Latest News | Bishops Waltham Infant School

Shore Lane Closure

Sat 26 Jun 2021

We have had notification that Shore Lane will be closed from Monday 28th June until Saturday 3rd July, due to road resurfacing. Please use a different route, if travelling to school next week

Regards

The School Office

Year R Sports Day

Thu 24 Jun 2021

What a great sports day Year R had on Thursday 24^th June. The weather was perfect and all the children had a great time. Our sporting events were:

Races including sack races, egg and spoon and space hoppers.

Cups and Saucers Game

Bean Bag game

Ball skills run by Mr Murphy from Active 360.

Thank you to our fabulous children for being brilliant competitors! They demonstrated great perseverance, interdependence and enthusiasm throughout the morning.

Please click on the link below to watch videos from our morning.

https://www.bwis.org.uk/sports-day-2021/

What a lovely day to walk a mile with a smile! Our children were fantastic and cheerful faces all round! We don't know how we have raised yet, as we still have sponsorship coming in, but fingers crossed we will be able to buy our book sheds very soon!

Thank you very much for your support.

Best wishes

Mrs Riches

Consultations In Hampshire

Thu 17 Jun 2021

Dear Parents and Carers

Today we received an email from the school nursing team, informing us of proposed cuts to their services. Since I became a headteacher in 2009, I have witnessed to service becoming cut to what we thought was already the minimum.

If you would like to have your say on this, and other consultations on spending in Hampshire County Council at the moment, please click on the link below. As Hampshire residents, your views matter!

Hampshire Consultations

Kind regards

Mrs Riches

Event Changes and a Catch Up

Tue 15 Jun 2021

Dear Parents and Carers

We have sent an email today, detailing the changes we have had to make to events following the government announcement of the 4 week covid delay yesterday evening. the letter can also be found on our parent information section here:

https://www.bwis.org.uk/information-letterspamphlets/

Thank you to all the Year 1 parents who helped us get the children from the stuck coach, and for waiting so patiently in the playground. Our first trip out, and we got stuck at the end. The children were expert geographers when they came back and know lots of physical and human features of the seaside!

Fox Class and Hedgehog Class had a brilliant time swimming last week. All adults and children had the biggest beaming smiles at the end of the sessions. We look forward to Frog Class starting their sessions this week. Please can you practise changing and towel wiping if your child finds this tricky. Please do not put your child in tight tracksuit bottoms or leggings on swimming day, as some of the children who wore these garments found it trickier to get dressed again after being in the pool.

We have organised a 'sponsored walk' next week to raise money for some outside book huts for children to use when outside. If we raise enough, we would also like to have some multiuse roleplay buildings that we can turn into different things, such as a cafe counter, bird hideout, shop etc. We are aiming to put one of each in the Early Years Area and one on the bigger playground, reinforcing our philosophy of learning through play for all aged children. Our walk will be a mile long and we have an exciting route planned. Sponsor forms will be going home today and payments can be made through scopay.

Best wishes

Mrs Riches

Welcome Back

Tue 08 Jun 2021

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back and we hope you had a lovely half term break. As I am writing this, my telephone has just pinged with a message from Year 1 teachers saying they are just getting back on the coach after a fabulous trip-they certainly had the sunshine for it today!

Our class photos were delivered this afternoon and will be coming home today/tomorrow. There is an ordering slip coming home with the information on how to order on it, and the photo will be in the class window for you to see without proof marks on it.

Year 2 start swimming this week. Please look in your booklet regarding the date your child is swimming. Thursday is still PE day too, so children in Year 2 will need to come in PE clothes on this day. Swimming hats, no goggles, no earrings and swim trunks (not bermuda shorts) are in the Hampshire policy, which we adhere to; all this information is in the swim booklet. Our teachers went on their training in May to update their skills. We are sure the children will have a great time. Please make sure that outstanding contributions are paid into the office asap.

Please look at our May newsletter for our summer term dates. Some events are penciled in and weather dependent. We are hoping that we will be able to take part in all of them, including our sponsored walk to raise money for our outdoor book huts in Year R and Year 1, which we would like to buy this term. We have lots and lot of ideas to further enhance our outdoor learning space, including a reflection area, a sensory area, our pond, more statues, gazing balls etc. We know that Rome cannot be built in a day, and if anyone wants to help/ contribute we would be very grateful.

