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• Weekly Update Friday 20th June

  Fri 20 Jun 2025

  ☀️What a lovely week we’re having in the sunshine!

   

  We've had a fabulous week filled with sunshine, smiles and super learning! The children have loved being outside, and our staff are reminding everyone to drink plenty of water and take shade time during hot playtimes.

  🧢 Thank you to all our parents and carers for helping keep our children safe in the sun by applying lotion at home and making sure they have their sun hats!

   

  ✍️ Records of Achievement

  Our teachers and children have been working hard to finish their Records of Achievement, ready to share with you during our Open Afternoon on Tuesday 8th July from 2pm–5pm. We are so proud of all the children’s progress this year!

   

  🧸 Welcome New Year R Children!

  This week we had our first ‘Stay and Play’ sessions for our new Year R children. They had a lovely time getting to know the classrooms and making new friends with our current Year R children.

  We’re looking forward to the second session next week, and don’t forget our Transition Day is on Thursday 3rd July, where everyone will meet their new teacher and spend the morning in their new class.

   

   

  🏊 Year 2 Cooling Off!

  Year 2 were very lucky this week – they got to cool down in the school swimming pool! The children are growing in confidence each week and will build on these swimming skills as they move into Year 3.

   

  🏴‍☠️ Learning Spotlight!

  • Year 2: We’ve seen some brilliant pirate writing this week—creative stories and sea shanties! They’re really enjoying this project and looking forward to their Leavers’ Assembly.

  • Year 1: Children have made beautiful portholes, showing what they’ve learned about physical and human features at the seaside. Their descriptive poetry has blown their teachers away!

  • Year R: Our youngest learners have been learning all about animals, practising their writing and number skills. They are so proud of their work—and so are we!

   

  🎉 PTA News & Community Help Needed

  Our PTA are kindly helping the Junior School run their summer event tonight—please pop along and support them! They’ve also planned the much-loved Leavers’ Disco for Year 2 at the end of term.

  They are always looking for volunteers—if you have some spare time, please get in touch!

   

  🌿 Can You Help Our School?

  We’re lucky to have a wonderful school community, and we need a little extra help with the following:

  1. 🐸 Pond Maintenance – Mr Howell and his amazing family have been looking after our beautiful pond. We’d love more volunteers to join our Pond Group—even if just once or twice!

  2. 🐝 Bee Problem – Bees have taken up residence in our outdoor classroom, and they haven’t moved on! If you have bee expertise, we’d really appreciate your help making the space safe again.

  3. ⛺ Teepee Repairs – The wood under our Year R teepee is rotten. If you’re practical, strong or handy, we’d be so grateful for help in taking it away.

   

  📞 If you can help with any of the above, please let the school office know.

  
  Our budget is very stretched, so any support from our wonderful school community means so much.

   

  🌞 Wishing You a Lovely Weekend in the Sunshine!

  Thank you for your continued support, and we hope you enjoy a sunny, safe and restful weekend.

   

  Best Wishes

   

  Mrs Riches

  Headteacher

   

• Weekly Update Friday 6th June

  Fri 06 Jun 2025

  🌟Welcome Back!

  We hope everyone had a restful and fun-filled half term break – it’s been wonderful to welcome the children back this week. They’ve returned full of energy and ready to learn!

   

  🌊 Year 1’s Seaside Adventure
  Year 1 had a fabulous visit to Southsea and Portsmouth this week as part of their geography learning. The children explored human and physical features of the seaside and compared what they saw to our lovely Bishops Waltham. Back in school, they’ve already been using what they discovered as inspiration for some brilliant art and writing. Well done, Year 1 – what fantastic geographers you are!
   

  🔢✏️ Reception Superstars
  Year R have been amazing us this week with their growing independence. They’ve been working hard on their numbers and letter sounds and have impressed their teachers with how confidently they’re solving problems and having a go at writing.
   

  📚 Year 2 Shining Bright
  Year 2 have been focusing on their literacy and numeracy skills and have produced some super work. We were so proud to see some of their learning shared in our celebration assembly today. Keep it up, Year 2 – you’re doing brilliantly!
   

  👋 Welcome Evening for New Starters
  This week we also hosted our Welcome Evening for our new September intake. It was a lovely evening where families met some of our staff and found out what life will be like when they join us. We can’t wait to welcome our newest learners into the school community!
   

  🛍️ 'Bags for Life' Success
  A big thank you to everyone who donated towards our 'Bags for Life' initiative. We raised £28 which will go towards valuable learning resources for the children. Every little helps and we are so grateful for your support!

   

  🌧️ A Little Reminder...
  As I write this, the heavens have opened – again! With the changeable weather, please do remember to pop a raincoat in your child’s bag just in case we get a surprise downpour at home time.

