Post on 05-Jan-2022
School is now closed for February Half Term. School will
reopen on Monday 25th February.
Family Project for February half termOver the half term, could you work with your child to
create a book in a box (see example to the right).
Please ensure that your box is in school by World
Book Day – Thursday 7th March 2019!
We look forward to seeing your creative work!
KESTRELS’ FIELD PRIMARY15/02/19 www.kestrelsf.leicester.sch.uk 0116 2461732
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ASSEMBLIES
REMINDERS
*PARENTS WELCOME*
MONDAY 4TH MARCH:13 Swallow 8.55-9.25am
FRIDAY 8TH MARCH:4 Skylark 8.45-9.15am
MONDAY 11TH MARCH:15 Robin8.55-9.25am
FRIDAY 15TH MARCH:1 Swallow8.45-9.15am
MON 18TH – FRI 22ND: FEBRUARY HALF TERM
Tues 26th Feb:EAL Parent Workshop9-10am @ Junior site
Thurs 28th Feb:School Nurse drop-in session8.30-9.30am @ Junior siteFire Service Talk9-10.30am (YR 1), 1.30-2.30pm (YR 5)
Thurs 7th March:World Book Day!Children can come to school dressed as their favourite book character
SEND Coffee Afternoon Planning for ASD Awareness Week2-3pm @ Infant site
Attendance Winners W/C 04/02/19
9 Barn Owl with 96.9% and 16 Skylark with 100%!
Whole school attendance = 94.8%
Well done!
WORLD BOOK DAY 2019Children can come to school
dressed as their favourite book
character! We can’t wait to see
all of the amazing costumes!
Reminder: Only water is allowed in school. All children should have
a named water bottle NO fizzy drinks or squash. Please also
encourage your child to bring a fruit snack to have during break
time. Thank you.
Parents EveningThank you to the families that attended
parents’ evening. The teachers felt that
it was a hugely positive set of
meetings.
Thank you for completing the parent
questionnaires and child information
sheets to update our records.
The results of the parent
questionnaires will be shared after half
term.
Uniform Reminder It is that time of year when children are
outgrowing or requiring new elements
of school uniform. If you are replacing
school uniform please be sure to abide
by our school uniform policy (on the
website).
Footwear should be black.
Children will be challenged if they are wearing other coloured footwear.
Attendance News!It’s that time again to announce the classes with the best attendance this half-term! The winners are….
Infants – Falcon – 96.0%Juniors – Chaffinch AND Skylark – 96.9%
Congratulations! These winning classes will have a special party to celebrate after half-term! There will be lots of food, drinks and party games and children can wear their own party clothes too! Letters will follow.
Be in School Every DayGood attendance is closely linked with doing well in school. Children simply can’t achieve to their full potential if
they are not in school learning. We are working really hard to improve attendance here at Kestrels’ Field.
Attendance percentages compared with last year:Spring 1 last year – 90.62% Spring 1 this year – 93.74%
Thank you for all your excellent efforts! Mr Hansen.
KS1 sports festival10 KS1 Children from Year 1&2 took part at Aylestone
Leisure Centre. The afternoon was run by Knighton
Fields Primary. The stations included a variety of
sports such as Basketball, Hockey, New Age Kurling,
an Obstacle Course, Tag-Rugby and Kabaddi.
Children thoroughly enjoyed the day and are very
excited for the next one!
Year 6 Trip to Beaumanor HallAs part of our WW2 topic, year 6 took a trip to
Beaumanor Hall, where we experienced being
code-breakers as well as life as evacuees. Our day
started by being split into groups of boys and girls,
before learning how to decode Morse code
messages. The children were given the roles of
message-takers, dispatchers and also code-
breakers. In the afternoon, we went into a real-life
air-raid shelter. We were given gas masks and were
able to experience noises of aeroplanes and bombs
being dropped. To keep our spirits up, we also sang
popular songs at the time.
Governor Opening Morning
We welcomed our school governors into school last week. It was their opportunity to see the school in action and
speak to senior leaders about all that we have done as a school so far this year. Governors went on learning
walks through school. Looked at children’s learning in books and spoke to children in class. They were
impressed by the standards of behaviour and how well the children demonstrated our character behaviours as
well as the learning in books and classrooms.
YR 6 Author VisitAn amazing morning had by all
of Year 6 at the Leicester Tigers
where we got to meet the
famous author Ross
Montgomery. We had an
inspirational talk followed by the
opportunity to do some creative
writing with his amazing
guidance!
Homework AwardsBasketball Finals• We finished runners
up behind Hope
Hamilton
• Won 3 games out of 5
• The progress they
have made has been
remarkable
Football League
Standings• Currently 2nd in the
league
• 6 games left
• Next games are on
the 4th March
• League table is
available on Twitter
EYFS, Reception, Year 1 & 2
A huge well done to the children who received a
homework award this half-term. We are incredibly
proud of the effort and curiosity that has been
shown outside of school.
There were some fabulous projects made across
each year group. Year 1 have been busy making
toys, Year 2 researched Florence Nightingale and
Reception made their very own bags for life to
save our planet. There were many other creative
additions too!
At Kestrels’ we really appreciate the time spent
supporting your children’s learning at home and
we are already looking forward to the next
homework assembly on the 1st of March.
Year 3, 4, 5 & 6
A huge well done to our Junior Homework Award
winners! We had models, posters, descriptions in
books...every winner had done a fabulous job!
Keep it up!
SEND Review
In January 2019, Kestrels’ Field Primary School took part in a SEND Review. This review was over
2 days and looked at SEND practice within the school. The report has been finalised and here are
some of its highlights.
‘Relationships are of a
high quality and
characterised by a
warm and purposeful
atmosphere and an
‘open door’ approach.’
‘School leaders strive
to nurture pupils who
are well prepared to
move on to the next
stages in their
education.
‘Skilled and experienced
Teaching Assistants provided
engaging intervention sessions
which were well matched to
pupils’ needs. Pupils showed
pride in their achievements
and progress.’
‘Pupils’ books showed
evidence of progress
since the beginning of
the school year and in
most books, tasks for
pupils with SEND had
been differentiated with
the use of writing frames
and prompts.’
‘Pupils talked with
enthusiasm about different
intervention sessions and
particularly enjoyed the
Social Club and the
opportunities to engage in
outdoor learning.’