School is now closed for February Half Term. School will

reopen on Monday 25th February.

Family Project for February half termOver the half term, could you work with your child to

create a book in a box (see example to the right).

Please ensure that your box is in school by World

Book Day – Thursday 7th March 2019!

We look forward to seeing your creative work!

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ASSEMBLIES

REMINDERS

*PARENTS WELCOME*

MONDAY 4TH MARCH:13 Swallow 8.55-9.25am

FRIDAY 8TH MARCH:4 Skylark 8.45-9.15am

MONDAY 11TH MARCH:15 Robin8.55-9.25am

FRIDAY 15TH MARCH:1 Swallow8.45-9.15am

MON 18TH – FRI 22ND: FEBRUARY HALF TERM

Tues 26th Feb:EAL Parent Workshop9-10am @ Junior site

Thurs 28th Feb:School Nurse drop-in session8.30-9.30am @ Junior siteFire Service Talk9-10.30am (YR 1), 1.30-2.30pm (YR 5)

Thurs 7th March:World Book Day!Children can come to school dressed as their favourite book character

SEND Coffee Afternoon Planning for ASD Awareness Week2-3pm @ Infant site

Attendance Winners W/C 04/02/19

9 Barn Owl with 96.9% and 16 Skylark with 100%!

Whole school attendance = 94.8%

Well done!

WORLD BOOK DAY 2019Children can come to school

dressed as their favourite book

character! We can’t wait to see

all of the amazing costumes!

Reminder: Only water is allowed in school. All children should have

a named water bottle NO fizzy drinks or squash. Please also

encourage your child to bring a fruit snack to have during break

time. Thank you.

Parents EveningThank you to the families that attended

parents’ evening. The teachers felt that

it was a hugely positive set of

meetings.

Thank you for completing the parent

questionnaires and child information

sheets to update our records.

The results of the parent

questionnaires will be shared after half

term.

Uniform Reminder It is that time of year when children are

outgrowing or requiring new elements

of school uniform. If you are replacing

school uniform please be sure to abide

by our school uniform policy (on the

website).

Footwear should be black.

Children will be challenged if they are wearing other coloured footwear.

Attendance News!It’s that time again to announce the classes with the best attendance this half-term! The winners are….

Infants – Falcon – 96.0%Juniors – Chaffinch AND Skylark – 96.9%

Congratulations! These winning classes will have a special party to celebrate after half-term! There will be lots of food, drinks and party games and children can wear their own party clothes too! Letters will follow.

Be in School Every DayGood attendance is closely linked with doing well in school. Children simply can’t achieve to their full potential if

they are not in school learning. We are working really hard to improve attendance here at Kestrels’ Field.

Attendance percentages compared with last year:Spring 1 last year – 90.62% Spring 1 this year – 93.74%

Thank you for all your excellent efforts! Mr Hansen.

KS1 sports festival10 KS1 Children from Year 1&2 took part at Aylestone

Leisure Centre. The afternoon was run by Knighton

Fields Primary. The stations included a variety of

sports such as Basketball, Hockey, New Age Kurling,

an Obstacle Course, Tag-Rugby and Kabaddi.

Children thoroughly enjoyed the day and are very

excited for the next one!

Year 6 Trip to Beaumanor HallAs part of our WW2 topic, year 6 took a trip to

Beaumanor Hall, where we experienced being

code-breakers as well as life as evacuees. Our day

started by being split into groups of boys and girls,

before learning how to decode Morse code

messages. The children were given the roles of

message-takers, dispatchers and also code-

breakers. In the afternoon, we went into a real-life

air-raid shelter. We were given gas masks and were

able to experience noises of aeroplanes and bombs

being dropped. To keep our spirits up, we also sang

popular songs at the time.

Governor Opening Morning

We welcomed our school governors into school last week. It was their opportunity to see the school in action and

speak to senior leaders about all that we have done as a school so far this year. Governors went on learning

walks through school. Looked at children’s learning in books and spoke to children in class. They were

impressed by the standards of behaviour and how well the children demonstrated our character behaviours as

well as the learning in books and classrooms.

YR 6 Author VisitAn amazing morning had by all

of Year 6 at the Leicester Tigers

where we got to meet the

famous author Ross

Montgomery. We had an

inspirational talk followed by the

opportunity to do some creative

writing with his amazing

guidance!

Homework AwardsBasketball Finals• We finished runners

up behind Hope

Hamilton

• Won 3 games out of 5

• The progress they

have made has been

remarkable

Football League

Standings• Currently 2nd in the

league

• 6 games left

• Next games are on

the 4th March

• League table is

available on Twitter

EYFS, Reception, Year 1 & 2

A huge well done to the children who received a

homework award this half-term. We are incredibly

proud of the effort and curiosity that has been

shown outside of school.

There were some fabulous projects made across

each year group. Year 1 have been busy making

toys, Year 2 researched Florence Nightingale and

Reception made their very own bags for life to

save our planet. There were many other creative

additions too!

At Kestrels’ we really appreciate the time spent

supporting your children’s learning at home and

we are already looking forward to the next

homework assembly on the 1st of March.

Year 3, 4, 5 & 6

A huge well done to our Junior Homework Award

winners! We had models, posters, descriptions in

books...every winner had done a fabulous job!

Keep it up!

SEND Review

In January 2019, Kestrels’ Field Primary School took part in a SEND Review. This review was over

2 days and looked at SEND practice within the school. The report has been finalised and here are

some of its highlights.

‘Relationships are of a

high quality and

characterised by a

warm and purposeful

atmosphere and an

‘open door’ approach.’

‘School leaders strive

to nurture pupils who

are well prepared to

move on to the next

stages in their

education.

‘Skilled and experienced

Teaching Assistants provided

engaging intervention sessions

which were well matched to

pupils’ needs. Pupils showed

pride in their achievements

and progress.’

‘Pupils’ books showed

evidence of progress

since the beginning of

the school year and in

most books, tasks for

pupils with SEND had

been differentiated with

the use of writing frames

and prompts.’

‘Pupils talked with

enthusiasm about different

intervention sessions and

particularly enjoyed the

Social Club and the

opportunities to engage in

outdoor learning.’