Many of you will have heard of St Michael’s Hospice which works in and around Basingstoke to provide care for many. On Friday 14th February they are running a ‘Mad Hair Day’ to raise money. As a school we will be taking part in the event. Pupils are invited to come to school with ‘Mad Hair’ on this date. This could be an unusual style, a different colour or both! We ask that pupils who do choose to take part bring a suggested donation of £1 on the day.
Kings Furlong Junior School
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Mad Hair Day
Fri 31 Jan 2014
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Years 3 and 4 Maths Morning for Parents!
Thu 30 Jan 2014
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Being a parent isn’t easy!
Tue 28 Jan 2014Every parent finds parenting difficult at some stage! But support is available- Triple P is a Positive Parenting Program that promotes good communication and strong relationships between parents and children.
This positive approach to parenting helps parents promote their children’s development and manage their children’s behaviour in a constructive and caring way.
Kathy Gare, our Family Liaison worker, will be running two Triple P groups over the next term. Group 1 runs for 5 weeks, and starts on Wednesday 26th March 6.30pm-8.30pm Cranbourne Business & Enterprise College. Group 2 also runs for 5 weeks, but starts on Wednesday 5th March 9.30am-11.15am Winklebury Infant School.
For more information or to book a place call Kathy on 07598331764.
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This week at KFJS
Sun 19 Jan 2014This week, our theme is creativity. During our assembly on Monday, Ms Dunn will help us learn about why it's so important to develop creativity to help us in our learning.We're pleased to have Eamon Reilly come to visit us on Wednesday; he's a famous author, and we want to learn about how he writes so successfully.
On Thursday, our student council will be attending the SC Conference at Cranbourne, with pupils from other local schools. Their topic will be 'fair trade'.
Finally, Mr Applegate and Mrs Wyatt will be visiting each others' schools this week to gain a better understanding of how children learn best in infant and junior schools.
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Reading- 5 times a week please!
Sun 12 Jan 2014At Kings Furlong Junior School, we believe that reading is an essential life skill. As children progress through the Junior School, they need to develop higher reading skills such as inference and deduction. They also need to develop stamina for reading longer texts.
Therefore we are making a change to the home reading routine from the week beginning 13th January. We appreciate that home life can be busy so we are asking that children read five days out of seven every week. This may be out loud to a parent but it may, at times, be appropriate for more confident readers to sometimes read quietly to themselves for fifteen minutes and a parent sign to say this has been done. We will continue to work on developing reading at school in our Guided reading sessions. Children will therefore need to have their reading logswith them EVERYDAY for these sessions. Every child will be provided with a zipped bag to make it easier to transport reading logs and books to and from school.
We have just spent over £2000 on new books to encourage children to choose books which interest them. Some of these are levelled on the colour bands but some are based on the phonics approach that some children are learning in their Read, Write, Inc. lessons. Children who are free readers will be monitored so that they can be encouraged to make choices of a wide range of reading genre.
These changes will be fully explained to the children and for it to run smoothly, we do need every child to take part. Therefore if children do not read the required five times out of seven or bring a reading log every day, they will be asked to spend part of their playtimes reading.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting us at school and we will be pleased to discuss the new system with you.
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The week ahead at KFJS
Sun 12 Jan 2014This week at KFJS, we’re thinking about our learning behaviour of ‘reflection’. We want our pupils to continually improve in all areas of life, and this requires a great deal of thinking on what’s been done before.
Don’t forget that children need to be reading 5 times a week, and also bring their reading log into school every day. Break times will be lost if not (that’s how important we feel reading is!)
Monday: Singing Assembly (moved from Tuesday!)
Tuesday: Mr Applegate’s assembly will focus on Martin Luther King Jr, and how reflection led the way to success for equal rights
Wednesday: Learn how to support your child’s reading at home by coming to a brief meeting at 9:10am in the hall. At 2:40pm in the hall, there is a meeting for parents about the recent Ofsted Inspection.Friday: Celebration Assembly!
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Debating Club
Thu 09 Jan 2014In our session today, we’ll be discussing the statement, “Sweets and chocolate should be banned.” This is in line with our Healthy Lifestyles Initiative. It will be interesting to see our pupils argue both sides of the idea!
Next week, our motion will be: “It should be compulsory to do exercise 3 times a week.” If your child would like to join in, please ask them to see Mr Applegate.
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Happy New Year
Sun 05 Jan 2014Happy New Year everyone! We trust that you have had a great Christmas break, and look forward to seeing you on Monday 6th January.
We also look forward to the launch of our Healthy Lifestyles launch this week! No gym membership required
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