Key DatesSaturday 28th February Monday 2nd March Reception visit to the Fire Station Tuesday 3rd March Thursday 5th March Eco-Refill Shop at 3:00 pm Reception visit to Brooklands Museum Friday 6th March Monday 9th March Thursday 12th March Friday 13th March PSA Year 1 Cake Sale Monday 16th March Tuesday 17th March Wednesday 18th March Thursday 19th March Year 4 Chestnut visit to the Natural History Museum Eco-Refill Shop at 3:00 pm Friday 20th March Year 4 Larch visit to the Natural History Museum Saturday 21st March PSA Easter Egg Hunt
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Click here for term dates for the current and 2026/2027 school years, including INSET days.
Key dates for families for the spring and summer terms are published here. Some of these dates are provisional, and all dates are subject to change — please refer to this newsletter and communications via ParentPay for the latest information.
Reminders
School Lunches
Please don’t forget to place an order for school lunch through ParentPay by 8:00 am on the day. To avoid missing the deadline, we recommend that you order your child’s lunches for the full half-term in advance - you can cancel or amend those orders at any time up until 8:00 am on the day if anything changes. Thursday 5th March will be theme day and you can view the menu here.
Year Group Weekly News
Don't forget to check the Google Classroom for your year group's weekly update and any important reminders from your teachers for next week.
Illness
If your child is unwell and will be absent from school, please inform us by 8:30 am on each day of absence. You can email the school office at office@fernhillprimary.org or call 020 8247 0300. If the office is busy, you may be put through to the answerphone but please do leave a message, telling us the nature of your child's illness and the symptoms they have. Thank you.
Parents' EveningParents’ Evening will be held on Wednesday 25th March from 4:00 - 7:00 pm and Thursday 26th March from 2:00 - 6:00 pm. School will close early on Thursday 26th March at 1:30 pm for children in Reception through to Year 6. Parents' Evening appointments will be available to book from 10th March and further information will be sent home next week. This term, SEND Reviews will be held during Parents' Evening, with class teachers. If your child has a SEND Review, you will not need to book a Parents' Evening appointment; we will send you an email with the date and time of your appointment before the booking system goes live. |
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Online Safety Workshop
Thank you to all the families who joined us today for our Online Safety Workshop, hosted by Tim Barette from Eduthing, the organisation who provide IT and digital support across the Trust. Information on supporting children in the digital age is available here - we encourage all parents and carers to read it.
We would like to offer a follow-up session, or sessions, on any specific topics of interest or concern, e.g gaming. Please complete this very short google form to tell us what you would like to be covered. Thank you.
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Eco Schools NewsWe're so sorry to have had to cancel the Eco-Refill Shop this week. The stock has now arrived and we look forward to seeing you next Thursday 5th March after school. Run by the children on our Eco-Committee, the shop sells a range of affordable, ethically sourced, cruelty-free and environmentally friendly cleaning and beauty products on a refill basis - don't forget to bring your ownbottles for refilling!
Eco-Committee Community Litter Pick
As part of our Eco Schools programme of events, Miss Evans runs a local litter pick on the last Saturday of every month. She meets families at the Nursery gates at around 9:50 am and sets off on the walk at 10:00 am to collect litter from around the local roads.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to teach your children about taking care of their environment, protecting wildlife from injury and reducing plastic pollution, and a lovely way to meet and engage with other families at school. There’s even tea and biscuits on arrival back to school! Our litter picks were very popular last year - and with the weather improving over the coming months, we hope many new families will join in. The next litterpick is tomorrow, Saturday 28th February - we hope to see you there!
Home Learning
Home Learning Grids for this half-term are posted on your child's Google Home Learning Classroom. Work should be completed in time for our Home Learning Showcase on Monday 23rd March (not the usual Friday!). If you have any issues uploading your child's work, please contact your class teacher in the first instance.
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Careers Fair
Next week, as part of National Careers Week, we are holding a Careers Fair for our Year 5 and 6 children. We hope to feature inspirational, diverse volunteers from both within and outside of our school community, who can talk to the children about their jobs and demonstrate just how what they are learning at school today can lead to an exciting future tomorrow. We would love to showcase a varied range of careers. If you can offer your time on Tuesday 3rd March from 1:30 - 3:15 pm, please let us know by completing this linked form. For further information, please see the letter sent from Mrs Davies.
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The overall House winner this week is RICHMOND
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KINGSTON 307 |
COOMBE 307 |
RICHMOND 342 |
HAMPTON 326 |
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Weekly Attendance Well done to Reception who had the highest year group attendance again this week with 97.9%. Congratulations to Elm class with the highest attendance - 99%.
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Year | Attendance % | Star Year ★ |
| Reception | 97.9% | ★ | |
| Year 1 | 96.1% | ||
| Year 2 | 94.7% | ||
| Year 3 | 96.5% | ||
| Year 4 | 97.6% | ||
| Year 5 | 95.7% | ||
| Year 6 | 93.3% | ||
