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W elcometotheDecember

issueoftheBellsFarm

newsletter.

AsIwrite,itfeelsliketheproper

onsetofWinter,sojustareminderto

carryoninsistingtoyourchildren

thatcoatsshouldalwaysbewornto

school-playtimecanseemalong

timeifthecorrectclothingisn’tworn!

Remembertocheckthewebsiteand

textsshouldweexperiencesnowfall

inthenextfewweeks.Wewillalways

attempttokeeptheschoolopenbut

atthesametimewillensurethat

communicationofanyclosuresis

timelyandef%icient.Ifyouhave

recentlychangedyourcontact

numbers,pleaseupdatetheof%ice

withoutdelay.

Wearealllookingforwardtothe

ChristmasFayreonFriday8th

December,andasusualtheschool

willbefestivelydecorated-Iseethe

decorationshavealreadybeen

broughtdowninpreparation!This

wassuchalovelyeventlastyearand

soverywellattended.Please

rememberthough,thatchildren

shouldalwaysbeaccompaniedbya

Welcomefromthe

Headteacher

Addi�onal Support ..................... 3

Autumn Disco ............................. 4

Compu�ng Update ..................... 8

Sports News ............................... 9

Enjoying our learning…

...aiming for excellence.

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BELLS FARM PRIMARY

December2017

Issue31

HalfTermlySeasonal Greetings from all the children and sta�...

responsibleadult.Checkthe

calendarattheendoftheletterfor

thedifferentendoftermevents-

wehopeyoucanjoinustosupport

thechildren’sgreateffortsin

singing,actingandofcourse

playingguitarsandthefamous

Christmasbells!

Ihavefeltsoproudofthechildren

thisterm-theyneverceaseto

amazemewithagrowing

con%idencebothintheirworkand

theirpresentationsinassemblies

andtootherschools.TheDigital

Councilforexamplegoesfrom

strengthtostrengthandfollowing

averyimpressiveandinformative

safetyassembly,theyhavebeen

workingwithTheOakstoshare

ourgoodpractice.Keepitup

children!

Afewreminders.

Smoking

Thankyouforcontinuingto

maintaintheschoolpremisesasa

nosmokingenvironment.Wehave,

however,receivedconcernsabout

smokingclosetothefrontentrance

gateaschildrenarecominginto

school.Pleaseensurethatyouare

atareasonabledistancefromthe

schooltoavoidthisproblem.

Absence

Rememberthatabsence,however

shortterm,shouldalwaysbe

noti%iedbeforeregistrationat9.00

am.Thevastmajorityofyou

continuetodothis,butithastobe

universalintheinterestsof

safeguarding.Shouldwenot

receiveacall,youwillbecontacted

andahomevisitconductedifwe

areunabletoobtainananswer.

Thisisvitaltocheckthatchildren

aresafeandwellandisfully

sanctionedbytheGovernorsas

wellasBirminghamCityCouncilas

bestsafeguardingpractice.Thank

youforyourunderstanding.

End of year date

Inordertoallowyoutomake

longertermholidayplans,please

rememberthatthechildren’slast

dayinschoolattheendoftheyear

isFriday20thJuly.Forthenew

schoolyearinSeptember2018,the

childrenreturntoschoolon

Thursday6thSeptember2018.

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Downloadourschool’smobileappfornewsandeventalertsdirecttoyourphone

Weraised£215.77. Abigthankyouforyour

donations.

Theluckywinnersof%indthespotswere

• WilliaminReception

• KaterinainY3

• JakeinY5

AllwinningaPudseyTshirt.Welldone!

Thankyouforyourdonations

Doyouknowwhotospeak

toifyouhaveconcerns

aboutyourchild’s

learning?

Ifyouhaveansweredyes

totheabovequestions

pleasetakealookatBells

FarmSENInformation

pageonourwebsite.

Itcontainslotsof

informationaroundwhat

wedoatBellsFarmto

supportchildrenwhohave

additionalneeds-wecan

supportissueswith

learningandcognition,so-

cial,emotionaland

well-being,ASDetc

Pleasetakealookandsee

whatwehavetooffer.

Doyouknowwhatsupport

isavailableforyourchildif

theyhaveadditionalneeds?

Ifyouareentitledtofreemealsbut

arebringinginyourownpacked

lunchthekitchencannowprovide

youwithapackedlunch.

Thepackedlunchwillcontain:

• Sandwich/wrap

• Drink

• Pieceoffruit

• Puddingoftheday

• Saladfromthesaladcartis

optional

Ifyouareentitledtofreemealsand

wouldlikeapackedlunchthen

pleaseseetheof%iceformoreinfo.

