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Life Bus
 The children have enjoyed visiting the Life Bus and working with Nancy (and of
course Harold the giraffe). The Life Bus helps children with their personal
development and covers topics such as staying safe, keeping healthy and making
decisions. All of the children I have spoken to who have come off of the Life
Bus have said that they have thoroughly enjoyed their session and teachers are
now thinking about ways to follow up the learning back in class. Hopefully
those of you who were able to visit the Life Bus after school found it a useful insight into the work of the Life
Bus. |
Year 4 West Stow Visit
 Year 4 had an amazing trip to West Stow on Tuesday 9th October 2018 to
visit an Anglo-Saxon village and finish off the topic they have been learning
about. The class were archaeologists for the day and discovered
Anglo-Saxon houses and artefacts. The questions they asked were truly
well thought out and one child said, “This is the best day of my life, better
than my birthday.” We all had the best day. |
Year 2 Synagogue trip
 Last week Year 2 visited the synagogue as part of their RE unit of work
on special places. They looked at the inside of the synagogue and there were
gasps of amazement when the ark was opened to reveal the beautifully adorned Torah
scrolls. Last week was also the Jewish festival of Sukkot which is a harvest
festival. The children were given the chance to go in to a real sukkah which is
a booth or shelter. Jewish people spend time with their families there and eat
their meals in the sukkah. The children were able to sample challah (Jewish
bread) and eat fruit which symbolises harvest. |
Body Workshop Year 1 and Year 5
 Year 1 were very lucky to have taken part in a human body workshop, by the Freshwater Theatre Company, last Friday. The children put on their scientist hats for the afternoon and helped to get the Exploratorium working again. They answered lots of tricky questions and took part in activities all about the human body.  Year 5 enjoyed a scientific experience with Professor Ray; we learnt all
about how to have a healthy lifestyle.
We had lots of fun and learnt some interesting facts |
Conker Competition 5th October
 We are running our annual conker
championship next Friday (5th October)so get collecting and stringing those conkers! |
Head Teachers march!
 Today I was one of
approximately 2000 headteachers who marched on Downing Street to deliver a
letter to the chancellor Philip Hammond (attached to this newsletter for your
information). The reason we did this was because schools, including Kendall,
are struggling to cope with the 8% funding gap that the government has imposed
on schools. At Kendall this has meant that as support staff have left I have
had to make the difficult decision not to replace them and this will continue
if we are to avoid setting a deficit budget. This is not what any Head would
wish to do, as ultimately it will impact on pupil provision, but the reality is
that the money just isn't there. Hopefully our pleas will not fall on deaf ears
and this government will find the money to properly fund our children's education. Mrs French |
Admissions to year 7
 The admission round
for the September 2019 year 7 in-take opened on Wednesday 12 September 2018.
From this date, parents of current year 6 children will be able to make
applications using the Essex County Council website (https://www.essex.gov.uk/Education-Schools/Schools/Admissions/Pages/Admissions.aspx). Last year 98% of Essex parents applied
online. The Admissions Team
has previously advised that this year letters to parents about applying will
not be sent, all application information is published on the website. We would like to highlight to year 6
parents the need to apply for a secondary school place by the closing date
of Wednesday 31 October 2018. |
Parents at Forest School!
 This week our Forest School team have taken some of the parents
into the woodland for their own Forest School sessions.They found these to be enjoyable and informative for example: having taken part in the sessions themselves they have a much better understanding of why it is so important to dress their children appropriately for these sessions! Even on a relatively warm autumnal day feet were getting chilly. The adults took part in a range of team building and exploration activities which have deepened their understanding as to how their children learn through these sessions. |
2nd Annual Wellie throwing Competition
 We
are holding our second annual Wellie Throwing Competition on Monday 17th
September. Children will complete in classes to see who can throw their welly
the furthest! |
Parent information events
 Please see our newsletter dated 20th July for details of the Forest School and Meet the Teacher parent events. |
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