Newsletter
01.07.22
Principal's Message
This week Marden Primary Academy had a Safeguarding audit undertaken by The Education People, an independent body specialist in this area. We are pleased to find that our processes are effective and that keeping children safe is of paramount importance across all facets of the school. We will continue to be reflective and improve where necessary and in particular, signpost what we do better.
This week we also hosted the One Stop Shop with a number of local community support leaders. It was nice to see you there and we are looking forward to hosting more similar events in the future. As always, if you ever need support for anything, we are happy to help.
Finally, I am looking forward to seeing you all at Sports Day next week. On the subject of sports, I am incredibly proud to announce that we won the LAT Cricket tournament today - read more about this on the Sports News page! Well done to all of the team!
Have a great weekend.
Mr N Dosad
Monday 4th July - Year 6 Kent Police Open Day
Wednesday 6th July - Sports Day (timings below)
Friday 8th July - Year 6 Leavers' Party & Camping
Thursday 14th July- Year 6 Exhibition
Thursday 14th July- Year 2 Camping
Friday 15th July - Reports Sent Home
Monday 18th July - LAT Primary Sports Day @ Dartford (selected pupils only)
Monday 18th July - Open Afternoon 2.00-3.30pm (parents invited in)
Wednesday 20th July - Summer Fair 3-6pm
Friday 22nd July - Year 6 Leaver's Assembly
Friday 22nd July - Last Day of Term 6
Upcoming Events
Office Messages
Donations of Uniform
We are working in partnership with Marden Food Bank to redistribute second-hand uniform to families in need. If you have any clean, good condition uniform items that you no longer require, please consider donating them.
All donation items are greatly appreciated and can be dropped off at the Vestry Hall or the academy office on Monday mornings.
Uniform Policy - Earrings
Please can we remind all parents that children with pierced ears should be wearing small stud earrings only and that these should be removed by parents at home prior to PE lessons or physical activity.
IMPORTANT: Children will be unable to participate in Sports Day events next week if they are wearing inappropriate earrings or other jewellery.
Changes to Wraparound Care
With effect from 1st September 2022 all sessions for Breakfast Club and Late Stay Club will need to be booked and paid for in advance via the Wraparound Care section on the My Child At School (MCAS) app. Parents will no longer be able to create negative balances or pay for sessions at a later date. If you normally pay via Childcare Vouchers, these will need to be processed in advance so we can credit account balances on My Child At School.
There will also be a 24-hour notice period required for cancellations.
Student Shoutouts
Samuel B
Samuel’s team, Maidstone United Purples, became joint winners of their group to reach the semi-finals. They scraped the win in the the semis against Maidstone United Ambers on penalties. Their final match was against Football Futures, who they had lost 1-0 in the group stage. They won 2-1 to become the overall CUP WINNERS!!!
Samuel played really well and scored 3 goals during the tournament. Well done to Samuel and his team!
National Online Safety
Twitch is a livestreaming service which tends to focus on gaming. Users can publicly broadcast their gameplay and commentary online for other users to watch.
It's a community-driven platform where viewers can support their favourite streamers’ channels through PayPal donations, "Bits" and more. Each streamer or group creates their own community for fans to interact with each other. Twitch has more than 15 million daily active users and includes non-gaming topics such as music, cooking and art. Anyone can create a channel to livestream or watch videos.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as inappropriate content, private chat rooms and strangers.
Times Tables Rock Stars
A big congratulations goes to this week's winners of the class Rockstars competition who are 3/4D. They win Ringo the Rockstar Teddy for the week!
The individual class winners are:
1/2S: Vera D
2D: Scott A
3B: Tremaine H
3/4D: James E
4WB: Harry B
5DK: Emily A
5R: Imogen C
6CK: Charlie W
High scores league table
Each week we will be celebrate the class and individuals who achieve the highest scores throughout the week. Make sure that you practise regularly.
Class league table: A big congratulations goes to the winning class: 3/4D
The individual class winners are:
1/2 S: Vera D
2 D: Damian D
3B: Annabella M
3/4D: Adam B
4WB: Philip I
5DK: Jack Ro
5A: Alexander E
6CK: Adam S