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PTA Competition

Fri 21 Oct 2022

We have received the winners of the competition from Cathy. They are as follows:

YEAR R: Josie - Rabbits

''Great use of pom poms and so coordinated''

YEAR 1: Saul - Otters

''So effective and super spooky silhouette''

YEAR 2: Alice - Hedgehogs

''What a brilliant spooky house and I loved the details like the roof tiles and blended colour of the moon''

Prizes will be available for the winners after half term.

What a busy half term we have had at BWIS. The classrooms have lovely displays of the children's learning on the walls and the children are very excited to talk to everybody about all the knowledge and skills they have learned.

Lunchtime Clubs

Year 2 have all attended the lunchtime clubs run by all the teachers. These clubs run for two terms and are free to attend. The teachers love getting to spend time with the children in their clubs, and it really is a lovely treat for Year 2.

Birdwatch

The Great Coastal Birdwatch is happening around the Solent this year. If you have a spare day and would like to take part, please visit their website to find out more. It is really easy to do-pick a spot and watch! The link below will tell you more

The Great Solent Birdwatch

Newsletter Update

We were reflecting in the staffroom this week on how lovely it has been to be back to normal this year. We are very excited to be doing Christmas performances again and the dates for these are on the back of the end of month newsletter coming out today. We are going back to giving every child a paper copy of the newsletter, as well as posting it on our website, so that you can read it/pin it to fridge for date reminders.

Parking and Traffic

Despite lots of reminders this term, I have had several complaints about safety outside our school , from parents, due to parents parking/using the zigzags as a waiting zone. This is not safe for children trying to cross the road because children are unable to see the traffic when they have to step out between parked cars. I am surprised that any parent would hinder children's safety in this way, when they have small children themselves. I urge everyone to think about the children's safety before they stop their car on places that have been purposefully painted to stop accidents for children coming to and leaving our school. Parking at Hoe Road, Jubilee Hall and the Town Centre is free for the amount of time needed for drop off and pick up. Please use these areas to park and stride when possible. I will be passing your concerns over the local police, as it seems to be a situation that is worsening.

Attendance

You may have read that the government have increased measures on poor attendance in schools. Your child is classed as a 'Persistent Absentee' if their attendance has fallen below 90%, and studies have shown that children who miss this much school time, do not do as well in school over time, and their learning is greatly affected. With all the disruption to schooling over the past few years, it is more important than ever for children to regularly attend school-and parents to ensure this happens. We will be updating everyone on their child's attendance each half term, so you can see your child's attendance as a percentage and be aware of the impact any requested leaves of absence on this percentage.

PTA

Our PTA have been really busy organising events and their sweet shop and colouring competition have had a great response. We are developing a reflection area in our grounds-a space where we can meet as a class/ read stories and have some quiet time in a natural setting. We are also looking to include a sensory element into the learning space. Funds raised this year will be used to fund our normal annual treats and develop this special area. Your support is always greatly appreciated and thank you to all the members who are organising and running the events.

New Parent Walkrounds

We have organised a few New Parent walkarounds for parents who are applying for a school place for 2023. If you know of anyone who missed our open day and would like to look at our school, please encourage them to telephone our office to book on a walkround.

Lastly, we hope you all have some lovely family time this half term and look forward to seeing you in November. Our first day back is an INSET day where staff are receiving trainiing updates and we will see you on Tuesday 1st.

Best wishes

Mrs Riches

Weekly Update

Fri 14 Oct 2022

Thank you for all the harvest donations sent to school this week. The children carried the donations to St Peter's Church, where we had a lovely Harvest Celebration. We had a mixture of prayers, poems and songs and the children had a lovely time. Thank you to Mrs Harrison who stepped in for Reverend Hunt and Mr Harrison who made sure all the electrics were working and the church was nice and warm for us.

We have also been sent the link to Morgan Sindell's site, where there is a little more information about the fire station project and our lovely hoarding design. Please click the link below to find out more!

Bishops Waltham Fire Station

The PTA have been busy organising events for next half term as well as the colouring competition for Halloween. Please bring your finished pictures to school on Monday and Tuesday, where the PTA will collect them in. They will also be sending out details of the Year 1 and 2 disco in November soon.

Our Parents evenings in November will be face to face this term. They will be from 3.30-6.30 on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th November. Bookings will be live at 5pm on Tuesday next week, where you can log on to the Arbor app to make your appointment.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend

Mrs Riches

PTA Colouring competition

Thu 13 Oct 2022

PTA are running a Halloween colouring competition! Entries are 50p and need to be returned on Wednesday 19th October.

What a Busy Week!

Fri 07 Oct 2022

It was another busy week at BWIS! Year 2 went on their trip to learn about what life and times were like for people living around the time of ‘The Great Fire of London’. Year R had their first project outcome to parents, and the school has been full of excited chatter about learning.

Some of our School Council went to visit the fire station to see our amazing art work outside! We met with Dale, the project manager for Morgan Sindall and some of the fire people who will use the new station. If you haven’t popped down yet, please go along and try and find your handprint ( Year 1 and 2 children).

We will be having our Harvest Festival for the children on Monday 1Oth October. Please bring donations in for the Meon Valley Food Bank on Monday please. The children will be carrying their donations, so please put them in a bag ( if more than 1 item)

The weather forecast says sunshine all day tomorrow, so fingers crossed everyone will have a lovely weekend.

Best wishes

Mrs Riches

Well Done Mrs Atkinson

Mon 03 Oct 2022

We would like to celebrate Mrs Atkinson's amazing London marathon Achievement this weekend. She ran the course in 4 hours 55 minutes and raised £8000 for the charity Children with Cancer. Thank you to everyone who supported Sam. She proudly shared her medal in assembly this morning. What an achievement!