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Newsletter 8 - 21st March 2025
Key DatesTuesday 25th March Wednesday 26th March Thursday 27th March Eco-Refill Shop at 3:00 pm PSA Committee meeting at 7:00 pm Friday 28th March PSA Year 3 cake sale after school Saturday 29th March PSA Easter Egg Hunt (Nursery - Year 2) at 1:30 pm Tuesday 1st April Heather class Parents' Evening Wednesday 2nd April Thursday 3rd April Parents' Evening from 2:00 pm Friday 4th April Monday 7th April - Monday 21st April Tuesday 22nd April Thursday 24th April Friday 25th April Saturday 26th April
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Key dates for this school year are published here. Some of these dates are provisional, and all dates are subject to change — please refer to this newsletter and communications via ParentPay for the latest information.
Click here for term dates for the current and 2025/2026 school years, including INSET days.
Reminders
School lunches
Please remember to order your child's school lunch by 8:00 am on the day, particularly for Mondays! We'll let you know when the menu is available on ParentPay for the summer term. Our school meals provider, Culinera, will have a pop-up stand in school during Parents' Evening for you to meet the team, and sample the food.
Year Group Weekly News
Don't forget to check your child's Google Classroom for this week's update from your class teachers.
Home Learning
This half-term's Home Learning activities for Years 1 to 5 are posted on the Google Classroom. Work should be completed in time for the class Home Learning Showcases in school on Friday 28th March.
Online SafetyWe know that many of our children play Roblox. National Online Safety provide guidance for parents and carers on the risks of the platform and how you can protect your child, including setting parental controls and disabling private messaging. A similar one page leaflet for TikTok and Squid Game is also available. |
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Don't forget that school closes at 1:30 pm on Thursday 3rd April for children in Reception to Year 6, with Parents' Evening appointments starting at 2:00 pm. School will also close at 1:30 pm for all children, including Nursery, on Friday 4th April - the last day of the spring term. |
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The booking window for Parents' Evening has now closed. If you haven't made an appointment, please contact the school office as soon as possible. If your child has a SEN Review, the Inclusion team will have informed you of the date and time - you do not need to book a separate Parents' Evening appointment. 
Spark! Poetry Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our Spark! poetry competitions, who received their certificate and book prize in Celebration Assembly last week :
KS2 Winner - Riyaa (Oak)
KS2 Runner Up - Charlotte Z (Sycamore)
KS1 Winner - Charlotte A (Clover)
KS1 Runner Up - Constance (Cornflower)
Secondary School Offers
Congratulations to our Year 6 children who have received their offers of a secondary school places. If you are taking up a place at an independent school, please let the school office know.
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Arbor Parent Portal & App
The Parent Portal and Parent App for Arbor provide you with access to the information we hold about your children on our MIS. You will have received an email from Arbor to confirm that your account has been set up with instructions on how to log in. If you would like this email to be resent, please contact the school office.Thank you to all the families who have logged in so far.
This linked guide introduces the Arbor Parent Portal and details how to log in, navigate the homepage dashboard and switch between multiple children’s profiles. You may also find this leaflet useful when first logging in.
Any updates you make to the information we hold about your child will not show immediately in the Portal. They must be validated and accepted by the school first so please bear with us while we work through the requests.
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Eco Schools Update Safety on the school site
To ensure everyone's safety on the school site, we are restricting pedestrian access to the car park area that runs between Fern Hill and The Kingston Academy. Access to the school main reception and playground gates will be through the Richmond Road pedestrian gate only. Please dismount bikes and scooters before entering through the gate. May we also remind you to park considerately on nearby roads at drop off and pick up - to observe any parking restrictions in place and not block our neighbours' driveways. Thank you for your support.
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Next week is the last week of clubs this term, except for Technokids Computer club which will run a catch up session on Monday 31st March, and Magpie Makes Art club (Years 1 and 2 only) which will run a catch up session on Tuesday 1st April. Booking for lunchtime and after-school clubs for the summer term will open at the end of next week.Books of the Week
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‘Call the Puffins: Tiny and the Cave Ghost’ by Cath HoweTeam Points Update
The overall House winner this week is HAMPTON
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KINGSTON 411 |
COOMBE 368 |
RICHMOND 402 |
HAMPTON 432 |
Attendance Update
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Weekly Attendance Congratulations to Years 2 and 3, who both had the best attendance for this week. Well done to the following classes for all achieving our school target of 97%: Willow, Beech, Cornflower, Heather, Bracken, Rowan, Ash, Sycamore, Lavender, Bluebell and Poppy. |
Year | Attendance % | Star Year ★ |
| Reception | 96.9% | ||
| Year 1 | 96.4% | ||
| Year 2 | 97.7% | ★ | |
| Year 3 | 97.7% | ★ | |
| Year 4 | 95.2% | ||
| Year 5 | 96.4% | ||
| Year 6 | 96.7% | ||
