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Attendance Winners W/C 07/10/19
4 Skylark with 98.3% and 20 Woodpecker with 98.8%
Whole school attendance = 95.3%
Well done!
A note from Mrs Simpson… to all of our families that are
celebrating Diwali this weekend, we hope that you have a wonderful
time. We look forward to you continuing your celebrations with us on
Wednesday. It will be a wonderful community event that is the
launch of our drive to raise enough money to buy a minivan for
sports fixtures, cross school travel and to attend competitions.
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25th October 2019 Edition 7
REMINDERS
Tues 29th Oct:
13 Swallow - LOPC
Will return to school for
approx. 3pm
Thurs 31st Oct:
14 Chaffinch – LOPC
Will return to school for
approx. 3pm
Fri 1st Nov:
15 Robin – LOPC
Will return to school for
approx. 3pm
Tues 5th Nov:
Class 18 @ 8.55am
Fri 8th Nov:
Class 10 @ 8.45am
Year 5 – Space Centre
Will return to school for
approx. 3pm
Mon 11th Nov:
Class 21 @ 8.55am
Fri 15th Nov:
Class 7 @ 8.45am
Diwali CelebrationIf your child is celebrating Diwali or a Hindu New Year on Monday 28th October
and will be absent from school, please make the office aware. You can contact
the office on this date or inform us in advance so that we will not be disturbing
you.
Children are entitled to 1 day off school for Religious Observance per year.
Friends of Kestrel MeadOver the past 2 years the Friends of Kestrel Mead PTA have worked tirelessly not only
to fundraise towards worthy causes but to provide and support entertaining and
enjoyable events for the Kestrel Mead community.
We have organised events such a film nights, World Book Day events and New Years
discos. These events and others have helped to fund a community defibrillator and
vibrant playground markings at the Infant build. All this could not be achieved without
the unwavering and generous support of the Friends of Kestrel Mead. We would like to
take this opportunity to thank them for giving up their time in support of the school and
the wider community.
The Friends of Kestrel Mead’s next goal is to support the school in its efforts to
fundraise towards a school Mini Van. The Mini Van will provide transport to sports,
educational and social events. We have film nights, discos and quiz nights lined up,
keep your eyes peeled for information on these events closer to the dates.
Thank you to the Kestrel Mead community for supporting our events and making them
a success! If you would like to become part of the Kestrel Mead PTA team, please get
in contact with Miss Charles or speak to one of our PTA members at our next event.
Thank you again for being valuable members of the Kestrel Mead community.
#BetterTogether
Admissions Policy Consultation for 2021 for
Kestrel Mead Primary Academy
Having joined TMET (The Mead Educational Trust), Kestrel Mead Primary Academy is its
own admissions authority and as such has to establish its own admissions arrangements.
The proposed admissions policy for the 2021/22 academic year is available to view on
our website and is in line with the admissions criteria that LCC uses. As we have decided
to remain part of the Leicester City admissions process, the Local Authority will continue
to administer all admissions to the Academy.
There is a consultation period which runs from 21 October 2019 to 2 December 2019 , if
you would like to comment about the proposed 2021/22 admission arrangements. You
can comment by:
Writing to: Cathy Brown, The Mead Educational Trust, The Mead Centre, 343 Gipsy
Lane, Leicester LE4 9DD
Emailing: [email protected]
Please indicate which academy you are commenting on.
Wheelie Wednesday
Well done to all the
children for biking and
scooting to school!
This week…
Infant site:
14 bikes & 12 scooters
Junior site:
21 bikes & 7 scooters
Keep this up Kestrel
Mead!
Here are this week’s Kestrel Mead Rockstars…
Who is the fastest in each year group? Year Group Name Current Studio Speed (seconds)
Year 3 Arun L 1.72
Year 4 Avani M 0.99
Year 5 Diya D 0.92
Year 6 Aryan P 1.33
This week’s Year 2 champion is Mishka in Class 9 who has earned 7635 coins this week!
Goodbye to Mrs Pugh & Mrs Deacon
It is with great sadness that we are today
saying farewell to these lovely ladies.
Mrs Pugh has been an important part of
Kestrel Mead for 11 years. So many children
and families have benefited from her
kindness, compassion and huge heart. As we
wave farewell to her, we also say
congratulations on being ‘head hunted’ and
presented with an offer she couldn’t refuse.
