Letters, News & Events

Welcome to Kaleidoscope MAT!

Video edited by Mr Penny (Headteacher -Ashcombe Primary School)

KMAT Easter Newsletter - 4th April 2025

Amazing Playground Upgrades at Crockerne C of E Primary

The incredible Friends of Crockerne (PTA) have generously raised and donated funds to allow for some incredible upgrades to Crockerne's playground which will be enormously enjoyed by current and future pupils!

A huge thank you also to the following businesses for their generous donations to allow this project to take place:
Alliance Communications
Creative Construction
Kerry Group
Morgan Civil and Structural Ltd
Paradigm Norton Financial Planning
Richard and Victoria Stevenson
Roper Rhodes
Vanaways
W4Co

Thank you also to BBC News, Bristol for the following article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly51jvrkxyo.amp?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1f5g_atNXEExMsC2LwLtBuvctFySpYUt2m39NUl5uokzpwKgF4aDXT8LQ_aem_z6aoTdeeNUPEA8D6m7cOVQ

We are pleased to share Friends of Crockerne's "Best Day Ever" video with you below. Credit: Friends of Crockerne PTA

Christmas Newsletter 2024

Please see our Christmas Newsletter shared below. It's been an incredibly busy term and we wanted to share some of the fantastic opportunities and achievements across our schools.

We wish you all a very restful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

National Travel Awards for 3 KMAT Schools

A number of KMAT schools have been working towards the National Travel Awards in promoting safe and sustainable travel to and from school. Becket currently holds the highest award in North Somerset (Silver) , Crockerne has been wonderfully supportive of their School Street and Worle Village have been working consistent over a number of years on their ‘green’ active and sustainable travel plan with both schools earning their Bronze award!

Becket Primary School has achieved a Very Good Travel plan award. This level of award recognises schools that are working to achieve a reduction in single-occupancy car journeys to/from their site.

North Somerset Council’s Sustainable Travel & Road Safety Team supports schools who want to increase the number of pupils walking, cycling and scooting to school. The nationally recognised Modeshift Stars School Travel Programme rewards schools who work with their communities to encourage more active and healthy journeys to school.

chools who Take see positive impacts on health and wellbeing, road safety and the environment.

Every day more than 30,000 children and young people travel to schools and sixth forms in North Somerset. This means more than 60,000 journeys every day and 11.7 million journeys during the 39-week school year.

Mrs Bray (Headteacher of Crockerne C of E Primary School) commented "It's a super award and we are delighted with the community's efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of our young people".

Please see some amazing photos below of our schools celebrating their achievements! And a huge thank you to Abbie Edbrooke (Sustainable Travel and Road Safety Officer from North Somerset Council) for her overwhelming support!

Celebrating a fantastic Term 1 (October 2024)

A very busy and exciting term is coming to an end but we couldn’t let it pass by without celebrating some of the amazing learning and opportunities that our pupils have experienced:

Incredibly generous donations for Harvest and Harvest Festival celebrations
A plethora of beautifully presented learning and written work which learners should be super proud of
Stunning artwork celebrating classes, topics and famous artists such as Vincent Van Gogh
Amazing topic work including looking at exciting areas such as Egyptians and Space
Exciting trips including some Year 6 Camps, visits to the Seaside, walks to local Parks, visiting We the Curious and Bristol Cathedral
Super visitors carrying out interactive workshops including Forest School, Butterfly and the Great Fire of London
Wearing Yellow for World Mental Health Day
Schools being rewarded for their efforts in supporting sustainable travel!
Demonstrating sportsmanship in a number of Sporting Events including Dodgeball, Hockey and Netball
Developing OPAL Play opportunities
Celebrating European Languages Day
Developing our love and learning of music including getting the chance to be composers
Being grateful to our amazing PTA groups who continue to go above and beyond in their fundraising and supporting of our schools
Enjoying watching and supporting our new Reception pupils integrate with their school communities and developing a love of learning
Open Events and Tours taking place across our schools ready for new families with a child starting school in September 2025!

Thank you to our incredible school teams and communities for an amazing first term of 2024-25!

Welcome to our New Reception Families for 2024-2025

End of Year Newsletter (July 2024)

Moving Up Day Celebrations for Christ Church Y6 Pupils

Year 6 pupils from Christ Church C of E Primary School attended Wells Cathedral to celebrate their upcoming transition to Secondary School. These worship events have been organised by the Diocesan Go Team and clergy to ensure that Year 6 pupils are sent on to the next stage of their educational journeys knowing that God is with, and will remain with them.

