Key Dates
Monday 27th November
Year 2 Explorer workshop at school
Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th November
Scholastics Book Fair 3:30 - 4:30 pm in the Juniors' Library - all welcome
Thursday 30th November
Year 1 Amazing Animals workshop in school
Year 3 visit to London Southbank
Friday 1st December
PSA Festive Hamper Raffle donations and mufti day
Year 3 Beech class parent assembly at 9:00 am
PSA Year 3 cake sale
Wednesday 6th December
Year 2 Heather & Clover visit Cornerstone Church
Thursday 7th December
Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day
Year 2 Heather class assembly at 9:00 am
Year 2 Bracken visit Cornerstone Church
Friday 8th December
HOME LEARNING SHOWCASE for Years 1 - 6
PSA Festive Magic Show for Years 1 & 2 at 5:30 pm in the Large Hall
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th December
PSA Christmas Tree sale outside school
Friday 15th December
Nursery & Reception Festive Concert at 9:00 am in the Large Hall
PSA Year 2 cake sale
PSA Festive Disco for Years 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 in the Large Hall
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 including INSET days. Term dates for the 2024/2025 school year are now published.
Reminders
Home Learning Grids
This half-term's Home Learning Grids are posted on your Home Learning Google Classrooms. Work should be completed in time for the class Home Learning Showcases in school on Friday 8th December.
Don't forget your coat!
With the colder weather, please ensure that your child brings a warm, waterproof coat to school every day. Unless it is very wet, children spend their breaktime and lunchtime play outside.
Following the TTRS England Rocks competition, we'll be continuing a weekly class challenge through the rest of the school year! This week's class winners are: Year 3 Elm, Year 4 Yew, Year 5 Sycamore and Year 6 Oak. Well done!
School Photographs
Thank you to those families who have ordered their school photographs - they will be delivered to the school by the end of November. There's still time to order although a £3.50 delivery charge will apply for all prints (digital image orders do not have a delivery charge).
Flu Immunisation Clinics
Further information on the School Health Immunisation team's catch-up clinics for those children who didn't have their flu immunisation at school due to absence or missed consent is available here. If you have any queries, please contact the Immunisation team directly using the details on the linked poster.
Festive Concerts
Please make a note of the dates of our year group Festive Concerts in December. Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children will perform their concerts at school in the Large Hall; children in Years 3 - 6 will perform at All Saints Church in Kingston. Further information about all our end of term festive celebrations will be sent out next week.
Nursery and Reception - Friday 15th December, 9:00 - 9:45 am
Year 1 - Monday 18th December, 9:00 - 9:45 am in the Large Hall at school
Year 2 - Monday 18th December, 2:30 - 3:15 pm in the Large Hall at school
Years 3 & 4 - Tuesday 19th December, 10:15 - 11:00 am at All Saints Church, Kingston
Years 5 & 6 - Tuesday 19th December, 1:30 - 2:30 pm at All Saints Church, Kingston
From Tuesday 28th November to Thursday 30th November, Mrs Rouillard will be running a pop-up bookshop in school. During the school day, children will be able to browse over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, from award-winners and new releases to beloved favourites and bestsellers, and the bookshop will be open for purchases each day from 3:30 - 4:30 pm in the Junior Library (entry via the Junior Library door). This is a great opportunity to stock up on Christmas presents and, for every book bought, you will also help us to earn free books for our libraries.
The easiest way to pay for books at the Fair is to pre-purchase gift vouchers available here although we will be able to accept cash and cards.
Book Fair Poster Competition Winners
Congratulations to our competition winners who have each won a voucher to spend at the Book Fair: Saanchi (Foxglove); Aline (Bracken); Tallulah (Beech); Rayva (Yew); Riyaa (Lime); Rei-Green (Elder). We loved your designs!
Book of the Week
'Friends and Traitors' by Helen Peters
When Sidney's new school is evacuated to a manor house in Oxfordshire during World War II, she reads murder mysteries and writes letters to her brother in the RAF to distract her from her unkind schoolmates and the housemaid, Nancy, who seems to hate her. But when Nancy and Sidney both overhear a shocking conversation, they must work together to expose the traitors and stop a plot to hand the country over to Hitler.
WWII evacuees is a topic that is regularly addressed in children's historical fiction, probably because of the Year 6 curriculum, but this story is fresh, fun and fast-paced. Sidney and Nancy are both particularly feisty and engaging characters, and I loved Sidney's sense of humour. A gripping and satisfying read!
~ Mrs Rouillard, School Librarian
Team Points
The overall winner this week is RICHMOND
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Kingston
227
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Coombe
309
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Richmond
318
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Hampton
262
PSA News & Events
Fireworks Night - thank you!
Thank you so much to all the parents, carers and staff who volunteered to help at our Fireworks Night yesterday - it was a brilliant event with lots of fun had by all! A special thank you to Simon, Jenny and the organising team for all their hard work putting together such a fantastic night. And thanks from Mr Morrow to all those who helped with clearing up the playground afterwards.
Year 1 & 2 Festive Magic Party - still time to book your tickets!
There is still time to get your tickets for the Year 1 and 2 Festive Magic Party on Friday 8th December - just follow this link below to book.
Hamper Raffle - donations, mufti day and volunteers on Friday 1st December
A reminder that next Friday 1st December we will be collecting your donations for our festive hampers, and in return your children can come to school dressed in their own clothes. We would love donations of non-perishable luxury or festive items (e.g. wine, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, condiments such as jams, chutneys and preserves, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, a candle or some lovely toiletries, small children's toys and other stocking fillers, Christmas crackers or tree decorations etc.). If you have any business contacts who can donate items, we would be very grateful! We still need three or four more volunteers to help our team make up the hampers like the ones pictured on Friday morning - please do let your Class Rep know if you can help, or you can also email us at: fernhillpsa@gmail.com. Thank you.
Year 3 Cake Sale - Friday 1st December
Next Friday, it is our Year 3 parents' and carers' turn to sell cakes, so please drop by after school to support them. Year 3 parents, please make sure you have made/bought your donations ready to drop of on Friday morning, and let your Class Rep know if you can help with the sale. Thank you.
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