Week 30

At Kilmorie this week…  Our Year 6 children visited to the London Eye; an end of SATs treat as well as an extra dimension to their literacy learning as they are reading ‘A London Eye Mystery’.  Year 1 visited London Zoo on Tuesday and, as part of their topic on the Tudors, Year 5 went to The Golden Hinde and The Globe Theatre.  Fantastic days out were had by all!  It is great to see so many of our classes benefiting from all that our amazing capital city has to offer.  The attendance and welfare officer came in for a visit and was pleased to see an improvement in our attendance percentages. Nursery held a fundraising cake sale to raise funds to help enrich the learning experiences for our youngest children. Kilmorie football team played St Michaels and beat them 4-0.  The Pupil Parliament held a special meeting and children in Years 2 – 5 were invited to a special assembly to officially launch Mathletics across the school.  We all look forward to watching the progress as children begin to compete against each other on the maths challenges.  This week we also said goodbye to Ruth, our cook, as she begins the long and wonderful journey that will be her retirement.  She will be greatly missed and we wish her well.

We had a lovely start to the week at Haseltine with our affirmation: I am polite and show manners.  We began our Maths Week with a focus on money.  Yet again we had a parent tour (which is becoming a weekly event as Haseltine becomes the school of choice). All the parents were so impressed with the learners and their learning.  1N had a visit to Chislehurst Caves - they didn't find a bear this time though… unlike last week, when they went on a Bear Hunt in their fantastic Assembly! We also welcomed parents to our Maths Open Morning on Wednesday.  The children enjoyed their parents being learners with them in lesson and then we all met together to talk about how we have developed Maths across the school.  Maths Week continued with the Year 1 children using money to buy things from the Year 2’s and with Year 5 selling their projects to Year 4.  What a productive Maths Week we have had! Next Half Term, everyone from Year 1 to Year 6 will be visiting the Bank of England Museum.  Thursday was a special day with 1B showcasing their reading skills in their Assembly.  Parents were impressed to see so many of them reading chapter books already.  Very well done to them!  Our clarinet players performed at a concert at Conisborough College on Thursday evening - they were fantastic musicians.  Friday saw a very wet visit to London Zoo for our Year 3 children where they looked for animals they might find in a Rainforest.  For everyone else, the Passport Trip became a DVD with popcorn… as the rain stopped us from going to the park.

Our week at Fairlawn began with a Whole School Assembly during which the children got a taste (no pun intended!!) of exactly how much food does go to waste in our school daily and how throwing food on the floor at lunchtime impacts on everyone.  Mr Carter held a Year 1 Parents Phonics Information Workshop, covering the up-coming Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.  Mrs Clarke introduced the Fantastic Fairlawn Helpers - Restaurant Staff, Assembly Assistants, Playground Pals, Good to be Green Gang, Dinner DJ’s, and many, many more to come.  These children have key responsibilities around the school.  It is their job to make our school run more effectively, with more children at the heart of how it runs.  They get to wear cool badges, award Golden Tickets and more.  We look forward to the impact that these roles will have in school.  On Friday, Year 2 children dressed in their favourite costumes as part of their Rainforest Topic.  We saw some amazing animal creations.  During the day, they made tropical fruit juices, plasticine animals and had a truly tropical day.  A fantastic Half Term at Fairlawn ended with a spectacular Year 5 School Journey and Home School Journey Assembly.  The children performed brilliantly and our Hall was bustling with proud parents.

Have a lovely half term,

Mark Wilson

Executive Head teacher