   

  🌼 Wishing You a Lovely Weekend
  Thank you as always for your continued support. We’re so proud of all of our fantastic learners – have a wonderful, restful weekend! 

  (PS Remember Monday 9th June is a School INSET day)

   

  Best wishes

   

  Mrs Riches

  Headteacher

   

• Kids Treat - Sunday 6th July 12:00pm until 4:30pm - High Street, Bishops Waltham

  Wed 04 Jun 2025
  

• Weekly Update Friday 23rd May

  Fri 23 May 2025

  🌞 We can’t believe how quickly this half term has flown by!
  The summer sunshine has brought smiles and lots of outdoor learning opportunities. It’s been wonderful to see the children enjoying our beautiful school grounds while learning and exploring together.

   

  🎉 Farewell and Welcome – Chair of Governors
  We’d like to say a huge thank you to Mr Brownlie, who has served as a governor at BWIS for the past 8 years. His dedication and guidance have been truly appreciated by the whole school community.
  We’re also excited to welcome Mr Denman, who has been unanimously voted as our new Chair of Governors. We look forward to working with him in the months ahead!

   

  🧁 A Sweet Thank You
  A big thank you to our amazing PTA for organising this week’s cake sale and for all their hard work throughout this busy half term of events. We really appreciate your support!

   

  👚 Uniform Donations Available
  Looking for a spare summer dress or cardigan? We have several pre-loved uniform items available for a small donation. Please pop by the school office if you'd like to have a look.

   

  📅 Upcoming Dates to Remember

  • Welcome to New Entrants Evening – Thursday 5th June
    Please contact the school office to book your slot.

  • Year 1 Trip to Southsea & Year 2 Swimming
    These exciting activities begin the week after half term. Don’t forget to send in any outstanding donations to support these events.

   

  INSET Days 2025-2026

   

  Please find our INSET days for staff training and statutory updates for the next academic year. We have tried to match the junior school, with only one day differing due to training needs of each school.

   

  Wednesday 3rd September 2025

  Monday 24th November 2025

  Monday 23rd February 2026

  Friday 22nd May 2026

  Monday 8th June 2026

   

  ☀️ Wishing You a Wonderful Whitsun Break!
  We hope everyone has a restful and sunny half term holiday. See you all back soon, refreshed and ready for a brilliant second half of the summer term!

   

  Best wishes

   

  Mrs Riches

  Headteacher

   

   

• Weekly Update-Week ending 16th May

  Tue 20 May 2025

  Please find our update a little later than usual this week. I really want to shine the spotlight on our amazing PTA. They have been truly remarkable in organising 2 fantastic fundraising events for our school, a week apart. Both events required a lot of planning and organising prior to the event itself, and both deserve to be celebrated.

   

  ❓Quiznight 2025

  What a great evening. In the end we had some last minute entries, and our hall was packed. Quizmaster Andy, kept us all busy with rounds about general knowledge, emojis, pictures, music-you name it, we had it all. The bar kept flowing and there were a lot of corks popping! The food was catered for by Cleverchefs, and nobody went hungry. I never found out if our band of merry parents worked out where they were continuing the party afterwards, and apart from a slight mixup, where we locked the PTA in the car park (oops!), the night was a fantastic success. Thank you to all the PTA and staff who helped to clean up afterwards too-the mucky job that nobody likes!

  The winners of the quiz were 'Quizzy Whizzy, let's get Busy', who had a very impressive lead-huge congratulations to them and to everyone who took part too. Remember to book your tickets early next year-it is one to put on the calendar!

   

  🎪Summer Fayre 2025

  What a glorious day we had for our summer fayre this year. Everyone had the biggest smiles, whether they were having their face/hair done, crafting something, shooting for goal or hooking a duck. Some of our Year 2 children performed their ceilidh dance and we also had some dance performances from our after school club. We raised a very impressive £2200 towards our learning suite, and we cannot wait for it to be installed. Again, so much work went into the organising of this event. Extra parents, staff, governors, pre-school and sports groups supported on the day, too. It was a fantastic community event , primarily led by Claire, Kath, Baz and Andy. We are so grateful and lucky to have you on board, making memorable experiences for our children and parents. We would like to say a HUGE THANKYOU, for everything you do, and know that the majority of our parents and grandparents who attend the events feel the same way as us too.

   

  🍰After School Cake Sale

  On Wednesday 21st May, we will be having a cake sale in the turning circle, to sell all left over goodies from the Fayre. Please see the PTA email about what else will be on sale, and our selaed bids for three fantastic trip experiences

   

  Below, are a few snaps of the event. Let's hope the sunshine stays out for half term too.

   

  Best wishes

   

  Mrs Riches

  Headteacher

   

   

  

• Walk to School Week

  Mon 19 May 2025
  

• Weekly Update Friday 9th May

  Fri 09 May 2025

  What a lovely week we’ve had here at school!

