Year 3 wearing our 50 new Nottingham Forest shirts!
You may have seen on social media that Nottingham Forest have been visiting schools across Nottinghamshire as part of their ‘Red Thread’ campaign. Amazingly, KPNS was selected to be one of the schools to receive 50 new Nottingham Forest shirts to use in school. Miss Robinson is already plotting how she is going to use them with the Sports Leaders and when children represent our school in different activities.
A huge thank you to Alex and Tom from the Notttingham Forest Community Trust for coming and presenting the shirts to our Year 3 class – the children loved chatting to them.
We’d like to congratulate the Nottingham Forest men’s, women’s and academy teams who have all had a fantastic season. UP THE REDS!
We continually receive complaints from residents about parking near school that is often dangerous and frequently discourteous to residents. Please do not park on the areas indicated by the red lines below, especially blocking drive ways or gates. It is particularly important not to block the cul-de-sac that leads to school – this is the route that fire engines and ambulances would use in the event of an emergency.
Please also be careful on Nottingham Road and avoid parking on the pavement or the yellow lines.
Parking irresponsibly and ignoring this request may increase the chances of a child being injured or killed in a motor vehicle accident.
Please read our latest version of Dragon’s Roar here.
Please read our latest version of Dragon’s Roar here.
Please read our latest version of Dragon’s Roar here.
Please read our latest version of Dragon’s Roar here.
This week we have enjoyed World Book Week. On Monday, we started off the week with an amazing assembly delivered by Storyteller Mike who told us lots of exciting stories to inspire the children and get them thinking about the power of books.
Then, on Thursday, we began with an assembly led by MC Grammar and Paddington Bear (aka Mr Cresswell and Mrs King). Mrs King shared our whole school story with everyone – a beautiful book by Oliver Jeffers called What We’ll Build. The children then went back to their classrooms and enjoyed a variety of activities inspired by the book which we will share with you and display around school.
After a very busy week, celebrating World Book Day together was a wonderful experience. Please see more photos from the day… here.
MC GRAMMAR!
Last Friday, 30 children from KPNS travelled to Birmingham to participate in the Young Voices concert. As part of the show, MC Grammar rapped about books and reading. Mr Cresswell even got to meet MC Grammar! Scroll down to see the MC Grammar World Book Day video we showed the children today!
Please read our latest version of Dragon’s Roar here.
Since September, we have been dedicated to enhancing our curriculum to foster our children’s understanding and appreciation of diversity. A key component of this initiative is the Anti-Racist Education Programme (AREP). We have collaborated with an external consultant who has been training our staff and engaging with the children to gather their views, opinions, and understanding in this area.
All classes from Years 1-6 will participate in AREP before Easter, and we are thrilled to report that the classes who have already taken part have greatly enjoyed and benefited from their learning experiences. You can read more about AREP here.
Following a recent visit from our consultant, we were delighted to receive the following feedback:
“Thank you for your enthusiasm and ability to reflect and think about how to change things in this Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Agenda. It is a journey and has been a real pleasure working with you.”
The children have also experienced assemblies recently to develop their understanding of Protected Characteristics and British Values. Below you will see how we have explained them to your children. Why not ask your children about them?
PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS
Protected characteristics are about understanding and respecting different kinds of people. Imagine our school is like a big, colourful garden with many different flowers. Each flower is different and special in its own way and together that’s what makes our garden beautiful. Protected characteristics help us remember that like the flowers in the garden everyone is different and special too. These differences can be things like age, being a boy or girl, skin colour, having a disability, what religion someone follows, who they love, if someone changes from being a boy to a girl or a girl to a boy, being married, or having a baby. It’s important to be kind and respectful to everyone, no matter how different they might be.
BRITISH VALUES
British values are like the rules of a game that help us all play nicely together. They guide how we should behave to make sure everyone feels safe and happy. Think of them as the golden rules for being a good friend and a good citizen. These values include things like democracy (everyone having a say), the rule of law (following rules), individual liberty (being free to make choices), mutual respect (being kind to each other), and tolerance (accepting people who are different from us). By following these values, we can all get along and make our school a great place to be.
This week we have been celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week.
Your children have been actively engaging in activities and discussions centred around mental health. As part of our Wellbeing Assembly, we explored the theme of Children’s Mental Health Week, which is in association with Here4You and supported by Disney. You can find out more about this initiative here: Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week – Official site
This Year’s Theme: “Know Yourself, Grow Yourself”
The theme for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is “Know Yourself, Grow Yourself.” It’s a wonderful opportunity for our children to reflect on their personal growth and self-awareness. In our classes, we’ve been working on several activities to help them understand and appreciate their unique qualities.
The children have all also participated in a special yoga session focussing on listening to their bodies and developing helpful strategies to support good mental health.
Meet our Wellbeing Officers:
We thought that Children’s Mental Health Week would be the perfect opportunity to introduce our new Wellbeing Offices. These children are going to work hard with Miss Waugh to ensure that all our children always have a friendly face to chat with if they need it. They will be there if anyone needs a buddy or someone to help them at breaktimes. The Wellbeing Officers will also deliver half-termly assemblies which will focus on helping us identify and deal with our ‘big emotions’.
You can spot them in the playground wearing their purple hats or around school with their purple badges.