Newsletters

Dear Parents and Carers,

It was lovely to see so many of you at this week's parents' meetings. I hope you found them useful and had time to discuss any questions or concerns. Please be assured that we do want to hear your feedback. We are currently following up on any issues which were raised within the parent survey and will pass them on to another staff member if this is more appropriate.

A huge thank you to all our teachers, support staff and administrators this half-term. As usual, they have done an amazing job and really strive to meet your child's needs. This hard work is reflected in our whole school survey which represents 72% of the school population:

• My child feels happy at Bramhope Primary School 98%
• My child feels safe at Bramhope Primary School 100%
• When I have raised concerns with my child's teacher, they have been dealt with properly 98%
• Bramhope Primary makes sure its pupils are well-behaved 98%
• My child has been bullied, and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively 98%
• My child has pastoral needs and Bramhope Primary School gives them the support they need 99%
• My child has SEN needs and Bramhope Primary School gives them the support they need 98%
• Bramhope Primary school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year 85%
• Bramhope Primary School has high expectations for my child 96%
• My child does well at Bramhope Primary School 97%
• Bramhope Primary School supports my child with wider personal development 93%
• My child has the opportunity to take part in clubs and activities at this school 91%
• I would recommend this school to another parent 98%

Of course, this is just the headlines. We are interested in views as well as percentages. We are also interested in trends and are going to be working on our next steps from half-term.

Next steps

Providing more information about your child's learning- we are just deciding which information is useful to a parent and how frequently to share it.

Being more explicit about our whole school personal development programme -we want to explain our offer so that all parents know what every child will experience outside the classroom.

Broadening our extracurricular programme - it can be challenging to find quality providers so please email admin@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk if you feel you have a recommendation for an after-school club or would like to run a half hour lunchtime club yourself. Our aim is to offer more non -sport related clubs such as drawing, crafts, coding, chess, board games or anything else you think children might be interested in! 

Children's magazines

I hope you all had chance to see our new school library either before or after parents' meetings. We are going to be asking for good quality magazine donations after the holiday, so please hold on to them if you are tidying up over half-term!

Thinking Day

As in previous years, we would like to support World Thinking Day on Wednesday 22nd February. The Theme this year is Our World, our peaceful future. Children who attend any uniformed groups (for example Brownies, Guides, Cubs or Beavers) are encouraged to wear their uniforms to school. Link

Project Happy

The Project Happy Team is made up of parents and School Governors. Their aim is to make school drop off and pick up safer and easier by asking parents to do as much as they can to ease congestion around school and park sensibly when dropping off or picking up to keep our children safe. We also want to ensure that residents living in the vicinity are not inconvenienced through blocking driveways etc. 

At their last meeting, the team agreed to put a plan in place to try and help parents do the right thing. The school already has a Road Safety Charter, and Project Happy are looking for volunteer parents to help survey behaviours at drop off. The commitment would be observing behaviours for part or all of one week between 8.30am and 9.15am. The Project Happy Team will then discuss their findings and what potential solutions or actions they can put in place to help everyone do the right thing.

In addition, the team would like to have a week of “high visibility” where you will find volunteer parents and Governors available before and after school to answer any concerns. If you would like to help the Project Happy Team with the drop-off survey, please email admin@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk.

Thank you PTA-thank you everyone!

After a very long wait, here are some photos of us enjoying our new playground equipment! Thank you so much to everyone who supported events and gave up their time to raise the money to buy it. Our school ambassadors were instrumental in helping write our rules around using it safely and sensibly and Dilraj gave valuable feedback on the sneak preview session, helping us reflect on the draft rules and making tweaks where necessary. Thank you everyone!

Change One Thing

Thank you to everybody who entered the Change One Thing competition last week. We asked each family to make one change that would improve their children’s well-being.

We’ve had lots of entries with some incredible ideas from book clubs to muddy walks on a Saturday morning and time reading to siblings and pets!

Every entry into the competition received a ticket into the prize draw. Well done to our winners, and thank you very much to the following businesses for supporting us. Lily‘s of at Bramhope, Yorkshire Corner, Puffin Pottery and Kids Club House.

