Class teachers:

St Augustine: Mr Baker 

St Bartholomew:  Miss Harding

Teaching assistants:

St Augustine: Mrs Singh

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 Tuesdays. 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:

Term 2 Key Dates

October 2025

• 27 Oct – Term 2 begins
• 28 Oct – Reception (St Jude) – Mrs Green’s class local walk

• 29 Oct – Year 4 Trip – Historic Chatham Dockyard

• 30 Oct- Reception (St Andrew) – Miss Green’s class local walk

• 31 Oct – Halloween; Mass: All Saints (Led by Year 6) @10am

November 2025

• 1 Nov – All Saints’ Day

• 3–7 Nov – Whole School Assessment Week

• 4 Nov- MYG: Basketball

• 5 Nov – Individual School Photos 

• 6 Nov –Parent Coffee Morning (Speech & Language Development); Year 6 St. Peter's Class Assembly @9:15am

• 7 Nov- Y1 local walk

• 10 Nov – Anti-Bullying Week begins; Wear Odd Socks Day

• 11 Nov – Armistice Day
• 12 Nov – Restorative Justice Champions Assembly: EYFS/KS1
• 13 Nov – Restorative Justice Champions Assembly: KS2

• 14 Nov – BBC Children in Need- Children can wear PJs or spotty clothing for a donation. To End Anti Bullying week: Children will sing the Kindness Song for parents on the playground at 3:25pm

• 16 Nov – Road Safety Week begins

• 17 Nov – Year 6 Parent Consultations

• 18 Nov – Year 5 Parent Consultations; Year 6 Trip – Guildhall Museum
• 19 Nov – Year 4 Parent Consultations

• 20 Nov – Year 3 Parent Consultations; Year 6 St. Paul's Class Assembly @9:15am

• 21 Nov – Year 2 Parent Consultations; Reception & Nursery – Nursery Rhyme dress-up day
• 24 Nov – Year 1 Parent Consultations

• 25 Nov – Reception Parent Consultations; MYG: Badminton

• 26 Nov – School Council Assembly (Parliament Week): EYFS/KS1

• 27 Nov – Year 5 Trip to Kent Life for WWII Themed Day; School Council Assembly (Parliament Week): KS2; Book Fair- main hall after school 

• 28 Nov- Book Fair- main hall after school 

• 30 Nov – St Andrew’s Day

December 2025

• 1 Dec – Mass: Advent Mass/Feast of St. Andrew @10am; Book Fair- main hall after school 

• 2 Dec- Book Fair- main hall after school; MCH Bladder and Bowel Parent Workshop @2pm 

• 3 Dec – EYFS Nativity (Reception) @2pm

• 4 Dec – EYFS Nativity (Nursery) @2pm
• 5 Dec – Rocksteady Concert @2:30pm

• 8 Dec – Mass: Reconciliation Liturgy Advent @10am; PTFA: Santa’s Grotto (In School- Booking Via Arbor) 

• 9 Dec – PTFA: Santa’s Grotto (In School- Booking Via Arbor) 

• 10 Dec – KS1 Nativity (Year 1) @2pm; PTFA: Santa’s Grotto (In School- Booking Via Arbor) 

• 11 Dec – KS1 Nativity (Year 2) @2pm; PTFA: Santa’s Grotto (In School- Booking Via Arbor) ; Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch
• 12 Dec – PTFA: Christmas Fair
• 16 Dec – EYFS Christmas Show (Panto) @2pm in the small hall; KS1 Panto – Central Theatre @10:30am
• 17 Dec – KS2 Panto – Central Theatre @10:30am
• 18 Dec – KS2 Carol Service @2pm
• 19 Dec – TAG Day (wear own clothes); School finishes at 2pm

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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