Kingsclere Chronicle No 28 (18/12/2015)

Happy, confident, successful, responsible children with a lifelong love of learning
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18th December 2015
Issue: 27
Dates for your Diary
Dear Parent / Carer
18.12.15
Last day of Autumn Term 2.
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!
The term has ended in much
excitement and celebrations. The
whole school went to the Basingstoke
pantomime on Tuesday which was a
fantastic occasion and the children
were brilliantly behaved. We have
seen nativity plays performed by
Reception and Key Stage 1, a very
special Christmas service at St. Mary’s
as well as eaten a delicious Christmas
dinner and taken part in fun Christmas
parties.
We would like to wish all our families a
very Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year. We hope you all have a relaxing
and fun time over the festive period
and have a wonderful New Year!
We will welcome you back to
school on Monday 4th January
ready for an exciting new term.
Thank you for your support this term
and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and
a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Mr Steve Wells
Headteacher
BIKEABILITY
Our Year 6 children will be taking
part in Bikeability during the first
week back and will need their bikes
and helmets in school on Monday
4th January 2016.
4.1.16
First day of Spring Term 1
4.1.15
Club information sent home
4.1.16 - 7.1.16
Year 6 Bikeability
4.1.16
Reception/KS1 football club
restarts
8.1.16
KS2 football club restarts
8.1.16
School led clubs deadline
13.1.16
French club restarts
15.1.16
Judo club restarts
15.1.16
First Celebration Assembly
18.1.16
School led club restart
21.1.16
FKS Film night 3.30 - 5.30pm
29.1.16
Inset Day - School closed
1.2.16
Inset Day - School closed
Library News
Mrs Allam would like to thank everyone
who has worked so hard to support the
library this term including: Andy,
Andrew, Issy, Kathy, Amelia, Noah, Zac,
Daisy, Laura, Letitia and not forgetting
Mrs Dudman and Mrs Titcomb .
Congratulations to Ash and Rowan
classes for being the best at returning
their library books this term.
Don't
worry, there will be another chance at
t he end of th e summer t erm!
Don't forget to have a go at the
Christmas Book Quiz for Key Stage 2,
available
in the library until 7th
January, and sign up for the online
Christmas Mini Reading Challenge. If
you receive a book you really enjoy
from Father Christmas please come
back next term and tell Mrs Allam all
about it. The library will re-open during
the first week back after the break.
Merry
and
Christmas
to
all
happy
reading!
Mrs Allam
School Librarian
5.2.16
Open book morning
5.2.16
FKS Bingo Evening
8.2.16- 12.2.16
Y4 Stubbington trip
12.2.16
Last Day of term
15.2.16 - 19.2.16
Spring Half term
22.2.16
First Day of Spring term 2
1.3.16
Y5/6 Rugby match at
Kingsclere
2.3.16
Parents Evening
3.3.16
Parents Evening
Address: Ash Grove, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 5RE. Tel:01635 298583, Email: adminoffice@kingsclere.hants.sch.uk
It's back - the Christmas
Mini Challenge
Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas is just around the corner and so is our
Christmas Mini Challenge!
We’d like to challenge you to read THREE library books
between the 12 December and 6 January! Choose any
three great looking books from your local library then find
somewhere warm and cosy and get reading.
To complete our Christmas Mini Challenge you’ll need to
create a profile for yourself on this website so you can log
the books you’ve read. It’s simple! Just click on the big blue
Create My Profile button at the top of the home page. OR,
if you already have a profile click My Profile and just log
straight in.
As soon as you’re logged in you can tell us all what you’ve
been reading by clicking Add a New Book Now. Once
you’ve added all three of your Christmas Mini Challenge
reads you’ll unlock a cool little badge for your profile and a
special message from the wonderful Cressida Cowell!
Mr Wells’ THUNK
of the
Fortnight!
THUNKS are questions that make you
stop and think.
It does not
necessarily have a right answer and
people may have different views.
This fortnight’s THUNK is:
What if…..
There were no Christmas
presents?
Celebrating Good
Attendance
Happy Holidays and Happy Reading
http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
As good attendance at school is vital
for successful learning and we are
always keen to celebrate good
attendance at our school. The class
that has the best attendance the
previous fortnight will be celebrated
in assembly.
The winners for the last fortnight were:
Chestnut with 99.03%
Year 3 Ukulele Concert
Well done to our Year 3 children who have been learning to
play the Ukulele this term and to Mr O’Donahue and Mrs
Davis for their support and encouragement.
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The Nativity at Kingsclere CE Primary School
The highlight of this week was definitely the Reception and KS1 Christmas productions. The children had
learnt lots and lots of words and songs over the last few weeks and they sung them with such confidence
and enthusiasm. They did themselves, their teachers and of course their parents proud with their
performances. Very well done to all our children.
