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A Message from
Here are some of the events that are still to come this term.
MRS. DYER • Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) Rest of the World Rocks Competition –

Tuesday 11th – Thursday 13th March
HEAD OF SCHOOL • International Maths Day Friday 14th March
• Control Tests: on 24th March.

• Mother’s Day celebration – Friday, 28th March
• Public Holiday – 31st March-1st April TBC
• Parent Teacher Conferences – 8th -10th April
ear Parents,
What a wonderful day we had on Thursday, celebrating World Book Day. • The last day of term 2 is Friday, 11th April.

DSeeing the children embracing their creativity and inventing their charac-
ters was amazing. They then spent the morning writing stories for them. We were Celebrating International Maths Day (14th March)!
so impressed with the level of writing the children are now producing in school. Our school will be buzzing with numbers, patterns, and problem-solving fun as

Ms Juliet and I had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon marking them and deciding we celebrate International Maths Day! Across all key stages, children will partic-
which would be awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their year group. It was also wonderful ipate in exciting activities designed to build their confidence, deepen their un-
to welcome Ms. Chioma Momah, one of our parents who is a children’s author. Ms derstanding and show them just how fun Maths can be!
Chioma spoke to the children about how she was inspired to write as she wanted
her children to read books that depicted Nigeria and its culture rather than just

stories from the UK and USA. The children were interested in learning about her
research and writing process. She inspired some of our budding writers to aim for
a future as an author.

Key Stage 2 – Rocking the World with Times Tables!
KS2 students are participating in the Times Table Rock Stars ‘Rest of the World
Rocks competition, which runs from Tuesday to Thursday (11th to 13th of
It is so important for children to have opportunities to see themselves and familiar March). This competition is a thrilling global challenge where they test their
culture in books. We try to promote this in our school library, ensuring we have a timetable skills against students worldwide. It’s a fantastic opportunity for our

rich supply of Books by Nigerian authors. young mathematicians to show off their quick-fire multiplication skills, earn

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