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Dear Parents,

Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely half term and enjoyed some beautiful sunshine

with friends and family.

Despite last half term being short, it was packed full of exciting events which are

detailed throughout this newsletter. This half term is also set to be full of exciting

opportunities for the children.

Please ensure you look carefully at the key dates section and up date your home

calendars with events. We will, as always, keep you updated with information via

ParentMail. It is great to see so many families have downloaded the App, this

definitely is the best way to receive notifications quickly and easily.

Kind Regards,

Ms Martin

Headteacher

Key Dates in June

Tuesday 4th—Ash and Alder WOW Day.

Thursday 6th—Cedar and Chestnut Classes Multi-Skills Event at AGS. Coach booked to transport children.

Friday 7th—Race for Life followed by Mufti Day for Summer Fair Donations.

W/C 10th June—National School Sports Week—Children to wear PE Kit all week.

Wednesday 12th—Ash Class Mutliskills Event at John Colet School. Coach booked to transport children.

Thursday 13th—Sports Day held at Aylesbury Tennis and Hockey Grounds.

Saturday 15th—Summer Fair at Bierton Sports Ground.

Tuesday 18th—Year 6 Cricket Festival at Dinton Cricket Grounds.

Wednesday 19th—Ash and Alder Trip to Quainton Railway Station

Thursday 27th—Inclusion Day

Key Dates in July Tuesday 2nd—Transition Afternoon where children meet their new teachers.

Wednesday 3rd—Transition Afternoon where children meet their new teachers.

Friday 5th—Beech and Birch trip to the Living Rainforest.

W/C 8th July—Arts Week

Friday 12th—Annual Reports sent home to parents.

Wednesday 17th—School Disco EYFS+KS1 5-6pm KS2 6:15—7:15pm Year 6 7:15—7:45pm

Wednesday 24th—Leavers Assembly 9:30am

School Closes for Summer Holidays at 1pm.

Years 5+6 Trip to Whipsnade Zoo

On Monday 29th April, Year 5/6 visited Whipsnade Zoo as part of their Evolution and Adaptation

topic. The day consisted of a workshop where the children got to handle different artefacts such

as skulls and fur from different animals. They worked in groups to discuss how these animals have

adapted to survive in their chosen habitat. The children even got to handle a rat if they were brave

enough! The rest of the day consisted of exploring the different enclosures and discovering how

these animals have adapted over time to survive. The children had a thoroughly enriching day which

will provide a fantastic platform for the children to enhance and consolidate their learning

throughout their topic work this term. They were a credit to the school and we were very proud of

them all.

On Thursday 16th May, 35 children from KS1 and KS2 joined Mr Gadsby to celebrate their fantastic

reading during the Spring term. Even though Spring term is relatively short, there were numerous

children who managed to read over a million words with a special mention going to Rushi who

amassed an amazing two million words during that time! Children were invited if they had over 90%

average on all of their quizzes; had accumulated the most words read in their year group or had

demonstrated a real growth mindset attitude with their reading. The children enjoyed a cake or two

outside whilst listening to Mr Gadsby retell the story of The Twits. Keep up the good work

everybody and we’ll see who can make a difference in their reading during the Summer term.

Reading Superstars

On Thursday 9th May, we returned to Hulcote Nursing home for a game of balloon badminton. This

activity is a big favourite of the residents and one in which we were very much looking forward to

as well. Making up our team was: Arthur, Cherry, Iram, Emily, Micah, Joe, Tommy and Florence O.

It was a fierce battle but Bierton managed to come out on top, even though it was an away tie! The

children were a complete credit to the school and the residents really enjoy the interaction. Every

visit we make, there are more residents who come out of their rooms to participate in the activity.

On Friday 26th April, a few superstar readers in Year 2 were lucky enough to attend a

storytelling session at David Wilson Homes. A professional storyteller took the children on a

journey through magical stories that gain their complete attention for a whole hour. The children

listened beautifully and joined in with the actions when required. The children represented the

school impeccably and we were very proud of them. We would like to thank David Homes for

providing this opportunity and continuing our community link.

Year 3/4 Residential Stay at Shenley Lane

The children had an amazing few days away and had the opportunity to do a range of ex-

citing activities. Some of these required them to overcome fears, for example climbing to

the top of the climbing wall or building the tallest tower in the crate challenge. Body zorb-

ing was an activity enjoyed by all as they ran around in large inflatable tubes trying to

knock over their partner. The final event on the last day was the In2Action Olympics each

team represented a different country and carried out a range of different events. These

included relay races, long jump and the javelin. The whole experience was a great oppor-

tunity to build on their team work skills and the children did an amazing job in their

teams.

