Newsletter for Friday 27 February 2026

Parent/Teacher meetings

Please be advised that these meetings will take place on Monday 2nd March 2026 and Wednesday 4th March 2026. If you still haven’t booked your appointment, please call the office on 01304 202651.

After School Sports Clubs

The clubs available are as follows, along with the year groups they are open to:

• Monday: Gymnastics – open to Years R–2
• Tuesday: Football – open to Years 3–6
  (Football boots and shin pads must be worn)
• Wednesday: Multi Skills – open to Years R–2
• Thursday: Multi Skills – open to Years 3–6

The Multi Skills clubs will include activities such as dodgeball, golf, archery, and basketball. These sessions are child-led, allowing children to explore and enjoy a variety of sports based on their interests.
All sports clubs will finish at 4:15 pm, and all children must be collected by an adult from the school office.

Celebration Assemblies

Clara for an excellent start to the term!

Lara for always working purposefully and with great care.

Emilie for working enthusiastically and with purpose when writing this week.

Ronnie for working with purpose and participation in maths.

Olive for working with purpose and resilience in English this week.

Class 4 for excellent participation and for working with purpose across the curriculum.

Dates for your diary

Term 4

Monday 02/03/2026- Wednesday 04/03/2026 Parents meetings

Thursday 05/03/2026- World Book Day.

Wednesday 18/03/2026-Wedensday 25/03/2026- Travel Book Fair

Friday 20/03/2026- Red Nose Day

Thursday 02/04/2026- Easter Egg Trail- Information to follow

Thursday 02/04/2026- Last day of the term

Term 5

Monday 20/04/2026- First day of the term

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.

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