Principal's Message

Welcome to our end of term newsletter. I was hoping that by now we would have had some more Spring-like weather but at least we are seeing signs of Spring in other ways.

It has been an absolutely jam-packed term with so many events, trips and learning experiences going on.

One of our highlights has been Year 1's exciting adventure to the Natural History Museum in London by travelling on the train and even the London Underground. A huge thanks must be passed to Mrs Dunn and Miss State for making this possible. The children have not only gained a lot of knowledge from the trip to complement their learning about dinosaurs but also a huge number of life skills by travelling to the museum using public transport. This encapsulates our school strapline of "learning today for life tomorrow". Well done Year 1, we are really proud of you!

You will be able to find out about even more of the children's learning from the class pages so please take a look at your leisure.

As we head into the new term, you will notice that hopefully the car park will have had its new lines painted. This will mean that it will not be possible for parents to park in the staff parking area moving forwards. There will be no other areas available to stop apart from the designated parking spaces (it is only these that should currently be used although this is very often not the case) and the drop-off lay by within the car park. I will write to you with a full update regarding this in the holidays and will include a plan of the new car park layout. I have become increasingly concerned about how our community has been using the car park of late as this is making it quite dangerous for our children; the new layout will therefore undoubtedly be a welcomed update to the academy site. I am well aware that we have been waiting for this for some time as it can be weather and time dependent, so thank you for your patience.

Have a wonderful Easter break and we look forward to seeing you on Monday 15th April.

Miss S Brading

Key Dates:

Monday 15th April All pupils return for Term 5

Thursday 25th April Parent Forum 14:00-15:00

Monday 6th May Bank Holiday

Thursday 9th May Year 3 Trip to Maidstone Museum

Monday 13th May Nursery Local Area Walk (all week)

Wednesday 22nd May Year 2 Trip to RAF Museum

Wednesday 22nd May Coffee and Conversation: Uniform, 09:00-10:00

Friday 24th May Last day of Term 5

Please note that these are confirmed dates but should we need to change any due to unforeseen circumstances, we will communicate this with you with as much notice as possible.