Issue:
Date:
2.01
04/11/16
www.newbridge.bathnes.sch.uk
Tel: 01225 421675/421620
This issue:
Hello Everyone
Head’s View
Football Club Cancelled
Pupils of the Week
Adult Choir for Christmas
Choir Information
Netball Report
Job Vacancy
Magic Pencil Workshop
Oldifled School Christmas Fair
Welcome back to the new term! I hope you have all had a good break and enjoyed your time
away from the school routines. It has been a busy first week back and it has been great
seeing all the children settle back in to school life. This week I have spent two days meeting
teachers in our Pupil Progress Meetings. This has been a great opportunity to see how the
children have been getting on in class and learning about the progress they have been
making since starting a new school or year group.
DATES FOR YOUR
DIARY W/B 07/11/16:
Monday 07/11/16
 FS Magic Pencil
Workshop: 2.45pm
 Football Tournament
Tuesday 08/11/16
 EYFS Open
Afternoon: 1.30pm
Thursday 10/11/16
 Barton Hall Meeting
for Year 6
parents/carers:
6.00pm
Friday 11/11/16
 Years 1 and 4 Cake
Sale: 3.15pm
Have you seen the transformation which has taken place in the Key Stage 2 lobby area? I
hope you will agree that it is a great improvement. Katy Hancock has done a fantastic job in
sourcing free materials and gathering a merry band of painters to help get the project
completed. I’d like to say a huge thank you to the following who gave up their free time to
improve our school: Stuart Harris & Susie Kay volunteers from Homebase who wanted to
come back after doing early years play areas, Amy Williams, Ailie Steel, Tori Nye, Jackie
Ainsworth, Laura Barker, Issy Wyber, Emma Puzey, Kate Warner, Hannah Lees, Rachel Blake,
Jo Rowntree, Harriet & Sam Talley, Lisa Fisher, Hannah Mantri, Dave Hirst & Nick Wharf.
Thank you to the following companies for supplying paint, time and furniture: Homebase for
all paint and equipment plus a day paying Stuart Harris to volunteer, Avon Tool Hire for free
scaffold, ST building and Justin Hunter estate agents.
As well as all the hard work taking place in school over the holiday it is clear that the children
in Year 6 have been working equally hard! It was lovely seeing the children bring in the air
raid shelters they had built as a part of their Newbridge 50 homework. Some of the creations
must have taken hours!
On Wednesday afternoon our netball team played St Mary’s. Mrs Bartlett was full of praise
for the team and she said the girls played brilliantly. The team won 13 – 4. Well done girls!
They are now in the next round of the cup.
REMINDER
Mr Cumpson’s Football
Club, on Monday
afternoon, is cancelled
next week owing to a
Football Tournament.
I hope you all enjoyed the NPSA Firework Display last night – there were lots of “ooh!” and
“ahhh!” from the crowd and everyone seemed to have a really enjoyable evening. Thank you
to the NPSA for putting on such a great community event, which will also help the children at
Newbridge.
Have a great weekend and see you all on Monday.
Best wishes
Kris Hancock
PUPILS OF THE WEEK
Bees – George E, Isabelle G
Ladybirds – Max H, Mina M
1G – Ally B, James H
1SC – Finley C, Max F, Noah H
2C – Evelyn J, Ruby M
2R – Gracie B, William M
3AE – Emma H, George W
3O – Alice A, Oscar M
4C – Freya A, Ben T
4H – Abi A, Kai K
5A – Arthur P, Mabli V
5H – Josh C, Jacob G
6AB – Tom D, Zak H
6H – Ben F, Emily G
6KB – Millie McC, Phoebe S
NETBALL REPORT
On Wednesday 2nd November the Year 6 girls
travelled to St Mary’s in Weston to play their first
netball match in the B&NES League.
All 7 girls were brilliant. While they started slowly
and found it tricky to catch a ball with their cold
fingers, they really developed their play. We saw
some wonderful shooting and interceptions,
leaving the score line at 13–4 to Newbridge. What
stars! We are now through to the next round.
Well done everyone and thank you to all who
came to support.
Mrs Bartlett
ADULT CHOIR FOR CHRISTMAS
Do you enjoy singing? Would you like to join in
with other adults and learn a song or two to
sing at the school Christmas concert on
Tuesday 13th December at 7pm? The children
would love it!
We would love to see any parents, carers and
friends joining a happy bunch of singers for a
few rehearsals before the concerts.
Rehearsals at 7.30pm in the music room with
Mrs Houston
Monday 7th November
Tuesday 22nd November
Tuesday 6th December
Monday 12th December
Please email the school to let Mrs Houston
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further
information.
The choir will be performing on a
number of occasions over the
Christmas period starting on
November 24th. A letter will come out
next week providing details.
PLEASE could you encourage your
child to practise all the songs. The
first few song words are now on the
school website together with the
performance and backing tracks so
practise should be easy.
Please go to the school website <
parents/carers < music
Please contact Mrs Houston if you
need further information.
JOB VACANCY
We are looking to appoint a permanent School
Meals Supervisory Assistant to provide support at
lunchtime. This post is for an enthusiastic and
adaptable person to join our strong SMSA team. An
enjoyment of children’s company is essential.
The hours will be 11.45am – 1.15pm daily
Salary Grade Q Point 11: £8.03 per hour
Term Time only
7.50 hours per week
Start date: asap
If interested, please see Cherry Hill in the School
Office.
OLDFIELD SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAIR
Saturday 3rd December
10.00 – 12.00
Lots of stalls selling goodies, primarily run by
students.
Nordman Fir Non-drop Xmas Trees for sale
£35/£40 for medium/large trees
(medium is 1.5-1.75m and large is 1.75.2m)
Pre-order trees by emailing
[email protected]
MAGIC PENCIL
WORKSHOP
We would like to invite Bees and
Ladybirds parents/carers to attend one
of our Magic Pencil writing workshops to
find out more about how we teach
handwriting in the Foundation Stage.
We will be holding two workshops on
Monday 7th and Monday 14th
November at 2.45 pm in your child’s
classroom. Please feel free to come to
either of these sessions.
Looking forward to seeing you.
Margaret Harrison and Lois Kennedy