Attendance Winners W/C 25/11/19

6 Kingfisher with 98.8% and 22 Falcon with 99.7%!

Whole school attendance = 96.1%

Well done!

There is no denying it, the Christmas countdown has begun, I hope countdown

below is a helpful summary!

You may have heard about schools in Leicester that are struggling with nasty bugs; we

are responding by teaching children good hand washing techniques and stepping up the

cleaning in the buildings as a preventative measure.

So far, we are looking as healthy as we can expect for this time of year so please

continue to send your children in. Please continue to teach good hand hygiene at

home to try and minimise risk of infection. It is also a good time to remind parents, if your

child vomits or has diarrhoea, please abide by the 48hr rule to avoid risk of spreading the

virus. Mrs Simpson

https://kestrel-tmet.uk 0116 2461732

@kestrelmead kestrelmead

6th December 2019

Tues 10th Dec:

Year 1 – ‘Giraffes Can’t

Dance’

Will return to school for

approx. 4pm

Year 2 Nativity

1.45-2.45pm

Weds 11th Dec:

Year 2 Nativity

1.45-2.45pm

Thurs 12th Dec:

Year 2 Nativity

9.15-10.15am

Fri 13th December:

Christmas Jumper Day!

Weds 18th Dec:

Class 3 & 4 – Aladdin

Will return to school for

approx. 4.20pm

Thurs 19th Dec:

Class 1 & 2 - Aladdin

Will return to school for

approx. 1.20pm

Edition 13

REMINDERS

Wheelie Wednesday

Well done to all the

children for biking and

scooting to school!

This week…

Infant site:

5 bikes & 16 scooters

Junior site:

13 bikes & 5 scooters

Keep this up

Kestrel Mead…

We have some great

prizes to give away!

Attendance Rewards Week!Well done to all the children who achieved 100%

attendance last week. The reward was a fabulous

day of trampoline gymnastics for infant and junior

children. The children all thoroughly enjoyed this and

had lots of run playing different games and bouncing

very high!

Don’t worry if you missed out, we will run another

100% this academic year with similar rewards.

Remember to Go For Green and be in school every

day!

If it snows…We will be following our inclement weather policy and assessing health and safety risks to the school and

staffing ratios present within the buildings. We will be consulting TMET and our Chair of the Academy

Council if it is looking likely that we would have to close. We would share a message of closure via social

media, a text and email to all first contacts on our system will be sent and a message will appear on the

website. If you do not hear anything, we will be open so PLEASE bring your child into school.

We would also

like to thank

you all of the

parents/carers

who joined us

today for

decorations

afternoon.

We hope you

enjoyed it.

Cadbury World

Year 4 had a chocolate filled day at Cadbury World this week. Once we

reached the Bourneville factory, we journeyed through the chocolatey

zones. Here we went through an Aztec jungle, explored the history of

Cadbury and chocolate, watched some chocolate making in action and

even went on a magical Cadbury ride full of suprises!

The afternoon was full of great facts about the Aztecs. We discovered

some of the unusual beliefs of The Aztecs, saw real Ghanaian cocoa

pods filled with the cocoa beans and one lucky pupil even got the

chance to dress up as the powerful leader, Montezuma, and learn

about his rise and fall from power.

We left our chocolatey adventure with fun facts in our brains and some

lovely chocolate in our bellies...yummy!

THANK YOU…To everyone who purchased a

poppy.

We managed to raise £295.73

across both sites!

Your generosity and support is

very much appreciated, as

always.

Votes for SchoolsLast week our question was

“Is fake news always bad?”

We were discussing fake news

sometimes being funny and sometimes

being harmful. Our results show that our

thoughts are similar to those in the

country.

This week we will be discussing

“Are disabilities still misunderstood?”

School Nurse

Drop-In Sessions

If you have any concerns or worries about your

child’s health or development, then you can make

an appointment at the school reception to see me

on this day. I am unable to diagnose or

prescribe any medication.

Please be aware that if you have any language

communication barriers that you will need to bring

someone with you to interpret and support you.

If your child is ill or has an accident then you still

need to seek the appropriate medical treatment at

the time.

The next drop-in session will be held on Thursday

12th December 2019 at the Infant site.

I will be available to see parents from 8.30-9.30am

(this can be extended if needed).

School Nurse Cloud Number: 0116 215 3234

You can also find information and advice on our

website www.healthforkids.co.uk

Nursery Teddy Bear’s Picnic After learning lots about bears at school through a variety of

stories and activities including acting, threading and

creating. The Hummingbirds enjoyed a wonderful Teddy

Bears’ Picnic together.

It was a real opportunity to get to know each other and

there was some lovely conversations happening which we

know is absolutely crucial for children’s brain development.

The children made their own sandwiches too!

Thank you to all the parents for the food donations and for

helping to make it such a success!

#ParentsAsPartners #Compassion

#ReadTalkSingRepeat

We are recruiting

CLEANERS!

If you are interested, please apply on eteach.com

OR collect an application pack from either of our

offices.

The deadline date is

Friday 3rd January.

PARKING REMINDERSadly, we are yet again receiving complaints

regarding dangerous parking in and around the

school grounds.

PLEASE be respectful and mindful of the safety of our

pupils, staff and local residents.

We are aware of this being an ongoing issue and

encourage any complains to be emailed or brought

into the school office. These will then be passed onto

our Chair of Governors, Mr Lee Matts.

A huge congratulations and well done to Mrs Hill for attaining our Primary

Science Quality Mark! She had a lovely, well deserved evening at the

PSQM awards on Friday.

Please take the time to admire the award in our trophy cabinet (located

next to the lift @ the Juniors) the next time you are visiting!

Nursery Decorations MorningThe Hummingbirds Christmas craft

session was a huge success. The

children loved showing off all of their

creativity and skills to their family. It was

wonderful to see the children and adults

interacting together, socialising and

singing along to the music!

Thank you to all the family members for

joining us!

Friday

flair

In the Juniors, has been such a

success we have had parents

asking about the ‘showcase’ and

how they can see it.

There will a drop in session after

school on the Friday, where parents

can chat with the Friday Flair leader

and watch, on an IPad on the board,

what your child/ren has been doing

and how they have been fostering

and developing their talents.