The
Friday Newsletter
Friday, 31 March 2017
Message from the Head
Good afternoon.
I am sure you will join me in saying a fond farewell to Mrs Britton who has been part of the Knebworth team for
the last 17 years. We all wish her well in her new post as a Headteacher and know that she will be an outstanding
Head in the same way as she has been an exceptional teacher at our school. I know the whole of the school
community will miss her greatly.
I am sure the children have told you about our surprise guests on Monday. We were lucky enough to watch a
fantastic production of Charlotte’s Web.
Thank you to everyone who attended parents evening and saw just how hard the children have worked over the
last term.
Have a lovely restful Easter and we look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 18 th April.
Linda Ryan
All School
School finishes at 2:30 PM today.
Children return to school after the Easter Holiday on Tuesday 18th April 2017
(The next Cake Sale is for Year 5 on Friday 21st April 2017)
Please scroll down the page to read all the items, as there may be important information in the clubs or your child’s class
section.
Red Nose Day
March 2017
A big thank you from Mrs
Britton for all your support with
Red Nose day this year. We
raised an astonishing
£1,820.58p our highest amount
ever!
Parent Forum
Friday 21st April
2017
The next Parent Forum will be
held at 9:15 am in school on
Friday 21st April 2017.
Mrs Britton is leaving us today
for a Headteacher post in
Baldock, so it’s fantastic that
her final fundraising is the
best ever! Well done Mrs
Britton, thank you and good
luck in your new job. You will
be missed.
All parents are welcome to
attend.
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No
‘Good to be Green’ Awards
Friday 31st March
2017
There are 4 children who
received the ‘Good to be Green’
Gold award this week and 18
children who received Silver.
“Well done everyone.”
FOKS – Dates
Friday 28th April
2017
Mufti day – Non-school uniform.
FOKS - Dates
Tuesday 13th June
2017
FOKS - Dates
Tuesday 11th July
2017
FOKS – Dates
Gold awards – Madeleine
Thorpe, Dylan James, Mae
Goldsmith and Lilly Johnson.
Silver awards – Beth
Hawthorne, Aroosh Hussain,
James Tutt, Alice Walker, Evan
Robson, Grace Bishop, Lydia
Roberts, Lola Thomas, Lily
Pomerance, Ross Christiaans,
William Ottley, Katie Sharp,
Roxy Dearman, Joseph Chell
and Kayla Baxter.
Children to bring in jazzy
jars/bottles for the tombola.
No
Father’s day gift selection.
Further information for this
will follow after Easter.
No
Summer disco in school
Further information for this
will follow in due course.
No
Camp night
Kids on the catwalk
Dates for these events to be
confirmed at a later date.
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Please find attached a
booking form with further
information. Forms to be
returned to school by Friday
5th May 2017.
The school cannot administer
out of date medication.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Please return slips to your
child’s class teacher by Friday
31st March 2017.
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FOKS – Circus
Sunday 14th May
2017
There are still lots of tickets
available for the Circus. Come
along and support our school.
Lots of fun for all the family.
Medication held in School
Friday 31st March
2017
Year 5 Cycling
Tuesday 18th to
Friday 21st April
2017
Please be reminded that it is
parental responsibility to ensure
your child’s medication is in
date i.e. inhalers, epipens etc.
Year 5 cycling letters have been
sent home this week with the
children.
Draco class will need their bikes
and helmets in school on the
18th and 19th April.
Sirius class will need their bikes
and helmets in school on the
20th and 21st April.
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No
No
School Meals Price Increase
Friday 31st March
2017
Wristbands for Injuries to
the Head and Face
Monday 27th
March 2017
Inclusion
11th May 2017
from 7:00 to 8:30
PM
Medication
March 2017 ongoing
The school dinner menu is
changing after the Easter
holidays. A copy of the new
menu has already been given to
your child to bring home. Please
note the new menu also shows
a cold option of a sandwich or
baguette as available. This is
something that we are looking
into providing, but it will not
come into effect until after the
May half-term holiday at the
earliest. Further details will
follow in due course.
