Key Dates
Monday 16th April
Children return to school
Tuesday 17th April
Year 6 parents SAT's talk 8.45am
Thursday 19th April
Year 5 parents meeting - residential trip 9am
Friday 20th April
Year 4 parent talk re. Thames Young Mariners Sleepover 9am
Y5 residential trip cake sale
Tuesday 24th April
Lavender class parent assembly 2.45pm
Tuesday 1st May
Foxglove class assembly 2.45pm
Thursday 3rd May
Year 3 Gatton Park (Beech & Elm)
Friday 4th May
Year 3 Gatton park (Rowan)
PSA coffee morning 9-10am
Monday 7th May
Bank holiday Monday
Tuesday 8th May
Year 5 residential trip
Cornflower class assembly 2.45pm
Friday 11th May
Reception - Ladybird (dress-up) day
Monday 14th May
SATS week
A full list of dates for the summer term can be found on our website here.
Attached Documents
Year group newsletters
(no newsletter for year 5)
Clubs
Easter half term soccer school
Kingstonian cricket club
Zumba/Street class summer term
Gardening help poster
Governors election election
Goodbye Easter Chicks!
After a week of watching the chicks hatch and grow, the children have all had the opportunity to handle them in their classrooms and say farewell. They have now left us to be re-homed.
Greek Day
In year 5 this week we had a fun day dressing up as Greeks. We got to paint our Greek vases, we made a yummy Greek salad and we made front covers for our Greek mythical stories. We even had a go at Greek dancing!
Mrs Naik
Can you help with our garden?
We are looking for some volunteers to come and help us get our garden Spring ready on Saturday 28th April 10-2pm with Mrs Dutra & Mrs Evans. Please pop the date in your diary and feel free bring the family - everyone is welcome!
See the attached poster below.
NUTS!
Please please do not bring ANY food or snacks containing nuts on to the school premises. This includes the playgrounds, school clubs, all lunches & snacks, and any gifts for staff. We have children in school with severe nut allergies and any nut traces left around school could potentially cause them serious harm. Thank you.
I would like to congratulate everyone in year 4 on their fantastic performance of Beauty and the Beast this week. All of the children and staff involved worked extremely hard to deliver an impressive performance.
This morning all of the children and staff paraded in their Easter bonnets. They demonstrated such creativeness as always. It's one of my favourites times of the year to see the whole school together supporting each another.
I would like to wish you all a lovely Easter break, and I look forward to welcoming you all back, refreshed and ready for the summer term.
Mr Scott
Headteacher
Year 4 Production of Beauty and the Beast
Staff News
Shortly after the summer term begins, we will be wishing Mrs Tagg (Clover 
class teacher) well as she begins her maternity leave. We are very fortunate to be welcoming Mr Gardner back to cover until the end of the summer term to work alongside Mrs Farr. Mr Gardner has previously worked with us at Fern Hill.
We are delighted to announce that Miss Gillard, Bracken class teacher is expecting her first baby in August. Congratulations from all of us!
Today we said goodbye to Mrs Azad , a school meal supervisor who has been assisting the children at lunchtimes for 7 years. We wish her well.
The overall team point winner this term is COOMBE
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Kingston
2nd
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Coombe
1st
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Richmond
3rd
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Hampton
4th
Don’t forget to order lunches!
If you are ordering lunches weekly then please note the following deadlines:
Week 2 (23rd April) – order by midnight on Sunday 15th April
Week 3 (30th April) – order by midnight on Sunday 22nd April
If you are having difficulties ordering or paying online, please email lunches@fernhill.rbksch.org before the deadline.
Sports News
There have been a number of sports events recently:
Some of our year 3 girls attended a football festival at Kew AFC in Ham. It was great opportunity for some of the younger KS2 children, and they showed their team spirit as they played their four matches: winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 1. Well done girls.
Year 5 and 6 footballers took part in a football competition, with the winners going through to the London Youth Games. Fern Hill didn't make it through this time, but coming 4th out of 16 schools was a great achievement. Skills and sportsmanship were demonstrated throughout. Well done.
Sports Relief
Last Friday was Sport Relief 2018. The whole school took part in a skipping event. As well as having fun, the generous donation of £400 will be much appreciated by the charity.
The week set off with a KS2 all-comers football tournament. Straight knockouts (with a few penalty shoot outs on the way) saw a final being played between Fat Hamsters and The Sidemen. Congratulations to the Fat Hamsters - worthy winners, but a great competition from everyone who took part, and you raised £48 in the process.
Parent Governor Election
Fern Hill are looking to elect a new Parent Governor in May 2018 to commence the role in Autumn term 2018. If you are interested in the role, please refer to the letter attached below.
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