Class teachers:

St Augustine: Mr Baker 

St Bartholomew:  Miss Harding

Teaching assistants:

St Augustine: Miss Betts

St Bartholomew: Mrs Motlagh

If you would like to contact your class teacher:

If you wish to contact your child's class teacher, please write a note in their learning journal which is checked daily. We will respond as swiftly as possible. If the matter is urgent, please feel free to contact the main office who may be able to assist you, book you in an appointment to see your teacher or send through an urgent phone call.

   PE Days: 

This term your child's PE day is on Friday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit on this day ensuring that all items are labelled. Remove any earring when possible, if unable, please let the class teacher know and cover the earrings with earring covers and ensure children have long hair tied up.

Key Dates:

Key Dates – January 2026

• Monday 5 Jan – Term 3 Begins

• Tuesday 6 Jan – Epiphany Mass @10am
  Year 4 Hook: Roman Banquet (children dress in Roman attire)
  Parent Coffee Morning: Sensory Processing – Simon Worthington OT
• Wednesday 7 Jan – Year 4 Trip: Guildhall Museum (Romans)
• Thursday 8 Jan – Year 3 Trip: Guildhall Museum (Stone Age)
• Friday 9 Jan – Year 6 St. Paul’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
  PTFA: Y5 & Y6 Disco (Booking via Arbor)
• Monday 12 Jan – Year 1 St. James the Lesser’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
• Tuesday 13 Jan – Year 1 St. Simon’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
• Wednesday 14 Jan – Year 5 Science Museum (Class 1 – St. Augustine)
• Thursday 15 Jan – MYG: Swimming
• Friday 16 Jan – Year 6 St. Peter’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
  PTFA: Y3 & Y4 Disco
• Monday 19 Jan – Year 2 St. Philip’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
• Tuesday 20 Jan – Year 2 St. Matthew’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
• Wednesday 21 Jan – Prayer Leaders Assembly: Interfaith Harmony (EYFS/KS1)
• Thursday 22 Jan – Prayer Leaders Assembly: Interfaith Harmony (KS2)
• Friday 23 Jan – PTFA: Y1 & Y2 Disco
  Year 5 St. Bartholomew’s Class Trip: Chatham Library

• Monday 26 Jan – Housekeeping Meeting & Parents invited to view books (UKS2 – Y5 & Y6) @3.30pm

• Tuesday 27 Jan – Holocaust Memorial Day
  Housekeeping Meeting & Parents invited to view books (EYFS – Reception & Nursery) @3.30pm

• Wednesday 28 Jan – Year 5 Science Museum (Class 2 – St. Bartholomew)
  Year 6 Trip: Guildhall Museum (Victorians)
  Parents Workshop: RSHE Tricky Conversations @2.30pm via Teams

• Thursday 29 Jan – In-School Review
  Housekeeping Meeting & Parents invited to view books (KS1 – Y1 & Y2) @3.30pm

• Friday 30 Jan – Year 5 St. Augustine’s Class Trip: Chatham Library

  Housekeeping Meeting & Parents invited to view books (LKS2 – Y3 & Y4) @3.30pm

Key Dates – February 2026

• Monday 2 Feb – Candlemas Mass @10am
• Wednesday 4 Feb – NSPCC Number Dress: Dress up as a Rockstar
  Maths Assembly: EYFS/KS1
  MYG: Table Tennis
• Thursday 5 Feb – Maths Assembly: KS2
• Monday 9 Feb – Children’s Mental Health Week begins
  Digital Leaders Assembly: Safer Internet Day (EYFS/KS1 – pm)
  Y6 Mock SATs Week
• Tuesday 10 Feb – Safer Internet Day
  Digital Leaders Assembly: Safer Internet Day (KS2 – pm)
  Year 4 St. Matthias’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
• Wednesday 11 Feb – Assembly: Mental Health Champions/RJ Champions (EYFS/KS1 – pm)
  Year 4 St. James the Greater’s Class Trip: Chatham Library
• Thursday 12 Feb – Darwin Day
  Assembly: Mental Health Champions/RJ Champions (KS2 – pm)
• Friday 13 Feb – Parent Forum @2pm (Parents may take children after)
  Intrahouse Competition Winners – Extra Playtime
  TAG Day – Wear Own Clothes
  PTFA: Cake Sale
• Monday 16 Feb – Half Term Begins

Interventions

There will be interventions on a daily basis. Interventions are run by both class teachers and teaching assistants. These will be available throughout the academic year to support each child in their learning. Interventions will not be rescheduled if missed. For your child to get the most out of their interventions, please arrive promptly at school for 8:30.

Homework: 

Reading:

Your child should read daily for atleast 20 minute and have their learning journal signed. They will earn 2 house points each day their journal is signed, plus 5 bonus points for a full week of signatures. When a book is finished, they can take a short quiz before choosing a new book within their reading range. Children who read every night (with journals signed) will also earn a raffle ticket, with extra tickets awarded for completed quizzes. At the end of each term, a raffle will be held with prizes to be won.

Spelling:

Spellings will be given on a Monday in your child's learning journal and should be practiced at home every night for 10 minutes ready for their spelling test every Friday. These spellings should be practiced by writing them into sentences, so the children understand the meaning of each word. If your child misspells a word from the spelling list in the Friday test, this will be identified in their learning journal with a dot next to the spelling, so that parents can see the error made and continue to work on this spelling at home.

Timetables:

A consistent focus should be given to times tables. The children in year 5 should be fluent in all times tables up to 12 and able to apply, recall and use the inverse (division) with ease. Please ensure you are supporting your child in achieving this.  We would encouraged children to spend 10 minutes per week on Times Table Rockstar in order to improve their accuracy and speed with these to allow for them to become more fluent.

Parent videos

Please have a look at our support videos to see how we teach maths and reading in year 5. 

Jotter Learning Platform

To access the jotter learn platform to see your dip and do learning this this term follow the link below.

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