Please see two letters at the bottom of this post that detail all dates that are important for Year 6.  

1. We would like the children to practise the following spellings – words with the ee sound spelt with ei / ie  

2. 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 

3. 

Important Dates: 

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 

Term 5 

Monday 20th April – Children return to school at the usual time 

Monday 4th May – Bank holiday, school closed for all 

Tuesday 5th May to Thursday 14th May – Year 6 children invited into school for breakfast (see letter from Mrs Rowland-Hill) 

Wednesday 6th May – Year 5 class assembly at 2.50pm (parents invited) 

Monday 11th to Thursday 14th May – Year 6 SATS taking place 

Friday 15th May – Year 6 London Trip 

Monday 18th May – Year 5 and 6 Viking Games at Upton (packed lunch required for year 5 and 6 and these children to wear sports kit) 

Tuesday 19t May - Year 3 and 4 Viking Games at Upton (packed lunch required for year 3 and 4 and these children to wear sports kit) 

Wednesday 20th May – Year 1 and 2 Viking games at Chilton (year 1 and 2 children to wear sports kit) 

Wednesday 20th May – Year 4 class assembly at 2.50pm (parents invited) 

Thursday 21st May – Reception Viking Games at Ramsgate Arts Primary School (Reception children to wear sports kit) 

Friday 22nd May – Be here, be you, belong parade on top field from 2pm. Children to wear clothes that they feel express who they are, this could be from an outfit from a hobby they have, to bright colourful clothing. All parents are invited to watch. 

English 

This week, Year 6 wrote in role as two different characters from our text – Kensuke's Kingdom.  The children focused on showing how both characters spoke and acted differently from one another.  The children used dialogue and weaved action throughout their writing.  They also spent time describing the island through art and in their writing.  

Maths 

This week, Year 6 returned to converting units of measure.  They used their multiplying and dividing skills to convert mass, capacity and length.  Next week, Year 6 will look at ratio and proportion. 

Thematic 

This week, Year 6 finished the first half of their thematic topic – Paths to Peace.  The children learnt how WW2 ended and what events took place.  Our Reading for Pleasure this week was focused on WW2 songs – watch the children here! https://vimeo.com/1177633328/c43f4e0008?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

We finished the week working together as a year group to complete our Big Fat Quiz of the term and spent time answering questions about what we have learnt so far.  Next week, Year 6 will return to RE lessons in the afternoon as usual.  Year 6 will return to the topic Paths to Peace in Term 5.

1. Advance notice – Wednesday 25th  March – Year 6 WW2 Dress Up Day.  The children are invited to dress up in WW2 costumes.  

2. We would like the children to practise the following spellings – pluralised nouns This home learning is due in by Friday March 27th March 

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

Wednesday 25th March – Year 6 WW2 Dress Up Day 

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 

English 

This week, Year 6 wrote a Ship’s Log based on the one from the book: Kensuke’s Kingdom.  The children manipulated their tenses whilst still writing in role as Micheal, Mum or Dad.  Next week, we will write our own narrative based on the same book.  We will show characterisation when two differing characters interact with each other. 

Maths 

This week, Year 6 interrupted different pie charts. They used their four operations of number to solve calculations.  They also used their fraction, decimals and percentage knowledge to answer problems linked to the pie charts. 

Thematic 

This week, Year 6 learnt about the role that women had in WW2 and the impact that WW2 had post WW2.  We were also really lucky to have Ella’s grandparents come in to talk to us about how the war affected their families.   

1. Advance notice – Wednesday 25th  March – Year 6 WW2 Dress Up Day.  The children are invited to dress up in WW2 costume 

2. We would like the children to research about what food were rationed during WW2.  The children can present their learning any way they wish!   

3. We would like the children to practise the following spellings – pluralised nouns This home learning is due in by Friday 20th March 

4. 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: 

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) 

Wednesday 25th March – Year 6 WW2 Dress Up Day 

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 

English 

This week, Year 6 have returned to writing a newspaper showing either a positive or a negative bias based on the family in the book Kensuke’s Kingdom.  The children used: the 5Ws, parenthesis to add extra information and direct and indirect speech.  Next week, the children will be writing in role to narrate he family's journey around the world.  

Maths 

This week, Year 6 returned to area and focused on area of four sided shapes and triangles. We have also spent time on their retrieval practice and returned to the perimeter of compound shapes. Next week, Year 6 will learn about pie charts and how to analyse data.   

Thematic 

This week, Year 6 learnt about how children were evacuated in WW2, rationing and bomb shelters.  Next week, year 6 will have a special visitor come into talk to them about their family memories from WW2. 

1. Advance notice – Wednesday 25th  March – Year 6 WW2 Dress Up Day.  The children are invited to dress up in WW2 costume. 

2. We would like the children to practise the following spellings: hyphenated words. This home learning is due in by Friday 13th March 

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 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) 

Wednesday 25th March – Year 6 WW2 Dress Up Day 

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 

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. 

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. 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.

If you have any questions – please feel free to contact Mrs Barlow.

Thank you, we look forward to receiving your competition entries!

Mrs Barlow and Mrs Howard

World Book Day 

As part of World Book day, Year 6 read books that made them laugh!  The Year 6 text that they focused on was: The Day Crayons Quit.  After reading the book, the children spent time planning and making their own version of the book.  They also spent time in their Reading for Pleasure lessons asking general knowledge questions and spent time researching the answers.  Next week, Year 6 will focus on writing their own newspaper report about the family’s adventure in Kensuke’s Kingdom.  

Can you guess who the Chilton Secret Reader is? 

