Our School Value for May is Cooperation.

Our Core Values: Hope, Trust, Courage & Perseverance, Respect, Cooperation, Responsibility, Kindness & Friendship, Honesty, Peace and Understanding.

We explore our core values in our school and class assemblies and look out for them in our daily practice, earning Values Vouchers and Beads as we go.

• Monday 27th November

  Sun 26 Nov 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  We thought we would wait until Monday to publish last week's blog so we could include some pictures of the Christmas Fair that our PTA held on Saturday down in the barn at Turners. It was such a lovely occasion with plenty of wonderful Christmas cheer, sparkle, food and gifts and was really well-attended by the local community. Thank you so much to our fabulous team of hardworking parents and staff that make up the Friends of KPS and to all the stall holders who joined us for the fair.  We were very lucky to have Father Christmas with us too along with his team of Elf-dogs!  A huge thank you to all at JP Turners for hosting the event and also for keeping our school flower beds looking beautiful too.  

  There was lots of celebrate in our Friday Headteacher Sticker assembly too with our teachers choosing children who had shown super progress, great choices and lovely enthusiasm in their learning.  Well done to everyone. 

  Some were also chosen because they had tried out their bread-making skills to contribute to the World War 2 themed dance and soup event that Year 5 and 6 put on for their parents and visitors on Thursday.

  Our School Council, made up of representatives from Year 2 to 6, presented an Anti-bullying assembly to the rest of the school last week too.  The children acted out some scenarios encouraging children to be kind and look after each other but to tell someone if they feel someone is being unkind to them.  It gave us lots to discuss and we have continued to explore the theme this week too.

  And lastly some photos of our youngest children going on an animal hunt with Mr Haines in the hall - they found lots of tigers and elephants and had so much fun!

  

• Friday 17th November 2023

  Fri 17 Nov 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  Congratulations to all of our sticker winners today and to those who have earnt their next house point badge.  We are very proud of you all and keep working so hard - you are excellent role models!  

  Also well done to our Year 4 class for winning the highest average score on the inter-class Times Tables Rock Stars competition that Mrs Turner ran this week. There was a real buzz as the children came in in their own time as well as in lessons to try and reach the best scores.  We had three top scorers, all from Year 3 or 4 and then, to top it all, Year 3 also won the highest overall score with over 15,000 points!  Fantastic!

  Thank you to all for donating to our Children in Need collection today. It was fun to see so many colourful, sparkly, odd or even homemade socks and we all helped to raise nearly £210.  Thank you again and have a wonderful weekend.

  

• Friday 10th November 2023

  Fri 10 Nov 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  Firstly, we would like to say thank you so much to our Year 6 pupils and staff for sharing a really thought-provoking and creative Remembrance assembly.  This is a very important job that our oldest pupils perform each year and it was great so hear some famous poetry as well as our children's own work. Some of our Year 6 will also be representing the school at the Remembrance Sunday parade on the weekend where we will place our very own hand-made wreath on the War Memorial along with other community groups.

  Luckily, the weather eventually came on our side this morning so that the Mitchell Hamer netball and football tournaments could go ahead as planned. Mr Ward-Wills and Mrs Welson work so hard each year to organise and run this important tournament with other local schools so that they can win the prestigious trophies that date back over 100 years.  There was such a brilliant atmosphere throughout the matches, with some super team work, resulting in one of our teams coming third in both netball and football.  Well done to all of our players and thank you so much to Mrs Welson, Mr Ward-Willis and Mr Haines for running all the matches.  A huge thank you to our adult helpers who also encouraged and supported the teams. Congratulations to Radnor Hills School for coming first in the netball and Eardisley for winning the football trophy and thank you to all the schools who came to join us.

  Back at school, we have had lots to celebrate in our assemblies this week.  Joe's assembly taught us all about making self-less decisions and Mrs Welson announced the winners of our 500 words writing competition (which will now be displayed in the library) who were able to choose a free book from the Book Fair on Wednesday.

  Our Headteacher's Stickers today were shared for so many lovely reasons - being independent, helping others, settling in well, fantastic homework and handwriting, working really hard during our assessment week, perseverance and excellent cooking skills.  We were also able to award our Achievement Certificates to our Nursery children, many of whom have been enjoying their new trikes, kindly provided by the Friends of KPS.  Mrs Turner has also announced a KS2 class competition on Times Tables Rock Stars running from Tuesday to Thursday next week so look out for the results of that and then there was the school disco!  A huge thank you to our wonderful team of volunteers who made it all possible, particularly Mr Perkins for being the cool DJ!

  It's been such a busy week so please have a lovely restful weekend everyone!

   

  

• Friday 27th October

  Sat 28 Oct 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  It's always busy in the last week of any half term and this week was no exception!  Our first Enrichment and Values day of the school year was on Tuesday and the children were very excited to be finding out more about the Harmony principle they would be exploring that day (each group will explore the six principles of harmony and sustainability throughout the year in their mixed class Enrichment groups: Cycle, Diversity, Adaptation, Interdependence, Health and Oneness).  

  We also held our Achievement Certificate assembly to celebrate just some of the children who have really gone above and beyond in their learning or efforts this half term.  In fact, we had so many efforts to applaud, we also had a Headteacher's Sticker assembly on Friday too so well done to all of our wonderful winners.

  We were delighted to welcome Linda, Donna and Clare from Pentre Farm in to school this week along with some very special fluffy guests. These special guinea-pigs love to hear children read and we had lots of very willing volunteers ready to share a book with them.  Even better news is that they are going to return very soon to hear some more readers! 

