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    • Saplings (pre-school) - Mrs Giddings and Mrs Bunyan
    • Holly Class (Year R & 1) - Mrs Reason
    • Oak Class (Year 2 & 3) - Mrs Cowell
    • Hornbeam Class (Year 4, 5 &6) - Mrs Riach
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Telephone: 01582 872336
Email: office@ken.dsamat.co.uk

Latest News

Spring Term
Our keyworker pods started on Monday 11th January!
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Free Home PE
A message from Future Games:
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If you would like to sign up to our FREE 'Home PE' service for Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, please visit: www.futurepe.co.uk
where you can become a member and join over a 1000 users 🙂
The videos are arranged in user friendly 'channels' and our teachers and coaches are qualified specialists in their fields of delivery. There are currently over 50 videos on the platform and we'll continue to add new content weekly; with Cheerleading, yoga, indoor football, dance, gymnastics, multi skills, fitness and ball skills there's something for everyone.
We hope it's useful to you as parents - we wanted to help local children and families keep active! Feel free to share with your friends.
Best wishes,
The Future Games Team

Preschool Places available!
Please go to Saplings page for more information
​Preschool leaflet


National Nursery Rhyme Week.
Saplings Class participated in National Nursery Rhyme week. They enjoyed activities like pouring water down the guttering to wash incy wincy spider out, building Humpty Dumpty a new wall to sit on, Counting the animals on Old MacDonalds farm, and catching twinkle twinkle little star using tweezers. They learned lots of new nursery rhymes during a singing circles using finger puppet props. Miss Polly had a Dolly was amongst some of the new favourites.

Alternative Sports Morning Sept 2020

As we all missed out on Sports Day in the Summer, here at Kensworth we wanted the children to take part in a variety of sports and have lots of fun.
With the help of Dunstable and Houghton Regis School Games Organiser and other local sports clubs, we arranged a full morning of fun sports where the children practised new skills and developed other sports skills.

Support for Parents and Children
Following on from the “transitioning back to school post COVID-19” workshops CHUMS offered throughout the summer holidays, they are now delighted to announce that they are offering a one-off virtual workshop for 
Sleep difficulties.
They will be offering a parent workshop for children aged 12 and under and a teenage workshop for children aged 13+ (if you have older children).
Parent Sleep Workshop

  2020-2021 HT updates

31st December 2020
Dear Parents / Carers,
Happy new year everyone. 
We are really looking forward to welcoming you back to school and face to face learning. Please remember to wrap up, coats, gloves and hats (all named) are essential as we will be learning and playing outside.  Windows will also still be open in class so don't forget the thermals under your uniform! 
We can't wait to see you all again on Tuesday 5th January 2021!


What we will do if we get a positive case of Covid-19
We are really clear of what needs to be done by when and who will do it. 
The Senior Leadership team will follow ALL advice by Public Health England. PHE will give us all of the letters that we must send out to you and they will tell us who must self isolate. We will inform you by letter whether your child must self isolate or whether you can return to school. 
We CANNOT tell you who has had the positive test, and we would really appreciate you not speculating on social media, as this can cause worry and anxiety  to others. 

Best wishes
Mrs Bates 
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Outdoor Learning
All year groups will have opportunities to explore our woodland area, offering opportunities to experience the natural environment, in nearly all weathers, and all year round. Children will learn through practical activities in the outdoor environment. 

Reception were the first lucky group to join Mrs Whitmore in our woodland area. Exploring the nature around them, counting, hunting for mini-beasts in their habitat and enjoying an outdoor story with some tasty hot chocolate!

​Is your child due to start school September 2021?

Applications are now open if your child is due to start school, or transfer secondary in September 2021.
If you are applying for a place to  start school, you have until 15 January 2021 to make an application.
The deadline for applications for young people  transferring to a secondary school next year is  31 October, 2020.
To ensure you have the necessary information to enable you to make an informed choice regarding your child’s education, our   school admission webpages  also contain further information about schools in Central Bedfordshire and about the application process.

We would encourage you to apply for a school place using the online application system. 
Alternatively, paper application forms are available from our School Admissions team. Call 0300 300 8037,   email  or write to School Admissions, Central Bedfordshire Council, Watling House, High Street North, Dunstable, LU6 1LF.

