1. Berrynarbor SCHOOL NEWSLETTER May 2017 Summer Fayre Cancelled event
Blueberry Class have done some fantastic writing about Anglo-Saxons. They represented our school and federation brilliantly at a recent Tag Rugby Tournament when one of the federation teams won the plate. The next half of the term is a busy one with Bikeability, Reunion, an exciting Geography project fort year 5, and various leavers events.
Cranberry Class joined Year 2s from other schools for a Mini Olympics at Ilfracombe Academy. They started off with some warm-ups then ran races, did the long jump, threw soft rockets (instead of javelins!) and played a team game called Dishes and Domes. The children really enjoyed themselves and had a great time.
Blueberry Class Had a great time on their trip to Lynmouth. They visited the Flood Museum, the Exmoor Centre and Glen Lynn Gorge. Although the weather was wet the children still had lots of fun.
Strawberry and Cranberry Would like to thank all the adults who came to the Digging Days and helped in the garden. The plants are growing well and we are looking forward to tasting the grub we are growing! Mr Barrett came to visit with his bees and told us how important they are to our gardens. Without them we wouldn’t be able to grow a lot of our food.
Summer Fayre
4th July
We need:
teddy bears for the Teddy Tombola
good quality toys
bottles for the Bottle Tombola
good quality raffle prizes
If you have any ideas for a stall or activity, or can help in any way on the day please let us know. Thank you.
Cancelled event
Sadly, the Farm Day scheduled for Sunday 11th June has had to be cancelled.
Summer Weather
It is so lovely to have warm, sunny weather and be able to enjoy outside activities. However, we want to keep everyone safe and feeling well so please make sure your child has a bottle of water with them and a named hat. Also could they please come to school with sunscreen applied, if possible a 24 hour one for the younger children as we cannot apply sunscreen during the day. Older children who are able to apply their own sunscreen may have a named bottle in school kept in the designated place in their classroom.
E-SAFETY
It is important to keep track of what children are accessing online. From now on, if we become aware of your child accessing inappropriate online content we’ll let you know and offer advice to help keep your child safe.
We currently have a Governor Vacancy at our schools. If you:
• have the desire to make a difference at our schools
• are interested in working within our Governing Board to monitor and raise standards even higher
• are interested in being involved in decisions about school policy, budgets, health
and safety and curriculum - we would love to hear from you.
No specific skills are required. We welcome applications from all walks of life - experience in buildings/health and safety would be useful but not essential – full training is available.
If you would like further information please contact our Clerk to Governors, Natalie Stanbury:
Telephone: Berrynarbor VC Primary School /West Down School:
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Monday 5th June Back to School
Wed 7th June Arlington Run
Wed 7th June KS1 Celebration of learning
Fri 9th June Year 2 Sleep Over
Mon 12th June Yr 6 Junior life skills
Wed 14th – Fri 16th June Year 5 & 6 London Residential
Thurs 22nd June Sports Day
Wed 28th June Class 3 Mix festival Bideford
Fri 30th June End of year Disco
Tues 4th July Summer Fayre
Wed12th – Fri 14th July Beam House
Fri 14th July Class 4 production
Tuesday 25th July Last day of term
Mon 4th September Back to School
Mon 23rd Oct – Fri 3rd Nov Half Term break
Mon 6th November Back to School
Clubs
Football Club Will be running after Half Term but dates are yet to be arranged. .
Year R-6 sibling discount is available.
Have a fantastic break and we will see you again after the Half Term break!
DINNER MONEY – Please ensure your child’s dinner money is up to date over the holiday. If you are having issues with ParentMail please bring cash to the office. Thank you!