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Friendship Forgiveness
Compassion Service

  • Thu
    28
    Mar
    2024

    Staff Development Day

  • Mon
    08
    Apr
    2024

    Term 5 - Start

  • Fri
    24
    May
    2024

    Term 5 - End

 

Term Dates for your diary.

Headteacher’s Welcome

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Year R -Forest School:
What a lovely morning for the year R children to enjoy their last morning of the term.
The children had lots of fun with all the different activities.
They started the session by building a track across the field for balancing on. They had to walk across the track going up and down and across some wobbly planks. Some children worked really hard to master this and were so proud when they succeeded.
In the Forest School they climbed, dug, played in a den built by the older children and played the log rolling game.
The children also made some Easter decorations from some carefully cut log slices. However, the highlight of the morning was the new mud kitchen, built by Mr Wakeling. 
Mr Wakeling has kindly been volunteering and offering his skills to build not only  a mud kitchen for the children but today he also built them a wooden play house.  He was offered quite a few ‘cakes,’ ‘pancakes’ and ‘cups of tea’ (that all strangely tasted like mud!) as he worked on the play house today. 
So, a big thank you to Mr Wakeling for giving up his spare time and helping to make our Forest School even better.

Year R -Forest School:
What a lovely morning for the year R children to enjoy their last morning of the term.
The children had lots of fun with all the different activities.
They started the session by building a track across the field for balancing on. They had to walk across the track going up and down and across some wobbly planks. Some children worked really hard to master this and were so proud when they succeeded.
In the Forest School they climbed, dug, played in a den built by the older children and played the log rolling game.
The children also made some Easter decorations from some carefully cut log slices. However, the highlight of the morning was the new mud kitchen, built by Mr Wakeling.
Mr Wakeling has kindly been volunteering and offering his skills to build not only a mud kitchen for the children but today he also built them a wooden play house. He was offered quite a few ‘cakes,’ ‘pancakes’ and ‘cups of tea’ (that all strangely tasted like mud!) as he worked on the play house today.
So, a big thank you to Mr Wakeling for giving up his spare time and helping to make our Forest School even better.
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3 hours ago
Year 2 - Forest School:
The year 2 children had some lovely warm spring weather for their Forest School session on Monday.
This was a highlight of the term as they not only got to play in the Forest School area but they got to enjoy some hot chocolate and pop corn around the fire. 
The children were taught about  the fire triangle, the dangers of fire and how to keep safe around fire. They  were amazed when the pop corn started popping in the popcorn maker. 
They are  now looking forward to enjoying  some  lovely weather in Forest School next term.
Year 2 Forest School.
The year 2 children had some lovely warm spring weather for their Forest School session on Monday.
This was a highlight of the term as they not only got to play in the Forest School area but they got to enjoy some hot chocolate and pop corn around the fire. 
The children were taught about  the fire triangle, the dangers of fire and how to keep safe around fire. They  were amazed when the pop corn started popping in the popcorn maker. 
They are  now looking forward to enjoying  some  lovely weather in Forest School next term.