A reminder that we are now a NUT FREE zone. Thank you for ensuring that your children do not have any products with nuts in their school lunch boxes. It is very much appreciated.

Staffing Update

Congratulations to Miss Smith who is getting married in the summer holidays. We

wish both her and her husband to be a very special day and a life time of happiness.

When Miss Smith returns in September her name will be Mrs Bramley.

Miss Roberts and Miss Evans are officially joining our team and are extremely excited to be continuing to

work in Key Stage 2. They both know lots of the children across the school already and are thrilled to be

providing them exciting learning opportunities.

We are really pleased to have Miss S Smith join our team in September. She is an experienced teacher

who has been teaching for several years across the primary phase particularly focusing on EYFS + KS1.

She will be joining us in Alder Class from September.

In September, the Teaching staff for each class will be as follows:

Ash Class—Mrs Smijth-Windham

Alder Class—Miss S Smith

Beech Class—Mrs Bramley (Currently Miss G Smith)

Birch Class—Mr Glanney

Cedar Class—Miss Holm

Cherry Class—Miss Roberts

Chestnut Class—Mrs Soffe

Hazel Class—Miss Mayer

Holly Class—Miss Quinn

Hawthorn Class—Miss Evans.

Miss Richardson has made the decision to take up further education and so

will be leaving Bierton at the end of the year to further her studies along

with some part time teaching in other schools. We wish her all the best of

luck with her studying and career development.

Mr Gadsby will be supporting the

teaching and learning across the

school in his role as Assistant Head

and will continue to promote Literacy

and Reading to all the children

alongside his many other roles.

PE and SPORTS

Year 5 Athletics Competition

On Thursday 2nd May, 16 Year 5 children took part in an Athletics Competition at the

Mandeville School. Here is a report written by the children, who participated at the event:

The athletics event was really enjoyable because we took part in many different activities

including: vortex throw, javelin and long jump. We also competed in track events, running

100m and 600m – we even and all managed to finish the 600m race with a smile! It was a

fantastic experience and we were so supportive to each other and were also supported by

our teammates, teachers and the Mandeville PE students.

We are always so grateful to

be able to attend these

events and a special thank you

to our parents and grandpar-

ents for supporting pick-ups

and drop offs!

PE and SPORTS

Bierton School v Oak Green Netball Match

On Tuesday 14th May, Bierton’s Netball Team played their last netball match of the season

against Oak Green School. The team tried their hardest and showed fantastic agility skills and

teamwork but unfortunately lost the match. Throughout the tournament, the children have

practised their skills in our weekly club and have shown our Bierton values and British values

throughout their matches.

Thank you to all the girls and boys who have been part of the team this year. They have showed

fantastic commitment throughout the year and it has been a nail-biting tournament.

Fitter Future

Congratulations to May’s

most active children!

Livy – Hawthorn

Mahnoor- Birch

Henry – Alder

Harry- Birch

Leanne- Cherry

Riley- Cedar

This is a fantastic online

programme, which offers

differentiated 10 minutes

workouts for all Bierton

children. Each workout

includes fun, easy challenges

to help support our children’s

fitness and is aimed at their

age group. These workouts

can be completed inside or

outside and a fun way to

involve the whole family!

May sporting dates for your diary!

June is a very exciting month for sporting events at

Bierton School so have your diary out at the ready!

Tuesday 4th June: Selected Year 3 and 4 children for the

Tennis Competition at The Aylesbury Tennis Club: 9am -

2.30pm

Thursday 6th June: Cedar and Chestnut Class Multi-Skills

Festival at The Aylesbury Grammar School: 9.30am -

11am. Don’t forget to come into school in your PE kits!

Friday 7th May: Race for Life

Week beginning Monday 10th June: National School Sports

Week (NSSW) Children to come into school all week in

their PE kits.

Thursday 13th June: Whole School Sports Day at the

Aylesbury Tennis Club. Children to come to school in their

PE kits and wearing a coloured top of their house. More

information to follow about this.

Monday 17th June: Year 3 Basketball Inter-House Compe-

tition with Coach Jenner.

Tuesday 18th June: Whole of Year 6 Cricket Competition

at Dinton Cricket Club. Please return permission slips for

this event!

Tuesday 20th June: Selected Year 5 and 6 children for the

Rugby Megafest at the Aylesbury Rugby Club: 10am- 2pm.