Key Dates
Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th December
Christmas trees on sale
Monday 10th December
Christmas cards may come into school
Monday 10th December
Nursery (Daisy AM) Christmas Concert, 9.15 am in the Small Hall
Monday 10th December
Nursery (Daisy PM) Christmas Concert, 2.30 pm in the Small Hall
Monday 10th December
Year 1 trip to St Luke's Church
Tuesday 11th December
Reception Christmas Concert, 9.15 am in the Large Hall
Wednesday 12th December
Year 1 Christmas Concert, 9.15 am in the Large Hall
Wednesday 12th December
Whole school Christmas lunch
Wednesday 12th December
Daisy AM class closed
Nursery class Christmas party
Nursery & Reception pantomime performance in school
Thursday 13th December
Year 2 Christmas Concert, 9.15 am in the Large Hall
Thursday 13th December
Reception trip to Story Storks
Friday 14th December
Save the Children Christmas jumper Day
Friday 14th December
PSA Christmas Fair, 3.00 - 5.00 pm
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th December
Christmas trees on sale
Tuesday 18th December
Year 3 & 4 Christmas Concert at All Saints Church, Kingston, 10.15 am
Year 5 & 6 Christmas Concert at All Saints Church, Kingston, 1.30 pm
Wednesday 19th December
Year 2, 3 & 4 trip to the Rose Theatre
Thursday 20th December
Reception to Year 6 class Christmas parties
Year 1 - 6 pantomime performance in school
Friday 21st December
Years 3 - 6 end of term Talent Show
School closes at 1.30 pm
Monday 7th January
INSET day - children return to school on Tuesday 8th January
Reminders
Christmas Jumper Day
On Friday 14th December, children are invited to join in the festive fun and show their support for Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day by wearing a Christmas jumper instead of their school uniform jumper or cardigan. Please don't feel you have to buy your child a Christmas jumper if they don't already have one - a school jumper decorated with tinsel is perfect! This is not a mufti day so children should still wear their school polo shirt or shirt and tie and school skirt or trousers.
Christmas tree sale
Don’t forget Christmas trees are still on sale outside school this weekend and next from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday. An amazing 50% of the money raised from the tree sales will go directly to Fern Hill, so please make sure you go along, buy your tree and support our school.
Attachments
Year group newsletters
PSA Tombola Donations
Thank you so much to all those parents and carers who donated so generously today to our Christmas Fair tombola. We really appreciate all your amazing donations. If you were rushing in the rain and forgot all about the tombola today, don't worry! You can still bring in any donations next week and drop them off with the PSA team selling raffle tickets outside the KS1 gate at drop off and pick up. Alternatively, you can leave them in main school reception. Thank you!
School Photographs
If you have ordered your child’s school photograph, they will be bringing it home this week. If you haven’t received it, please contact our school photographer, Mrs Kans Bahara, directly either by telephone on 07931 593169 or email at info@inTime-Photography.com
PMG Schoolwear is moving
Our school uniform supplier, PMG Schoolwear, is relocating their Tolworth store to a new location from 17th December 2018. Their new store will be at 393-395 Hook Road, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 1EL. Their telephone number and email address will not change. You can contact them on 0208 786 2211 or via their email address: tolworth@pmgretail.co.uk.
School uniform can also be ordered on-line via their website: https://pmgschoolwear.co.uk/
Christmas concerts begin next week so please do check the Key Dates section of this newsletter to see when your child's performance is.
The concerts for children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 will be held in the Large Hall at school.
For Years 3 - 6, there will be two performances, one for Years 3 & 4 and another for Years 5 & 6, both on Tuesday 18th December. They will be held at All Saints Church in Kingston. Letters have been sent home with the children who are performing in these concerts; please speak to your class teacher if you have not received one.
FernSpeak Finals
A huge well done to all the children who took part in the FernSpeak Finals on Thursday and thank you to all the families who came to watch their performances.
Congratulations to all those who took part at any stage in FernSpeak. The children were superb in the Finals on Thursday. It's brilliant to have so many who want to step up and build their confidence in speaking to an audience - I am always blown away by your performances!
- Cath Howe, Writer in Residence
Thank you very much for inviting me to be on the judging panel of FernSpeak 2018. The atmosphere was fantastic and all the children did so well. It was a real highlight of my year to be part of this wonderful tradition at Fern Hill.
- Ruth Lawn, FernSpeak Final Judge
Lunches now available to order!
Lunches for the first half of the spring term are now available to book online via ParentPay. You can find the menu and information on how to book on our website here.
