Newsletter For Friday 04 September 2026
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Newsletter for Friday 04 September 2026
Welcome back to the new school year
A warm welcome to all of you at the start of this new year. We hope you enjoyed the lovely summer break. The children have settled in beautifully and classrooms are calm and purposeful.
Completion and Return of School Forms
This week, we sent home several forms for you to complete. We would kindly ask you to complete and return all the forms as they contain important information that is part of our school safeguarding procedures.
Please check and complete the following:
- Data Collection Sheet: Please check that all the information we have is correct and up to date, and make any necessary changes.
- Medical Form: Please complete the form with your child’s current medical information.
- Bad Weather Collection / Walking Home Alone Form: Please complete the relevant section to let us know the arrangements for your child during bad weather and whether your child is permitted to walk home alone.
It is very important that we have accurate and up-to-date information to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all our children.
Please return all completed forms to school by Wednesday, 09 September 2026.
PE Lessons
Please find below the PE timetable for this academic year 2026-2027:
- Class 1: Monday
- Class 2: Wednesday
- Class 3: Friday
- Class 4: Thursday
Classes 1 and 2: Please send your child to school with their PE kit so they can change into it at school.
Classes 3 and 4: Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform.
Thank you for your support and cooperation.
Unexpected change to our after-school sports clubs
Unfortunately, the external company that provides our after-school clubs has informed us that they are no longer able to continue providing these sessions. This decision was made by the provider and is therefore outside of the school’s control.
We are extremely disappointed by both this decision and the short notice we have been given, particularly as we know how much our children enjoy the clubs and how important this provision can be for families. We appreciate that this unexpected change may cause disappointment and inconvenience, and we are sorry that families have been placed in this position.
We are already exploring alternative options with the aim of resuming our after-school club provision as soon as possible. We will provide a further update to families as soon as we have more information and are able to confirm the arrangements moving forward.
Term 1
Monday 07/09/2026-Wedensady 09/09/2026 – Reception Children in until 12:30
Monday 07/09/2026 – Flu vaccination to pupils in Year R- 6
Thursday 10/09/2026 – Kent Test
Thursday 10/09/2026- Reception children full time in school.
Friday 18/09/2026 – Health screening
Monday 05/10/2026 – Wednesday 07/10/2026- Year 6 residential visit
Friday 23/10/2026 – Staff development day- no children in school
Monday 26/10-Friday 30/10/2026- half term
Monday 02/11/2026- – Staff development day- no children in school
Term 2
Tuesday 03/11/2026 – First Day of Term 2
Celebration Assembly
Parker for being engaged and curious during our learning.
Jaya for working with independence.
Sabrina for being nurturing towards her peers.
Alfie for being engaged in all areas of the curriculum.
David for a great start to the school year and for great engagement in the classroom.
Ellis for great transition into year 6 and for a mature, responsible attitude.
Beau for being respectful and responsible in class this week.
Bikes and Scooters on the school site
Could we ask that children who ride their bikes or scooters into school, push them up to the bike rack once they are on the school grounds and push them back down to the pedestrian gate after school. We have had a couple of instances whereby younger children have nearly been hit by children riding their bikes and scooters down the hill.
School Uniform
Please ensure that all children return to school in the correct school uniform.
The school uniform is as follows:
Black/Grey Trousers/Shorts/Skirt/Dresses
Blue/Red/Marron/Green Polo T-shirt
Blue/Red/Marron/Green logoed Jumper/Hoodie/Cardigan
Black/Grey Socks/Tights
Black Shoes (no heels, boots or trainers)
These items can be purchased from any retailer or through The Schoolwear Centre.
You can order the uniform through ‘The Schoolwear Centre’ by calling them on 01843 293555 or visiting their website www.schoolwearcentre.net
A Polite Reminder
Please can you ensure that if your child brings a water bottle into school, that it contains only water to be sipped throughout the day. Of course, children may bring in juice/squash to have at lunchtime to have with their lunch.
Breakfast Club
We shall be operating our breakfast club as normal from -8:00-08:45 am. We would like to remind parents to book their child’s place the day before. We have had a number of children arrive at the club without notice.
We also ask that you accompany your child/ren to the breakfast club entrance.
Reading Incentive
The children continue to engage in our new reading incentive to encourage reading for pleasure, both at home and in school. Please see our Facebook page for photographs of children selecting their gifts. We should be grateful if you could remind children of the incentive and encourage them to read for a period of time in the evening and weekends. Books read at home will need your signature please. Once your child returns to school, they will be given a raffle ticket for each book they have read which will be posted in the class raffle box.
School Dinners
Please activate your parent pay account on www.parentpay.com .
All meals have to be ordered before 8am every morning, otherwise your child will not receive dinner. Please contact the office if you haven’t received the activation code.
Driving onto the School Site
Under our safeguarding rules, we have a duty to control the public access to our site.
Under our risk assessment, we have a duty to control the movement of vehicles on our site.
For insurance purposes, we are required to limit vehicular access to staff, essential visitors and – under certain circumstances - blue badge holders. Access to the school is clearly signposted to notify all non-essential visitors that they must not drive on site.
Essential visitors are required to make prior arrangements with the school.
Any parent/guardian driving their vehicle on to our secure site, without prior agreement, is trespassing, and their insurance will be invalid. Knowingly ignoring our rules is therefore putting staff and pupils at risk. Should an accident occur, the driver will not be covered by their insurance.
Finally, the school gates and car park are checked periodically by our caretaker. Anyone ignoring our rules, could find themselves delayed for some time and inconvenienced by not being able to leave the site. We would therefore appreciate your cooperation in keeping our staff and pupils safe whilst they are at school.
Home packed lunch
Just a polite reminder that no sweets, chocolate bars or fizzy drinks are permitted in children’s packed lunches.If your child has a yoghurt in their packed lunch, please remember to pack a spoon in there too.
Wellington Boots
Please can you ensure that all children have a pair of wellington boots in school with them. Every class will attend the Woodland Area for a weekly planned lesson and it can be muddy depending on the weather.
Free School Meals
If you have access to the internet and would like to apply online for Free School Meals, please use the following website:
http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals .
Late arrival at school
When your child arrives late at school, he/she misses the teacher's instructions, their morning task and possibly the introduction to the mathematics lesson. Your child may also feel embarrassed at having to enter the classroom late. School begins at 09.00am. Please help your child to be punctual.
School opening hours School Office opening hours
08.45am - 3.15pm 08.30-12.30 and 13.00-15.30