Key Dates
Monday 6th November
Zoolab visit Daisy Class
Tuesday 7th November
Prospective Parent tour - 1.45pm
Willow Class assembly - 2.45pm
Thursday 9th November
Prospective parent tour - 9.30am
Year 6 visit Churchills War Rooms
Friday 10th November
Year 6 visit Churchill's War Rooms
Monday 13th November
Anti Bullying Week
Tuesday 14th November
Prospective parent tours - 1.45pm
Oak class parent assembly - 2.45pm
Thursday 16th November
Prospective parent tours 9.30am
Friday 17th November
Children in Need - Spotty Mufti Day!
Attachments
- Year group newsletters
All Year 3 Children
The national child measurement programme were NHS nurses take children's height & weigh measurements in school, will take place on Friday November 17th.
Children in Need - The Big Spotacular is Back!
We would like to invite the children to dress in spots for the day on Friday 17th November. We will be supporting Children in Need by asking for a charity donation of £1 on the day. (No football shirts please) Visit the Children in Need website for more information and fund-raising ideas.
Ex Fern Hill Pupil Playing Football for England!
Jorja Fox has recently been selected for the England U15s training camps at St Georges Park and over half-term made her international debut against Wales U15s winning 7-0.
Jorja started playing football in the playground at Fern Hill school and has worked hard playing for local teams before being selected to play for Chelsea girls. Who knows what other future sports stars we could have practising their skills in the playground now!
Congratulations Jorja, we at Fern Hill are very proud of you!
Richmond Council Question Time is coming to a village near you
Residents in Mortlake, Whitton, Kew, Ham and Petersham will be able to quiz the Leader and Senior Cabinet Members about priorities for your local areas during Question Times.
More information here: www.richmond.gov.uk/village_plan_events
Welcome Back
We hope you enjoyed the half term break and your children have returned to school happy and refreshed for the busy term ahead. 
As the colder weather is now upon us warm and coats are necessary. Can we remind you to please clearly name label coats and all items of school uniform so that we are able to return any mislaid items to you. Thank you.
Nut Free School
Just to remind all parents that we do have children in school with severe allergic reactions to nuts. Even touching an item that someone who has come into contact with nuts has touched can cause issues for these children. Therefore imperative that all packed lunches and snacks brought into school contain no trace of nuts. This includes sandwiches filled with Nutella chocolate spread & peanut butter, oaty bars, biscuits and cakes containing nuts and dried fruit mixes with nuts in. Please check your child's snacks before sending them in to school. Thank you.
School Photographs
Your children will be bringing their school photograph proofs home today.
The last date for accepting orders for photographs is next week, Friday 10th November. If you have any queries regarding your school photo's or an order, please contact Kans info@intime-photography.com
The Team Points winners this week is Kingston & Richmond as it's a draw!
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Kingston
141
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Coombe
94
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Richmond
141
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Hampton
124
Stone Age Treat for Year 4
As part of their topic about The Stone Age - our year 4 classes were treated to a special talk from parent & archaeologist Mr Elsden today.
They were enthralled with his facts about our local area during the stone age. Take a look at the year 4 web page to view further photographs.
PSA News
Christmas Theatre Trip
Thank you to everyone who requested tickets for the production of Alice in Winterland at the Rose Theatre. Due to the volume of requests we can’t acknowledge them individually but everyone who has asked for tickets has got them! Tickets are being printed by the Theatre and will be sent home with your child later this term – we will let you know the date they will be coming home as soon as we can. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email fernhillpsa@gmail.com
Fern Hill Fireworks Night
Thank you to all the families who came to watch the Fireworks display last night and support our fund-raising. The hotdogs went down a treat so we’ll be doing them again next year! We hope you had a wonderful time and we’ll let you know how much we raised later this month.
Club News
Start to sing club with Miss Day will begin on Monday 6th November.
The club is open to Years 1 and 2 and takes place after school on Mondays in Foxglove classroom. Children are dismissed at the main entrance at 4.30pm when the club finishes. The cost is £12.00 for 6 weeks until the end of term.
Please email jtatum1@fernhill.rbksch.org if you would like a place in this club for your child. Please pay by ParentMail. Any cash or cheque payment’s need to be made to the school office where a receipt will be issued.
Fencing club will start on 8th November and run until 13th December.
Weekly Attendance
Well done year 4 for the best year group attendance this week.
Chestnut & Yew classes have drawn to win the best class attendance for this week - Well done!
| Year | Attendance % | Star Year ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | 95.71% | |
| Year 1 | 96.39% | |
| Year 2 | 98.33% | |
| Year 3 | 94.35% | |
| Year 4 | 98.95% | Superstars! |
| Year 5 | 95.52% | |
| Year 6 | 96.63% |
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