Newsletter 20 12 2023

Kirsty Gibbs

2 years ago

Headteacher's Message

We have made it to the end of term and I am so proud of all we have achieved. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support you have given over the past few weeks.
The performances were so well attended and the children did us really proud. Their singing was amazing. The choir too have put on a number of excellent performances.

The KG Circle ran a wonderful Winter Fair which so many attended. As well as raising money, fun was had by all and there were some amazing food and great stalls.

We are saying goodbye to three members of staff: Mrs Saunders who has been teaching in Gold and Blue class; Mr Kat who has been a teaching assistant across the school but this year focussed on Year 5; and as I mentioned in our last newsletter, we also say goodbye to Mrs Campbell who has given so many years of service as a teacher to our school community. They are all going on to new jobs and the next phase of their careers. We wish them well and hope they take away fond memories of their time here.
I hope you all have a wonderful, splendid break and, in which ever way you and your family celebrate, I wish you the Seasons Greetings.
School starts for children on Tuesday 9^th January 2024 and learning will start at 8.45am. Please be on time!
See you all in the new year.

Winter Performances

This term was packed full with all year group Seasonal Performances and other winter events. The children put on such wonderful shows and sang beautifully. It was lovely to see so many of you there to cheer them on and join in with the encore songs.

Thank you to all the parents, carers and family members who came to the performances, and a big thank you to Mr Glenn and the Teachers for organising them.

Please look out for a text with album links relevant to your child’s year group to see all the photos for their performances.

KG Choir

It’s been a busy term for the KG Choir! They blew visitors away at the Winter Festival singing some classic Carols and a special number written by Mr Glenn, not forgetting the special guest appearance from Gyorgy on percussion. Tuesday evening the choir entertained rush hour crowds in Sydenham, uplifting travellers from the dreary winter weather.

Thank you to those of you who braved the cold to join us! The choir have been rehearsing non stop for these performances and we’re sure you’d agree they are sounding spectacular!. It has been lovely seeing so many of you from the Kelvin Grove community show up to support the choirs performances, we look forward to more in 2024!

* High Flyers *

All throughout the school children work hard in class and within our school community earning tokens for their classes and stickers for their Bronze, Silver and Gold reward charts. Children earn these by showing one (or more) of our school values; Self Improvement, Compassion, Building Community and Health & Wellbeing. As we come to the end of the autumn term it’s amazing to see so many children completing awards. A huge well done to all the children who have completed their Bronze and Silver certificates so far!

Club Xtra Winter wonders

Club Xtra have had a festive few weeks busy making cards, origami flowers, painted wreaths and have finished their Christmas creative extravaganza, designing these beautiful Christmas tree decorations.

These were made from reusing empty milk cartons. For their Christmas trees children got inventive with these by using fruits and vegetables. This was great fun and delicious once we ate them.

KG Christmas 2023

The KG community have outdone themselves once again! Tuesday was our Festive Dinner and Christmas Jumper Day, and children came dressed to impress with Christmas jumpers, sparkles and some glorious festive attire. We’d like to thank Mrs Jupp for all her hard work preparing the dinner halls to give the children a wonderful festive lunch experience.

SCOPAY

A reminder that the school has a new online payment system for booking clubs, after school club and trips, if you haven’t registered yet please check your email in box for information on how to register.

If you are a voucher payer please email lwatson@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk with your child’s name, which voucher provider you use, and which childcare services you require so we can set up your voucher payment account.
More information can be found here.

Lost Property

All lost property is stored in the ClubXtra cupboard. Alison Jupp, our ClubXtra Manager, will get the lost property out every couple of weeks for parents to look through and find anything they may have missing. Unnamed and uncollected items will be sent to the local charity shop. Alison will next display the lost property by the pod in the main playground on Fridays from 3.15pm.

Class News

Club Xtra Creative Christmas

Club Xtra have had a festive few weeks busy making cards, origami flowers, painted wreaths and have finished their Christmas creative extravaganza, designing these beautiful Christmas

Brass Class News

Print 🖨It is the final week of school this week and Brass Class have been busy having fun (and working too, of course!).As part of the

Cobalt Class News

Cobalt Class have been busy the past few weeks learning the key features of a non-chorological report and then writing non-chorological reports based on our very

Amber Class News

In Amber we have been so working so hard this term! In English we were focusing on becoming more independent with our writing. We learned about the

Magenta Class News

We have been reading ‘Betty and the Yeti’ by Ella Burfoot in class this week and have been exploring cold climates and life in the arctic. We have

Lavender Class News

The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy in Lavender Class. We have been finishing off drafting our news reports and publishing them in English.

