Key Dates
Tuesday 5th February
Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 5th February
School tour for prospective Nursery parents at 2.00 pm
Thursday 7th February
Year 5 visit the British Museum
Thursday 7th February
Bracken class parent assembly at 9.00 am in the Large Hall
Thursday 7th February
School tour for prospective parents to Nursery at 10.00 am
Thursday 7th February
Arts Week Exhibition for parents, 3.30 - 5.00 pm
Friday 8th February
Year 6 cake sale at 3.00 pm
Friday 8th February
Arts Week Exhibition for parents, 3.30 - 5.00 pm
Friday 8th February
PSA Cinema Night, 5.25 - 7.45 pm
Monday 11th February
Year 4 visit the British Museum
Tuesday 12th February
Year 1 visit Tudor Drive library
Wednesday 13th February
Year 6 attend a junior citizenship workshop at Chessington
Thursday 14th February
Clover class parent assembly at 9.00 am in the Large Hall
Friday 15th February
Year 5 cake sale at 3.00 pm
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd February
Half term holiday
Monday 25th February
Children return to school
Monday 25th February
RSE talk for Year 5 parents at 9.00 am in the Small Hall
Tuesday 26th February
Height and weight check with the school nurse for Reception & Year 6
Wednesday 27th February
Year 6 Elder class visit the Houses of Parliament
Thursday 28th February
Swimming talk for Year 4 parents at 2.45 pm in the Small Hall
Friday 1st March
National Secondary School Offers sent to parents
Friday 1st March
Year 4 cake sale at 3.00 pm
Friday 1st March
PSA Quiz Night at 7.30 - 10.30 pm in the Large Hall
Key dates for the spring term are available on the website here.
Reminders
Arts Week Exhibition
You are warmly invited to our Arts Week Exhibition on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th February from 3.30 pm when all the children's work will be on display around the school. Have a look at the Arts Week gallery for a taster of some of the amazing pieces you will see.
Dental Health Survey
If you have received a letter from the School Health team at King's College Hospital requesting your permission for your child to take part in a dental survey health, please return the form to your class teacher by Monday 5th February.
Attachments
Year Group Newsletters
PSA Quiz Night
PSA Cinema Night Food & Drink Information
Tree Tops News
On Friday 8th February, Tree Tops after school club will move from the Small Hall to the Nursery to allow the PSA to prepare for Cinema Night. If your child is attending a Tree Tops session after school next Friday, please remember to collect your child from the Nursery, via the Nursery gates only, and not through school reception. A member of Tree Tops staff will be available to open the gates for you.
Hot Lunches
Lunches for the second 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 half term, week commencing 25th February, which is midnight on Sunday 17th February.
Baby News
We are delighted to announce that Mrs Brock, who teaches groups in Year 2, is expecting her second child later this year. Congratulations Mrs Brock!
Tuesday is Safer Internet Day!
Safer Internet Day will be celebrated in over one hundred countries next week with the theme ‘Together for a better Internet’. Co-ordinated by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the day is all about promoting the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people. Last year’s Safer Internet Day was the biggest ever with over one thousand schools and organisations across the UK inspiring a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.
During their Computing lessons next week, Fern Hill children will focus on how consent works in an online context and explore how they ask, give, and receive consent online.
Everyone has their part to play in making the Internet a better, safer place and the UK Safer Internet Centre website offers a range of resources for parents and carers to download including top tips, conversation starters and fun activities to do with your child and a family internet safety plan.
Sports News - the January Round Up...
It’s been a busy start to the term for sporting fixtures at Fern Hill - and there's lots more to come.
The Year 6 girls’ football team just keep on winning - this time in the District Cup against St Luke's with a 6-2 victory. Playing Our Lady Immaculate School next week, a win will take them to the semi-finals. Well done girls, and keep it up - don't forget it's all good practice for the London Youth Games in March.
Year 4 girls had their turn playing in a football festival. On a VERY cold, and snowy, afternoon, they braved the elements to play against other schools at Chessington School. Huge smiles, despite the biting wind, and some great team spirit shown by all.