From next week we are going to
trial the use of wristbands as an
additional method of
notification. These will be used
alongside our existing
procedures.
A talk for both parents and
professionals by John Williams
to be held on 11th May at
Peartree Spring Primary School
in Stevenage. ‘My Son’s Not
Rainman’.
Please ensure you check the
expiry date of any ongoing
medication kept in school.
Whilst we do our best to keep a
check on it, it remains parental
responsibility to ensure the
medication information is up to
date and the medication is in
date.
The price of school dinners is
increasing after the Easter
holidays to £2.40 a day,
making the weekly charge
£12.00. Please notify us of
any changes you want to
make to your child’s lunch
provision either by email to
[email protected].
uk or inform the school office.
Thank you.
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If your child comes home
wearing a Red Wristband
please check it for details of a
head or face injury.
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To book a place please call
Shelagh Mackey at Stevenage
Education Trust on 01438
300505 or email
[email protected]
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Please remember to check
expiry dates on your child’s
medication that is kept in
school. Thank you.
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Unfortunately due to work
commitments Dawn O’Brien is
giving up the sewing club with
immediate effect, so will not be
continuing after Easter.
We would like to thank Dawn
for all her hard work and
commitment and wish her
well for the future. She has
done so much for our school
over the last few years.
Please note this is now FULL.
No further bookings can be
taken. Thank you. To enrol
for the May half-term Football
and Multi sports fun week
please use the following link:
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Sports and Clubs
Sewing Club with Dawn
O’Brien.
Summer Term
2017
Future Sports Football and
Multi sports Fun week with
John McKessick
Tuesday 4th to
Friday 7th April
2017
Netball Tournament – Year 6
Saturday 22nd April
2017
No
www.futuresportscoaching.co.uk
Letters for the Netball
Tournament being held at
Knebworth have been sent
home with the year 6 girls this
week.
Please return forms by
Thursday 20th April 2017.
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Future Sports – Year 1 & 2
Football Club with John
McKessick.
Monday 24th April
2017 from 3:15 to
4:45 PM for 10
weeks
Future Sports – Year 3 & 4
Football Club with John
McKessick.
Thursday 27th April
2017 from 3:15 to
4:45 PM for 10
weeks
Future Sports – Year 5 & 6
Football Club with John
McKessick.
Wednesday 26th
April 2017 from
3:15 to 4:45 PM for
10 weeks
Future Sports – Multi-Sports
with John McKessick.
Tuesday 25th April
2017 from 3:15 to
4:45 PM for 10
weeks
Street Dance for years 2 to 6
(School Hall – Fridays)
Every Friday at
8:00 am from 21st
April to Friday 21st
July 2017
(Please keep show
date free 2nd July –
Gordon Craig
Theatre)
Thursday 27th April
2017 for 10 weeks
from 3:30 to 4:20
PM.
The Young Filmmakers Club
– Key Stage 2 children
Football with John McKessick
will start up again next term.
The cost will be £38 for the term
for a 10 week course.
For further information you can
contact John on 07747136714.
Football with John McKessick
will start up again next term.
The cost will be £38 for the term
for a 10 week course.
For further information you can
contact John on 07747136714.
Football with John McKessick
will start up again next term.
The cost will be £38 for the term
for a 10 week course.
For further information you can
contact John on 07747136714.
Multi-Sports with John
McKessick will start up again
next term. The cost will be £38
for the term for a 10 week
course.
For further information you can
contact John on 07747136714.
Street Dance starts again every
Friday from 8:00 am till 8:50 am.
The cost is £58.50 for the
summer term.
Spare copies of the form are
available from the school office.
Forms and payment should be
return to the school office as
soon as possible.
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Forms and payment should be
return to the school office as
soon as possible.
No
Forms and payment should be
return to the school office as
soon as possible.
No
Forms and payment should be
return to the school office as
soon as possible.
No
If you require further
information you can contact
Charlotte on 07905352366 or
email her at
[email protected]
There is also a website
www.identitydance.co.uk if
you want further information.
