English
This week in English, we have continued writing diary entries based on our class text The Boy at the Back of the Class. The children have worked hard to write in the style of a diary, imagining how the characters might be feeling and expressing these thoughts clearly. We have focused on using emotive language to show feelings, informal language to match the diary style, and a range of sentence openers to make our writing more interesting. The children have also been practising writing complex sentences to add extra detail and explanation.
Next week, we will be moving on to persuasive writing, where the children will learn how to present strong opinions and support their ideas with convincing reasons.

Maths
In maths this week, we have been learning about coordinates. The children now understand that when reading coordinates we start with the x-axis (across) and then move to the y-axis (up). They have practised locating and plotting points on a grid and have also learned how to translate points, moving them around the grid by following given instructions.
Next week, we will begin learning about volume and capacity, exploring how much liquid different containers can hold and comparing different amounts.

Thematic
In thematic lessons, we have continued exploring our topic: The Golden Age of Islam. This week we learned about several important inventors and scholars from this time period and discovered how their ideas and inventions helped shape the modern world. The children then compared life and developments during the Golden Age of Islam with what was happening in England during the Dark Ages, helping them understand how different parts of the world were developing at the same time.

LOVE TO LEARN 

For your love to learn this week, can you create a diary entry about a day you have had in your life. Inlcude emotive language, sentences starters, informal language and complex sentences. Write as yourself!

 

Spellings

Spellings to learn this week for a test on Thursday are:

Expression

Discussion

Confession

Permission

Admission

Expansion

Extension

Opposite 

Ordinary 

Particular

 

Other News

Chilton Book Fayre 

The Chilton Book Fayre will arrive on Monday 9^th March and run until Friday 13^th March outside the Year 5 classrooms. Children will come home with a World Book Day book voucher.  These can be spent at the Book Fayre. Cash and online payments are also available, and a percentage of the monies raised will go towards funding more books for Chilton children.

Young Artists’ Competition 2026

DEADLINE – Wednesday 1st April 2026

The Rotary Club of Margate have launched their Thanet schools’ art competition. Selected entries will be displayed at Sainsbury’s Westwood Cross in their annual art exhibition.

To enter, please create a piece of A4 artwork with a wildlife theme- artwork will need to be flat so it can fit into a frame. On the reverse, please write the following information:

Child’s Name

Year Group

Medium Used

Brief description of the artwork

Permission and Consent - By submitting your child’s artwork to the competition, you give permission for the artwork to be displayed in a public exhibition. You also consent to your child’s name, age, school name, and title of the artwork being shown alongside the piece. You understand that the exhibition may be visited by members of the public and that images of the display may be used by the organisers for promotional or reporting purposes, both in print and online. No other personal details will be shared.

Reading competition 

We will be running a reading competition the week of World Book Day (week beginning 2^nd March).  We would like the children to read as many books as they can in a funny or unusual place! Please take a picture of these and email them to Mrs Rowland-Hill (helen.rowland@chiltonprimary.co.uk) A winner from Ks1 and a winner from KS2 with the most books read in a funny and usual place will win a prize! Deadline for entries is Monday 9^th March 2026. 

Mrs Rowland-Hill - English Lead/Upper Phase Lead

Dates to remember

Monday 9th March – Book fair in school this week

Friday 13th March – Chilton Speaker Final

Friday 20th March – Red Nose Day (Wear something funny for money)

Monday 23rd March – Rock your socks for Downs Syndrome Awareness (Wear bright or mismatching socks to school)

Friday 27th March – Viking Speaker Final at Royal Harbour

Friday 27th March – Parents come into school to look at children’s books prior to Parent Teacher Consultations

Week Beginning 30th March – Parent Teacher consultation week

Thursday 2nd April – Chilton Fundraisers Sponsored Eggscellent Event - Non-Uniform to be worn with further details to follow next term

Thursday 2nd April - Last day of term. School to finish at 3.15pm

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Cousins, Mr Cook and Miss Jordan