Newsletters

Dear Parents and Carers, 

I hope you and your child are getting into the routines of school life and you have at least put names to faces with class teachers. Please remember that you have an opportunity to meet with your child’s class teacher next week, days and timings as follows: 

Meetings will take place on Tuesday 27 September for Reception, Y1 and Y2 and Thursday 29 September for Y3/4 and Y5/6

Timings are as follows:

• 4:45-5:15 Parent charter, School vision and School priorities (Rachel Colbourn)
• 5:30-6:00 Timetables, Class routines, expectations, helping your child and Q&A (class teachers)
• 6:15-6:45 Rachel Colbourn (repeat of previous session)
• 7:00-7:30 Class teachers (repeat of previous session)

If you are unable to attend or need to contact a class teacher for any reason, please use the class email address rather than teacher's individual emails. (eg 3/4DG@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk)

Site update 

As you can see, there is still work to complete on site. I am in regular communication with the project manager and am trying to speed things up to ease congestion and improve access issues in and around the school. My next site meeting is with our Chair of governors and a local councillor and I will update you with changes as soon as I can.   

In summary: 

• Our new, fobbed entrance is in use  
• Our new kitchen equipment and electronic ordering system is in use and the children are enjoying finding their names every day! Feedback on Hutchison (our new caterers) is really good, and pupil meal numbers are increasing. 
• Our two new classrooms and small teaching spaces are in use, and we are gradually unpacking boxes from the container  
• Our new hall is usable but not finished. External works (construction of canopy etc) will continue for another 3-4 weeks, and the hall will not be decorated until half term. 
• The perimeter fence is under construction and should be completed around 7 October.  
• The staff car park, extended playground and new entrance are still under construction. I am awaiting an update as to when these works will be completed.

As you can appreciate, the site is extremely congested at peak times, especially at the end of the day. Please can you help us by standing near the fencing so that class teachers can see who they are dismissing to.

I am also receiving daily complaints about parking. Please do make every effort to park considerately near school.

Finally, we encourage as many children as possible to walk to school. We will be re-starting our Travel Tracker on 1 October (more details to follow) and this will give your child a chance to earn rewards for walking when it is possible to do so.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and look forward to speaking with many of you next week.

Mrs Colbourn

STEM Careers

We are looking for parent volunteers to be added to our 'STEM Career List' who would be willing to come into school at some point to share their experiences of their careers in STEM.

In the past, we have had parents come in and talk about their career and what they do and some who have been able to deliver a workshop through the company they work for. Our science curriculum covers a range of topics including plants, materials, forces, space, seasons, human body and more!

We do also spend the time to look at a diverse range of scientists/careers in STEM to help the children understand what STEM looks like beyond Bramhope Primary.

If you think that you may be able to volunteer some of your time, please get in touch with your contact details and outlining what you do. We will add your name to our list, and we will look for opportunities across our curriculum to ask you to visit.

Thank you to those parents who have already volunteered to be on the list.

Mrs Hurst and Mrs Lawson

Sunflower Competition

Thank you to all the children who entered our sunflower competition before the summer holidays. We started growing our sunflowers back in March as part of British Science Week, and it is great to see how many children took care of their sunflowers.

Thank you for all the photos sent in to show how brilliantly the children nurtured their sunflowers at home. Here are a few photos of some of the children's successes with some of the sunflowers growing over 2.5m high!

Well done everyone!

We look forward to celebrating British Science Week again next March.

Mrs Hurst and Mrs Lawson.

PTA News

The Pre-loved School Uniform Shop

The preloved uniform shop would love to take your un-needed uniform.

If you have uniform your child has outgrown or is no longer needed, please consider donating. You can leave any donations at the school office while open. If that is not possible, or you want to donate during the school holidays please email bpsuniforms@outlook.com.

The shop will accept donations over the school holidays but will not be open for sales. We will also be clearing any current waiting lists over summer, please message us again in September for any items you still want.

We will reopen for requests on Monday 5th September so get in early for the start of term!

Thank you from

Grace, Suzanna, Vanessa & Maike