New King Charles C of E (VC) Primary School · 2015. 10. 1. · Aliyah P – RA 6 and is due to start Secondary Annabelle B-M - 1S Lucas H – 1N Lily K - 2J Mycah M – 2C Gabriel

King Charles C of E (VC) Primary School

Western Terrace, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4EP

Telephone: 01326 313607 Fax: 01326 312998

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.king-charles.cornwall.sch.uk

Headteacher: Mrs Claire Fortey

Dear Parents and carers,

As Mrs Fortey explained in last week’s bulletin, we are going to share writing these and this week, it’s my turn! I

hope you’ve all had a super start to the new school year! It’s been lovely visiting classes and seeing everyone

enjoying being back with their friends and focussed on their learning. I’ve enjoyed seeing you all on the school gates

and getting to know some new faces. For those of you with children that I have taught, you know how much I love

our school and I’m really excited to be able to use this new role to further support you all. If you have questions,

queries or concerns I’m always ready to help: either speak to me when you see me or, call the office and make an

appointment.

In order to help you and your child settle in to their new year groups and classes we invite all parents to a “Meet the

teacher” session; this will be a chance for you to get to know your child’s teacher and ask any questions you may

have. For our reception classes, there is a selection of dates to choose from to come along and ‘drop in’.

The dates for these are…

We look forward to welcoming you to these meetings but, if these times are not convenient, please don’t hesitate to

contact your child’s teacher or the school office.

Best wishes,

Lee Moscato

Head of School

Reception 28th September, 9th and 23rd November and 7th December

2.40pm

Year 1 Thursday 24th September 2.45pm

Year 2 Thursday 24th September 9.00am

Year 3 Monday 21st September 2.45pm

Year 4 Thursday 24th September 3.30pm

Year 5 Tuesday 22nd September 3.30pm

Year 6 Friday 25th September 3.20pm

King Charles School Autumn Fair

This year’s Autumn Fair is going to be held on Saturday 26th September from 11am – 2pm.

Come along and enjoy a wide range of stalls, some refreshments, games and of course the

Tombola and Raffle!

A separate letter has been sent out with more details and also with the raffle tickets that we’d

love you to sell for us! We look forward to seeing you there!

Nut Allergies

Please be aware that in our school we have some

children with potentially life-threatening allergies.

We ask that nuts are not brought into school for

lunch or snacks and that where possible, cereal

bars containing nuts are also avoided.

We really appreciate your support in helping us

help our children.

Newsletter No. 2

18th September 2015

“Wear your onesie to school” day – Fri 2nd Oct

At King Charles and St Francis we have children with Type 1

Diabetes, and this year both schools are holding a special

fundraiser for the Diabetes research charity JDRF. This will be

on Fri 2nd Oct and we invite all children to “wear a onesie” to

school in return for a donation (we suggest £1 per child). If

children do not have a “onesie” they are very welcome to join in

by wearing non-school uniform. The school council will lead our

whole school assembly on this day and will help us all learn

about this condition. Thank you in advance for your support.

Non-Uniform Day – Tombola Prizes

On Wednesday 23rd

September we will have a ‘non-uniform

day’ in exchange for wearing our own clothes, pupils are

asked to bring a donation for our Autumn Fair Tombola

stall.

Kidz Klub will start again on Thursday 24th September

straight after school with a walking bus to EBC Hall.

Please collect your children from EBC Hall at 5pm. The Film this term is BIG Hero 6. Please fill in a

registration form if you are new to the Klub.

Looking forward to seeing you. Alan & Team.

Please note: dates are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change. Where change is necessary we will endeavour to give you as much notice as possible.