Watch a message to Chilton from Michael Rosen here - https://vimeo.com/1170420777/6e272f106c?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci 

Guess the Secret Reader! https://vimeo.com/1170417972/327824b3cc?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci 

Guess the Secret Reader! https://vimeo.com/1170420081/d1062bef21?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci 

Guess the Secret Reader! 

https://vimeo.com/1170421225/ba57440f72?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci 

Guess the Secret Reader! 

https://vimeo.com/1170423733/909976c947?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci 

Guess the Secret Reader! 

https://vimeo.com/1170431305/13b9686c11 

Maths 

This week, Year 6 looked at angles and missing angles.  Angles inside a triangle, opposite angles, Z angles, angles on a straight line and angles around a point. Next week, Year 6 will be learning about area and perimeter of shape and compound shapes. 

Thematic 

This week, Year 6 continued with their WW2 thematic topic. They learnt about Hitler and his leadership style. They discussed whether Hitler was a good or bad leader.  Year 6 also leant more about propaganda, and they looked at primary and secondary sources.  Next week the children will learn about WW2 bomb shelters and evacuation. 

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

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.   

1. We would like the children to practise the following spellings that end in –ous.  This home learning is due in by Friday 27th February. 

2. 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 23rd February – All children back into school at the normal time 

Monday 23rd February – Friday 27th February – Bring in any unwanted world book day costumes 

Friday 27th February – Second hand world book day costume sale from 3pm by school gates 

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 than 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. 

Year 6 Learning this week

English 

This week the children finished their Snakes vs Iguana commentary.  The children used verbs, adverbs, varied their sentence types, used a passive voice and used vocabulary and phrases to sound like an expert! Reading for Pleasure – this week, the children relaxed and read the lyrics to their favourite songs! Watch here - https://vimeo.com/1164623556/e1812264ab?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

Maths 

This week the children learnt a new skill: BIDMAS (order of operations).  They then moved on to number sequences and finished the week looking at some algebra.  

Afternoon lessons 

This week, Year 6 returned to RE in the afternoon and learnt about Islam.  We started the week by visiting the Margate Mosque.  This was a wonderful trip and experience for the children and meant that the children had a wealth of knowledge about this religion.  Here are some pictures from the day:  

As part of our play hard, we also enjoyed icing some biscuits as a well done for reading so much during the term!  For a reward, the children decorated (and ate) biscuits.  Well done for reaching your target!

- We would like the children to practise the following spellings: 

Important messages:

- Year 6 Margate Mosque Trip – The children will visit the Margate Mosque on Monday. The children will need to bring a packed lunch (a school lunch will be provided if you have notified the office). We ask that the children bring a coat, a bag to carry their lunch and water too.  We will return to school at 1:30pm. 

- Term 3 will finish on Friday 13th February at 3:15pm.

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 the children started their commentary writing for the documentary – Snakes vs Iguana.  Watch the video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4CQj-TCbA The children focused on sounding like an expert, verbs and adverbs to describe the action as well as using ambitious vocabulary and punctuation. As part of their punctuation and grammar challenge, the children were tasked to include a passive voice. Here is a video about passive and active voice (Team Cobalt is a huge fan of this one!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olS2Hu-HRJc 

Year 6 will continue this writing next week.  As part of our Reading for Pleasure, Year 6 explored cookery books and used their knowledge from their Thematic lessons to find recipes that were healthy.

Maths

The children took part in practical maths this week as part of our NSPCC Number Day.  We started the week buying items from a shop (the children were given a fictional budget of £20 in Mr Wheeler's supermarket and £20 in Mrs Rowland-Hill's bookshop.  The children played the Game of Life in Mrs Bax's room too.  The children were also tasked with furnishing their own bedroom on a budget of £500.  They used the Argos website to work within their budget! The children ended the week using Skittles to answer multiple questions linked to number, ratio, fractions and decimals. Next week, the children will learn how to answer calculations using Order of Operations (BIDMAS) and sequencing numbers.  Here is BIDMAS explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opmBUyg9dJ0

Thematic

We finished our How to Mind Your Heart topic this week.  We ended this with completing some market research linked to healthy snacks.  The children asked 20 adults around the school what they would rather like: a sweet or savoury flapjack.  Their results were SAVOURY so the children planned and made a savoury flapjack.  Their baking was very successful and tasty!

We would like the children to practice fractions of amounts at home.  Here are some calculations:

Important Dates for Term 3   

• Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited)  

• Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star) 

• Monday 9th February – Year 6 to visit Margate Mosque 

• Tuesday 10th February – Safer internet day  

• Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

English

This week, Year 6 wrote a narrative to the short film: Alma.  The children focused on description, mood, tone and atmosphere. As part of their guided reading lessons, year 6 continued to improve their comprehension skills by reading and answering questions linked to a variety of texts.  Next week, the children will plan and write a commentary to the documentary: snakes verses iguana.

Maths

Year 6 focused on their percentages of amounts this week.  They have learnt how to find 1%, 10%, 25% and 50% of an amount.  Next week, Year 6 will be looking at money word problems.  Learning next week will be all practical and will start with Year 6 being given a fictional budget that they can spend in the Year 6 shop! 

Thematic

This week, Year 6 have focused on their Design Technology skills and have learnt about seasonal foods and why seasons are important.  Next week, Year 6 will design and make their own healthy snack. 

We would like the children to show their understanding of fractions or decimals.  They can choose to show the following: adding or subtracting fractions, multiplying fractions, dividing fractions or how to convert a fraction into a decimal. The children can present their learning any way they wish and can even video themselves!  If they choose this option, please email their videos to their class teacher:

helen.rowland-hill@chiltonprimary.co.uk  amy.tammaro@chiltonprimary.co.uk    dave.wheeler@chiltonprimary.co.uk  paula.bax@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Important Year 6 message

We have booked five trips for our Year 6 children this year.  A letter has been sent to you via MCAS detailing these trips and the total cost. A copy of the letter is at the bottom of this page too.

