Welcome to your newsletter for week ending April 19th
The week seems to have flown by and we've ended with a lovely bit of sunshine! There's been plenty of activity in school this week (read more below) and we have also welcomed Mrs Phillipa May to BVP who is our new SENDCo- please see below for an invite to a Coffee Afternoon on Friday when you can meet and chat to Mrs May. Also on Friday afternoon, we are inviting you to contribute to a working party who will help review the Values, Behaviour and Relationship Policy- again, see more details below.
What's Coming Up
| Monday 22nd | 4BE and 4O Swimmg Lessons |
| No Choir | |
| Tuesday 23rd | 4A Swimming Lesson |
| Friday 26th | Parent Workshop - Values, Behaviour and Relationship Policy Review |
| Mrs May's Coffee Afternoon | |
| RC Forest School |
Values of the Week
Today the teachers presented Values Champion Certificates to the following children for demonstrating Challenge.
| KS1 | KS2 |
| RC - Zeena D | 3C - Isabella O |
| RGR - Donavon G | 3O - Daisy C |
| RR - Lottie H | 3S - Zayn A |
| 1C - Jacob G-R | 4A - Dylan C |
| 1RT - Alfred L | 4BE - Nathan H- P |
| 1S - Samuel D | 4O- Suleiman D |
| 2ES- Oscar C | 5H - Arlen H |
| 2T- Zachary H | 5HPS - Heidi S |
| 2TJ - Aamari T | 5S - Joshua M |
| 6GW- Lorenzo D | |
| 6M - Jack S | |
| 6S - Erica B |
Attendance
This week's winners are:
* ASHA (Reception) - RR
* AXEL (KS1) - 1RT
* ATTIE (KS2) - 5H
Parking on Woodbrooke and Thorne Road
We have received several complaints from residents about the parking situation at drop off and pick up times on Woodbrooke and Thorne Road.
Parents/ Carers are continuing to park on double yellow or zigzag parts of the road and blocking driveways. This is inconveniencing residents trying to leave their house and parents trying to take their children to school.
We are urging parents to be mindful when dropping off and collecting their children. We understand the changes to the road can be an inconvenience, but we also have to keep everybody’s safety in mind.
Thankyou
Year 4 Football
A huge congratulations to our Year 4 footballers who reached the 'finals' of the Kings Norton District Cup competition this week, finishing a very commendable 5th place. When you consider this was a competition open to all schools in the area, it just proves how well they played and how hard they worked to get to this stage. Excellent teamwork was in evidence as were our school values. Very well done boys - a superb effort!
Parents' and Carers' Working Party
After almost a year in place, we are reviewing our Values, Behaviour and Relationships Policy. As parents and carers were involved with its creation, we would like to give you an opportunity to be involved again. Alongside this element of school life, we are determined to get to a point in school where we do not see any bullying behaviour at all. So, we would also like your involvement in reviewing our Anti-Bullying Policy.
We are meeting on Friday 26th April 2024 at 1.30pm. If you would like to attend and contribute to the working party, please let us know by completing the form (please click on the link) https://forms.office.com/e/UCBbSwuph3. If you cannot attend but would like to share your views prior to the meeting, please add your thoughts to the form or request a call from Mrs Cooper. This way we can make sure all contributions are heard and considered.
Bringing sweets in for birthdays
Please check with your child's teacher before sending them to school with sweets to share with the class on their birthday. This is due to various children's allergies and dietary preferences. Also, please be mindful that we are a nut-free school, so any products contains nuts are not allowed on school property.
Thankyou for your understanding and support.
Birmingham City Vs Cardiff City
Some of our pupils and staff members attended the Birmingham City Vs Cardiff City match last Saturday. We've heard nothing but great things from everyone who went. We are so happy that we were gifted this opportunity for our pupils to create more fond memories of their time at BVP.
Meet the Newest Member our The BVP Family!
Hello! I am a new member of the BVP family and I am looking forward to getting to know you and your children during their time here at school. I am holding a coffee afternoon next Friday 26th April in the school library from 2.00pm.
Please do pop in to introduce yourselves and have a chat.
Phillipa May
SENDCo
Congratulations to M and R in 5S who played brilliantly in our celebration assembly today. It was wonderful to hear such great keyboard playing. Keep going girls, we’re really proud of you. Thank you music ambassadors, for organising the musicians for our celebration assemblies.
School Choir
No choir Monday 22nd April
There will be no choir on Monday 22nd April as Mrs Vaughan is on a training session for the Youth Proms songs!
