Headteacher's Message
Welcome back. I hope everyone had a wonderful summer.
I am really impressed by the start all our children have made, adjusting to new classes, teachers and rising to the challenge of new learning.
We have been holding year group Curriculum Meetings in these first few weeks, if you were not able to attend all relevant information and the presentations can be found on the school website.
The partnership between home and school is so important in supporting children’s learning.
We hope to run a number of workshops this year on supporting reading at home. Listening to your child read, and them reading to you will help develop their independence, their imagination, their creativity, as well as ignite their love of learning.
This year we will also be focussing on supporting children’s oracy. Creating more opportunities for talk. In this high tech world where phones, and other devices, dominate adult lives and become more of a way of communication and playing for children, we must make time for adult/child talk at home and at school.
IROKO Workshop
As part of Year 5’s ‘Into Africa’ Topic launch for this term, the children had an exciting opportunity to work with Iroko Theatre Company, an African storytelling production and workshop company based in London.
Year 5 had such a wonderful experience, with an interactive performance and two workshops focusing on dance and storytelling. Thank you to Iroko Theatre Company for coming. You can see more photos and read about the visit in Lavender’s class post.
School Council
This week at School Council we welcomed our new representatives. Representatives have been chosen or elected from each class. Children put themselves forward for this role, and some classes held speeches or shared ideas.
In our first meeting we discussed what we would like our focuses to be for the year:
– improving our school environment in a sustainable way
– making playtimes more enjoyable, with a child led focus
– improving the school toilets.
Lost Property
New Friends in Year 2
Year 2 have welcomed some caterpillars this week as part of their learning this term about life cycles. They are getting bigger everyday and we all can’t wait to see them flourish as butterflies!
SCOPAY
Enrichment Clubs
Enrichment Clubs Autumn 2023
Our enrichment clubs will return the w/c 2nd October, with the exception of KG KS2 Choir which starts next Wednesday. Due to popular demand we have created two choir groups (Y4,5&6 taking place at lunch time) and Y3 choir running after school 3:20pm to 3:50pm.
Look out for more news about our clubs next week!
Class News
Lavender Class News
Last Friday, we launched our new topic ‘Into Africa’ with a visit from the Iroko Theatre Company. We began the morning by watching a performance and
Nursery News
The children have settled in well to Nursery and are happily exploring their new environment both indoor and out. We have already had so much fun and
Gold Class News
Gold class have had a fantastic start to the Autumn term. In Maths we have been consolidating our knowledge of place value and using different maths
Cinnamon Class News
Cinnamon class have had a great start to Year 2! We are really enjoying our topic ‘Animals and Me’ where we are learning about different animal
Mint Class News
What a busy start to Year 3 we have had in Mint Class! The children have done a fabulous job of settling into life as ‘Juniors’
Turquoise Class News
Turquoise class have had such an exciting start to Year 4! We spent one afternoon being astounded by our teachers – carrying out a range of
Brass Class News
We’re back at school for the new academic year and here in Brass Class we have already had a busy start…The first week of Year 6 has flown by – we have
Amber Class News
Amber class are delighted to return back to school and have been working hard this week at learning about Year 1 and the learning expectations for
Letters sent home
Curriculum Meetings September 2023
Y6 France Residential expression of interest
SCOPAY
Year 6 Homework Club
Reception Newsletter 15-09-2023
Year 6 Curriculum and Secondary Transfer Meeting
Year 2 Curriculum meeting
KS2 Choir
Y5 Workshop
Forest School Year 1 Amber B
Forest School Year 1 Amber A
Forest School Year 1 Coral A
Forest School Year 1 Coral B
Walking home – Year 6
Walking home – Year 5
Year 2 Gate 2023
Governors' and Friends News
the Governors
The KG Circle
Welcome back to the new school year, we hope all of our children and the KG community have settled back in and are enjoying a fresh new term.
Firstly we’d like to extend our thanks to KG mum and PTA veteran Julia Murray, whose company TPX Impact very kindly donated £500 to the KG Circle. These funds will be put to good use towards much needed resources for our school and children.
We’re now working on our calendar of events for the remainder of 2023 and the start of 2024, so please keep an eye out for news of upcoming dates for your diary!
