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Dear Parents / Carers,

Well what a brilliant week we have had in school! It has been very busy with lots going on.

We started the week with a dance performance from the children who attend the morning dance club. It was great to see what they have been learning and how much they enjoy it. Well done dance club!

On Tuesday Donaldson Class visited the church and Reverend Paulie helped them to celebrate a baptism. They were very interested in what happens and why and enjoyed the experience of being in our lovely village church.

On Wednesday, Years 5 and 6 had a visit from the Fire Brigade to teach them about the dangers of both fire and water with the intention of keeping them safe over the holidays. It was an interesting talk with some frightening facts.

On Thursday, Year 5 visited the woods for their Forest School day and thoroughly enjoyed a great day learning forest skills but also developing friendships, resilience and team work. Well done year 5!

The day ended with a brilliant school disco organised by the Friends of Kirk Fenton. My thanks go to the members of the Friends and also to the many staff who stayed to help and in particular DJ Priory who enjoyed his first school disco as a teacher!

Next week is half term so I hope you are all able to have a restful week enjoying the sunshine. We are back at school from 8:35 on Monday 5th June.

Have a lovely half term,

Karen Williams

Head Teacher

This week's certificates were awarded to the following children:

Donaldson - Eden and Lola

Hughes - Jessica and Hector

Coelho - Harry and Theo H

Rosen - Charlie and Annabella

Milligan - Isabel and Harvey

Zephaniah - Ava and Mika

Shakespeare - Ryo and Emma

Angelou - Lucie-Mae and Mackinley

Well done to the following who earned the hot chocolate award:

Donaldson - Jonah

Hughes - Ziggy

Coelho - Martha

Rosen - Heidi

Milligan - Georgia

Zephaniah - Isla B

Shakespeare - Elspeth

Angelou - Alex

Congratulations this week go to Alex and Olivia P and their team the Green Gladiators.

Well done to everyone who has worked hard to practise their maths at home this half term. Our Numbots superstars this week are Skye L, Austin B, Betsy D, Tom O'C and Theo H. Well done! This week's rockstars are Ryo L, Darcey M, Mika S, Aoibhe M and George S. Congratulations everyone!

This week year 5 went to the woods where they enjoyed lots of fun activities. We have also been getting ready to relax during the May half term. Furthermore, year 6 having continued their writing for their SATs. Finally, we were all treated to a fantastic disco last night run by the friends of Kirk Fenton. See you soon for our last half term of this school year!

Head Pupil certificates went to Maisie A and Lily Mae.

Niamh and Lillie

Our Y2 team had a great afternoon on our field playing bean bag rounders with children from other schools. Well done to Evelyn, Finnbar, Joseph, Alex, Willow, Thomas, Lyla, Esme, Mila, Eddie, Bea, Charlotte, Sophie, Jacob and Huey.

We have had a busy half term of recycling and saving energy. Please make sure that you do these things at home too! Watch out for more eco news after the half term break.

Have a lovely holiday.

Mrs Slater, Mrs Clark and the Eco-Committee

Wear your own clothes and please bring in a donation of chocolate for the chocolate tombola at Friends of Kirk Fenton Summer Fair.

Please remember to cancel meals (up until 8am on the day) if you change your mind, or if your child is absent from school, as ordered meals will be charged for. There is also the option to say you are sending in a packed lunch.

If you are having problems accessing parentpay or ordering the meals please speak to the office.

Half Term

Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June

Parent/Carers Coffee Morning

Friday 9th June, 8.45-9.30am

Class Photos

Monday 12th June

Sports Day

Thursday 22nd June

EYFS/KS1 - morning

KS2 - afternoon

Open Classrooms

Monday 26th June, 3pm

Non-Uniform Day

Wednesday 28th June - donations of chocolate for the summer fair chocolate tombola

Friends Summer Fair

Friday 30th June, from 3pm

Moving Up Days / Y6 TGS & SHS Transition Days

Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th July

New Starters EYFS Transition Morning

Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th July, 9-11.30am

New Starters EYFS Parents Meeting

Thursday 6th July, 4-5pm

Y5/6 Leavers' Production

Tuesday 18th July, 6.30pm

Wednesday 19th July, 2pm

Y4 Onsite Camp

Thursday 20th - Friday 21st

Y6 Leavers' Lunch

Tuesday 25th July

Y6 Leavers' Service in Church

Tuesday 25th July, 2.15pm

Term Ends

Tuesday 25th July

If anyone would like to say thank you to or has any positive comments for a member of staff then please complete and submit the form below.

It was fantastic to see all the children having so much fun at the discos yesterday! We hope the children all enjoyed themselves - a lovely way to end the term, and having seen the fun they had we'll be planning another one for sure.

The final BIG event for the year is the Summer Fair, which is after school on Friday 30th June. See the poster for more information. We are still in search of raffle prizes and volunteers, so if you would like to donate a raffle prize, or are able to help in the run up/on the day itself - please let us know.

Thank you to everyone who has donated books and teddies in recent weeks for the events - we're working hard to raise the funds to provide additional Chromebooks and get a covered outdoor play area for the school. We really do appreciate your support.

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Dear Parents,

Kirk Fenton Primary School and Saxton Cricket Club have agreed to form a School Club Partnership to offer you excellent cricket opportunities.

Saxton CC are running several ECB National Cricket Programmes with ALL STARS Cricket (5-8yrs) and DYNAMOS Cricket (9-11yrs) courses and holiday camps. They offer both Mixed and Girls only courses to follow in the footsteps of their thriving Women's team.

Thanks to their main club sponsor School ICT Services they are offering advanced bookings the fantastic opportunity to enrol in their ALL STARS and DYNAMOS courses and holiday camps with a huge 20% discount.

Availability may be limited so BOOK TODAY

***MUST SEE*** Also see our rising star Rhia Sedhar feature on BBC Look North promoting Women & Girls Cricket at Saxton CC.

The South Milford Memorial Playing Fields Association are welcoming the professional travelling theatre group Illyria back for the second year. Last year's Peter Pan was a great success, complete with flying actors, and a terrifying crock. This summer Illyria are back to present Robin Hood! 24th June, gates open 3pm to start at 4pm. South Milford park LS25 5AF. Please park away from the High Street to avoid facebook rage :-) We Hope to see you and your families there!

You can buy your tickets here (prices are a lot cheaper with us than at some of the big venues they go to!):

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/south-milford/south-milford-playing-fields/robin-hood-at-south-milford-playing-fields/e-pxkkpl

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