florence chorley

Huge congratulations to Mr Chorley and his family on the safe arrival of their daughter, Florence Louise Chorley, on 16.6.2023, weighing 6 lb. 

Wishing them every happiness!


Dates ahead 

Some dates for your diary:

30.6.23 - 5.7.23 Book Fair 3.20pm - 3.45pm (Please note this is cashless.)

5.7.23 Year 6 visit to Globe Theatre, London

13.7.23 Year 4 to Mascalls for Frozen performance

               Year 6 Exhibition

14.7.23  Year 6 School Fun Day and Leavers Disco (6.30-8.30pm)

               Reports available via MCAS

20.7.23 Year 6 Leavers' Assembly 10am

              End of Term 6 - school finishes at 1pm (no After School Club)

1.9.23  Start of Term 1


year 1 garden

Year 1 would like to say a big thank you to Harriet's dad and Paddock Wood Garden Centre for their generous donation of compost and bark to enable them to start getting the Year 1 garden up and running!

bereko day


The children had such fun today moving around the different activities on our school field to celebrate Bereko day. Our wonderful language ambassadors organised the making of friendship bracelets, African dancing, drumming, Tanzania animal hunt, face-painting, to name a few. It was enjoyed by everyone and we are so proud of our language ambassadors for making it such a fun and well organised event. Thank you to everyone for their donations.  

Learner Profile / Approaches to learning Certificates this week go to:

6C

Zoe

For the wonderful ways in which you collaborate and help others with their work. Your kind and generous nature is an example to us all.

6J

Tyler

For your resilience and risk taking behaviour when swimming this week. Despite a rocky start to the lesson, you took a deep breath and got back in the pool. You didn’t want to give up and I’m incredibly proud of you for that! Well done Tyler.

6S

Layla

You are approaching your Exhibition project with passion and a real risk-taker attitude - you are going above and beyond, interviewing adults and completing tasks at home. What a role model you are!

5G

Kuba

For consistently showing his reflective nature and working to apply figurative language techniques to his written work in the most thoughtful way - you absolute legend! Well done Kuba :) 


5J

Manuela

For your descriptive narrative is absolutely fantastic! Your hard work on spellings and punctuation shines through. I'm impressed by your creativity with adjectives and similes. Keep up the amazing work, and continue to let your imagination soar!

5M

Hunter

For being a risk-taker at Tonbridge School. You really threw yourself into the activities and gave everything your best effort. You were pretty good at lying still too ! :-) 

4DP

Bennie

For being such a hardworking and open-minded member of the class. You always have interesting ideas and are full of information about whatever we are learning - an invaluable part of any discussion!

4G

William

For being a thinker this week and really developing your reasoning and problem-solving in Maths. You have taken huge steps forward in approaching problems systematically!

4T

Joey 

For being a deeper thinker who never rushes in, instead taking his time to understand what he is learning - well done Joey! 

3BE

Maia

For an excellent effort when completing our recent reading assessment. You have  shown considerable progress and pushed yourself to complete the work in the time set, well done!

3L

Mia

For your determination and perseverance in our Maths test this week! I was SO impressed by your knowledge and you remembered to draw out the problem to help you solve the questions. Well done!

3TL

Charlie

For being such a caring member of the class, helping one of your classmates, who has injured themselves.  You helped fetch their equipment, carried their bags and made sure that they were alright.  Well done!

2CR

Louie

For being a principled learner. You come to school ready to learn each day and try your best in everything you do. You are a lovely class member and we are pleased to have you in 2CR.

2P

Shaurya

For a consistently exemplary approach to learning. You are kind, caring and thoughtful of others, and show your principled nature with your fantastic attitude in class. Keep it up! 

2T

Teddy

For being a thinker this week! He was brilliant at describing the different turns in Maths, using his thinking skills to solve tricky problems. Well done Teddy!

1E

Michael

For being a wonderful communicator this week across all areas of your learning. Your enthusiasm for learning has been infectious. You proudly called out our sounds during Phonics lessons, loved learning our Days of the Week song in Maths and confidently spoke about your local area in our Geography lessons. Well done Mickey! 