We wish her well and are excited to see
where her next adventure takes her….
Mrs Deacon has been with Kestrel Mead
since September 2017, she spent her first
year supporting a child in the reception and
then the last 2 years has supported children
across the junior building. Mrs Deacon is
leaving us to work in an independent
specialist setting. Well done on achieving
this! Her last day working at Kestrel Mead will
be Monday 28th October, be sure to say your
goodbyes…
We have been busy recruiting for these
posts, and can share that after a wonderful
round of interviews we have some new
recruits to our team.
Mrs Pugh and Mrs Deacon, we will miss
you!
Sports Events (August – October)Year 5 Health & Wellbeing Sports Leaders (Leicester SSPAN)
We selected 8 Year 5 pupils (4 boys, 4 girls) to undergo Sports Leader training provided
by Leicester SSPAN. It was a one day event held at the Watershed, with 8 other schools
attending. The children were given specific sports leader roles which will be developed
throughout the year. Roles include: Health & Wellbeing Leaders, Media & IT leaders and
Playground Activity Leaders. When the children were allocated these roles, they learnt
how they could benefit our school at break times and lunch times: this could be through
setting up small physical activities or encouraging children to eat healthy food options
throughout the day.
Year 5/6 Boys Football Team (LCFC in the Community)
The boys had their first outing at Judgemeadow with some preliminary league fixtures put
on for us by LCFC in the community, and found it wasn’t as easy as they first thought!
They played 3 games in total and, unfortunately, narrowly lost all three games, but played
some good football. The next round of fixtures will take place on Nov 18th.
Year 1 Health & Wellbeing Festival at Leicester Tigers Stadium (TMET Event)
Year 1 superstars spent a morning learning why it’s important to be Healthy and Active.
They found out which foods are good/bad for them and why keeping hydrated is
important. Also, they took part in different tag-rugby themed activities alongside other
schools and finished with a tour of the Leicester Tigers stadium, as well as meeting the
team’s mascot, Welford.
Year 5/6 Girls Football Team (LCFC in the Community)
So our Year 5/6 Girls football team got off to a fantastic start at Judgemeadow going
unbeaten throughout the afternoon, winning three matches, drawing one and only
conceding one goal. The teamwork and skills shown by the girls was brilliant and this was
praised by parents and the LCFC coaches who were hosting the event. As a school, we
can be thoroughly proud of them. The girls are really excited for the next round of fixtures
in a few weeks.
Year 3-6 Cross Country Preliminary Event
On a cold, wet and windy Friday afternoon, we took 8 children to the preliminary cross-
country event at Knighton Park. Over 1,000 children took part in the event from Years 3-6,
both boys and girls. All of our children finished the race successfully and we even had a
couple of children finish in the top 25 out of 150 children and even an 11th PLACE! This is
AMAZING! We hope to take a larger group to the next cross-country event, and if our
children finish in the top 25 next time around, they will go straight through into the County
Finals Cross-Country event.
Academy Council Update
Thank you to the academy council (previously school governors) who attended school before half
term to meet with the senior leadership to find out about this years school improvement priorities.
As always, they were rigorous with their questions.
Primary Leadership Team Event
Our Primary Leadership Team spent the morning at Abbey Mead before
half term. The morning gave them opportunities to work as a team:
skipping and playing music amongst other things. They were inspired to
come back to school full of ideas about their role and the messages they
want to be heard this year.
They are excited about having a focus on our environment starting with
looking at the traffic around our school and working towards a bigger goal
of the Junior school field.
Votes for Schools
Before half term we thought about “Should vaping be
banned?” It was interesting to see that the majority of our
school think it should. Our children are very concerned about
themselves and their families health and want to help protect
them. 10% more of our school thought this than nationally. Some
children also disagreed because vaping could be better for us
than smoking and people are trying hard to quit smoking
This week we have been thinking about “Are super size
classes the future?” Since a school in Devon has
approximately 67 children in each class and think it benefits their
students. Next week you can see the results of what our children
think.
EAL Coffee MorningA massive thank you to all the parents who came to our EAL coffee morning. We explored how to support
children with their writing and learnt about some fun and different ways to write. Here are some fun ideas:
Please remember you can use the Languagenut app at home to support your child as well. If you do not
know their username and password, please talk to your child’s class teacher.