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Dear Parents / Carers,

I love this time of year when the school is full of singing voices as I walk down the corridor. Rehearsals are in full swing in KS1 and EYFS and are sounding great!

We had a fabulous day on Wednesday in non-uniform as children donated chocolate in readiness for the Christmas event after school next Friday. This was followed by the school discos that were very well attended. DJ Priory was again the star of the evening so our thanks go to him and to the Friends of Kirk Fenton for organising.

Well done to our Young Voices choir who performed for the village at last night's Jolly Holly toy Collection in awful weather conditions. They did incredibly well to sing in the wind and rain outside school.

Next week we have the first of our Nativity plays as Reception perform theirs on Monday. KS2 will also have music performances to showcase their instruments. We will end the week with our whole school trip to the Pantomime (oh yes we will!) and the Christmas Fair after school on Friday.

Have a lovely weekend,

Karen Williams

Head Teacher

This week's certificates were awarded to the following children:

Attenborough - Hallie-Rose and Heidi H

Rashford - Benjamin and Molly

Thunberg - Elyssia and Oliver K

Seacole - Daniel and Emilia

Luther King - Finnbar and Lizzie

Jean King - Bertie and Aoibhe

Pankhurst - Oliver G and Kieran

Barnardo - Eli and Emma

Well done to the following who earned the hot chocolate award:

Attenborough - Ashton

Rashford - Elspeth

Thunberg - Charlotte

Seacole - Theo M

Luther King - Joe

Jean King - Harvey

Pankhurst - Skyla

Barnardo - Sam

Well done to Emma and Rupert from Y6 for helping us all to enjoy our lunchtime in the dinner hall.

Well done to Attenborough Class for having the tidiest cloakroom this week.

Congratulations to Alisa and James and their team the Orange Spitfires who are our winners this week.

This week, chosen children from KS2 participated in a tag rugby tournament at Knottingley Rugby Club. Although we didn't win, all the children who went had a brilliant time. We had a Christmas disco on Wednesday night and there was lots of excitement and noise, with people shouting along to their favourite songs and generally having a wonderful time. Everyone is looking forward to the KS1 nativity and KS2 music performance, which both will be available to watch as of next week. Have a good weekend!

Head pupil awards go to Lucy and Martha

Freddie & Ella

Thank you to all the children who entered the Christmas Card Competition. The cards have brought so much Christmas cheer to our hall! Congratulations to the following children:

EYFS and KS1:

1st Place - Clara (Thunberg Class)

2nd Place - Hallie-Rose (Attenborough Class)

3rd Place - Alice (Rashford Class)

KS2:

1st place - Lyla (Luther King Class)

2nd Place - Harrison (Pankhurst Class)

3rd Place - Clara M (Jean King Class)

Have a very Merry Christmas,

Mrs Westfeld

Attenborough Nativity Performance to Parents

Monday 11th December 2.30pm

Y5/6 Music Performance to Parents

Tuesday 12th December, 2:45pm

Y3/4 Music Performance to Parents

Wednesday 13th December, 2:45pm

Whole School Panto, York

Friday 15th December

Friends of Kirk Fenton Christmas Celebrations

Friday 15th December, 3–5pm

KS1 Nativity for parents

Tuesday 19th December, 9:30–10:15am

Wednesday 20th December, 2:15–3:15pm

Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

Thursday 21st December

Friends of Kirk Fenton Christmas Movie Night

Thursday 21st December, 3.15-5.30pm. £3

KS2 Carols in the Playground

Friday 22nd December, 2.30pm

If anyone would like to say thank you to or has any positive comments for a member of staff then please complete and submit the form below.

Please can all raffle tickets (sold and un-sold) be returned to school by Wednesday 13th December. Additional tickets are available at the office, and will be on sale at the event itself.

It was fantastic to have the schools disco’s this week. Everyone looked amazing, and like they were having a great time. Our ears have just about recovered from the singing (screaming) in the hall! A HUGE thank you to all the staff who joined in the discos, and a particular shout out to DJ Priory who yet again kept the kids dancing and having fun all the time – and even donned a Santa outfit! AND we raised a fantastic £566!

Next up, is the Christmas Celebration next Friday. Another call for bakers if anyone can help with baking for the event please let us know!

The event will start straight after school in the hall, and will have all the favourites: a fantastic raffle, chocolate tombola, guessing games, lucky dip and snowball bowling as well as a book sale, Christmas tattoos and carols from the school choir. And to help you get into the festive spirit, we have mulled wine and hot chocolate this year alongside a bar and hot dogs!

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