Morehall Primary School

Please see the pictures for PE and Forest School days this term.
PE and Forest school will start from tomorrow and continue throughout the whole school year. Forest school is on a two week rolling timetable that will run for the whole year.

Week A weeks start on 2nd September, 16th September, 30th September and 14th October.
Week B weeks start on 9th September, 23rd September, 7th October and 21st October.

We look forward to seeing you back at school tomorrow for the first day of Term 1.

We hope you have all had a lovely Summer break and we look forward to seeing you all back on Wednesday 4th September for the start of Term 1.

Upcoming week's events at Morehall Primary:
4th - 6th September

Community Day at Morehall Primary.
The classes have been up to lots of different activities today.
We have delivered care packages and decorated mugs to our neighbours in the community, been litter picking, helped out at the Community Network on Cheriton High Street, been singing with the Head Strong Choir at Wood Avenue Library and visited Folkestone Care Centre. Tomorrow we will be dropping off decorated bookmarks to Cheriton Library.

Turner School's Art Exhibition.
Children throughout the Trust worked together to create different animals and their environments from across the world.
Morehall won Best KS1 and neat KS2 artwork. 🎨

Year 3 have been learning to swim for four terms this year. Last week, they all tested themselves to see how far they could swim. They all did amazingly and achieved a swimming award. 🏊‍♀️🏊

Sports Day -
The children all took part in running races and relay races during the afternoon.
Overall Leas were the winners of Sports Day.
Well done to everyone for taking part and supporting each other. 🏆

Sports Day 🏑⚽️🏀🏏🏆
The children have been taking part in a carousel of challenges to earn points for their houses this morning. They have all done really well at the different activities and supporting their team mates. This afternoon, they will be taking part in the class races and relays.

The Year R's have been busy decorating mugs ready for their Community Day tomorrow. They can't wait to go out and deliver them to our neighbours around the school tomorrow.

Upcoming Week's events at Morehall Primary:
22nd July - 24th July

Creative Arts Exhibition 2024 -
Monday 22nd July 4pm-7pm at the Turner Free School.
Please feel free to pop along and see the children's artwork in the exhibition.
Here is a sneak peek of the Year 3 and 5's artwork 🎨

Rock Steady Concert.
Another incredible performance from our Rock Steady groups to the school and their families. We can't wait to hear what new songs you will be learning next term. 🎼

Year 1 visited Kent Life.
They met Florence Nightingale and learnt about her early life and her dreams of becoming a nurse. Year 1 also had time to explore the rest of the grounds at Kent Life.

The Year 6's have been working incredibly hard on their leavers play, Aladdin. They performed to the school on Wednesday and then their families and friends yesterday and today.
They have worked together and put on 3 amazing shows. Well done to all of Year 6, Miss Long, Mrs Bowers and everyone else who has help the show be a success. 🎭

Year 6 had a fab time at Clip and Climb in Dover. They were all really brave climbing all the different walls and jumping off the ledge. 🧗‍♀️🧗

Year 4 enjoyed a vicious viking drop down day. They had a typical viking meal and made fantastic shields.

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Online parent workshops during the Summer Holidays.
The online workshops offer information around key topics to help understand
what is going on for your child and strategies to support them, based on the
latest evidence and practice.

The Summer Reading Challenge has begun at our local libraries.
The challenge is to read 6 books over the Summer.

If any children would like to participate, please pop along to our local library or visit https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ to sign up.
Once the children have completed the challenge, they can visit the library to collect a medal and certificate.

Upcoming Week's events at Morehall Primary:
15th July - 19th July
All after school clubs finish on Thursday 18th July (there is no Charivari or Football club this week). From Friday 19th July, the only after school provision will be MASH. There will be no MASH on the last day of term (Wednesday 24th July), due to the early finish.

This week the school has had a visit from the RNLI to teach the children about water safety before the Summer Holidays and learnt some life saving tips.

Folkestone Primary is holding a Coffee Morning on Friday 19th of July. This is an open event for parent/carers and the local community to gain an insight into family support and what the local area can offer for vulnerable families and pupils with SEND.

Please contact - [email protected] or 01303 472653

Not long now!!

Upcoming Week's events at Morehall Primary:
8th July - 12th July

The last football club is on 12th July. All other after school clubs finish the following week. From Friday 19th July, the only after school provision will be MASH. There will be no MASH on the last day of term (Wednesday 24th July), due to the early finish.

The Charivari Parade is on Saturday 13th July, meeting at 1.30pm on The Stade.

**District Champions**
We are so proud to announce that our incredible Morehall Athletics team were crowned Middle School champions at the district sports on Wednesday, for the 2nd year running! We ran, jumped and threw to victory. We are so proud of them all for these amazing achievements and for the strongest parent cheerleading team on the night! Go Team Morehall!!! 🏆🥇

🥯🥯Bagel Fridays 🥯🥯

Each Friday Morehall provides all the children the option of a bagel as they come into school. The children have loved having bagels on a Friday. What a great way to start to the last day of the school week!