Pupil artwork represented at the Ukraine Art Fusion Exhibition

Some of our children from Ashcombe, Christ Church, St Martin's and Worle Village have artwork on display at the Tropicana as part of the Ukraine Art Fusion Exhibition.

The children were inspired by the artist Maria Prymachenko to create their own unique and imaginative pictures and paintings.

Please visit the exhibition to see their (and other North Somerset children's) amazing work - the exhibition is running from Wednesday 15th - Sunday 19th May from 10am to 5pm and entry is free!

Ashcombe New Build Progress Tour...

On Friday 10th May, Senior Executive Leaders, Chairs and representatives from our Members and Trust Boards were specially invited for a behind the scenes tour to see first hand the progress of Ashcombe Primary's incredible new build.

Visitors heard first hand about the amazing collaboration between the school, contractors and project management team and could see the impressive works really taking shape ahead of their formal opening in September. A big thank you to the contractors, school and Mr Penny for facilitating this event.

Active Wear Day fun at Becket Primary School...

The whole Becket Primary School community have been embracing the message of National Walking Month with an Active Wear Day held on 7th May 2024 and with more to come! Well done everyone, fantastic effort!

Celebration of Learning at St Martin's C of E Primary School...

St Martin's held their annual Celebration of Learning event on 7th May 2024 and invited families in to celebrate the amazing efforts across the school. Visitors were also treated to a number of performances, food and disco! Special mention to the school fundraising team who put to much time and effort into the event.

NSSPEA Event for Years 2 & 3 (April 2024)

On Thursday 18th April, representative pupils from Years 2 & 3 across Kaleidoscope schools attended a brilliant event hosted by the North Somerset School's PE Association (NSSPEA) which was hosted at Worle Village Primary - a big thank you to each of them for running and supporting this!

Pupils had a fantastic morning playing Molkky, Cornhole and taking part in Stacking exercises - everyone had a fantastic time!

KMAT Spelling Bee (April 2024)

On Tuesday 16th April, representative pupils from all Kaleidoscope schools attended a Spelling Bee event hosted by St Martin's C of E Primary. It was a fantastic event and the pupils spellings were exceptional!

A huge well done to everyone that took part, they were all spelling superstars!

Kaleidoscope "K-Fest" INSET Workshops (January 2024)

A big thank you to St Martin's C of E Primary School for hosting our MAT-wide INSET workshops on Thursday 4th January 2024! It was great to see our teaching staff networking and working in collaboration to support and develop across all of our fantastic schools.

Staff were given access to a number of brilliant workshops with both internal and external guest speakers. Focus areas included:

Reconnecting Relationships
Scaffolding Learning
De-escalation Strategies
MH Support
the PACE Approach
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
PE Workshops
.....and much, much more!

Huge thanks to Mr Penny for organising this event, to our guest speakers for their expertise and to our amazing staff teams across the Trust!

End of Term KMAT Letter (December 2023)

Nurture Room @ Crockerne C of E Primary...

Crockerne C of E Primary was selected by North Somerset Council, following a nomination process, to have a nurture room installed in the school. This is a calm space set up to provide a supportive and nurturing environment for our children. We are pleased to share some photos with you of the amazing finished space!

Welcome Letter to Reception Parents 2023

RAAC Update - Sept 2023

End of Year Letter to Parents / Carers 2023

Celebrating our Learning 2022 - 2023

Please see below a selection of photos demonstrating all the amazing learning and memories created across Kaleidoscope over the academic year 2022-2023!

Kaleidoscope Maths Challenge Event (June 2023)

St Martin's C of E Primary hosted an exciting Maths Challenge event which saw representatives from each of our Kaleidoscope schools come together to participate.
We are pleased to share the results:
Y1/2 Winners: Worle Village Primary School
Y1/2 Runners-up: Crockerne C of E Primary School
Y3/4 Winners: Hutton C of E Primary School
Y3/4 Runners-up: Christ Church C of E Primary School
Y5/6 Winners: Worle Village Primary Primary School
Y5/6 Runners-up: St Martin's C of E Primary School

Congratulations to all of our winners and runners up! And a huge well done to all the pupils and schools that participated. A big thank you to Mrs Jones at St Martin's for organising such a brilliant event!

Celebrating HM King Charles III Coronation (May 2023)

Our schools have been busy celebrating and commemorating the Coronation of the King (and Queen) ahead of the Coronation Weekend. Pupils from Hutton CE Primary have been busy celebrating and producing some incredible art work.

Amazing effort Hutton, well done!