Whole school message Science and Art

Science - Hello Chilton families,

This week, the whole school is took part in the Big Schools' BirdWatch to collect data for the RSPB. We are inviting you to take part at home too. Here's what you need to do:

1. ‎Choose an hour between 23 and 25 January 2026

2, Only record the birds that land in your garden

3. Record the highest number of each bird species you see at any one time

4. Sign up online and submit your results to the RSPB. Here's the link: Big Garden Birdwatch

Miss Isaac, who is Chilton's science leader, would love to see any photos of you doing this and also know any particularly interesting birds you saw. Feel free to send her an email: carol.isaac@chiltonprimary.co.uk

If you are fan of being out in nature and would like to show off your photography skills, you might be interested in the competition outlined below:

Bird Wise East Kent and Thanet Coast Project have teamed up to host a photography competition. There is a category for under 18s with the winner and runner up having their work displayed in Margate, Whitstable and Ramsgate. The deadline is midnight on Sunday 15^th February. Please go to their website for more information: Photography Competition | Bird Wise East Kent

Have fun twitching!

Miss Isaac

Art 

Important Dates for Term 3   

• Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited)  

• Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star) 

• Monday 9th February – Year 6 to visit Margate Mosque 

• Tuesday 10th February – Safer internet day  

• Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

English

This week, Year 6 spent time describing Leon's place between.  The children used ambitious vocabulary, figurative language and ambitious punctuation. They spent time on Friday publishing their writing in the book's same style.  The children have now finished this book and will move on to a film narrative next week - Alma. Watch Alma here in advance.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw0uORumRts

Maths

Year 6 revisited fractions this week, focusing on multiplying fractions, dividing fractions, adding / subtracting fractions and converting fractions into decimals. Next week the children will move on to percentages and percentages of amounts.

Thematic

This week, Year 6 learnt more about the human body and focused on the circulatory and digestive systems.  The children also learnt what a nutrient is and what nutrients our bodies need and how our body absorbs them. As part if their art lessons, the children have learnt how to quill and have used these skills to create a quilled human heart.

We have booked five trips for our Year 6 children this year.  A letter has been sent to you via MCAS detailing these trips and the total cost. Below is the PDF of the letter. 

Year 6 Home learning –  We would like the children to bring in a book from home that they have enjoyed either recently or as a younger child.  This could be a non-fiction or a fictional book.  We plan to share our books and our reasons why we love the book we have chosen in our Reading for Pleasure session on Wednesday.  

Please can the children continue to practise their times tables on TTRS. https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth

RSPB Big Garden BirdWatch

This term, the whole school is taking part in the Big Schools' BirdWatch to collect data for the RSPB. We are inviting you to take part at home too. Here's what you need to do:

1. ‎Choose an hour between 23 and 25 January

2, Only record the birds that land in your garden

3. Record the highest number of each bird species you see at any one time

4. Sign up online and submit your results to the RSPB. Here's the link: Big Garden Birdwatch

Miss Isaac, who is Chilton's science leader, would love to see any photos of you doing this and also know any particularly interesting birds you saw. Feel free to send her an email: carol.isaac@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Have fun  twitching!

Important Dates for Term 3   

• Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited)  

• Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star) 

• Monday 9th February – Year 6 to visit Margate Mosque 

• Tuesday 10th February – Safer internet day  

• Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

English 

This week, the children focused their attention on writing the action that would see during a circus performance.  After initially planning their chosen circus performance, the children created a Matisse-inspired piece of art that demonstrated their chosen performance.  The children used verbs and adverbs to describe this performance.  The children finished the week by performing their learnt magic tricks to the year group!  

Maths 

We returned to fractions this week. The children learnt how to multiply fractions, convert mixed numbers to improper fractions, added and subtracted fractions with different denominators and finished the week learning how to divide fractions.  Year 6 worked incredibly hard this week!  

Thematic 

We started our new Thematic topic this week – How to mind your heart.  The children have learnt a vast amount of interesting information about the human body.  The children have learnt how the human heart works, what is in our blood, the circulatory system is and how it works.  We made blood (don’t worry – it was not real) and finished the week exploring how a pig’s heart works – Year 6 loved this! 

Please can the children bring in an empty plastic water bottle (not a reuseable bottle) for their science lesson on Tuesday. 

This week we would like the children to practise learning and performing a magic trick – Here is a link to some easy magic tricks that they could learn if they are struggling for ideas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV8x6CiFPiU   Year 6 will perform their chosen performance at the end of next week.  

Important Dates for Term 3   

• 12th January – Year 5 and 6 TTRS Battle begins this week! 

• Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am 

• Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star) 

• Monday 9th February – Year 6 to visit Margate Mosque 

• Tuesday 10th February – Safer internet day  

• Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

English 

Our new book in Term 3 is Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister.  This week, the children explored the book's images and spent time describing the outside and inside the book’s circus tent.  The children also experienced a magic show performed by Mr Oxlely and used their art skills to recreate the circus tent!

Maths 

This week, the children spent time converting units of measure (mm, cm, m, km; ml and l; g, kg, t) using their knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 10,100 and 1000. They also learnt how to convert miles to kilometres.  

PSHE in the afternoon. 

We have started Term 3 focusing on PSHE in our afternoon lessons.  This term is - Champions of Courage.  The Year 6 Champion of Courage is Marcus Rashford.  We discussed why Marcus is our Champion of Courage and what he petitioned for and successfully achieved to help children.   

Marcus Rashford is a British footballer who used his voice to campaign for free school meals for children in need. His actions changed government decisions and helped many families. We spent some time discussing: what is inequality? Why was Marcus brave to speak up? What problems do children face today? How can we make a difference in our community? 

We would like the children to continue to read over Christmas time.  They can also still access and read books on MYON https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html or play on TTRS https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school  

Messages 

Year 6 had a wonderful time visiting and performing in the church this week – thank you for your continued support with these events.  Year 6 also enjoyed their Christmas party and their Christmas lunch.  We all ate as a year group around a HUGE Christmas dinner table!  

