12^th March 2010 [Number 22 in 09-10]

I am delighted to tell you that Bruno (the School Mascot) and I had an interesting time in Hungary . We visited 6 different schools and spent time in Eger (the centre of the Hungarian wine region) and Budapest (the capital city). I was particularly keen to hear about the way schools in partnership and the structure schools have adopted for parental involvement. Both these have given me ideas for our future work at BMPS.

I understand that some parents have enquired who pays for this kind of foreign trips. I can say that there are NO financial costs to our school. All visits are paid for by agencies, like the British Council and the National College of School Leadership, and, of course, myself.

Parents’ Drop-In

All the children and their teachers invite parents to come and have a look at their work on Monday 15^th March between 3.15 and 4.15 p.m.

Good Work Awards

Whilst we are fully involved in Creative Partnerships project, we will be giving ‘Good Work’ certificates to children direct and NOT having a ‘Celebration Assembly’ ~

J      Class 1: Toby Scott (Good partner work + explanation)

J      Class 1: Chloe Futter (Good partner work + explanation)

J      Class 2: Winston Squires (Numeracy – money)

J      Class 3: George Smith, Joshua Sinkins, Maddy Davies, Jack Raisbury (Fantastic team work in Creative Partnerships)

J      Class 4: Kailam Raven, James Bazley (Great improvised conversation)

    ‘Where Do We Come From?’

You’ll see from the list of dates below that each class will be out and about in the local area as part of our Creative Partnerships activities. All visits are paid by our CP grant and School Fund. I really hope that there will plenty of opportunities for parents to be involved, supporting their children to be independent learners.

Vouchers

Thank you for collecting vouchers. We hope you all will help us again. At the moment we are collecting FLORA vouchers for cooking equipment, as well as SAINSBURY and TESCO vouchers for various resources. These can be put into boxes in the Post Office or FREDZ hairdressers in Burnham Market, or handed into the school.

Dates for first part of Spring Term 2010

15/03       3.15 – 4.15 Parents’ Drop-In

                4.15 – 5.00 Governors’ meeting with Parents

17/03       Class 2 to Castle Rising

17/03       Class 3 to Town House Museum , Kings Lynn

22/03       Class 2 to Norwich Castle

24/03       Class 1 to West Runton

25/03       Main Governors meeting

31/03       Creative Partnerships Open Day

01/04       Easter celebrations

                End of Term

19/04       Professional Day for staff

20/04       School opens for Summer Term

Every Lesson and Every Day Counts