Welcome to your newsletter for week ending February 6th

We've finished the week with a fabulous number day and lots of mathematical activities going on in classes across the school- read on for more information! We've got lots coming up in the last week of the half term including the Stay and Learn sessions and an author visit for Year 3 and 4.

In school we are already thinking ahead to the Easter holidays when we will (hopefully) be installing a new climbing frame and having some new playground markings. We are able to do this because of the amazing PTA fundraising efforts last year. We are looking at possible designs for both the climbing frame and the playground markings and will be involving our School Councillors in the final decisions next half term.

We are also looking ahead to a series of planned trips to local places of worship, to strengthen our RE and Personal Development Curriculums- look out for more details in next week's newsletter.

Happy Retirement Mrs W!

Many of you will know Mrs Williams (or Mrs W!) who has worked at BVP as a Teaching Assistant for an incredible 19 years. Mrs Williams has made the difficult decision to retire and will be officially 'putting her feet up' at the end of this half term. We are sure you would like to join us in thanking Mrs Williams for all her years of hard work and dedication to our school family, and wishing her all the best for her next adventures. Happy Retirement Julie!

To view more dates, please visit our website calendar under the 'Families' tab or click here.

Stay and Learn Sessions

We are looking forward to seeing families at the Stay and Learn Session next week. For those that look well ahead on the website calendar please note that there has been a tweak to the Summer term Stay and Learn sessions for Year 1 and 2 (in May). Please see the new dates on the calendar here.

Young Artists' Summer Show 

We are delighted to say we have signed BVP up for this year's Young Artists’ Summer Show.

This is a free, open submission exhibition for young artists aged 4–18 living and studying in the UK. Students can submit one piece of artwork for consideration which will be judged by a panel of artists and arts professionals. Selected artworks will be displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts either onsite or online. Submissions must be made before 5pm on 4th March 2026. The RA will award prizes for inspiring artworks.

If your child would like to submit a piece of art, please follow the instructions below: 

1. Create a parent account: Now our school is registered, you can create your own account as a parent/guardian by following this link: https://youngartists.royalacademy.org.uk/
2. Submit the artwork: After logging in, you can select Bournville Village Primary and submit one artwork per child online. 

How to submit

• The deadline to submit artwork is 4 March 2026 at 5pm. You can edit submissions until this deadline
• You can submit one artwork per student
• For each submission you’ll need one image of the artwork plus details including a title, medium and a short description
• You can save your submission as a draft and submit it at a later date if you need more time.
• Questions? See our FAQs.

If you need help submitting your child’s artwork, please contact the school office. Good Luck!

Author Visit- Ben Davis 

We are delighted to be welcoming author Ben Davis to school on Thursday morning. Ben will be talking about his new book 'Postman Planet' with children in Years 3 and 4 and is very happy to sign any books brought into school on the day. Please use the link below to purchase the book (reduced to £6.99). If your child is in a different year group but would like to purchase the book and attend the presentation, they are welcome to join in, just let your class teachers know.

https://howbraveisthewren.com/product/postman-planet-bvp/

** If your child is in KS2 and has their Values assembly in the George Hall, please can families wait at the school office, NOT the playground.**

Today the following pupils received the Values Certificate for demonstrating Integrity...

Number Day 2026

Today, the children came to school dressed as all kinds of weird, wonderful and amazing numbers to celebrate NSPCC Number Day! From Reception to Y6, our children took part in some intriguing number investigations, exciting number games and even a TT Rock Stars competition. It was lovely to see their enthusiasm for maths and excitement to share their favourite numbers!

Y2 Parents Maths Workshop - Monday 23^rd February

We would like to invite Y2 parents (and children!) to attend a maths workshop from 3.30 to 4.30 on Monday 23^rd February. What a great way to start the new half term! We will be looking at mathematical language, representations and equipment used in school, which can help you when talking to your child about maths at home or helping them with homework.