Date Event Date Event

Mon 21st

Sept e-safety day – Parents information session at St Francis – 2:00 - 3:00pm

Fri 18th

Dec End of Autumn Term

Wed 23rd

Sept Non uniform day in exchange for tombola prizes 19th

Dec – 3rd

Jan Christmas Holiday

Fri 25th

Sept Y5 trip to Falmouth Art Gallery Mon 4th

Jan Return to school

Sat 26th

Sept Summer Fair 11:00am - 2:00pm Thurs 4th

Feb Y6 Bikeability starts

Fri 2nd

Oct “Wear a Onesie” Day in aid of Diabetes charity Fri 12th

Feb End of Half Term

Mon 5th

Oct Year 2 trip to Pendennis Castle 13th

Feb – 21st

Feb Half Term

Fri 9th

Oct Falmouth Oyster Parade Mon 22nd

Feb Return to school

Mon 19th

Oct Tempest - Individual and Family Photos Thurs 24th

Mar End of Spring Term

Fri 23rd

Oct End of Half Term 25th

Mar – 10th

Apr Easter Holiday

24th

Oct – 1st

Nov Half Term Mon 11th

Apr Return to school

Mon 2nd

Nov Inset Day Mon 2nd

May Bank Holiday – School closed

Tue 3rd

Nov Return to school 9th

– 12th

May Y6 SATs Week

Mon 12th

Oct Reception Teddy Bear’s Picnic Fri 27th

May End of Half Term

Fri 6th

Nov Year 4 Maritime Museum Trip 28th

May – 5th

Jun Half Term

Mon 9th

Nov Y1 Hearing Screening Mon 6th

Jun Return to school

Tue 10th

Nov Open morning for potential Reception Sept 2016 families 9:30-10:30am

Thur 21st

Jul End of Summer Term

Looking forward to next week (beginning Mon 21st

Sept) … Nursery We will be starting our new topic about colours.

Reception We are looking forward to learning all about Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Year 1 We will be investigating different materials to see how waterproof or strong they are.

Year 2 We are looking forward to exploring animal prints and watching our caterpillars turn into cocoons.

Year 3 We will be creating our dragons for the Oyster Festival on October 9th. Please bring in an art apron or shirt on Thursday.

Year 4 We will be learning all about Lady Killigrew and Arwenack House.

Year 5 We are looking forward to visiting Falmouth Art Gallery. Please make sure your Annual Consent Forms are returned by then!

Year 6 We will be writing our Mechanical Mayhem stories and developing our subtraction skills.

On Monday 21st September we have a whole-school e-safety day where pupils will

learn about the importance of staying safe when using online technology. During the

day all pupils will have specific lessons on e-safety and Year 2 upwards (at King Charles

and St Francis) will have sessions led by a national expert who will give advice and tips

to help them stay safe online. Keeping our pupils safe is so important and to help you,

we’d like to remind you that parents are invited to an information session on

‘keeping kids safe online’ at St Francis School at 2pm – reviews from past

years have called the session ‘invaluable!’ The session will help you understand the

technology, games and apps your children might use and how you help them stay safe!

STARS of the WEEK – all of these children have worked hard on their

Good behaviour for Good learning Well done and thank you to ……

Fletcher K – RB Aliyah P – RA Annabelle B-M - 1S Lucas H – 1N Lily K - 2J

Mycah M – 2C

Gabriel T - 3MB

Ella N - 3B

Summer A - 4S

Mirage O- 4H

Merryn O – 5W

Christian K - 5S

Callum C & Baily P- 6J

Veer Z, Max F-C &

Archie G- 6E

PLEASE NOTE: Due to Staff training

the office will be closed from

3:30pm on Wednesday 23rd

September

Transfer to Secondary School Don’t forget! If your child is in Year

6 and is due to start Secondary

School in September 2016 you

must apply online at

www.cornwall.gov.uk/admissions

by 23:59 on 31st

October 2015.

Labelling Uniform Everyone is looking so smart in their uniform and to help keep us

looking this way, please can you ensure that

uniform is clearly labelled.

Also, please check to see that your child hasn’t accidentally come home

with someone else’s clothes – if your child

has, pop the clothes into the office and we can return them to their

owner.