Newsletters

Dear parents and carers,

As we approach the end of this half-term I am writing to thank you for your support in returning to normal school life. As you are aware, our aim is to operate with ‘business as usual’ wherever possible and I appreciate that this has not always been easy for pupils, staff or parents. Accepting that some children have needed to self-isolate and work remotely, our current whole school attendance is 97.3% and parents continue to be supportive in ensuring home learning is completed.

Next week, you will be meeting with your child’s class teacher. Children will not be formally assessed until mid-November but class teachers will be able to talk to you about how they have settled into this new school year and what their ‘next steps’ in learning are. If you have not yet completed the questionnaire about your child, please do so this weekend: LINK

Finally, next Wednesday we will be holding our first parent workshop. The focus for the workshop is The role of speech in child development: Making the most of your conversations. You will have received a letter yesterday with more details and information about booking

Join the Arts Council!

Remember to either email me (harriet.heald@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk) or you can write me a letter and leave it on my desk in the Art Studio.

All applications need to be in by the end of half-term, and I’ll notify the successful candidates at the start of next half-term.

Remember to tell me:

• Why do you love the arts (art, drama, music, dance)?
• Your vision for the arts at Bramhope Primary School (what would you like art, dance, drama and music to be like at BPS?)
• Why you think you would make a great BPS Arts Council member?

I plan to hold Arts Council meetings on a Thursday after school until 4.30pm.

I look forward to reading all your applications!

Mrs Heald

PTA News

Wow, we are 5 weeks into the new school year and what a busy, but productive month we have had. We started this year's events with our annual scarecrow festival, which, I’m sure you will agree was AMAZING! Thank you, to everybody who made & displayed scarecrows, helped with setting up the trail , helped with stalls, served food, sold drinks….the list goes on and on. The pta would like to extend a specific Thank you to Sue Rugg who organised the hunt itself, Nicki Dodds and Laura mound for helping set up the strain, Laura Hodgson, Paola Sanna, Darren Wardman, Lenka Gerrett, and Carey Henry (sorry if I’ve missed your name) for helping man the stalls, and the group of dads who helped carry stuff to our cupboard.The year 6s were totally amazing along with some previous year 8 pupils who also helped. We could not have done this without you!

And wasn’t it just lovely to see all the children playing on the field!!! Just a wonderful day.

We are now keen to start planning for the rest of the school year, and we would like to extend an invitation for all parents / caregivers to attend our first full committee meeting on Tues 2nd November, 19.15pm in Mrs Colbourn's office at school - there will be cake! If you have attended the recent curriculum evenings at school, you will have received a PTA information pack, highlighting that the main challenge the PTA regularly encounters, is recruiting enough volunteers to either project manage or help run an event. Are you able to attend a meeting, help organise an event, serve food or design a poster? Perhaps you have a professional skill which we can utilise? We are not able to fundraise without your help. 

It's not uncommon for parents / carers to feel unsure about getting involved with the PTA. There is an assumption that you'll be expected to commit large chunks of time to the school, but that is not always the case. Any help you can provide is very much appreciated. In return, you will receive a huge sense of satisfaction & more involvement in the school community.

So, if you would like to get involved, have ideas, or just want to see what we get up to, please come along. You are ALL welcome, and can choose to be involved as much or as little as you feel you can commit. We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you

Your PTA Team

Pre-loved school uniform sale

Housepoints!

The children really look forward to me announcing our ‘weekly winners’ in assembly - well done to everyone who has been awarded a house point this week!

The total housepoints for this week are:

Congratulations to Hepworth!

Introducing Generation Earthshot Ideas to change the world

Morrisons Its Good To Grow

If you have not already done so please sign up to the Morrisons 'it's good to grow' offer for schools. Parents can sign up and earn us points towards gardening equipment when they shop!

For every £10 you spend (in store or online) at Morrisons, you’ll get a Grow Token to help your school get everything they need to get growing.

Click HERE to read more.

Download the MyMorrisons app today to start collecting Grow Tokens!

EYFS Training Day - 25 November

Please note that school will be closed to Reception pupils on 25 November, for a training day. We will send a reminder out closer to the time.

Reception 2022 Open Days

If you have a child who is due to start reception 2022, please join us on one of our open mornings

• Thursday 4 November 09.30-11.30
• Monday 8 November 09.30-11.30
• Friday 19 November 09.30-11.30

Please contact the office to book a place admin@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk 

Please note we encourage one parent per visit to limit numbers.

Lunches

The Lunch Menus are on the school website HERE and parents should order (through Scopay) in advance, before 13.00 on Thursdays, each week. This can be done for ad hoc days if you wish your child to have a packed lunch on some days.  

Please contact the office if you need help with this: admin@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!