Brass Lessons – 2 change of dates
Mr Ali has had to change his teaching days for the following dates:
Wednesday 24th April – change to Friday 26th April
Wednesday 5th June – change to Friday 7th June
Year 3 and 4 Concert Friday 10th May
Emails have been sent out this week inviting parent/carers to attend this concert on Friday 10th May. This concert will start at 2pm in George Hall. This concert will include our woodwind (flute, clarinet, oboe and bassoon), violin, brass, percussion and our more confident keyboard players.
This concert will NOT include our guitar or ukulele players, as their concert took place in March.
Year 2 – learning an instrument next year!
Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing the children in Year 2 to all the instruments we offer in Year 3. If you’re interested in learning more about orchestral instruments, please click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Jc4sP0BEE
From September we will be offering lessons in and we will confirm costs etc. over the next few weeks.
Woodwind: Flute, clarinet and oboe
Brass: Trumpet, trombone, French horn, tenor horn
Violin and viola
Guitar and ukulele
Percussion – drumkit and glockenspiel
Keyboard – (spaces will be limited)
Some music dates for your diary:
| Event | Date | Information |
| Annual Afternoon Concert | Friday 10th May | Year 3 , 4 and our less experienced musicians in Years 5 and 6 will be invited to take part in our annual afternoon concert. This concert will feature our flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, brass, violin, and percussion players. We may also be able to feature some keyboard players but this will be confirmed after Easter. As yet we're not quite sure what time the concert will start but probably around 2.15pm. All parents and carers are welcome to attend. Letters of invitation will be emailed home after Easter. |
| Annual Evening Music Concert | Tuesday 2nd July | This concert will feature our Year 5 and 6 Musicians (not guitars and maybe some keyboard players), our school orchestra, and Year 5 and 6 choir members. Our annual music award will be presented at this concert. Letters of invitation will be emailed after Easter. All parents and carers are welcome to attend. |
| Choir and Orchestra to perform in the Symphony Hall as part of the Youth Proms. | Monday 8th July | Thank you to the choir members who have confirmed they wish to take part in this concert. We will be travelling by coach to the Symphony Hall for an afternoon rehearsal and parents must pick their children up from the Symphony Hall after the concert. The concert is scheduled to finish at 9.15, however last year we finished at 9.45! For those children in the school orchestra only (not in choir) we will send you an email after Easter, asking whether you wish your child to join the choir on the coach or whether you are happy to take them to their rehearsal at the Symphony Hall. Last year parents were asked to bring their orchestra members for 4.15pm. The children will then join the school choir and stay with school staff until after the concert. I will confirm the exact drop off time when details are received from SFE. Tickets will be available via https://bmusic.co.uk/whats-on and we will let you know when they are on sale. |
Maths News
Some exciting news to share with KS1 this week about Sumdog! They have been in touch to share your AMAZING progress since the start of January. In just three months, Y1 and Y2 have accomplished the following:
- Number of questions answered: 119,051 🥳🤩
- Overall accuracy: 84% 🥳🤩
Wow! That’s over 100 thousand questions, or on average, 661 questions per child! With practice like this, you’ll all be maths magicians in no time. Well done KS1 – keep up the good work!
Science News
Teeth
Year 4 having been learning about the different types of teeth.
Did you know that crocodiles have 66 teeth? What type of teeth do you think they are?
Find out more about teeth:
Online Safety
Social media is constantly changing. Before you allow your child to use it, please check the age requirements. This link helps identify how old children should be before using different types of social media.
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/social-media-guides
Interview With Author Stewart Foster
This week the author Stewart Foster visited our school. It was a wonderful opportunity for the pupils and our Year 6 journalists seized the chance to ask him a few questions.
Why did you decide to write a book about diseases and social anxiety?
I found it intriguing because I found out about a boy in America who couldn't go anywhere, so that's what gave me the idea.
If you could write one more children's book why and what would it be?
A book about four boys travelling across Scotland and slowly discovering things about themselves.
St George Menu (23rd April 2024)
On Tuesday 23rd April we will be serving our St George Menu. Please discuss with your child if this is something they would like to eat and book the "school meal" option on Arbor.
