Newsletter 4 - 6th June 2025 - Fern Hill Primary School

Key Dates

Monday 9th June
PSA Mufti day for Summer Fair donations

Year 2 & 5 visits to Rose Theatre

Tuesday 10th June
Year 2 African Drumming Workshop

Thursday 12th June
Cornflower class parent assembly at 9:00 am

Friday 13th June
PSA Dads' Breakfast at 8:00 am

Nursery Sports Day

Saturday 14th June
PSA Summer Fair 12:00 - 3:00 pm

Thursday 19th June
Sunflower class parent assembly at 9:00 am

Eco-Refill Shop at 3:00 pm

Friday 20th June
Sports Day for Reception to Year 6

Monday 23rd June
Year 5 Taster Day at TKA

Wednesday 25th June
Year 5 Parents Q&A with TKA at 9:00 am

Year 4 visit to Albany Outdoors

New Parents' Welcome Evening

Thursday 26th June
Bluebell class parent assembly at 9:00 am

Nursery visit to Bocketts Farm

Friday 27th June
Inclusion Coffee Morning at 9:00 am

Saturday 28th June
Eco Schools Litter Pick at 10:00 am

Key dates for this school year 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.

Click here for term dates for the current and 2025/2026 school years, including INSET days.

Reminders

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. Please do leave a message. When you leave a message, please tell us the nature of their illness and the symptoms they have.

Year Group Weekly News
Don't forget to check the Google Classroom for your year group's weekly update and any important reminders for next week.

Home Learning

Home Learning Grids for this half-term are published on the Google Classroom. Activities should be completed in time for the Home Learning Showcases on Friday 11th July.

Before the half-term break, you received a letter with all the details for Sports Day, which will be held on Friday 20th June at the YMCA Hawker Centre field. You can read the letter here.

Nursery will have their Sports Day a week earlier on Friday 13th June and it will be held in school. Miss Evans has shared the details on the Google Classroom.

Events for children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will take place in the morning from 9:20 am – 12:00 pm and events for children in Years 3 to 6 will run in the afternoon from 12:40 – 3:00 pm. We hope you will join us to cheer on your children and enjoy a whole school picnic lunch from 12:00 - 12:40 pm. All children will need a packed lunch on the day and should wear school PE kit with a t-shirt representing their Fern Hill House colour.

If your child is in Years 3 to 6, please complete this short form to let us know whether we will be dismissing your child directly to you at the Hawker Centre or from school. Please note that children will NOT be permitted to walk home alone from the Hawker Centre.

Inclusion Coffee Morning

Our final Inclusion Community Coffee Mornings of the school year will be held on Friday 27th June at 9:00 am (but please bear in mind that this is the reserve date for Sports Day, in case of poor weather on Friday 20th June). We will be talking about how to support your child to develop positive home learning habits.

If you plan to join us, please let us know by completing the registration form here.

School Lunches & Snacks

Please remember to order your child's school lunch by 8:00 am on the day required. Click here to view this term's full menu. There are two theme days coming up: Super Hero Day on Thursday 19th June and Puffin at the Movies on Thursday 10th July. Friday 20th June is Sports Day and school lunches are only available to book for children in Nursery.

If your child brings a packed lunch, please ensure it is healthy (no sweets or chocolate) and strictly nut-free. Please may we also remind you that morning breaktime snacks should be friut and/or vegetables only. This applies to all year groups. Children in Reception to Year 2 are provided with a friut or vegetable snack through the National Fruit for Schools Scheme but you are of course welcome to provide this from home.

School Absence

Please may we remind you that all absences, including those for religious observance, should be requested in advance using the linked Request for Absence Form which is also available to download from the school website here. The school office can provide a paper copy on request. This form is reviewed by Mr Scott who can grant an authorised leave of absence in exceptional circumstances.

For further information, please refer to our Attendance Policy.

Eco Schools Update

Our Eco-Committee is on Instagram! Please follow @fernhillecoschool here.

Thank you for all the lovely entries for the Bird Feeder Competition. Miss Evans and the Eco-Committee will be announcing the winners next week in celebration assembly.

We hope you will join us for our final community litter pick of the school year on Saturday 28th June. We'll meet at school at 10:00 am.

Class Photographs

Next week, you will receive a link and password to view and order your child's class photograph. Please note that the password will be unique to your class and must not be shared with anyone outside your class for data protection reasons. Delivery of your order will be directly to school, before the end of term.

Time out for parents!

Care for the Family are running a free positive parenting course to provide practical information and tools to make your relationship with your child even better.

This is a course covering the primary years, for anyone parenting children aged 5 to 11, and it starts on Friday 6th June at Kingston Town Children's Centre. You can find out more here.

Book of the Week

‘Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?’ Sarah Ziman

Brains are weird! The title of this poetry collection refers to that awkward moment when you call your teacher ‘mum’ by mistake, but this book also demonstrates that brains are amazing in the way they can explore and experiment with language.

Many of Sarah Ziman’s poems are playing with words. From the increasingly muddled ‘Packed Lunch’ to riddles, misunderstandings, poems that can be read forward and backwards, and puzzle poems. Despite the whimsical tone, there are plenty of moments of sincere emotion - she beautifully captures the difficulties of navigating friendships at school, from the wonderful positive experiences in ‘Opposites’ and ‘Anticipation’ to the negative interactions we can all relate to in ‘One-Upper’ and ‘Copycat’. I also loved the inclusion of Welsh language, from the experience of learning Welsh as the new girl at school to ‘Tadcu’s Lemons’ - an entirely translated poem.

A playful, profound and authentic collection of poems - perfect for primary-aged children.

Team Points Update

The overall House winner this week is KINGSTON

KINGSTON

284

COOMBE

219

RICHMOND

239

HAMPTON

249

Attendance Update

Weekly Attendance Congratulations to Year 2, who had the best attendance for this week. Well done to Heather, Larch, Yew, Lime, and Elder classes who all achieved our school target of 97%.	Year	Attendance %	Star Year
	Reception	96.0%
	Year 1	94.2%
	Year 2	95.7%
	Year 3	95.6%
	Year 4	96.8%	★
	Year 5	96.6%
	Year 6	94.9%

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