Important Dates for Term 3 

• Monday 5th January – Everyone back to school at the usual time   

• Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star)  

• 12th January – Year 5 and 6 TTRS Battle begins this week! 

• Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited)  

• Monday 9th February – Year 6 to visit Margate Mosque 

• Tuesday 10th February – Safer internet day  

• Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

English 

Our new book in Term 3 will be Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister.  The children will explore the text, imagery, descriptions and feelings.   

Maths 

We will start term 3 by looking at converting (miles and kilometres).  We revisit previously taught maths skills as part of our ongoing retrieval practice.   

PSHE and Thematic 

We will start Term 3 focusing on PSHE in our afternoon lessons – Champions of Courage.  The Year 6 Champion of Courage is Marcus Rashford.  Our Term 3 thematic topic will be called: How to mind your heart.  We will focus on science and the human body as well as design technology where we look at nutrition and what foods are good for our bodies.  

Have a happy Christmas! 

1. MYON - We would like the children to read another book on MyOn.  These books are about maps as we have been learning about maps and how to use them.  Please can the children complete a quiz when they have read the book (s).  Access MyOn here https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html 

2. We would like the children to practise the following spellings – words ending in –cious or –tious  

Messages 

The Year 6 Christmas service will be on Tuesday 16th December at the St Lawrence Church at 1:50pm. 

Year 6 Party will be on Wednesday 17^th December.  Please can the children bring in:

Vikings – Savoury party foods such as sausage rolls, cheese straws

Saxons – Fruit and vegetable

Normans – Crisps and nibbles

Romans – Sweet party foods such as biscuits and sweets.

Drinks will be provided by the Year 6 teachers.

Important Dates for Term 2 

15th December – No PE this week 

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school 

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day 

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day 

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after-school club 

Important dates for Term 3 

Monday 5th January – Everyone back to school at the usual time   

Friday 6th February – NSPCC number day (Reception and KS1 children to come in dressed in number themed clothes/KS2 to come in dressed as a Times Table Rock Star)  

Friday 6th February – KS2 Countdown assembly at 9am (parents of year group house winners to be invited)  

Monday 9th February – Year 6 to visit Margate Mosque 

Tuesday 10th February – Safer internet day  

Friday 13th February – Non-school uniform day 

English 

This week the children have finished their alternative ending to the book Skellig. They focused on adding action, description and dialogue as well as planning and writing an appropriate ending. In Reading for Pleasure, the children all took part in a Christmas-themed Christmas song lyric sing-a-long!  

Maths 

Year 6 spent a week learning about bar charts and line graphs.  They have also learnt how to calculate Mean, Mode and Range when interpreting data.  

Mean = find the average by adding all the values together and dividing the total by the number of values. Mode = the most value.

Range = The difference between the highest and lowest value.  

Thematic  

Year 6 finished their topic – My Country, My Home this week.  However, Year 6 ended their week by having a look at some owl pellets that had been kindly donated to us by Miss Isaac (Chilton’s Science Lead).  The children learnt what an owl pellet is, how they are made and what is inside.  Owl pellets are linked to children’s English learning and their book Skellig where owl pellets are mentioned many times. Next week,  Year 6 will return to their RE topic – Christianity.

1. We would like the children to write or print the lyrics to their favourite Christmas song for our Reading for Pleasure lesson next week.  Please can the children keep their chosen song a secret so that others can try and guess the song in the lesson! Our Reading for Pleasure lesson will be Thursday 11th Dec.

2. MYON - We would like the children to read another book on MyOn.  These books are about maps as we have been learning about maps and how to use them.  Please can the children complete a quiz when they have read the book (s).  Access MyOn here https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html 

3. We would like the children to make a 3D shape from their own 3D net.  Here are some examples... 

Messages 

The Year 6 Christmas service will be on Tuesday 16th December at St Lawrence Church at 1:50pm.  

Important Dates for Term 2 

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm 

15th December – No PE this week 

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school 

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day 

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day 

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after-school club 

English 

This week the children planned and started to write their own 5-part narrative that gives an alternative ending to the book Skellig.  We have planned a beginning that includes a description of a setting, a build-up to a problem, a main event, a resolution and then an ending.  The children focused on describing, speech and action. In their Reading for Pleasure sessions, the children read instructions on how to make a paper snowflake! 

Maths 

Year 6 spent a week learning about 3D shapes, their properties (edges, vertices/vertex, faces), then moved on to nets and which nets were matched to the 3D shapes.  Year 6 finished the week learning about volume and how to calculate volume – click here to access a video about volume and what the children have learnt this week. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zcrxtyc#zxty7v4 

Thematic  

Year 6 moved on to geography this week and learnt how to read a map using a 6-figure grid reference.  Here is a great video of what that is https://www.ukclimbing.com/videos/categories/instruction/how_to_take_a_6-figure_grid_reference_with_steve_backshall+ordnance_survey-3409 

The children also learnt about the symbols that are found on ordnance survey maps. 

Congratulations to Team Cobalt for winning the Year 6 TTRS competition this week! 

1. We would like the children to spend time practising the following spellings.  They can present their spellings any way they wish so that we can add their learning to their class spelling display:  

Sh sound made with si and ssi 

passion   mission   session   conclusion   vision   possession   profession     illusion    extension    comprehension   commission    permission    

2. We have also set a MyON reading challenge for the Year 6 children.  We would like them to read on or both books set on MyOn that are about Vikings! Click here to access MyOn https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html The children’s AR username and Password will let them access MyOn. This home learning can be completed at any point this term.  

Messages 

The Year 6 Christmas service will be on Tuesday 16th December at St Lawrence Church at 1:50pm.  

Important Dates for Term 2 

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm 

15th December – No PE this week 

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school 

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day 

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day 

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after-school club 

English 

Our focus this week was poetry in Year 6 linked to our book Skellig and William Blake. We read and explored the poem ‘Dream’ by William Blake then planned and wrote their own poem.  Year 6 also explored William Blake’s artwork and used his themes as a basis to decorate their own poems about winter.  Next week, the children will plan and write their own narrative linked to the text Skellig.  

