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Bolnore Village Primary School Updown Hill, Bolnore Village, RH16 4GD
[email protected] www.bolnorevillage.w-sussex.sch.uk
Volume 25, Issue 217, 6 January 2017 – Kindness Starts Here
Bolnore Village Kindness School
Did you know…2017 is a Prime Year. When was the last Prime Year?Did you know…2017 is a Prime Year. When was the last Prime Year?Did you know…2017 is a Prime Year. When was the last Prime Year?Did you know…2017 is a Prime Year. When was the last Prime Year? Have you heard: Year 6 have been learning all about collective nouns. They have discovered ‘pods of dolphins’, ‘packs of wolves’ and ‘prides of lions’. W
hich do you know?
‘It takes a village to share stunning starts’
‘My friend held the door open for me when I had lots in my hands’ – one of the many Random Acts of Kindness
seen around School this week!
BVPS Tel : 01444 456715
We recognise that Chicken Pox is having a real impact on attendance in
School.
Well done to Apple, Beech and Silver Birch classes, all of whom achieved 97%+
attendance, our target!
ON THE HORIZON
• Monday 9: Year 4/5 – Space Day, Year 6 – Hero week
• Tuesday 10: Year 2 - Great Fire of London Workshop
• Thursday 12: Swimming lessons start for Year 3 • Monday 16: Reception – Ice Walk around School (weather dependent), Year 2 – Burning of Tudor houses in the playground
• Tuesday 17: Year 1 – Green Screen Day and Dress Up • Friday 20: Year 5/6 team - Countdown Competition at WPPA
Children and Staff across the School have been exploring ‘how to be kind and what kindness means’ in lots of different ways this week. Mrs Crook has developed ideas which have been shared in class, resulting in children producing a fabulous ‘Kindness Garden’ in the corridor, displaying ways we can be kind and also posters showing the kind things we do in Bolnore. There is also a wonderful Kindness Book, in which children can write down examples of when their friends have been kind to them and the impact that this has had. What Random Acts of Kindness have you witnessed over the Christmas break? We love being a kindness focused school!
Thursday 19 January is Census Day. Some of our School funding will be based on events of this day, a key one being linked to hot school dinners for children in KS1 and Reception. If your child has opted in for a hot school meal, it is vital that they eat the hot lunch on 19 January and do not have a packed lunch instead. Please can you help us with this, as any child who has opted in to have hot meals but doesn’t take a plate of food on this day, will count against our figures and we will not receive funding to provide them with their entitled Free School Meal. We will have to start taking dinner registers and checking lunchboxes so that the School is not covering this cost. Currently we are averaging 40 meals not being eaten every day and thrown away. This poses a significant cost to the School and we will need to take it from the Curriculum Budget. It is also a shocking waste of food when so many children around the world are starving. Please help us! Thank you.
Please can we try to vacate the playground area promptly at the end of the day so that gates can be locked to retain security. Also, there are still a number of children using their scooters and bikes on school property at the beginning and end of the day. To ensure younger siblings remain safe, please remind your children to stay off their scooters/bikes until they are out of the gates. Thank you for your support with this.
There were 15 Christmas trees in the last newsletter!
There are lots of exciting sports events coming up this term including Football, Hockey, Cricket and Basketball. All information relating to sport is now sent from [email protected] so please remember to check your spam/junk folders and reply via this email address where possible. A squad list for each event will also be up on the sport information board in the corridor for the children to see. Thank you for your support in ensuring communication for events and fixtures is as effective as possible.
Year 3 have been taking a leaf from Pixar’s creative team and working on their storyboarding techniques. We look forward to seeing their stories.
Paddington left Early Years a letter and a trail to follow. They all seem happy to have found him with his plate of marmalade sandwiches. What a great start to their new topic – ‘The Bear Necessities’.
Years 4 and 5 have been making good progress with their Space themed art work. A great beginning to their new topic for this term and a chance for
teachers and children to work together.
A large number of children and parents in Years 4 to 6 have had a go at some of Mr Sears’ daily challenges. Well done to all those who have submitted their entries – the prize box most definitely needs replenishing! Have a look at this one (see below), what do you think the answers are? Keep checking SeeSaw for more in the coming days and weeks. Good luck!
FoBVPS Fashion Show/ Shopping Event on Saturday 4 March in the School hall
Year 6 had an amazing opportunity to speak with lots of professionals and find out more about their jobs and careers. Jobs included – vets, lawyers, scientists, air crew, nurses, publishers and the army. A huge thank you to everyone who gave up their time to talk to our children. The world is on their doorstep!
Year 1 and Year 2 ventured out into the slightly chilly conditions for this week’s Forest School sessions. They helped craft a camp stove (top right), joined in with some plant and fungi identification and also worked as a group to develop their understanding of feelings in a PSHCE teacher-led activity.
