Kingsway Villagers

The Pupils, Staff & Governors would like to invite all Kingsway residents & parents to our:

Timetable:
1.00pm – 1.20pm: Arrival of all guests and parents (Drumming Workshop and tea/coffee in the main hall).
1.30pm – 1.50pm: Official Opening Ceremony with Hot Air balloon (weather permitting).

1.50 – 3.10pm: Courtyard arena – class events:
1.50pm: Eagle
2.00pm: Hawk
2.10pm: Hobby
Break: Classroom Activities: Heron smoothie bar, Kingfisher biscuits/cakes, Drumming etc
2.40pm: Heron
2.50pm: Swan
3.00pm: Kingfisher

Children should all be collected by parents at 3.15pm but the event will continue beyond this point and you are welcome to stay and enjoy the other events.

3.15 and 3.45pm: Demonstration & audience participation by ‘Karate World’ in small hall
3.30pm – 4.15pm or later: Summer Fayre type stalls run by the PTA, school staff & Governors.

Hi Neighbours.

First of all, my apologies for the lack of recent articles.

Since returning from my honeymoon I’ve been very busy playing "catch up" with my work.
(Being self-employed has obvious advantages when it comes to choosing your working hours but one of the biggest disadvantages is that holidays don’t really exist… You just take the time off and then make the hours up when you get back)!
To make matters worse, I’ve also been quite unwell in recent weeks, so have spent considerable time in bed or alternating between doctors, nurses, the hospital, etc… I reckon they have more of my blood than I do and they’re still struggling to figure out what’s wrong… (better not come back and say anemia – lol – it’ll be their fault)!

My thanks to Baz_k and MissC for keeping things going during my absence

Anyway… the reason for this post is a last minute reminder to all parents that – as the school is to be used as a polling station for local elections:
Kingsway Primary School will be closed tomorrow (Thurs’ 4th June).

Hi All,

Just a note to say that the next P.T.A. meeting will be held at the School on Friday 1st May in room 10 at 9:50am.

Tea and coffee will be available (and free)!

All are welcome and it would be nice to see some new faces.

Hope to see you there.

Sarah Mustoe (Chair Person).

Phoenix brought this letter home from School yesterday, I thought it was worth publishing it here in case yours “didn’t make it”

Several families have now approached me about starting up our very own Kingsway Primary School Parent Teacher Association or PTA.
As this is such an excellent idea, I think it is time to move this idea forward some more.

I would therefore like to invite all parents and even grandparents, to an initial meeting at the school on:

Friday 20^th March at 6:30pm – 7:30pm

So that we get as many parents along as possible, pre-school or primary aged children can come to this meeting BUT must be quiet so the adults can talk. Ideally children should stay at home if this can be organised.

As the headteacher, I will be very involved with the work of the PTA and have lots of practical ideas for raising funds and for getting people involved. I know that with your backing and ideas, we can really start to offer a range of social events for our community and raise money for the school too.

The first Kingsway School Play went ahead yesterday.

Angelina and I took my son Michael along to watch the fun.

Not wishing to spoil things for others in the audience (nor to distract the performers), I snapped a few quick pictures from my seat (when Phoenix was on stage along with the “Kingfisher Angels”), the best of which is this one:

Filled with song, dance, fun and festive facts, the play – which was entirely put together during the last six weeks – was wonderful to see, and the children were very enthusiastic.

Teachers and staff did a fabulous job in such a short time (thank you all), producing a polished performance which lasted for just over an hour.

Finally a word of thanks to Chinnick Theatre Services (Stroud), who supplied a temporary stage – with sound and lighting equipment – at very short notice.

The School has launched it’s own website at www.kingsway.gloucs.sch.uk

Having said that, the web site is already out of date and we are having trouble updating it as BT can’t – for some complicated reason – provide us with a broadband line at the moment.

Still, check back when you can, the site name is permanent and the content will change from time to time.

Julian Powell
Chair of Governors