Class arrangements for the academic Year 2013- 2014

Kentisbury School Foundation Stage and Year One: Mrs DavieYear Two and Three: Mr Hudspith Parracombe School: (at Kentisbury during building work)Year Four, Five, Six: Mrs Trim, Mrs King Lynton School:Streams: Mrs KirbyRivers: Mr DohertyOceans: Miss Adams

I would like to say a big thank you to everybody for the wonderful send off you gave me on the 24th. I spent the evening reading through all the beautiful books and poems the children had made for me- they are very precious and I will always treasure them- thank you! I have picked a spot for the apple tree in my garden and have got some lovely garden furniture with my gift. Thank you to everyone once again for making me part of your very special Federation this year- I will miss you all lots! Mrs Kimberley

Revels Queen

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for the Revels service. What an amazing day and what a fantastic opportunity for us all to come together to celebrate the Revels crowning.After the service we all went to the village hall to say a final goodbye to Bishop Michael of Exeter as he will be retiring in June. We all had a cake or two and a cup of tea. Thank you to all of the people who supplied drinks and cake.By Jessica Leworthy

Year 6 Lundy TripWhat a fantastic day we had when year 6 visited Lundy Island. Becky, the warden gave us a tour and talked to us about the local flora and fauna.We visited a castle, a cave and a lighthouse that was built in the wrong place!The children were wonderful ambassadors for our schools made all of the accompanying adults proud.

Christ Church Roof Fund

The children at Parracombe have been collecting coins to raise money to go towards the roof repairs at Christ Church. The board can now be found in the Church where people can add to the £12 already raised by the children. Well done everybody.

Federation Ethos (Vision & Values) Day

We are pleased to invite you to our Federation’s upcoming Ethos Day, this coming Monday 10th June at Lynton CE Primary School. You would be most welcome to come and take part in some or all of the day, beginning at 10am with an assembly to introduce the thinking and learning, followed by the workshops before and after lunch break, and concluding with a ‘gathering’ of our ideas and responses at about 2pm.We hope you will be able to join us!

Mini Olympics

On Thursday 6th June, Elderberries had a great time at the local learning community's Mini-Olympics in Ilfracombe. In lovely morning sunshine, we travelled to Killacleave playing field wherever the Academy's PE students led us in running, jumping and throwing events alongside other Key Stage 1 pupils from our area. The staff were proud of all the pupils' effort and enthusiasm, and it was wonderful to see every child awarded a bronze, silver or gold sticker for at least one event. Hurdling races were especially popular, so much so that, on our return to school, we spent some of the afternoon recreating the event and improving our skills with Kentisbury's hurdling equipment! Watch out for some speedy Elderberries at the upcoming Federation sports day...

Little BerriesWe would like to welcome Alexander Tucker, Lily-May Jordan Davies and Gabriel Morgan to our setting and wish them a wonderful time with us!Reminder to all parents to apply sun cream to their children the morning of their session and provide them with sun hats so they can enjoy the beautiful weather safely.

Dates for Your Diary- Summer Term 2013

•June 6th Exmoor Park Rangers- Yr 5/6 Parracombe and Kentisbury KS1 Mini Olympics

•June 10th School Ethos day (see letter after half term)• June 12th Yr 3/4 Exmoor walk• June 12th Police liaison project- Lynton•June 14th Lynton School Photo•June 14th London meeting at Lynton 4pm• June 21st Gold coast Oceanfest- Yr 6 June 25th/ 26th - London trip. Please note date change*July 2nd/ 3rd Life Education bus- all schools• July 4th Sports day at Kentisbury- whole Federation• July 8th End of year reports• July 11th Federation Pantomime at Lynton town hall• July 15th- 19th Bikeability (Yrs 5/6)

Note- if for any reason we need to change any of these dates, we will endeavour to let you know as soon as possible.

Snow White ProductionAs you know, our Federation production this year will be Snow White. There will be two performances, one in the afternoon and one in the evening on Thursday 11th July at the Town Hall, Lynton. The afternoon performance will start at 1pm and the evening performance at 6pm.

We are limiting tickets issued to 2 per family in the first instance so that every parent/ carer has the opportunity to see at least one of the performances. The price of the tickets is £2:50.

After Monday 1st July any remaining tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis.

We will look forward to seeing you there!

AttendanceAs you know poor attendance in school has a direct effect on children education and achievement. Our target in school is to have 95% attendance. Although we appreciate some absence is unavoidable we’d appreciate parents doing their best to ensure their child/ren are at school and that holidays are taken during school holidays. It is also very important that children are here on time as lateness is recorded as an absence. This is an area that OFSTED have identified as an area for improvement.

Scholastic Book FairWe are pleased to announce that we are having a book fair at Lynton School on Thursday 20th June to Monday 24th between 3:30 and 4:00.