It was fabulous to see all of the children wearing red for a great

cause last Friday. All money donated is going to the Heart Link

Children’s Charity based at Glenfield Hospital. Thanks to your kind

donations we have managed to raise a total of…

£621.65!This is absolutely amazing and will help the unit out enormously!

On Thursday 5th March, it is World Book Day!

This year we have decided that we are not dressing up. However, if you have

already purchased an outfit for your child then you are more than welcome to

send them with it.

Instead, we are asking for you to send your child to school with a potato and

their favourite book to share with the class.

In the afternoon, we would also like to welcome all parents/carers to join us for

an afternoon of crafts. Come and show us your creative skills by helping your

child to make the book character of their choice! Please feel free to bring in props

and accessories for it too.

The sessions will run as follows:

Infants @ 1.45-2.15pm

Juniors @ 2.30-3.00pm

We hope you can make it!

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Mon 2nd March:

Class 13 Assembly

Juniors @ 8.55am

Tues 3rd March

Curriculum Spotlight Event

Junior hall @ 2.40-3pm

YR 3-6 parents welcome

Thurs 5th March:

School Nurse drop-in session

Infants 8.30-9.30am

World Book Day Dinner

World Book Day craft session

- Parents invited!

Infants @ 1.45-2.15pm

Juniors @ 2.30-3pm

Fri 6th March:

Class 4 Assembly

Infants @ 8.45am

Mon 9th March:

Class 15 Assembly

Juniors @ 8.55am

Weds 11th March:

Nursery visit to park on

Kestrel Lane

Fri 13th March:

Class 1 Assembly

Infants @ 8.45am

Tues 17th March:

EAL Coffee Morning

Infants @ 9-10am

Tues 24th March:

Hummingbird Assembly

Infants @ 8.45am

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REMINDERS

Wheelie WednesdayWell done to all the children

for biking and scooting to

school!

This week…

Infant site:

5 bikes & 21 scooters

Junior site:

8 bikes & 10 scooters

Keep this up

Kestrel Mead…

Attendance Winners W/C 10/02/20201 Swallow with 98% and 22 Falcon with 97.3%!

We encourage children to ‘Go for Green’ in 2020

and achieve attendance of at least 97%!

As the discussions about Coronavirus are dominating the media, I want to reassure you that we are following all advice that comes into school from the DFE and Public Health England. You should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your children catching the Coronavirus. There is no reason why your children should not continue to attend their early years, school or further education setting as normal. The most recent poster issued by Public Health England is on our website. Mrs Simpson

Curriculum Spotlight Event

Tuesday 3rd March – KS2

PARENTS WELCOME!

Have you heard about Kestrels Sticky Curriculum?

Have your children told you about their sticky

words?

Do you want to find out more about what your child’s

topic lessons include?

Do you want to spend some time with your child and

see their work?

Come and join curriculum innovators Mrs Hill and Miss

Hart in the Junior Hall on Tuesday 3rd March at 2:40pm

in the Junior hall. From 2.40-3pm we will give you an

overview of our new topic curriculum, some of the

reasons behind it and the subjects which it will cover.

You will then be invited to your child’s class to have a

look at how they record their work in journals. This is a

lovely opportunity to talk to your child about what they

have learnt and to see how they are now presenting their

work so creatively and expressing themselves.

Sports Update

Packed Lunch AuditEarlier in the Autumn term the Little Chefs completed a

packed lunch audit to see if we are getting all of the

vitamins and nutrients which we need. Since our last

audit our results have slightly dropped in amount of

protein and water being consumed but they are also

much higher than our very first audit in 2018.

The Little Chefs met to look at the results and discuss our

next targets as a school. We have agreed that children

need to lower the number of crisps and sugary snacks as

they have no nutritional benefit but there are around three

quarters of children eating them most days. We would

also like to work on having a balanced meal. This means

that children have something from all of the sections of

the Eatwell plate – Carbohydrates, Protein, Dairy, Fruit

and vegetables and water. They may have a small treat

but it isn’t actually needed to create a balanced meal.

Remember children should have:

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, DAIRY,

CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEIN AND WATER.

Year 5 Visit to ConkersYear 5 has a great day at Conkers. We went there so

the children could develop their survival skills in order to

help them write an instructional piece about making a

fire when stranded on a desert island. They worked

brilliantly together to build shelters, gather firewood and

master the use of a flint and steel…and they might also

have mastered having a marshmallow or chocolate

biscuit to celebrate. They were a credit to the school

and we can’t wait to read their instructional writing.

Great job Year 5!

Year 4 Visit to Rutland Water

On Thursday and Friday this week, Year 4 have been to visit

Rutland Water. We were able to do some birdwatching where

we even tried to look out for a Kestrel!

We then went on to clean our own dirty water (the end winners

still didn’t look good enough to drink) but then the guide told us

about how water is filtered and how chlorine is added to kill the

bacteria!

Finally, we ended our day by having a tour of the reservoir and

the dam! We learnt so many amazing facts about how the

reservoir was built and what it is used for today.

Did you know that it contains 124 million cubic metres of

water!?

Thank you for your parent

questionnaire responses.

We will be providing you with a table

of results next week and some next

steps that we will be taking moving

forward.

If you still haven’t managed to see

your child’s class teacher for parents

evening, please follow this up with

urgency.

Home School Agreement

If you haven’t signed and returned

the home school agreement, please

do so asap. If you no longer have

your home school agreement, you

can collect one from the office.

May we remind you that as member

of this school community, the parent

conduct policy stands regardless of

signing the agreement. You can find

a copy of the full policy online.

Science Week is taking place at Leicester Cathedral on

Saturday 7th March, 11am-1pm. It falls within National

Science Week so we are hosting a very special Science

theme Messy Cathedral. As ever there will be mess, fun,

activates to take part in, crafts to make and take home,

friendship and food! We are also in the season at the

Cathedral that is titled “Salt of the Earth” (so think of a cheeky

lunch that goes well with salt on it!) This is a FREE event!

It will be so good to see you there! If you would like to attend,

please go to Eventbrite for FREE tickets or you can follow the

link below to book.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/messy-cathedral-does-science-

tickets-94417883431

‘Messy Cathedral does

Science Week’

Votes for SchoolsBefore half term it was Safer Internet Day. Our question was linked to this

and whether we can use the internet to become successful and as a career.

The question was “Do you want to be a youtuber?”

Each class discussed how this could be a positive idea as people become

famous this way and can earn lots of money. Others discussed it being

unsafe online and a bit of a childish career, when they grow up what will they

do?

Interestingly, most of our children agreed with the the UK with 60% thinking

they may want to be a youtuber and 40% saying they don’t want to.

REMINDER!Please remember to park safely when dropping and collecting

your children. We understand that parking is restricted

however this does not excuse dangerous parking, putting

children, yourselves and others at risk.

Please also remember that the area near the roundabout at

the Infant site IS NOT a zebra crossing. You must check left

and right, make sure no vehicles are coming before crossing.