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Dear Parents / Carers,

We have had a fantastic week in school. The highlight was definitely our day celebrating reading on Work Book Day. We all thoroughly enjoyed sharing stories and talking about our favourite books, and it was lovely to see so many fabulous and creative costumes. The amazing pegs that were sent in are being displayed in the hall, so you will be able to see them at the upcoming parents' evenings.

It was great to start our Forest School sessions for this term today, with year 4 spending a fantastic day outside building fires, making bread, creating conker runs and much more. It is always so lovely to see the children thriving in this environment, as they build their confidence and resilience. We are looking forward to seeing the rest of the school out there next week.

Today, the FA hosted a nationwide football workshop for girls. The aim was to encourage more girls to play football and give them greater confidence to join in with football at playtimes and lunchtimes. We were lucky enough to have Mrs Comrie, a girl's football coach, come in for the day to run a session for the girls in each class. The enthusiasm and enjoyment from every class was a joy to see.

On Wednesday, some children from year 1 and year 5 took part in a dodgeball tournament with our Trust primary schools. The staff who took them were so impressed with their behaviour, and they showed great teamwork and respect.

Finally, we were lucky enough to have delivered a new trolley of thirty Chromebooks to use in classes. This purchase was only possible as a result of the fundraising done by the Friends of Kirk Fenton, whose donation of £7000 paid for the devices. We are hugely grateful for the work they put into raising valuable funds for the school, and to you all for your generous support at their events.

Have a lovely weekend in the spring sunshine.

Becca Cameron

Headteacher

This week's certificates were awarded to the following children:

Attenborough - Heidi H and Reuben

Rashford - Eva and Cezar

Thunberg - Ziggy and Elin

Seacole - Theo M and Tom

Luther King - Lizzie and Jacob

Pankhurst - Will and Ava

Barnardo - Henri and Henry

Well done to the following who earned the hot chocolate award:

Attenborough - Gabriel

Rashford - Libby

Thunberg - Jessica

Seacole - Lillian

Luther King - Finnbar

Jean King - Archie

Pankhurst - Fern

Barnardo - Nancy

Well done to Barnardo Class for having the tidiest cloakroom the second week running.

Thank you to Cody (Y3), Jessica (Y1) and Martha (Y2) for helping us all to enjoy our lunchtime in the dinner hall.

Well done to the Blue Mustangs and their team captains Hattie and Henry for their win this week.

This week has been quite an eventful one. Yesterday we celebrated World Book Day. There were lots of amazing costumes; lots of effort had been put into them. Year 4 have their forest school day today, they appeared to be having a lovely time, getting very muddy in the process! Finally, today girls from across the school have participated in the FAs Girls Football Day with Mr Priory and Mrs Comrie. Next week all the other classes will have their forest school day. Have a nice weekend!

Freddie & Ella

Well done to everyone who has worked hard on their maths this week. It has been great to see so many more children using Numbots and TT Rockstars. Our Rockstars of the week are George B, Oliver G, Aoibhe M, Brodie E, Tom O and Betsy D. This week's Numbots superstars are Sonny L, Holly SW, Jaxon M and Jermaine D. Well done everyone!

Explorify, who are an excellent science resource we use at school, are holding a science competition for Science week. The competition is to coincide with the release of a new resource on their website called 'Start with Art'. This activity gives the children a piece of artwork which aims to spark discussion about the science behind the artwork.

To enter this competition, they must create a piece of art which they feel would spark discussion about science. They can use any medium to create this (painting, drawing, models, photograph, computer generated etc). Competition entries must be accompanied by a short paragraph (up to 150 words) that explains the science behind the artwork.

The children need to give their artwork and the short paragraph to school by the 21st of March 2024.

Three children 7 years and under will be picked and three children 8 and over will be picked and entered into the competition. If they are successful, they will receive a £50 book token and their artwork will become an Start with Art activity on the Explorify website.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Good luck!

Forest School Sessions

Monday 11th March AM - Y1/2 Thunberg

Monday 11th March PM - Y1 Rashford

Tuesday 12th March AM - YR Attenborough

Tuesday 12th March PM - Y2 Seacole

Wednesday 13th March - Y6 Barnardo

Thursday 14th March - Y3 Luther King

Friday 15th March - Y5 Pankhurst

Y1 Rashford Class Assembly

Friday 15th March, 9:05am

Friends Curry and Quiz Night

Friday 15th March

Parents Evenings

Thursday 14th March, 3.30pm - 6.30pm (all except Thunberg)

Tuesday 19th March, 3.30pm - 6.30pm

Thursday 21st March, 1-5pm (Thunberg only)

Easter Lunch

Tuesday 19th March

Y1/2 Thunberg Class Parent/Carer Picnic - 1 family member per child invited to join us

Wednesday 20th March, 2.30pm

Open Classrooms

Thursday 21st March, 3pm - 3.30pm

Term Ends

Thursday 21st March

Training Day

Friday 22nd March

Summer Term Begins

Monday 8th April

If anyone would like to say thank you to or has any positive comments for a member of staff then please complete and submit the form below.

The Curry & Quiz Night date has been pushed back one week to Friday 15th March, so there is still time to round up a team and buy tickets before next Tuesday if you want to join us: https://friends-of-kirk-fenton.sumupstore.com/

Without your support, participation and donations for the fundraising we organise we wouldn’t be able to help the school with massive enhancements for the children - like the new Chromebooks and charging trolley that cost in excess of £7,000.

Before Easter we will also have the following fund raising activities......

If you’d like a chance of winning a GIANT Easter egg, kindly donated by Sherburn Lions - then keep a look out, as we'll be selling tickets soon!

In conjunction with World Book Day, the Readathon is a returning for a third year, after great success in recent years. We'll be sending sponsorship forms home with children before the Easter holidays.

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