2019-2020

Back to school - September 2020 -  Exciting news with regard to our plans for returning to school fully in September
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School Games Award 2019/2020

​We are so proud of our staff and children for receiving the School Games Recognition Award for our commitment to sports in Autumn and Spring 2019/2020.

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National School Sports Week - Saturday 20th - Friday 26th June

​This week, Kensworth children (and staff) have been taking part in the National School Sports Week.
Children in school have supported each other in their pods whilst children at home have been logging their scores and sending pictures to their teachers.

From You...

From us to you...

Home learning 17.3.2020
Kensworth is gearing up for home learning for all pupils. You ALL must sign up to Class Dojo. This is really important.  Even if you have more than one child in school you will need a login for EACH child. This is because the home learning we have planned will be specific to each year group. You will have a separate learning pack on Friday. 

World Book Day at Kensworth
The world of literature came alive today as all the children and staff took part in World Book Day.
Everyone dressed up as characters from the books being studied in classes and they all looked fantastic!
A big thank you for all the effort put in by parents/carers and children.
"Please, oh please, 
we beg, we pray,
go throw your TV set away,
and in its place you can install, 
a lovely book case on the wall"
- Roald Dahl

 Take a look at some of the pictures. 

Holly Class' Trip to London Gliding Club
​February 2020

Holly Class enjoyed their afternoon visit to our local gliding club in Dunstable. Sadly due to the windy weather we weren't able to see any gliders in the air but all children got to sit inside a glider on the ground. We learned about how gliders fly and made paper gliders which we flew and raced in the Club Board Room. Take a look at our photos.

CHUMS Charity cake sale

With the week of 3rd-9th February being Children's Mental Health Week, the school council chose to support the CHUMS Charity who work with many children and young people in our local schools.
The theme was 'Shine Bright, Wear Bright' and we all came into school on Friday wearing our brightest, sparkliest clothes, for a donation. Throughout the week, the children had worked together to make and bake for the cake sale, from preschool to year 6. There were lots of treats on offer, marshmallow pops, cakes, biscuits and  banana bread, all hand made by the children. The children from school council set out their stalls and asked for donations in exchange for the treats. There was a massive turnout and we raised a whopping £213.88!!! Thank you to everyone who supported us, such a massive amount for our small school!

Maths Day - 7.2.20

 The children spent time thinking all things Maths on our Number Day. They investigated stars and mystery missing glue sticks, numbers, counting, shapes, played lots of games and competed in 'Who wants to be a Mathionaire?'.  Check out our photos to see what they were up to...

Oakbeam Trip to the Mechanical Art and Design Museum
​February 2020

Oakbeam enjoyed a trip to The Mechanical Art and Design (MAD)  Museum in Stratford upon-Avon as part of our Ingenious Geniuses Theme. The children enjoyed seeing, exploring and trying out mechanical inventions from inventors around the world. Take a look at some of our pictures. 
The Children and staff were delighted to receive a letter from our MP Andrew Selous congratulating us on our improved pupil progress and attainment for our Year 6 pupils in their SATs results 2019. 
Thank you for your support at home! 

Holocaust Memorial Day

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Key stage 2 came together to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, they were respectful and thoughtful in their thinking and questions. The younger children had discussions, in an age appropriate manner, as part of their learning on Judaism in RE.

Chinese New Year

To celebrate the Chinese New Year, Cherry class made and decorated  lanterns and performed dragon dances with the Chinese dragons they made. They practised their chopstick skills while trying to pick up noodles, 'very slippery'!

Christmas Service and Awards Celebration

What a fantastic turn out for our Christmas service, it really was standing room only! Reverend Nicola came and involved the children in a fun, interactive service. Congratulations to all of the star award nominees and winners, very well deserved awards. Cherry and Oakbeam entertained everyone with their fabulous Christmas carols and rap. Thank you to everyone who attended, it was lovely to see you.
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Nativity Performances

The children of Holly class wowed parents and the whole school with their performances of 'It's a Baby!' , Everyone was very impressed with all of the songs and lines they had to learn, they really set the bar high for the rest of the school!

