A reminder that consistent, daily reading at home is a critical part of your child's academic development. Please utilise the Digital Reading Log to add your comments about your child's reading. This platform is monitored weekly by teachers and leaders so that we can follow up with individuals to ensure they are accessing the platform consistently. If you are having trouble accessing this, please speak to your child's class teacher.

Would your child like to learn a musical instrument?  There are so many benefits for children, some being:

• Increases memory skills

• Builds creativity

• Boosts confidence

• Promotes physical co-ordination

• Improves social skills

• Drums especially can be a powerful therapeutic tool for children with ADHD, helping to improve focus, reduce hyperactivity and enhance overall wellbeing. 

Limited spaces available for individual Drum, Singing or Guitar lessons for next year, terms 3 & 4.

These are £12 per 20 minute lesson or £18 per 30 minute lesson, payable upfront in 10 or 11 week blocks.

Limited spaces available for group Guitar lessons and group drama lessons.

These are £10 per 30 minute lesson, payable upfront in 10 week blocks.

(There is also a one off cost for teaching materials for each of these, of either £10 or £15).

For more information and sign up please click on the following link as soon as possible to secure your place:

https://forms.gle/HFLvtRVa7B8iTVW57

Nb. If you are in receipt of Pupil Premium then Kent music school offer a limited number of 75% subsidies for children learning with Andy Davis Music.  They are currently full but you can put your child's name on the waiting list by clicking on this link and scrolling down to APPLY NOW.

www.kent-music.com/financial-assistance/

In order to find out more information about what your children are learning about, please look at our Maundene Long Term Plan which is located on our Global Curriculum page on our website. 

Dear parents,

As we are a healthy school and also have children with severe allergies, we would like to remind all parents of the expectations for packed lunches. Please can you refrain from giving your child the following: 

• Nuts or products that contain nuts e.g. Nutella. 

• Chocolate bars - Biscuits or wafers are acceptable (penguins etc.)

• Sweets

• Fizzy drinks

If children are bringing in their own snacks for snack time in the classroom, this must be fruit or vegetable only. 

Due to the risk of choking, we recommend you cutting grapes for children, particularly those under the age of 5.

Thank you for your support with this. 

The Maundene Team 

9am Monday 1 September 2025 - Primary school applications open

5pm on Thursday 15 January 2026 - Primary school applications close (national closing date)

Thursday 16 April 2026 - Offers sent to parents and carers (national offer date)

Thursday 14 May 2026 - Places must be accepted/refused, waiting list requests and appeal requests must be submitted.

Monday 8 June 2026 - Re-allocation of available places begins

Monday 31 August 2026 - Re-allocation of available places ends

Well done to Harper Fox in Finches who was lucky enough to win the Disney of Ice tickets! We hope the family have an amazing time! 

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