Bolnore Village Primary School Updown Hill, Bolnore Village, RH16 4GD

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Volume 17, Issue 159, 26 June 2015 – Off Shore Banking

Bolnore Village Bank School

Have you heard: The sound of the seaside? Did yo

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ow? M

etro Bank opened in 2010 and is the first new

High S

treet bank for 100 years. It is closed on only four days of the year.

‘It takes a village to paddle!’

““““My brother has My brother has My brother has My brother has a belly button now!a belly button now!a belly button now!a belly button now!”””” (In answer to the register in Reception).

BVPS Tel : 01444 456715

Mr Sears’ App of the WeekMr Sears’ App of the WeekMr Sears’ App of the WeekMr Sears’ App of the Week

This week: Halftone 2 – Comic Book Creator Halftone 2 makes it easy to create comic and scrap books with your images. Choose a page layout, apply photo filters, position captions, add speech and thought balloons, place some WHAMs, BAMs, and POWs, mix in a few sound effects, and share your creation as an image, multi-page document, or high-definition video.

Apple: Yes

Android: Not yet

Cost: FREE

Moonshot THOUGHT It’s been the BEST YEAR EVER! this year.

What will our strap line be next year? Ideas emailed to the Office please.

ON THE HORIZON • Saturday 27 June: New Reception 2015 Teddy Bears’ Picnic from 11.15 am to 1.15 pm.

• Monday 29 June: Warden Park New Parents’ Evening.

• Wednesday 1 July: Parent Teacher Meetings after school. Year 6 Show in the afternoon. Whole School Golfing Day – Golf Parc Day

• Thursday 2 July: Year 6 Show in the evening.

• Friday 3 July: Year 3 Sleepover at the School. Warden Park Year 6 Induction Day.

• Saturday 4 July: Village Day at the Woodside.

• Monday 6 July: Bikeability Week for Year 6. BFG Story Teller - KS1.

• Tuesday 7 July: KS1 Roald Dahl Dress Up Day. Parent Teacher Meetings after school. Talk for new Reception Parents in the afternoon.

• Thursday 9 July: Helping Hands Garden Party. If you have helped us in School, please come along to a very special ‘Thank you Tea Party’ at 2 pm. Gardens open to all from 3.20 pm. Refreshments available. Look out for the indoor rainforest too!

• Friday 10 July: o Bags 2 School Collection at 9 am. Please don’t bring bags in before then, as we have nowhere to store them.

o Reports out. New Class Assembly and Circle Time. Children find out about their next class.

o Choir performance in Assembly at 2.45 pm – Choir parents invited.

o FoBVPS Quiz Night – buy a ticket and come along and have a great evening whilst supporting fundraising for the School.

• Monday 13 July: 9.15 am Year 2 Graduation – Parents invited. Library Books all in this week please.

• Tuesday 14 July: 9.15 am Reception Graduation – Parents invited.

• Tuesday 14 July: Governors in the Playground before school. Come and share your ‘End of Year Views’. Reception 2015 visiting. Schoolympics at Oathall for Squad.

• Thursday 16 July: Year 5 (note change of year group) trip to ‘Connect to the Countryside’. Quadkids Year 6 competition.

• Friday 17 July: o Switch Day – children spend time with their new teachers. Children will need to come in their new classroom door that morning so they can practise for September.

o Leavers’ Assembly at 2 pm – Year 6 parents invited o Transition Fair after school – parents and children please come in and meet your child’s next teacher and find out about learning in the next year group. Please come to your new classroom.

o Leavers’ Party for Year 6, 6-8 pm

• Monday 20 July: Rainbow Day – A Celebration of our Core Values. Come to school in your favourite Core Value Colour.

• Tuesday 21 July: Last day of school for children. Wednesday is an INSET day. First day back is Thursday 3 September 2015.

QUICK READS

• Chartwells are looking to recruit a Customer Service Assistant to work in the kitchen at our school. Contact Laurey Davis on Laurey.Davis@compass-group.co.uk or Tel 07919165984

• Wrap around care – A few parents have asked about wrap around childcare from September. The School governors are looking into the options available and will report back by the end of term.

Oak Class cast their minds back to their recent visits to the beach in order to respond to a request put out by Newsround. The project, commissioned by the National Trust, wanted people around the country to submit their favourite seaside sounds so they could be recorded and retained for years to come. Three of our children had their entries published on the website; the whole class were excited by the communication with the BBC.

I like the sound of the seagulls and the pebbles crunching when people walk across them. I like the sound of people skimming rocks across the water and the munching of people eating their hot dogs. - Daniel, Sussex When I think of the seaside, I think of the sounds when you put a shell next to your ear and you can hear the sea. - Summer, Sussex

I would recognise the sound of the seaside

because of the shore line coming up and hitting against the rocks.

Helen, Sussex

Our Year 6 children ventured down to Brighton for a day of banking and beaches. In conclusion to a 4 week money programme, delivered by Metro Bank, they were invited to the Brighton store where they learnt about banking on the shop floor, finding out about foreign currency and even setting foot in the impressive vault! A huge THANK YOU to the Metro banking staff for their generosity and time which they put into this final session and programme as a whole. The children then had an impromptu talk from the RNLI lifeguards on the beach, before sampling local fish and chips and discovering what the pier had to offer. Learning about money was a clear message of the day – either how to save it, convert it or spend it!

Teachers have worked hard to produce Celebration Reports that reflect your child’s enjoyment of their learning over the year. This report is in addition to the statutory annual report to parents sent out in the Spring Term. Celebration Reports will be sent out on 10 July and will also indicate outcomes for pupils in terms of working towards, meeting or exceeding end of year expectations.

Children in Reception will receive reports around Foundation Stage Profile outcomes. Year 6 will also include a record of their SATs results. Teachers are looking forward to sharing more information about

progress towards targets in literacy and numeracy at their Teacher Parent Meetings on Wednesday 1 July or Tuesday 7 July. Please make sure you have booked a time to come in and hear more about your child’s learning this year. Please note that information about next year’s class organisation will be included in your child’s report

and at the Transition Fair on 17 July.

Next week is set to be very hot. As part of the School’s Sun Safety and associated risk assessments, please ensure that your child comes to school with a hat, sun screen (applied and in a named bottle) and a fresh water bottle every day. Please note that lunchtime play and PE sessions will be reduced to minimise risk to the children.

Children without hats will be asked to stay in the shade. Jumpers won’t be needed so

please keep these at home – especially from Wednesday onwards. Wear shorts, boys!

Year 3 and Year 4 enjoyed a talk from the RNLI on beach safety as part of their work on Water.

Girls’ Triumph!

Well done to our House winners: Maisie P, Ella PB, Flora and Maisie G and

Heidi.

Up and down the corridors we’ve heard the sound of poetry being recited in preparation for the House Poetry Competition. Thank you to Miss Watson for organising this exciting, but challenging, event and to our guest judge, Miss Page. The finalists for each house performed to the whole school in Assembly. The competition was tough and all the contestants did themselves and their Houses proud. House positions:

1st – Fire, 2nd – Air, 3rd Water and 4th – Earth.