Ground Breaking Ceremony @ Ashcombe Primary School

https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/23480174.work-starts-extension-ashcombe-primary-school/

An official ground breaking ceremony was held at Ashcombe Primary School on Tuesday 25th April where work is underway to build a major new extension for the school.

In attendance were school students, staff, Kaleidoscope MAT Trustees and team members from John Perkins Construction, Hookway Partnership, BBA Architects and luckily the sunshine was in attendance too! Thank you to everyone for participating in this event.

Replacement Buildings Extension for Ashcombe Primary 2023

In late 2022, Ashcombe Primary School secured £6.2 million in funding from the Department for Education for a brand new, state of the art building to replace the previous derelict buildings at the front of the school.

The new accommodation will house classrooms, office space, meeting rooms, a second hall with a performance area, a sensory room and specialist provision spaces.
Demolition work is due to start very soon and we have a target opening date for December 2023.

Hargreaves Foundation Donation

Following involvement with the Hargreaves Foundation’s Educate, Inspire & Support Programme, Ashcombe have been fortunate to have been supported with three quarters of a million pounds of additional funding (https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/). The Foundation is the charitable wing of the well-known Hargreaves Lansdown pensions company.

The Foundation and Ashcombe Primary School are working together to create a unique programme aimed at supporting our most disadvantaged children to achieve as highly as possible by the end of Year 6. This is because we know that children who achieve well by the end of primary school are statistically far more likely to go on to have more successful outcomes in later life- educationally, professionally and in terms of their overall health and wellbeing.

The Foundation want to create a set of approaches that can be mirrored out to other schools in the future and have chosen Ashcombe as their developmental centre. We’ve named the programme The Educate, Inspire, Support (E.I.S. programme).

The Foundation has funded the school to work with author and leading national figure in literacy, Alex Quigley (author of ‘Closing the Reading Gap’). Alex has helped design our literacy programme, structured staff training and guided us on high quality resource provision across the last two years.

Part of the funding will be used to build a bespoke Literacy Hub, where the children will be encouraged to read and take part in interventions in an attractive and well-resourced environment. (see below for the design).

The Foundation have generously funded all of these elements, as well as a team of mentors to support the school in achieving its aims. This is a highly advantageous position for a school to be in during the current financial climate.

An exciting Terms 1 & 2 at Hutton CE Primary...

Celebrating STEM with the Royal Navy...

This week at Hutton CE Primary School we welcomed members of the Royal Navy into school.

The team worked with our Year Five and Six pupils on some exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities.

The children were challenged to code a Sphero ball (similar to a mini robot) to follow instructions, set up an electricity circuit to power a propellor blade and use a hydraulic system to operate a pump.

The children engaged in all the activities with great enthusisam.

Welcome Letter for New Reception Families...

End of Term Letter for Parents/Carers...

Red Team takes the win at WVPS Sports Day 2022!

WVPS Sports Day 23rd June 2022

A fab 2022 sports day!

Congratulations to Red Team who won the House Cup!

Thank you to everyone who took part in the family races it made the children's day even more special.

A huge thank you to Mrs Doolan for organising and to the staff for running the events and taking care of all the children.

HM Platinum Jubilee Celebrations!

Worle Village Primary School pupils continued on learning and celebrating the Platinum Jubilee following the bank holiday weekend...

On our first day back (6th June) we spent the day learning all about why we were celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee. The children worked hard to put a display together for parents and other classes to enjoy. The cakes looked and smelt fantastic. Well done to everyone who took part in the bake off competitions.

Greek Salad Making Day

The year 5 and 6 classes at Worle Village Primary School enjoyed making Greek Salad yesterday morning. They are learning all about Ancient Greece and found out lots of interesting facts about the salad. They really enjoyed making and eating it.

Thank you to the Chef from Aspens for making this happen. Some of the children said; 'I loved the Feta cheese', 'the best thing was eating the onion',' I really enjoyed making it and eating it', 'It was incredible', 'Greek salad is now my favourite food'.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) Support

NSPCWT represent parents and carers in North Somerset to...

Make people aware of what families need
Influence the decisions that local government, service commissioners and providers make
Create better outcomes for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities

Click here to view their calendar of upcoming events:
www.nspcwt.org/calendar

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are the local parent carer forum, there to support parents & carers of children/young people between the ages of 0-25 that have an emerging need, additional need and/or disability.

Please contact us on [email protected] or tel: 01934 440844 to access support.
We are on all social media platforms or you can find us at https://www.nspcwt.org/what-we-do

Exciting Term 4 Events at Hutton...

Ukraine Crisis...

