Attendance

It’s been a busy week!

On Wednesday we cele-

brated Harvest with an

assembly led by Year 4 –

see pictures on p3.

On Thursday I attended

the Kent Headteachers’

Conference. For me,

this was a great oppor-

tunity to keep up to

date with Kent priorities

for Education and also

to bring back some

fresh ideas. The high-

light in my opinion,

though, was the first

school performance:

eleven children from

our Junior Choir partici-

pated. They joined chil-

dren from Colliers

Green and Sissinghurst

to form a collaborative

choir. After just two

joint practices, the chil-

dren sang a gospel med-

ley; ‘Lightning Tree’ and

‘Power in Me’.

All of the chil-

dren behaved

and per-

formed beau-

tifully and

were a real

credit to the

three schools.

It always makes me in-

credibly proud to see

our children out and

about, whether it is de-

livering harvest boxes or

singing in front of nearly

300 headteachers. Well

done to all the children

of Horsmonden!

This week’s attendance:

Reception— 94.9%

Year 1 — 96.3%

Year 2 — 96.2%

Year 3 — 97.8%

Year 4 — 98.4%

Year 5 — 98.1%

Year 6 — 97.6%

Well done Year 4!

Message from the Headteacher

Communication Textile Bin

2

Art Gallery Rawlinson Run

2

Maths Meeting 2

FoHPS 3

Harvest

3

School Games Silver Maths and English winners

4

Learners of the Week Special Mentions

4

Inside this issue:

7th October 2016

www.horsmonden.kent.sch.uk 01892 722529

Horsmonden Primary School Newsletter

Ben collects the certificate for

Year 6, last week’s winners.

Lateness

We have been monitoring the Late

Book and have noticed a few

‘running late’s. Which is not an

acceptable reason for lateness. If

your child is 15 minutes late once a

week this equates to around 9.5

hours of lost learning a year.

If there is anything the school can

do to support your child’s punctual

attendance at school then please let

us know.

We are aware that several parents have not been re-ceiving texts and e-mails. We have taken several steps to try to resolve this. Our technical support team sug-gest that anyone with a Mi-crosoft e-mail account e.g. name@live.com may experi-ence difficulties because the SPAM filters are strong. They suggest checking junk/spam boxes and adding us to your list of trusted addresses. An-other option is to provide us with an alternative e-mail address if you have one.

If you have to change arrangements for collection

of your child at the last mi-nute please call the office rather than e-mail as this ensures the message has been received.

Breakfast/ASC booking—wherever possible, please book for the term ahead to allow staffing levels and food orders to be planned accurately. Although Mrs El-lis is currently ill, e-mails are being diverted to the office. Advance bookings will help us to ensure smooth run-ning of extended services.

Textile Bin You may have noticed that we now have a textile recycling bin just inside the playground gates. Year 4 will be leading the fundraising and the inten-tion is to use the money raised to update classroom technolo-gy. Please make use of the bin and encourage friends and family to have a clear out!

Our KS2 children had an

opportunity to exhibit their

artwork at St Margaret’s

Church this week:

Art Gallery

Rawlinson Run

Communication

Page 2 Horsmonden Primary School Newsletter

Maths Workshop at 7pm to

7.30pm next Friday in Year 4

classroom. Please email kate.hart-dyke@horsmonden.kent.sch.uk

if you are coming to enable

planning.

Several children took part in the

Rawlinson Run at Dulwich Prep

School on Monday. Although

they weren’t in the medals,

everyone did their best and had

a good time!

Sponsored Wellie Throw -

14th October

The Wellie throw is due to take place next week, so please get your children in the garden practicing, as well as trying to raise as much sponsorship money as possible!

Bangers & Bingo - 20th October

Tickets are now available, closing date is the 17th October, and spac-es are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment...

Christmas Craft and Gift Fair -24th November 2.30-5pm

Please come and visit the stalls and

support this great event. A chance to get one step ahead and do some Christmas shopping in November!!! If you would like to host a stall then please let us know: speak to a member of the committee or re-quest a booking form from

jphuddart@hotmail.com

Children’s Christmas Present Fair

When we return from half term we will be asking for your presents for this years presents fair. We will be asking for donations for 4 gifts per child.

End of Term Christmas Disco - 16th December from 3.30pm

We are now planning the end of term disco: please save the date.

FoHPS Committee Meeting - 7.30pm The Gun, Thursday 13th October

All are welcome to come and join this months FoHPS meeting to see what we do, and if you can help. If you are interested, please come along or email

jphuddart@hotmail.com

FoHPS

www.fohps.btck.co.uk

FoHPS

Year 4 led a wonderful Harvest

assembly with acting, poems and

songs. We saw the first perfor-

mance of our Reception class who

sung ‘Dingle Dangle Scarecrow’!.

It looked like they were enjoying it!

Thank you to everyone who sent

in Harvest produce this week and

to the Juniors who decorated shoe

boxes. Thanks, also, if you helped

with the deliveries. The pensioners

in the village were delighted to

receive their gifts and we’ve al-

ready received some ‘thank you’

letters. The box decorating win-

ners were:

Year 6 Gaspar

Year 5 Gabriela

Year 4 Jim

Year 3 Ripley

Harvest

Page 3

School Games Silver Mark

I am delighted to announce that we have achieved School Games Silver

Mark! The School Games Mark rewards schools for their commitment to

the development of competition across their school and into the

community. Find out more here:

http://www.yourschoolgames.com/about-the-games/information-for/

parents

Back Lane Horsmonden Kent TN12 8NJ

Horsmonden Primary School

Phone: 01892 722529 E-mail: office@horsmonden.kent.sch.uk headteacher@horsmonden.kent.sch.uk

This week’s Special Mentions go to:

Year R: Eliana and Amelia

Year 1: Lucy and Isaac

Year 2: Louis K and Edward

Year 3: George W and Oliver

Year 4: Ben and Kayleigh

Year 5: Gabriela and Lawrie

Year 6: Will and Grace

Special Mentions and Learners of the Week

Together we will inspire a love of learning and help all children to achieve their personal goals, now and in the future.

www.horsmonden.kent.sch.uk

The Learners of the Week were:

Year R: T

Year 1: Phoenix

Year 2: Aaron

Year 3: Charlotte

Year 4: Katie

Year 5: Ashley

Year 6: Oliver

Winners of the maths and English competitions this week:

Maths—Alfred (Year 3) , Phoebe G (Year 6), Primrose (Year 2), Leo (Year 1)

English—Grace S (Year 4), Phoebe G (Year 4)

Well done children!