  And finally, thank you so much to Mr Ward-Willis, Mrs Welson and Mr Haines for organising the Selina Cup for girls football teams amongst our local schools.  It was the perfect morning for it and the girls represented our school brilliantly. We'd like to say a special thank you to LHS and the young leaders who ran the matches for us and hosted the event.  Year One, who were out on their autumn walk, collecting leaves and creating leaf collages in the park, even managed to pop over over and support the teams.  Nursery also went exploring and found some wonderful puddles to splash about in!

  Well, it just remains for me to say - thank you to all of our school community for a busy and productive half term. Enjoy a rest from the school routine and enjoy the fun things that this half term break brings. We will see you back, safe and rested on Monday 6th November. 

  

• Friday 20th October 2023

  Fri 20 Oct 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  Another busy assembly to end a lovely week.  Our new School Council representatives received their prestigious badges, ready to start their first meeting next week with Miss Minett; lots of proud children were awarded their House Point badges by the House Captains; and, of course, we heard all about the wonderful achievements of our Headteacher's sticker winners.  Just some of the reasons included brilliant organising during a team task, excellent efforts in swimming, working really well with others and approaching everything with a smile. Well done everyone.

  We also held an inter-house competition this week (videos available in our Gallery), where each House team had to create their own orchestra including making all their instruments.  The results were really good fun and the audience loved joining in with the wonderful renditions. Congratulations to Scotland who won by one point! A very close contest and thank you to everyone who took part including any parents who helped with making instruments!

  Finally, we would like to say a big thank you to our Year 6 Ambassador team who presented the school so brilliantly at our recent Open Evening.  They showed round our groups of visitors really politely, answering questions in detail and sharing everything that we do here.  We look forward to making very good use of them throughout the year. If you would like a tour of the school with some of our Ambassadors, please do get in touch with Mrs Bretherton. You'll be very welcome.

  Enjoy the weekend everyone.

   

  

• Our assembly today, Friday 13th October

  Fri 13 Oct 2023 Mrs. A. Welson

  Today we had such a busy and lovely assembly to end our week together. We gave out an incredible number of house-point badges, so well done to everyone who was awarded one, it was lovely to see and celebrate all that each person had achieved. We also enjoyed hearing all of the different reasons for this week's headteacher stickers. We heard all about children who have been putting in an amazing effort into all that they do, using story maps well to support their own writing, using impressive vocabulary, being more independent, making good progress in lessons, showing fantastic concentration in sessions, demonstrating great team-work, consistently reflecting our school values and doing brilliantly in swimming lessons! What a wonderful variety of reasons today. Have a super weekend and we look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday.

  

• Friday 6th October 2023

  Sun 08 Oct 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  Year 5 and 6 were on their annual hike up to Hergest Ridge on Friday, brilliantly again led by Tony and Keith, so we've included some photos of the keen walkers up on the windy top along side our worthy Headteacher Sticker winners. Lots of lovely reasons, ranging from being able to work more independently to being a good role model to others. One of our children won two - one because they have shown a really positive attitude to their learning and because Mr Haines also chose them for supporting new members of the class in PE! Well done to everyone.  

  We'd also like to extend a very big thank you to Ann, Eileen and Philip who welcomed us to St Mary's Church on Tuesday so we could share our Harvest songs and poems. We were able to pass on lots of tins and packets to the Kington Food Bank too so our thanks go out to you all!

  

• Friday 29th September 2023

  Sun 01 Oct 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  Congratulations to our very proud Headteacher Sticker winners today!  It has been a very busy week for the Kindness and Friendship vouchers too as the children have been spotting each other showing the values and nominating their peers to come and collect a bead. The House Captains will be counting them up next week and sharing the results with the school before we move on to our new value for October which is 'Honesty'.

  We also have our first picture of most of our new Sports Captains from across the school who have been presented with their badges in assembly today.  They will be meeting soon with Mrs A Welson to look at some breaktime activities and competitions they can run.

  

• Friday 22nd September

  Sat 23 Sep 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  We had a very busy Friday assembly today! First we have our Headteacher Sticker winners who have all showed wonderful kindness and friendship throughout the week. The words 'role-model' was mentioned so many times as our teachers shared their choices today and the children were very proud of themselves.  The Values Beads are mounting up too and it's so lovely to hear all the reasons they are being awarded every day.

  Thank you to our new librarian team from Year 4 who have volunteered to look after the library every day. It's a wonderful space in the school and we look forward to seeing you in your new roles.

  Our new House Captains (voted for by the whole school last week after Year 6 made some very impressive speeches) had their first assembly in role today so, after some training, they presented the house point badges for their house. It's a nerve-wracking time but they were brilliant!  They have also launched a new inter-house competition where every child from Year 1 up to Year 6 can make their own instrument at home or in school and then can join their house team in an orchestra - led by our new House Captains of course.  An exciting competition to start the year with and we can't wait to hear their compositions.

  Have a great weekend everyone.

  

• Friday 8th September

  Fri 08 Sep 2023 Mrs Bretherton

  What a fantastic start to the new school year!  All our children have come in and settled really well, despite the heat. Thank you for sending them in with sun hats and water bottles so they can keep hydrated and play safely in the sun.

  Our first Headteacher's Sticker assembly celebrated lots of children showing our kindness and friendship values as well as listening hard and giving thoughtful answers in discussions.  We have also introduced our new 'Values Vouchers' for spotting our values in action, which some children have earnt and added a bead to the Values Jar.  We will count these up at the end of each month and see which House Team is demonstrating the values the best! Well done everyone and have a wonderful weekend. If you are planning to visit the Kington Show tomorrow, please come and find our area, say hello and enjoy some crafts.

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