Maths 

We focused on 2D shapes this week and their properties. We also looked at the various types of lines and triangles.  The children spent time exploring problems linked to 2D shapes.  Next week, Year 6 will look at 3D shapes and volume.  

Thematic

This week we continued learning about the Vikings and their legacy and Year 6 took park in a Big Fat Quiz of the term! The children visited the replica Viking ship at Cliffsend where they drew the ship and hunted for Viking words and used Viking Runes to communicate to each other!  

1. We would like the children to show their understanding of fractions and what they have learnt this week.  They can pick either: adding or subtracting fractions with different denominators or ordering and comparing fractions with different denominators.  We would like the children to show their learning any way they wish. They could even film themselves explaining how to do it!

Here is a link to how to order and compare fractions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH7s9SIjwus 

Here is a link showing how to add or subtract fractions with different denominators - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDQipFjAoT8 

2. There is a Year 6 TTRS competition next week starting on Monday 24th November and finishing on Friday 28th November.  The children can access TTRS here - https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/teacherTheir username and password is the same as their AR one.  

3. We have also set a MyON reading challenge for the Year 6 children.  We would like them to read on or both books set on MyOn that are about Vikings! Click here to access MyOn https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html The children’s AR username and Password will let them access MyOn. This home learning can be completed at any point this term.  

Messages 

Year 6 will be visiting the Viking Ship at Pegwell Bay on Friday 28th November. Please can the children bring in a coat and wellies as we will be walking on the fields and around the Viking Ship.  

Important Dates for Term 2 

24th November – Book Fair all week 

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm 

15th December – No PE this week 

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school 

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day 

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day 

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after-school club 

English 

This week, the children wrote in role as Michael and Mina from their text Skellig.  They focused on using a variety of present tenses (simple, continuous/progressive and prefect).  For our Reading for pleasure this week, the children explored Michael Rosen again and read and performed his poem ‘Chocolate Cake’!  They finished their performances by eating chocolate cake too!  

Maths 

This week, the children continued their fraction learning journey.  They started the week learning about fractions of amounts, ordering and comparing fractions with different denominators and then they finished the week by adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators.  Our times table of the week was 7 x 7 = 49.  Our times table of the week next week will be 7x8=56. 

Thematic this week 

This week, the children returned to their history lessons in the afternoon.  They learnt about three important kings: Alfred the Great, King Canute and Edward the Confessor. Year 6 have also learnt about primary and secondary sources and the differences between the two and if the sources they were given were reliable or not.  They finished the week taking part in an oracy task that focused on the legacy that the Vikings left on our country.  

1. We would like the children to spend time practising the following spellings.  They can present their spellings any way they wish so that we can add their learning to their class spelling display:  

receive  conceit  receipt  deceit  ceiling 

neighbour   freight   weigh    vein 

weird    either    foreign    seize    height 

2. We have also set a MyON reading challenge for the Year 6 children.  We would like them to read one or both books set on MyOn that are about Vikings! Click here to access MyOn https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html The children’s AR username and Password will let them access MyOn. This home learning can be completed at any point this term.  

Messages 

Year 6 will be visiting the Viking Ship at Pegwell Bay on Friday 28th November in the morning. Please can the children bring in a coat and wellies as we will be walking on the fields and around the Viking Ship.  

Important Dates for Term 2 

24th November – Book Fair all week 

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm 

15th December – No PE this week 

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school 

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day 

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day 

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after-school club 

English 

This week, the children read more of the book Skellig focusing on Michael and his dreams.  The children wrote a dream sequence that included mood and atmosphere.  They also demonstrated their understanding of sentence structure by using simple, compound and complex sentences in their writing. The children spent time on Thursday writing and performing nonsense poems linked to food from Michael Rosen as Thursday 13th November was Michael Rosen Day!   

Maths 

This week, the children started a two-week learning journey covering fractions.  They started the week looking at fractions of shape then moved on to equivalent fractions as well as converting improper fractions to mixed numbers.   

PSHE in the afternoon 

All this week, the children took part in a variety of PSHE lessons that focused on bullying, kindness, banter and empathy.  The children learnt what to do if they experienced bullying and banter and also discussed empathy and what empathy looks like.  We looked at a number of video scenes and discussed scenarios.  One video that the children found very helpful when understanding empathy was this one from Inside Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT6FdhKriB8 

Here is Sophie explaining what empathy is and how to show it. 

 https://vimeo.com/1136411147/1a6ac2d3b8?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

1. We would like the children to create a poster that explains what a compound sentence is and what coordinating conjunctions are.  Year 6 have learnt this week!  This home learning is due on Thursday 13th November. 

2. Please can the children bring a strong carrier bag into school by Thursday 13th November.  The children will be bringing their old year 5 books home. 

3. We have also set a MyON reading challenge for the Year 6 children.  We would like them to read one or both books set on MyOn that are about Vikings! Click here to access MyOn https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html The children’s AR username and Password will let them access MyOn. This home learning can be completed at any point this term.  

Messages 

Team Cyan successfully moved classrooms on Friday!  The children will still arrive and leave via the same Year 6 entrance.  

Please can the children bring in wellies for their outdoor play at lunchtime. 

Whole School Home Learning 

🎄 Christmas Card Competition 🎄 

Our school has been invited to take part in the annual Christmas card competition organised by our local MP, Polly Billington. 

Children are encouraged to create a festive design, and the winning cards will be printed and shared with businesses and organisations across East Thanet, as well as Members of Parliament in Westminster — spreading festive cheer far and wide! 

Competition Categories 

• Under 7 years 

• Under 11 years 

A template sheet has been provided. 
Children should complete their Christmas card design on the back of this sheet. Please note, all designs should be hand drawn on A4 paper with colouring pencils, crayons, felt-tips pens or paint. Please do not use glitter, sequins, or digital artwork. 

