Year 6 key dates!

21st January 2026Miss Blackham

We know how hard it is to manage school events when working and sorting childcare so we are trying to give you as much notice as possible in regards to final words, leavers assemblies etc. Please see the details below.

Monday 11th May- SPaG SATs assessments

Tuesday 12th May- Reading SATs assessments

Wednesday 13th May- Arithmetic & Reasoning 1 SATs assessments

Thursday 14th May- Reasoning 2 SATs assessments

Friday 15th May- 1:30pm Parents vs children rounders match and picnic to celebrate the end of SATs

Monday 29th June and Monday 6th July- final word appointments- times to be confirmed

Thursday 2nd/Friday 3rd July- London residential

Tuesday 14th July- Year 6 prom 4pm

Wednesday 15th July- Leavers assembly and red carpet 1:45pm

Friday 17th July- Y6 SURPRISE- details to follow

Fundraising events and details will be shared in due course.

Thank you for your continued support.

-Miss Blackham

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We are scientists in 3G

27th February 2026Mrs Graves

Willy Wonka gave us a challenge – investigate the best method to melt chocolate for his chocolate river and this week we risen to his challenge!

We used different methods to heat the chocolate to find the quickest method of melting it. We then used our writing skills to write up the experiment in a scientific report.

Everyone has worked so hard this week and I am really proud of how much care and attention has been put into the work.

Mrs Graves

#LovePlover

Building Boats

27th February 2026Joshua Meade

This week we have been constructors and we have made boats. Some fantastic creations were produced. Then we tested them to see if they would float! It was wonderful to welcome Mr Sprakes into our learning and he was so impressed by the craftsmanship and quality of our boats. #LovePlover

Paris update

27th February 2026Miss Blackham

We have had over sixty five children apply for the thrity five places. I am just in talks, trying to secure some additional places to try and accommodate more children. I will have this confirmed on Monday/Tuesday next week and then places will be given to those children who have successfully secured one.

Thank you for you support and patience.

-Miss Blackham

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Sharing our Stories: 27/02/2026

27th February 2026Geoff Hewitt

Beautiful work this week

Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust!

To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org.

Top of the Blogs

Dancing Crew! @ Green Top

Will it float or sink? @ Plover

The Student Becomes the Master @ Carcroft School

Crew Brunel: Finishing Half Term Strong @ XP

Weekly update @ XP Gateshead

Building Bright Ideas for a Better Planet @ Norton Infants

The Last Straw: Making Maths Fair and Square @ Norton Juniors

Share your stories with us!

We now have a new dedicated news email so that you can send your stories, updates or ideas about potential news articles directly to us in Comms.

It might be something you or your students have achieved, a charity you’re supporting or anything at all that deserves a wider audience.

Write to us at [email protected] –  we want to hear about it, write about it and celebrate it!

So proud of our Year 6 crew! They have smashed assessment week!

26th February 2026Miss Blackham

Our year 6 crew have smashed their assessments this week and we are so proud! They had a lovely treat this dinner time to finish off a week of hard work.

I will be emailing you your children’s scores, along with some revision suggestions to help them with some of their areas of developments.

It has been great to see so many children engaging in morning boosters, completing home learning and attending after school boosters.

We will be running an additional SPaG, Maths and reading booster on a Thursday after school and strongly advise children to join those sessions.

One last push, we are nearly there!

-Miss Blackham

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Our Easter raffle prizes so far!

26th February 2026Miss Blackham

Thank you so much for your donations so far. Raffle tickets will go on sale tomorrow at £1 a strip and are available to purchase form 6B.

-We are still kindly asking for donations so we can raise as much money as possible for our lovely Year 6’s.

-Miss Blackham

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