Dear Parents/Carers,
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For the run up to Christmas, you can find below a list of dates for the various events coming up.  
Christmas Decoration Afternoon—Friday 5th December
On Friday 5th December, the children will spend  the afternoon making Christmas decorations.  Different year groups will be working together—R/Y1/Y2, Y3/4 and Y5/6—with many of the children working with a different class teacher to their own. It is a lovely opportunity for the children to mix with other year groups, as we did during Core 4 day.
 

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Dear Parents/Carers,
Welcome to our latest newsletter.
We look forward to seeing everyone next week at Parents’ Evening. Books will be out for you to look at and the Book Fair and nearly new uniform will be available in the hall. Due to the amount of books sold at the last Book Fair we were able to receive around £600 worth of ‘free’ books for the classrooms.

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Dear Parents/Carers,
Thank you for the keen response to our questions around becoming a smartphone-free community and banning smartphones at Kingslea. You have, as ever, been thoughtful and considered in your suggestions. Below, we have outlined how, taking your opinions on board, we will move forward together.

Why smartphones? Why now? (Please see next page for definitions of smartphone, retro phone and trackers.)

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​Dear Parents/Carers,

Sports Week and Sports Day

Do join us next week at 8.15am on the field for our Sports Week events.
On Monday we have Sport Challenges, on Wednesday Yoga, Thursday Mini Activities and on Friday it’s Megamix. Please use the link here to sign up.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Sports Day on Tuesday. We will be starting as close to 9.00am as possible. All children need to come to school in PE kit with their hats, water bottles and wearing sunscreen. We have sent out more details in previous correspondence.

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Dear Parents/Carers, It’s been a fantastic start to the final term of the year. The children are thoroughly enjoying their learning journeys, teachers are very pleased with the progress that the children are making, and we are outside more and more. KS2 packed lunches are eating outside and all the classes are now playing on the field. KS1 are making the longest daisy chains possible, playing in the building area and enjoying the freedom of the field. Our Year 5 Play Leaders and Year 2 Little Leaders are doing a great job organising and setting up games and activities for KS1 children at lunchtime. They are thoughtful, kind and encouraging. If your child is a Play Leader, please thank them from me. KS2 are enjoying having two football pitches, the KS2 trim trail, the table tennis tables, the gazebo quiet area, music on a Friday, and a huge area of the field to sit, chat and relax. 

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Dear Parents/Carers,
Well here we are, two-thirds of the way through the academic year with the Summer Term approaching.
What a turn out it was at Horsham FC the other Saturday! Around 300 Kingslea parents and children attended the match, with the club contacting me after the game to say how well behaved the children were. Well done everyone.

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Dear Parents/Carers,  
Last week, we had what must have been our most successful and purposeful World Book Day.  KLASS did a fantastic job setting up the book fair which the children absolutely loved, thank you to all our volunteers. It was lovely to see the children choosing books for themselves and often their siblings!
 
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Dear Parents/Carers,   
What a busy few weeks it has been since our last newsletter.
It was lovely to see everyone at parents’ evening, looking through the children’s books, talking with the class teachers, browsing the books at the book fair and watching the video about our new parent portal (see more below). Thank you to the House Captains who did an excellent job helping out during both evenings.

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​You will have seen the video that we were showing in the Main Hall on Parents’ Evening, for our Parent Portal. We have put together the Parent Portal to help signpost you to information and support in areas such as the School Nurse, Mental Health, Finances and Special Needs. Scan the QR to find out more. 

Dear Parents/Carers,  
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2025. Yes 2025! 
It’s not just adults who think time flashes by, but it seems Year 2 children do as well. The other day I overheard two Year 2 children talking outside my office by the House Point collection table. They were talking about why some of our House Points tokens are smaller than others. One of the Year 2 children answered ‘It’s because the small ones are from the olden days’. I asked him when the ‘olden days’ were, quick as a flash he replied ‘When we were in Reception!’ Made me laugh.
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Dear Parents/Carers, On Thursday 24th October, we held our first ever whole school Core 4 day dedicated to the Core 4 Values which we introduced in September. During the day, children from each class were mixed into 12 special house groups so that we could collaborate all the way from Reception to Year 6. Being dressed in our house colours made our groups extra special. There were 4 main activities which we all took part in. Each activity represented our Core 4 Values; respect, perseverance, respect and creativity. We had some special pupil leaders who worked with all the adults to help make sure each group got to their activities safely.

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