School Dinner Weekly Menus
Next week we will be on Week 3.
| WEEK ONE | ||||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Mexican - style enchiladas with tomato sauce (VE) | All day breakfast (VE) | Sunday style roast dinner | Spaghetti with homemade plant powered meatballs (VE) | Margherita pizza slices (V) |
| Tuna pasta bake (VE) | All day breakfast | Fisherman's pie with root vegetable crust (V) | Chicken tikka curry | Fish of the day served with chip shop curry sauce |
| SIDES- both served with a garlic slice | SIDES- served with baked beans and hash brown (VE) | SIDES- fresh seasonal vegetables, creamed potatoes or roast potatoes (VE) | SIDES- fresh seasonal vegetables and rainbow rice | SIDES- served with baked beans or peas and chips (VE) |
| Chocolate crunch with custard | Fruit jelly (V) | carrot cake with vanilla frosting (V) | Chocolate rice pudding (V) | Ice cream flavored tub (V) |
| WEEK TWO | ||||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wendesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Cheese topped roast pepper pasta bake (V) | Turkey burger served with spicy mayonnaise | Sunday style roast dinner | Hot chicken tikka wrap | Loaded pizza slices (V) |
| Pan fried noodle sizzle | Grilled quorn escalope burger (V) | Creamy cauli mac and cheese (VE) | Oven baked quiche (V) served with new potatoes | Fish of the day served with chip shop curry sauce |
| Cod and salmon fish cake | ||||
| SIDES- fresh seasonal vegetable (VE) | SIDES-Fresh seasonal salad, spicy potato wedges (VE) | SIDES- Fresh seasonal vegetables, creamed potatoes or roast (VE) | SIDES-Fresh seasonal vegetables (VE) | SIDES- served with baked beans or peas and chips (VE) |
| Apple sponge served with custard (V) | Carrot and orange muffin (V) | homemade shortbread with a glass of milk (V) | Winter fruit crumble served with custard (V) | Ice cream flavored tub (V) |
| WEEK THREE | ||||
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Tex- Mex campfire chilli served with rice (VE) | Chicken/ Quorn (V) | Sunday style roast dinner | Piri Piri Chicken served with rice | Loaded pizza slice (V) |
| Curry club chickpea and spinach korma (V) | Meatballs with a tomato sauce served with pasta | honey glazed quorn roast | Garden vegetable lasagna served with a garlic slice (V) | Fish of the day served with chip shop curry sauce |
| Cheese and potato pie with butterbeans (V) | ||||
| SIDES- fresh seasonal vegetables (VE) | SIDES- fresh seasonal vegetables (VE) | SIDES- fresh seasonal vegetables , creamed potatoes or roast potatoes (VE) | SIDES- fresh seasonal vegetables (VE) | SIDES- served with baked beans or peas and chips |
| Lemon drizzle cake with custard (V) | Chocolate cracknel (V) | banana flapjack served with custard (V) | Forest fruit sponge (V) | Ice cream flavoured tub (V) |
Fresh seasonal salad bar and fresh bread available daily, as well as a daily selection of fresh fruit and fruit yoghurts.
For Year 6 Parents - we are now turning our attention to building momentum around the leavers celebrations. If you are keen to influence the plans and get involved, please text 07974331102.
If you need plenty of warning to slot the Quiz Night in your family calendars, and secure appropriate childcare, then take this as the "11 week advance notice"! It's on 5th July. Maximum 10 people per team and there are only 120 tickets available. We usually sell out, so get your teams sorted by filling in the form here https://bournvillehsa.wordpress.com/quiz-july-2024
Quote of the Week
"Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein
As we are looking at Keep Learning as one of our "Ways To Wellbeing", we thought this quote from Einstein fit perfectly. Keep learning, keep making mistakes and keep trying new things BVP, your mind can only grow.
And finally...
Thankyou for all the communication you send our way. We really do believe that by working together, we can give our children the very best educational experience possible. We are always around to listen so please don't hesitate to pop in, give us a call or get in touch via [email protected]
We hope you all have a chance to relax at some point over the weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is the responsibility of everyone in our school and at all times we consider what is in our children’s best interests. We work to ensure our children our safe and cared for and by doing this we are protecting their health and development and preventing them from harm. If we are worried, we will raise concerns, share information, and take prompt action with the aim of ensuring families receive the right help at the right time.
Going On In Your Area
Family Adventures in Yoga & Dance workshop, taking place on Saturday 27th April at Bournville Quaker Meeting House, 2-4pm 🎉
This month we are going on an adventure UNDER THE OCEAN! Join us as we journey deep under the waves... We will also be learning about the impact of plastics, and finding out what we can do to protect this magnificent under-water world. 🦀🐚🌊🐠
