Newsletters

Autumn 1 2024

STAFFING NEWS

We have had a few changes in class teachers since the start of the year, with some teachers changing year groups in order to maintain consistency due to the absence of other staff:

• Mrs Dawson, who was covering in Mrs Barnard’s class this half term will now be continuing with this class for the rest of the year, sharing the class with Mrs Reed. This class will now be called 3DR.
• Mrs Barnard will now be teaching the class previously shared by Mrs Reed and Mrs Smith in Year 6. This class will now be called 6B.
• Mrs Smith continues to be very poorly and will certainly not be able to return to school this term. We send her all of our best wishes for a speedy recovery so that she can re-join us later in the year.

We also have a vacancy for an additional LSA at the moment. The closing date for this position is 4^th November.

MACMILLAN CAKE SALE

Thank you so much to all the parents who supported our Macmillan Cake Sale by sending in cakes (there really were some delicious ones!). The children thoroughly enjoyed being able to buy (and eat!) the cakes on the day and we managed to raise a wonderful £506.46 for Macmillan. Well done everyone!

SCARF WORKSHOPS 

At the start of October, all the children participated in PSHE sessions run by Caroline from Coram Life Education inside the ‘inflatable classroom’! These sessions compliment the learning taking place across the school in PSHE lessons, introducing new topics and re-enforcing previous learning.

It was wonderful to see how interested and enthusiastic the children were. We were delighted to see them participating responsibly in discussions, engaging in the range of activities on offer and putting their teamwork skills to good use! There was a real sense of wonder across the sessions, and we hope your children came home and shared some of their experiences. This year we introduced some new sessions to the children, with a focus on Mental Health.

 
A big thank you to Caroline for delivering another set of fantastic sessions, and to Harold The Giraffe... who was undoubtedly the star of the show in every class!  And thank you to the PTA for once again funding these exciting sessions for the children.

YEAR 4 NEWS

Year 4 have had a brilliant start to the new academic year.  After a jam-packed few weeks, it's hard to believe they've only been in this year group since September!

We are incredibly proud of all of the children for the positive attitudes and maturity they have shown towards their learning.  For all of the children, a new year group is a fresh start, and it has been wonderful to see them embracing this opportunity.

Our history topic on the Romans is proving hugely popular with the children.  They have also been enjoying learning about light in science and have been lucky enough to have RE lessons with Cannon Tom. In English we have finished our settings unit, moving away from the Caribbean and going back in time to the life of soldiers Ancient Rome.  By the end of this half term the children will have written a letter in role, and will be looking at persuasive writing after the break.

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip on the train to Fishbourne.  The children were brilliantly behaved and were a credit to the school.  It was wonderful to see the children engaging with the activities on offer, working together and making the most of the opportunities on offer.  The trip brought our topic on the Romans to life and we hope your child shared their experiences from the day with you.  We have now also had our trips to Fort Nelson.  This was a fantastic trip which the children really loved.

Thank you to those parents who attended our parent drop in after school, 4AW's class assembly and our Drop, Stop and Calculate sessions.  It was lovely to meet you all and we hope you found our times tables session useful.  Please continue to work on times tables at home, we do as much as we can in school, but the key to success is practise, practise, practise!

Although it is only October, preparations are beginning for our Year 4 Nativity.  Please keep an eye out for information over the coming weeks and support your child with learning their lines and practising their songs.

A gentle reminder that children should be reading regularly at home with an adult.  Please ensure reading diaries are signed weekly and brought into school on a Monday.  There are still a significant number of children who are not doing this regularly and we would appreciate your support with this.

Wishing you all a lovely half term break,

The Year 4 Team

YEAR 6 NEWS

Our school year in Year 6 started off with a busy round of settling into our new classes and starting some tests.  All the children took these challenges in their stride.

We then had to vote for our house captains, vice-captains, school councillors and prefects. 

Our Macmillan cake sale was as popular as ever, helping to raise money for this fantastic charity. 

Year 6 then had 3 class visits to Dell Quay to learn about animal classification, habitats and adaptation.  The weather was only kind to Mr. Kershaw's class!

Then followed a visit from the Fire Safety unit to teach us about what to do in a fire emergency.   We also enjoyed our SCARF workshops.  Most of year 6 also took part in the Bikeability lessons.

This week, we are looking forward to welcoming parents in to take part in our Drop, Stop and SATs afternoon.  The children are excited to see how well their families fair with the examples of tests they have to take on at the end of the year.  Good luck parents!

E-SAFETY TIP

This online safety guide focuses on 12 smartphone online safety tips. The guide takes a look at how to tackle a range of potential risks such as screen time, password protection and privacy settings.

https://www.bosmere.hants.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=2068&type=pdf