Key Dates
Monday 24th June
Year 5 Cedar & Ash classes visit Wakehurst Place
Monday 24th June
Year 6 Oak class visit the National Portrait Gallery
Tuesday 25th June
Fern Hill Music Evening, 6.00 pm in the Large Hall (for the families of pupils performing only)
Wednesday 26th June
Year 5 Lime & Sycamore visit Wakehurst Place
Wednesday 26th June
Parents' Welcome Evening (for families joining Nursery & Reception in September) at 7.00 pm
Thursday 27th June
Year 2 visit Bocketts Farm
Thursday 27th June
Year 6 visit Albany Outdoors
Friday 28th June
PSA Dads' Breakfast at 8.00 am in the Large Hall
Friday 28th June
Parent Council Meeting at 9.00 am in the Small Hall
Monday 1st July
Year 1 visit Birdworld
Monday 1st July
Nursery Stay and Play sessions for families
Tuesday 2nd July
Nursery Stay and Play sessions for families
Thursday 4th July
Year 4 sleepover at Thames Young Mariners (Thursday 4th - Friday 5th July)
Thursday 4th July
Year 5 visit Kidzania
Saturday 6th July
PSA Summer Social Comedy Night at 7.30 pm in the Large Hall
Monday 8th July
Year 1 Summer Concert at 9.15 am in the Large Hall
Monday 8th July
Nursery Summer Concert at 11.00 am & 2.45 pm in the Small Hall
Tuesday 9th July
Year 2 Summer Concert at 9.15 am in the Large Hall
Tuesday 9th July
Year 6 Production Performance at 6.00 pm in the Large Hall
Wednesday 10th July
Year 6 Production Performance at 9.30 am in the Large Hall
Wednesday 10th July
Reception to Year 1 Transition Talk for parents at 9.00 am in the Small Hall
Thursday 11th July
Reception Summer Concert at 9.15 am in the Large Hall
Thursday 11th July
Year 6 visit Kew Gardens
Thursday 11th July
Year 5 Micro Society assembly at 2.30 pm in the Large Hall
Thursday 11th July
Pupil End of Year Reports sent home
Friday 12th July
Year 6 visit Albany Outdoors
Friday 12th July
Class change-over day - children visit their new classes
Nursery closed - children joining Nursery & Reception in September visiting
Thursday 18th July
Year 6 Leavers' Assembly at 9.15 am in the Large Hall
Year 6 Leavers' Disco at 5.30 pm in the Large Hall
Friday 19th July - last day of term
School closes at 1.30 pm
Children return to school on Thursday 5th September
Reminders
Fern Hill Music Evening
If your child is performing at the Fern Hill Music Evening next Tuesday 25th June, don’t forget that they will need to arrive back at school by 5.45 pm at the latest, with their music and instruments ready. The concert will be held in the Large Hall and will start promptly at 6.00 pm.
Cath Howe Book Signing
If you would like to pre-order a signed and dedicated copy of Cath Howe’s new book, Not My Fault, please follow this link.
Cath will be working with the children in Year 3 to 6 next Friday 28th June when she hosts a special assembly and she will be signing copies of her book after school from 3.15 – 4.00 pm by the external doors to the Junior Library.
Pathway Closure
We have been informed by The Kingston Academy that the pathway next to their site which runs between Richmond Road and Wolsey Drive is now open. If you have any questions about the pathway works or would like further information, please contact The Kingston Academy directly on 020 8465 6200.
Attachments
Year Group Newsletters
Well done to our second group of Year 5 children from Lime and Sycamore classes who completed their Bikeability cycle training programme today. 40 children in Year 5 attended the course this month, gaining practical cycling skills and learning how to cycle on today’s roads.
Gardening Club Sale
Next Wednesday, 26th June, the Gardening Club will be holding a tomato plant sale after school outside the Infants’ playground gates. All proceeds will be going towards new plants and resources for the planters in the Secret Garden.
Thank you!
Thank you very much to all our families who took the time to give us their views about Fern Hill and their child’s experience here. 460 of you completed the annual Parent & Carer Survey and we are very grateful for your feedback. Mr Scott announced the winners of the incentive on Monday during whole school assembly: well done Year 1, you will have your very own special mufti day before the end of term! Year 1 returned the highest number of completed surveys with an amazing response rate of 90%.
Festival of Primary Choirs
This week, our wonderful Juniors’ Choir performed at the Festival of Primary Choirs, hosted by Kingston Music Service and held at the Rose Theatre. The festival showcases school choirs from across the borough who are challenged with new and often complex pieces of music and gives the children the opportunity to perform in a professional theatre with live musicians. Children performed with their own school choirs and all together for an arrangement of massed pieces exploring the culture of ten different countries to support this year’s theme of ‘Our Wonderful World’. Thank you so much to our Choir Leader, Mrs Ingram, who has worked very hard with the children all year to prepare for their performance, and to Mrs Aurelius for accompanying the children at the Rose Theatre.
