Weekly News! 02.11.2026

Welcome back, we have loved hearing about your half terms and seeing your happy smiley faces again. You have started Term 2 with such enthusiasms and excitement.

Maths

This week we have recapped our knowledge of subtraction and have started to use column subtraction. On Thursday we played a maths game called Race to Zero this helped us begin to learn how to regroup in subtraction.

Next week we will be applying our column subtraction skills, we will be regrouping from the Tens to the Ones and the Hundreds to the Tens. We will use these skills to help us answer word problems to.

English

This week in English, we have focused on setting descriptions, using adjectives, verbs, adverbs and prepositional phrases.

Next week, we will be moving onto character descriptions!

Thank you for supporting your children with reading 4 times a week at home! Please could you ensure your child’s book is in school every day as we read with them throughout the week, thank you.

Thematic

In Thematic this week, we have started our new unit of learning, Feel the Force, See the light! We started by learning that a push force moves something further away and a pull force brings an object closer. We have also planned and completed a scientific experiment. We wanted to know if the surface affect how far and object moves when it is pushed.

Next week in Thematic we will be learning what a magnet is and how it works!

Home Learning

This week's home learning we would like you to complete the maths worksheet for column subtraction. It is attached at the bottom of the blog.

Term 2 Dates for the Diary

11th November – Children can wear service uniform to school

13th November – Reception Come Dine with me

13th November – World Kindness Day and Children in Need day. Wear something yellow and/or spotty to school

16th November – Individual and sibling school photos

18th November – Reception and year 6 height and weight check

20th November – Year 1 and 6 Come Dine with me

25th November – Year 4 to Maidstone Museum

27th November – Year 2 and 5 Come Dine with me

30th November – Book fair in school this week

4th December – Year 3 and 4 Come Dine with me

4th December – Year 5 Pantomime (year 5 to be collected at 4.20pm)

9th December – Christmas Fair from 3.15pm-4.15pm

11th December – Reception Nativity at 9am in school hall

14th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in school hall

15th December – Year R, 1 and 2 Party Day. Non-school uniform for these children

15th December – Year 3 and 4 Christmas Church performance at 10am and year 5 and 6 Christmas Church performance at 2pm

16th December – Year 2 Nativity at 9am in school hall

16th December – Party day for year 3, 4, 5 and 6. Non-school uniform for these children.

17th December – School Christmas Dinner and all children to wear Christmas jumpers to school (please note children to wear usual school uniform, but a Christmas jumper, rather than a school jumper/cardigan)

18th December – Last day of school. School to finish at 2pm. No after school club on this day.

 

 

Team Cornflower: Measha.King@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sapphire: Kate.Bennett@chiltonprimary.co.uk