Cherry class amazed everyone with their Nativity performance in French! The children worked very hard with Madame Tallet and their increasing confidence in speaking French could be seen.
Well done everyone!
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Village Drop-in - 5.12.19

Children from Oak and Hornbeam were delighted to attend the drop-in at the village hall. They entertained everyone with carols and Christmas songs and were praised not only for their singing but for their great volume...there were only twelve of them!
The children really enjoyed chatting with the villagers they and are hoping they are invited back again in the future.

CYE November 2019 - Video

November 2019 - Free Books for School
We are collecting tokens to win free books for our school.
Please support us by cutting out the tokens from ‘The Sun’ newspaper and pass them to your child’s class teacher or Mrs Fox at the office.
Please ask your family and friends to also collect for us!
The offer runs from November 2019 to February 2020.​
CYE November 2019
What a fantastic time so far at CYE! The children have been sailing, rafting and tunnelling as well as a night walk and movie night (it was raining...a lot!!) Great first time experiences for lots of the children. They have shown lots of resilience and have been surprising themselves and impressing the adults with their bravery and 'have a go' attitude. More exciting activities to come!

We woke to another beautiful sunrise and view from the portholes this morning. Kayaking, archery and team work on the assault course have been the order of the day.  Everyone worked up an appetite and we finished off with a delicious chicken pie followed by apple crumble and custard. The children had great fun singing along with Joel and his guitar and playing singing and riddle games. Finishing off with our last activities tomorrow, before we make our way home.

Monday & Tuesday

Wednesday & Thursday

Music Recital 2019

July 
10.9.19 Last day at Dell Farm
After a morning of packing, archery and caving, tired but happy children made their way home. They all recieved gifts of teddy bears and keyrings as a memento of their stay, along with praise for their behaviour and 'have a go' attitudes. We hope they had a fab time, we certainly did, and thanked the staff at Dell Farm and Mrs Mitchelmore from Totternhoe for arranging a fun, fab stay for us!
​ALL of the photos of our stay are on the Oak class page, be warned, there are a lot!

9.7.19 Dell Farm!!

This morning dawned VERY early for some of the children today. After breakfast, the children groomed and fed the animals on the farm. We were then very busy building shelters and lighting fires, which we had to keep going for half an hour, harder than you think. In the afternoon, the children became foxes and the teachers became the farmers. Whilst the children were running around the farm collecting clues on a treasure hunt about foxes, the farmers were chasing the foxes away with water pistols, lots of fun for everyone! A movie and games night finished off our second day, along with a bit of wellyball.
8.7.19
The first day of Dell Farm has finally arrived! The Year 4 children of Kensworth and Totternhoe have had a great day and are now very tired out. We have hiked the Downs, played in the woodland park, climbed trees, flown kites, thrown frisbees, caught sticky balls, had lunch, made beds, changed shoes...a lot, eaten dinner, been Roman Soldiers, been Iceni soldiers, fought a battle, had a campfire, drunk hot chocolate, eaten biscuits, brushed our teeth and finally gone to bed. 
Head over to the Oak class page to see the photos from today.


​5.7.19

Kensworth's first music recital was held this afternoon. Attended by many families, the children were able to demonstrate their  new musical skills, with thanks to the PTA for providing new recorders and glockenspiels to add to the whole school Charanga music package. I think you will agree they were 'AMAZING!'
​Well done everyone!
June

19.6.19
Well done Mrs Cowell!!
This week we were externally moderated for our Year 2 SATs results. The moderator changed  grand total of ZERO of Mrs Cowell's judgements and she said that she could find NO areas for development. Isn't she a super star!! 

​6.6.19
Yesterday we held our ProKicks challenge in school. Tom K was overall school champion with a speed score of 52mph!! Mrs Harrison was most disappointed that Mrs Cove beat her teachers winning score with the last kick of the day!
We carry God’s love in our hearts as we aspire to greatness, achieve our goals and stretch our limitless imaginations. Our Christian values empower us to love learning; are the foundations that shape our school community and create future citizens, for with God’s love we cannot fail. ‘For nothing will be impossible with God’ Luke 1:37
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