The deadline for booking lunches is always midnight on the Sunday before the previous school week. Please don't miss the deadline for the first week back after the Christmas break, week commencing 7th January 2019, which is midnight on Sunday 14th December.
After School & Lunchtime Club News
It’s been the last session for many after school and lunchtime clubs this week. All clubs which run on a Monday will have their last session on Monday 10th December to make up for the missed session due to the INSET day in October. The following clubs will also be running catch up sessions:
Choir –Tuesday 11th December
Commercial Dance – Wednesday 12th December
Computer Club – Wednesday 12th December
Infant Gymnastics (lunchtime) – Friday 14th December
Orchestra – Friday 14th December (this will run in the ICT suite to make way for the Christmas Fair)
Infant Football – Monday 17th December
The Chess club for advanced players will also be running a bonus session on Tuesday 11th December at the usual time.
Don’t forget that clubs are now available to book for the spring term and they will start week beginning 14th January 2019. The deadline for booking varies from club to club so please check on our website here for further information and application forms. The last day for booking Fern Hill run clubs is Monday 17th December.
Chess club for beginners on a Wednesday is now full. Please do email the club organiser on kevannucci@icloud.com if you would like to be added to the waiting list.
Finally, we are pleased to let you know that Mother Nature Science club is now open to children in all year groups from Year 1 to Year 6.
The overall winner this week is KINGSTON
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Kingston
504
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Coombe
477
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Richmond
398
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Hampton
406
PSA News & Events
PSA Christmas Fair raffle tickets – on sale all next week
Don’t forget you can buy extra raffle tickets from the PSA team all next week – we will be outside the KS1 gate every day at drop off and pick up. You can hand in any completed ticket stubs and payment to us there as well. Tickets are £1 each and these are just some of the fabulous prizes to be won:
- £500 travel voucher for Thames Travel
- £150 John Lewis voucher from the PSA
- £100 M&S Christmas hamper from Hannaby & Hannaby Lofts and Extensions Ltd
- Sonorro DAB digital radio from LASYL Audio Visual
- £50 Amazon voucher from Curchods
And many, many more!
The raffle ticket sales are a key part of our Christmas Fair fundraising so please make sure you come along and buy your tickets. Good luck!
Second hand items for our Christmas Fair stalls
We will be running a second hand toy and book stall at the fair this year. Please donate games, toys, books and DVDs that your children have outgrown so they can find a new home this Christmas. Donations can be brought to school between 8.15 and 9.00am on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th December – please drop items off with the PSA team selling raffle tickets by the KS1 gate. Thank you.
PSA Christmas Fair on Friday 14th December
It’s now just one week until our Christmas Fair! We’re really excited about this event and hope to see lots of you there. At the fair, you’ll find Santa in his grotto and our Elf Café will be serving hot and cold drinks including Santa’s Hot Chocolate and Mrs Claus’ Mulled Wine, with a 50p discount to those who are able to bring a reusable mug.
Festive cakes and snacks will be available at the café – and we hope many of you will be able to donate Christmas themed cakes and biscuits. Items can be dropped off outside school reception on the day or brought directly to the Elf Café. Please remember, no nuts.
During the fair there will be plenty of Christmas craft stalls, activities and games to play such as
- Pick ‘n’ Mix boxes with festive treats like Magic Sleigh Beans, Reindeer Noses and even Snowman Poop!
- Festive Selfie Booth
- Posting letters to Santa and making cracker and bookmark gifts for friends and family
- Glitter Tattoos and Glow Sticks
- Adopt an Elf
- Lob-a-Choc and guess the weight of the Christmas Cake
- Bigfoot Treasure Map and Festive Hook-a-duck
- Lucky Dip, Lucky Dice and Lucky Lolly Stick
- Guess the Teacher Challenge
- And – of course – our ever popular Kids and Adults Tombolas!
There will be plenty of options for children from Daisy Class up to Year 6 and most stalls are either 50p or £1. To make sure the children have a super time, many stalls with have prizes for everyone who plays! We’re looking forward to seeing you there and celebrating the end of term and the festive season together!
Weekly Attendance
Well done to Year 5 who have the best year group attendance for this week.
This week the Attendance Cup goes to Sycamore class for the best attendance with 99.7%.
| Year | Attendance % | Star Year ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | 96.1% | |
| Year 1 | 96.3% | |
| Year 2 | 97.9% | |
| Year 3 | 97.6% | |
| Year 4 | 97.5% | |
| Year 5 | 98.1% | |
| Year 6 | 96.4% |
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