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Fenstanton Primary School
As of Thursday 1st March, the Gipsy Hill Federation began to provide intensive support to Fenstanton Primary School. As such Fenstanton had two emergency closure days on Monday 12th March and Tuesday 13th March which enabled our Federation Senior Team to take Fenstanton colleagues through intensive training focussing on our core procedures.
Currently, the school is due to be demolished and the children and staff will move into a brand new building in May 2013. In order to minimise any disruption to the pupils in Year 5 and to allow them to achieve well in their KS2 SATs tests next year and better support their transition at the end of primary school, all three Fenstanton Year 5 classes, their teachers and support staff will transfer to Kingswood Upper Site from Wednesday 14th March. They remain at Kingswood Upper Site for the remainder of the academic year and for the whole of Year 6. The Fenstanton pupils have been provided with new school uniform and will be transported over daily by coach.
Crawford Primary School
Colleagues from across the Federation have done a fantastic job supporting improvements at Crawford Primary School. They have supported weekly curriculum planning, staff training, curriculum development and very recently supported the school through a successful inspection in which Crawford has been removed from Special Measures. This followed just one term of extremely intensive work which has now placed the school in a strong position to build on this achievement and move forward positively.
Hard Federation Proposal - Gipsy Hill Federation with Crawford and Fenstanton Primary Schools
The Governing Bodies of Fenstanton and Crawford Primary Schools along with Lambeth Local Authority and Southwark Local Authority have opened a period of consultation as of Monday 19th March based upon a proposal for Fenstanton and Crawford Primary Schools to formally move into a Hard Federation with Gipsy Hill Federation (Kingswood, Elm Wood and Paxton Schools). The consultation document can be viewed at www.lambeth.gov.uk or can be downloaded here or you can request a paper copy from your child's main school office. Any written representations should be made to either Lambeth or Southwark Local Authorities. The deadline for receipt of consultation feedback is Friday 11th May 2012.
Academy Consultation
The Governing Body of the Gipsy Hill Federation held a special meeting on Thursday 8th December as well as an Open Forum Meeting on Tuesday 24th January to discuss the ongoing Academy Consultation and all of the responses received so far. Many thanks to all those who completed the consultation questionnaires and attended the drop in sessions.
The Governing Body is unanimous in its view that we are not minded to becoming an Academy.
For further information, frequently asked questions and additional documentation click here to visit our consultation website.
Year 5 Curriculum Trip 2012
The destination of this year's Curriculum Trip for our Year 5 children across the Federation is La Somme, France. This fantastic trip will take place between Tuesday 22nd May to Friday 25th May 2012, and the activities the children will be taking part in will directly support and enhance their curriculum learning.
They will be staying in an International School Hotel called Poppies Albert which is located in the town of Albert, near the 1916 battlefields of the Somme. For more information on the hotel please visit www.poppiesalbert.com or www.visit-somme.com for more information on the town and surrounding region.
Year 4 Residential Trip 2012
Our Year 4 children will also be going on a residential visit to Grosvenor Hall in Ashford, Kent, which is an outdoor adventure activities centre and part of the Kingswood Group. The visit will take place between Wednesday 9th May to Friday 11th May 2012, and the children will take part in a variety of activities directly related to the PE and PSHCE curriculum.
The Kingswood Group is one of the leading providers of of residential school trip, with many years of experience. Our Year 4 children hugely enjoyed their trip to Grosvenor last year. Please visit www.kingswood.co.uk for more information on the centre.