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The Nativity at Kingsclere CE Primary School
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School Leaders
Congratulation to Lily, Lucy, Harrison and Harry for being elected as
our school leaders for the Spring term. We would like to thank Jimmy,
Genevieve, Daniel and Libby for being superb school leaders this
term and for all their hard work to help the school run efficiently. Next
terms leaders have got a hard act to follow.
Christmas Church Service
With a break in tradition, we held our Christmas church service on a Thursday afternoon this year. All our
children, together with teachers, support staff, parents and carers came together at St Mary’s Church in the
heart of our village to retell and celebrate the Christmas story. We would like to thank Father Patrick who
lead our service and our school choir sang several songs for us all to enjoy. We would also like to thank Tim
Bennett and other colleagues from Cheam School for their musical support.
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Christmas Celebrations at our School
This year we held our Christmas Jumper Day, Christmas lunch and class parties on Friday 18th December. The
whole school came together for their annual Christmas lunch cooked by Nicola and her team, Julie, Rob and
Kate. A big thank you from the school for such a lovely lunch. The children were served their lunch by their
teachers, support staff and lunchtime ladies. Then all the children carried on their festive celebrations with their
class parties. During the lunch and the afternoon the children were chatting, telling jokes from their Christmas
crackers, playing party games and enjoying celebrating with their friends.
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What an amazing Pantomime
Wow what a performance! Our Year 3-6 drama club were amazing. They have only
had 10 weeks of rehearsal and they put on an outstanding show for parents and
carers after school last week. We are very proud of them all for their effort and
enthusiasm. A big thank to Mrs Batson for the planning and staging of the
performance “Schooltime Pantomime”. They put on an equally amazing
performance for the whole school. Well done to all our budding stars.
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Year 6 WW2 Party
In preparation to celebrate our end of war party we made invites, selected our music playlist,
created a game and made chocolate oat cakes from a recipe adapted for rationing.
We began our party by listening to Churchill's speech which he made at the end of war. We
sampled our oatcakes and danced to some music. We also played a game that we made based
upon a popular WW2 game. Lots of children enjoyed dressing up in 1940s style clothing.
Year 5 Space Presentation
This term in year 5 we have been studying space. In
groups, the children put together a science
PowerPoint presentation on what they had learnt,
including some things that they had researched
themselves. They then presented these to their
parents and carers in the school last Wednesday.
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Pupil Page
Over our last fortnight we have been learning to:
KS2 - Juniors
Early Years
Year R
English - practicing our lines and Nativity songs
Year 3
English - write a recount of Stonehenge and signage for artefacts
Maths - tell the time and nets of 3D shapes
Maths - counting down to Christmas. Looking at
how many days left and how many to go!
Year 4
KS1 - Infants
English - create a Nativity story play script and
puppets and perform the play
Year 1
Maths - use pictograms, bar graphs and tables to
find inform and solve problems
English - write a recount of the Nativity story
Year 5
Maths - to recognise and order coins and making
different amounts
Year 2
English - write about the Nativity play and trip to
the Panto
Maths - interpret pictograms and block graphs
and draw block graphs
English - write instructions about how to wrap a
present
Maths - learn timetables, 2D shapes, 3D shapes
and symmetry
Year 6
English - write an information leaflet about WW2
Maths - use and plot co-ordinates in all 4 quadrants
Oak Class - Year 2 - Christmas Pantomime Recount
Yesterday we went to the panto of Jack and the
Beanstalk. Once upon a time there was a boy
called Jack. One day it was the princesses birthday
but Simon was late! When they found Simon the
princess got a golden harp for her birthday but
flesh creep stole it!
By Hannah
Yesterday I went to a pantomime and it was called
Jack and the Beanstalk in Basingstoke.
Yesterday we went to a pantomime, it was Jack
and the Beanstalk. First we went on the coach,
when we got there the people sang a song. After
that a fairy came on the stage and then Flesh
Creep jumped on stage and in three minutes
Simple Simon came out of nowhere and then the
king came over a bridge with his princess. It was
the princesses birthday.
By Jasper
First we went on a bit, blue coach and it was as
long as a very long snake. Second it took then
minutes to get there. Next the part that was my favourite part was when the ghost ran away from
Jacks mum. My funniest part is when Simple Simon
said “I say simple and you say Simon. My saddest
part is when Jack and Simple Simon sells Daisy the
cow.
By Eleanor
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School Notices
Bikeability for Year 6
Children in Year 6 will be taking part in the Hampshire Schools Cycling training scheme from Monday
4th January to Thursday 7th January. Please don’t forget your bike and helmet on the first day of term.
