BPS News Sheet no.26 24th March 2017

BPS News Sheet

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Annie Edwards - chairofgovs@coastalfederation.com

No.26

The

Coastal Federation

‘together we are stronger’

What’s happened this week ?

On Friday last week the children of Seahorse class visited strangers Hall. We had a fantastic day and learnt lots about what it would have been like to live at the time of The Great Fire of London. Did you know people used to put sugar in their toothpaste?!

More what’s happened this week ?

	On Thursday we welcomed parents into school for our third maths morning which focused on the strategies we use to teach multiplication. It was well attended and there was a really lovely atmosphere. The session was rounded off with the making of counting sticks. More photos available to view on the school website.

More things to remember

Our third Mathemagician Event coming soon!

Theme: Division

Tuesday 16th May @9:05-11:15 Parents welcomed into school to see the strategies used for division and join your child in class. The last one which took place yesterday morning and focused on multiplication was very positively received. The making a counting stick workshop session seemed to go down particularly well.

The whole school population become gardeners!

The children will all bring home a planted seed today to look after and nurture. Each year group are growing a different crop and will be looking after them for approximately a month. They will need to place the pot in a warm place and water regularly. The children will then be requested to bring the young plants back into school week beginning 24th April. These will then be planted on into the Sea Sanctuary garden where they will continue to be looked after by the children.

During the Summer and Autumn terms the children will harvest the crops and these will be used for lessons in healthy eating (including cooking), school lunches and harvest festival celebrations.

The children will be bringing home a letter with the plant with further details of what each year group are growing.

We hope you’ll support us with this so that the garden will be looking great for it’s grand opening. See below for details.

INTERNET Safety: As you will be aware the children in keystage 2 all have their very own Chromebook computer which they use regularly for everything from writing in English, learning times tables in maths to research for subjects such as R.E. and history. They are taught about how to keep safe online and these links are useful in supporting this teaching.

http://www.childnet.com/young-people/primary

http://www.childnet.com/

http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/need-help

Things to remember	School Clubs - A club letter will be coming home Please complete the return slip

		Day	Club	Maximum club size	Time
	Continues	Tuesday	Homework club	For years 2-6	3:15-4:00
	Continues	Tuesday	ICT	For years 3-6	3:15-4:00
	NEW	Wednesday	Dodge Ball Provided by Premier Sports	For Years 2-6	3:15-4:15
	Continues	Wednesday	Story/drama Club Listen to a story/read a book	Years R-6	3:15-4:00
	CLOSED until after Easter	Thursday	Painting Club	For Years R-6	3:15-4:15

Year 6 Easter School	Miss Peck and Mr Hopkins will be running Easter Booster school on the first Monday and Tuesday of the Easter Holiday. Sessions will take place between 9:00-12:00 and all year 6 children have brought letters home requesting consent. The sessions will focus on maths, reading and SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) and is additional support for them to achieve age related expectations in the year 6 SAT tests. When we return from the Easter break there will be just 13 school days for further revision until the tests begin. Snacks at break time and lunch just before the sessions finish will be provided free of charge. We hope your year 6 child is able to join us for the sessions which were very popular and well attended last year.

Dates for the diary
Date	Time	Event
24.3.17	All Day	Comic Relief - Red Nose Day
31.3.17	9:05-9:40	Congratulation Assembly - Parents whose children will be receiving an award have been notified
31.3.17	All day	Mufti Day - Donations for the Children’s Tombola Please
3.4.17	9:00-12:00	Year 6 SATs Easter Booster School
4:4:17	9:00-12:00	Year 6 SATs Easter Booster School
2.5.17	14:00-15:00	Sea Sanctuary Garden Grand Opening
16.5.17	9:05-11:20	Mathemagician Morning Divison Focus - Parents and carers welcomed into school

Attendance

Attendance target set by the government = 96.1%

Current updated Bacton Primary School attendance = 94.26%

(To the end of this week 24/03/2017)

We have 72 on roll and there are currently 5 children with 100% attendance (and so are set to receive a 100% attendance certificate for the year to date in March) - Keep up the good work!

Are you one of the 12 children with 100% attendance this term so far in with a chance of winning an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet.

‘together aspire, together achieve, together we are stronger...’