Key Dates
Tuesday 6th February
Elm class parent assembly 2.45pm
Year 4 parents swimming meeting 9.15am
Wednesday 7th February
Arts Exhibition 3.30-5pm
Thursday 8th February
Arts exhibition 3.30-5pm
Friday 9th February
Safer internet day
PSA cinema night (KS2 only) 6-8pm
Break for half term - normal finish time
Monday 19th February
Children return to school
Wednesday 28th February
Science Day
Thursday 1st March
World Book Day
National secondary school offer day
Friday 2nd March
Bounce for Books (PSA)
Tuesday 13th March
Year 1 Hampton Court Palace visit
Wednesday 14th March
PSA meeting 7.30-9pm
Monday 19th March
Sport Relief Week - Comic Relief
Wednesday 21st March
Parents Evening
Thursday 22nd March
Parents evening
School closes at 2pm
Friday 23rd March
PSA Second hand uniform sale
Tuesday 27th March
Year 4 Spring term performance 9.15am & 2.30pm
Thursday 29th March
Easter
Attachments
Year group newsletters
Fern Hill Art Club
Year 5 School Journey letter
Half Term Workshops
Paddington & School of Rock with Masquerade
Mother Nature Science
Baseline Tennis Lessons 50% discount for Fern Hill
Young Carers Letter
Home-Start - Mums Connected Event
North Kingston Choir Workshop
Bikeability Reminder
Year 6 Bikeability will 
take place next week from Monday - Thursday in the afternoons. If your child is signed up to complete the course please remember their bicycles, locks and coats for Monday please. Thank you.
Safer Internet Day
With our safer internet day next week in school, we would like to share this esafety advice with our parents & carers. Internet Matters.
Environmental Badge Sale
Year 5 pupil Scarlett will be selling her handmade badges outside school today to raise money towards an environmental charity. Scarlett has already raised £10 from the sale of her badges and hopes to raise more! Please support her if you can. Thank you.
Young Carers
You can find more information here: https://carers.org/young-carers-awareness-day-2018
February Religious Festivals
February 14th - Ash Wednesday
February 14th - Maha Shrivratri
February 16th - Chinese New Year
Arts Week Exhibition
Don't forget our arts exhibition next week on Wednesday & Thursday, 3.30-5pm. We are certain you'll be impressed with the high level of creativity that all of the children have demonstrated.
Our wonderful displays are taking shape, ready to be unveiled to you soon.
Story Telling Week
There was a carnival of colour in the KS1 assembly this morning. The children looked fantastic dressed in their national dress or colours of countries, wearing handmade headdresses and masks. Well done KS1 for such a wonderful effort!
French Story-telling Workshops
As part of our Cultural Story-telling week, all the children in KS1 & KS2 have taken part in a fun, interactive story workshop, conducted entirely in French. Together, the children acted out two different fairy-tales, using both familiar and new phrases. It was encouraging for the children to realise that they could fairly easily follow a familiar story in French. All children immersed themselves in the fun and hopefully felt inspired to one day become confident French speakers.
Please encourage your children to practise their French further, you can utilise the 
resources on our website. Click the French icon on the right to view.
Fourth Plinth School Award 2018
We have an exciting opportunity to take part in the Trafalgar 
Square Fourth Plinth Competition this year!
Your mission is to design a sculpture that you would love to see on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. Winners will be invited to an awards ceremony in London and receive prizes from CASS Art!
Please make sure all entries are for the attention of Mrs Manzambi (Bluebell Class) or Miss Roberts (Daisy Class) by the 28th February. Make sure you include your name, your age and the title of your artwork.
We look forward to seeing lots of exciting entries!
The overall winner this week is School COOMBE
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Kingston
195
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Coombe
220
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Richmond
202
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Hampton
110
Year 5 School Journey
The 3rd and final payment for the Year 5 School Journey is now due and needs to be made by Friday 9th February. The letter containing full details is attached for your reference.
Club News
Due to popular demand, a second Magpie Makes Art Club will be starting after half term. It will be on a Tuesday and is open to children in years 1 – 6. Please see the attached flier for details of how to apply.
Dance club on a Friday will be running two extended sessions to make up for a missed session.
The club on Friday 9th February and 16th March will run until 5.00pm
Gardening club will start after half term, there is lots to do in the secret garden – it is for years 2-6 on a Wednesday after school from 3.30 – 4.30pm. Children will need to bring suitable clothing to wear for gardening – e.g. wellies if it has been raining.
The cost of the club is £27.50 for the 5 week half term – payment should be made on ParentMail.
If your child would like to join the gardening club please let me know by email - clubs@fernhill.rbksch.org
Lime Class visit to the Buddhist Temple
The children were fascinated by the amazing artwork inside the temple, they learnt a little Thai language and found out about life as a monk. They asked some very interesting questions and were even able to sit in silence for 3 minutes to experience the art of mindfulness! Well done Lime Class.
Mrs Naik
PSA News
Thank you to all the parents who came along to our annual Quiz Night last Friday, it was a fantastic event and the hall was packed! A huge thank you to our Quiz Masters who gave us a tricky but very fun quiz, complete with wonderful clips of their children performing lines from films; we had to guess the film and the actor who delivered the lines. Well done to the winning team, and commiserations to the team that came second – they have the honour of setting the quiz next year!
Don’t forget that tickets for the KS2 Cinema Night on Friday 9th February go on sale on Monday. This year we will be showing The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Doors will open at 5.30 pm for pizza and the film will run from 6.00 – 7.45 pm. Tickets, priced at £2.50, will be on sale outside school reception at drop off only from Monday 5th February to Wednesday 7th February and the ticket price includes a slice of pizza and a drink. Numbers are limited so it’s first come, first served! Parents, please note that Cinema Night is for KS2 children (Years 3 to 6) only.
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Weekly Attendance
Well done to year 2 who have the best year group attendance for this week.
Congratulations Beech class who have achieved the best class attendance this week to win the cup!
| Year | Attendance % | Star Year ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | 91.34% | |
| Year 1 | 95.56% | |
| Year 2 | 97.89% | SUPERSTARS! |
| Year 3 | 98.28% | |
| Year 4 | 95.13% | |
| Year 5 | 89.02% | |
| Year 6 | 87.87% |
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