A huge well done to Fern Hill Choir who performed magnificently on Monday evening at the Choirs Festival. The theme of the festival was Our Wonderful World and the concert started with all nine school choirs on stage waving flags and singing from the stalls. We were led onto the stage by Rais who was waving an enormous flag representing India. It was really spectacular and at the end of the final song, we were showered by confetti raining down from above!!
For our own songs, first we sang Kothbiro (Rain is Coming) which is a Ghanian song about calling the family to prepare to collect water from the approaching rains. Next we sang the well-known Kinks classic, Waterloo Sunset. A big shout out goes to our Year 6 singers Myrah, Dylan, Sofia and Max who had special singing role; we will miss their voices next year!
- Mrs Ingram, Choir & Orchestra Leader
The KS2 choir performed excellently in the concert. I was very proud of them and they set an excellent example for the school. The soloists were impressive and I loved everyone's dance moves. What a night to remember!
- Mrs Aurelius, Year 1 class teacher
The Fern Hill Choir will be performing their songs again at the Music Evening next Tuesday at school.
Celebrating the NHS
We were joined again this week by the Bounce Theatre group and this time it was Year 5’s chance to explore the history of the NHS and celebrate its 70th birthday. Through drama and art in a ‘waiting room’ setting, the children learnt about how hospitals were run before the NHS – an individual, called an almoner, would decide if a person was poor enough to be allowed into a hospital for medical care free of charge or rich enough to pay for a doctor and not allowed in – and the central role the NHS plays today – did you know the NHS treats over one million people every 36 hours and employs nearly one million members of staff?
You can find out more about the history of the NHS and how it has shaped are lives over the past 70 years here.
The art work created by Year 3, 4 and 5 children will be included in an installation called The Waiting Room at The National Archives in Kew from 2nd – 4th July celebrating highlights of the 70 years of medical research and developments within the NHS. The Waiting Room will also asks us to think about how we feel while we wait to be seen or treated, and the thanks or otherwise we give back to the people who keep the heart of the NHS beating.
Library Book Search Parties Needed!
It's that time of year again when we need to start checking the library stock so we are asking all our families to check at home for any Fern Hill library books that may be hiding somewhere!
All school library books are stamped with the school name and books which live in the juniors’ library have a small barcode on the inside front covers. We have invested an incredible amount of money in new books over the last 18 months so it is vital that all books are returned to us to ensure everyone can continue to enjoy them next year.
Children will still be able to access the libraries next week but all books must be returned to class teachers by Friday 5th July. For the last two weeks of school, children should bring in reading material from the local libraries or from home.
Any missing books will be subject to a £5 fine which can be paid via Parent Pay. You will be sent a notification via ParentPay if this applies.
Thank you in advance,
Mrs Vincer, Miss Gattey and Mrs Eakin
TEAM POINTS
The overall winner for this week will be announced on Monday
by Mr Scott during whole school assembly!
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Kingston
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PSA News & Events
Dads’ Breakfast – Friday 28th June
One of our most popular events, Dads’ Breakfast, will be held on Friday 28th June from 7.45 to 8.45am in the Main Hall. This event is a great opportunity for Fern Hill children to come to school with their dads, grandads, uncles and or other significant men to enjoy a delicious breakfast and meet up with other parents and carers. This is a free event, funded by the PSA, with cereals, toast, pastries, tea, coffee and juice all on the menu.
To book your places, please RSVP via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dads-breakfast-tickets-63368363481 by Monday 24th June. Each attendee should hold a ticket, so for example if you are bringing two children to the breakfast, three tickets need to be booked. Due to space restrictions, only children currently attending Fern Hill (Daisy Class through to Year 6) can attend. No babes in arms or buggies please - thank you for your understanding. To reduce waste at this event, please bring your own reusable lidded coffee cup.
PSA Summer Social Comedy Night – Saturday 6th July
We’re finishing the year off with a giggle! Our brand-new end of year event will take place on Saturday 6th July from 7.30pm with a fabulous line up of professional stand-up comedians: Zoe Lyons, Dominic Holland, Richard Morton and Ninia Benjamin. Tickets are £20 and are on sale now. Please follow this link to book your places at what promises to be a brilliant night out:
https://www.pta-events.co.uk/fernhillpsa/#.XQI_YjHsZZU
Summer Fair
Thank you for all your support at the Summer Fair and we hope everyone had a wonderful time. We’re still counting up the money raised and will let you know the grand total next week.
Fern Hill PSA
Weekly Attendance
Well done to Year 4 who have the best year group attendance for this week.
The Attendance Cup is awarded to Chestnut class this week who have 99.3% attendance.
| Year | Attendance % | Star Year ★ |
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| Reception | 96.7% | |
| Year 1 | 96.9% | |
| Year 2 | 96.1% | |
| Year 3 | 95.2% | |
| Year 4 | 98.1% | Well done! |
| Year 5 | 95.0% | |
| Year 6 | 95.8% |
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