Molehill Primary Academy Newsletter March 2019

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Boost funds for our school

Molehill Primary Academy has launched a lottery!

Tickets cost just £1 per ticket, per week and 40% of all tickets sales are donated to our school.

A GUARANTEED cash prize to someone on our supporter list every week.

A further chance of winning £25,000 in a separate draw EVERY WEEK!

Draws are every Saturday at 8pm and results posted on line. The first draw will be on Saturday 27th April.

To start supporting, visit: wwwyourschoollottery.co.uk/play (search for Molehill Primary Academy)

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club has gone from strength to strength and we now cater for approximately 70 children every morning. This term we have held Snooker Master Classes and the children are now competing in a Snooker Tournament. Our thanks go to Phil, our volunteer from the Vine Church who has been running this and has donated the Breakfast Club Challenge Trophy. Next term we will be holding Chess and Draughts Master Classes with a tournament at the end of term

For 3 years we have been fortunate to be able to maintain the cost of Breakfast Club at 50p. This has been made possible by the donations we receive and the volunteers who come along and help.

Unfortunately, due to higher running costs we have to increase the cost of Breakfast Club to 80p per day or £3.50 per week. Ter mly payments can also be made and will be calculated on payment date. We hope this will not prevent any child attending Breakfast Club and if you are having difficulty with the increased cost please speak to Mrs Hammond. The increase will take effect from Tuesday 23rd April (after the Easter Holidays)

Science Week

This year the children enjoyed a wide range of activities during National Science Week based on the theme of transport. They were helped by professional engineers who visited the school to present workshops and, question and answer sessions.

The KS2 children really rose to the challenge set by one engineer ‘Future Transport for Maidstone’ using their problem solving skills and imagination to create vehicles to whizz through traffic and cut pollution. In another workshop, children made fan boats that included a complicated electric circuit; they were all very successful and seaworthy! The engineer was very impressed.

KS1 children took part in a gears workshop where they explored how a small amount of force could be increased by gears. They also made vehicles, explored the human digestive system using their own models, tested materials travelling down ramps and launched rockets from bottles.

In EYFS more rockets were launched. All of KS1 enjoyed the Science Show presented by our own Year 6 professors: Anastasia, Jade, Joseph, Samuel, Brandon and Dolina.

Many more activities took place throughout the school including making balloon buggies, flying kites using magnets and balloon races. Year 5 worked on reversible and irreversible changes: one of the most popular results being chocolate mug cakes!

The children proved themselves to be excellent scientists using their natural curiosity and investigative and problem solving skills during the week. Their enthusiasm resulted in some amazing ideas, many of them relevant to the future needs of our planet.

Well done Molehill scientists of the future!

PTA

The PTA would like to thank all parents and staff that helped out at the recent film night; a great time was had by all.

A massive £241.55 was raised!

Look out for the following events:

Easter raffle; tickets will be on sale from Monday 18th March

Look out for further PTA events coming soon.

Summer event; please speak to a PTA member if you can help.

Please come and find the PTA on their Facebook page by searching Molehill Primary Academy PTA. You will just be asked for verification but then be able to get details of any events happening within school. This will include any school closures due

to bad weather.

Contacting the School

We have recently gone over to a new system which means we can no longer receive texts you send to us on 01622320073. Please delete this number on your phones.

We will soon have a new number for you to use; as soon as this is available we will let you know.

Thank you for your patience in this matter whilst we transfer this over.

Reminders:

Can we please once again remind all parents to make sure your child is in the correct school uniform; including appropriate shoes. All pupils also need a PE kit & water bottle in school at all times.

If your child is in reception or prone to having accidents within school times please ensure they have a spare change of clothes in a named bag.

Dates for your diary:

21st March - Year 5 workshop @ New Line Learning 1pm - 2pm

28th March - Year 4 workshop @ New Line Learning 1pm - 2pm

29th March - Easter experience Badger Class 2pm - 3pm (details to follow)

5th April - Wallaby visiting St Martins Church 9.30am - 10.30am

5th April - Kangaroo visiting St Martins Church 1.30pm 2.30pm

LAST DAY OF TERM - FRIDAY 5TH APRIL

START OF TERM 5 - TUESDAY 23RD APRIL

24th April - Lion & Tiger class trip to Howletts

24th April - Falcon class to Howletts

2nd May - Year 3&4 trip to Kent Showground

We just wanted to let you know that we raised just over £400 on Friday for Red Nose Day. This is truly amazing!!!

Thanks to everyone; pupils, parents, staff who contributed towards this event but a huge thank you to Miss Daniel and the school council for organising such a fun day and for leading the events at lunchtime.

Please note:

There will be NO Fabulous finish this term as parents were invited in to see the children's work for Science week on Thursday 14th March.

Thank you