School Clubs
Information about school led clubs will be sent home on Monday 4th January. If your child wishes to
apply for a place at a school led club, please return the form to the school office by Friday 8th January. Details about the club your child has been allocated will be sent via text by Friday 15th January. If
you child wishes to continue in a club they will need to reapply for a place.
Infant football will be restarting on Monday 4th January and KS2 football on Friday 8th January. French
club will be restarting on 13th and 14th January, Judo club will restart on 15th January. If you wish to
apply for a place at a fee paying clubs, please contact the club directly. Details are on our website.
Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant - Starting January 2016
Hours of Work: Mon-Fri, 11.55am to 1.10pm, Term Time Only - Actual annual salary £1967
We are seeking a person to join our team as a Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant. The successful applicant
will need to be friendly, patient, caring and a fun loving person who shows enthusiasm to make
lunchtime a fun and safe part of the school day.
You will be working as part of a team and duties will include:
Supervising children in the school hall as they eat their lunch.
Supervising children as they play outside
Ensuring the safety, welfare and positive behaviour of all children during their lunch break.
Promoting positive play by joining in with the children's games
For more information or an application pack please contact Lesley Dudman in the school office on
01635 298583 or email adminoffice@kingsclere.hants.sch.uk
Letters sent in the last fortnight
Dogs outside the school gates
4.12.15 - Bikeability Y6
If you are leaving your dog tied up outside the front gates before or after school
please ensure they are happy to be left
there and do not bark and
worry children. Thank you for your consideration.
7.12.15 - Stubbington final letter
7.12.15 - Stubbington souvenir order form
14.12.15 - After school R/KS1 football club
14.12.15 - After school KS2 football club
15.12.15 - Avon Tyrrell Year 5
16.12.15 - Year R School Entry Health Review form for pre
Easter birthday’s
Battery Recycling at Kingsclere CE Primary School
We now have a battery recycling box in our school reception area. Please feel
free to bring your old used batteries and leave them in the box. Please do not
send them in with your child. Batteries are made from important resources and
chemicals, including lead, cadmium, zinc lithium and mercury. Each battery
placed in the bright red recycling box will be taken apart and many of materials
will be recovered and used to make new batteries or something else. We can
collect mixed household waste batteries only which are, button, 6V, 9V, AAA, AA,
C and D cells batteries .
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Registered Charity Number: 1099453
The Parent Teacher Association of Kingsclere C of E Primary School
News from FKS
A huge thank you to everyone who helped towards making our School Christmas Fair such a fun
event. We raised £2,028 and as well as making this fantastic sum it was great to see teachers, staff,
pupils and their families all coming together to get into the festive spirit.
We were lucky to have a visit in our grotto from Santa and
"Rudolf" came along too! Lots of fun was had on all the
games and lovely crafts were made in the craft room.
Thank you to all our year 6 helpers, you did a great job and
thank you to everyone who helped on a stall. Well done to
all the games winners and raffle winners too. We hope you
enjoy your prizes!!
Thank
you
to
all
those
who
supported
us
by
providing
prizes;
The Rowbarge, The Lookout Discovery Centre, Hawk Conservancy, Slimming World Kingsclere/Overton (Lynne Cooksey), Wyatts Butchers, Spinnaker Tower, The Anvil ,Castle Windows
(Newbury) Ltd, Finkley Down Farm, Arlington Arts Centre ,Howe & son (Co op vouchers), Waitrose,
Tesco , Eddie Katz , Lord & Lady Lloyd Webber, MFA bowling, Razzamataz Theatre School, Planet Ice
Swan Street Stores, Sandford Springs, Milestones, Kick about Football, Wolverton plants.
In 2015 FKS have provided lots of fun with events and activites and we have raised over £17,000
which has gone towards providing the following;
School Dictionaries, Early years equipment, Installation of Ipads, Coaches for class trips, school pantomime, Mathletics, Science Week, Hi – viz jackets for trips, Maths Week, School pets & hutches,
Playground storage unit, gardening club, the school pool, lunchtime play equipment, class Christmas presents and our big project – the new Pirate ship play area on the upper playground which is
due to be installed early 2016.
FKS wish you all a very Merry Christmas, 2015 has been a great year for FKS and we hope we can
count on your support for 2016.
Date for your Diary - 2016
Thurs 11th Feb – FKS School Disco for pupils
Sat 11th March – FKS Spring Ball at Sandford Springs (over 18’s only)
Sat 26th March – FKS Easter Egg Hunt
Sat 25th June – FKS School Summer Fair
Sat 9th July – FKS Camp Out
Sat 5th Nov – FKS Firework event
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Address: Ash Grove, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 5RE. Tel:01635 298583, Email: adminoffice@kingsclere.hants.sch.uk
Community
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Address: Ash Grove, Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 5RE. Tel:01635 298583, Email: adminoffice@kingsclere.hants.sch.uk