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Dear Parents/Carers,

Happy Friday! Time is flying in school this term as we make plans for the lead up to

Christmas and beyond.

The Christmas card shop has re-opened today and will close again at noon on

Monday 25 th November. Some of the goodies have already been delivered and they

seem to be of great quality and a good choice of products.

Monday saw Mrs Bembridge lead the school in our Remembrance worship. Children

were incredibly respectful and observed the minute silence. Poppies will return home

today with a certificate of commendation for those who took part.

The Christmas card competition was judged today – I pity Mrs Westfeld having to

make a decision as they were all amazing. Well done to all who have entered.

Big thanks go to Year 5 for the thought-provoking worship they planned and

presented on climate change. There were strong arguments made, artwork shared

and they even did a rap!

The school Governors have started their visits into school to speak with subject

leaders about the implementation of each subject. They have been impressed so far

with the subject knowledge and passion of our staff – I am so proud!

Today I have met with the Head of Operations for the STAR MAT who has been

talking me through some exciting IT developments that will develop access to

resources for our children in the future. This is another way working as a MAT helps

us improve outcomes for our children.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mel Walmsley

Headteacher

This week's attendance is 97.26%

Well done to Goodall Class who had 100% attendance.

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

Goodall - Adelaide and James

Shackleton - Grayson and Scarlett

Wright Brothers - Jonah and Matthew

Carson - Scarlett and Paul

Newton - Max and Elyssia

Johnson - Oscar and Archie

Curie - Lyla and Laurence

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

Goodall - Eloise

Shackleton - Max

Wright Brothers - Jack

Carson - Blake

Newton - Clara

Johnson - Alex

Curie - Bella

We’ve had a wonderful week. Firstly, year 4 enjoyed our brand new forest school today. All the other classes are excited to get out and explore the new area next week. On the 11th November we held a two minute silence to remember all of the soldiers that lost their lives in the wars. Today in our assembly, the winners of the Christmas card competition were announced. Congratulations to all the people who took part. Have a great weekend!

Head pupil awards go to Isla B (Y6) and Isaac (Y1)

Bella and Ollie

It has been lovely to see how enthusiastic about their maths KS1 have been this week, I had lots of children choosing to attend Numbots club on Thursday lunchtime which was great! Our Numbots Superstars this week are Cora L, Sienna H, Ashton M, Holly SW, Cezar P and Hugo O. Our Rockstars of the Week are Samantha D, Bea O, Zack S and Josh A. This week our lucky raffle winners were Holly SW and Samantha D. Well done everyone!

Well done to Carson class for having the tidiest cloakroom this week.

Thank you to Mila (Y4) for helping us all to enjoy our lunchtime in the dinner hall.

This week's winners are the Orange Spitfires. Well done to Skyla, Harry and their team.

A big thank you to all the children who entered the Christmas Card Competition run by Yorkshire Education. I was amazed by how many children entered despite the one week deadline. There have been so many fantastic entries and I am so impressed by how much time and effort the children put into their cards.

I have awarded certificates to the winning entries in KS1 and KS2, but well done to everyone who took part!

KS1 winners:

1st - Elspeth

2nd - Scarlett E

3rd - Alba

KS2 winners:

1st - Matilda B

2nd - Lyla

3rd - Ziggy

All cards will be entered into the Yorkshire Education Christmas Card Competition. First prize is a pantomime trip for the winner’s whole school, so fingers crossed for the entries from Kirk Fenton!

Many thanks,

Mrs Westfeld (Art Lead)

YR-Y6 Flu Immunisation

Monday 18th November

Forest School Week

Monday 18th - Y1 AM, YR PM

Tuesday 19th - Y3

Wednesday 20th - Y5

Thursday 21st - Y2

Friday 22nd - Y6

Non-Uniform Day - please bring in a chocolate donation for the chocolate tombola

Friday 29th November

Whole School Pantomime

Thursday 5th December

Christmas Fair

Friday 6th December, 3pm-5pm

Y5/6 Music Performance

Tuesday 10th December, 2.30pm

Reception/Year 1 Nativity Performance

Wednesday 11th December, 9.30-10.15am

Thursday 12th December, 2-2.45pm

Y3/4 Music Performance

Wednesday 11th December, 2.30pm

School Discos

Monday 16th December

EY/KS1, 3.30-4.30pm

KS2, 4.45-5.45pm

Party Day

Wednesday 18th December, wear party clothes

Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

Thursday 19th December

Y2-Y6 Carols on the Playground

Thursday 19th December, 2.30pm. More details to follow

Pyjama and Movie Day

Friday 20th December

Term Ends

Friday 20th December

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