"Everyone has worked so hard to support my child, and we appreciate it a great deal."

Why not start your week with a burst of energy? Come along and walk, skip, jog or even sprint a mile on Monday mornings. This club is open to everyone and no reply slip is needed. Just turn up. You can even get your parents to join in too. Look out for Mr Hanson by the playground gate on Monday mornings at 8.30am. You will have enough time to complete a mile (a few times around the field). If you are ‘running’ late, you can join in and run half a mile instead!

Kathy Gare (Parent Support Advisor) will be running a Triple P group over the next term.

We trust you have had a good Easter break. Our theme this week is risk taking. We want our pupils to continually challenge themselves, and that usually involves taking a risk!

A reminder that Year 6 workshops will be on Tuesday after school, as usual. If you missed our Easter newsletter, click here.

Some of the key dates this term:

22nd April    First day of Summer Term
25th April    Bags2School collection
30th April     PTA second hand uniform sale
9th May    PTA Quiz evening 6-8pm  £2 per adult
12th, 13th, 14th, 15th May    Year 6 SATs week
19th May    Inset Day  school closed for pupils
22nd May    Sports day in the morning, with BBQ lunch for parents
26-30th May    Half term holiday   
13th June    DVD, Dads and kids night.£3 per ticket 6.30pm
23rd June    Inset Day – school closed for pupils
2nd July    Year 2 Parent Assembly in the morning, joined by Y2 children for walk around school
3rd July    Leavers Disco 4:30-6pm £2.50
4th July    Move Up Day (Y2 visit KFJS, and Y6 visit new secondary)
7th July    Year 2 Parent Meeting in the evening (for those not attending the 2nd July)
12th July    Family Fun Day 12-3pm
23rd July    Last day of Summer Term
2nd September    Inset Day (joint with Infants)
3rd September    First day of Autumn term 2014

If your child is taking part in our Read Write Inc programme, then you may want to take 5 mins to understand how it works, and in particular, what the sounds actually sound like! Just click on the Phonemes Pronounciation Video link on this page.

What a fantastic day the children had on our Diploma Day! The aim was to learn new skills, develop our learning behaviours, and enjoy working with other pupils across the school. The activities to chose from were:

Wow, well done Kings Furlong!  On Tuesday 1st April our Year 4 rugby team went to Basingstoke Rugby Club to compete in a schools tournament.  The children showed fantastic teamwork and played their socks off.  They won 3 of their matches and drew 1.  Following such great results the team was entered into the final.  Unfortunately they didn’t win this last game but 3 – 2 was a great result.  The children were a real asset to our school and should be complimented on both their team spirit and sportsmanship.

A Big Thank You to you all for sending in Easter Eggs on Wednesday. The Thames Vale Vultures arrived on the playground with their Gold Wing Motorbikes and the children went out class by class to hand over their eggs and have a look at the bikes. A massive 457 Eggs were collected from both schools for the Variety Club to give to needy children. Thank you.

We will be holding a non-uniform day this Wednesday 2^nd April to support the Thames Vale Vultures who will be coming in on their Gold Wing motorbikes to collect Easter Eggs for the Variety Club. Children are asked to bring in an Easter Egg on the day. Thank you for your support.

What activities could you do today? Chose any of the following!

1. Practise your timestables here or here.
2. Write a diary for today.
3. Design a different logo for our school.
4. Read our school newspaper.
5. Invent a new robot to solve a problem or make life easier.
6. Create an advert to sell your favourite food.
7. Write down the pros and cons to using a computer for learning.
8. Create a new school song- perhaps using the music from your favourite song.
9. Create a poster to show 5 things you have learned about your topic.
10. If you had 3 wishes, what would you do with them? Write or draw about each wish.
11. Design a new animal. Think about it’s colour, where it lives, what it eats, how it protects itself, and how it keeps safe.
12. Write or draw about 3 things that you would like to do or achieve by the end of the year.
13. Imagine you are taking a hamster on holiday. Design a box to transport a it safely.
14. Do a science experiment suggested here- don’t forget to get permission first!
15. Play a board game or card game.
16. Remember to read!
17. Explore Woodlands Website.
18. Decide, with reasons, if there should be an age limit to owning a mobile phone.

Click on the link to see the results of the parent’s questionnaire and the work in progress to improve Kings Furlong  based on your previous comments. Thank you for taking the time to let us know what you think, your opinion is very important to us. Results of March 14 Questionnaire Booklet

Our theme this week is responsibility. Quite often we have to make hard choices because of our responsibilities, and we want our pupils to develop a sense of ‘doing the right thing’, and understanding the consequences of decisions.

Remember that Disco and Easter Egg tickets are on sale in the community room from 3pm each day. Click here for more info.

Thank you for everyone’s efforts for Sports Relief- we raised over £225! Wow!

Finally, look out for Bags2School bags, which are being given out this week. Have a clear out of your clothes and textiles, and raise money for our school!

Monday- Miss Dunn leads our assembly on “Choices and Changes”. Year 5 parents in to build shelters as part of topic work!

Tuesday- Year 6 workshops

Wednesday- School closed due to industrial action. Look out for possible activities on the website!

Thursday- Year 4 Listen2Me concert- all parents invited!

Friday – Celebration Assembly