jo & kathryn
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Hello and welcome to the first Friends of Kilmorie newsletter of the 2021/22school year! We have had a busy start to the year, hosting a lovely coffeemorning for parents/carers with children new to Kilmorie, quickly followedby our Annual General Meeting (AGM). At the AGM, we sadly saidgoodbye to Caroline, FOK Chair for the last 3 years, Helen, Hannah andBecky. We're hugely grateful for all their hard work during their time on thecommittee. The good news is that we had an amazing response to our callfor new members, meaning this year we have an incredible 16 strongcommittee.
New members bring lots of new energy and ideas. We are all hoping that2021/22 will see a return to normality, but this will take a bit of time and forthis term at least, we will be adopting a cautious approach, taking our leadfrom Julie, the new Headteacher. In the pipeline, we have the return of theKilmorie tea towel and festive cards project, a family gardening day atschool and a fun Autumn trail over half term. Read on for more informationabout our plans. We also have a provisional date for the KilmorieChristmas fair - so mark the afternoon of Saturday 4th December 2021 inyour calendars now!
We are your PTA. We promote positive relationships
throughout the school community byorganising social events and fundraising
for additional resources.
T H I S I S A F R I E N D S O F K I L M O R I E ( P T A ) P U B L I C A T I O N
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HELLO FROM THE NEW FOK CO-CHAIRS
Jo & KathrynKilmorie tea towels and festive cards/gifts
After the success of last year, we will once again be giving you theopportunity to buy Kilmorie tea towels with your child's portrait, as well asfestive cards and other items/gifts featuring their own artwork. This year,the children will be doing their portraits and festive card designs in school.Tea towels are available to order here from today until Friday 22ndOctober (the last day before half term). We think they will make fabChristmas gifts!
Your child will be bringing their festive card artwork home before half term -so check their book bags! Their card will have a sticker with a unique 8 digitcode on the back - once you have it, go to the card company website, enterthe code and order your cards and gifts. Once you've ordered online, youmust send the original card artwork back to your child's teacher byMonday 1st November - or your child's cards won't be printed
FOK is hosting a family gardening day on Sunday 17th Octoberin collaboration with Eva, the Kilmorie school gardener. Allparents/carers and their children are welcome to come along -there will be plenty of weeding, pruning and den making, sosomething for all ages! Refreshments will be provided.
Please bring trowels, secateurs, gardening gloves, loppers andany other gardening tools useful for cutting tree branches. If youhave spare plants or bulbs, these would also be very gratefullyreceived.
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FOK gardening day - sunday 17th october 10-12pm
AGM REPORT AND NEW FOK COMMITTEE
THE AUTUMN TRAIL IS BACK!
From Sunday 24th October to Sunday 31stOctober, hit the streets around Kilmorie tohunt for some secretive night animals who willbe making a rare daytime appearance...Younger children can use the trail map to findthe creatures, while older kids can try and spotthe hidden letters and unscramble the secretword. Trail maps will be available here fromMonday 18th October.
SAVE THE DATES!Sun 17th Oct 10-12PM
Gardening Day
Sun 24th - Sun 31st OctAutumn Trail
Sat 4th Dec PM Christmas Fair
Our second AGM on Zoom was brilliantly well attendedand we were delighted to be joined by Julie, our newHeadteacher and Benita, the new School BusinessManager. Despite the challenges of Covid-19, 2020-21was a successful year for fundraising. In total, FOKdonated £17,461 to school for a range of resources,including laptops, an interactive whiteboard and books.
We also elected a new committee - voting in two Co-Chairs (Jo and Kathryn), Co-Treasurers (Catherine andEleanor) and Co-Secretaries (Jan and Laura), as well asa Deputy Treasurer (Luke). Plus we now have 9 generalcommittee members - Cherie, Lliam, Lucy, Nadine,Nooreen, Sheetal, Susanna, Thracia and Zara.
Kilmorie is immensely proud of its award winning outside spaces and is dedicated to improving them furtherfor the benefit of the children. In the summer, the school entered a competition organised by the LondonChildren's Flower Society and Kilmorie won the Edith Hunter Challenge Shield! The Year 6 group, CareAbout Plants (CAP) helped grow a variety of seeds, Year 3 grew sunflowers and Year 4 grew tomatoes,courgettes and green beans.