Year 2 - Forest School:
The year 2 children had some lovely warm spring weather for their Forest School session on Monday.
This was a highlight of the term as they not only got to play in the Forest School area but they got to enjoy some hot chocolate and pop corn around the fire.
The children were taught about the fire triangle, the dangers of fire and how to keep safe around fire. They were amazed when the pop corn started popping in the popcorn maker.
They are now looking forward to enjoying some lovely weather in Forest School next term.
Year 2 Forest School.
The year 2 children had some lovely warm spring weather for their Forest School session on Monday.
This was a highlight of the term as they not only got to play in the Forest School area but they got to enjoy some hot chocolate and pop corn around the fire.
The children were taught about the fire triangle, the dangers of fire and how to keep safe around fire. They were amazed when the pop corn started popping in the popcorn maker.
They are now looking forward to enjoying some lovely weather in Forest School next term.
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3 hours ago
Year 1 Forest School
This week in Forest school the year 1 started their session with a team challenge to use the logs, tyres and planks to make a track across the field. They worked together to transport the equipment onto the field and make the track as interesting as they could. They then had to use the track to get across the field without touching the grass, this was really tricky as it was quite wobbly in places. The children did really well with their balancing and helping each other. Once in the forest area they had great fun climbing, building and digging.  Some of the children made some Easter decorations using some wood slices. The children were very lucky to be able to play with their new mud kitchen. They loved creating all sorts of dinners and cakes. 
The children are all looking forward to the sunny weather for their Forest School next term 
Year 1 Forest School
This week in Forest school the year 1 started their session with a team challenge to use the logs, tyres and planks to make a track across the field. They worked together to transport the equipment onto the field and make the track as interesting as they could. They then had to use the track to get across the field without touching the grass. this was really tricky as it was quick wobbly in places. The children did really well with their balancing and helping each other. Once in the forest area they had great fun climbing, building and digging.  Some of the children made some Easter decorations using some wood slices. The children were very lucky to be able to play with their new mud kitchen. They loved creating all sorts of dinners and cakes. 
The children are all looking forward to the sunny weather for their Forest School next term

Year 1 Forest School
This week in Forest school the year 1 started their session with a team challenge to use the logs, tyres and planks to make a track across the field. They worked together to transport the equipment onto the field and make the track as interesting as they could. They then had to use the track to get across the field without touching the grass, this was really tricky as it was quite wobbly in places. The children did really well with their balancing and helping each other. Once in the forest area they had great fun climbing, building and digging. Some of the children made some Easter decorations using some wood slices. The children were very lucky to be able to play with their new mud kitchen. They loved creating all sorts of dinners and cakes.
The children are all looking forward to the sunny weather for their Forest School next term
Year 1 Forest School
This week in Forest school the year 1 started their session with a team challenge to use the logs, tyres and planks to make a track across the field. They worked together to transport the equipment onto the field and make the track as interesting as they could. They then had to use the track to get across the field without touching the grass. this was really tricky as it was quick wobbly in places. The children did really well with their balancing and helping each other. Once in the forest area they had great fun climbing, building and digging. Some of the children made some Easter decorations using some wood slices. The children were very lucky to be able to play with their new mud kitchen. They loved creating all sorts of dinners and cakes.
The children are all looking forward to the sunny weather for their Forest School next term
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3 hours ago
Year 3 - Easter Service: 
The Year 3 children have been working hard all term on their Easter Service. Today, they went to the Harbour church and did a brilliant job, saying their lines and singing the songs. We are proud of all of them and thank them for a wonderful service.

Year 3 - Easter Service:
The Year 3 children have been working hard all term on their Easter Service. Today, they went to the Harbour church and did a brilliant job, saying their lines and singing the songs. We are proud of all of them and thank them for a wonderful service.
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1 day ago
Easter Egg Decoration Competition: 
The PTFA would like to say a huge thank you for all of the entries to the Easter Egg Decoration Competition. As always, all entries are amazing and make it so hard to choose a winner. 
However, winners have been chosen and names will be announced later this week. 
Well done to everyone that took part.

Easter Egg Decoration Competition:
The PTFA would like to say a huge thank you for all of the entries to the Easter Egg Decoration Competition. As always, all entries are amazing and make it so hard to choose a winner.
However, winners have been chosen and names will be announced later this week.
Well done to everyone that took part.
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3 days ago
Holy Week-Easter Activity Day: 
Today, the whole school celebrated the start of Holy Week with an Easter Activity Day. 
Some of the classes went to Harbour Church where Mary Jayne and her team set up some thoughtful activities for the children to interact with. They thought about how Jesus would have felt the night before he died and wrote some prayers to plant in the garden of Gethsemane. 
Other classes enjoyed a carousel of craft activities at school where they we able to work with children in different year groups and visit different classrooms. In the afternoon all those children gathered together to show each other what they had made.

