Year 6 SATs Heroes

Year 6 have shown incredible dedication this year as they geared up for their SATs. Demonstrating all of Ellingham's values, their courage and determination to do their absolute best has been truly inspiring.

The week began with a special SATs breakfast, where students arrived bright and early to enjoy a bite to eat and some relaxing time with friends, helping to ease any pre-test jitters before tackling their first paper.

The week concluded with an exciting announcement: Year 6 will be performing 'A Hint of Snow White' for their upcoming production! The children are now buzzing with anticipation and ready to begin rehearsals.

We are all immensely proud of the hard work and effort shown by every single Year 6 student this year and are looking forward to a fantastic final term with them!

Tell Us More! 

Thank you for those families responding to our survey - we have doubled the amount of responses to 66 but we still want to hear from more of you.  We need to know what to do more of and what to improve so that we create the best possible learning environment for our children. I will be meeting with Mrs Johonnett, the new headteacher, after the half-term break and would love to share your views directly with her.   Your children have also all completed a survey from their perspective.

The education safeguarding adviser for Achieving for Children in Kingston has given us a positive review of our safeguarding practice.  There are some questions from her in the survey, which cover safeguarding to support her findings.  

Please click on the Google link to complete this survey: Ellingham Parent Survey

Entry System Upgrade

We are delighted that our entry system upgrade is completed and functioning well.  There is some more tweaking to be done, which hopefully won't cause any difficulties to you, but please bear with us if there are any glitches.

You will have noticed that the gates are automatically opening at 8.35 and 3.05 every day.   Children should be in class by 8.40 so the car gate at Harrow Close will automatically close at 8.42.  All pedestrian gates will remain open until 8.50 but all children arriving late should be brought to the office by their parents and signed in.  The gates will be closed at 3.20.

Reception - Tomato Plant Challenge

Two weeks ago, the Reception children planted some tomato seeds. They were very surprised to see how small the seeds were. We also wrote some instructions in case any other classes would like to have a go. We now have a tray of healthy seedlings so will take our plants home for half term to see who can grow the best plant!

Year 1  Lost in the Clouds