1P

Eliza

For applying herself independently this week and being a knowledgeable learner. Eliza has worked tremendously hard in creating short narratives and trying her best in having consistent sentences with full stops, capital letters and phonetic knowledge.

1T

Lillie

This week you have been a reflective inquirer. You have reflected and communicated different human and physical features that you had seen on our walk around Paddock Wood. You then linked your senses to these different features, whilst adding interesting adjectives.

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Clara

For being a superstar friend. She showed us all that she is a caring and thoughtful person that is eager to help others.

Goldings

Freya

For being a great risk taker and for displaying a kind and caring attitude. Freya was so hands on with our trip to the pond and she took great care of every creature she found.  Well done!

phoenix

Eni

For being a knowledgeable learner in Maths this week. You have created a beautiful number bonds book. Well done Eni!

ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES THIS WEEK GO TO:

6C

Valerii

For your excellent Macbeth writing. You have improved so much with your writing this term and your retelling of the Macbeth story has been  extremely entertaining. 

6J

Sarah

For your fantastic design for your cake shop logo as part of your careers project. You worked hard to make your building design clear and engaging whilst also showing off your own creativity. Brilliant work Sarah!

6S

Evie

For a superb effort with your learning; you have challenged yourself and produced writing which shows your progress this year. Your careers project is looking superb so far!

5G

All of 5G

For doing a stellar job representing our school at the recent Tonbridge School Activity Day. You tackled all activities with great enthusiasm and showed your willingness and resilience for trying new things. Well done.

5J

Joshua

Your knowledge and enthusiasm for the life cycle and development of plants is remarkable. I'm impressed by the multitude of insightful discussion points you bring to the table. Keep exploring and sharing your scientific curiosity. 

5M

All of 5M

For a fabulous day at the ‘Tonbridge School Activity Day’. You behaviour was excellent and you gave a really good account of yourselves. Well done!

4DP

Mason

For a being a focussed, efficient and consistent learner. We can always count on you to concentrate on your work and do a great job of it. Well done Mason!

4G

Darcie

For some amazing work in your Maths reasoning assessment this week. Your progress over the last few weeks has been phenomenal!

4T

Matthew

For achieving high standards in recent tests in Mathematics and reading comprehension - well done Matthew!  

3BE

Lenni

For showing a very good understanding of the use of inverted commas. You created a your own dialogue between characters and carefully punctuated your sentences. 

3L

Alfie

For your continued efforts in reading. You are always keen to complete reading tasks and carefully pick out key information from the text. You have really improved your explaining skills too.  Great job!

3TL

Joseph

For your excellent progress in Maths this term.  You have listened carefully to the input and applied what you have learnt, working consistently.  Keep it up!

2CR

Archie

You have been an excellent mathematician this week. You have applied yourself well to the activities set and communicated your mathematical thinking in a clear way.

2P

Dollie

For massive improvement in your writing and spelling recently. You have been practicing handwriting and spelling skills diligently and getting consistently high scores in our spelling tests. Well done.

2T

Eva

For having a brilliant attitude to learning! She is an excellent role model to to others by being quick to settle into each lesson and complete each activity to the best of her ability.

1E

Anea

You have been a superstar this week across all areas of your learning. You focussed beautifully on all tasks and challenged yourself to produce both a higher quality and quantity of work. 

You should be very proud of yourself Anea. Keep up the great work!  

1P

Juan

Juan has achieved lots this week in our learning and has been a consistent principled learner. Juan earns our house many house points for his recognition of sensible choices around school. Well done! Keep up these daily achievements!

1T

Dennis

It has been a delight to watch your pleasure for reading grow this year. You can independently use your phonetic knowledge to read your chosen non-fiction book. Keep up the hard work! 

ARcher

John

For working really hard in his writing and writing his name. He is putting a lot of effort into it in class!

goldings

Riley

For taking great care to improve his writing this week, I have been so impressed by your hard work Riley!

phoenix

Bertie

For your superb attitude to school life. Bertie always tries his best and has a smile on his face as he does so. What a pleasure it is to have you in our class Bertie!