Every year, Class 5 pupils at Hutton CE Primary take part in the Archbishop of York award, where they plan and lead an event in order to raise money for charity.

This year the class have chosen to raise money for the British Red Cross and their efforts to support families who have had to leave Ukraine during the conflict.

The class will be hosting a whole school worship on Monday 4th April, where they will be teaching the whole school the names of all the countries in Europe, as well as their capital cities.

f you would like to donate to Class 5's cause, please follow the link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/class5euro

Cake Sale Fundraising for Ukraine...

A BIG well done to Hutton's Y6 parents and children who ran a cake stall last week to raise money for Ukraine.

An amazing £286.02 was raised. Thank you to all who donated!

Year 5 Space Visit...

Class 5 at Hutton had the opportunity to work with Jo Richardson, Weston's local Space Detective.

The children were challenged to design, build and test ‘landers’ which had to land ‘eggstronauts’ safely on the surface of mars.

Amongst those that made it to Mars safely were, "Tim Poached","Neil Eggstrong" and "Sunny".

We are all Super Heroes at Hutton...

We had a surprise visitor this week, he attached himself to one of our table legs. The children were all very excited and have taken it in turns to meet him!

25 Years of World Book Day

World Book Day has been changing children's lives by encouraging a love of books and reading for 25 years. Reading for pleasure makes an enormous impact on a child's future, whether that's their educational success, well-being or mental health. World Book Day changes lives through a love of books and shared reading.

St Martin's pupils and staff had a fantastic day sharing stories and completing activities...

Worle Village pupils celebrated in style with some fabulous costumes and sharing favourite stories together...

Worle Village pupils Go for Gold in their own style Winter Olympics...

Worle Village have had an amazing week celebrating the winter Olympics WVPS style. It was concluded today with a medal ceremony in the playground. Congratulations to everyone, especially the medal winners, and a special thank you to Mrs Doolan for organising. More photo's and information can be found on the WVPS website using the link below:

https://worle-village-primary-school.secure-primarysite.net/winter-olympics-wvps/

Celebrating success as St Martin's achieves 'GOOD' Ofsted Rating!

The entire school community of St Martin's C of E Primary School are delighted following their recent Ofsted inspection as they continue to be classed as a 'Good' school.

"I am delighted with our recent Good Ofsted Inspection result - it reflects the commitment of the highly skilled staff team and the good quality education the children receive both academically and for their individual personal development and wellbeing" - Ms Yvonne Barnes, Headteacher.

Congratulations St Martin's, what a fantastic report and a reflection of your continued efforts!

You can view a copy of the Ofsted report for St Martin's here: files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50177367

Community superstar!

As part of Hutton CE Primary School's Archbishop of York award, the children have to complete challenges at home. Erin wrote a letter and posted it through 10 neighbour’s doors, asking for donations to give to the charity ‘Somewhere to Go’. The photo shows how much she has collected. The newspaper have been to interview her and she is going to the charity on Wednesday to drop off her donations.

Great work Erin!

Avon & Somerset Fire Brigade visit for KS1...

KS1 pupils at Hutton CE Primary School enjoyed a visit from Avon and Somerset Fire brigade about Fire safety. They got to see the fire engine in action with the sirens and also sat in the cab!

Celebrating Learning at Hutton CE Primary School...

We have some fantastic photos of some of the recent learning and events that have taken place at Hutton CE Primary School.

Below you can see a car crafted on 'Boys Day', creating prototypes, Multi-sports Laser Run, winning entry for Science DT and even Sword in the Stone!

Butterfly Conservation Trust visit...

Year 1 pupils at St Martin's C of E Primary School were visited by Munching Caterpillars from the Butterfly Conservation Trust
The children learnt the difference between a butterfly and a moth and how many species of each there are in the UK. They then had the chance to look at some moths closely and to plant some plants to attract butterflies to the school. They all enjoyed the experience and have taken home their own seeds to encourage butterflies in the wild.

St Martin's pupils brave 'Survival Week' in Forest School...

During ’Survival Week' a group of children worked as a team to build themselves a shelter and also learnt how to safely chop and split wood ready for firewood. Other activities included: Leaf rubbing, sketching mini-beasts and creating 'Natures Pallet' using plants and flowers found in the forest.

'Carols on the Playground' Service...

A Carols on the Playground event was organised by St Martin’s Fundraising Team. It was a wonderful time for families to enjoy songs and readings by the children, outdoor festive stalls, games and refreshments.

A special visitor for Ashcombe school...

Ashcombe pupils were treated to a very special visitor on Friday 10th December as Santa arrived to present pupils with chocolate coins and sweets on behalf of the Liam Shepherd foundation.

