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Newsletter for Children in Care Junior issue 4

Welcome to our Halloween edition of

the Autumn Newsletter

- In this issue you will see what fun

stuff we got up to during the Summer

Holidays as well as all the gossip

from the recent VSK Awards

Ceremony.

- Our newbie Apprentice Bella has

been telling us about her first few

weeks working at VSK, read all about

it!

- This Halloween edition also has all

the poems and stories written by

some of you.

Hope to see you at our

October Activity days!

Sophia, Amelia, Hayley & Bella

SPECIAL

ANNOUNCEMENT

As some of you know Sophia has

gone on maternity leave. We’ve

got some special news for you all

in that Sophia has now given

birth to a beautiful baby girl

called Betsy. Both Sophia and

Betsy are doing well and are both

at home. We wish them both the

best and can’t wait for her to

come back to the team!

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We had our 4th annual awards ceremony at the Canterbury Cricket ground in September. Lots of you got awards and medals to say well done for working hard, and then had fun being sumo wrestlers and making your own Frisbees. Many of you also had a go at the climbing wall and archery. After lunch the birds of prey put on a show and whizzed past everybody’s heads, a few of you brave enough to hold the hawks! The apprentices had a stall too, with bubbles, space hoppers, stick on tattoos and a huge lucky dip!

You all looked like you loved the day just as much as we did!

Well done to everybody who was given an award, you all

deserved it!

KCC Bosses joined in the archery fun!

Philip Segurola, Andrew Ireland, Peter Oakford

and Tony Doran

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What we have been up to this Summer...

HORSE RIDING

RAFT BUILDING & KAYAKING

ARTS & CRAFTS

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Competition time Its Halloween, so we want you to create a scary monster or a

spooky haunted house and send them in to us here at VSK. If

you want to make a creepy piece of art you could be a winner

and receive a prize.

Please send entries to:

Bella Taylor Virtual School Kent Brook House Reeves Way

Whitstable CT53SS

or email VSK_Participation@kent.gov.uk

We are waiting patiently but need some help to create a

Christmas card that will be used by Kent County Council

We would love to see your ideas and designs for our Christmas card and

there will be prizes for the best entries as well as them being featured on

our website, Kent Cares Town http://kentcarestown.lea.kent.sch.uk/. We

will also feature your brilliant designs in our Christmas newsletter.

Please send your entries to Amelia Kury Virtual School Kent Worrall House

30 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling ME19 4AE

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Bella’s First weeks with VSK First day with VSK

My fist day went really well, I didn’t need

to be scared after all. I met Hayley &

Sophia who helped me through the day &

showed me around. They gave me a hand

in what I was doing and then introduced

me to everyone else, everyone is so

friendly. This is my dream job!

First participation day

I went KAYAKING! I loved it, I had

done it before so I knew I didn’t need

to worry. I felt like a big kid, splashing

around with my paddle getting so wet!

Everybody had happy faces and it was

probably one of my best days so far, I

can’t wait for my next adventure.

Maybe I’ll see more new faces.

Office days

I like days in the Office, it’s nice to feel grown

up and positive. . Everybody helps me if I

need it and the time fly's by. Every day I come

in there is usually lots of treats to have during

the day—I’m going to turn into a

digestive biscuit soon!

First activities arranged by me

I’m finally running my first activity days in

the October holidays. I hope it all goes

well and that everyone enjoys it, I thought

is would be kind of scary but not scary for

you all to come to. I’m really proud of

myself too as I’ve been here a month or

so now, its been brilliant I’m really enjoy-

ing it and work has made me happier

and more confident!

Your Apprentice Participation Workers are available

to support and help you complete your ePEP online

questions!

If you would like us to come and help you please tell

your Social Worker or get in contact with us.

It is really important that you complete your section before

your PEP Review as it gives you a chance to let people know

what you like and don’t like.

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Can you spot your T-Shirt, Graffiti or Art work?

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How many black cats can you find in this newsletter?

Scary

Treat

Moon

Ghost

Trick

Monsters

Haunted

Pumpkin

Sweets

Witch

Who won the skeleton beauty

contest?

Nobody!

Where do mummies go for a swim?

To the dead sea!

What kind of roads do ghosts haunt?

Dead Ends!