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Spring Term

Friday 17th January 2020

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Friday 17th January

Key dates for this term

20^th Jan Space Dome in School for Yr1 and Yr5

24^th Jan Yr6 trip to Museum of London Docklands

24^th Jan Movie Night – Toy Story 4

13^th Feb Yr6 Junior Citizenship trip – parent helpers needed

14^th Feb School closes for half term at 3.25pm

24^th Feb INSET DAY

3^rd Mar Parent Teacher Consultations 3.45-6pm

4^th Mar Parent Teacher Consultations 3.45-6pm

5^th Mar World Book Day / Bounce for Books

28^th Mar PSA Easter Egg Hunt TBC

3^rd April Last day of term – school closes at 1.30pm

Bikeability Year 6

Please check your child’s bag for a letter about the free Bikeability course and return to the office as soon as possible.

Next week:

Mon 20^th	Space Dome – Yr1 and Yr5
Fri 24^th	Yr6 trip to Museum of London Docklands
Fri 24^th	Hoglets Reception Cake sale
Fri 24^th	Movie Night – Toy Story 4 Tickets on sale via Parentpay

Spring term curriculum meetings

You are invited to attend the following information mornings to inform you of the planned curriculum and learning opportunities for the spring term. The meetings will be held in the Learning Zone from 9-9.30am with your class teachers unless otherwise stated.

Wednesday 22^nd January	Year 1
Wednesday 22^nd January	Reception Reading Workshop 1pm*
Thursday 23^rd January	Reception Reading Workshop 9am*
*Please only attend one session

Please note that there is no Reception curriculum meeting on the 21st January – the reading workshops replace this

Movie Night

Friday 24th January 6.20-8pm

Tickets £5 per child including popcorn and a drink

Event is open to children from Reception to Year 6.

Tickets available now on Parentpay.

Cold weather plans

Overnight frost/ice

The school will grit the path to nursery, the path to the school office from the front gate and a path from the Princes Road gate along the side of the ball court to the steps, whenever the outlook is for icy conditions. Please make sure that you keep to the marked paths as other areas of the school grounds may be slippery. If you have to drop off children at both the front and the rear of the school we regret that you will need to walk round on the roads.

Snow/ice

The school will close the Princes Road gate and all children will enter the school from the Alexandra Road entrance. Please drop your children at the gate and school staff will take them to their classrooms. We will let parents know by Parentmail by 7:30am when the conditions warrant this.

Extreme weather

We will keep the school open if at all possible and continue running as normal. However if we cannot ensure that the school site is safe or we do not have enough staff to supervise the children we will inform you by email and text via Parentmail and the web site.

We will send you more detailed instructions about what to do under severe weather as the circumstances indicate.

Have your say! Proposed 20mph speed limit across Kingston

We want to make our streets safer, cleaner and greener with 20mph speed limits across the borough.

Our proposal is to implement a 20mph speed limit on all roads across the borough, which currently do not already have the limit in place. The only exceptions proposed will be private roads and those under Transport for London’s control (A3, A240 etc).

3 reasons why 20mph is great for our roads

Improved air quality: by lowering and evening out acceleration.
Fewer casualties: lower speeds give drivers and others more time to react.
Better health: more people walk and cycle, as they feel safer.

To have your say on this, please visit the following link:

https://kingstonletstalk.co.uk/20mph

Dates for this half term

JANUARY	Mon 20^th	Space Dome – Yr1 and Yr5
	Wed 22^nd	Reception Reading Workshop – 1pm (please attend only 1 session)
	Wed 22^nd	Year 1 Curriculum Meeting 9am – 9.30 Learning Zone
	Thu 23^rd	Reception Reading Workshop – 9am (please attend only 1 session)
	Fri 24^th	Yr6 trip to Museum of London Docklands
	Fri 24^th	Hoglets Reception Cake sale
	Fri 24^th	Movie Night – Toy Story 4 Tickets on sale via Parentpay
	Fri 31^st	Nursery AM Cake Sale
FEBRUARY	Fri 7^th	Nursery PM Cake Sale
	Tue 11^th	Reception parents drop-in to see Learning Journeys 3.30pm
	Wed 12^th	Yr3 Light Workshop - am
	Thu 13^th	Yr6 Junior Citizenship trip
	Fri 14^th	Skylark Yr6 Cake Sale
		Last day of half term - school closes at 3.25pm
	Mon 17^th	HALF TERM (Monday 17th - Friday 21st February)

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