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Dear Parent/Carer

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Easter and hope that you have a lovely break

and are able to spend some quality time with your family and friends. Thank you to you all for your continued

support and co-operation in helping to keep standards high and supporting your children with their learning.

We look forward to seeing you all return in Term 5 raring to go in what will hopefully be a sunny term.

Parent Forum

Thank you to the parents who attended this term’s Parent Forum. We had a very productive discussion about

many items. I have attached the items that we discussed at the meeting. If you have any comments to make

about any of the items please fill in the form and return it to the office or your child’s teacher.

Friends of South Borough News

Monday 23rd April—St George’s Day -

dress up in red & white

£1 donation to Friends of South Borough

Friends of South Borough Meeting—

2pm on Monday 23rd April—

all parents/carers welcome

The FOSB Summer Fair is on Saturday 7th July

Thank you for your continued support.

Stagshaw Close, Postley Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6TL

Wednesday 28th March 2018

South Borough Primary School NEWSLETTER

A MEMBER OF SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST

Trust Principal: Mr J Whitcombe MA

Director of Primary : Mr M Wilson

Swale Academies Trust Registered Office: Ashdown House Johnson Road

Registered in England No: 7344732

Exec. Headteacher: Head of School: Telephone: Mrs J Olivier Mrs T Oakley 01622 752161

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.southboroughprimary.org.uk

Twitter: @sbpsmaidstone

A Learning Ladder for Life

Mrs J Olivier, Executive Headteacher

Mrs T Oakley, Head of School








Core Values Congratulations to winners w/c 19 March

Reception Red Yunam—Perseverance, Scarlet—Support Reception Blue Pippa—Perseverance, Zainab—Perseverance Reception Green Joey— Sincerity, Alex—Perseverance Year 1 Red Bentley—Perseverance, Viktor—Bravery Year 1 Green Keida—Bravery, Honey-Rose—Sincerity Year 2 Red Jade—Perseverance, Alex—Support Year 2 Green Hayden—Perseverance, Leonard—Perseverance Year 3 Red Berry—Sincerity, Joshua—Perseverance Year 4 Red Muzhda—Perseverance, Ella—Sincerity Year 5 Red Whole Class—Sincerity, Anna—Support Year 6 Red Sport Relief people—Support, Whole Class—Support

Diary Dates

Thursday 29th March Staff Development Day (no children in school)

Monday 16th April All children back to school

Thursday 19th April Phil The Bag Collection

Friday 20th April Head of School Party—look out for invitations in the post

Tuesday 1st May Year 2 Trip to Kent Life (letters to follow)

Wednesday 2nd May Year 1 Trip to Leeds Castle (letter to follow)

KS2 SATS Week—14—17 May Free Breakfast for Year 6 from 7.45am

Overall Term Attendance Prize, with

a trip to Frankie & Benny’s, goes to

Year 3 with 98.8%.

YEAR 4 CURRICULUM NEWS

We are continuing to work extremely hard in Year 4. In English we

have been writing a newspaper report based on a fictional house fire,

which leaves the children in

A Series of Unfortunate

Events, as orphans. We pre-

tended to be news reporters,

so that we could interview

witnesses. This helped us

learn to use

dialogue in our writing.

In Maths we have been learning about decimals. We have learned to

divide numbers by 10 and 100 and round decimals to the nearest

whole number. Our times table knowledge

continues to support our calculations.

In P.E. we have been developing the skills needed to play badminton.

We have enjoyed being outside and

learning to ‘serve’ to our friends. We

also had a great time celebrating

Sport Relief. We were busy during

the week making our Sport Relief

money boxes, and managed to raise

£76 as a class! We are very proud.

We have continued our Mountains and Fieldwork Topic, and have

produced some fantastic Home Learning Projects.

In Science we have been learning more about Geology, particularly

identifying fossils, rocks and stones. In our final lesson we talked

about the layers of soil and made our own edible soil, using chocolate

cake, gummy worms and coconut. It was the most delicious soil we

have ever eaten!

Attendance Winners

19—23 March 2018

Year 5 & Year 2 Red

attendance—100%

School Trips

Year 1 had a great time on their trip to Wildwood on Tuesday

We learned so much about the different animals and what they eat. Lots of children liked the bears the best!

Thank you so much to all the adults that came along, the staff and children are very grateful for your help.

Year 3 Trip to Dover— Written by Hollie Appleby

On Monday 19th March Year 3 went on an amazing trip to learn about Prehistoric Britain. We all travelled by

coach to Dover Museum. On the way there we saw Dover Harbour and some big boats.

First, Hannah showed us how to make Bronze Age boats and cargo out of clay. Then I made a boat. It was a

little tricky to make but luckily Hannah helped me.

After that, we met Martin, who showed us some artefacts. We saw an Iron Age sword and had so much fun

with Martin.

In the end, we got to see the big wooden boat. It was so big and we walked around the boat. We also

watched a film about how the boat was discovered.

Then, it was time to get on the coach and go home.

Year 5 Trip to Maidstone Museum

Last week, Year 5 walked down to Maidstone Museum. We attended an exciting workshop called, ‘Night at the

Museum’. In groups, we were able to film our own version of the popular film on ipads. We explored the

museum and found inspiration for our films from the different rooms. We made up stories about different

artefacts and figures, including dinosaurs coming to life, and took turns at filming, narrating and acting. We

thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and can’t wait to watch each other’s films on the big screen at school.

Year 1 Play

The Year 1 play Little Red Riding Hood was wonderful! The children and parents enjoyed it and we are grateful

for all the fantastic costumes.

The children did so well learning their lines, playing instruments, singing the songs

(without lyrics on the music) and organising the props.













SPORT RELIEF

The entire school took part in supporting Sport Relief last week. We

started the week with an assembly explaining what Sport Relief is and

what charities it supports, both in the UK and the rest of the world. We

practised the Sport Relief song and made our Sport Relief money boxes.

We then waited for the big day to arrive!

Luckily, the sun shone on us which made our Sport Relief day

even more fantastic. Everybody took part in dancing, hula

hooping, skipping and agility ladders, finished off with an

attempt at Beat the Goalie. The Year 5 and 6 helpers were

fantastic, in fact our day would not have been possible without

them.

By the end of the day everybody was tired but happy.

We had a brilliant day, and most importantly we raised

£590!!!!













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