Weekly Bulletin:Friday 13th June 2025
Headteacher’s message to parents/carers
Dear Parents/Carers,
This morning, we have started our transition process into the new academic year, with the first ‘Story Time’ visits with new class teachers meeting their new classes for the very first time. Having just walked around school to see the visits taking place, it’s lovely to see the beginnings of strong staff/pupil relationships in every classroom. We know that this is so important for primary-aged children, enabling successful learning and a happy school experience for everyone. As many parents/carers noted in our recent survey, children at Tunbury are fortunate to benefit from a skilled staff team who genuinely care for children and are committed to helping them achieve success. Your new class teachers are looking forward to getting to know your children over the next few weeks. From today’s session, why not ask your child about the book that their new teacher read to them this morning? Or what they are looking forward to next academic year?
As well as transition, there is still plenty of time this year for children to achieve their very best work in their current classes. Also, Summer Term has lots of extra excitement like Sports Day, which is fast approaching – it’s two weeks today on Friday 27th June, and we’re looking forward to it! Arrangements are similar to previous years, with KS2 Sports Day in the morning, followed by Family Picnic, then FS/KS1 Sports Day in the afternoon. Full information is in the section below, so please do take a look at the timings and the arrangements for the Family Picnic. We hope that you can join us.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Best wishes
Ruth Austin
Headteacher
Sports Day, Friday 27th June
Sports Day map:
Sports Day guidance:
- Children come to school for Sports Day already wearing their PE kits.
- At Sports Day, you are welcome to take photos/videos of your own children, but please remember that these are for you only and not to be shared online or on social media, as we do not have permission for any wider sharing.
- We look forward to seeing you cheer your child on, but please wait until the family picnic for a hug or drink.
- There will be two portaloos for visitors (not for Tunbury children) on the lower car park.
- During the Family Picnic, we ask children to remain around the edges of the field and not play with or move the Sports Day equipment which is left out ready for the afternoon events.
- At lunchtime, our Play Team staff will be on duty and 2 OPAL zones will be open: sandpit and digging zone. if the blue cover is on the sandpit, it is closed. Please do not allow younger children to enter the sandpit or move/damage the cover while it is closed. If the OPAL zones reach capacity, staff members will limit numbers or ask children to wait for their turn. Young visitors (eg preschool children) are welcome to join in but please supervise/support them in their play.
- At the end of the day, please take all your belongings and rubbish/recycling home with you. Thank you.
Steam Week
This was a fantastic start to the term with our annual STEAM week. Children across the school loved participating and developing STEAM skills, such as asking questions and solving problems through creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. Here are a few pictures from KS2 to highlight the incredible learning that took place.
Year 6 designed these mathematical robots, which they raced up the wall, investigating how varying the angle of the winch affected the speed of ascent. Mrs Seymour was very impressed with their maths skills.
Year 5 coded instructions on our computers using the BBC microbits to give their robot faces emotions. On the left, you can see the start of the code on the computer, and on the right, the microbit robot that could smile or cry.
Year 4 designed some incredible 3d robots on TinkerCad, which are in the process of being printed on a 3d printer. On the left, you can see the design on Tinkercad, and on the right, the finished product. Year 4 were so involved in their robot learning that they even imagined themselves as robots.
Year 3 designed some amazing 2d robots using Publisher. These images were then transferred and printed using the 3d printer. They also developed a code to program Scratch Sprite to navigate the maze as you can see in the pictures on the right.
We also loved the incredible effort that went into the Robot Exhibition. Children enjoyed looking at a variety of different designs. “I loved seeing everyone’s robots, they were brilliant” – Year 5 child. A huge thank you to all the robot engineers who supported this at home!
Mini Youth Games
Last Thursday, 10 children from Year 6 attended the football Mini Youth Games at Anchorians FC. We played 8 matches across the day and played with brilliant teamwork. The children were happy to volunteer to take it in turns to go in goal and worked together to organise the formation and tactics. Some of the matches were difficult but the children continued to play with great sportsmanship and enthusiasm throughout, despite the terrible weather! After our 8 matches, Tunbury finished in 14th place out of 32 schools, so we are incredibly proud of them!
Notices
Absence reporting: Please may we remind parents that when your child is absent, for any reason, to leave a message on our absence line – 01634 863085, first thing in the morning. For safeguarding reasons all children must be accounted for. If we have not heard from you we will contact you directly. If your child is unwell please leave a detailed reason, e.g. temperature and flu type symptoms, so that the reason can be entered on your child’s school record correctly.