   

  VE Day Street Party
  We finished the week in style with a fabulous VE Day street party yesterday, on the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. The children absolutely loved dining outdoors with their friends, and it was wonderful to see everyone joining in with the celebrations. Head over to the earlier post on  ‘Latest News’ section on our website to see some brilliant photos from the day!

   

  🧑‍🏫 Governor Meeting
  This week, we also held a governor meeting where we agreed on the school budget for the year. The governors asked thoughtful questions about our spending and were very complimentary about the careful and diligent planning that goes into managing the school’s finances.

   

  🎪 Summer Fayre – Just One Week to Go!
  Our Summer Fayre is fast approaching – just one week to go! A huge thank you to our amazing PTA, who are working incredibly hard to make this year’s event a fantastic success.
  Thank you to everyone who has already sent in chocolate and bottle donations – your support is hugely appreciated!

   

  🌈 What’s Happening at the Fayre?

  • Exciting stalls for children and adults

  • A sizzling BBQ

  • Plenty of yummy treats

  • PTA tokens are now on sale and can be used at all stalls on the day!

   

  🍰 Next Friday – Cake Donation Day & Non-Uniform!
  Next Friday is our Cake Donation Day, and children can come to school in non-uniform in exchange for a cake donation. We know this is our third non-uniform day recently, but these days are a great way to prompt donations and really help us build a successful event. Thank you for your continued support!

   

  ❓ PTA Quiz Night – Let’s Get Quizzical!
  We’re rounding off the week with our much-loved PTA Quiz Night this evening. The brilliant Andy will be back as our quizmaster, and we’ll have some fun interval games (£1 a go) to enjoy. We can’t wait to see you there!

   

  ☀️ Wishing you all a lovely weekend in the sunshine!

   

  Warmest wishes,
  Mrs Riches

  Headteacher

   

• VE 80 Day at BWIS

  Thu 08 May 2025

  Our children celebrated VE 80th anniversary in style with a special street party outdoors. Our theme was 'Red, White and Blue', our music was Glenn Miller, and the sun came out to shine on us. It was a memorable special day for all of us and our whole staff celebrated with them too. Thank you to Clever Chefs and our kitchen staff for preparing the yummy lunch. It went down very well! Here are some pictures of our special day.

  

• Weekly Update Friday 2nd May

  Fri 02 May 2025

  🌞 What lovely sunshine we've had this week! The children have made the most of the weather, enjoying lots of outdoor learning linked to their projects 🌼🖌️.

   

  • Year 1 have been busy painting beautiful meadow pictures full of colourful flowers using watercolours 🎨🌷.

  • Year R explored the work of Andy Goldsworthy and created wonderful natural sculptures using found objects – a brilliant activity to try on a pebbled beach! 🍂🪨🌊

  • Year 2 have written descriptive minibeast poems, using amazing adjectives and phrases 🐞✍️ – we’re very proud of their creativity!

   

  🧑‍🎨 PTA News & Volunteers Needed!

  Our amazing PTA are hard at work preparing for our Quiz Night 🧠❓ and the exciting Summer Fayre 🎉.

   

  ➡️ They are looking for face painters 🎨 (just short stints!) and more volunteers to help on stalls – every little helps!

  ➡️ Tokens will be sold in advance as well as on the day– please keep an eye out for the PTA team selling them 👀💰.

  🎁 Thank you for today’s bottle donations in exchange for wearing non-uniform!
  If you forgot – no worries! Please bring your bottle to the office next week.

  🔔 Reminder: Every Friday will be non-uniform in exchange for donations.

   

  👣 Socks with sandals, please! For safety on the playground, all children should wear socks with sandals to protect their toes 💙🧦. On the subject of socks,  our stock of spare socks, knickers, and pants is running low. If any families can donate clean spares, we’d be very grateful!

   

   80th VE Day Street Party 
  We’re looking forward to our VE Celebration on VE Day, with a red, white, and blue theme 🎈🎉. There will be a special party lunch too! Please see the poster earlier on the latest news for the lunch.

   

  📝 Quiz Night Friday 9th May
  Teams are being finalised and food/drink is being ordered – please let Andy or Claire know by Tuesday if you’re entering a team.
  📣 It doesn’t have to be 8 people – smaller teams are welcome!

   

  🚫 Ant Alert!
  We've found ants in some classrooms due to squash in drink bottles!
  Please ensure your child only brings water in their bottle 💧.
  They may bring a sealed carton of juice/non fizzy drink for lunch if they would like to drink something flavoured in the day– clearly named and ant-proof please! 🐜

   

  ☀️ Wishing everyone a wonderful bank holiday weekend full of sunshine and smiles! 🌸😎

   

  Best wishes

   

  Mrs Riches

  Headteacher

• VE Day - Special Menu - Thursday 8th May

  Fri 02 May 2025