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Dear Parents and Carers,

I wanted to end the week by saying thank you to everyone who made last week’s summer festival such a success. It was great to see a strong turnout of parents and pupils past and present as well as many children who will be starting our school in September. I am sure you agree it was a brilliant atmosphere and it was lovely to see so many of our younger children enjoying the independence of exploring with friends and spending their tokens. As usual, we could not have put on the event without our fantastic PTA, a hardworking team who put huge thought and effort into making the day a great success. Thank you! 

Another highlight for me was seeing the Y6’s running their own stalls as part of the Fiver challenge. The Y6’s are an inspiration to our younger year groups and have learnt such a lot through working as a team and taking part in the project. The Fiver Challenge is made available by the Young Enterprise charity which gives young people the life skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to succeed in the changing world of work. Their flagship 'Company Programme' helps approximately 12,000 students from 800 high schools take part in a real-life learning experience that introduces them to the realities of the world of work, through working in teams and setting up and running their own Young Enterprise student companies. 

Young Enterprise are always in need of support from the business community, either in the form of volunteer time (spent assisting teams as a Business Advisor, or judging for the annual awards, for example), or cash donations of £250 to sponsor events for students and their award. Some of you may know that Dani Wainwright (mum of Matilda and Audrey) is a member of the volunteer board for Young Enterprise in West Yorkshire. Dani would love to hear from you if you or your company or employer would like to help this wonderful cause. Please feel free to email her directly if you think you or your business may be able to offer some help: dani@wainwrightconsulting.co.uk 

Collaborative Learning Trust: School Council Event

Today, school councils from across our Trust of schools came together for a collaborative event at Prince Henry's Grammar School.  Firstly, children were joined by a group of sixth formers for a tour of the school. Children then worked within their school teams to present what it was like to be at their own school; what things would make their school even better and how they could achieve this.  Our school council provided the other schools with many insightful ideas, including increasing the range of after school clubs currently on offer and raising money for a school mini-bus to take them to events such as this.

After that, the children engaged in a session based on five keywords: diversity, equality, acceptance, respectful and inclusion. They then worked with children from other schools to create an acrostic poem based on one of the words. The children had an opportunity to present their poems to the other groups.

A particular highlight for the children was of course lunchtime where children enjoyed lunch in the school canteen. The paninis were very popular!

After lunch, the children voted on their favourite poem with 'Acceptance' being declared the winner.

Well done to Hayden, Rose, Emilia, Sophie, Georgia, Edward, Lucy, Lucas, Hana and Mabelle- they were a credit to the school and spoke incredibly well, providing valuable contributions within every session. It was great to see the children interact with pupils from other schools, including the older children from PHGS.  Thank you to All Saints School, Bradford for picking us up in their mini-buses! 

Richard Street

Deputy Head

2B Nell Bank Trip

Last Friday, 2B visited Nell Bank. We had a fantastic day exploring the five senses and learning about different animals that have a 'super sense'. We spent time pond dipping, catching newts, snails and tadpoles. Some of us were lucky to see a great crested newt! The children were wonderfully behaved all day, leaving Nell Bank a fantastic impression of our school. 

Miss Beaumont 

Year 5 High School Experience Day

On Monday, our Year 5's went to Prince Henry's Grammar School to experience a day in secondary school.  The morning sessions saw the children watch drama performances from KS3 pupils followed by a Q&A session, then take part in a Food Technology lesson exploring healthy food choices.  Perhaps more excitingly, the children took their lunch in the main dining hall where a delicious option of chicken korma or cheese and onion tart was on offer! The afternoon session included a science lesson investigating whether substances were acids or alkalis and finally, the day culminated in a PE session using the outdoor courts.

Our children behaved impeccably and it is always a pleasure to bump into the familiar faces of our former pupils throughout the day. Some even stopped to say hello!

Year 5 Staff

Sports Day

We are really looking forward to welcoming parents to spectate and encourage this year's Sports days.

• Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Monday 3 July, 09:15 to 11:45. 

• Reception - Monday 3 July, 13:30 to 15.00 

• Years 1 and 2 - Thursday 6 July, 09:15 to 11:45. 

Please can parents arrive at the school field for 09:10 for KS1 and KS2 and 13.10 for Reception. Children will be parading in their houses before the activities are introduced.

During, Sports Day children will complete a range of activities to score points for their houses. After completing the carousel of events, we will then move across the field for the running races. 

Pupils should arrive in school wearing their house t-shirts and PE kit. All children should also have a bottle of water. Thank you for your support.

Mr McKeown - PE Lead

Vedder The Reading Dog

The following pupils were lucky enough to read to Vedder today:

• Lucy H RH
• Austen J-L RF
• Melody K 1M
• George G 1P
• Ella B 2B
• Nolita W-U 2G
• Rodion K 34HL
• Ruby R 34D

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)

Total Sports Summer Camp

Total Sports will be running their summer camp again from Monday 24th July - Thursday 24th August. To book a place for your child and to read more about the camp please follow this LINK

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! 

PTA Ice Cream Fridays 

Thanks to our lovely parent volunteers, we are holding ice cream Fridays again, We will be in both KS1 and KS2 playgrounds on the following dates:  

• 7th July  
• 21st July 

£4 ticket LINK HERE buys an ice cream for all 4 weeks. You can pay on the day if you prefer, however we do have limited change. If you have specific dietary requirements, please ensure you supervise what your child chooses - there will be dairy free options and all the ice creams are nut free. 

Those at Kingfishers will still be able to get an ice cream or lolly. Please inform Kingfishers if you DO NOT want your child to have one. For those with multiple children, you can go to either playground and buy multiple tickets online. You're welcome to buy a ticket for siblings even if they're not at school. 

Looking forward to seeing the childrens' happy faces on a Friday!

The PTA Team 

PTA News

We hope you all enjoyed the Scarecrow Hunt and Summer Festival at the weekend - thanks to everyone for making it such a lovely day. The atmosphere was fantastic, and it was great seeing the kids have a lovely time with their friends and families. Our year 6s deserve a special shout out for their stalls too - an enormous amount of effort went into planning them, and they were all a raving success on the day.

We are pleased to announce that we raised over £4000 in total (with the year 6s making £1300 profit!), so thank you once again for your support. We will be having some celebratory drinks at The Fox on Tuesday 18th July from 7.30pm for anyone that can make it!

The effort that went into this year’s scarecrows was commendable – and our best scarecrow accolade goes to Marion and Bob Corrie for their locomotive masterpiece (the answer was George or Robert Stephenson!).

Well done to Elsie A and Lily O who got all got all 37 answers right!

If anybody has any tokens from the summer fair, please can they return them to the school office?

Final dates for your diary –  

• 14^th July – Teddy bear’s picnic (new reception 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.

PTA Pre-loved Uniform Shop

Please could anyone who has not yet paid for their items from the recent pre-loved uniform sale do so as soon as possible via this link HERE

Donations are always welcome, please bring them to the school office. We’re especially looking for donations of branded clothing for ages 3-4 and 4-5 ahead of our sale at the new parents’ evening next term. 

Thank you for your support.

Grace, Suzanna, Vanessa and Gaby

Breeze in the Park – Summer 2023

Get caught up in sun, fun, chills and thrills with, a new interactive play system, revamped arts zone, fun fair, food and, of course, our classic inflatables. All at a Breeze In The Park near you. Link HERE to find out more.