Bourn View Care Home Visit 

This week, we were excited to welcome the first two residents of Bourn View Care Home to visit BVP following on from our visit to see them last week! Some of our wonderful children from Y2-Y6 greeted Beryl and Thelma and treated them to a morning of games, tea and biscuits. It was a particularly special morning for Thelma, who used to be a pupil at the school, starting her journey here back in 1932! We are looking forward to our next visit to Bourn View at the end of the month, and will be welcoming more residents to BVP at the start of March.

Year 4 Viking Day

Year 4 took part in a Viking Day, where we created our own Runes and took part in building a Viking Longship through the Architecture Workshop. Take a look at our photos to see what we got up to.

Digital Ambassadors

Our Digital Ambassadors have been working very hard in preparation for Internet Safety Day on Tuesday 10th February. They will present more information to the children in assembly on Monday. 

J in year 6 who is one of our Digital Ambassadors, put together the information below:

TINKERCAD: - https://www.tinkercad.com/

WHAT IS IT?

Tinkercad is a free web app for 3D designing, electronics and coding, trusted by over 100 million people around the world bringing designs to life.

AUDIENCE

Tinkercad is aimed at people who want to do 3D modelling, it is beginner friendly, it is also ad -free. It also helps teachers because it is linked to the curriculum especially computing.

USES

Tinker cad can be used for:

• Building a coding foundation
  • Write programs that bring your designs to life. Block-based code makes it easy to create different types of designs.
• Looking at circuits
  • Endless possibilities including simulation, programming and design.
• Starting to 3D design
  • If you can dream it, you can build it. From product models to printable parts, 3D design is the first step in making your ideas real.
• And architecture

PROS

The good parts of tinkercad are:

• Online tutorials
• Lots of resources
• Free for everyone
  • No downloads. No strings attached. Start creating from the first click.

CONS

The things you need to be able to use tinkercad:

• Tinkercad needs internet
• You will need some computer knowledge

MY OPINION ON TINKERCAD

It’s a good way to learn how to 3D model with lots of cool features like the letters and number option, basic shapes, people like robots and astronauts and lots more features.

Attendance Armadillos 

This week, the attendance armadillos were handed to... 

Music Lessons Available!

We have 2 Oboe places available. If your child is interested, please contact [email protected] to enquire. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. 

Young Voices Update 

We hope you are looking forward to the rescheduled concert on February 27th. 

In order to manage the change of date for purchased tickets, the YV team need to go through a process with the Box Office at BP Pulse Live.

This process requires them to:

• Remove tickets from both school and parent accounts
• Collect information from schools on whether parents will be able to attend rescheduled dates.

Once they have this information, the tickets will be re-issued to yourselves.

Music Payments - Spring Term

Just a friendly reminder that if you have not yet paid for your child's Spring Term music lessons, this needs to be done as soon as possible. You can find the payment in Arbor under "School Shop". If you are unable to pay or cant access Arbor, please contact the school office. 

Upcoming Concerts...

Some of you said that it was a shame that children's progress and attainment data was not visible on Arbor for a longer period of time, particularly over the course of the Parents' Evenings.

For the next set of data (to be shared at the end of the term), we will keep this available for you to view over the Easter holidays and then up to and including April 15th when we have the next opportunity for you to come and discuss how your children are getting on. This is not something you need to book- simply come in at the end of the school day (3:20- 4:30pm) and you can look at books and chat to your class teachers. 

Next week we will be on WEEK 3.

You can pre-book meals in advance on Arbor till the end of the academic year (Arbor>> Meals>> Meal Choices Available>> Select Meal Choice)

Reminder: Even if your child is a packed Lunch, parents will need to book that lunch option on Arbor! 

And finally...

With more rain forecast next week, please ensure children are coming to school with waterproof coats (with hoods) and don't forget to check names are on them (and every other bit of uniform!).

We hope you get to see a little bit of sunshine over the weekend- take care all and see you on Monday for the last week of the half term.

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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