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Dear Parents,

We are now into the last half term of the academic

year. I cannot believe how quickly the year has flown

by. Please keep an eye out for all of the events we have

booked for this half term - both letters that come home

and on the website. It is always lovely to see parents

attending the events we have and to celebrate all of the

fantastic work that the children continue to produce.

Please remember that if you have any issues at all you

can always pop into the school office to see me, email

or phone to arrange an appointment.

Staffing:

It is my great pleasure to tell you that Mr. Crosby and

Mrs. Gardner will become permanent Assistant

Headteachers at Beechwood as from 1st September.

Mr. Crosby will continue to lead on Learning and

Assessment and Mrs. Gardner will lead on Inclusion as

they have done for a number of years but they are

taking on this added role as we continue to move the

school forward.

Best wishes,

Mrs. Marsh

Headteacher

Newsletter 75

June 2016

Important Dates

20/06/16 - INSET DAY

23/06/16 - Sports

Afternoon

07/07/16 - Parents of

new Year 3s open

afternoon 1.30-2.30pm

11/07/16 Year 3 and 4

Residential Stubbington

Parking

Can I please ask parents to be mindful of the residents around the

school. I have had a number of complaints regarding residents not

being able to access their homes due to inconsiderate parking or

stopping at the beginning and end of the day. One particular car, a

blue Range Rover - has been causing particular concerns for

residents. Please can I ask that you are respectful towards the

residents of the local area.

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Thank You for Fund Raising for the BHF

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T he sun shone for the sports

committee on the day they

organised the whole school

basketball competition. Classes split

into 5 teams to play each other and

whilst the committee did agree that

some things could have gone better,

on the whole everything went to

plan.

Each team played at least one game,

with the Super California's and the

MBA Masters being the year group

winners in Year 3 and Year 4 with

MBA taking overall 1st place.

For the upper school the year group

winners were 5B team A and 6T

Team C, the final Year 5 v Year 6

game turned out to be a draw and so

went to penalties… three times with

the eventual Year 5s winning by one

basket!

Very well done to the Sports

Committee, they did an excellent job

in overcoming the problems on the

day and achieved what they set out

to do—running a whole school

competition.

Sports Committee Basketball Competition

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O n Thursday the 26th May, parents

and grand parents joined their

children in singing and dancing at the

WWII Tea Dance. Everyone was swinging

in motion until a Billeting Officer came

bursting in and announced that the

children must evacuate. The children said

their goodbyes as they left the hall and

set off on an evacuation journey. They all

boarded the train and the evacuation

‘experience’ had begun. However, to their

surprise the host families weren't ready

and able to look after so many children

and on top of that the rail track had been

annihilated by German bombs. Due to

this, the train terminated and the children

had to sleep over night at the school. When they returned they were all assigned

their jobs for the next day. Then they all ate their dinner before setting up camp for

the evening. Air raids and gunshots were the least of their worries as an intruder

had entered: slamming doors, dropping ‘ID’ German notes and destroying displays.

The Nazis weren't found and fortunately caused no harm. After school patrol, the

children had to make

breakfast; just bread

— because it was

quick and simple.

O.Richards

contributor.

WWII Tea Dance and Evacuation Sleepover

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WWII Tea Dance and Evacuation Sleepover

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WWII Tea Dance and Evacuation Sleepover

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Pupils with Beechwood Chickens

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France Residential 2016

O n the 6th June, 2016, 27 of Year 5 and year

6 woke up on a bright and early morning to

board a ferry to go to France. It was a long and

tiring journey but we were given lots of sweets

and a massive bottle of popcorn. After four hours

we arrived in Normandy, France.

After a two hour coach trip to Asnelles, we

arrived at the Les Tourelles hotel which is near

the beach. We all settled into the hotel and then

went to the beach. Afterwards we had dinner and

went to bed.

The next day, we visited the D-Day museum

where we looked at all the exhibits and watched a

short film about the building of Mulberry

Harbour. There were lots of little models of the

building and the harbour. Afterwards, we walked

up a steep hill and ate our lunch on the grass.

Then, we went to the Arromanches 360 degrees

cinema where there were nine screens all

showing different clips. The film was very

powerful and emotional. Lastly we went to the

American cemetery where there were thousands

of graves displaying crucifixes and Jewish stars. It

was emotional to see all of the graves of the

fallen soldiers; some of them were only

seventeen.

We then had a nice trip back to the hotel and

enjoyed an hour of swimming in the blue pool.

Afterwards we had dinner of chicken and chips.

R. Harding Y6

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France Residential 2016

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France Residential 2016

O n Wednesday we started the morning

with the Bayeux market - there were so

many stalls full of wonderful things. It didn't take

long for all of us to crowd around the sweet

stall. Other popular items included hats and

jewellery.

After that, we went to see the Bayeux tapestry.

It had over fifty panels that told the story of

William the Conqueror - it had wonderful detail

and the whole story was explained through

headsets.

On this day we also visited the British cemetery

which was especially moving because each

headstone had a personal message. Back at the

hotel we danced at a disco and ate snacks.

On our last day of exploring we visited Juno

Beach and the Canadian centre; the beach was

beautifully sandy and especially amazing

because it was where allied forces first set foot

on French soil. Tragically, it was also where

many soldiers were either wounded or killed.

