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 ............  School Starts at 8.40am & finishes at 3.10pm ............ 2025/26 Term Dates ........... Primary admission applications now open for Reception 2026/27 children - please apply via KCC here ............ For reporting your child absent from school, please telephone 01227 464956 or email officemanager@parkside.kent.sch.uk before 9.00am ........... 

Upcoming Events

Christmas Dinner Day

Dec

03

We’re excited to let you know that our annual Christmas Dinner Day will take place on Wednesday 3rd December.

There’s no need to pre-order; meals can be booked in the usual way. 

Payment for Christmas Dinner can be made via the Caterlink payment app. For children who usually receive free meals, Christmas Dinner will still be free of charge.

We’re looking forward to a festive and delicious day!

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Christmas Fair

Dec

05

Our amazing PTFA are running the Christmas Fair at Parkside again this year.

Join us for tombola, stalls, games, a Christmas raffle and more on Friday 5 December from 2pm!

Parents and carers will be able to collect their children at 1:45pm from the playground.  Those children not collected at this time will be supervised by a teacher until collected, 3:10pm at the latest.

Raffle tickets will be sold for £1 per strip - keep your eyes peeled for when these are available for purchase.

A huge thank you to our wonderful PTFA for organising what is bound to be another fantastic Christmas Fair!

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Christmas Jumper Day!

Dec

12

Friday 12 December is Christmas Jumper Day here at Parkside.

Pupils are welcome to attend school this day in their usual school uniform, but can swap out their school jumper with a snazzy, Christmas sweater instead.

We will not be requesting a monetary donation for this school event, we are simply looking forward to seeing everyone's jolly jumpers and festive fleeces!

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KS1 Nativity Performance

Dec

16

Our Year R and Year 1 pupils will be performing a delightful Nativity Performance to get us in the festive spirit.

Date: Tuesday 16 December

Time: 2.30pm

Parents are warmly invited to attend, and there is no need to book tickets in advance: simply arrive at the School Office between 2.20-2.30pm so everyone can be seated and the performance can begin promptly.

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Christmas Party Day!

Dec

17

Get ready to celebrate the festive season!

Wednesday 17 December will be Christmas Party Day this year!

We will be having in-class celebrations before the holidays begin. Each class will enjoy festive activities, music, and treats as we wrap up the term together.

Please note, children will be wearing normal school uniform for their Christmas parties.

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Be Present for Christmas!

Dec

19

We are running another attendance initiative this term after the success of Term 1's Hallowinner competition.

For Term 2, we are asking pupils to Be Present for Christmas!

This week pupils will be given a festive colouring and for each week they attend every day, they can colour in a part of the picture.

Each full week of attendance means another chance at winning 1 of 3 amazing raffle prizes. 

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