Years 1 to 6 Parent consultation reminder
Thanks to everyone who has already booked their meetings for next week, we now have over 200 meetings booked in which is great.  If you haven’t managed to do this yet, either log onto Arbor or make contact with your child’s class teacher to make an appointment.

Passwords for secure collection
As I hope you are aware, we have a password system in place to ensure your child’s safety if they are collected or dismissed at the end of the school day by a non-regular adult.  If you are asking a friend / colleague / relative or neighbour etc to collect for you, please can you ensure that you give them the password so that a safe handover can take place.  If you don’t yet have a password set up or if you need to change it for any reason, please email the school office and they can update your child’s Arbor account with the new password.

Your School Photograph is Ready!

Vancols Photographers are pleased to confirm that the School Photographs are ready to view using the QR code on your proof card.

If you have already scanned the QR code on the Proof and registered, you will receive an auto e-mail notification.

If you have not done it yet, don’t panic! You can still view it by scanning the QR code on your proof and following the instructions.

If you are unable to find your QR code proof, please contact the school office, who will be able to provide the code for you.  

The online cut-off date for orders to be placed for free postage back to the school is Tuesday 29th October 2024.

PSA Updates
Following our successful PSA AGM this morning, I am pleased to be able to confirm that the current committee have been re-elected into their roles for a further year. Brenda Baker as Chair, Kerry Bere as Treasurer and Cordelia Reeve as Secretary.  Brenda gave a run-down of all the fantastic achievements and fund-raising this year and Kerry talked through the monies and grants that had been raised and how the money had been used to support the school.

The next event is the Spooky Disco which is taking place next Friday after school. Thank you to everyone who has already purchased tickets.  The PSA will be selling tickets in the KS1 playground after school on Monday and the Reception playground on Tuesday.  Please note that Tuesday will be the last day for ticket sales.

The next PSA meeting will be in school at 9:00 on Friday 8th November.

Catch Up FLU immunisations
On Monday, many children were given their nasal flu immunisation in school by the NHS team.  The process went very smoothly, thank you to everyone who gave permission for your child to receive the immunisation.  If for whatever reason, your child did not get their spray on Monday, the NHS are running some catch up sessions that are available to all children.  For details of when these are taking place, please see the flyer below.

Kingston Adult Education
As part of Kingston Council, Kingston Adult Education provides a range of courses to people aged 19 or over.  A lot of their courses are free, and take place in school hours.
They have a number of 6-week courses starting after half term, including:

• Maths for Parents - aimed at parents with children moving into, or already at, secondary school so they can better support schoolwork
• Explore your business potential: a pathway to self employment - a 6-week course to consider how your skills can be used to make a successful business 
• A range of wellbeing courses to teach you how to take better care of your mental health
• French and Italian courses - for those learners with basic or no previous knowledge of these languages.

Enrolment is also open for a range of qualification courses starting in January, including Bookkeeping; Childcare; Community Interpreting; Counselling; Information, Advice and Guidance; and Understanding Mental Health.
See their latest prospectus for further details about these courses as well as their wider offering: bit.ly/KAE-2425prospectus
Their classes take place both online and at centres across the Royal Borough of Kingston. For further information, please contact Kingston Adult Education directly on 020 8547 6700 or at adult.education@kingston.gov.uk 

Christmas Performance Dates

Coming up at the end of term, we will be hosting our Christmas performances for each year group.  You can find the dates on the school calendar or for convenience, they are listed below.  The performances will all take place in the New Hall.

Monday 9th December - 9:00 - Year 5 and 6
Tuesday 10th December - 9:00 - Year 3 and 4
Wednesday 11th December - 9:00 - Year 1 and 2
Thursday 12th December - 9:00 - Reception
Friday 13th December - 10:15 - AM Pre School and Nursery
Friday 13th December - 13:45 - PM Pre School and Nursery

Butterfly Group
Have you experienced a difficult time in your life? Through bereavement, relationship breakdown, or other traumatic events

Has this impacted on your relationship with your child?
Is your child experiencing difficulties with their behaviour?
How can you reduce yours and your child’s anxiety?
Build stronger relationships with your child

Our 5-week course aims to help parents
• recognise how difficult events and trauma can affect children.
• Understand what may be behind a child’s behaviour
• Build healthy relationships between adults and children
• Understand what anxiety is
• How to have difficult conversations with your child 

Places are limited and will be offered on a first come, first served basis. 
Families can complete an expression of interest via this link, and then I can send out the course enrolment form: https://forms.gle/4qK18qUzQHoaNqWA7

Free Local Football Club 

Through our links with Chelsea FC, they have shared with us details of a free football session that takes place each Wednesday at Kingsmeadow.  The sessions are for boys and girls aged 8 and above.  Please use the QR code or email address below to register or find out further information.

A lot of information to take in this week - hope everything makes sense, get back to me if you have any questions.  Have a wonderful weekend, only one week to go until the half-term break!

Ian Hutchings

Headteacher