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Poppy Appeal - Thank you

Fri 13 Dec 2019

We have just been notified formally that we raised £236.25 this year for the Poppy Appeal. This is our best total ever! Thank yo to everyone for contributions. Without your help the Royal British Legion would not be able to continue vital welfare and benevolent work.

Mary and Joseph are travelling around school, Crockham Hill and the wider community!

Thu 12 Dec 2019

Mary and Joseph are currently travelling around our community. They even travelled to Tunbridge Wells for a night!

Dandelions' Community Christmas Party

Sat 07 Dec 2019

On Thursday 5th December Dandelion class hosted our first ever Community Tea Party. They prepared afternoon tea, served it to our guests and everyone enjoyed chatting over 'a cup of tea'. Then the children entertained their guests with jokes, magic tricks, dancing, poems and plenty of piano playing. The children demonstrated superb manners and confidence to chat to our guests. Our visitors were most complimentary. Well done to Dandelions and thanks to Mrs King and Mrs Choubandi for helping them.

Party Manifesto summaries for our Election

Sat 07 Dec 2019

Tomorrow Party

Good morning, my name is Niamh and I am the leader of the Tomorrow party. We are the party that will listen to the voters’ needs. We have made several great ideas to help our country.

First of all, we promise to improve education. We will give school children outdoor lessons at least twice a week. Children need to gain an appreciation of our environment. We would also like to introduce the comfort of therapy pets. We will put a cat or dog in every school to improve children’s happiness.

For our NHS we will buy new equipment so our country will be the best health provider in the world. We would like to discover a cure for cancer as well as re-decorating children’s ward rooms to boost morale during depressing times.

We believe that we should give a basic allowance of food so no pet will suffer starvation. We shall also propose a law that if any animal is healthy and safe it cannot be destroyed. We are the party that cares for your pets.

Hopefully, this has helped you decide who you want to vote for. Nothing will change for tomorrow unless we work to change our today. We need to come together to make a brighter future.

Remember, your kids tomorrow depends on our today. Thank you.

Progress Party

Good morning,

My name is Evie and I am the committed leader of The Progress Party.

We believe in making Britain a better place to live in and these are our three policies.

Firstly, we are passionate about erasing the issue of plastic pollution. We will do this by asking shops and retailers to increase the price of plastic disposable bags. This will help as fewer plastic bags will be bought and possibly end up in the ocean.

Next, we move onto climate change. We believe that the increase in electric cars would be beneficial as petrol and diesel release chemicals into the atmosphere, causing pollution. We promise to provide grants to make electric more affordable for families.

Lastly, racism is an issue that needs to be addressed to prevent it from getting worse. The main topics of racism are religion, appearance and race. We will tackle this problem by implementing teaching of equality in schools across the country. We aim to show racism as a crime not to commit.

Thank you for listening – remember your vote counts.

We will not just transform a vision of tomorrow, but make real progress.

Vision Party

My name is Lily and I am the leader of the Vision Party. In our manifesto, we propose to introduce our three main policies:

The first one is Equality.

We are committed to give the right of Equality to all of society. To do this we will create a specialised company who will introduce a website to support, help and care for all those who need it.

Secondly, animal welfare is a concern for us. We will campaign for a law to be passed to ensure the safety and happiness of all animals. We will make it possible for affordable vet care in the future, through a cash-back scheme.

Our last focus is the emergency services – creating a service which is sustainable, larger and more affordable.

Additionally, Vision feels that biofuel power plants will make fuel more environmentally friendly and are a good pivot point for a greener, brighter and functional future.

Finally, I would like to thank you all for your time and attention. We hope we can rely on your support to create a vision, create the future.

Transform Party

My name is Freya and I am the leader of Transform – Transform us, Transform you, Transform Britain.

We believe in three policies:

Firstly, we are passionate about reducing plastic pollution in order to save wildlife in oceans and to ban plastic pollution. We are proposing a deposit scheme where a small charge is made for the use of a plastic item. When the item is returned, the money will be refunded.

Secondly, we believe that more police officers need to be recruited and deployed across the country as a matter of urgency. This will stop increasing crime. We will also encourage young children to join this worth-while profession.

Lastly, our final policy is tackling the important issue of animal cruelty. We propose that all owner and homes be checked to ensure that they are suitable and will provide nourishment and exercise. In addition we would also consider how much space is available to animals in zoos to ensure that they are similar to their natural habitat.

We believe that these are essential.

Vote Transform.

Transform us, Transform you, Transform Britain.

School General Election - Thursday 12th December - register to vote

Fri 06 Dec 2019

Dear Parents and carers,

Last Wednesday the Party Leaders of our four political parties - Tomorrow, Progress, Vision and Transform - launched their manifestos; setting out what they stand for and what they will do, if elected.

You will be able to read the summaries of their manifestos on this site in the next couple of days.

In the meantime, in order to vote next Thursday - 12th December - you need to register your name on our Electoral Roll. You should have received a form via Parentmail to do this.

The School (as oppose to the Village hall) Polling station will be open for parents and carers in the hall at drop off between 8.35am-8.55am and again in the playground at pick up.

We hope you will join in with our Election fever!!

Netball Match 26.11.19

Sun 01 Dec 2019

Score: Crockham Hill 2 - 11 Chiddingstone

The netball match was a real challenge as the Chiddingstone players were really tall and fast. Our team were playing really well because we communicated brilliantly but marking their players was difficult. In the first quarter they scored several goals. After the second quarter, the goals were flooding in and the score was 9 - 0 so we were a bit disheartened but we still carried on strong. By the last quarter they had only scored two more goals and the amazing Beau managed to score one! We had to stick to our players like glue for the whole match.

After the match, we gathered on the court and cheered for each other. Next, Chiddingstone offered us delicious chocolate and oat biscuits which were incredible.

Thank you to parents and friends for coming to support us and Mrs Lakin-Hall for managing the team.

Christmas Fair

Sun 01 Dec 2019

Thank to everyone who joined us at the Christmas Fair. What a wonderful opening to this year's Christmas celebrations.

Our two choirs opened the event and it was lovely to see their smiling faces and hear their angelic voices. Then the crowds poured in to the school; many people warming up with a soothing glass of mulled wine, a Westerham Butchers' hot dog with entertainment from talented pianist Tom Chatfield.

The children excelled this year with the variety of stalls they created. Great fun was had sticking hands in jelly and spaghetti to win a prize, blind folded drawing, guessing the number of seconds and Pin the buckle on Father Christmas' belt - just to name a few stalls.

The new, restyled Santa's Grotto drew a constant stream of visitors and he was ably helped by Year 6 Elves Evie and Jack.

The Secrets room offered the children a chance to buy presents for family and friends and have them 'professionally' wrapped by members of staff! We've seen the gifts and know you are in for a treat on Christmas morning!

Thank you to parents for planning and running the other stalls: the Craft room, the Tombolas, the Toy room , the Raffle and programme, the sausage rolls and the bar/cake stall.

I am delighted to announce that we made £4,000 profit this year. A superb start to our Outdoor redevelopment fund.

Thank again for your generosity.

Mrs Ingman