Welcome to your newsletter for week ending December 13th

What a week we've had... things are certainly gearing up for the festive period that is around the corner. There's lots more to come next week so please look at the dates for the diary below.

Thankyou to all to all the parents and families that came along to the Carols in the Playground this afternoon... it was crazy but wonderful! Thank you also for your incredibly generous donations to the PTA fund via the teas and coffees; so many incredible contributions- really amazing!

Thank you also if you came along to The Fair last Saturday. It was brilliant to see the George Hall full of families enjoying all that was on offer.

The final (and enormous!) 'thank you' this week goes to the PTA and volunteers who supported the Fair, the Discos this week and today's Carols on the Playground- you all did an amazing job and we are incredibly grateful for your efforts, care and dedication to our school family.

Don't forget we sent out the link for this term's Parent/ Carer survey... please give us 5 minutes of your time to give us feedback - the link is here.

Before you read on, we sent an email out this week to ask families to avoid bringing toddlers and babies to the events next week. We don't want anyone to miss out on the festivities, so if this is a problem for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch- we can make arrangements for you so that all families are included.

What's Coming Up

Date Organised By... Event
Mon 16th December SCHOOL Reception and Yr2 Carol Service in School 09:00 - 09:45 Families welcome!
Wed 18th December SCHOOL Y1 Nativity Service 09:00 - 09:45 At St Francis Church. Families welcome!
SCHOOL Christmas Music Concert 14:20 -15:10 Performance for Families of the... School Orchestra, School Choir, Yr3/4 Singing Group and Recorder Group!
Thurs 19th December SCHOOL KS2 Carol Service in School 09:00 - 09:45 Families Welcome!
Friday 20th December SCHOOL Christmas Jumper Day- children can wear a 'Christmas jumper' with normal school bottoms. (OPTIONAL of course!)
PTA Christmas Raffle Draw and End of Term!
SCHOOL Last Day of term- the Carillon will be playing from about 3pm so do come along a little earlier to pick up, and enjoy some festive 'bells'!
Monday 6th January SCHOOL Inset Day- school closed for children
Tuesday 7th January SCHOOL Children to return to school

Values of the Week

Today the teachers presented the Values Champion Award to the following children for demonstrating Responsibility.

Year R Twirls- Calder Buttons- Aariya Snaps- Victoria
Year 1 1C- Quinn 1S- Sophie 1R- Arthur
Year 2 2T- William 2TJ- Connor 2O- Zanecho
Year 3 3B- Chloe & Polly 3P- Phoebe 3S- Sylvie
Year 4 4EW- Alex 4C- William 4BW- Annabelle
Year 5 5H- Joshua 5S- Zoe & Bobbie (last week) 5LS- Paige & Phoebe
Year 6 6S- Lily- May 6M- Lilah 6OG- Esme

A message from Esther at St.Basil's following the Choir's performance at the BFCS concert on Sunday.

"I was blown away by the kindness and generosity shown from all who attended, St Basil's is so grateful to be supported by the school in this way. To put into perspective the impact of this amount...The funds you've raised will provide 103 young people a safe, warm place to sleep in one of our supported accommodation projects."

 

 

Bournville's Little Helpers!

Last weekend L, S and J helped collect all the fallen branches and sticks that were swept around during the storm. The village trust were ever so grateful and thanked the boys for doing such a wonderful job. 

Boys, you have displayed our values wonderfully. Keep up the good work! 

 

 

We will always include next weeks menu in our newsletters but if you would like to look at all menus for this half term, you can check our school website here: https://www.bournvillevillageprimary.org.uk/Page/Detail/school-meals 

Message from the NHS

2024 has seen BSOL CDOP see an increase in unsafe sleep related deaths of babies. Unsafe sleep environments have included babies being to put to sleep on sofa’s, on double beds, co-sleeping with parents and siblings and parents/carers falling asleep in the bed whilst feeding their baby.

The safest place for a baby to sleep is in the feet to foot position in a clear cot/moses basket, in their parents’ bedroom, on a flat, firm mattress.

 

Please click the link below for more information.