We are all very happy to see Mrs Wombell back today too. She will be teaching in Hedgehog class one day a week until the end of term. The children were very excited to see her!

Let's all hope we keep all bubbles in school for the last part of the school year. Please continue to be vigilant when out and about, with handwashing and mixing with family and friends, as there are a few positive cases in the local area at the moment.

Best wishes

Mrs Riches

Eat Them to Defeat Them!

Fri 28 May 2021 Kate Charles

Dear Parents and Carers

Watch out for T.V. adverts for the 'Eat Them to Defeat Them' campaign over half term. We are joining in with this in school and each child will receive a pack to take home on Monday 7th June. Have a look at the website for activities, videos and recipes - vegpower.org.uk

Kate Charles

Outdoor Learning Day

Mon 24 May 2021 Miss Apsey

Dear parents and carers,

The children had a fantastic day for Outdoor Learning Day last week. Despite the rain, we got outside and had so much fun taking part in the different activities. Hopefully your children have told you all about what they got up to and have brought home some of the things they made. You may have seen photos on Tapestry or on the Trailblazer Page already. If you haven't, do make sure you check Tapestry and click the link below to see photos of the children from all of the year groups.

https://www.bwis.org.uk/trailblazers/

Best wishes,

Miss Apsey and Miss Campbell

Outdoor Learning

Fri 14 May 2021 Miss Apsey

Dear Parents/Carers,

Did you know we are a Trailblazer School? This means we promote learning outdoors. We have been working hard to get the children outside as much as possible and, hopefully, you have seen this reflected in our Tapestry posts. You can also see lots of photos of the children learning outside on the Trailblazer page on our website. See the link below.

https://www.bwis.org.uk/trailblazers/

Next week we will be celebrating National Outdoor Learning Day! This is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day. Each class has been challenged to spend at least an hour outside on this day. They will be taking part in a range of exciting activities so watch out for photos and videos on our website and on Tapestry.

We will soon be creating opportunities for you to get involved with Trailblazers. We will let you know when we have this up and running and look forward to seeing photos and hearing about what you get up to outside with your children.

Best wishes,

Miss Apsey and Miss Campbell

2021 Schools' Bird Box Project

Wed 12 May 2021

Dear Parents/Carers,

Our chicks hatched on Thursday 6th May, they are starting to get their feathers. The adult birds are busy feeding all eight chicks.

Every year the RSPB organises competitions for children of all ages and 2021 is no exception. This year children are being encouraged to submit artwork inspired by nature. Interested in supporting "The RSPB Wild Art" competition then please click on the link below for details and if you do choose to support this worthwhile activity do email photos of your child's artwork to Seenature and they will display them on their website.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/rspb-kids-competitions/wild-art/

Seenature have published their viewing figures for the week Monday 3rd May to Monday 10th May, Bishops Waltham Infant School are 7th on the list with 294 visitors.

1. Gateway Primary 875 visitors 2. Shakespeare Infant 543 visitors 3. Weston Shore Infant 480 visitors 4. Hart Plain Junior 427 visitors 5. St Martins CE Voluntary 399 visitors 6. Salfords Primary 314 visitors 7. Bishops Waltham Infant 294 visitors 8. Brompton & Westbrook Primary 293 visitors 9. St Edmunds Primary 293 visitors 10. St James Primary West End 291 visitors 11. St Pauls Nelson 258 visitors 12. Kings Worthy Primary 254 visitors 13. Woodborough Primary 250 visitors 14. Ringwood Junior 258 visitors 15. Burwash Primary 240 visitors

Seenature website - New weekly website articles

This week the focus in on "How do birds adapt to their environment?" and there is a recipe for a tasty "Bird Scrap Pie".

Bird Box 2021 Week 9- Adaptation

http://www.seenature.org.uk/see-nature-news/week-10-adaptation-3-2-2/

Garden Birds - The Long Tailed Tit

http://www.seenature.org.uk/see-nature-news/the-long-tailed-tit-2-2-2/

Bird Food Recipes - Bird Scrap Pie

http://www.seenature.org.uk/see-nature-news/march-week-4-bird-scrap-pie-2-2-2/

Pupil Zone Week 9

http://www.seenature.org.uk/see-nature-news/pupil-zone-week-9-2-2-2/

Kind regards

School Office, Bishops Waltham Infant School