If you’re interested in getting involved with the KG Circle, either as a member or just to help out with events, please drop us an email. We’d love to hear from you! pta@kelvingrove.Lewisham.sch.uk
Thanks,
Sam, Emily, Jenni, Becky, Einat & Wei
Community News
Children's Centre
Comedy Special Saturday 14th October 2023
Fundraising event for the Community Supermarket
Tickets for the event can be purchased online here
and tickets for the raffle fundraiser can be purchased from the Sydenham Community
Supermarket. See the poster for all the prizes!
Babies & Crawlers at Eliot Bank CFC on Monday 10.00am – 11.30am
Snack & Chat at Eliot Bank CFC on Mondays 11.45am – 12.30am
Latino Bambino Toddl
ers 9.30am-10.15am & Latino Bambino Mum & Baby 10.15am – 11.00am at TNG on Tuesdays
Baby Massage at Eliot Bank CFC on Wednesdays 10.00am – 11.30am starts 19th September 2023
Adventure Time (soft play) at TNG on Wednesdays 10.00am – 11.30am
Parent and baby Yoga at Eliot Bank CFC on Wednesdays 10.00am – 11.30am starts 29th September 2023 see poster
Messy Play(soft play) at TNG on Thursdays 10.00am – 11.30am
Sydenham Community Supermarket at Kelvin Grove CFC on Thursdays 09.00am – 12.00pm and 1.00pm – 3.00pm
£3.50 membership fee per week
Health Visitor Clinic at Eliot Bank CFC on Thursdays 10.00am – 2.00pm by appointment only
Mini Chefs at Eliot Bank CFC on Thursdays 1.30pm – 2.30pm
L.I.F.E. cooking sessions for mums aged 16-35 at Eliot Bank CFC on Fridays 11.00am – 1.15pm
Free Legal Advice Duncan Lewis via phone call 0208 613 0172 for appointment
All sessions held at TNG will be charged @ £2 per adult.
Low income families are free
Please join our Facebook page: Eliot and Kelvin for the latest updates.
Thank you once again for all the continued support and donations. We hope everyone had a fantastic summer.
Please do check out our noticeboard in the main playground for all the latest news, updates and ways to help.
Thank you,
Simone Daniels
#KST #GIVEBACK #TCT
Our gofundme page, with all donations going directly to the Kelvin Grove Community Centre is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/kids-support-tree
Instagram: @kidsupportree
Twitter: @kidsupportree
Facebook: Kid’s Support Tree
Family Craft Saturdays
Join Horniman Museum’s volunteer team on Saturday afternoons for family craft activities inspired by the Museum’s collections. Learn about some of the 350,000 objects in the Horniman’s collections, and discover more about music, nature, wildlife, and the world around us.
When: Saturday
Time: 2pm- 4pm (last entry 3:30pm)
Tickets: Free
Perfect for children aged 3 and above. (Children must be accompanied by an adult).
Let’s get green!
On 23rd and 30th September Horniman Museum are celebrating Green Week!
Make a badge from bottle caps and learn how to reuse everyday items.
Location:
Across the Museum and Gardens
Horniman Museum and Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ
Organ donors dance
A group of living organ donors will come together in Brixton, London, on Saturday 23rd September as part of the grand finale to Organ Donation.
Gift of Living Donation (GOLD) in partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant services, have organised the event where over 40 Flash Mob dancers will come together to dance the popular Candy dance.
Their mission is to raise the much-needed awareness on the important topic of organ donation and boost organ donation rates within the Black community in the UK.
For more information about organ donation, or to register your organ donation decision, please visit: www.organdonation.nhs.uk or call 0300 123 23 23. NHS app users can also use the service to record, check or update their organ donation decision.
Flashmob details:
Saturday 23rd September 2023
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Windrush Square, Brixton, London
Stagecoach Sydenham
Stagecoach Sydenham is offering free taster session to pupils in Year 2 and above in our Main Stages classes that run on Saturdays 10am-1pm.
Enrol online for a trial starting this week and up until the 7th of October.
See the flyer for how to enrol and check to the website for more details.