Nutellahasgotanew

baroutcalledNutellaB

-Ready.Wehaveno-

ticedsomechildren

bringingtheminto

schoolintheirlunch

boxes.Wecurrently

havechildreninschool

withseverenutaller-

gies.Pleaseensurethat

youdonotsendany

nutproductsinyour

children’slunchboxes.

ThisincludesNutella

(andsimilarchocolate

spreads)andofcourse

peanutbutter.

Entitledtofreeschoolmeals?

Nutallergyadviceandlunchboxreminder

WelldonetoournewRadio

Whizpresenterswhohave

beenrecruitedfollowinga

toughauditionandinterview

process.Theywillhavetheir

ownradioshowandwillvisita

realradiostationinthenew

year.

Thisyear’spresentersare

Megan,Melissa,Naly,Kezi,

Millie,KyannandSahara.

New radio presenters recruited

TheAutumnschooldiscowas

enjoyedbyallandraised

£208.26.

ThankyoutoMrsJonesforall

herhardworkorganisingthe

eventandabigthankyouto

alltheparentsthatwere

Involved.

Asof6thNovemberweare

unabletomakebreakfastandaf-

terschoolbookingsfromthemain

of%ice.Unfortunatelyduetostaf%-

ingratiosandhealthandsafety

implicationsthefollowingwill

beapplied:

Breakfast Club –

ifyourchildis

notbookedus-

ingtheSchool

Moneypayment

siteyouwillbe

askedtoreturn

withyourchild(ren)at

thestartoftheschoolday.

Afterschool Club –youwillbe

contactedattheendoftheschool

daytocollectyourchild(ren).

Ifyourchildrenrequiresmedicineduringschooltime,

youwillberequiredtocompleteamedicinere-

questformsowecanthenensureourmedi-

calof%icerMrsGreencanadministerthe

medicineforyourchild.

Breakfastand

afterschool

booking

Aspartoftheir

sciencetopicfor

LightandDarkPuf-

%inclasswentona

triptothe

ThinkTank.They

hadafantastictime

learninglotsofin-

formationonlight

anddark.Theyalso

tookpartinanin-

formativelessonin

whichtheylearntall

aboutKingOpaque.Theyspenttherestofthedayexploring

alloftheotheramazingscienceareaswithinthemuseum.

Year1’stripto

theThinkTank

Medicalrequestform

ThistermYearFourhavereallyen-

joylearningabouttheAncient

Greeks.

Wehavecompletedanumberof

historicalinvestigationsanswers

lotsofquestionsthatwecameup

withatthebeginningofterm.

Some of these questions were:

•Whowerethegods?

•WhatwastheParthenonusedfor?

•Howwerewomentreated?

•Didtheyhavearmies?

InparticularYearFourenjoyed

learningaboutGreekMythsand

legends.Inordertolearnthe

famousstoryoftheMinotaur,

eachchildwasgivenasectionof

thestorytomakeastoryboard

aboutusingtheiPadsComicLife

app.

Herearesomeexamplesofwhat

wasmade.

Year4learn

aboutAncient

Greeks

Ouronlinesafetygroup-theDigitalCouncilhavemet

withchildrenfromTheOaksprimaryschooltoshare

ideaswitheachother.Moremeetingsareplannedwith

otherprimaryschools.

Whatabusytimewe

havebeenhavinginTou-

cansclassrecently!

OnTuesday7thNovem-

berwewenttoTesco

wherewemetThelma

whowasourguidefor

thelesson.Firstshetook

ustothebakerywhere

welearntallaboutmak-

ingbread.Themostexcit-

ingpartwasplayingwith

somedoughforour-

selves.Thelmashowedus

howtokneadthebread

andthenweshapedit

intoaroll.Thelma

thoughtshewasn’tvery

goodatmakingrollsbut

wetoldhertopersevere.

Wetoldherthesayingwe

saytoourselvesinschool

‘Ifat%irstyoudon’tsuc-

ceed,try,tryagain’.She

thoughtwewerelovely

childrenandsaidit

boughtateartohereye!

Wealsoperseveredand

madesomeveryneat

lookingrolls.Nextwe

wenttomeetTinaand

Sueonthe%ishcounter

andvisitedTheresaon

thecheesecounter.We

gottotastethreediffer-

entcheeses.WetriedAp-

plewood,Wesleydale

withcranberriesandFive

Counties.Finallywewent

intoasmallroomand

triedsomeofthebread

wehadseenbeingbaked

earlier.Itwasdelicious!