Human Rights Day Event

Five children in Year 5 were given an incredible opportunity to go to London and visit the Foreign Office where they spoke on stage to an

Nursery News

We have been very busy in Nursery getting ready for Christmas! We have enjoyed decorating our Christmas trees and dressing up. We have also been practising

School Council Asthma + Lung UK

In our latest School Council meeting we looked at the results from the air monitoring tubes which we put up in July this year. These tubes measure

Year 2 Trip to the London Transport Museum!

Year 2 had a fantastically brilliant trip to the London Transport Museum last week, working hard to gather evidence to answer our depth enquiry question ‘How

Blue and Gold Class News

It’s been a lovely and very busy end to the autumn term in both Blue and Gold class. We have finished our ‘Take One Artist’ paintings

Year 3 and 4 rehearsal

Year 3 and Year 4 have been rehearsing these last few weeks for their performances tomorrow and they are sounding glorious! The children are incredibly excited

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Governors' and Friends News

the Governors

All the thank yous…

*To the KG Circle for a fantastic Winter fair last week!

*To Mr Glenn and all the music teachers for the brilliant class, choir and Groove School performances over the last couple of weeks.

*And to all the staff at KG for making it to the end of a super long term still in one piece!

We would like to wish everyone in the KG community a restful and happy break.

See you in 2024!

The KG Circle

As another year draws to a close, we wanted to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you- we have absolutely loved working with the Kelvin Grove community this year to deliver a wide selection of fun events to raise money for the school, and we couldn’t have done any of it without your help and support. We extend our thanks to our children, parents and carers, all KG staff and the wider community who have supported us throughout 2023.

The role of the KG Circle is not just to raise money, it’s to bring our community together to celebrate our children, and create memorable moments that we can share together for years to come.

We have welcomed new members into the group, and seen lots of new faces come to help us with our events- and we really hope this builds into 2024 as our fundraising efforts grow through the year.

This term alone we raised over £2000 for the school, which really is an incredible achievement so thank you to all of you who donated, contributed your time, or just came to enjoy the events. We are grateful to each and every one of you.

Our Winter Fair last week was such a lovely event with so many happy faces, thanks to all of you who showed up. The raffle was a huge success with over 500 tickets sold, thanks to everyone who bought their tickets and contributed prizes!

Congratulations to all 10 winners (top 5 here) 🎉

Sainsbury £100 – Ollie (Brass class)
£50 Sainsbury’s voucher – Marci – (Jade class)
£50 Tesco voucher – Louise (Amber)
Wembley tickets – Taylor (Jade)
Greyhound meal for 2 – Luke (cobalt)

We wanted to remind everyone that we’re registered with easyfundraising and you could help us to raise funds for The KG Circle at no extra cost to yourself? This is a great opportunity to raise much needed funds for the school!

When you shop online, with over 7,500 of your favourite brands, including John Lewis & Partners, Amazon, eBay, notonthehighstreet, you will raise FREE donations for Kelvin Grove Charitable Trust (The KG Circle).

If you’re not already signed up, it only takes a few minutes, then you can begin using the easyfundraising website or app straightaway. Visit here to get started.

We want to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and healthy holiday, and look forward to working with you all more in 2024 to create more magical moments for our community.

Very best wishes,

Jenni, Sam, Emily, Wei & the KG Circle

Community News

Children's Centre

🎄🎅 SYDENHAM COMMUNITY SUPERMARKET FESTIVE OPENING TIMES:🎅🎄

New year opening Thursday 4^th January 2024 9.00am – 2.00pm

Babies & Crawlers at Eliot Bank CFC on Mondays 10.00am – 11.30am Monday 4^th January 2024

Latino Bambino Toddlers at TNG on Tuesdays 9.30am-10.15am and
Latino Bambino Mum & Baby at TNG on Tuesdays 10.15am-11.00am Tuesday 16^th January 2024

Adventure Time (soft play) at TNG on Wednesdays 10.00am-11.30am Wednesday 10^th January 2024

Messy Play at TNG on Thursdays 10.00am – 11.30amThursday 11^th January 2024

Sydenham Community Supermarket at Kelvin Grove on Thursdays 9.00am – 12.00pm and 1.00pm – 3.00pm Thursday 4^th January 2024
£3.50 membership fee per week.
We can now accept healthy start vouchers for your shopping at Sydenham Community supermarket. Do you have children under 4? Have you registered for your Healthy Start vouchers? Use this link to register for your vouchers now.

Employment and Training Back to Work advice and support at Kelvin Grove CFC on Thursdays 10.00am – 2.00pm

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

Parent and Toddler Sound & Movement at Eliot Bank CFC on Fridays 9.30am – 11.00am

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.

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported & donated to KST this year. Our clothes bank/upcycles uniform shop will reopen in the new year. We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We continue to accept donations of clothing and uniform. Please see the attached poster for more information on clothes that we do and do not accept.

If you are in need of any school uniform, please fill out the form using the link here. Simone Daniels will be in touch with you to confirm when the items are ready for collection.

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