Parent Consultation Booking

If you have a child in Years 1 to 6, you should have recieved an email with details for the upcoming parent consultation meetings taking place on the 5th and 7th March.  Bookings are made through your Arbor account - using the app or website. Thank you to the 110 of you who have already booked an appointment - if you haven't managed to do this yet, please make your booking as soon as possible - it is very important that we get the opportunity to meet with all parents and carers - thank you.

Free Athletics Clubs

Please see details below about some free athletics clubs that are being run by Our Camps - looks like a great local opportunity for some sporting fun.

https://schoolcamps.org/clubs

Tolworth Recreation Centre:
Dates: Every Monday (TERM TIME ONLY) starting w/c the 26th of February.
Club Time: 17:30pm - 18:15pm
Location: Tolworth Recreation Centre, Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7LQ
Age: 5 - 15yrs

Malden Centre:
Dates: Every Monday & Wednesday (TERM TIME ONLY) starting w/c the 4th of March.
Club Time: 16:00pm - 17:00pm
Location: The Malden Centre, Blagdon Rd, New Malden KT3 4TA
Age: 5 - 15yrs

Wier Archer:
Dates: Every Monday & Friday (TERM TIME ONLY) starting w/c the 26th of February.
Club Time: 16:15pm - 17:00pm
Location: Kingsmeadow, Kingston Rd, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 3PB
Age: 5 - 15yrs
 

School Superzone Newsletter March 2024

Hello King's Oak Parents and Carers!

We are excited to tell you about what’s been happening in our RBK School Superzone since our last update in September. If this is the first time you’re hearing about the Superzone - it’s a specially funded scheme aimed at creating a healthier environment for children and families at King's Oak. For more info see this earlier newsletter. 

You said…

A big thank you to everyone who took part in our Superzone Survey back in June. The survey highlighted a number of priorities which we are trying to achieve:

• Increased access to fruit and vegetables   🍎

• After school physical activity classes / programmes 🤾🏼‍♂️

• Walking, biking or scooting to school programmes 🚶🏽‍♀️

• Healthy food options at local shops  🏫        

We did! 

• 6 local restaurants have signed up to the Healthy Catering Commitment (HCC) which helps caterers and food businesses make simple, healthy improvements to their food

• All eligible local retailers are now compliant with the High Fat Sugar Salt foods (HFSS) legislation restricting the promotion of HFSS in these restaurants

• Residents enjoyed a local bat walk around Kingston Road recreation ground on the 20th September

• Volunteers helped build 12 raised beds at the Milaap Centre, creating a unique food growing space for pupils of King's Oak

• Food Growing Ambassadors from each year group have been selected to decorate raised beds and maintain King's Oak’s very own vegetable patch! 

• Food Growing workshops have now started to be delivered by AuLaw Farm.

• BriteBox have started their very own cooking classes

• A number of families took up the offer to receive bikes from Full Cycle in Kingston.

What’s to come?

• Learn how to scoot safely with free Scootability sessions from Team Rubicon in June!

• Learn to ride safely - more bikeability sessions to be offered free at your school this spring/summer terms!

• More BriteBox too! Year 4 are still enjoying the foodie fun and Year 5 will get the opportunity in the Summer Term.

But that’s not all!

There are a bunch of other activities going on in your local area this term:

• The local School Health team is offering a free 8-week online programme called “HENRY”  which helps the whole family to make positive changes for a healthier family lifestyle.

• Get active as a family with free 30-minute fitness sessions every Saturday 9:30am at Fairfield Recreation Ground KT1 2UR, hosted by Our Parks. All abilities welcome.

• The TEN Project offers free game-based tennis sessions for children aged 4-10. No matter your skill level, come down with the whole family and join the fun. 

• There is a lot of support also on Better Health: Healthier families, an invaluable NHS resource that helps your family make healthier choices and stay active.

Remember, you can also explore Connected Kingston - your go-to resource for discovering local activities and groups. It’s a great way to try something new and meet new people! We’ve put together a collection of local opportunities, including some free and low-cost options that can support children and young people to have fun and stay active.

Keep an eye out for future updates in upcoming newsletters! 

RBK School Superzones Team

 

I hope that you had a positive half-term break and that the final half-term of the Spring Term has started well - now less than five weeks until Easter! On Friday 8th March at 9:00 we will be holding our next Parent Staff Association (PSA) meeting - look out for further details in the newsletter next week.

 

 

Ian Hutchings

Headteacher