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Keep up to date with all the news happening in school
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Welcome Back
Mon 30 Oct 2023What an amazing first day back we had today, with our whole school Hindu day. Indri, from Hinduism Education Services, taught us about some of the festivals and stories in Hinduism. Children also danced and dressed up, and looked at the beautiful resources. In class, children made and decorated different artefacts, and our whole school display will be open next week during parents evening, in our lobby through to the library. The children had a fantastic time and thank you to everybody who has donated towards the cost of this special day.
Each year group will be posting pictures on their tapestry pages for you to see, so please remember to look on your year group page.
Please remember to sign up for your child's parent meeting, if you haven't already done so. These are held next Tuesday and Thursday in school.
Lastly, just a little reminder for our Year R parents. Our Year R team are holding a 'Phonics Talk' in the hall at 9.15am on Wednesday 1st November. Everybody who attends this talk say that it really helps their children with their early reading and writing skills. Please come along, if you can.
Please make sure you have looked at the latest HC3S menu, which runs from October to April. It will really help to look at the choices before coming to school in the day. You can find the menu here HC3S MENU
It is going to get even stormier this week, so please take care when walking to and from school. We will be checking our trees and site, to make sure it is safe for children to play outside.
Best wishes
Mrs Riches
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Weekly Update Friday 20th October
Fri 20 Oct 2023What a finish we had to our half term this week with our Year 2's history led project outcome for 'Fire Fire'. The children opened their exhibition with singing rounds, then amazed their parents with their historical knowledge and skills. What fabulous historians we have!
After half term we will be having our RE Whole School day and we cannot wait for the children to experience the day's activities. We are looking forward to inviting you in to see our shared art installation the following week.
Our Parent Teacher meetings are on the 7th November and the 9th November, and this will be your opportunity to talk to your child's class teacher about their learning and any other questions you may have. Please remember to sign up, if you haven't done already.
We held our Governor budget review meeting last night, which happens at this time of the year annually. The cost of all services, resources and training has increased much higher than anyone could have predicted, and we are very aware that we will be tightening our belts across the whole school, as we try to save pennies and pounds where we can. One of our biggest costs, is the price disparity between our income for the lunches from the government and the rising costs from the caterers for Hampshire County Council. The lunches are now costing the school thousands of pounds over the year, taking resources away from children. We will be looking at different catering options over the coming months, and will keep you up to date with what our decision will be going forward.
We are now trialing sending all emails via our Arbor system, in response to the Parent Survey in July where parents reported that information was coming from too many places. Some parents have let us know that they aren't receiving these emails. Please check your junk emails for your weekly information from the class teachers. Our methods of communication are now as follows:
Arbor-emails and app messages from office, when needed, and every Friday from teachers
Weekly Update-here on website every Friday (www.bwis.org.uk)
End of Month Newsletter-paper and website (www.bwis.org.uk)
Board outside-reminder only when walking past (no new information)
Facebook-PTA page for PTA events
We hope that this will make it easier to keep up to date for all parents and carers.
If you are following the Rugby World Cup like myself and many of our children, we will all be cheering England this weekend as the last Northern Hemisphere team in the competition. There have been some amazing games played and I have had lots of chats about the results with the children in school. Let's see what the weekend will bring!
Wishing you a lovely half term break-fingers crossed it keeps dry!
Best wishes
Mrs Riches
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Weekly Update Friday 13th October
Thu 12 Oct 2023We are coming to the end of our first half term and the days are now getting colder and shorter. We all went to St Peter's Church on Monday to celebrate our Harvest festival. The Meon Valley Foodbank were very grateful for all the donations that were brought in by parents , so thank you from us all!
This week our parent governor elections came to a close and I am pleased to announce we have 2 new governors; Mr George Denman and Mrs Helouise Bailey. Both parents have a child in Year R and the governors would like to warmly welcome them to the board.
This week Miss Tracy Meek received her 'long service' award from Hampshire County Council for 25 years service. We would all like to wish Miss Meek congratulations for her dedication to working in our school.
Year 1 had their amazing learning outcome today for their 'Project Power' where they have learned about their bodies and being healthy and fit. Year 1 parents had lots of activities to do designed by the children in Year 1. How fit were you?
We had a really good PTA meeting this week, where all the positions are now filled. Congratulations to our new Chair Claire Rawlings who is looking forward to the role. Our other new members are:
Andy Knight -Vice Chair
Karen Humphreys-Secretary
Barry Rawlings - Treasurer
Veronique Anning and Maddie Humphries-Communications and Publicity Officers
Katherine Bell-Volunteers Officer
We look forward to planning and running our next events!
Many parents and grandparents expressed an interest to help, which is great news. There will be lots of events through the year that will need help. The main ones this term are:
Wrapping Christmas presents from Santa
Christmas shopping helpers and wrappers-please note this needs lots of helpers to make the experience lovely for our children.
Selling raffle tickets and asking for prizes and donations-everyone can help with this, especially if you work for a business that could possibly donate a prize
Please come and let the office know if one of these events is one that you or someone in your family can help with. We will then call you nearer the time to confirm details.
We wish you all a lovely weekend. I'm looking forward to the exciting rugby matches ahead this weekend-Who will go through?
Best wishes
Mrs Riches
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Weekly Update- Friday 6th October
Sat 07 Oct 2023We had a busy week this week at school. Year 1 and 2 children voted for their new school councillors with Mrs Charles. Our Year R team led a meeting with Year R parents who may have extra questions now that their children are in school. Our Year 2 children had an amazing day stepping back in time in Little Woodham in Gosport.
All our projects are well underway with children being taught key knowledge and developing the skills within the subjects. Language and vocabulary is key, and we hope you are finding time to talk to the children about the words they are learning on their vocabulary bookmarks. They cannot wait to share their learning outcomes with you in the next few weeks!
On Monday, we will be going to the church to celebrate harvest. This celebration is for children only, and it is our first visit of the year as a school. If you would like to donate food (especially tinned and dried items) for the Meon Valley Foodbank, please bring it in on Monday morning in a carrier bag, as we will be carrying our donations to the church.
We hope everyone is making the most of the lovely warm autumn weather, and wish you a lovely weekend.
Best wishes
Mrs Riches