Holy Week-Easter Activity Day:
Today, the whole school celebrated the start of Holy Week with an Easter Activity Day.
Some of the classes went to Harbour Church where Mary Jayne and her team set up some thoughtful activities for the children to interact with. They thought about how Jesus would have felt the night before he died and wrote some prayers to "plant" in the garden of Gethsemane.
Other classes enjoyed a carousel of craft activities at school where they we able to work with children in different year groups and visit different classrooms. In the afternoon all those children gathered together to show each other what they had made.
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3 days ago
Year 2 - Young Leaders Week: 
Last week, Year 2 took part in their Young Leaders Week. Their topic was Zero Hunger which is one of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDG2).

The children spent the week learning about the charity Marys Meals and what they do to help children who do not have enough food around the world. Marys Meals is a registered charity serving a nutritious daily meal to some of the worlds poorest children to attract them into the classroom where they can gain an education and a brighter future. There are 67 million primary school-age children out of school around the world.

The children in Year 2 decided to plan and host a cinema evening in the KS2 hall for their families and friends. They raised a massive £232.32 in just one hour!
Thank you to all the children for all their hard work and to all the people who generously donated money for Marys Meals.

Year 2 - Young Leaders Week:
Last week, Year 2 took part in their Young Leaders Week. Their topic was 'Zero Hunger' which is one of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDG2).

The children spent the week learning about the charity Mary's Meals and what they do to help children who do not have enough food around the world. Mary's Meals is a registered charity serving a nutritious daily meal to some of the world's poorest children to attract them into the classroom where they can gain an education and a brighter future. There are 67 million primary school-age children out of school around the world.

The children in Year 2 decided to plan and host a cinema evening in the KS2 hall for their families and friends. They raised a massive £232.32 in just one hour!
Thank you to all the children for all their hard work and to all the people who generously donated money for Mary's Meals.
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3 days ago
Year 5 Young Leaders - Folkestone Nepalese Community Centre
Last week, for their Young Leaders project centered around caring for our community, Year 5 have been learning all about Nepal. They also discovered that there is a Nepalese Community Centre not far from our school, in Cheriton. We learned about why there is such a large and vibrant Nepalese community here in Folkestone. We learned about the Gurkhas and what they have done for Britain and why we, as a country, have such a strong and long relationship with Nepal. We created leaflets to provide more information to people about the Folkestone Nepalese Community Centre and write about how we can help them to achieve their aims of combatting loneliness, building relationships within the community and preserving the Nepalese culture. We learned more about some of their religions and created class Mandalas to reflect our souls and characters. On Friday morning, we were lucky enough to be joined by some people from the Folkestone Nepalese Community Centre. Mr Maha Rai and his friends, who are sons of Gurkha veterans (and some veterans themselves!) taught us even more about Nepalese culture and we could share what we have learned this week. We learned a Nepalese dance themed around rice planting in padi fields and listened to a beautiful Nepalese song about a son missing his mother. Year 5 really enjoyed Friday morning particularly and showed so much respect and curiosity. We want to spread the message that this amazing centre exists - look out for exciting events on their website!

Year 5 Young Leaders - Folkestone Nepalese Community Centre
Last week, for their Young Leaders project centered around caring for our community, Year 5 have been learning all about Nepal. They also discovered that there is a Nepalese Community Centre not far from our school, in Cheriton. We learned about why there is such a large and vibrant Nepalese community here in Folkestone. We learned about the Gurkhas and what they have done for Britain and why we, as a country, have such a strong and long relationship with Nepal. We created leaflets to provide more information to people about the Folkestone Nepalese Community Centre and write about how we can help them to achieve their aims of combatting loneliness, building relationships within the community and preserving the Nepalese culture. We learned more about some of their religions and created class Mandalas to reflect our souls and characters. On Friday morning, we were lucky enough to be joined by some people from the Folkestone Nepalese Community Centre. Mr Maha Rai and his friends, who are sons of Gurkha veterans (and some veterans themselves!) taught us even more about Nepalese culture and we could share what we have learned this week. We learned a Nepalese dance themed around rice planting in padi fields and listened to a beautiful Nepalese song about a son missing his mother. Year 5 really enjoyed Friday morning particularly and showed so much respect and curiosity. We want to spread the message that this amazing centre exists - look out for exciting events on their website!
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3 days ago
Italy Class-Easter Story: 
This term the children in Italy Class have been learning about the Easter story. Last week, they explored the part where Jesus had his last supper with his disciples. The children acted this out with Jesus sharing the bread to reperesnt his body and the wine to reperesent his blood. They learnt how Jesus served his friends by washing their feet which was surprising to them as they thought of him as The King of Kings! Finally, they acted out the part where Judas went against Jesus by kissing him on the cheek which alerted the Roman Soldiers as to who he was so that they could arrest him. Even though he did this, Jesus forgave Judas which the children linked to our own school value of forgiveness.

