Beedon News
Dear Parents and Carers,
Summer Issue 2 Thursday 5th May 2016 Christian Value: Perseverance Perseverance.
Next week sees our Year 6 pupils sit their SATS tests. They have worked really hard over the last year and
are well prepared to sit the tests. Thank you to our year 5/6 teachers and teaching assistants for their hard
work preparing the children for the tests and providing targeted individual and group support where needed,
and to parents and carers for all your support with homework tasks over recent months. We think Year 6
have earned a break from homework so no formal homework will be set for them until after ½ term. Please
remind your year 6 children to have plenty of sleep and a good breakfast before coming to school. All we
ask of the children is that they try their best and we hope they will appreciate the picture message below!
Year 2 children will also have their SATS tests during the month of May. The testing arrangements for year
2 are less formal than for year 6 and Mrs Green will decide on which days to give the children the papers.
Year 5 and 6 hard at work and persevering with ratio and proportion. Our
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erformance. Maggie is faantastic in the sessioons and it’s th
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e biggest reaasons that it has bee n so successsful! Sam Wynee, Berkshire Maestros It was brilliant to see t he students all with their ns at the conncert, and I th
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ey wrote to Miss Blakee this week, I think we have
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Yea
ar 6 Second
dary Schoo
ol visits
We are starting to receivve details off transition days for secondary school.
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at staff from
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ondary schools will vissit the children over th e summer term. You should alsoo receive a welcome letter
from
m your child’s next scho
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m you abou t visits and parent mee
etings.
The
e Downs School– 29th and
a 30th Jun
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Ken
nnet School- 14 and 15th July
Park House Scchool -4th Ju
uly
Reception Visits
We look forward to welcoming our new Reception children over the coming term for their transition visits.
Wednesday 15th June – afternoon session 1.15-3.00pm
Wednesday 22nd June – morning session 9.00-1.00
Thursday 30th June – full day visit 9.00-3.00. Meeting for parents at 2.40pm.
Mrs Green will also be visiting the children in their pre-school and nursery settings.
School uniform – sale prices!
The Trutex uniform shop in Newbury had some white Beedon polo shirts reduced to £2.00 recently. I
noticed there were quite a lot of age 3-4 and a small selection of larger ones. From September, they will
also be stocking our navy blue PE polo shirt.
The Queen’s 90th Birthday
Whilst year 6 are at Sealyham, we will be having a cross curricular learning week linked to the Queen’s 90th
birthday. As part of this, we will be preparing some healthy party food for a birthday tea party on Friday 10th
June. All food will be provided thank you to a generous donation from Tesco’s Let’s Cooking Club. Parents
and friends are welcome to join us from 1.45pm (your child will send you a written invitation after ½ term)
and our brass players will be entertaining you from 2.30pm. Beedon Parish Council have kindly purchased
commemorative coins for all the children in the school which they will receive as a souvenir of the party.
Please come dressed in a red, white and blue theme for the party day. Year 6 children will receive their
commemorative coin on the following Monday.
PTA Family Quiz - 6.30pm Friday 13th May
We hope you will be able to join us for our family quiz night. Refreshments will be available to purchase on
the night and tickets cost just 50p for adults. Children enter for free.
Can you help?
Could you help to redevelop the site of the old climbing frame into a garden area for the children? Thank
you to Mrs Pereira for designing a new layout for this space.
We plan to hold a working party event on Saturday 21st May from 11.00am to start work on our school
garden. Please let Mrs Boden or Mrs Pereira know if you are able to come along and help. Please bring a
spade and a picnic. If you are splitting plants in your garden, we would very much welcome donations of
perennial plants and herbs.
Thank you for your continued support,
Kind regards, Alison McDonald
Headteacher
Diary Dates – updated 5th May 2016 Mon 9.5.16 Year 6 SATS week Sealyham payment due £30 Fri 13.5.16 PTA quiz 6.30pm School hall Sat 21.5.16 School garden working party 11 am Fri 27.5.16 Non uniform day for Vintage Tea tombola prizes Break up for ½ term. School finishes at 3.05pm Sun 5.6.16 Year 6 leave for Sealyham Mon 6.6.16 Children return to school after ½ term Wed 8.6.16 Athletics coaching starts in PE. After school athletics club starts Fri 10.6.16 Queen’s 90th Birthday party 1.45pm with Brass performance at 2.30pm. Sat 11.6.16 PTA Vintage Tea Tues 14.6.16 Whole School Samba workshop – all day Weds 15.6.16 New Reception afternoon visit Year 5/6 trip to Englefield Estate Thurs 16.6.16 Class group photos Mon 20.6.16 Key Stage 2 Olympics in Rio Drama workshop day Weds 22.6.16 New reception morning visit Tues 28.6.16 Ian Rose, Paralympian visit and judo workshop Wed 29.6.16 The Downs School transition visit Thurs 30.6.16 The Downs School transition visit New Reception full day visit – new parents’ meeting at 2.40pm Fri 1.7.16 Sports Day Sat 9.7.16 KS2 Dance Performance with New Greenham Arts – details to follow Mon 4.7.16 Park House Transition visit Tue 5.7.16 Year 1/2 multiskills competition at Park House School 3.45‐5.30pm Fri 8.7.16 Reserve Sports Day Tues 12.7.16 1.30pm Afternoon performance of school play Tues 12.7.16 6.30pm Evening performance of school play Wed 13.7.16 6.30pm Evening performance of school play Thurs 14.7.16 Kennet school transition visit Fri 15.7.16 Kennet school transition visit Sat 16.7.15 Beedon Village Fete Tues 19.7.16 PTA disco after school Weds 20.7.16 End of term – final assembly at 1.15pm Fri 2.9.16 INSET day for all staff Mon 5.9.16 First day of Autumn term for children