Category Archives: Academy Letters

Dear Parents  Thank you to everyone who attended parent consultations this week. I hope you found the meetings informative and enjoyed looking at your child’s work. The Year 6 children who volunteered for the evenings did their best to keep everyone to time and particularly enjoyed making tea and coffee! Some of them enjoyed helping […]

Dear Parents  Ofsted have now concluded their inspection and I am eagerly awaiting their report. While here they had meetings with staff, children and governors, viewed lessons, scrutinised books and paperwork, as well as listened to the views of parents, staff and children.  I am pleased with the verbal feedback and would like to thank […]

Dear Parents, What a week we’ve had! It started with ‘The Rocket Man’ from Steam Co, Nick Corston. He inspired the children to create their own innovations and rockets, while reinforcing the importance of reading and aiming high in life. All children made and launched rockets, some more successfully than others, and enjoyed watching the […]

Dear Parents, Next week is Innovation Week! We are all excited to take part in a variety of workshops led by Steam Co. on Monday. To help facilitate the workshops please could all children bring: a large bag of cardboard junk modelling materials; cardboard tubes/toilet rolls, cardboard boxes and corrugated cardboard boxes. On Wednesday, the […]

Dear Parents, Harvest Boxes It’s that time of year again when we start to think about our Harvest celebrations and how we can support our community. As in previous years and in keeping with tradition, we are asking children to create small harvest boxes (shoe box size) filled with a few food items that will […]

Dear Parents  What a week it has been for our youngest children who have now completed their first full week of school!  They’ve had some ups and downs, but have been very well supported by Miss Foord, Mrs Sellings and the wider school team to ensure they’ve had lots more ups than downs.  I am […]

Dear Parents, Welcome back to the new school year! It was lovely to be greeted by so many happy faces this morning, both from children and parents. I also enjoyed welcoming all the new families to Horsmonden, a full intake of 30 in EYFS, as well as 6 new joiners in various year groups. We […]

Dear Parents, Today we say goodbye to a special group of Year 6 children. They have been a pleasure to get to know over the last 7 years and will leave a special place in our hearts. We have watched them grow in independence, confidence and character, and believe they are now ready to leave […]