Email: admin@kennandkenton.devon.sch.uk

Website: http://www.kenton-primary.devon.sch.uk

Friday 9th June 2017

KSPA Circus Event

Circus Pazaz is being brought to

Kenton Village by Kenton School

Parents Association (KSPA).

The circus will perform three times

throughout Saturday 8th July on the

school playing fields.

Brunch 10:30 - 11:30 Lunch 13:00 - 14:00 Tea Time 15:00 - 16:00

There will be refreshments and entertainment for all the family

for a fun filled summers day!

Circus tickets must be bought in advance because there is limited

seating capacity for each show.

Tickets can be booked through https://event.gg/6164/ all you need

is an email address and a credit card. Under 3’s go free.

Please invite all your family and friends - share, share, share the

event in support of our school!

Any questions please contact Sally Dale (Rowan and Fergus’s mum)

in the playground.

Sun Cream Usage

With our warmer weather, please can you ensure that

children have a good coating of sun cream on before

they come to school. If they need to re-apply this at

lunchtime they will be given an opportunity before they

go out to lunch. Sun cream can only be used for the

child that it is provided for and children will not be

allowed to share their sun cream in case of allergies. Staff will of

course help younger children to apply this if required.

Congratulations!

A massive well done to Year 6 and Year 2 children who have now completed their SATs. We are very proud of the

way that all of them conducted themselves and gave it their all.

Leavers' Assembly

We will say a fond farewell to our Year 6s at their leavers' assembly on Friday 21st July at 9.30am. All parents are

invited to enjoy the Year 6 leavers' performance, as well as hearing about next year's head boy and girl and other

important announcements.

£5 Virgin Money Enterprise Challenge

Richard Branson has given each child in

Chestnut £5 to use towards setting up their

own business. The children have organised

themselves into teams and made their own

exciting products which they will be selling

from 12th-16th June at either break times or

lunch times and Tuesday 13th June after

school. Please bring your money along to help

support the children by buying their products.

Please read the leaflet being sent home

separately for more detailed information

about products

and prices.

School based Vacancies

We are continuing to seek suitable candidates

to fill the following posts:

Mealtime Assistant (A grade) Kenn Primary

- 1.25 hours per day Weds 12.00-1.15pm, term

time only. Starting pay scale at £7.20 per

hour (depending on experience).

Please see Mrs Somerwill or the School

Administrator for more details.

Email: admin@kennandkenton.devon.sch.uk

Website: http://www.kenton-primary.devon.sch.uk

A Child’s View—Macy in Year 2

Last Thursday my brother, my daddy , my mummy and me did an ice

cream sale on the playground after school to raise money for my

charity. It is called MACS, and it is to help children with eye

conditions like me. In class, we have been doing our Year 2 SATs. It

was a bit scary doing the SATs because I don’t know how well I’ve

done, but I’ve stopped worrying about it now. In English, we have

been learning about the book ‘Lila and the Secret of Rain.’ We are

using the book to help us write our own stories. My favourite thing

about school is playing with my friends. I love playing a game called

D to D, when someone is it and we have to run from one semi circle on

the playground to another, without getting caught. I had a fun half

term. I went on holiday to Gran Canaria. It is quite hot there because

it’s near Africa. I am really looking forward to being in Year 3 in

Mr Kay’s class next year. I am quite nervous because I’m going into

anther class, but I am looking forward to doing harder work and I

really like Mr Kay because he’s fun.

Sports Day

Next Thursday 15th

June is our annual

sports day. It will be

at the school field

from 9.30am until

12pm. Children will

need to come to

school dressed in their PE kits, with t-shirts

the colour of their house team. If they don’t

have the right colour t-shirt, they can wear

white and we will provide them with a coloured

sticker. They will need their school uniform in

a named bag, so they can get changed back

afterwards.

The morning will consist of a carousel of

sporting activities that the children will take

part in in their house teams. Each activity will

contribute towards their house’s overall

score.

When this is finished, children will take part

in different races, including fun races and flat

races.

At the end, the final scores will be announced

and the winning house will be awarded with

the trophy. All parents, friends and family are

invited to come along and cheer on the

children.

Wild Night Out

Oak Class have returned from their

camping trip with Wildside Experience.

The class have been living in tents or

tepees, having food cooked on an open

fire, and living in a field surrounded by

animals.

Children did several walks through the

woods, enjoying the peace and quiet (and

mud), and many of them overcame fears by doing a very dark night

walk where we got to call owls and listen to bats.

The children (and staff) were completely shattered, but all enjoyed

their trip.

Forest School

Forest School provision starting in the Autumn term

From September 2017 we are going to be focusing the spending of our P.E. grant on developing

active lifestyles for our children, focusing on forest schools activities. Dea Annison, who has

worked with both schools through her role in Resource Futures, will be at Kenton on every Monday

and at Kenn on every Tuesday, working with half a class at a time. More details about how the

programme will run will be sent out over the next few months.

We will be asking children to come in waterproofs and wellies, but there are always occasions

when these are forgotten, so we are putting out a plea for any waterproofs or wellies that

have been outgrown to be donated to school.

We will continue to work with Andy Tyrrell and Premier Sport for our clubs, but the whole point of this funding is to

train staff to continue with the high quality sports provision once the funding ends. Andy is moving in to management

within Premier Sport and we wish him well in this. We would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to him personally and will have

a celebration with him and the children at the end of the term to mark his time with us.

