ings Furlong is the best
In Basingstoke, the world
No-one can beat us-
Greatness is our world
School can not be as good!

 

Friendships
Unity
Really
Lively
(Obviously)
Never has there been a better school
Great fun; no better juniors!

Jubilant students
Unlimited talent
No better school
I love it here
On top of all that
Rare are all of KFJS

So now you know what we feel
Cheerful and positively great
Here we are, alive and real
Over-pronouncing we'll have a good fate
Oh, our students love it here.

Our theme for the week is curiosity. Curiosity leads to questions, and it's great when we try to use our skills and knowledge to find answers to those questions.

 

Move-up day on Friday is an exciting day. The children will spend most of the day in their new classes, and in their new year group. It will also be a chance to meet our two new teachers for September- Mrs Davies and Mr Clarke. Our current Year 6 pupils will go directly to their new secondary school for the day.

Monday – Miss Dunn leads our assembly; Year 6 swimming; Year 2 parents evening -6:30pm. 
Tuesday – Singing Assembly
Wednesday – Gary Bastin speaks to us in our visitor assembly
Thursday – Year 6 parents able to watch 'Relationship and Reproduction DVD'
Friday – Move up Day – Y3,Y4,Y5 timings as normal – Y6 go to secondary school.

It was great to have Santiago speak to us in assembly today. He told us how it’s important to work hard at school, and that even though learning and working can be tough, it is also very rewarding. You can read his top tips below!

Our theme for the week is creativity. As well as helping to make life so interesting and colourful, creativity is useful for solving problems and inventing! The theme fits in well with all that is going on this week.

 

On Tuesday and Wednesday, our choir perform at the Anvil. We wish them all the best. They have been working so hard, and we know they will sound amazing. Thank you to Mrs Chapman and Mrs Brace for their efforts.

On Wednesday, Santiago Pacheco from the University of Southampton speaks to our pupils about his research into the environment and energy. What's it like working in a university?! We'll find out!

It's going to be quite a week!

Monday – Year 6 swimming
Tuesday – Anvil Rehearsal for Choir; performance in the evening
Wednesday – Y2 parents morning; Year 6 swimming; Anvil Rehearsal for Choir; performance in the evening
Thursday – Extra Guitar lessons for some pupils (preparing for exams)
Friday – Young Interpreters conference; Celebration assembly

This year we are participating in the ‘Scooter Challenge’ which is aimed to encourage children to ride their scooter or bike to school. This will take place during the week Monday 22^nd – Friday 26^th June. We would love as many children as possible to take part and we will be keeping a record of every participating child’s journey in that week. Each child will be given an identity label to fix to their scooter/bike for the week.Our school has the opportunity to win a Scooterpod to store scooters and children who are very active will have a chance to win a Family Day Out!Please read the attached information and encourage your child to join in this fun challenge! At the same time you will be helping the traffic flow problems around the school and giving your child a healthy start to the day. Happy Scooting!! 

It was great to have Sushmita share with us in assembly today about life in India, including the variety of cultures, traditions, languages, locations, and religions. A fascinating country!

To confirm the arrangements for Sports Day tomorrow as stated in previous communications:

Parents are invited to join us at 9.30am for Sports Day followed by a family picnic together at lunchtime. Every child will need a packed lunch from home as there will be no meals provided by the school kitchen.

 

If the weather is wet enough to have to cancel sports day, we will inform you asap. We have a back up Sports Day booked for Friday 10^th July.

A reminder that junior school children will be in school in the afternoon and will need to be pick up at the end of the school day as usual.

 

 We look forward to a successful and enjoyable day tomorrow!

It was great to have Claire visit us today. She works at Pepsi Co / Walkers in the marketing department, and has overseen many products and adverts, including the latest advert with Gary Lineker in hospital!

Claire shared with us the importance of working hard now so that there are more opportunities for different jobs when you are older. She also helped us to see that working can actually be fun and challenging! Thank you so much Claire

With Sports Day on Friday, our theme for the week is team work. All of our pupils will be working in their colour group teams to lift the trophy!

 

We wish our Y3 and 4 pupils all the best as they take part in the Tag Rugby Tournament.

We also look forward to Claire Racklyeft talking to us in our aspirations assembly on Wednesday. Claire works for PepsiCo/ Walkers Snacks ltd.

Monday – Team Work Assembly; Year 6 photographed for the Gazzette – looking smart please!
Tuesday – Singing Assembly
Wednesday – Y3/4 Tag Rugby Tournament; Visitor assembly
Thursday – Year 6 go to Bramley to take part in 'Keeping Safe' activities.
Friday – Sports Day! Arrive from 9:30am and bring a picnic lunch. Refreshments available – bring some change too

Thanks to Mr Smith, our Year 6 football team received runners-up medals for their valiant efforts yesterday. Well done to them!