Back at Tourelles de Vacances, we had a further

swimming session and as a surprise, we were

invited to a French school's party. We did try to

speak a little French and they attempted some

English.

We all rose early the following morning in order

to catch the ferry home.

Jacob Allen-Roe Y6.

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France Residential 2016

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Price Change to School Meals

from 5th September 2016 the price of a

hot school meal will be £2.15 per pupil.

Beechwood Girls

If there is anyone who would like to feed the chickens over a weekend or

during the summer holidays could you

email Mrs. Marsh at

head@beechwoodjuniorschool.co.uk

or telephone the school to let us know

when you would like to do this.

Mr. Marsh will be able to go through

the procedures with you, which are

very easy, and you get to keep the

eggs the chickens lay.

Raising Money for UNICEF

Pupil/parents/staff/visitors raised £104.48 for

UNICEF by having a collection bottle in

reception for loose change. Pupils gave up

their 20p toast money and some gave their

pocket money to give to the collection !

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Great Beechwood Bake Off

was a great success and raised £144.16. Thank you

to everyone who baked and donated cakes. The

winner of the Bake Off was Darcy Crocker with her

'Chicken Coop' cake modelled on our very own

Beechwood chickens.

This Months Handwriting Heroes

.

Year 5: Angelina Rutkovska, Kelsey Ret, Sophie Cornwall,

Ava Cook, Gemma Herbert, Janvi Dushianthan,

Henry Hampton, Hayley Thorogood.

Year 4: Vinisha Patel, Darcy Crocker,

Charley-Anne Chandler, Ameline King, Kim Wright,

Marcel Cousins, Clara Pike, Leah Glover,

Anna Ciereniewicz, Ruby-Mae Stringer, Hayden Ross,

Xavier Edmonds.

Year 3: Harry Harvinga, Connor Honan, Jackson Dawson,

Sean Burness, Dylan Higgins, Dominic Sztyler,

Evie Seaborn, Emma Richards, Dominic Cowles,

Rocio Morales, Aleksandra Aleksejeva, Ajay Wellstood

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And here is the link to follow:

http://www.discoversouthampton.co.uk/active-summer

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Head Teacher’s Awards The following children were nominated for a Head Teacher Award last

month for outstanding work and behaviour.

3T: Kai Ali Hussain, Lulu Nijjer, Evie Seaborn, Sonny Durrant, Jasnoor Kooner,Harry Hoskins, Alicja Stanislawczyk, Lea Dowling.

3R: Liam Cornwall, Aleksandra Aleksejeva, Jai Sood, Ahsan Al-Ahsan, Jamie Allen, Christian Stevens, Breanna Coe, Jialin Wu.

3G: Amelia Wiereszko, Ella Harris, Emma Richards, Areez Haidar, Sonny Starzewski-Ridler, Lashaya Boylan, David Jenkins, Isla Nicholas.

4A: Ethan Purkiss, Ryan Stafford, Chloe Carlisle, Dylan Millington,

Megan Durkin, Freddie Waghorn, Aidan James, Bailey Priest.

4P: Marcellus Cousins, Sinead Black, Riley Smith-Lewis,

Annabelle Major, Ethan Watkins, Leah Glover, Oliver Churchill,

Daniel Mobsby.

4I: Krasi Ilieva, Rameen Raza, Tia Chung, Jack Parker, Lucy Warren,

Oliver Turkzyc, Darcy Crocker, Seren Jarvis.

5B: Lee Webb, Jack Duggan, Keidon Dawson, Sinead Corcoran,

Shaymus Dowling, Nicola Jarmal, Gemma Herbert,

Joshua Pilon-Lombardi

5L: Lily Farminer, Jude Lane, Amanvir Sangha, Libby Ashman,

Alicia Pottle, Ellis Brett, Layla Thompson, Elijah Winn.

6T: Charlie Veal, Isla Ahmed, Hermione Fall, Denas Miskunas,

Liberty Manley, Grace Smith, Nikola Bielarz, Justin Harvey.

6C: Toby Churchill, Adrian Sztyler, Samuel Marsh, Kyle Cooper,

Henry Brown, Kristiana Ose, Leary Flood, Kai Fairburn.

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Important dates

June 06/06/16 School re-opens

06/06/16 France Residential for Years 5 and 6 - All Week

15/06/16 STARs project in Y6

15/06/16 Year 5 trip to Testwood Lakes, Totton

16/06/16 STARs project in Y6

20/06/16 INSET DAY

21/06/16 Y6-Southampton Uni Taster Day

22/06/16 Y4 Stonehenge Trip

23/06/16 Sports Afternoon

29/06/16 Year 6 RE day with City mission in hall

30/06/16 Y6 - Red Cross First Aid

July 07/07/16 Parents of new Year 3s open afternoon 1.30-2.30pm

07/07/16 New intake parents meeting 6.00-7.00pm

08/07/16 Y4 Stone Age Art Morning 9.00-10.00am

11/07/16 Year 3 and 4 Residential Stubbington all week

14/07/16 Year 6 performance 2.00-3.00pm and 5.30 pm

18/07/16 Sports Award Ceremony 2.30-3.00pm

19/07/16 End of year disco including Year 2s 3.15-4.30pm

19/07/16 Year 6 Leavers Do 4.45-6.15pm

20/07/16 Last Day of Term