Category: School

Our fabulous news this week was our Herald Cup win. The Herald Cup is an annual football tournament played between Shepway schools. We have won the cup a few times before and this week made an excellent start to the competition with a 10-1 victory against Lydd. Both teams played …

Thank you for trying hard with the parking, it’s certainly easier when cars don’t park opposite the zig zags of the school entrance, and definitely safer. One last request, if you could avoid parking where there are some double yellow lines by the zebra crossing on the top level of …

Fortunately, no snow! Some good news this week, we are currently third out of all the local schools for our TTRockstar speed. Yay! Our mean speed is 5.8 seconds, Hythe Bay just pip us to the second-place spot with a mean speed of 5.5 seconds and Lydd are the leaders …

Thank you for your support at the Christmas Fayre. I am pleased to say a fantastic £389.27 was raised. Congratulations and thanks to the PTFA. A special thank you too to those additional parents who helped to man the stalls. Your time was much appreciated.

So today is Greatstone’s first day of Christmas. Each school day between now and the end of term a class will be sharing something Christmasy special with their parents carers and family members. Today Rhinestone class have a craft and singing afternoon planned. A special thank you to Mark Coleman …

I would just like to say thank you for your efforts with costumes acknowledging the 1914-18 era. We have had a poignant assembly this morning and the children are now busy with some ‘of the time’ activities…well let’s just say I’ve seen some bread and butter pudding being made and …

I hope you and your children have had a good break from the routine of school and are now fully charged and raring to go for the long haul to Christmas! Please remember that children in years 1-6 should now be in their winter uniform of shirts and ties. Also …

Good Morning It’s the first day of our parent/teacher consultations today, we are looking forward to seeing those of you who have booked an appointment. Don’t forget all children will need a packed lunch unless you have previously arranged for a free school meal via the school office. During the …

It was good to see so many of you at our rescheduled Meet the Teacher evening on Wednesday and I hope you found it of use. One of the things I forgot to say was a huge thank you to all the teaching assistants who also joined us. They are …

Good afternoon. We have had a very busy day in school preparing for the new year and it’s all looking exciting! In the morning may I ask that the gate out side my office window is used by the new reception children only. We can then get them safely into …