Kentish Town CE Primary

School Newsletter

Issue 1 10th September 2015

www.kentishtown.camden.sch.uk

Welcome Back to School!

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been a calm and purposeful start to the new

term. The children have found their way to their new

classes and hopefully parents have as well!

Having worked on a new Vision Statement with the

Governing Board in July, I shared this with my staff

and then we developed our Mission Statement, illus-

trating how we intend to deliver the very best for our

children. A copy of both documents is on the school

website and contained in this newsletter.

I will be sharing the School Development and Im-

provement Plan with parents in the next couple of

weeks—all parents and carers will be welcome to

attend.

James Humphries

Headteacher

School Uniform

Our uniform is:

in white—any plain top (no fashion

logos please)

in white or navy blue— school logo

t shirts

in navy blue—tracksuit bottoms,

skirts, cardigans, dresses, fleeces

(no hoods please), sweatshirts (no

hoods please)

blue gingham dresses

navy blue or white socks or tights

sensible shoes or trainers

a hijab or headscarf

small stud earrings

2 Year Old Provision

Reluctantly we have withdrawn from this project due

to concerns over the funding arrangements and con-

flicting advice related to staffing costs and admis-

sions. We may consider developing a 2 year old room

in the future, but at this point it represents a financial

risk to our school.

I understand that you may be disappointed by this (as

we are), but we plan to use the old Ash classroom as

a group room where Parent Gym can take place,

groups of children can be taught and parents and the

Friends can hold meetings.

Please come to see me if you would like further in-

formation.

James

Our uniform does not include:

denim

flip flops/strappy sandals

any item with designer logos or sym-

bols

trainers with flashing lights

football boots with studs

black or grey trousers or skirts

jewellery

A copy of the policy is available at the

school office or on our school website.

As drawn by the Secret Artist NW5

Acorn Class

After a very successful week of

home visits all the

children and par-

ents are very excit-

ed about starting

Acorn Class!!!

Willow Class Willow class have had

a great first week back

at school. We have

been talking about our

favourite animals

and using the laptops to

copy and paste pictures

of our animals for our

science display. We

have also started to

learn about Florence

Nightin-

gale and

the rea-

sons why

she is so

famous.

Oak Class

This week Oak have been en-

joying settling in and explor-

ing their new classroom. We

have also met some new

friends joining the school.

We have spoken

about how to help

our friends feel at

home in their new

classroom and at

KTS. Everyone is really ex-

cited to be in Oak Class!

Ash Class

Ash Class have had a great - and

busy - first week. We have been

getting to grips with the topic of

Ourselves, sharing our favourite

books, creating our Class Char-

ter and practising

counting and find-

ing pairs of num-

bers that make 10!

Cedar Class Cedar class have all set-

tled fantastically well

into Year 3. This week,

we have been

learning about

place value in

maths and reading

Kit Wright's poem

'The Magic Box'.

We have also

started our topic

and are all excited about learning

about the Stone Age.

Chestnut Class

In Chestnut Class we have en-

joyed starting to read

'Goodnight Mister Tom' which

links to our exciting WWII

topic! We have

also been explor-

ing numbers up

to 1,000,000!

Phew!

Sycamore Class Sycamore Class have settled in amaz-

ingly quickly to life in Year 4! We

have created a class charter, setting out

our rights and how we will all respect

them, written letters to Julie all about

ourselves, made Sycamore leaves with

our goals for the year and completed

lots of place value

games and activities in

maths. We're also en-

joying our class novel -

Oliver and the Seawigs! Beech Class

Beech have had a fantastic start

to the year, having come into

school with a very postive atti-

tude! They are being wonderful

role models to the younger chil-

dren too... we hope this contin-

ues! We've started our personifi-

cation poetry this

week and recap-

ping on all things

place value in

maths too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THOSE CHILDREN WHO CELEBRATE

A BIRTHDAY IN SEPTEMBER.

Taylor Amara Stan Brassington Emily Hopkins

Benjamin Gibson Amayah Modiano Alice Thompson

Loren Hood Kyrah L’Estrade-Shaw Zakeen Ali

Jessica Chaproniere Amelia Osborne Sadie Fleischmann

Isla Olive Day Iris Dickinson James Watts

Frankie Kendall

Calling all parents! Friends of KTS, Annual General

Meeting

The Friends of KTS (our Parent Teacher Association, which

raises money to fund new and exciting opportunities and ex-

periences for our children) will be holding its AGM on Fri-

day 9th October, 1:30pm-3:15pm in the Treehouse.

The timing has been chosen to accommodate many working

parents who have suggested that a Friday afternoon is the

most flexible time for them - we hope it helps!

Please come along to find out out about what we do, what

we've raised in the past year, how we plan to spend it, how

we're raising money this year, and how to get involved in

ways big and small towards making KTS the wonderful

school that it is!

If you can't come along, but would like to get involved,

please email Noémi at pressdrew@gmail.com. Thanks!

EYFS (Acorn and Oak)

Are you interested in your child attending an after school music session on a

Monday? Please register your interest at the office.

Thank you.

Ann.

UPDATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS

Please remember to inform the school office if your contact details or addresses have changed. If you are not receiving the text messages or if they are going to the wrong parent then please also let us know.

SCHOOL DINNERS

As mentioned in the text message sent recently school meals have increased by 14p per

day. This brings the weekly amount to £11.50.

School meals for this term until Christmas break is £177.10. This can be paid weekly,

half termly or termly.

If you child has changed from packed lunches to school dinners or school dinners to

packed lunches you must inform the school office. Failure to do so may result in you

having to pay for school meals that we have booked for your child but they have not

eaten so please remember to tell us if anything changes.

Many thanks.

Pam.

Kentish Town Church of England

Primary School

Mission Statement

Governors and staff have agreed that the spiritual values of Hope, Equality and

Love underpin the work of our school.

In order to deliver our shared vision for our children we will:

Hope

Be aspirational for our children and expect them to work hard at all times

Inspire our children and each other with excellent teaching every day

Encourage children to take risks in their learning

Listen

Equality

Celebrate differences in culture, language, appearance and ability

Celebrate small and large achievements

Teach an engaging, creative and fun curriculum where each and every

child can achieve and excel

Work closely with parents and carers at all times

Love

Celebrate God’s love for each of us

Inspire a love of learning in each child

Demonstrate care and compassion for all children and adults in our com-

munity

Catch children “doing the right thing” and celebrate those moments