Weekly Newsletter Friday 16 May 2025
Dear Parents and Carers
“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do that matters … but how much love we put into it.” St Teresa of Calcutta
Year 6 Complete SATS
Congratulations and well done to Year 6 they have completed their Statutory Assessment Tasks SATS. The children all gave their very best and although it has been quite a tiring week, we are all very proud of the children’s positive attitude throughout.
Year 2 will be resuming their assessments over the next few weeks.
Year 5 Important Information on Kent Test
All year 6 children have been provided with a leaflet which explains the procedure for Kent Test.
If your child is currently in Year 5, and you intend to apply to a Kent Grammar school, you will need to register online at: kent.gov.uk/kenttest. Registration opens on 2 June 2025 and closes at midnight on 1 July 2025.
A copy of the leaflet can be found on the Year 5 Class page on our website. If you need any help or advice, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school.
Year 5 Field Trip to Victoria Park
This week Year 5 visited Victoria Park to complete their geography field study of the River Stour. The children enjoyed their trip out and learnt a great deal about their local environment.
On Tuesday afternoon next week Year 6 will be out on a visit to Victoria Park. Please can parents make sure that the pupils are dressed appropriately for the weather conditions e.g. raincoats if rain has been forecast.
Football Competition
On Tuesday we have a team from Year 6 representing the school in a Football Festival at Ashford Prep School at Great Chart. I am sure that the children will compete with great sportsmanship.
Water Bottles and Sunscreen
We have been very fortunate with the recent hot spell of weather. Please can parents and carers make sure that children all have refillable water bottle for school and if the weather is hot, and apply sunscreen to children before they come in to school.
School Choir Supporting the Singing at Mass
Members of our school choir are invited to join the parish at Sunday Mass on 18th March at 10:30a.m. all are welcome.
Whole School Pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory
Next Friday the whole school as part of our Jubilee year celebration will be going on a pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory which has the shrine of St Simon Stock who is our school’s patron. This will be an enjoyable occasion when we all come together as part of our school mission: “To work, learn, pray and play together…” The children will take part in the celebration of Mass and then have a picnic in the grounds of the priory. Let us all pray for good weather.
Cycle Circle Second Hand Bike Sales
The Cycle Circle team regularly hold second hand affordable bike sales at Goldwyn School. The Cycle Circle team accept donations of bikes which they service repair and then sell on at very affordable rates. They also offer 20% discounts on sales to people who donate a used-bicycle. If your child has outgrown their old bike bring it along and trade it up for one of a larger size.
The next cycle sales are being held on 24th May and 12th July 2025 10:00a.m-1:00p.m.
Home School Agreement
Recently we reissued our Home School Agreement which outlines expectations for School, Family and Children.
As part of that agreement parents and carers are asked to:
To help my child at school, I will do my best to:
- Support the school’s Mission and Vision encouraging my child to follow our school values of: Love, respect, peace, forgiveness, courage and faith.
- Be respectful towards others and follow our school ethos.
Unfortunately, very recently we have had a few parents who haven’t been keeping to the above parts of our agreement. We have had a few recent incidents where parents haven’t been respectful towards others and haven’t been following our school ethos.
Parents are the “first educators” of their children how can we expect the children to behave respectfully towards each other if their first educators (parents and carers) don’t behave respectfully to each other?
With best wishes
Peter McCabe