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Newsletter -25 October 2019

25 October 2019

Dear parents and carers,

May I start this week by saying a huge thank you to Mrs Lamb for staging our first ever art exhibition. If you were able to pop in, I’m sure you’ll agree that it was a fantastic celebration of art at our school and a huge effort on Mrs Lamb’s part to pull it all together at this stage in the term. I was really impressed by the breadth of work and the range of artists who have inspired the children. It was also lovely to have our sketchpads on show and to share some of the process as well as the end products. As you will know, art teaches children to observe carefully, empathise, tell stories, solve problems and see connections. Art can also teach children to trust in their own abilities and it was lovely to see the pride each child had in their work and to hear how their lessons have inspired them to draw, paint and make at home.

I hope this week’s parents’ meetings proved useful in finding out how your child has settled into their new year group and you have had initial feedback as to how they are progressing, both academically and socially. Due to a variety of technical issues, we haven’t yet been able to collate statistics from our parent survey but the majority of parents were wholly positive about the usefulness of their meeting with their child’s teacher and extremely positive about their child’s first half term in this school year. I expect that many of our children are ready for a good rest and a break from routine and we look forward to welcoming everyone on our first day back after the holiday, Tuesday 5 November.

I also look forward to seeing many of you at this evening’s Halloween disco and would like to wish everyone a happy half term break.

Have a lovely weekend,

Rachel Colbourn

We’d like you feel involved in your child’s learning and maybe build on class discussion around our weekly ‘key questions’

This week’s key questions are:

How are you different to everyone else?

Hoe are you the same? What makes you unique?

Art Exhibition

This week's art exhibition proved to be a huge success.

Feedback from parents and carers has been extremely positive, one parent wrote in our visitor’s book, “I loved seeing all the different styles of art and the hard work that has gone into them. BPS is a very creative place to learn”! Thank you all for your kind comments.

I would like to give a special thanks to our volunteers, who gave their time and artistic flair to help set up the displays, it was very much appreciated.

Also, huge thanks go to the year five and six art ambassadors who guided people round the work. Parents were very impressed with their good manners, enthusiasm and knowledge of the creations. They were a pleasure to work with and fantastic representatives of our school!

I am very proud of the talent your children display. It never ceases to amaze me when observing the quality of work they produce.

The art exhibition will definitely return!

Many thanks

Mrs Lamb.

French Lesson for Years 1 and 2

On Wednesday the chidren in Years 1 and 2 were lucky enought to have a visit from Madame Dooley. The children learnt the names of some fruits and vegatables so they could sing a song about shopping at the market. The children also learnt the names of colours, numbers and about french money! The children really enjoyed it and enjoyed telling stories about their holidays in France.

Language Learners French Classes take place in school on a Monday lunchtime. The classes are small, planned for this specific age group, structured and interactive.

Classes are for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The cost is £5.95 per lesson and the workbook is £20. For further information please contact Zoë @ Language Learners on 0113 2500809 / 07946577545

hello@languagelearners.co.uk. www.languagelearners.co.uk www.lajolieronde.co.uk

Carols Round The Tree

The KS2 Choir Club will be taking place every Tuesday lunchtime in the KS2 hall at 12:00, starting after Half Term. We will be singing our favourite Christmas Carols and popular Christmas songs. This is a perfect chance to get into the festive spirit and an ideal way to start the Christmas celebrations and be part of a school choir. Please come and join in the fun!

The ‘Carols Round the Tree’ event will take place on 18 December from 5-6pm. Parents are invited to attend our musical evening and enjoy listening to our favourite Christmas songs.

1st Half Term House Points

Bronte 920

Burton 1132

Hepworth 1406

Wilberforce 1625

Well done Wilberforce!

School Holiday

All Day

School closed 28/10/19 -1/11/19

October

School Training Day

8:50am

November

Training Day for Reception Class only

All Day

EYFS Training Day for Reception Class only

November

Open Day for September 2020 Reception Intake

9:00am – 11:00am

November

Training Day for Reception Class only

All Day

EYFS Training Day for Reception Class only

November

Open Day for September 2020 Reception Intake

9:00am – 11:00am

November

BBC Children in Need

3:20pm – 6:10pm

BBC Children in Need - non uniform - optional spots!

November

School Closes

3:15pm

December