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21st April 2023

Dear Families,

Eid Mubarak! Wishing our Muslim families a happy Eid. And a warm welcome to all to the Summer term. It is (like all the rest) a very busy one interspersed with two bank holidays and two strike days. Thank you to all those children who retuned their homework, if your child hasn't done so already please can they return it.

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Strikes

We anticipate that for 27th April and May 2nd that the same classes will be shut again. We have been asked by some of you, in the name of equity, if we can change which classes are ones are open but we cannot ask our staff to cover classes where the teacher is choosing to strike. We will keep you updated and thank you for your ongoing support. 

Workshop

A reminder that the Early Years Writing workshop takes place on Wednesday 26th at 9am, where we will look at children learn to write and what you can do do to support them at home.

Reported Assessments

Year 6  SATs                                                                                            9th-12th May

Year 2 SATs                                                                                          22nd- 24th May

Year 4 Multiplication Test                                        week commencing June 5th 

Year 1 Phonics Testing                                               week commencing June 13th

 

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Living and Learning in two languages

On May 15th, the Bilingual Eduication Alliance will host a free session for parents focusing on theories of language and language learning and factors that support language and literacy development in bilingual/multilingual children.
Register here 

www.beaschools.com

Whole School

Mog Theatre Trip

A huge thank you to everybody who has already purchased a ticket. We have already raised £3658 out of the £4500 we need. 

Please look below for more information below with the link to purchase your child a ticket.

German Provision

Some of you may be aware that Ms Niya has been off unwell recently and having now had her final surgery, we would like to wish her a speedy recovery.

As you can imagine, her absence has had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on our German provision. However, where we have been able to, we have put in substitute German teachers and/ or alternative German provision to enable continuity of learning. We apologise for any disruption to your child's learning and hope to return to the usual timetable as soon as possible. 

New term- new topics!

EYFS

Look at the sunflowers they created in their German lessons.

They have also been learning the names of some of the parts of the body. Practise singing along with Kopf und Schultern, Knie und Fuß!  

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Year 1

Look at Year's pictures of the skyline of London.

Year 2

Have been exploring colours and creating colour wheels.

Year 4 

Have been creating these wonderful clay sculptures inspired by the craftspeople of the ancient Kingdom of Benin. 

 

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Year 3

Look at the amazing Stone Age cave art.

Year 6

look at Year 6's amazing castles.

Year 5

Have been creating astronauts in space.

 

Share-a-thon!

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How can I be in the Share-a-thon?

  1. First, make a pile of books you would like to share with others.
  2. Create a list of families, friends and even neighbours you could share and exchange books with.
  3. To share a book you could loan it, give it or share together through reading.
  4. Collect sponsorship from family and friends for each book you share and read.
  5. Share books up until the end of half term (Friday 2nd June).
  6. Collect your sponsorship money to bring to school in cash on Friday 9th June.        

Please look inside your child's bag for the letter that accompanies this.

200 Reads

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Keep encouraging your  children towards achieving 200 reads!

Well done this week to 

Year 3's Yoan!

 

A message from JKPS Friends!

Friends Corner

Save the date: Summer Social Picnic: Saturday June 10th from 1pm. Come and enjoy a relaxed picnic in the school grounds. More details to follow!

 Local estate agent Pedder are once again sponsoring boards for the event, for JKPS families to host. For every board we receive £15. Boards are erected 2 weeks prior to the event and are taken down 1 week after. If you would be happy to host a board then please sign up here: https://forms.gle/UL7rtxfT2PNyhMREA

Deadline to sign up is Monday  1st May

Our new school travel app Homerun is an easy way to link families up to share the journey to JKPS (especially when there are train strikes). It’s particularly helpful for those coming longer distances who might want to team up on train and bus journeys or car shares. The added bonus is that the Friends get a donation of £2000 once enough people have signed up! We only need 10 more families to sign up so we can get our first £600! Please help us make the area around our school safer and help create a better school run for everyone by signing up today - it takes 3 mins and then you can start searching for people close by. http://www.homerun-app.com/launch/jk5493.

The next Gardening Day will be hosted by Year 6 and will take place on Sunday, 23rd April, 11am-3pm. The whole school is very welcome to join and any free pair of hands is very much appreciated. For anyone who would like to join the Gardening WhatsApp Group, please follow this link https://chat.whatsapp.com/EfylVvITXrZBeSROpsDXvR

Finally, a Mog reminder. On Tuesday 18th July, the entire school will be heading to London’s Old Vic Theatre to see Mog, The Forgetful Cat. Tickets for all students are guaranteed. We are required to make a substantial deposit payment. We kindly ask those who are able to, to make an additional contribution so that all children and staff can attend. https://www.fojkps.org/buynow

-£12 Covers the cost of one ticket 

-£15 Covers a ticket plus a £3 donation towards another ticket  

-£20 Covers a ticket plus an £8 donation towards another ticket

Key Dates

Gardening Day                                                                             Sunday 23rd April

Reception Writing Workshop                                       Wednesday 26th April 9am

Bank Holiday                                                                                       Monday 1st May

Bake and Uniform Sale                                                             Afterschool 5th May

King's Coronation                                                                              Monday 8th May

KS2 SATS                                                            Week commencing Tuesday 9th May

PSHE Drugs Workshop for Parents and Carers                      Friday 19th May 9am

KS1 SATs                                                          Week commencing Monday 22nd May

Mid Term break                                                                         29th  May -  2nd June

Share-a-thon Sponsorship  Deadline                                                  Friday 9th June

Judith's 100th birthday    Celebration                                       Wednesday  24th June