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Friday 25th November

Dear Mums, Dads and Carers,

Parents’ Evenings: appointments are up on Arbor, please book in to see your child’s class teacher next week. You will be able to see your child’s progress in their books and receive next step targets for their learning. Please note below….

Book bags: we are aiming to have all children, Reception to Year Six, with book bags.

From January 2023 we are expecting all children in Years three to Six to bring them to school everyday; children in Years rec to 2 will contuse to bring them on their chosen days.

I have 100 Book Bags to sell at £2 each, which is a special knock down price. Bring some change and you can purchase a new book bag if your child does not have one already.

Be quick while stocks last!

Parent Governors: we are recruiting parents to join our highly able and collegiate team of Governors.

Are you interested? Come and speak with me, Mr Vinnicombe or Ms Luxmoore when we’re on the school gate. We might speak with you too…

Come and join us. Your school needs you!

Winter Fair: come and join us from some winter cheer on Friday from 3.30 onwards.

You can feed the family with soup and rolls. There will also be cakes and hot drinks. There will be a  festive photo/selfie/picture wall for you to take photographs for family and friends. Raffle tickets for Winter Hampers will be on sale too.

Everything will be low in price and can be paid for on the evening; not tickets are needed.

Looking forward to seeing you there…

Attendance: well done to Year Four, avoiding all the illness and still with the best attendance in the school. Is it all those fruits and vegetables ir that you just love school so much….??

Still, we must work on punctuality.

By way of a reminder, the gates open at 8.45 and close at 9.00am.

Robert Vinnicombe: Deputy Headteacher

For the past two weeks, I have spent most of my time teaching in Y6. I’ve been really impressed with how hard they are working and how determined they are to do really well next summer. I, and some other staff from Kender, will be going to Brindishe Green School on Monday 12 December 2022 to join their English team to do some writing moderation to see how our standards compare. 

Thank you all again for supporting the children with their homework. It’s really making a difference to their learning: please keep it up! 

Kind regards,

Robert Vinnicombe

Deputy Headteacher

Happy Friday!

Thanks to all parents who joined the AGM this week! 

We are delighted to welcome Faye Angus as our new Treasurer; Joanne Fuller and I will continue in our roles as Chair and Secretary. The meeting focused on 2022 milestones and how we can make a difference in 2023 - exciting times ahead...

Starting with the Winter celebration next week, on Friday 2 December. To make things easier, we have decided not to sell tickets ahead of the event - families will be able to purchase drinks and food and engage in activities as they see fit. Come and share a warm soup and hot chocolate with us after school, and please bring a cake if you can!

On another note - in the event you make some purchases using Amazon, keep in mind we have an Amazon Smile account. For more information and to sign up, click here. It only takes a few minutes: select Kender as your selected charity and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the PTA, at no cost to you.

To get in touch: email us at friendsofkender2018@gmail.com.

Have a great (and hopefully warm) weekend!

Manon Clarke-Macien

On behalf of Friends of Kender

Next week:

Tuesday 29th November: Open Morning, 9.15am

Tuesday 29th November & Thursday 1st December: Parents’ Evenings; please book appointments via Arbor

Friday 2nd December: Winter Fair, from 3.30 to 5.00pm

Wishing you all a restful and fun filled weekend.

With thanks,

Mr Barr.