At our recent parents forum in the first week of term, it was suggested that we could improve Kings Furlong Juniors  by asking other secondary schools besides Cranbourne to visit our Year 6 pupils. We’re in discussions at the minute to make this happen. Music lessons were also a favoured suggestion. Guitar lessons are in place, news of keyboard lessons are coming soon, and we are also looking at a recorder club. Another request was to ensure we keep the online calendar up-to-date. This is being actively carried out, as well as ensuring there is plenty of news and events communicated via our website. As a staff, we have been working on how we can better support children who find writing particularly difficult. We are also discussing how we can communicate with you more effectively about your child’s progress.

Mrs Wicks and Mrs Meunier our school Cooks, will be holding a Cake Sale in aid of St. Michael’s Hospice next Tuesday 2nd October straight after school, in the hall. We look forward to seeing you there.

The bags will be delivered to us around the 15th October. If you have any clothes to donate to this scheme, please bring them in (in the blue bag!) during the week of the 4th of November. Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who attended our open afternoon today. The children really enjoyed having their parents, relatives and siblings in class, and we hope you found it useful, informative and fun! Thank you also for your suggestions on ways that we can make Kings Furlong Juniors even better. Watch this space- we’re working on implementing your suggestions. And it you didn’t get to share your opinions, please do come and see Mr Applegate anytime.

Stop Press! Unfortunately, Jasper has had to retire from his busy work of sleeping, eating and hopping around at KFJS. He is getting a little too old for it, and now lives at Mrs Rowe’s house- or shall we say hotel?! He is living the good life, and we wish him the best! Can you think of a different animal we could have at school?

Jasper is our school rabbit! He lives in a hutch in the courtyard, and is allowed to hop about to get some exercise

Please could you keep Jasper’s hutch clean.  This means cleaning away any soiled bedding (straw and sawdust) from his hutch every day.  You will also need to keep the courtyard clean for him too.  There is a dustpan and brush to help you. Also remember to wear gloves and wash you hands with soap afterwards.

 Jasper will be fed by Mrs Rowe to make sure he eats the right food every day and she will check his water bottle and bowl are okay too.

Jasper will need lots of love and brushing his coat would be good too.

You will need to talk to Mrs Rowe at lunchtime before seeing Jasper.  She will need two helpers each day so could the volunteers from each class speak to her first before helping Jasper.

Don’t forget Jasper would love to see you any time of the day as long as an adult accompanies you.

Well done to all those children who raised money for our Sponsored Marathon. A special thank you to the following children who collected over £30. Year 4: Dillon, Grace, Devashish, Aimee, Jack, Erin-Leigh, Lily, Keerti, Rebecca, Lewis, Billy and Orlando. Year 5: Luke and Freddie. Year 6: Jamie, Adam, Imogen, Poi, Ronnie, James, and Ellen. Also Jessica, Cara and Ashleigh who have now moved on to secondary school. If you still have sponsor money to collect, please bring it to the school office as soon as possible. Thank you again for all your efforts.

We trust that you’ve had a good break, and are looking forward to the coming school year! There will be several letters coming out today, so please look out for them.