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Dear Parents / Carers,

It's been another very busy week in school this week with trips, sporting events and a sleepover.

On Thursday Year 2 Rosen enjoyed their trip to the Yorkshire Air Museum where they found out more about the history of flight to add to what they had learned school. They had a fantastic day and the staff at the museum were very impressed with their knowledge and how they represented Kirk Fenton. Well done Rosen Class!

Also on Thursday, Year 3 and 4 football teams were in action at the Trust football competition. They worked well as a team and we are very proud of their perseverance and respect. Well done to the children involved.

Thursday night saw Year 5 sleeping over in the hall. They had a great time and enjoyed a campfire and a film. Thank you to all the staff that made this possible. I expect Year 5 will sleep well over the weekend!

On Friday, the Year 5 and 6 football teams were in action at the Trust competition. They represented the school well and were great sportsmen and women. Well done to those children.

Finally, I have had the pleasure to attend the first Trust-wide Student Leadership conference with our Head Pupils, Lillie and Niamh, today. The focus of the conference was about how the Trust can support pupil wellbeing and it was great to see pupils from all 11 schools discussing some of the issues and coming up with ideas. Well done Niamh and Lillie!

Have a lovely weekend,

Karen Williams

Head Teacher

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

Donaldson - whole class

Hughes - Ivy and Albie

Coelho - Evie and Josh

Rosen - Evelyn and Brodie

Milligan - Finlay and Harvey

Zephaniah - Connie and Sam

Shakespeare - Mabel and Henry

Angelou - Margery and Lily Mae

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

Donaldson - Elspeth

Hughes - Seb

Coelho - Emilia

Rosen - Jacob

Milligan - Matthew

Zephaniah - Kieran

Shakespeare - Rupert

Angelou - Olivia P

This week the Orange Spitfires are triumphant. Well done to Olivia M, Ivor and their team.

As we draw near to the end of the academic year, lots of children are still putting as much effort into their maths learning which is fabulous to see. This week, our Numbots superstars are Alistair G, Matthew M, Tom O, Austin B and Theo M. Our Rockstars of the week are Evie H, Mollie H and Harry S. Well done everyone!

Yesterday, two teams of lower KS2 footballers attended a football tournament held at Riverside. They represented our school values really well, demonstrating fabulous teamwork and amazing resilience. Both teams supported each other and cheered each other on brilliantly. Well done everyone!

'It was such a great day, we had to try very hard though.'

'We worked together as a team and cheered each other on.'

'It was really fun, I'm so tired!'

Two teams from y5/6 took part in the football tournament at Sherburn Hungate playing against other local schools. We are very proud of the way they played and represented our school. Congratulations to our Girls' team who came third; Sienna M, Sienna H, Hattie, Alexa, Freya, Lucie-Mae, Edith and Grace. Well done to James, Luca, Freddie, Sam, Henri, Elliot, Max and Oscar.

This is a special Y6 leavers' lunch and will now be pepperoni pizza followed by cinnamon roll. Please select on ParentPay for your child to have this meal.

Rosen Class Trip

Thursday 13th July

Y5 Sleepover

Thursday 13th July

Milligan & Zephaniah Class Trip

Tuesday 18th July

Y5/6 Leavers' Production

Tuesday 18th July, 6pm

Wednesday 19th July, 2pm

Y4 Onsite Camp

Thursday 20th - Friday 21st

Donaldson Class Trip

Friday 21st July

Y6 Leavers' Lunch

Tuesday 25th July

Y6 Leavers' Celebration in School

Tuesday 25th July, 1.30pm

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.

A short update from us this week. Firstly, thank you to everyone who had a clear out and dropped bags at the school on Wednesday. That is our last fundraiser of the year done. We're just tallying up our totals and will share next week - we have had a busy year!

Exciting news though, we have the date for our first event of next term. Save the date: Friday 22nd September, Gin Tasting with Hooting Owl Gin - which we're hoping will be in the village hall. Tickets will be on sale from next week - and its open to anyone to attend, so get your friends lined up (or get the babysitter sorted), and we'll see you then.

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way to help raise funds for the school whilst you shop.

(Easy Fundraising will link to: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kirkfenton/)

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friends@kf.starmat.uk

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Parents head over to Cool Milk's Instagram @coolmilkscheme to find the pinned post with the instructions to enter. Send in your best family milk moustache photo by tagging us in the photo on Instagram, following us on Instagram and tagging 3 friends. The lucky winner will receive a trip to Chessington's 'Christmas Festive Sleepover' for a family of 4 including the perks below:

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• - Entry to our Theme Park & Zoo for selected attractions and activities
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The deadline to enter is the 13th of September 2023.

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Archie has decided he would like to do a sponsored bike ride. This would be to raise money for memory boxes that we put together. The memory boxes get disputed to hospitals in Yorkshire to help to support grieving children who have lost a parent suddenly. We have managed to do 300 so far since 2019.
On the 2nd September Archie will be riding over 14 miles from Selby to York.
If would like to sponsor him we have a just giving page;

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