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Newsletter -29 November 2019

29 November 2019

Dear Parents and Carers,

It was lovely to see so many parents at this week’s workshop ‘Growing up in a digital world’. The intention of the workshop was to offer parents practical, common sense advice about a range of key issues including Mindfulness, Gaming and Social Media. I am very grateful to Mrs Hahnel and our digital leaders (Fabian, Charlie, Thomas and Neo) who led the workshop, and to Mr Casson who has indicated that he would be interested in meeting with other parents to form a 'working group'. The aim of the group would be to help parents support one another to deal with some of the collective challenges we face. Please let the office know if you would be interested in working with Mr Casson in the future: administrator@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk If you were unable to attend the event, please click here for a link to the information sheet for parents and to see the full presentation.

Staffing update

As we near the end of term I wanted to let you know that Mrs Lamb (Sue) will be moving on to new challenges! Sue has decided that for family reasons, she would like a change of role and is starting at Cliffe House Nursery from January. Sue has worked at Bramhope for an amazing 19 years and we will of course be very sad to see her leave. The good news is that we will still be able to work closely with Sue in the future and benefit from her vast experience of early years. I am currently recruiting someone to replace Mrs Lamb and will update you again before the end of term.

Finally, Miss Hassall starts her maternity leave today and I am sure you would like to join me in wishing her well for the coming weeks and months. Miss Walker (Liz) will be covering Miss Hassall’s maternity leave and has been working alongside Jill all this week.

Have a lovely weekend.

Rachel Colbourn

We’d like you feel involved in your child’s learning and maybe build on class discussion around our weekly ‘key questions’

This week’s key questions are:

• What does it mean to be a dementia friendly school?

• What action could you take to help someone with dementia?

KS1 Nativity

9:30am – 10:30am

KS1 Nativity Performance (Years 1&2)

December

KS1 Nativity Performance

9:30am – 10:30am

KS1 (Years 1&2) Nativity Performance 9:30am - 10:30am

December

Reception Christmas morning

9:15am – 10:00am

December

PTA Christmas Movie Night

3:15pm – 6:30am

December

School Holiday

All Day

December

School Training Day

All Day

January

School Opens

All Day

January

Bikeability

Last week, as part of Road Safety week, Y6 took part in Bikeability. It’s like cycling proficiency, but better! Bikeability is about gaining confidence and learning the skills needed to cycle safely on today’s roads.

The children learnt to control and master their bikes on the playground. They then had to prepare themselves and their bikes for cycling, get on and off their bikes without help, start off, pedal and stop with control and share space with pedestrians and other cyclists. Some children also experienced on-road cycling where they had to cycle as a group and recognise typical hazards.

Well done Y6!

Mrs Laws

Cross Country League

On Saturday 23 November, the Under 9 and Under 11 cross country runners travelled to Woodhouse Grove for the third cross country race of the league. Despite very slippery conditions we had a good turn out with thirteen runners. The under 9 boys finished in a very respectable third place lead by Callum Lamb. The under 11 boys achieved their best result of the league so far, finishing in second place. There are a small number of spaces available in both teams for future races and girls are very welcome to join us. If you would like further information please let me know using pe@bramhopeprimaryschool.co.uk

'It was boggy and very cold, conditions couldn't have been any worse, but it was ridiculously fun and I loved getting muddy representing school,' Ollie

Mr McKeown

Athlete Visit

Last week we enjoyed a visit from Olympic triathlete Lucy Hall. Lucy led a sponsored circuit class for each year group followed by an inspirational talk. Children then asked thoughtful questions which Lucy answered.

'I really loved the circuits class. Lucy is really inspirational, I would love to be like her when I grow up,' Niamh.

Thank you for all the sponsor money so far, please send any remaining money before Friday 6 December.

Mr McKeown

Christmas preparation!

As we head towards Christmas, please encourage your child to join in with our annual tree decorating competition. Just like last year, we are inviting every child to make a decoration for our school Christmas tree and to bring it into school any day from 1 December. Decorations can be of any shape and are not limited to baubles! However, please can you ensure that each one is clearly named. Every entrant will earn 3 house points, and we will be choosing some winners towards the end of term.

If your child would like to send Christmas cards to their friends, our 'in house' postboxes will be appearing next week! Please note that children need to write the full name (including surname) and class of the friend they are sending it to. Postboxes will be placed in the KS1 and KS2 corridors.

We want your buttons!

Please donate any of your unwanted buttons to school. The children in Reception will be using them for creating patterns!

Family Pizza Sunday

This Sunday 1 Dec, join us with your kids for Family Pizza Sunday, 5pm at Bramhope Methodist Hall, Eastgate.

Catch up with friends while the kids play and eat. Free Pizzas, Wifi, games.

Come feed your soul and your stomach!

Spread the word and come along with your friends.