Wealsohadsomefruit

andadrinkbeforere-

turningtoschool.Itwasa

lovelydayandMissWil-

liams,MrsGreenand

Thelmawereveryim-

pressedwithourbrilliant

behaviourandmanners

duringtheday.Weeven

hadcomplimentsfrom

peoplewhoweredoing

thereshopping!Onelady

saidhowwellwelistened

andhownicelywewere

behavingandtalkingto

Thelma.

Maths Workshop

OnFriday17thNovem-

berYear2hadtheir

Mathsworkshopall

aboutmultiplicationand

division.MissWilliams

explainedhowweare

learninginMathsusing

themasteryapproach.

Thenwecameintothe

hallanddidsomecount-

ingtogether.Wehada

bookletofactivitiesto

completetogetherand

werereallygoodatex-

plainingourlearningto

ourvisitors.Weallhada

wonderfultime!Thank

youtoeveryonewho

cameandsupportedthe

children.Wehadlotsof

positivefeedbackabout

theworkshoptooso

thankyou.

DT Project

Wehavealsobeenwrit-

ingourownstoriesand

planningforourDTpro-

jectwherewewillbe

makinghealthysand-

wiches.Pleasemakesure

youchecktheblogregu-

larlyformoreupdates.

Year2’sbusyterm-

atriptoTesco,

MathsWorkshop

andaDTProject

Year3Bluebirdswereeagerto

investigatehowwatertravelsthrough

plantssosetupexperimentswithlilies,

celeryandlotsoffoodcolouring!They

examinedtheplantsafter10minutes,

21/2hoursandthen17hourslater.

Thereweregaspsofdelightand

amazementthenextmorningaschil-

drenarrivedintoclass!Childrenlearnt

thatthexylem(similartoatube,likea

straw),takeswateraroundplants.

Lookatourfantasticphotos!

Year3’sscienceexperiment

Year5havere-

centlystartedtheir

newEnglishtopic

onastoryaboutan

alienlanding.They

havereadthesto-

ryandhavebeen

usingdramatech-

niquestodeepen

theirunderstand-

ingofthetext.

Throughdoingthis

theyhavereally

focusedonthe

feelingand

thoughtsofcharac-

tersandhavebeen

reallyengrossedin

thestory.They

lovedit!

Y5dramatechniques

BellsFarm

Computingupdate

On this page we will keep you up-to-date with any

ICT news from our school, highlight children’s work and online safety issues

that may affect you or your child.

DuringComputingwithMrBaddhan,Year4

RobinsusedaniPadappcalledHopscotch,

wheretheylearnedhowtoprogramcharacters

toperformanactionusinginstructionblocks.

Theappallowschildrentoinsertvarious

programmingblocksincludingmotion,drawing

andrepetition.

Year4arealsousingotherprogramming

websitesincludingScratchandCodeforLife.

Year4Robinsclasshavebeen

learninghowtoprogramusing

theiPadHopscotchapp

Year5childrennow

havetheirownschool

emailaddress.The

childrendiscussedthe

excellentusesofemail

andwhyit’ssoim-

portantintoday’s

world.Theschoolemail

addressisprotectedso

emailscannotbere-

ceivedorsentoutside

oftheschooldomain.

Year5gettheirownemail

NumeracyChallengeChildreninkeystage2havebeentakingpartinthe

MathleticsNumeracyChallengetogetasmanycorrect

answerstopropelourschoolintheleaguetable.

Thechildrenhaveenjoyed

takingpartandthewinning

schoolwillreceivesome

fantasticprizes.

Welldonetoeveryonewho

tookpart.

Hopscotch

Programming

FestiveCard

CompetitionTherehasbeena

PurpleMash

festivecard

competition

takingplacein

school.Some

fantasticentries.Goodlucktoeveryone!

DigitalCouncilworkwithTheOaksOuronlinesafetygroup-the

DigitalCouncilhavemet

withchildrenfromTheOaks

primaryschooltoshare

ideaswitheachother.More

meetingsareplannedwithotherprimaryschools.

OnWednesday15thNo-

vember2017,weplayed

intheKingsHeathSports

PartnershipYear5and6

HockeyTournament.

We%inishedajointwin-

nersofourgroupand

thereforehadtotake

partinapenaltyshoot

outwiththeOaksPrima-

rySchooltodecidewho

progressedtothe%inal.

Unfortunatelywelostthe

penaltyshootout1-0.We

playedextremelywellas

ateamandwerevery

unfortunatenotreach

the%inal.

Hockeyteamtake

partintournament

Thankyoutoallthe89parentsthatcompletedourannual

e-Safetysurveys.Yourfeedbackisgreatlyappreciatedand

givestheDigitalCouncilaspectstodiscussto

improvee-Safetyprovisionintheschool.

