Harvest

Thank you to all the parents/carers who were able to attend our Harvest celebrations this week. Both events were wonderful. I would also like to thank everyone for contributing so many amazing gifts to the shoe boxes that will be taken to Romania by Stuart Elmes from Kingswood Baptist Church. Your generosity is amazing. Have a lovely half term and we will see you on Monday 2nd November.

Events around school on Thursday 22nd October

Tomorrow is our KS2 Harvest Assembly at 2:15pm. We look forward to seeing you all in the KS2 hall to help us celebrate Harvest. Please remember that unfortunately there is limited space in the hall so unfortunately we can only admit visitors with a ticket. 

Once the Harvest Assembly is over, Year 3 will be holding an Art Gallery Extravanganza at 3:15pm to showcase some of their fantastic art work from this half term. Also, at 3:00pm the parents and carers of children in Year 2 are invited to view the artistic efforts of the children in London and Athens class and to see their hard work from this half term.

We look forward to welcoming you to all of our events tomorrow afternoon.

Please remember that tomorrow will be the last day of school for this half term, as Friday is a non pupil day.

Football win tonight

Congratulations to the football team who won 2 - 1 tonight against Northlands. The boys played exceptionally well in the first half and late in the game Jake scored an amazing winning goal from all of 20 metres.

KS1 Harvest Festiveal

Tomorrow, the children in Years 1 and 2 will be celebrating Harvest with a special Harvest Festival at the Kingswood Baptist Church from 2pm. We would love for you to join us with our celebrations at the church.

At the end of the day, please collect your child at the normal time from their classroom as usual.

We look forward to seeing you at the church.

Christmas Shoe box appeal

I would like to thank all parents/carers who were able to contribute to the shoe box appeal organised by the school and Kingswood Baptist Church. I would also like to thanks the parents/carers and pupils who made complete shoe boxes to send as Christmas presents. Your generosity has been remarkable and I know all your gifts will be appreciated by those children at Christmas.

Football Result

Congratulations to the boys tonight who won their game 12 - 0. Although the contest was not close, the boys conducted themselves well and fought for every tackle and won nearly every challenge. Good luck in next week's game boys!

Parent Consultation Evenings

Parent consultation evenings will take place on Wednesday 18th November and Thursday 19th November. We will send out a letter after half term so you can indicate the time you would like. The meetings will be 10 minutes in length and after school, except for nursery when they will be during school time and after school, depending on your time slot.

KS1 Halloween Disco

The Key Stage 1 Halloween disco was a huge success. The children had a great time dancing away and they looked fantastic in their costumes. Many thanks to the PTA for organising this event and giving up their time for your children. They had an amazing time as the noise in the hall exemplified. It is up to Key Stage 2 next week as there discos are on Tuesday night. Year 3 & 4 is from 3.30 - 4.45 and Year 5 & 6 is from 5.15 - 6.45. Tickets on sale in the hall at break times.

Key Stage 1 Halloween Disco

Don't forget the KS1 Halloween disco for children in years Reception, 1 and 2 is this Thursday.

Reception children will be having their disco in class from 2:30pm to 3:15pm, and we would kindly ask that a donation of £1 is made.

Children in years 1 and 2 will have their disco from 3:30pm to 4:45pm at a cost of £2. Please come to the main school office to collect your children after the disco from the KS1 Hall.

To pay for the disco, please send the money into the school office in an envelope with your child's name and class. Sadly we are not accepting payment through Parent Pay for the disco, as it is an event run by the PTA.

PTA Meeting

The PTA meeting on Monday 12th October is at 1.30 pm, not 2.30 pm, as stated in the newsletter. Many apologies for any inconvenience.

Red White and Blue Day tomorrow

Don't forget that tomorrow is Red, White and Blue Day to celebrate Armed Forces Day. We ask that you bring in a £1 donation which will go towards different charities that support the Armed Forces. We look forward to seeing all of the children dressed up in red, white and blue in the morning.

Parent Governor Posts

Friday 9th October is the last day for parents to nominate themselves, or someone else, for a role on the governing body as a parent governor. Please return your nominations to the school office.

Red, White and Blue Day

On Friday 9th October, pupils are allowed to attend school wearing red, white and blue day as long as they contribute £1.00 to raise money for the armed forces. It should be a really colourful day!

Class Dojos

We are receiving a number of comments from parents on class dojo. Some comments we are able to respond to, some not. I am glad parents like the new house point system and seeing how we are rewarding your children and for what reasons. Please could I ask parents not to request information from teachers, for example: ParentPay passwords; these must be requested from the office.

Work in School

Walking around the school today, the quality of learning I have seen has been wonderful. Children are totally engaged with the activities been set by the teachers and some of these have been truly inspirational. It was lovely to see our Nursery pupils hard at work outside and the Reception cohort jumping from apparatus in PE. I also enjoyed reading some of the excellent writing in Year 1, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 this morning. Year 1 were busy being scientists with Mrs Fogarty, learning about teeth and which drinks to choose to protect their teeth. Year 2 were learning about the Christian story of creation in RE.