Furley Park Primary School

Furley Park Primary School is turning 10 in September!

To celebrate the occasion we will be running some special activities for the children – starting on the first day back – Friday 3rd September!

The day will start off with the Science Boffins running an assembly and working with the children during the day.

Nigel King Raptors will be giving a flying demonstration of three or four birds of prey in the school hall.

There will also be a picnic on the field – an opportunity for children and their new teachers to eat together.

And finally, the judging of the summer competition will complete the day.

This summer there will be a competition to design and build a non-food birthday cake to celebrate the school’s 10th birthday – the only criteria is that it is no larger than a Roses or Quality Street tin!

Please see the school newsletter for more information.

On Friday (2nd July), the school netball team travelled to the University of Kent at Canterbury to compete at the Kent School Games.

It was a scorching day that the team had been waiting for since winning the right to represent the area at the Mid Kent and Ashford tournament earlier in the year.

As representatives of our local area we were hoping to do well against the best Kent had to offer. The team performed superbly, winning all of their initial qualifying games against Thanet, Maidstone, Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells. In the second round they beat Gravesham and Shepway and narrowly lost out in a rematch against Tunbridge Wells.

We qualified for the semi finals but were beaten by an excellent Malling and Sevenoaks team. We won the third place play off and took our place on he podium with a bronze medal. This was the first time the school had been at the Kent School Games and children did so well to get so far and do so well. Well done!

Kent School Games Website