News Atwood Primary School

Mr Veale’s welcome Welcome Back to the final half term of the academic year.

On Monday five eggs arrived at Atwood’s Reception classes.  The children were not told about what was in the egg, but after researching animals that do lay eggs, the children made their prediction of what they thought would hatch out. 

This week in Reception our topic book has been ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker. 

Mr Veale’s welcome Tennis News On Wednesday 24th May Atwood took part in the Croydon Schools Tennis Finals.

Tents and Tubes during lunchtime play With the warmer weather, we have brought out the canvas once again.

Year 3 solve the riddle of the missing Mammoth! Our Year 3 children received a message last week  to say that a mother mammoth had lost her baby and the children needed to find the clues to find it!​

Over the last few weeks in Nursery, the children have been very busy. 

Over the past two weeks, the children in Atwood Reception classes have been looking at the stories ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and ‘the Princess and the Pea’. 

Mr Veale’s welcome This week has been SATs week for KS1 and this will be the last year the government expects 7 year olds to sit more formal test papers and I think this is long overdue. 

Whole Class Reading in Year 5 I visited Lavender Class this morning to join in with their Whole Class Reading session, in which the children were focussing on ‘When the Sky Falls‘ by Phil Earl.

Mr Veale’s welcome This week has been SATs week for KS2. 

Nick Gibb MP commends Atwood for its performance in the Year 4 Multiplication Check in 2022 It came as a pleasant surprise yesterday, that the Schools Minister wrote to me commending Atwood on its outstanding performance in the the 2022 MTC, which placed us in the top 200 schools nationally. 

Mr Veale’s welcome The weather held for Atwood’s Coronation Picnic.  In true British style, we looked to the heavens and had about 3 contingency plans, but in the end we were treated to fine weather and dry grass. 

This week in Reception the children have enjoyed learning all about the upcoming coronation of our new king, King Charles. 

Toby (Year 6) performs well in Tennis Tournament  On Thursday 4th May, Toby, who is in Year 6, represented Atwood as a prestigious tennis tournament.