Important messages

A message from Mrs. Cheshire about the Summer Fair:

Our Chilton Summer Fair will take place on Friday 5^th July from 3.15-5. In order to be able to run the fair, we need a little bit of help from our families. 

On Friday 21^st June, we will send home a white bag. Please can you decorate this and add in some small treats e.g. sweets or a small toy. Please can these come back into school on Friday 28^th June.

On Friday 28^th June, we will have a whole school non-uniform day. In return, please can we ask that KS2 bring in a bottle for our tombola stall. Reception and KS1, please can you bring in a prize that matches your child's house colour for our rainbow raffle prize. Please can we ask that these donations come into school on Friday 5^th July.

Finally, we will also be running a 'Take home a teddy' stall. If you have any unwanted soft toys, please could you send these into school before Friday 5^th July.

We are hugely grateful for any help you can give.

Dates for the Diary

From 17th June, we have the book faire coming in! 

26^th June - Transition workshop for year 6 parents 9-10 in small hall

28^th June - Year 6 to Bettshanger (Boonies)

1^st July - Year 6 to Elevate

2^nd July - Year 6 to London 

3rd, 4^th and 5^th July - Year 6 transition days (dates vary depending on school they are transitioning to)

5^th July - 3.15-5pm Summer Fair

10^th July - Sports day KS2 9-11.30 and Year R/KS1 1.45-3

11^th July - Year 6 assembly at 9am 

11^th July - Music evening with Mr Redwood

11^th July - Thanet Games Triathlon year 5 and 6

12^th July - School reports out to parents

15th, 16th, 17^th July - Transition days (children to spend these days with their new teachers)

18^th July - Inflatable fun day and year 6 leavers party 3.30-6

19^th July - Year 6 graduation

19^th July - School finishes at 2pm

English

In English, we have researched London landmarks and read the first two chapters of our new book.  We also learned about idioms and how one of the characters in the story struggles to understand them.  Next week, we will start writing a guide to London, where the children will write factually about the city.  We hope to take these to London and use them when we get to the top of the London Eye!

Maths

In Maths, we worked practically to understand the differences between volume and capacity.  We used a range of units of measurement to calculate the capacity of a variety of containers - how many counters can the jug hold?  How many kidney beans would this be?  We also used cubes to grasp how volume is different.  From this, we used formulae to calculate the volume of different shapes.  Next week, we will resume our work on problem solving, playing fun games and challenging our understanding.

Thematic

This week, we welcomed Lorenzo and Andy to teach the children how to make fresh pasta and important life-saving skills, respectively.  The children absolutely LOVED this and we hope it creates future skills for them.

    

    

In Science, we learned more about how light travels in straight lines.  From this, we investigated whether the shadow that is cast is the same shape as the object that casts it.  Next week, we will be learning about simple circuits and using scientific symbols to create diagrams of this.  We will investigate what affects a circuit, such as increasing the voltage or increasing the number of bulbs.  We will also have French Day, where we will experience asking for French food items before enjoying croissants together.  After this, we will play games involving directions and learn about French customs and landmarks.

Love to Learn

To help with our learning for French, we would like the children to find out the translation for the four main compass points (North, South, East, West) and present this in their own way.