Home Learning  

1. We would like the children to practise the following spellings – words with -ough  This home learning is due in by Friday 6th March 

enough	through
dough	thought
tough	cough
rough	thorough
though	plough

 

2. Year 6 will be learning how to write a newspaper story over the next week.  We would like the children to bring in a newspaper from home if they can.

3. Year 6 will be learning about WW2 in Term 4 and 5 so we have set some home reading challenges on MYON about this subject - The children have a whole term to complete this task. https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html 

Important Dates: 

Monday 2nd March – Secondary School Offer Day 

Thursday 5th March – World Book day, children to dress as their favourite book character  

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 

The Viking Speaker Competition 

Dear Chilton Families, 

It is that time of year again that we will be holding the Viking Speaker Competition. The Speaker competition is an annual competition across the Viking Academy Trust that helps to develop children's Oracy skills. The children are invited to create and present a speech on a given theme. Four children will be chosen to represent the school, competing against children from Ramsgate Arts and Upton to become the Viking Speaker winner for 2026. 

This year the children are invited to ‘Pitch their passion’. The idea is the children choose something they are passionate about. This could be anything from Climate Change to Capybaras; it may be a hobby they have or just something they find interesting. They need to write a speech that inspires the audience to take an interest in their chosen passion. The speech can be no longer that 2 minutes and the children cannot use any props or slides to help them during their speech. 

To help the children with this competition, please could you support your child across half term to decide which passion they have that they might wish to ‘pitch’ in their speech. They need to consider what makes their passion so intriguing and why others should also take an interest in it. They can begin to make some notes or even create a first draft of their speech. They will then continue to work on their speech during the first week back in school after half term. 

Those children that wish to enter the competition will perform their speech to their class during the week beginning 2nd March. Each class will choose one representative. We will then hold the Chilton Speaker Final on Friday 13th March, where our four Chilton representatives will be chosen. These four children will take part in the Viking Speaker Final on Friday 27th March. 

We look forward to learning all about what our children are passionate about. 

NEW ART COMPETITON – DEADLINE 4th MARCH 2026 

We would love to see children from Chilton entering the following art competition hosted by the Royal Academy of Arts. Families will be asked to submit their children’s artwork via the following link (you will need to register): 

https://youngartists.royalacademy.org.uk/get-involved#artworks 

World Book Day – Thursday 5th March 

This year’s World Book Day theme will be books that make us laugh.  We invite children to dress up as their favourite book or character for World Book Day. The children will take part in a variety of fun activities throughout the day. All children will receive their £1 World Book Day Voucher.  This can be used at our school Book Fayre or in shops.    

Chilton Book Fayre  

The Chilton Book Fayre will arrive on Monday 9th March and run until Friday 13th 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.   

Reading competition  

We will be running a reading competition the week of World Book Day (week beginning 2nd 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 9th March 2026.  

Mrs Rowland-Hill - English Lead/Upper Phase Lead. 

English 

This week, Year 6 focused on their speech writing skills. The children all planned and wrote their own speeches that were linked to the Speaker Competition.  Year 6 used their oracy skills to practise their speeches.  Next week, Year 6 start their new text: Kensuke’s Kingdom.  They will focus on the features of a newspaper, leading to them writing their own newspaper linked to the text. 

Maths 

This week, the children returned to coordinates, translating shapes and reflection. They worked as partners to answer a section of questions and took part in practical maths too.  Next week, the children will look at angles and recap angle names, angles around a point and how to measure angles.   

Afternoon lessons 

This week, Year 6 spent all day Monday focusing on British Values.  The children discussed the values and why they are important to us.  They also discussed what values are important to them.  Year 6 also discussed the nine protected characteristics, what they are and why they are very important for everyone.  Here is a video about the nine protected characteristics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXLtKlmtrvM&t=5s 

Year 6 then started their new Thematic topic – Path to Peace (WW2).  The children learnt what war is and what propaganda is.