Email: admin@kennandkenton.devon.sch.uk

Website: http://www.kenton-primary.devon.sch.uk

Children’s University

From September 2017 children in Years 1 – 6 in our federation will be able to take part in

the Children’s University. This recognises the importance of learning in across a range of

extra-curricular activities and links this in with children doing well academically too. On 12th

July Lauren Foster (who was a student teacher at Kenton last term in Cherry Class), a Children’s University

Ambassador from Plymouth University, will be coming in to explain about this to the children. As well as working

towards certificates and a graduation ceremony at Plymouth University, the school will be able to book enrichment

courses for groups of children to attend. This should be a great opportunity for all. Please see

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/business-partners/partnerships/childrens-university for further details.

Reminder - Nuts in school

Due to severe allergies in our school no

nuts are allowed in school for snack or

packed lunches at any time. This also

includes peanut butter. Thank

you for your support in this.

Cinderella

We are giving advance notice of a whole

school trip to see the pantomime,

Cinderella, at Exeter Corn Exchange on

Tuesday December 12th this year. You

might have been considering seeing this as

a family treat so be warned that your

child will be going with school.

Clubs

This term, the lunchtime clubs will be as follows:

Monday lunchtimes - Mr Baxter's Homework Club

Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes - Lego card club (this is not for trading as

in the past we have had lots of issues with card trading, it is for playing the

games on the back of the cards and comparing collections.)

Thursday lunchtimes - Mrs Lunn's Choir Club

Friday lunchtimes - Mr Kay's KS2 Chess Club

Friday lunchtimes - Mrs Narramore's Art Club

New ordering system for

school uniform

Email: admin@kennandkenton.devon.sch.uk

Website: http://www.kenton-primary.devon.sch.uk

Art in the Aisles: 17th & 18th June (10-4 daily)

Every child at school will be exhibiting Art at this year's Charity Art Exhibition hosted by All Saints' Church

Kenton. It will showcase the talents of numerous local artists, host demonstrations and a full programme of "give it a

go" workshops*. If your child would like to perform, read a poem, play an instrument, etc please let Jane (Sam &

Daisy's mum) or Elli (Evie's mum) know. Everyone is welcome.

Refreshments and children's activities will be available throughout the weekend from 10am - 4pm daily.

With a free cuppa for every Dad on Father's Day!!

Find out more about our event on Facebook: "Art in the Aisles 2017" or email artintheaisles@outlook.com

*small charge for workshops, booking advisable.

The monies raised will go to Save the Children who helped 22.1 million children last year. World-class programmes

are run to save children’s lives and challenge world leaders to keep to their promises to give children a brighter

future. In England where more than a quarter of children live in poverty, one of the highest rates in the developed

world, the charity works to ensure that by 2018 23,000 disadvantaged children will

leave school as confident readers through the Born to Read programme. Save the

Children also run Families and Schools Together; Eat, Sleep, Learn, Play!; and Families

Connect programmes across the UK, each aimed at supporting disadvantaged children

here at home.

Other local charities will also raise money at the event.

Also, thank you to all the children who took part in the scarecrow making project for

May Day. Over £50 was raised for Kenton Primary School and approximately 30 Scare-

crows, including Kenton Primary School's Head Boy and Head Girl, decorated the Village on May Day weekend.

Diary of Events 12th - 16th June Year 1 Phonics Check

13th June Chestnut Class Assembly 3.00pm

15th June Sports Day 9.30am– 12.00 School field

15th June KSPA AGM 2.30- 3.30pm School hall

16th June Community Forum 2.30—3.30pm

23rd June Cherry Class Assembly 3.00pm

28th June Willow Class Assembly 3.00pm

28th June Pizza and Dance Celebration for Kenton and Kenn Dance

Groups

5.00-7.00pm Kenn Primary

3rd - 7th July All week—Bikeability for Year 5s

6th July Musicians to perform in special Music Afternoon 2.30-3.30pm School hall

10th July End of year reports out to parents

13th July Music And Dance afternoon— for choir and dance club 2—3.30pm School hall

13th July Open Evening 3.30—6pm

21st July Leavers Assembly 9.30 onwards School

Email: admin@kennandkenton.devon.sch.uk

Website: http://www.kenton-primary.devon.sch.uk

I did ask Joe to add a bit about the Y6 Leavers' and celebration assembly 9.30am on Friday 21st July - all parents and carers welcome. Please could you add this in small box in the main part of the newsletter and add a line to the diary at the back with this on.

Term dates for the year

SUMMER TERM 2017

Summer term ends Friday 21st July 2017

ATUMN TERM 2017 begins Tuesday 5th September 2017

Half-term 23rd – 27th October 2017

Second half of term starts on Monday 30th October 2017

Autumn term ends on Friday 15th December 2017

SPRING TERM 2018 begins Wednesday 3rd January 2018

Half-term 12th—16th February 2018

Second half of term starts on Monday 19th February 2018

Spring term ends on Thursday 29th March 2018

SUMMER TERM 2018 begins Monday 16th April 2018

May Day Monday 7th May

Half-term 28th May—1st June

Second half of term starts on Monday 4th June 2018

Summer term ends on Friday 20th July 2018