OnlineSafetyparentsurveyresults

Cyber-bullying

assemblybythe

DigitalCouncilAspartofanti-bullyingweek,

ouronlinesafetygroupheldan

assemblyonhowtoreport

issuesrelatedtoonlineabuse

includingcyber-bullying.

BANNED WEBSITES

A reminder the following

websites remain banned in

school and should be

encouraged not be used at

home too.

• Movie Star Planet

• Roblox

• Five Nights at Freddy’s

If you would like to discuss

why these websites

banned, please speak to

Mr Baddhan.

Cyber-bullyingandsocialmediaparentworkshop

TheDigitalCouncilperformedanassemblyabout

cyber-bullyingduringanti-bullyingweekinfront

ofthewholeschoolandsomeparentsand

governors.

Theassemblyincludedtipsaboutwhattodoif

youhaveproblemsontheinternet.TheDigital

Councilalsodidsomequizzeswithchildrentotesttheirknowledge.

Oursupportive

parentsandcarers

attendedouronline

safetyworkshopfortips

onkeepingchildren

safeontheinternet.

Thankyoutoeveryonewhohelpedand

supportedourMacmillanCoffeeafternoon.

Weraised£166foraveryworthycause!

OurXmasFayrewillbeheldonFriday

December8th3.30pm-5.30pm.

Wehopeyouwillcomealongwithyour

child/childrenandenjoythefun!

Lastyearwasverysuccessfulsowehopeto

seeyouagainonthe8th.

Lookoutforthepostersaroundschool

shortly.

Wewillbegladofanydonationsasaskedfor

onourletterassoonaspossible.

MacMillanCoffee

Afternoonand

ChristmasFayre

OurnewSports

OrganisingteamWearethenew

SportsOrganis-

ingTeam.

Weorganise

physicaland

skillschallenges

atlunchtimeto

increaselevels

ofparticipation

insportand

physicalactivi-

ty.AtBellsFarmweknowhowimportantphysical

activityisforourhealthandwell-beingandween-

courageasmanychildrentotakepartinourphysical

challengesandourskillschallenges.

Childrenwhoparticipatecanearnpointsfortheir

houseteamsbytryingnewactivitiesandachieving

speci%ictargets.

Year6hadalivelystarttotheterm,en-

joyingavisitfromProfessorMcGinty-

extendingtheirlearningaboutthe

WorldWars.Thechildrenhaveused

thisinformationintheirclassassembly,

whichtheyreallyenjoyedpresentingto

theschoolandfamilies.

Year6’sassembly

Date Events

Friday 8th December Christmas Fayre

Thursday 14th December Recep�on Na�vity

Friday 15th December Healthy Snack Café in Y2 - 3pm

Rest of school - 3.15pm in playground

Thursday 21st December • Carol Concert

• Christmas lunch

Friday 22nd December Last day of term

Monday 25th December Christmas Holidays

Monday 8th January Return to school

Thursday 15th February Parents Evening

Friday 16th February • Chinese New Year themed lunch

• Last day of term

Monday 19th February Half Term

Monday 26th February Return to school

Wednesday 28th March Year 1 trip Nature Centre

Thursday 29th March Last day of term

Friday 30th March Easter holidays

Monday 16th April Return to school

Monday 7th May Bank holiday

Monday 14th May Y6 SATs week

Friday 25th May Last day of term

Monday 28th May Half term

Monday 4th June Return to school

Wednesday 4th July Y6 residen�al

Friday 6th July Y6 return from residen�al

Wednesday 11th July Guitar assembly

Thursday 12th July Parents Evening

Tuesday 17th July Choir Asembly

Thursday 19th July Y6 leavers party

Friday 20th July • Y6 leavers assembly

• Last day of term

Monday 23rd July Summer Holidays

Monday 5th - 9th February Safer Internet Week

Wednesday 7th February Online Safety Workshop 9.15am

Thursday 3rd May Local Elec�ons - School Closed

AllYearPlanner-Con%irmedDates

Value Words Next Term

Apprecia�on

Caring

Honesty

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Please note – these are known dates so far this year. Letters will be sent out for any additional dates for individual classes.

AfterSchoolClubs 3.15pm- 4.15pm

Monday Art - Year 3-6

Football - Year 5-6

Computing - Year 1-2

Tuesday Computing - Year 3-6

Board Games - Year 3-6

Lego Club - Year 1-3

Basketball - Year 4-6

Wednesday Multi Skills – Year 1-2

Thursday Football - Year 3-4

Hockey - Year 5-6

Sign Language - Year 4-6

Friday Choir - Year 3-6

Drama - Year 4-6

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