Consent 

A permission form will be sent home to allow your child to take part. 
At no stage will full names be used; however, winners’ first names, ages and school names will be shared. 

Please complete and return the form along with your child’s artwork on the back of the consent form. 

Deadline 

Entries must be returned to school by Wednesday 12th November. 

We can’t wait to see the wonderful designs our children create! 
Thank you for your support — and good luck to all our young artists! 🎨✨ 

If you have any further questions, please do get in touch.  

Important dates:  

Important Dates for Term 2 

11th November – Service Uniform Day, children are allowed to wear their service uniforms into school 

12th November – Individual School Photos 

14th November – Children in need – This year is a challenge yourself theme. We are challenging the children to come into school wearing as many spots as possible! 

14th November – Year 6 Come Dine with me (Cyan 12.30, Turquoise and Cobalt 12.40) 

24th November – Book Fair all week 

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm 

15th December – No PE this week 

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school 

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day 

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day 

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after-school club 

English 

This week, the children learnt more about the characters in the book Skellig.  They spent time describing ‘the man in the garage’, focusing on his appearance, personality and how he speaks.  In their SPaG lessons, the children revisited compound sentences and that two simple sentences are joined together with a coordinating conjunction.  

Reading for Pleasure 

The children looked at nursery rhymes this week and their true meanings!  

Maths 

This week, the children worked hard to show their understanding of time.  Analogue, digital, 12 and 24 hour time and then problems linked to time.  Next week, the children will look at fractions next week.

Thematic 

This week we learnt more about the Vikings.  The children made Viking ships and learnt why and where they invaded.  The children then learnt about the Danelaw and how the Vikings arrived and what they raided! Next week, the children will learn about safer relationships in their PSHE lessons. 

Please can the children bring in a cardboard box as they will be making Viking Longboats on Monday afternoon.

This term the children have a new AR reading target.  We would like all children to read and quiz on FOUR books by the end of Term 2. Children are expected to read at least FOUR times every week.

Important Dates for Term 2

3rd November – Poppies on sale for the following 2 weeks; children to bring in donations in named envelopes and house captains to bring poppies round to classrooms.

11th November – Service Uniform Day, children are allowed to wear their service uniforms into school

12th November – Individual School Photos

14th November – Children in need – This year is a challenge yourself theme. We are challenging the children to come into school wearing as many spots as possible!

14th November – Year 6 Come Dine with me (Cyan 12.30, Turquoise and Cobalt 12.40)

24th November – Book Fair all week

10th December – Christmas Fair 3.15pm-4.15pm

15th December – No PE this week

17th December – Year 3, 4, 5, and 6 Christmas Party Day – children to wear Party Clothes to school

17th December – Christmas Dinner Day

18th December – Christmas Jumper Day

18th December – Final day at school; school finishes at 2pm and there will be no after-school club

Reading for Pleasure

This week the children explored song lyrics in their Reading for Pleasure lessons.  The children read out their lyrics and the children tried to guess the song – we all had an amazing time! Next week will be looking at nursery rhymes and their true meanings!

English

This week the children started to read a new book: Skellig.  The children described a setting from the story using ambitious vocabulary and figurative language.  Next week, the children will be looking at a character in our new book and will spend time describing.

Maths

This week the children revisited multiplying and dividing by 10,100 and 1000 mentally.  They also explored multiples and factors.  Next week the children will be looking at time (both analogue and digital) and then exploring differences in time.  If the children have a watch, please can they wear it at school.

Thematic

This week the children have started their new thematic topic – My home, my country. They spent time answering their Big Question: Is it ever okay to invade another country?  They worked in groups to answer this question.  The children then explored a historical timeline, placing Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans in chronological order.

We hope you have a wonderful half term break.  School resumes Tuesday 28th October.

The children enjoyed their reward for reaching 100 AR quizzes.  There has been a lot of reading and quizzing so well done!  Remember, the expectation is 10 minutes a day for at least 4 times a week.  

On Friday, we also visited Discovery Park where we got to see inside working laboratories.  In this time, we were able to ask questions to scientists who told us about their work with yeast and bacteria (which linked to this term's learning).  As well as this, we were able to take part in interactive sessions which were lots of fun (including making your own catapult!)

English

In English this week, we read more of our fun text, 'Floodland'.  We retrieved information through comprehension tasks and wrote using verbs and adverbs as sentence openers.  In this way, ambitious vocabulary focuses on action: the children thought considered the language to depict a fight between two characters.  As we read on, we painted a battle scene using red paint for blood.  It was really gory!

Maths

The children have worked further on division, this week focusing on remainders.  At the start of the week, the children expressed their remainders as whole numbers or decimals before solving problems where they had to interpret the remainders.  To further challenge children, they reasoned to help them apply their understanding.

Thematic

We have enjoyed learning about Hinduism during our RE Week.  After listening to and reading stories from Hindu culture, the children acted them out.  This helped them have a better grasp of the story.  The children understood that Brahma can take on many forms, including Krishna, who shared his character through stories.  The children also summarised the story of Rama and Sita and considered how Rama showed forgiveness to the Demon King.  They discussed why Hindus value truth (Satya) and talked through different scenarios, explaining what they would do in each. 

Team Cobalt also enjoyed their reward morning:

Love 2 Learn

On Wednesday 29th October, please come to school with the lyrics to your favourite song.  We have a fun activity planned on this day.  You can write them out or simply print them.  Obviously, the lyrics need to be clean and be ready to share them to the class.

End of Term 1 will finish on Friday 17th October at 15:15.

Parents will be welcome to see our English, Maths and Thematic books on Tuesday 14th October at 15:00 prior to Parent Teacher Consultations early next term.

A reminder that children will be going to Discovery Park next Friday morning.  Children will be back for lunch.  They will be attending the Big STEM challenge and judging the competitors. 

