Newsletters

Dear Parents and Carers,

Family of Schools Poetry Slam Event 

On Tuesday, along with schools in Otley and Pool, we were invited to a poetry slam event at Prince Henry's Grammar School working with poet, Andy Craven-Griffiths.  Andy is a published poet, rapper, singer and workshop facilitator, who has been running large scale poetry workshops in education since 2007.  In both morning and afternoon sessions, a group of children across key stage 2 enjoyed writing their own group performance poem, which they then performed live to the other schools; parents and carers.  

The children demonstrated fantastic teamwork, creativity and communication skills to draft, re-draft and practice delivering their performance poem, all within a very short period of time.  It was a pleasure to see all children grow in confidence during their session, with many pushing themselves out of their comfort zone to perform to a live audience.  All children can feel very proud of their achievements!  Well done!

There is an article regarding this event in the Wharfedale Observer, click on the link HERE to find out more.

Mr Street (Deputy Head)

Roman Assembly

This week our Year3/4 children performed their Roman assembly. Everybody really enjoyed taking part in the performance. Our year 3's provided an excellent supporting role with both singing and dance moves. The year 4's performed brilliantly, with every child demonstrating a good level of expression, and really bringing to life our learning about Roman times.
Thank you to all the pupils and the parents for their support.

Year 3/4 teaching staff

British Science Week Competition

Don't forget to enter our competition on the theme of connections. There are lots of different ideas to show connections.

What will you choose? We can’t wait to see your entries!

Please email your entries by 17 April to your child’s class teacher or send them straight into school.   

Pick up KS2 Playground

After pickup time, please can we ask all parents to leave the KS2 playground promptly, so we can lock the gates at 3.30pm. This is a safeguarding issue as we do still have pupils in school, at clubs and at after school care.

Vender

We have a new reading dog called Vedder starting soon! 

Vedder is two years old and is half fox-red Labrador, half golden retriever. His favourite things are walkies, cuddles and snoozing in the sun. I expect, if he could talk, he would save his favourite thing is food. He is very sociable and always wants to join in with whatever is going on. He loves attention and loves to be stroked, especially by children. 

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

Mr Dawes (English Subject leader)

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 week! 

Bramhope in Bloom Competition

Bramhope in Bloom are holding their annual poster competition! Winning entries will be displayed around the village and we have lots of lovely prizes to give away!

There are two templates, links below, on which the children may do their own design.  Space has been allocated below the heading, so pupils can write their name and class. Template 1 / Template 2.

Pupils may wish to include flowers, bees, butterflies, insects or perhaps a crown for Charles' coronation!

Bramhope in Bloom are holding a coffee morning on Wednesday 5 April, when they will display all the entries and choose the winners. Therefore, please send all entries to the school office, by the end of March. A winner will be chosen from each class. 

We look forward to seeing your designs!

PTA Pre-loved Uniform Sale

Donations are always gratefully received, please bring any pre loved uniform items to the school office. 

PTA News  

Our next PTA event is the BPS sponsored bike ride on Sunday 26^th March from 2-4.30pm at The Brownlee Centre in Adel. Tickets now on sale LINK HERE and children are able to ask for sponsorship to spur them on if they wish. We hope to see you all there!  

Other dates for your diary – 

• 24^th June – Scarecrow hunt and summer festival  
• 14^th July – Teddy bear’s picnic (new starters) 
• 21^st July – End of term picnic 

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

‘Inspirational Woman’ Essay Writing Competition

Harrogate Ladies’ College is delighted to announce the launch of this year’s ‘Inspirational Woman’ Essay Writing Competition - open to pupils in Year 3, 4 and 5.

Competition finalists will be invited to a special lunch, and there are prizes worth up to £50 in book tokens for the winners and runners-up, plus a £50 book prize for the schools of pupils who win their category.

Girls Football Years 3, 4 and 5

After running a successful girls team in Shropshire a new local resident Sim Hadebe and a team of local volunteers are working to set up our very own Bramhope Girl's Football Club!  

Sim has been working tirelessly to get the team registered and affiliated with the FA, complete all the necessary safeguarding and secure pitch availability with the local council and is now ready to run the first taster session. 

Preparations have been ongoing with the West Riding FA and Parish Council to establish a club and join the Harrogate and Craven Girls football league in time for the September 2023/24 season.  

The club will start by holding training sessions for girls in Years 3, 4 and 5. If there is enough interest in a certain year group we will create a team for that age group. The teams would then train and participate in friendly games and tournaments until the league starts.

If your daughter is a potential Lioness or just wants to play for fun, novices very welcome, please get in touch.  

The first taster session is Saturday 15th April, 10am, at Old Lane Recreation Ground, Bramhope.

Sim Hadebe - Secretary (simadb@outlook.com/07986874845)

An Art Camp Eggstravaganza - 3rd April - 13th April

For children 4.5 - 12 years 

08.45 - 15.45 at Westgate Primary School (Scarborough Road, Otley, LS213JS)

Week 1 - All Star Easter Special

Each day we shall start the day with an Easter Special "wake up, shake up". We shall be introducing ballroom dancing and the ancient mystical art of puppetry workshops. We also shall be baking tea cakes and having a tea party. There will also be a fancy dress party alongside music, pop singing and dj-ing, arts and crafts, film-making, forest schools and more. 

Week 2 - An Easter Eggstravaganza 

We have a special visit from bunnies, snakes, scorpions, bearded dragons, pythons, a gecko, giant African snails, chinchilla's, and stick insects. 

There will be an Easter egg treasure hunt and an Easter fancy dress party, mini disco, cake making and egg decorating competition, arts and crafts, belly dancing, contemporary dance, dj-ing, pop singing, egg and spoon racing, Forest schools, bushcraft, film making, and TV Presenting!   

There is no secret to the success of Art Camp, we simply love what we do and look forward to seeing you all soon!

Jon, Kat, Paul, Emily, Charly, and the Art Camp Team

To book your places please follow this link 

https://artcampuk.magicbooking.co.uk/Identity/Account/Login

For booking support contact admin@artcampuk.com / Kat on 07934564374