Kirk Fenton News
1st July 2022
Dear Parents and Carers,
I am so proud of the way in which our children and families have embraced our first ever Pride Day at Kirk Fenton! It was wonderful to see how the children chose to come into school and the array of bright colours was lovely. Children naturally embrace diversity and it has been wonderful to listen to their views and support for difference in our community and further afield. This is an event that will become an annual fixture in our calendar. Thank you for your support.
Next week is another busy week in school with Y3 Sharks having a forest school day on Tuesday and our moving up days on Wednesday and Thursday. On these days, the children should go straight to their new classes and also be collected from there, where their teachers will meet them. We are looking forward to having Mr Priory join us for both days and Mr Carman on Thursday.
School is full of buzz as the older children practice for their end of year production which promises to be wonderful. I am sure the last 3 week of term will go by in a flash!
Have a lovely weekend,
Karen Williams
Head Teacher
Good Work Awards
This week's certificates were awarded to the following children:
Bears - Blake and Bertie
Bees - Charlotte and Theo M
Hummingbirds - Evelyn and Tommy
Tigers - Aoibhe and Logan
Sharks - Laurence and Connie
Earthworms - Alexa and Joseph
Jaguars - Lillie and Oscar
Wolves - Chloe and Ewan P
Hot Chocolate Friday
Well done to the following who earned the hot chocolate award this week:
Bears - Hector
Bees - Martha
Hummingbirds - Bea
Tigers - Coby
Sharks - Isla S
Earthworms - Nancy
Jaguars - Freya
Wolves - Finn
Message from the Head Boy and Head Girl
What a busy week at school it has been. Y6 enjoyed their trip to Selby Abbey to celebrate our time at Primary School with other local Y6 classes (see picture below). We have also enjoyed practising our production with Y5.
Head Girl certificate went to Toma in Y4
Head Boy certificate went to Ivor in Y5
Florence & Harry
Winning Team
Congratulations to this week's winning team, the Green Gladiators and their team captains Max and Reuben
Numbots
Well done to all our KS1 and FS children that have worked hard on Numbots this week. There were lots of names in the raffle box! Special congratulations to Austin B who was the lucky winner!
Our certificates this week go to Senna C, Toby M and Finlay O - well done!
Next week our challenge is to improve our scores so if you spend more time practising, or earn more coins than you did this week then you will be entered into the raffle. Who will be next week's winner?
Times Tables Rock Stars
Another great week on TTRockstars! The children have been working really hard to complete this week's challenge! Our certificate winners are: Mollie in Tigers, William in Sharks, Emma in Earthwords, Olivia in Jaguars, and Liam in Wolves. Well done to all. Our Challenge next week will be to improve your studio speed. Remember, if you complete the challenge, your name will be in the raffle box for a prize.
Sports for Champions!
Everyone enjoyed being active and having fun during our circuits challenge on Monday. Martin was very inspiring and gave us the important message to try new things because you never know if that will turn out to be something you love!
As a school, our grand total for our fundraising is £775 - well done everyone! A portion of the money goes to funding the event and supporting the athletes and we will be spending our share of the funds on some new sporting books for the library. Super effort everyone!
Year 5 and 6 Football Tournament
Last week, 16 children from year 5 and 6 represented the school at Sherburn Hungate School for a football tournament. We had a great day and the children showed amazing sportsmanship, determination, and resilience. Despite never playing together as a team, the children did themselves proud. It was a tough tournament but they never stopped trying. Well done to Oscar and Freya who won Kirk Fenton's player of the tournament.
Charity Bake Sale
Harry held his cake sale in aid of Street Paws on the playground after school today, helped by his family and school friends. They were delighted with all the support they received from the school community. Several hundred has been raised for this cause and we will let you know the total from the cake sale next week. Well done Harry!
Help us to win £1000 for our library and the chance to win a £100 National Book Token for yourself!
National Book Tokens are giving five schools £1,000 worth of book tokens each, plus membership to the School Library Association, to help them rebuild their range of books and encourage reading for pleasure now and for generations to come.
All you have to do to nominate us, is click on the link below and fill in a short form. If yours is one of the five winning entries, you’ll also win a £100 National Book Token for yourself!
https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools?s=03
Usbourne Book Fair
There will be an Usbourne book fair at school on Wednesday 6th July, 3pm-4:00pm. This is the perfect opportunity to raise funds for more books for our school and a chance to get your children some holiday reading material.
NYES Catering Competition
Please click on the following link for the NYES Catering
Poem Competition which closes 6th July.
Y3 Bishop Wood Forest Schools Day
Tuesday 5th July
Usbourne Book Fair
Wednesday 6th July, 3-4pm
Moving Up Days
Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th July
Y5 Camp Out in Hall
Thursday 7th July overnight
Bees & Hummingbirds Askham Bryan Wildlife Park Visit
Monday 11th July
Y4 Onsite Camp
Tuesday 12th July
Y5/6 Leavers Production
Monday 18th July, 6pm
Tuesday 19th July, 1.45pm
Bears Tropical World Visit
Thursday 21st July
Y6 Leavers Service in Church
Friday 22nd July, 2pm
Staff Thank You's
If anyone would like to say thank you to or has any positive comments for a member of staff then please complete and submit the form below.
