14th October 2016
www.arkjohnkeats.org
Our Pledge
Do you know our special school pledge?
It is a very important part of our school ethos and
our values.
This term, we have been busy learning our pledge
in every class. Look— the nursery children in Hendra and Hart Classes are learning to say it too!
Please check if your child knows the school pledge
and if they’re not sure of it please help them to
learn it with you at home.
Hart Class learning our pledge
Our pledge is:
‘At Ark John Keats,
I will work hard every day,
always try my best,
and be kind to others.’
It’s really important that all of our pupils know the
words of our pledge and are able to say the pledge
with confidence and pride.
The words of our pledge reflect our school values.
K E A T S
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Kindness
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Effort
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Aspiration

Tenacity

Success
This is our crest
Hendra Class learning our pledge
When we say our pledge we put our hand on
our crest and over our hearts. This means
we say our pledge with feeling - just like
athletes when they win a medal at the
Olympics and the Obamas when they say
the Pledge of Allegiance.
Important dates:
Important messages:
After School Clubs: Our after school clubs will
start after the half term holiday. We will be sending
out letters for all of our clubs (Reception, Year 1, Year
2 and Year 3) next week. Please read the clubs letter
very carefully. Last year some parents did not read
the letter very carefully enough and this caused difficulties for the staff and myself.
Enfield Music Service: Some parents have written
to me requesting that the school contributes towards
their child’s music lessons if they are entitled to Pupil
Premium funding. I will be writing to those parents
about this next week. The school will be able to contribute a small amount towards the cost of the lessons
for Pupil Premium pupils .
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Year 1 swimming - Jeffers Class (Ms Thompson)
Wednesday 19th October at 9:30am (then every
Wednesday until the Christmas holidays)
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AIM’s first meeting of the year—Thursday 20th October at 9am
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Reception Tapestry Meeting: Thursday 20th October
at 3:15pm
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Celebration assembly: Friday 21st at 8:45am in the
secondary hall. Pupils in Years 1-3 who achieved
100% for the summer term (Easter—July) will get a
certificate in the assembly
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Reception hearing tests: 14th and 17th November at
9am
This Weeks’ Class Attendance
Year 3 lunch: We will be sending out a letter to
all Year 3 parents on Monday 17th October about
Year 3 lunches. Next term we are changing our
packed/school lunch policy: If your child is having
packed lunch they will need to have packed lunch
for a whole term - they will not be able to change
between the two daily/weekly. Please read the letter carefully and return it on Wednesday 19th.
1st: Strong and McKee - 100%
2nd: Carle, Bond and Anthony Brown — 98.33%
3rd : Jeffers —97.91%
4th: Dahl —97.5%
5th: Rosen —96.66%
Breakfast club: We are still waiting for Parent
Pay to set up a Breakfast club payment option for
us. Please bear with us while we wait for this to be
done. We take a breakfast club register every day
so will request reimbursement when the option has
been set up for us by Parent Pay.
6th: Isaac Newton —96. 25%
7th : Milne — 95.25%
Extra playtime for
McKee Class and Strong Class
AJK Scholars of the Week
Definition of a scholar: a person who is highly educated or has an aptitude for study
Pupils chosen to be the scholar of the week are selected because they consistently demonstrate our KEATS values:
Kindness
Effort
Aspiration
Tenacity
Success
This week’s scholars of the week are:
Year 1:
Yaasin and Muhammad in Jeffers Class
Aisha in McKee Class
Oliviah in Strong Class
Year 2:
Alyssia in Dahl Class
Aisha in Bond Class
Year 3:
Jayden and Tiff-Nissi in Isaac Newton Class
Ariana in Anthony Browne Class
Well done all of you for being AJK scholars of the week. We are so proud of you!