Vehicle access: Please be advised that parents/carers are not permitted to drive their vehicles on to the school site, other than in an emergency situation. If you need to drop/collect your child or visit the school office, please park outside the school and enter the school via the front pedestrian gate.
Nut free school: Please may we remind you we are a nut free school. We have several children who have nut allergies that can develop into a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. For this reason please do not send children into school with nuts/nut-based lunch/snack items.
Class Photos: On Wednesday 25th June Tempest Photographers will be in school to take class photos. If you do not want your child to be included in the class photo, please will you contact the school office to let us know.
Online Safety: We’re sharing Online Safety information, using resources from the National College’s #WakeUpWednesday program. This week’s guide is about generative AI safety. Please see the Parents>letters and forms section of our website.
Weekly Class Attendance: This is a weekly feature on our bulletin to highlight and celebrate good levels of attendance. Our KS1 winners from this week are Yellow Class with an amazing 100%. Great work Yellow Class! Scarlet Class are our KS2 winners with a fantastic 98.21% attendance. Well done everyone and keep up the fantastic work!
|
Class |
Weekly Attendance Percentage |
|
Yellow |
✰100%✰ |
|
Orange |
99.54% |
|
Scarlet |
✰98.21%✰ |
|
Sapphire |
98.00% |
|
Lavender |
97.77% |
|
Azure |
97.70% |
|
Ruby |
97.41% |
|
Crimson |
97.32% |
|
Owls |
96.98% |
|
Indigo |
96.64% |
|
Violet |
96.55% |
|
Red |
96.32% |
|
Magenta |
96.25% |
|
Emerald |
95.83% |
|
Blue |
94.79% |
|
Pink |
94.20% |
|
Lilac |
93.10% |
|
Bears |
92.24% |
|
Turquoise |
91.67% |
|
Amber |
90.00% |
Tunbury Primary School Facebook: This week on Facebook, we have posts on Disney Singing and Just Dance Club and the TSA Gifts for Him present room. Please take a look at Tunbury Primary School | Chatham | Facebook
Team Points: Here are the first totals for new term. It’s close, but Hawking are our front runner at the moment. Good job Blue team!
|
Rowling |
Attenborough |
Holmes |
Hawking |
|
980 |
1054 |
998 |
1091 |
Dates for your Diary
Term dates for 2025/26: www.tunbury.kent.sch.uk/Parents/Term-Dates-25-26/
Monday 16th June – New Entrants meeting for 2025 Reception intake – 3.30-4.30 in school or 5.00-5.30 online
Wednesday 18th June – Open Afternoon, Year 4 – Art, 2-3pm
Thursday 19th June – Open Afternoon, Year 2 – African Art, 2-3pm
Friday 20th June – Open Afternoon, Year 3 – Flight investigation, 2-3pm
Monday 23rd June – Open Afternoon, Year R – Junk Modelling Art, 2-3pm
Tuesday 24th June – Year 5 visit to Wildwood
Wednesday 25th June – Class group photos – Tempest photographers
Thursday 26th June – Year 4 visit to Rochester
Friday 27th June – Sports Day
Monday 30th June – Year R visit to Tyland Barn
Thursday 3rd July – TSA Summer Disco
Friday 4th July – Reserve Sports Day
Monday 7th July – Open Afternoon, Year 5- Rainforest art, 2-3pm
Wednesday 9th July – Open Afternoon, Year 1 - Coral collage in the style of Courtney Mattison, 2-3pm
Thursday 10th July – Transition Day (all classes move up to new teachers), with Open Classroom session for parents/carers 3.15-3.45
Saturday 12th July – TSA GlasTUNBURY Summer Festival
Thursday 17th July – Year 6 Production 14.00 and 18.00
Friday 18th July – TSA “Dare to be different day”
Friday 18th July – Year 6 prom
Monday 21st July – Open Afternoon, Year 6 – End of term event, 2-3 pm
Tuesday 22nd July – Year 6 Leavers’ assemblies – Violet 9.00, Crimson 9.45, Emerald 10.30
Tuesday 22nd July – Last day of term
Class assemblies
Class assemblies will be held in the school hall on Friday afternoons. Parents/carers and family members from each class are warmly invited to join us in school for these events, as our children love to share their learning with you. Please come to the front of the school and wait outside the hall entrance doors. You will be invited in just after 2.45pm. The assembly will begin at 2.50pm and last for about 10 minutes, finishing in time for you to collect your children at the end of the school day, as normal.
Friday 13th June Sapphire Class Assembly
Friday 20th June Owls Class Assembly
Friday 4th July Bears Class Assembly