Nativity productions...

KS1 pupils at St Martin's C of E Primary School treated audiences to their 'Born in a Barn' Nativity production.

Archbishop of York Youth Trust - Young Leaders Award (YLA)

Year 1 pupils at Hutton CE Primary School have been taking part in the Archbishop of York 'Young Leaders Award' and have been learning all about what makes a good leader. As part of the programme, they have to help their local community either through action (such as litter picking) or through fund raising.

When we learnt that the Parish Council was planning to improve Elmhurst Park (the play park just across the road from school) we decided to raise money to help to make the park more inclusive. I have challenged the children to read 1000 times before the end of the year. It's a big challenge but if the children all work together and each one does their share, they will be able to do it.

If you would like to support their efforts you can make a donation at:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/huttonyear1playparkfundraiser?utm_term=3wqYEddmM

In week 1, the children read 124 times and are aiming to read over 200 times this week!

Mrs Cruse (Year 1 Class Teacher, Hutton CE Primary School)

Shoe Box Appeal 2021!

Pupils of Hutton CE Primary School took part in the Samaritan's Shoe Box Appeal for Christmas 2021 - collectively they have managed to fill a whopping total of 43 boxes which will be sent to children in need around the world. Thank you all for your generosity and support in helping others!

Football Tournament Teams...

Year 5 and Year 6 pupils locally took part in a KS2 Football Tournament - pictured below are our team representatives for St Martin's C of E Primary School.

Great Fire of London WOW Day...

Key Stage 1 classes at St Martin's C of E Primary had a surprise visit from Jethro who taught the children about The Great Fire of London.
The children all really enjoyed re enacting the events!

Active Archery!

On Friday 19th November some WVPS children went to Mendip Activity Centre to try Archery Active. They had lots of fun shooting foam arrows. A great activity!

Children in Need Fundraising 2021

Friday 19th November 2021 saw Kaleidoscope pupils across our MAT fundraising for Children in Need and were truly fantastic - we saw pupils in their Pudsey gear, covered in spots, sparkles and all going that extra mile to help raise funds to change the lives of children and young people that need it the most.

Below we have some amazing photos of our Worle Village pupils who managed to raise over £230!!! An amazing achievement that will make such a huge difference.

Reception pupils at St Martin's C of E Primary School enjoying fundraising for Children in Need on 'Hot Chocolate Day'!

A massive well done to all our Kaleidoscope schools for all of their fundraising efforts!

Diwali celebrations...

Reception children at St Martin's had a special visitor, Mrs Mistry, who taught them all about ‘Diwali’ the Festival of Light. The children helped tell the story using puppets and musical instruments.

Remembrance Day 2021

Sunday 14th November saw some amazing Hutton CE Primary School pupils proudly representing their school and village at the remembrance service at Hutton Church.

EYFS 'Welly Walk' to St Martin's Church

Reception children visited St Martin’s Church carrying lanterns they had made. The children sang songs beautifully, learnt about what a Church is and saw the stained glass window of St Martin.

Black History Month 2021

Key Stage 2 pupils at Worle Village Primary School have conducted some fantastic learning in celebration of Black History Month (October) 2021:

Year 3 Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocok MBE space scientist, science communicator and presenter of the BBC's The Sky at Night

Year 4 John Blanke who was a black musician at the Tudor Court

Year 5 Walter Tull was both a professional footballer player and a soldier during World War One. Walter had to give up his career as a footballer to help out in the war, but he then became recognised as the first black officer to lead white British soldiers into battle

Year 6 Marcus Rashford MBE is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national.

Harvest Festival 2021

Pupils and families of Hutton CE Primary School donated an incredible amount towards their Harvest Festival contributions for this year. All donations were given to local Weston-super-Mare charity, Somewhere To Go.

What an amazing collection that will make such a big difference, well done to all!

At St Martin's C of E Primary School, Year 2 pupils did a fantastic job in leading the Harvest Festival Assembly! Pictured below are pupils with all the amazing donations made across the school which were gratefully received by the local Foodbank; well done everyone!

Year 4 Overnight Camp Adventure at Fernhill Farm...

Year 4 St Martin's pupils took place in an overnight camping trip! The children all took part in an assault course, enjoyed den building, fire wood collecting, cricket and a farm tour. The children had the opportunity to play games around the camp site, create gods eyes and play in the forest area.

Sports Day 2021!

Pupils at St Martin's C of E Primary School took part in a number of team and individual sporting events for their sports days (held across Key Stages).