Year 3 boys took part in a rugby festival - playing the game with the other shaped ball (my favourite!). Despite limited practice time, they showed huge potential, winning half of their games and earning a place in the next round. Up against some tough opposition, sadly, victory was not to be. However, again, smiles, team spirit, and a liberal helping of mud - sorry, parents, for providing the white kit for this event! - meant that they really enjoyed the occasion.
And there's more to come this term with Year 5 boys’ football, Year 2 football, High5 Netball before half term, and Hockey, football and more rugby (yay!) to come before the Easter break.
A big thank you to all the parents and staff for supporting the many events we try to participate in - it absolutely wouldn't be possible without you. If you are DBS checked, and your child is in an event, please let me know if you can lend a hand; it would be a great help.
- Mrs Lawn, Year 6 class teacher and PE lead
Year 5 explore Buddhism
On Thursday, Year 5 visited the Buddhapadipa Temple, a Buddhist monastery covering four acres in Wimbledon. Wat (temple) Buddhapadipa was built in 1976, the first Buddhist temple built in the UK, and is surrounded by an ornamental lake, a small grove, flower garden and an orchard. The Uposatha or Shrine Hall of the temple is a holy place and the children had the opportunity to see the typical Thai mural paintings on the interior walls depicting the Buddha's lifetime
"On our trip, we went to the Buddhist Temple in Wimbledon. From the moment we saw it, we thought it was a very beautiful place and we learnt many things about Buddhism. We learnt how they prayed and what the different statues represented. We were sprayed with holy water too. The gardens had magnificent statues and things like a pond and animals that we drew as well as the building. The paintings inside had an interesting story too."
- Kaila, Sam S and Zahra
Team Points
The overall winner this week is COOMBE
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Kingston
406
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Coombe
428
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Richmond
360
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Hampton
271
PSA News & Events
Cinema Night on Friday 8th February
Tickets have sold really well for our KS2 Cinema Night on Friday 8th February and we have been really pleased to have so many offers of help from parents. Children who are attending should bring their ticket, their completed labels and a drink bottle to the event. Detailed information about the hotdogs, sweets and popcorn is attached to this newsletter.
Doors open at 5.25pm and collection is at 7.45pm.
Please be aware that a responsible adult will need to bring your child, sign them in and collect them from the school hall. Any child arriving without a parent/carer/adult responsible for signing them in will necessitate a phone call for permission. If anyone other than the parent will be collecting, this will need to be communicated as children arrive. Please bear with us while we check the children in and out – it is for their safety and security.
We appreciate that some of the older children may want to bring their mobile phones. However, we strongly recommend that they leave them at home – any phone seen being used during the film will be looked after until the child is collected.
Fern Hill PSA Quiz Night - Friday 1st March at 7.30pm
We are the champions, my friends … There’s only one, and it’s back and it’s a whole lot smarter than before …
Quiz Night 2019!
Have you got what it takes to win the coveted Fern Hill PSA Quiz Night trophy? You’ll need brains, skill and an unhealthy ability to store away pointless trivia about everything and anything….
Tickets are £10 each and include fish ‘n’ chips from the Frying Squad Van (freshly cooked on site with meat and veggie options available). Please bring your own drinks, nibbles and pudding.
Tickets will be on sale outside the school office every day next week from Monday 4th to Friday 8th February, from 8.30 to 9.00am and again from 3.00 to 3.45pm.
Make up a team of up to 10 people or join others and make a team on the night. This event is for adults only, but you’re welcome to bring friends who don’t have children at the school.
Doors open at 7.15pm, quiz starts at 7.30pm, food is served from 8.30pm and the evening finishes at 10.30pm.
Tickets are limited so please book early! For more information, please see the poster attached to this newsletter.
Thank you
Fern Hill PSA
Weekly Attendance
Well done to Year 4 who, once again, have had the best year group attendance for this week.
This week the Attendance Cup goes to Larch for the best class attendance with 99.67%.
| Year | Attendance % | Star Year ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | 97.0% | |
| Year 1 | 93.6% | |
| Year 2 | 97.1% | |
| Year 3 | 98.3% | |
| Year 4 | 98.5% | Well done! |
| Year 5 | 95.3% | |
| Year 6 | 97.1% |
Inspiration 