Dear Parents and Carers,
Well, here we are at the end of an incredibly busy term.
This week has been a full one with it starting on Monday with all classes from Years 1 to 6 gathered together over Teams for our termly Kilmorie Quality Cups Awards. Children from every class had been nominated by their teachers for each of our eight Kilmorie Child Qualities and we celebrated all these nominees as well as the eight winners. It was lovely to see the classes supporting each other and celebrating the success of their classmates when the cups were awarded. A full list of the nominees can be seen at the end of the newsletter. Here are the winners:
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Spring 2024 Kilmorie Quality Cup Awards
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Collaboration
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Bo (Year 5 – Conor’s Class)
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Curiosity
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Arthur (Year 3 – Elis’s Class
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Empathy
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Lani (Year 6 – Penny’s Class)
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Honesty
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Kevin (Year 3 – Crystal’s Class)
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Independence
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Elsa (Year 6 – Vicky’s Class)
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Innovation
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Sidney (Year 1 – Treefrogs)
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Resilience
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Indiaan (Year 4 – Hannah’s Class)
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Respectfulness
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George (Year 5 – Conor’s Class)
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On Monday we also had Year 2 visiting St George’s Church on Vancouver Road. Rev’d Richard Lane talked with the children about why Christians celebrate Easter. The children had an opportunity to ask questions helping them understand the Christian faith. It was a great trip, supporting their RE work around Christianity. It helped them to understand how the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection emphasises the idea that Jesus is special for Christians and how the Easter symbols help to understand the meaning of Easter for Christians.
The church is holding the following events which may be of interest to you:
Friday 29th March – Children's Workshop - 9.30-11.30
Sunday 31st March – Family Communion with chocolate – 10.00
Throughout the week we have had an array of lovely music ensembles. We have had two guitar ensembles, the Year 5 steel pan groups, violin, drum fun, recorders, ukulele and woodwind. Whilst sadly, I was only able to attend Monday's performance, I have heard them, and they were all amazing. Whilst we definitely have very musical children in the school who have decided which instrument they would like to play, other children have the opportunity to try out instruments to find the one that works for them alongside the huge range of talented teachers we have. We are all so proud of our children and their progress. Thank you to the children for performing and to the instrumental tutors for their great work and dedication.
Dance performances
Every Friday afternoon of the Spring term, the Year 5’s in Jana’s class have been learning street dance with their dance teacher, Antoinette. Today they performed to their parents and carers the main dance routine they have been learning. Every single student worked very hard to learn the routine, as well as making up their own choreography in small groups. It was so lovely to see such creativity.
The Year 5’s looked forward to their street dance lesson every single week as dancing around on a Friday afternoon has been a perfect end to their week!
Other year groups also did fantastic performances to parents which gave opportunities to develop their performance skills.
Thank you Antoinette for making the lessons so much fun.
Nursery Applications: It is great that we have had a huge amount of interest and have already allocated all of our 30 hour spaces for our September 2024 and January 2025 Nursery starters. However, we do have some 15 hour spaces available, over 5 days. If your child is eligible (a September start is for children who have turned three before August 31st 2024 and a January start is for children who will turn three before December 31st 2024) or you know of any children in the community who may be interested in applying, please encourage them to do so without delay. For key information, and to apply for a place, you can do this via our school website by clicking on this link:
Lunch wrist bands / special dietary requirements:
To safeguard children, we have agreed with Chartwells that at lunch times children with dietary and allergy needs will be given a coloured wristband.
Green = Vegetarian/dietary needs
Orange = Allergies
If your child has any allergies, Chartwells will require proof of medical evidence of the allergy, and you will need to complete the Medical Diet Parent Menu Approval Form located on our website and return to the school office.
A massive congratulations to Will (Tigers' class teacher) on the birth of his little girl, Ronnie who arrived yesterday.
What a wet and soggy end to the term, let’s hope we get some good weather over the holidays. To those celebrating Easter, I wish you a Happy Easter. To all those observing Ramadan, I wish you a peaceful and joyous end to Ramadan and Eid Mubarak when it arrives.
Don’t forget the clocks go forward this weekend! I look forward to welcoming you all back Monday 15th April.
Julie
We would like to inform you that all instrumental lessons will start on the first week back – Week of 15th April. 
It has been brought to our attention that a number of parents / carers are parking / double parking along the yellow lines around the junction of Vancouver Road and Kilmorie Road. The purpose of School Streets is to make walking to school safer. However, due to these issues with parking, parents feel that it is now more dangerous for children and families to cross the road. Please park responsibly, obeying the parking restrictions in order to keep our families safe.
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