Celebrating Academic and Sporting Success, Progress and Effort - Junior Prizegiving - 22 July 2022 – St Denys’ Church

Parents/Carers of prizewinning students in Years 7-10 will have received an invitation via the My Child at School (MCAS) App as well as through the post to our last day of term events at St Denys’ Church, Sleaford. We are keen to welcome as many parents/carers of prize winners as possible and so all students will be attending one of two ceremonies this year to ensure there is space in the church for parents/carers. Years 7-8 will celebrate from 9.15-10.15am and Years 9-10 from 11am-midday. Mr Nick Gibbons, Chair of Governors will be presenting the badges which will be awarded for a range of reasons including academic achievement, consistent effort or improvement in the subject. Sports colours will also be presented. Headteacher’s Awards are given to students who are nominated for prizes in five subjects or more.

Subject Badges and Sports Colours are just two of the ways we recognise students’ success throughout the year and ones that remained well supported by the student body in a recent review. I am also delighted to have signed almost 900 Years 7-13 Growth Mindset Awards this academic year, along with House point certificates for younger students.

Last Day of Term Picnic

As well as attending the morning Junior Prizegiving Ceremonies at St Denys’ Church, and after the success of last year’s event, students in Years 7-10 will celebrate the end of the academic year with an end of term afternoon picnic on the school field. Please provide your child with some suitable snacks for this event to share with friends, or if they have an allergy or food intolerance, pack them an individual picnic. Students are advised to bring a water bottle as well as sunscreen and something to sit on.  Full uniform (with PE brought by those who need it) is required on this day.

We are delighted to report that Sarah Ray, one of our KSHS parents, has just been appointed to the Local Governance Tier and will take up the role of Community Governor from 1 September.

Following the recent call for Parent Governors, we still have opportunities for two new positions from September so please look out for the nomination papers which will be sent out at the start of next term.

It was lovely to meet so many of the new Year 7 intake students and their parents/carers last week and we look forward to seeing some new faces when we recommence our termly PTA meetings in September. We are looking for new members from parents, carers and staff to join in our fundraising activities from next term – our first meeting and AGM is on Monday 26 September at 7pm in the KSHS staff room – please come and join us in planning the year’s activities.

Please support the PTA fundraising by taking part in the 100+club prize draw – please email enquiries@kshs.uk for a form.

We are also supporting the school summer concert on 18 July by providing refreshments and a raffle. If you have any unwanted gifts that you could donate for the raffle, please send into school marked for the attention of the PTA.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs B Fleming

PTA Chair

Having sold over £600 pounds worth of pre-loved uniform at the new Year 7 intake evening we are very short of stock – if you have any uniform in good condition that is no longer required, please consider donating it to the PTA. Just bring to M2 and leave in the blue PTA collecting basket.

Year 7 Girls Rounders league winners

Please see the Happiness Calendar below for July.

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