Good afternoon Cedar,

I just wanted to say a huge well done to you all!  It has been an amazing half term, you have worked so hard and I’m really proud of you.

To celebrate the end of term we normally hold our Star Merit Assembly with the parents invited and taking part in the assembly.  This has not been possible this half term, but we held the assembly in our School bubble and celebrated the children’s achievements just the same.

Our Star Merit winner was Keira. Over the course of the half term, Keira has worked really hard in all areas of her learning and she has shown great determination and perseverance to make sure that she gets her work done and she always gives 100%.  Well done Keira, the Star Merit is well deserved!

We also had Positive Postcards for Henry and Kamal, both of whom have a really enthusiastic and positive approach to their learning.  Well done!

I have set some homework over the half term break, most of it has been set over Seesaw, please log in and check to see the tasks set for you. In addition there is a times table challenge in the homework folder.

I hope that you have a good break, get some rest and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 2nd November.

Mr Paxton

Dear Parents,

Good afternoon to you all, I hope that you have had a good week.

Another busy week has drawn to a close and the children in Cedar have been working as hard as ever.  We have just finished a maths topic, addition and subtraction which has involved some tricky worded problems and we have started a new English writing genre – we are now studying Suspense and Mystery writing.  The work is still based around our class book, Skellig and the children have started to produce some amazing work.  It is clear that they are going to love writing in this style.

This week, our merits were given to Ayisa, for her determination with her reading and to Valentina who has shown great perseverance with her maths work this week, as well as her positive approach to all of her learning.  Well done to Ayisa and Valentina for their achievements.  We must also say well done to Keira who received one of our special cards to say how well she had contributed during our collective worship and also to Arturo who got his special card for maintaining a really high standard in all of his work, but especially with his maths.  Well done to all of our merit recipients.

I would like to remind you that we have set up a homework task for the children to complete by Wednesday. on our new Seesaw platform.  The children have had a lesson using the app to familiarise themselves and they have been given their log ins today. We have included a parent guide, should you or they need it, but if you do need to contact me about this, please drop me an email to :

[email protected]

I hope you have a really enjoyable weekend.

Mr Paxton

Good afternoon, I trust that you are well and looking forward to the weekend, although the weather this weekend doesn’t look so good.

It has been a really busy week as we have been doing a lot of assessments in Maths and English.  The children have been amazing, showing great resilience and focus to complete their work.  In between the assessments, we have continued with our English work on Skellig, we have finished our place value topic in Maths and the children have written a wonderful prayer for Harvest.

We have had a lot to celebrate this week.  For our Merit Assembly, Iona and Kirill were awarded merits; Iona for her amazing work and focus all week,  while  Kirill received his, for his enthusiasm for learning and improved concentration.  Well done to Iona and Kirill, they are both, well deserved.  We have also sent home some postcards celebrating the work that Ayisa did during our PE lesson, whilst Alex received one for his amazing focus during the assessment week.

Well done to all of our proud students who received awards this week.

I have not set homework following the assessments but I would expect the children to read everyday and practice their times tables.

I wish you a happy weekend and I will be in touch next week.

Mr Paxton

Good afternoon, I hope you are well.  As we draw towards the end of the second full week back at school, this one has been just as busy at the first!  We have pushed ahead with our English work based on Skellig and the children have really got to grips with the characters and have written some amazing pieces based upon one of the main characters, Michael.  We have almost covered our first maths topic, place value, and again the children have produced some great maths work all week.

The new school regime with the classes in bubbles has continued to go well and the regular hand-washing has become second nature.

For our second Merit Assembly, celebrating the children’s achievements, merits were given to Keira and Arturo.  Keira received hers for some amazing work, writing in character and Arturo received his for producing consistently good work across the whole week.

We were also able to celebrate some great work from Kamal and Cassie.  Kamal has made real progress this week with his writing and Cassie has produced some really insightful writing.  Henry was also awarded his pen licence so well done Henry and well done to all 4 of our winners this week.

Please do make sure that your children are reading each day and remember to “sign off” their reading records each time you hear them read.

I have emailed you to say that our Harvest food collection, for donation to the Ace of Clubs charity, is going ahead and would like to say thank you to those of you who have made a donation.  If you are able to donate, even a small amount, it does make a big difference to those who are reliant on the charity.

The emails seem to be working well, so please contact me if there is anything of concern.

Thank you and I wish you all an enjoyable weekend.

Mr. Paxton

Good afternoon, I hope that you are all well and looking forward to a restful weekend.  We have completed our first full week back at school and it has been a busy week, full of exciting learning, hard work and some fun!  This week we have started our new English book and the children had fun exploring old Chinese takeaway cartons, brown ale bottles, bugs, feathers and an old loo (don’t worry it was only a picture!). All of these objects link to the book Skellig by David Almond and the class enjoyed thinking about how the objects fitted into the story.  Maybe now that we have started the book, they can tell you a bit more about it.

The children have responded to the new regime really well and have embraced the regular hand washing and new protocols for moving around the school in their “bubbles”.

Given the new school situation we find ourselves in, we have changed the weekly Merit Assembly.  We now celebrate the children’s achievements in class and our first recipients were Henry and Cassie.  Well done to you both!  Cassie and Henry showed great focus, determination and hard work, all week, across all areas of the curriculum.

We are also celebrating any fantastic work produced during the week and this week Iona’s science work on forces was amazing.  She recognised forces as pushes and pulls and identified pairs of forces acting upon an object.  Well done Iona.

We have also recognised that those quick chats at the school gate are no longer possible, so we are sending out cards and stickers to celebrate your child’s successes, as an alternative to letting you know in person.  Look out for any cards and stickers your child brings home.  Maxwell showed great determination and perseverance with his times tables  so he got the first card of the term for this success.

I will update this blog every Friday, so please have a look and be a part of celebrating our class successes.

Have a great weekend

Mr Paxton