English

This week, we have read more of Floodland.  As we have been introduced to more characters, we used dialogue as a way to show characterisation and understand what they are like.  We also weaved action into our writing and used drama as a way to better understand the characters.  Next week, we will be writing a non-chronological report on Climate Change, which is linked to our text.

Maths

We have enjoyed challenging ourselves with square and cube numbers.  As well as this, we worked to understand division using a suitable method.  Next week, we will move on to division with remainders.  

Thematic

We thoroughly loved learning about Inheritance.  The children asked lots of questions and worked together to consider whether characteristics are inherited, environmental or both.  For example, eye colour is inherited from our parents; scars are environmental (from an accident for example); height could be both inherited or dependent on the nutrients we take in.  We also had fun classifying animals in our own way using a tree diagram that we were introduced to last week.  

Love 2 Learn

For your Love 2 Learn task this week, please log into MyOn Log on here - https://www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html

The children have been set two reading tasks (one about Charles Darwin and one about Climate Change).  Their username is the same as their AR account.  Their password is Viking25.

Harvest assembly will be on Thursday 9th October at 14:45.  Families are welcome to join!

As part of our Science learning on Inheritance, please can you bring in any photographs of pupils and their family members.

English

This week, we read the first few chapters of Floodland, clarifying the mysterious opening and making predictions or asking ourselves questions.  On a map, we located Norwich and asked why the sea could be rising.  We wrote a setting description of Eels Island and drew the scene, trying to add to the dark imagery the text was creating.  Next week, we will be characterising using dialogue and action, including drama.

Maths

In Maths, we were wrapping our heads around multiplying using the column method.  We discussed vocabulary linked to multiplication and challenged ourselves with TO x TO and HTO x TO as well as applying the skill to problem solving activities.  We also began to find clever ways to multiply decimals.  Next week, we will be learning how to divide using an appropriate method.  

Thematic

Whilst learning more about the importance of Darwin's discovery on the Galapagos Islands, we classified living things including animals, plants and fungi.  We even completed our own surveys of the types of plants that are at Chilton before creating a graph to highlight our findings.  By using a tree diagram, we could ask specific questions to help classify the living things around us.  We began to understand what a fossil is (it is rock!) and we even made our own using plaster of Paris.  Next week, we will be thinking about what makes things living and describe the life cycles of a range of animals and plants.

Love 2 Learn

To consolidate our learning of multiplication, please try to complete the attached challenge.

We would also like you to practise these spellings:

Harvest Festival for Years 5 and 6 will be Friday 10th October at 2:45pm.  Parents are welcome to join.

Maths

We worked hard to understand the column method for subtraction, applying the fact that subtraction is not commutative (i.e.: 8 -7 is not the same as 7-8).  We have been challenged to use these skills to solve word problems and played subtraction games with our friends.  We even created our own fun games to play!

English

The children have read the first part of our new text, 'Floodland' and have asked many questions about its mysterious opening.  From this, we wrote emotive letters from Zoe to Natasha, explaining why she abandoned her.  We used model verbs to express the likelihood: 'Natasha, I would do anything to save you, you ought to know.'  To help us understand the character, we also had a Conscience Corridor where the children lined up and whispered whether it was right or wrong to leave Natasha behind as the teacher walked through.  After reading the first chapter, we created lino print-style drawings in the same style as the illustrator.  Next week, we will be creating a setting description of Eels Island and weaving action and dialogue into a narrative.

Thematic

We have been thoroughly enjoying our topic of 'Darwin's Delights' and have asked many questions about evolution.  The children created their own animals based on a chosen biome and described how that creature had adapted to suit its environment, much like Darwin said living things do.  We began to understand what a fossil is and created a record for what could happen when animals and plants die.  In art, we observationally drew bones that we have borrowed from the Cotton-Powell museum.  Next week, we will be classifying animals and plants.  

Love 2 Learn

Prior to our learning of classifying plants, we would like you to find out about the plants, trees and flowers in your garden (or local park or green).  You could do a graph or tally to show the number of each species, draw pictures / include photographs or group the plants into your own categories.  

25th September – Chilton School’s 50th Birthday (please see separate letters for details on how we will be celebrating this)

26th September – Thrive coffee morning 9am-10.30am in the studio – a chance to meet our well-being team

9th October - Year 5 and 6 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

16th October – Kent test results sent to families

17th October – Final day of term

Thank you to those parents who were able to attend the Meet and Greet on Thursday morning.  Attached is a copy of Mr. Wheeler's PowerPoint slide.

Mrs. Rowland-Hill helen.rowland-hill@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Mrs. Bax paula.bax@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Mrs. Tammaro amy.tammaro@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Mr. Wheeler dave.wheeler@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Maths

In Maths, we played a fun game involving a hot air balloon to help us understand adding and subtracting negative numbers.  Positive numbers are puffs of air and negative numbers are sandbags.  If you add a positive number (a puff of air), the balloon goes up; subtracting a positive number will deflate the balloon so it will descend.  When adding a negative number (sandbag), the balloon gets heavier so will go down.  Subtracting negative numbers will make the balloon rise.  For example, 8 + -3 = 5 (8 add 3 sandbags makes the number decrease).  Here is a video to help you remember how to play:

We also reminded ourselves of how to add using the column method, lining the digits up like buttons on a shirt.  We used base ten and dice to help demonstrate this and rehearsed the strategy.  Next week, the children will be finding efficient ways to subtract.

English

The children thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Way Home'.  We wrote in role as Shane, who is homeless, using subject specific vocabulary.  We gathered language and considered how people who are homeless may feel.  Children showed empathy for those less well off than us.  We also wrote a setting description for a bustling city using descriptive language.  Next week, we will be introducing our new text, 'Floodland'.  

