It was wonderful to see so many of your walking proudly away from parents

evening this week. A true reflection of how we should all be feeling about the

children here at Kestrel Mead. We had a wonderful end to the half term with our

‘wear red’ day for the Glenfield Heart Unit. A local charity that do some amazing,

life saving work. Thank you to the family who donated some beautiful biscuits to

raise additional funds. We will share the amount after half term.

We were treated to a dance demonstration from the Kestrel Dance Crew and this

morning was also our ambassador assembly. Children who ALWAYS behave, do

the right thing and champion our character behaviours are rewarded. They

become ambassadors and have a wonderful assembly dedicated to them. They

will be deciding their jobs and responsibilities after half term. Well done to these

5 fabulous young people.

Enjoy the half term with your families and friends, hopefully the stormy weather

passes and you manage to get some outdoor HYGGE moments as the days get

longer.

Mrs Simpson

https://kestrel-tmet.uk 0116 2461732

@kestrelmead kestrelmead

14th February 2020

February Half-Term

Mon 17th – Fri 21st Feb

Tues 25th Feb:

Shrove Tuesday Dinner

Weds 26th Feb:

YR 5 - Conkers

Children will return to school

by 3.20pm

Thurs 27th Feb:

Class 16 & 17 –

Rutland Water

Children will return to school

by 3.20pm

Fri 28th Feb:

Class 18 & 18a –

Rutland Water

Children will return to school

by 3.20pm

Mon 2nd March:

Class 13 Assembly

@ 8.55am

Fri 6th March:

Class 4 Assembly

@ 8.45am

Edition 21

REMINDERS

Wheelie WednesdayWell done to all the

children for biking and

scooting to school!

This week…

Infant site:

9 bikes & 23 scooters

Junior site:

19 bikes & 9 scooters

Keep this up

Kestrel Mead…

EAL Coffee Morning

Our next EAL coffee morning will take place on Tuesday 17th March at the Nest,

Infant building from 9am to 10am. It would be great to see old faces and some

new ones too! The coffee mornings are a great way to chat to other families and

share advice or ideas on how to help children learn English. This session will

focus on how we can support children when homework and the fun ways we can

do our homework.

I hope to see you there!

Miss Bickley (Equality Leader)

Votes for Schools

In class last week, we were thinking about our mental health and wondering if we could help

others. Most children in school thought that they could support someone with mental health by

talking to them, making them laugh and asking how they are and why.

We discovered talking about our feelings makes us feel better and can help our feelings before

turning into big feelings that are difficult to change.

On Tuesday it was ‘Safer Internet Day’ and our question covers being safe online as well as seeing

the internet as an inspiration for the future.

“Would you like to be a youtuber?”

Attendance Winners W/C 03/02/205 Blackbird with 98.5% and 18a with 99.2%!

We encourage children to ‘Go for Green’ in 2020

and achieve attendance of at least 97%!

February Half-Term: Mon 17th – Fri 21st February. Children will return to school on Monday 24th February. We hope you all have a lovely break!

Fire Rescue and Service TalkThis week, Year 1 & Year 5 have been super lucky as they have

had a visit from Leicester Fire Rescue and Service! They showed

the children the fire engine and all the different parts and how they

worked. The firefighters taught the children about how to stay safe

at home and shared some very important messages with them.

They also explained the importance of their uniform and taught

them about the different features that keep them safe. Year 1

children then used this information to write up a non-fiction page

all about firefighter’s uniforms. The fire fighters talked about how

they help the public in many different ways including fires, animal

rescues, and working with the community. The children were really

curious and loved asking and answering questions during the visit.

Rien

Zymal

Adiy

Neeve

Jahnavi

Layla

Kamran

Ahmed

Duniya

Roshan

D’Nario

Miko

Zilan

Mannat

Kimaya

Yusra

Yassin

Maliha

Radhika

Bartosz

Sustrans

Thank you to the Eco Warriors who worked with

Chris from Sustrans yesterday. They spent time

outside looking at the ways we travel to and from

school. We noticed the resilience of many people

walking despite the wet, cold weather. Thank you

for doing what you can to keep us safe on our ways

to and from school. As always, there are still ways

that we can improve and the Eco Warriors will be

working with Chris on this over the next few weeks.