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PTA Update
 
What a week! Christmas Fair on Saturday with around 1000 people through the door. Then Yr1 disco on Tuesday (80), Year 2/3 Disco (170) and Year 4/5/6 Disco (200) on Thursday and then around 200 Parents for the Carols in the Playground this afternoon. 
 
That is a staggering number, and we are delighted that so many of you feel able to enjoy the fun things we put on around School for all! 
 
Particularly on Saturday, when the weather was so awful, it was the busiest Christmas Fair in recent times and the 66 Year 6 kids did so well getting stuck in. The success of the Fair has definitely secured a full programme of Year 6 Leavers celebrations at the end of the academic year. Well done Year 6! We were also supported by 40+ Parent Volunteers from all years to make the event happen and we are very grateful for all your support.
 
The Carols this afternoon was well attended, than you so much for your generosity if you donated when picking up your tea, coffee and mince pies.
 
We are left with just the Christmas Raffle to round off the 2024 PTA calendar, with a full review at the AGM in January.
 
Christmas Raffle
Tickets are now available on Arbor for the Christmas Raffle Draw £1 per entry. The draw will take place on 20th December. The prize list has been published and will be updated after the Fair - as the stall holders have kindly agreed to donate raffle prizes in return for their stall - so expect more to be added! https://bournvillehsa.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/end-of-term-raffle-dec-2024/
 
Christmas Cake Raffle
We will draw the Cake Raffle and let the winner know to arrange pick up. Thanks to all that bought a ticket, and to the Parent that donated such a wonderful hand made cake.
 
PTA Gameplan
As a reminder, in case you missed it in last weeks newsletter, the PTA is a registered charity with the Charity Commission and is a separate entity to the School, with Trustees (currently David Roberts and Amy Cooper) and a formal Committee (nominated each year) who are responsible for the charitable activities of the PTA.
 
The PTA Committee is ALREADY supported by 10-15 parents who form the PTA Core Team and then by +60-70 Parents that volunteer regularly at the discos and other events, and then by all Parents of the School as demonstrated by sending your kids to the disco, or buying Christmas cards, or coming the Fair ... It is quite amazing what the whole BVPS Family can achieve when there is common ground and shared outcomes of making fun things happen around School, and the bi-product is being able to donate surplus funds to the School to help them create shared experiences and invest in the School in the areas that they choose to.
 
Each year we need to hold our AGM to comply with the Charity Commission, and nominate and appoint Parents to the PTA Committee.
 
For the last few years David Roberts has been nominated and appointed to the role of PTA Chair, and Veronica Lapena has been nominated and appointed to the role of PTA Treasurer. Both David and Veronica are due to leave the School in July 2026 (both have youngest currently in Year 5) and as such we are establishing a handover plan to incoming PTA Committee members.
 
There is already a plan for handover from David to Becki Newman (youngest currently in Year 2) who will be forming her team over the coming months. If you know her, please support her where you can. If you don't know her, please continue to support the PTA activities as you are doing now!
 
However, we are looking for someone to pick up the role of PTA Treasurer from Jan 2026 onwards from Veronica. This person will need to be confident with handling and managing money, understand basic bookkeeping processes and be willing to be part of the governance structure in processing payments, be fully supported by Veronica right up until July 2026, as well as fully supporting Becki and the new PTA Core Team with the activities that they make happen. If this is something that you think you can do/could do with the right support then please do contact us at [email protected] and we can go from there.
 
Many of the current PTA Core Team are also leaving in July 2026 and so we are seeking any Parents who understand what we are doing around School and come forward to be part of the evolving PTA Core Team.
 
Above anything else the School SLT, Teachers and Estate Team continue to provide an immense amount of support to whatever PTA team is in place - because they see the benefit of doing so to the School, the kids, and the BVPS Families.
 
If you want a good thing to continue, then please do provide the support where you can and consider the opportunities available to get more involved!
 
Forthcoming Dates
 
20th December - Christmas Raffle draw
17th January - PTA AGM, straight after school, George Hall (come and hear the review of 2024 and the plans for 2025, including succession planning to keep fun things happen around school well into 2029 and beyond).
 
Thanks, as ever!
 
BVPS PTA

And finally...

We hope all have a peaceful weekend- we are looking forward to seeing you all back on Monday morning to begin the last week of the term!

Take care everyone.

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 are 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.

 

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