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Week Beginning 12/10/2026
What a quiet start to the October holidays , with very few children we have had a lot of the nursery to ourselves , where there has been a great amount of role play with the animals , blocks and Lego. A few of the children were helping sort out all our jigsaws , it was a lot of work but worked hard to find all the pieces to match. We found some colourful play dough to use , some were using it as ‘coats and hats’ for the animals and creating homes. Later in week , we spent a ...Mr. McKay’s End of Term Letter – Autumn 2026
Dear Parent/Carer, Welcome to the end of term 1 letter. I hope that this letter finds you well and your child(ren) have enjoyed their first term of this session. I want to thank all families for your ongoing support over the term and wish everyone a happy and restful holiday. KHS School Improvement Plan (SIP) and Pupil Equity Fund Plan (PEF) Following from my letter last week, our SIP remains as follows (these areas correlate to our next steps set out by HMIE in their letter from February 2026): There are 3 key areas of focus: Improving attainment of our ...Continue reading Mr. McKay’s End of Term Letter – Autumn 2026
New Houses at KHS!
Dear Parent / Carer, Firstly, I want to extend my thanks to you for your support across our first term. It has been a very busy but productive term, with a small IT outage in the middle. Thank you. Today, interviews took place for our 2 Principal Teacher Guidance Guidance posts and I am delighted to share that Suzanne Leiper (currently working with Oswald caseload) and Michael Geissler (currently supporting our inclusion base) have been appointed as permanent Guidance Teachers. We have also closed the voting and I can reveal that our new houses will be named after castles. Therefore, ...Sponging the Teacher🧽
Well done to the plucky individuals who agreed to be sponged by pupils on a less-than-warm October day. It was a great way to bring the school together for a common cause! 🤣Latest updatesWeek Beginning 05/10/2026
Monday 05/10/2026. Today in the nursery , the children were all around doing some role play , upon listening there was a lot of conversation about cars and how we can use the blocks and ramps to use , we were looking to see how fast the cars would go down the ramp and how far they would go , there was exploration of different sizes of shapes and models. At the art area , the children were using a variety of natural materials to create nature images. One child and 2 ladies went out on a little walk to ...Business Education and Computing Science Superstars of the week!
Well done to the Business Education & Computing Stars of the week. All pupils will receive a certificate in class and have their names displayed on the Star of the Week board in the Department! 💻 🌟 Louie H 🌟 Kail D 🌟 Max S 🌟 Reagan W 🌟 Freya C 🌟 Oliver H 🌟 Callum P 🌟 Hailey B 🌟 Blake L 🌟 Troy Mc 🌟 Zack LContinue reading Business Education and Computing Science Superstars of the week!
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