It is World Mental Health Day Monday 10th October which is also known as #Hello Yellow.

Your child will have a wonderful day filled with lots of lovely conversations about their wellbeing and mental health. This is also a fantastic opportunity to fundraise and support the charity Young Minds. We would be very grateful for £2 donations or anything you can give.

But the most exciting part of the day is your child is invited to wear yellow on Monday! Wear your yellow socks, tops, trousers or dresses!

Thank you for your support as always.

As an alternative to providing cash for our fundraising events we are in the process of also setting up online contributions - We have initially set this up for Genes for Jeans taking place on Friday 23rd September, please see below for details and link to make payments

Option one: donate via our "Just Giving Page" please press Ctrl &click on the link below to bring you to the just giving page for you to donate


www.justgiving.com/kingsroadjeans4Genes


Option two: Your child/ren can bring the donation into school in the usual manner.

Thank you all so much for your continued support and kind generosity each year.
 

We will be celebrating our Harvest Festival on Thursday 22nd September.

If you are able to contribute we would ideally request the following items for each year groups:

Reception Classes:
- Small Bags of Chapati Flour (Tesco)
- Tinned Sweetcorn / Carrots
- Tinned Garden Peas / Potatoes

Year 1:
- Cereal
- Long Life Milk
- Tea / Coffee

Year 2:
- Pasta
- Rice
- Tinned Tomatoes

Year 3:
- Pasta Sauce
- Tuna
- Chickpeas

Year 4:
- Dried Lentils
- Tinned Fruit
- Custard

Year 5:
- Biscuits / Cereal Bars
- Jam / Peanut Butter
- Tinned Meatballs / Hotdogs

Year 6:
- Juice (Dilutable)
- Instant Noodles
- Cooking Oil


Thank you in advance for your generosity :)

On Friday 9th September we will hold a 'Be Me' day. This involves the children wearing any (appropriate) clothes that they think embraces who they are, it may be clothes that they are comfortable in or clothes that reflect their heritage, hobbies or religion. I ask that all children bring in at least £1 which we will then send to help those in Pakistan.
 

Day 2 of our Mantle and the children and staff are full of energy and excitement. So many challenges yet to come throughout the week to complete.

Sports' Day for Years 1 and 2 went very well. The children really enjoyed taking part in every activity. Thank you to all the parents that came to watch.

It was a fantastic morning at the Kings Road Olympic finals at Longford Park and everyone, including those watching, were excellent. Well done to all those who took part and won medals!

Sports' Day for Years 3 and 4 was a great success today. The children really enjoyed taking part in every activity. Thank you to all the parents that came to watch.

The Jubilee celebration picnic was enjoyed by all staff and children on Friday. The atmosphere was great with the sun shining and everyone smiling and dancing away!

Platinum Jubilee Events

During our half term holidays, the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are due to take place. Queen Elizabeth II has been on the British throne for 70 years which is longer than any other British monarch. At Kings Road we think this is something to celebrate and therefore we have a number of things planned.

Holiday Homework
The whole school has the same ‘talking’ homework during the holidays. We would like the children to watch some of the events celebrating the Platinum Jubilee on television (or live if anything is happening near you) and discuss it with an adult. What can we see? Why is it happening? How do you think everyone is feeling? Who are the people involved? If anyone wants to do more, you could produce an non chronological report on the event.

First week back after the holidays 13/6 – 17/6
After the holidays each year group has been given a decade of the Queen’s reign to investigate and explore. We plan to produce a giant timeline in the old hall. The week will finish with a whole school picnic and celebration assembly, out on the field on the Friday afternoon. We will be asking the children to
• bring in a small plate of food for themselves to enjoy during the picnic (not for sharing)
• wear red, white and blue