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Kilmorie Primary School Newsletter - 06th November 2026

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Friday 06th November 2026

A very warm welcome back to all our families after the half-term break. I hope you had an enjoyable and restful week and are ready for another busy and exciting term at Kilmorie. 

Staff returned on Monday for an INSET day focused on developing an Attachment and Relational Approach across the school. This training, along with further professional development planned throughout the year, will help us continue to strengthen our understanding of children's needs and ensure that we provide the very best support for all pupils. Building positive relationships and creating a safe, nurturing environment are at the heart of everything we do, and this work will further enhance our provision for every child. 

I am also delighted to share some exciting improvements to our school environment. Our Reception toilets have now been fully refurbished and the Year 2/3 toilets are due to be completed on Monday. I never thought I would say this, but I have never been so excited about toilets! The children have been delighted with the improvements, and we are committed to continuing this programme of refurbishment across the school, with plans to improve our remaining toilet facilities over the coming years. 

Another exciting development has been the launch of our new class naming project. Working alongside our Community Allies, we have introduced this initiative to staff, and from after Christmas, classes from Years 2 to 6 will be named after inspirational people or significant features of the world around us. We are looking forward to sharing more details with you as the project develops and celebrating the learning opportunities it will bring. 

On Wednesday, we will also be holding our Black History Month Celebration, where families will have the opportunity to view some of the fantastic work that children completed during October.

We are incredibly proud of the thoughtful learning and creativity that has taken place across the school and look forward to sharing this with our community.  It will take place from 3.30pm to 6pm in the Hall.  My assembly on Tuesday focused on concluding Black History Month, reminding us all that we study Black History throughout the whole year not just in October.  

Happy Diwali to those who are celebrating this weekend. 

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There are lots of exciting things happening at Kilmorie, and we look forward to another successful half term together. 

Have a great weekend.

Shrek The Musical | STAR 102.5 

Please find the link for Shrek here,  It will close on the 26th November. 

Shrek 

Sewing Club Podcast Transcripts

Hi, Sewing Club is in full swing, however there are some materials and equipment which would be great to have.  So if you happen to have any of the following which you no longer require, we would love: 

  • thimbles 

  • pins 

  • ribbons 

  • Aida fabric (for cross-stitch) 

  • embroidery threads - any colours 

  • An ironing sleeve board/ table ironing board 

  • dressmaking scissors 

  • pinking shears 

  • embroidery scissors 

Thank you for any donations!  Jo 

Reminder Image

Reminder - Lewisham CAMHS Mental Health Support Team (MHST) at Kilmorie Primary School 

The team look forward to meeting parents at their upcoming coffee morning on 13th November @ 9.05am. Please come along to find out more about what we offer, ask questions, or simply say hello and meet some of the MHST team. 

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Year 1

Sarah's Class

Zones of regulation - Zanae 

Ruby F - for having so much enthusiasm for learning and always wanting to know more! For being a great friend and showing all of the Kilmorie Qualities. 

Edward - For putting so much effort into your learning and challenging yourself. For supporting other and showing all of the Kilmorie Qualities.

Kate's Class

This week I celebrated Beau for sharing his beautiful poem so confidently with the class and for always being respectful and honest about his feelings and learning. 

I celebrated Lenny for great contributions during our maths learning this week and for being such a kind, caring friend to a classmate when she was hurt.

Year 3

Elis' Class

Vivienne - Using the Zones of Regulation tools to help her to focus and learn independently. 

Harrison - Well done for your independence, for your brilliant reading and Science learning. You are a star. 

Manuela - Well done for your creative ideas in writing and for your excellent collaboration skills. Thank you for your kindness to everyone. 

Year 4

Rhiannon's Class 

Emily - For our Black History project,  Emily extended her learning further by researching more than five facts about Barack and Michelle Obama.  

Valentina - I would like to celebrate Valentina for her partner work during English, Drama and PE. She has demonstrated that she can work collaboratively with her peers in different learning environments. 

Eleni's Class

Luca - has been working independently in Maths and he completes all the tasks without any help. He has showed his good understanding in perimeter, regular and irregular polygons. 

Greta - has been participating in all subjects much more actively. She has been putting lots of effort in all lessons and she has showed that she understood the new topic of perimeter, irregular and regular polygons. 

Year 5 

Crystal's Class 

Emerson - Emerson has been brilliant at supporting a classmate with their work once he had finished his own. He showed real kindness and maturity, and was a fantastic role model for others in the class. 

Kemiya -Kemiya has shown great engagement in math's and her confidence is continuing to grow. She is becoming more willing to share her ideas, take on challenges and explain her thinking, which is wonderful to see. 

Harry's Class 

Grace and Cohen. They both wrote fantastic folk tales in English, but Grace also always shows an empathic persona to her classmates and Cohen has shown honesty and a lovely calm presence in class. 

Sports Stars Multi-Sports Classes | Branchburg Sports Complex

Two of our keen Kilmorie athletes, André (Y5) and Rupert (Y4) proudly represented their athletics club, S-Factor Academy, at the London Minithon last weekend. It was a brilliant and inspiring day for them, competing with over 300 young athletes and cheering on their team mates.

In a busy week, they both also competed in the Hawks Mile track event at Southwark Park. The boys were delighted to take home medals and new PBs, Rupert in U10 400m and André in the U12 1200m.

Finally we wish best of luck to André who has been selected to represent Lewisham in the U12s at the prestigious London Youth Games Cross Country at Parliament Hill this weekend. Congratulations André and we hope you enjoy this amazing opportunity! 

Dates For Your Diary

Sarah R's Class Trip
All Day
09
November
Naomi & Hannah's Class Trip
All Day
10
November
Ladybirds Class Trip
All Day
11
November
Butterflies Class Trip
All Day
12
November
SMHT - Coffee morning
9:15am
13
November
Penny's Class Trip
All Day
16
November
Y6 Height & Weight Assessments
All Day
17
November
Treefrogs Class Trip
All Day
18
November
Dominic's Class Trip
All Day
18
November
Eleni's Class Assembly
All Day
19
November