There is still one place
available if your child would
like to take part. Please call
Gillian on 07341305131 if you
are interested.
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No
Year Groups
Year
N
R
1
2
3
4
4
5
Date
Tuesday 25th April
and Tuesday 2nd
May 2017
Friday 21st April
2017
What’s happening
No information
No information
No information
No information
No information
Year 4 Road Safety will take place on
Tuesday 25th April and Tuesday 2nd May
2017. Letters have been sent home with
the children this week.
No information
Year 5 Cake Sale.
Things to do
Please return permissions slips to your
child’s class teacher as soon as possible.
Thank you.
Please send your cake donations into
school on the morning of Friday 21st
April.
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Year
Date
What’s happening
6
Saturday 22 April
2017
6
Wed 17th to Fri 19th
May 2017
nd
Letters for the Netball Tournament being
held at Knebworth have been sent home
with the year 6 girls this week.
Year 6 PGL Trip to Caythorpe Court will take
place from Wed 17th to Fri 19th May 2016.
Things to do
Please return forms by Thursday 20
April 2017.
A?
th
A meeting for parents and further details
will follow nearer the time.
No
No
A? Means letter/ note attached
Notes
Please remember to look at our updated Events Calendar which can be found on our school website.
Knebworth School Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knebworth-Primary-and-Nursery-School/384008524993838
Cake Sale dates for your diaries
Yr 5 – Friday 21st April 2017
Yr 4 – Friday 5th May 2017
Yr 3 – Friday 19th May 2017
Yr 2 – Friday 16th June 2017
Yr 1 – Friday 30th June 2017
Reception – Friday 7th July 2017
Dates for your diary:
Spring Term 2017
Football & Multi Sports Easter Fun Week, Tuesday 4th to Friday 7th April 2017
Year 5 cycling, from Tuesday 18th to Friday 21st April 2017
Parent Forum, Friday 21st April at 9:15 AM
Year 5 Cake Sale, Friday 21st April 2017
Netball Tournament, Saturday 22nd April 2017 at Knebworth School
Year 4 Road Safety, Tuesday 25th April and Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Year 3 trip to Verulamium, St Albans, Monday 15th May 2017
Year 6 PGL trip to Caythorpe Court, Wed 17th to Fri 19th May 2017
Sainsbury’s Active Vouchers, collection from Wed 25th Jan to Fri 30th June 2017.
Year 4 trip to West Stow, Friday 16th June 2017
Sports day – Year 1 and 2, Monday 3rd July 2017
Sports day – Year 3 and 4, Tuesday 4th July 2017
Sports day – Year 5 and 6, Wednesday 5th July 2017
Sports day – Nursery and Reception, Friday 7th July 2017
Reserve Sports days (bad weather) Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th July 2017
Year 6 Secondary School Transfer day – Thursday 13th July 2017
Sports Awards Assembly, Monday 17th July 2017 at 9:30 AM
FOKS dates for your diaries 2017
FOKS Mufti-day, Friday 28th April 2017 – children to bring in jazzy jars and bottles for the boozy tombola
FOKS Circus, Sunday 14th May 2017
FOKS Father’s day gifts, Tuesday 13th June 2017
FOKS Summer disco, Tuesday 11th July 2017
FOKS Camp Night – Date to be confirmed
FOKS Kids on the Catwalk – Date to be confirmed
Circus Booking Form
Sunday 14th May
Gates open 12:30 Show starts 2pm
BBQ/Bar
Knebworth School Field
Forms must be returned by Friday 5th May at the latest. But please be aware there are limited
tickets.
Tickets £10 per ticket
Family of 4 (2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children) £35.00
Children under 2 free (but will need to sit on a lap)
Cheques payable to Friends of Knebworth School
Or cash (correct amount please, no change given)
Please indicate below the required number of tickets
Family ticket £35.00…………………………………………………………………………….
Individual ticket £10.00………………………………………………………………………………….
Name…………………………………………………………………………….
Contact number…………………………………………………………………….
Childs Name/Class to whom the tickets will be delivered..............…………………………………………………….
Please note no buggies will be allowed in the circus tent