Year Archive: 2022 ×

I continue to be amazed at all the care and kindness we receive from our families and the community at NKS. Here are some of the many recent donations we have received towards the school and our library and Wild Garden Projects: £114 from students at St Clare’s College who held …

You may remember that for many years, the school’s strapline has been Enjoy, Achieve, Succeed but after all the work we have done on our vision and culture, we felt in need of a change.  We asked staff, Governors, you and our school council to vote on their favourite and we have …

This year we have moved to a new phonics scheme to better help the children learn to read. The new government guidance on reading is very clear and the books the school gives children to read must be fully decodable. What this means is that the children should be able to read …

Last week, we made the tricky decision to retire Boris and Donald, our friendly and hardworking Welfare Officers. They have been at the school for about 4 years now and we felt they deserved to have a rest in their senior years. We all have such fond memories of the joy and …

Welcome to a new school year at NKS. We have been delighted to say hello to all of our new starters and have been amazed at how well the Apple Class children have settled in. The first week of school is exhausting and I am sure everyone is very tired, but I hope very happy too.  …

Reports and Leavers After school today, your child’s report and their class for next year will be uploaded onto their Google Classroom.  This will be from 3:30pm onwards as it can sometimes take a while for them to appear when 307 reports are scheduled to be posted at the same …

It has been so lovely to be able to take some time to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee today. There has been lots going on for the children and the big artwork is coming along really well. I can’t wait to send out the final images and hopefully put them up as …

We are having a lovely time with the chicks inn Apple class at the moment. We have been very lucky this year as all 10 eggs hatched and all the chicks are doiong well. Mrs Hunt, Miss Pelly and the children of Apple Class have been entertaining us with Chick News and next week, …

The news has been very difficult for us all to deal with for a long time now, but it is particularly hard at present with the devastating invasion of the Ukraine by Russia. We have found in school that many children are asking about what is going on and they are understandably …

We had a super start to the week at NKS with a visit to Activate Learning’s City of Oxford College to meet with the BA Furniture Design and Make students.  A couple of months ago, the students had been to visit NKS to talk with our School Council children about what makes a …