Category Archives: Parent Updates & Newsletters

Dear Parents, Forest School Thank you to everyone who recycled their Christmas tree with us this year. The Forest School has had its winter makeover and is now complete with a new Christmas tree chipping floor! You might also notice our new canopy is up, providing the fire circle with shelter from the rain. Thank […]

Dear Parents, What a wonderful, Christmassy week this has been! Every child at Horsmonden has taken part in one of our Christmas performances: EYFS Nativity, KS2 Carol Service or KS1 Nativity. Watching the performances is always a special time, full of laughter and joy, with this year being no exception. The EYFS Nativity was a […]

Dear Parents Christmas has begun at Horsmonden Primary Academy! Thank you to Ophelia’s grandparents for donating a tree from their Christmas Tree Farm in Yalding. It has been beautifully decorated by the children and is now standing proud in the School Hall. Christmas Events All children are busy rehearsing for their Christmas performances and below […]

Dear Parents  Thank you to everyone who attended parent consultations this week. I hope you found the meetings informative and enjoyed looking at your child’s work. The Year 6 children who volunteered for the evenings did their best to keep everyone to time and particularly enjoyed making tea and coffee! Some of them enjoyed helping […]

Dear Parents  Ofsted have now concluded their inspection and I am eagerly awaiting their report. While here they had meetings with staff, children and governors, viewed lessons, scrutinised books and paperwork, as well as listened to the views of parents, staff and children.  I am pleased with the verbal feedback and would like to thank […]

Dear Parents, What a week we’ve had! It started with ‘The Rocket Man’ from Steam Co, Nick Corston. He inspired the children to create their own innovations and rockets, while reinforcing the importance of reading and aiming high in life. All children made and launched rockets, some more successfully than others, and enjoyed watching the […]

Dear Parents, Next week is Innovation Week! We are all excited to take part in a variety of workshops led by Steam Co. on Monday. To help facilitate the workshops please could all children bring: a large bag of cardboard junk modelling materials; cardboard tubes/toilet rolls, cardboard boxes and corrugated cardboard boxes. On Wednesday, the […]

Dear Parents, Harvest Boxes It’s that time of year again when we start to think about our Harvest celebrations and how we can support our community. As in previous years and in keeping with tradition, we are asking children to create small harvest boxes (shoe box size) filled with a few food items that will […]