Italy Class-Easter Story:
This term the children in Italy Class have been learning about the Easter story. Last week, they explored the part where Jesus had his last supper with his disciples. The children acted this out with Jesus sharing the bread to reperesnt his body and the wine to reperesent his blood. They learnt how Jesus served his friends by washing their feet which was surprising to them as they thought of him as The King of Kings! Finally, they acted out the part where Judas went against Jesus by kissing him on the cheek which alerted the Roman Soldiers as to who he was so that they could arrest him. Even though he did this, Jesus forgave Judas which the children linked to our own school value of forgiveness.
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3 days ago
Adventurers & Explorers - Road Safety: 
Last week, to practise the skills we learnt about being safe when crossing the road, we went on a small walk around the local community.  We chose some quiet roads to practise stopping, thinking, looking and listening. We wore high - vis jackets and the Be Bright Be Seen necklaces we made.

Adventurers & Explorers - Road Safety:
Last week, to practise the skills we learnt about being safe when crossing the road, we went on a small walk around the local community. We chose some quiet roads to practise stopping, thinking, looking and listening. We wore high - vis jackets and the 'Be Bright Be Seen' necklaces we made.
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3 days ago
KS2- Forest School 
This week in Forest School, the year 3 group had a mine sweeper problem to solve before playing in the forest area. They were the first ones to use our new mud kitchen but the favourite activity was climbing and den building.
The year 4 and 5 group had a real treat, they asked to make some smores over the fire. They then tried to make some dough twist but the fire had gone down too much so they were not very successful. They are keen to have another go at these.
For the rest of the session, they  enjoyed the lovely  spring afternoon and had some fun in the Forest School area.  The highlight was a very long balance course built by a couple of the children.

KS2- Forest School
This week in Forest School, the year 3 group had a mine sweeper problem to solve before playing in the forest area. They were the first ones to use our new mud kitchen but the favourite activity was climbing and den building.
The year 4 and 5 group had a real treat, they asked to make some s'mores over the fire. They then tried to make some dough twist but the fire had gone down too much so they were not very successful. They are keen to have another go at these.
For the rest of the session, they enjoyed the lovely spring afternoon and had some fun in the Forest School area. The highlight was a very long balance course built by a couple of the children.
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1 week ago
Forest School- Year R: 
Well, what an amazing session  the year R children had in Forest School this week.
They started the session with a real treat of hot chocolate around the fire, followed  by a play in the Forest.
They were really busy with lots of activities. They were feeding the chickens, climbing and digging. They were tying knots around sticks and using files to file logs. They were jumping and running as well as playing  their favourite game of rolling logs down the path. 
They had so much fun and the time went so quickly. 
What a lovely way to spend a sunny spring morning.

Forest School- Year R:
Well, what an amazing session the year R children had in Forest School this week.
They started the session with a real treat of hot chocolate around the fire, followed by a play in the Forest.
They were really busy with lots of activities. They were feeding the chickens, climbing and digging. They were tying knots around sticks and using files to file logs. They were jumping and running as well as playing their favourite game of rolling logs down the path.
They had so much fun and the time went so quickly.
What a lovely way to spend a sunny spring morning.
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1 week ago