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Message from the Head Teacher

At the end of yet

another busy couple of

weeks we have lots to

celebrate. This week

the children have

been enjoying the

STEM days where year

2 have been looking at

robotics systems. Each

class has experienced

the activities such as

the tallest balloon

challenge. Groups have

also worked with

Cavendish Nuclear,

finding out how electricity is made. A huge thank you to Mrs Price

for organising such a fantastic and fun filled few days. We would

also like to thank Mr Turner of Cavendish Nuclear and Mr Price of

Eastman, (Mrs Price’s husband) and their colleagues who came

to work with the children.

Today we had Sports Day in the glorious

sunshine and saw Blue House win the trophy.

Well done to both teachers and parents who

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ISSUE 39 28TH JUNE 2019

Dates to Remember:

Term 6 2018-19

July

1st Griffin Class trip

3rd/ 4th WIA transition day

4th WIA transition day

Downend and

Mangotsfield Transition

day

4th PTA School Disco

7th Sunday Tea Service

10th Yr 4, 5 and 6

performance 2pm and

6pm

12th Reports go home

15th Change over morning

for new classes

15th New EYFS stay and Play

session 2.45pm

16th New EYFS stay and Play

session 2.45pm

19th Break The Rules Day See

PTA flyer

23rd Leavers Service

23rd Break Up

Term 1 2019 - 20

September

2nd INSET Day

3rd Children begin term 1

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ran in the adult races! This afternoon we hope you will all join us for the annual PTA summer BBQ.

May Bank Holiday Next Year To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Central Government

has announced that the May Day Bank Holiday will move from Monday 4 May 2020 to

Friday 8 May 2020. Please bear this in mind when booking your long weekend away.

Term Dates and INSET Days 2019/ 2020 Next year’s term dates

are:

The INSET Days have also now

been set. They are as follows:

Collective Worship

This terms value is Truthfulness. We again welcomed Open the Book

along with Annie Davey who told us about Pentecost through Art,

another really enjoyable service.

“All things are possible for one who believes.” Mark 9:23.

Learning in Griffin Class

In Maths, we have been continuing to learn about geometry and have been

practising some very important skills. We have been exploring 2D and 3D shapes

and have learnt how to describe, draw and make them. We have also been

learning about angles as a way of describing a turn, and looking for different

angles in the world around us. We have learnt about horizontal and vertical lines

Monday 2nd September 2019

Monday 4th November 2019

Monday 1st June 2020

Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Monday 20th July 2020

Term 1 Monday 02 September 2019

Friday 25 October 2019 Term 2 Monday 04 November 2019

Friday 20 December 2019 Term 3 Monday 06 January 2020

Friday 14 February 2020 Term 4 Monday 24 February 2020

Friday 03 April 2020 Term 5 Monday 20 April 2020

Friday 22 May 2020 Term 6 Monday 01 June 2020

Monday 20 July 2020

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and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines. This week, we have moved onto telling the time and

solving problems involving time. We have already learnt lots about telling the time and know how

important it is to keep practising these skills in school and at home.

In our English lessons this term, we have been using our amazing topic knowledge, and have been

carrying out our own research to write a non-chronological report about famous landmarks. We

have loved learning more about statues, monuments, churches, amphitheatres, pyramids and

towers all around the world. We have been learning how to write our fascinating facts in interesting

sentences with description, explanation, interesting openers and conjunctions. We are looking

forward to showing you our finished reports so that you can learn more about these breath-taking

and fascinating creations. We have also been practising our geography skills in our topic lessons and

have been learning how to use and create maps. We have all agreed that these skills are quite tricky

but very useful.

As part of our P.E. sessions with Progressive Sports, we have been practising the skills that we will need

for Sports Morning. We have been learning some excellent techniques for how to run, jump and

throw to the best of our ability; this has been lots of fun. We cannot wait until Sports Morning so that

we can show you our amazing athletics skills.

We are all very excited in Griffin Class to be going on our school trip to We The Curious this coming

Monday (1st July). Whilst we are there, we will have the opportunity to watch a science show, visit

the planetarium, as well as explore the usual interactive exhibits. We cannot wait for a wonderful day

of scientific discovery and look forward to telling you all about it.

School Disco Don’t forget the school Disco next Thursday. Get your dancing shoes on!

EYFS and KS1 5.00pm – 6.00pm

KS2 6.30pm – 8.00pm

Club Contact Information

Community News

Please be aware that we do not take any responsibility for the clubs or activities that are shared

below.

The Frenchay Flower show is quickly approaching. It

is on 13th July this year. Please find more information

about the event at their website.

www.frenchayflowershow.com

Winterbourne Academy are holding a ‘Moving on Up’ event which takes place

on Thursday 4th July from 4 – 6pm at the Academy, this is a drop in session and we

are not taking bookings for the workshops. Please see more information below.

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