Weekly Update from Mr Meehan

What a beautifully sunny week for our last week of term, hopefully with some nice weather to come over the Easter break as well!

Congrats to Excellence Award winners this term; this was a super start to our week, and our governors Mrs Caldwell and Miss Palmer were on hand to give out these coveted awards. The pictures of our latest winners are already on our Excellence board.

I very much enjoyed seeing our choir in full flow at the Rose Theatre on Tuesday at the annual Malden and Coombe Cluster concert; not only were their costumes the most colourful on stage, the singing was beautiful and captivating. Together with all the other schools’ variety of performances, it was a great event.  My thanks to Mrs Bond for making this happen.

It was a truly colourful and creative picture in the infant hall on Wednesday, as we enjoyed our Infants’ Easter Bonnet Parade. Each class paraded around the hall and our governors Mrs Fereday and Mrs Caldwell were our judges for the morning, picking the winners. 

This week, you will also have seen the letter we have sent out from the Malden and Coombe Cluster schools regarding our mobile phone approach from September; be assured more detail on this will follow over next term, and we will appreciate your continued feedback and input on this. 

Gathering together as a whole school community is always a rare treat for us, and we were able to do this for our Easter service in the church this morning. Thank you to parents who joined us; it was a lovely end to our term, and a big well done especially to our Year 5 children for leading us in understanding more about the Christian celebration of Easter.

I pray all of our families have a wonderful time over the next two weeks, and catch something of the spirit of our recent iShare Learning theme of ‘New Creations’ and, of course, the forthcoming season of the Christian celebration of Easter, rejoicing in new life and hope. May we all know some new creation and re-creation and be blessed with some happy family and friends time over these two weeks.  

Our School Updates for Parents

Behaviour Policy 

Over this term, we’ve been talking with children and staff and hearing feedback from parents, which has helped us revise our behaviour policy, which takes effect at the beginning of next term. You can find here a copy of this reviewed policy.

We are Hiring (see here for more details)

• A caring, organised supervisor to lead our After-School Club Connect
• Also, a playleader to help create a fun, safe and welcoming end to the day 
• An Early Years Teaching Assistant & Playleader at Connect Breakfast Club

Reminder: PTA Easter Egg Hunt 

Join the PTA's Eggciting Easter Trail tomorrow, Saturday 5th April starting from the Infant Site anytime between 11am-2pm. Please see the attached poster for details. Hop into the Easter spirit with our fun-filled Easter Egg Trail! Follow the clues around local roads and collect hidden letters to reveal a special Easter word! There’ll be prizes for participants, craft activities and refreshments. If anyone is able to bake a traybake/batch of cookies/loaf cake/muffins or anything else that is easy to slice and eat with fingers the PTA would be most grateful (nut free please!) Do let them know if you are able to at ccnm.pta@hotmail.com

Clubs Summer term

Many of the clubs running next term still have places. At the moment we know that the following clubs are full:

• Year 1 & 2 Football
• Year 1 and 2 Dodgeball
• Junior Dodgeball

Wider Community Updates

Friends of Richmond Park Discoverers Events

The Friends of Richmond Park are inviting families to join them for a morning in the Park, to learn about skylarks, hear and see them and make a clay version of their own. This is a free drop-in event open to all. Details are on the attached flyer. They will also attend events organised by Help Nature Thrive - The Royal Parks on Wednesday 9th and Saturday 12th April. Details are on the flyer attached.

London Youth Games Hockey Teams & Summer Term Hockey at OKHC

The Old Kingstonian HC is a local hockey club, providing hockey for all age groups from the age of 5. They are supporting the Kingston Borough hockey teams for the London Youth Games again this year and are also offering an Easter holiday camp as well as summer hockey.

Key School Dates

Summer 1

• Tuesday 22nd April - Summer Term Starts
• Thursday 24th April – Y1 Trip to Wisley Gardens
• Friday 25th April – Y2 Trip to the National Gallery
• Tuesday 29th April – Y5 Insight Visit – Worship & Liturgy
• Thursday 1st May – Squirrel Class Worship @ 2:40pm
• Monday 5th May – Bank Holiday (School closed)
• Wednesday 7th May – Class photographs
• Thursday 8th May – Space Day Lunch menu
• Friday 9th May – Y5 Trip to Richmond Theatre (Awful Egyptians)
• Tuesday 13th May – Reception Insight Visit – Why is Jesus so special?
• Tuesday 13th May – Y6 Insight Visit – Courageous Advocacy
• Friday 16th May – Reception Trip to Hampton Court
• Friday 16th May - Y2 Concert @ 2:35pm
• Monday 19th – Friday 23rd May – Chums Week 
• Tuesday 20th May – Charity Tuesday
• Wednesday 21st May – Parent, Church & Staff Prayer Meeting @ 6:00-7:00pm
• Thursday 22nd May – Y4 Saxons Workshops at Kingston Museum (am)
• Thursday 22nd May – Eagle Class Worship @ 2:40pm
• Monday 26th – Friday 30th May – Half Term