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Kent County Council has announced vouchers for food are available during half-term for families whose children are eligible for benefits related free school meals, so that no Kent child goes hungry.   A dedicated helpline has been set up. Families who apply will receive one supermarket voucher of £15 per child.   Anyone eligible for free school meals who needs extra financial support to help feed their children can now visit www.kent.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals or call the dedicated helpline on 03000 41 24 24. Families have until next Monday 2nd November 5pm to apply.   Mr Gough said: “Kent County Council and our partners in district and borough councils have already helped thousands of Kent residents, including families with school-aged children, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.  At the weekend, with the half-term holiday approaching, I reminded residents about the help the Kent Together helpline and webpage offer and urged anyone who was struggling to contact us. This dedicated helpline will streamline and speed up the process so we can get urgent help to those that need it.  This support for families in need has always been in place. I hope, though, that this helpline will enable people who need urgent help to get it, and to get it quickly. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we support the most vulnerable within our community. I hope that this service will quickly provide families with the help they need and ensure that no child in Kent is left to go hungry.” https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals  

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The theme for Art Week this year was portraits. Across the year groups children covered various styles and used a wide range of media. Children learnt about lots of different artists, including; Andy Goldsworthy Jopseph William Turner Andy Warhol Hoch Bell Sir Winston Churchill  

This week the College held Enterprise Week. This is where each class needed to design, promote, cost and make an item to sell at the Summer Fayre. 1B decided to make Dream Catchers which tied in beautifully with them wanting to read and write about the BFG. We bought metal hoops of different sizes and carefully wound brightly coloured wool around each one. We then developed our weaving skills further by creating a web in each one. We discussed the origins of the Dream Catcher and discovered that beads and feathers were special and sacred items for South American culture. We then created information posters about our product and decided on our pricing strategy for the Fayre. Our product went down a storm, with us completely selling out of catchers within the first 10 minutes! Well done 1B!

This week we have been learning all about India. We discussed where to find India on our globe and talked in length about the different cultural traditions. We compared these with ones of our own and found the whole week fascinating. We were incredibly lucky to have Ram bring in his traditional Indian dress and he spoke beautifully to the class about when it is worn and what it is called. To finish of the week, the whole of year 1 had a super afternoon tasting different Indian foods such as naan bread, samosas, bajis, rice and curry.