Some positive feedback from some of the pupils:

"It is a really good way to spend time off devices,"

"We had some amazing entries such as spending time outside on family walks, making a quiet room in the "

"There were lots of different ideas."

"We enjoyed organising Change One Thing competition".

"Now every weekend, we go out for a walk instead of playing on our laptops"

"I now do baking every week, instead of playing on ipads".

"We really enjoyed pulling the names out of the hat"

"It was great that everybody had the chance to Change One Thing and families were able to spend some time together".

"I just liked spending more time with my cat"

"It's fun because you get to win prizes"

"I think it's a good way to spend time off devices and enjoy other things"

"I like the fact that if you like to stay on your device for a long time, the competition helps you realise it's good to spend time off your device"

"It's good because it was a fun competition, but it also works at getting you to spend less time on computers by giving you lots of other ideas"

Thank you to everyone who took part.

Mrs Hahnel

Our Digital Leaders

Y3/4 Roman Assembly-SAVE THE DATE

Years 3 and 4 are looking forward to presenting their Roman assembly on Wednesday the 22nd March am and on 24th March pm.

Please save the dates!

 Year 3 and Year 4 Team

Noodle

We are very happy to welcome Noodle back this week. Class teachers select children who have impressed them with their reading both in school and at home. Noodle is a great listener and the children have a chance to read to him as part of a group. Thank you to parents for signing the consent form. 

The pupils who read today with Noodle were: 

Freddie J, Izzy C, Aisling L, Hattie M, Jemima H, Sophie M, Hayden L, Austin L, Eloise W, Ellin H, William H, Saxon H,

If you wish to provide permission for your child to meet and read to Noodle, please complete the consent form HERE.

Mr Dawes (English leader)

Next Parent Workshop:

21 February - Online Safety: Parenting in a digital world

New time of 09.00- 10.00 am

In today's digital world, it can be difficult to navigate some of the challenges around online technologies. Increasingly as a school, we see children spending more time online. At Bramhope, 47% of our children are spending at least an hour a day on their devices and 93% have access to devices at home.

This session is run by our digital leaders. It will be practical with some key tips on how to navigate the digital parenting world and there will be plenty of opportunities to discuss key information in parent groups. We will cover, amongst other things, managing health and wellbeing online, looking at social media for both younger and older age groups. We shall also be sharing some excellent resources!

Please complete the online form HERE if you are able to join us:

Any questions please contact Mrs Judd: caroline.judd@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk

Caroline Judd (DDSL and pastoral coordinator)

House Points

The children really look forward to me announcing our ‘weekly winners’ in assembly - especially as we now present the house trophy every Friday!

Well done to everyone who has been awarded a house point this term! 

Goodbye Mrs Heald

Finally, we were all sad to bid a fond farewell to Mrs Heald today. I know that many of you have thanked her personally for everything she has done over the last three years. Luckily, we will still see her cheerful smile around school. Good luck with your next venture Mrs Heald, we will miss you!

PTA News 

Key dates for your diary! 

• Sunday 26^th March - sponsored bike ride

If you would like to volunteer for the PTA please fill in the online form HERE  or email us on pta@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk

February Camps

Total sports are back in Bramhope and will be providing holiday camps on site from now onwards. If you are interested in booking a place for your child, click here to find out more. LINK

Community Netball sessions being held at PHGS

Sessions for Years 2 & 3 and for Years 4, 5 & 6

Starts: Monday 27^th February (the second week back after half-term)  

When: Mondays (term time only) until Monday 17^th July  

Time: 4:15 – 5:15pm 

Location: Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Sports Hall/ Outdoor Courts. 

Cost: £3 per session. 

To register your child or for further information, please contact: 

Mrs S Cooke - PE Teacher and Netball Coach 

Email: CES@princehenrys.co.uk 

School Number (term time): 01943 463524 

Please provide via email, your child’s name, year group, school, relevant medical information and a parent/carer emergency contact number.