Celebration Assembly 8th May 2026

KS1

Celebration certificates were given out for the following reasons:

• super sparky maths! 

• being a brilliant role model.

• excellent focus and effort in maths

• excellent effort across all subjects 

• super focus this week

• excellent contributions in discussion work

• independence in maths

• confidence in discussions

Handwriting Certificates were awarded to Harlee, Holly, Skyla and Louie

KS2

Celebration certificates were given out for the following reasons:

• Working really hard in money 

• Building writing stamina

• improved resilience in writing and learning, and being kind in outdoor learning 

• being enthusiastic in lessons and being keen to take part.

• An amazing week of writing with great ideas and punctuation. 

• working collaboratively with others

• being resilient when writing

• creating a news report filming using the green screen 

• being a thoughtful learning partner

• Y6… the whole year group for working so hard to revise and prepare for their tests next week

Times Tables Rockstars of the Week were Albert, Benji and Harry. Eddie received a ‘Gone Green’ certificate.

Handwriting Certificates were awarded to Frankie and Ozzy. Jersey and Tega received pen licences.

Attendance

A mixed week with attendance with some classes receiving Spin the Wheel stickers but a number of classes hovering below or around 90% which is really sad. 95% or better is considered good.

Did you know that in the new Ofsted inspection framework the judgment for attendance is combined with behaviour? The two used to be separate.

Yesterday, Mr. McClay was talking to a very senior member of Ofsted staff who explained that a school with attendance below the national average would be highly unlikely to be graded more than ‘Expected’ for ‘Attendance and Behaviour’. That means unless our school attendance improves, we cannot be considered to be ‘Strong’ or ‘Exceptional’ which is a great shame as our behaviour in school is fantastic – as is ourlearning… We really hope that we see figures climbing significantly in the future as good attendance usually equals good learning.

Onto this week’s winners… in Key Stage 1 Starlings in Year 1 had an excellent 99.1%. Well done Starlings… so close to 100%. In Key Stage 2 our winner was 4A with a high 98.3%. Both received a sticker as did 5B! A big well done to all three classes! The stickers for Starlings and 4A meant spins of the wheel. Starlings won an afternoon treat from the kitchen and 4A won a class disco.

Let’s hope with the sunny warm weather any germs disappear and we have a full school next week.

Team Points

We were unable to collate our team points results this week so there will be a rollover to the next Celebration Assemblies.

New Bike Rack

We have a new, sparkly bike rack outside the Y1 Gate! The new rack should help some of our littler-legged children on a morning now that they do not need to walk to the main bike shed. It looks perfect under the trees. Please don’t forget to lock bikes and scooters. Thank you.