Thematic 

Using atlases, maps and globes, the children enjoyed locating the lines of longitude and latitude on a map, including the Equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Prime Meridian.  We tracked the route of Charles Darwin on his journey to the Galapagos.  Next week, we will be classifying living things by using an appropriate system as well as classifying plants, going out to the forest school to see what plants are in our local area.  

Love to Learn

Using the receipt from your family's 'big shop', please add up ten items using the column method.  Find a suitable way to present this.  Here is a receipt if you cannot have access to one:

We would also like you to practise these words, which we have learned about this week.  We learned about the different spelling rules when adding the suffix 'ed'.  A challenge could be to explain each spelling rule:

18th September – Meet and greet for years 5 and 6 from 8.45am-9am in your child’s classroom. This is an opportunity to meet your child’s teaching team and get to hear about what to expect in the year ahead

25th September – Chilton School’s 50th Birthday (please see separate letters for details on how we will be celebrating this)

26th September – Thrive coffee morning 9am-10.30am in the studio – a chance to meet our well-being team

9th October - Year 5 and 6 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

16th October – Kent test results sent to families

17th October – Final day of term

A message from Mrs. Winchcombe: 

It’s that exciting time of year again when our Year 5 and 6 pupils can apply to become Thrive Ambassadors.

This year, we’ll be selecting a smaller group so that we can provide more in-depth training with our Thrive practitioners. As a Thrive Ambassador, you will play a very special role in our school community, offering support to others, being a friendly face in the playground, and giving advice and comfort to children who may need someone to turn to.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Show excellent behaviour

• Care deeply about others

• Have good attendance

• Want to make a positive difference to our school

If you would like to apply, please write a letter to Mrs Winchcombe, explaining why you would make the perfect Thrive Ambassador - Please hand these into your teachers, who will pass them on to her. 

Deadline: Friday 19th September

Good luck – we can’t wait to hear from you!

Maths

In Maths this week, the children were challenged to round numbers up to 10,000,000, including with decimals.  We identified the column that we needed to round before underlining the digit to the right of that column.  By following the rhyme '0, 1, 2, 3, 4... round it down to the floor / 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... round it up to the washing line', we were about to round a variety of numbers and solve problems based on this.  After the Kent Test (and continuing into next week), we were introduced to negative numbers.  We played a fun game involving a hot air balloon that helped us to understand adding and subtracting with negative numbers.  Here is the link: Balloon Game

English

After completing 'Way Home', we discussed its theme of homelessness and considered the causes, effects and solutions to the issue.  From this, we wrote a non-chronological report about homelessness, using a formal tone.  Next week, we will be writing in role as the main character (Shane) and creating art based on a cityscape.

Thematic

The children discussed the Big Question in our new topic of Darwin's Delights: Is Change Good?  We used a Consensus Circle activity to decide whether we agreed with each other or not.  After this, we researched three explorers and had a treasure hunt-style activity on the playground to locate clues about each person.  On Friday, we created a timeline of Charles Darwin's life.

Love 2 Learn

We would like everyone to plan and rehearse a short speech that they will present to the year group that outlines which responsibilities they would like this year.  Roles that will be available this year will include House Captains, Play Leaders, Sports Captain, Sports Crew, Peer Mediators, Librarians and Maths Ambassador.  We understand that this may take some out of their comfort zones however this is an opportunity to gain confidence in a safe space and to really sell themselves!  Next Friday afternoon, everyone will have a chance to present to the Year 6 teachers and children.

10.09.25 - Swimming at Upton as part of PE (and every Wednesday this term).

11.09.25 - Kent Test.  Children to come into school at normal time, including those who have chosen not to take the test.  We will begin when everyone is ready.

16th September – Meet and greet for years 1 and 2 from 8.45am-9am in your child’s classroom. This is an opportunity to meet your child’s teaching team and get to hear about what to expect in the year ahead.

17th September – Meet and greet for years 3 and 4 from 8.45am-9am in your child’s classroom. This is an opportunity to meet your child’s teaching team and get to hear about what to expect in the year ahead

18th September – Meet and greet for years 5 and 6 from 8.45am-9am in your child’s classroom. This is an opportunity to meet your child’s teaching team and get to hear about what to expect in the year ahead

19th September – Welcome to Reception meeting for Reception parents from 2.30pm in school hall

25th September – Chilton School’s 50th Birthday (please see separate letters for details on how we will be celebrating this)

26th September – Thrive coffee morning 9am-10.30am in the studio – a chance to meet our well-being team

7th October – 9am Reception Harvest assembly and 2.45pm Year 3 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

8th October – 9am Year 2 Harvest assembly and 2.45pm Year 1 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

9th October - 9am Year 4 Harvest assembly and 2.45pm Year 5 and 6 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

16th October – Kent test results sent to families

17th October – Final day of term

Maths

In Maths this week, we looked at the place value of a range of numbers, up to ten million.  Additionally, we explored the resources that are used to support our learning.  We wrote, said and read the numbers and partitioned them in a range of ways.  Next week, we will be rounding numbers, finding strategies to round larger numbers in different ways.  We will also see how negative numbers get smaller the further from zero you go.  

English

We have enjoyed our introduction to our new text, 'Way Home'.  The children asked questions about what they had read and wrote a setting description of a dark, dingy alleyway, using figurative language to engage our readers.  Next week, as we read more of the text, we learn more about the main character, Shane.  From this, we will research homelessness and the effects of it.  

Thematic

This week has had a PSHE focus, where we re-established the Chilton Way rules and discussed the zones of regulation.  Afterwards, we role-played scenarios where we considered our manners.  As part of our Thrive, we learned the new skill of juggling.  This was incredibly fun... with a variety of successes!  Next week, the children will be introduced to our first topic, Darwin's Delights.  

Love 2 Learn

Please choose ten words from the attached list (it doesn't have to be the words we looked at in our spelling lessons this week).  Please create a piece of art based on the spellings that you choose.  Here is some inspiration for you: