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FOBHS News:

Friday 25th January 2019

THE WEEK AHEAD Monday 28

th January

10:00am Village water assembly

Tuesday 29th

3:20-4:20pm KS2 Invasion games

club

Wednesday 30th

10:00am Open the Book worship –

parents/carers welcome

3:20-4:20pm KS1/2 Dance club

Thursday 31st

Friday 1st February

3:20-4:20pm KS1 Invasion games

club

Dear Parents and Carers,

In response to requests for more informa,on

on what your child is learning throughout

each week, and how you can support them at

home on next steps, I have changed the

‘News from the classroom’ sec,on of this

newsle1er to ‘Reflec,ng on learning;

responding and suppor,ng’. I hope that this

will provide you with the informa,on you

need to discuss your child’s learning

experiences over the past week and help

with how you can support at home with what

is to come the following week.

We have already experienced a light dus,ng

of snow this week but we may be due more

over the next few weeks. School will be open

unless a message tells you otherwise. Please

keep a look out for early morning texts, listen

to the local radio, check our Twi1er feed

@BishopHooperCE or look on our school

website www.bishophooper.co.uk for daily

updates.

As most of our pupils and all of our staff

travel to school by car, I will assess the site

and road condi,ons and decide whether or

not it is safe to open the school.

Herefordshire Council have informed us that

Balfour Bea1y will be carrying out some

improvements to roads in our area. There will

be resurfacing work being carried out on the

C1054 Bleathwood Lane (On the County

boundary line). The road will be closed

between 9:00am and 5:00pm from Monday

4th

February to Wednesday 6th

February

(inclusive). I hope that this will not cause too

much disrup,on to your journeys to and from

school.

Kind regards,

Class 1

Gabriella Ginger For your amazing Chinese dragon art work.

Class 2

Zara Crossley

For excellent reading this week.

Class 3

Jay Goosey For excellent work in science.

Class 4

Will Crossley For making a massive effort to improve his

presenta�on and handwri�ng.

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Thomas Kilby

For always being polite, having excellent

manners and for helping in the lunch hall.

Congratula,ons to Mor,mer

House who were our House

Point winners this week.

Bringewood

116

Vinnalls

128

Whitcliffe

82

Mortimer

103

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Prayer for the

week

Dear God,

As we face each

challenge in our lives,

please guide us to

have the strength to

persevere and to act

justly, with the love

and kindness that

You have for us.

Amen.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

30th January 10:00am Open the Book -

parents welcome

4th February 9:00-10:00am NSPCC parent

workshop. Year 5&6 workshop at 10:30am

5th February Safer Internet day

9:15 – 10:15am Bu1erflies coffee morning-

Community room.

8th February 10:00am Class 1 class-led

worship

12th February 2:00pm NSPCC follow-up

assembly

13th February 10:00am Open the Book –

parents welcome

18th-

22nd February Half Term

25th February Fair Trade fortnight begins

27th February 10:00am Open the Book –

parents welcome

11:00am RE Link Governor visit

4th March 2:30pm Church School Link

Governor visit

6th March Finance Governor mee,ng

7thMarch World Book Day

7th March 9:15-11:45 am Y2 Mul, skills

8th March 10:00am Class 4 class-led worship

11:00am LAC Link Governor visit

11th March The Book People, book fair in

school

13th March 9:00am Governors’ day

10:00am Open the Book – parents welcome

19th March 12:45-3:00pm Y3/4 Quicks,xs

hockey

25th, 26

th & 28

th March Experience

Resurrec,on KS2

27th March School swimming gala

28th March Year 5 taster session at Tenbury

High

28th March 5:00pm Full Governors’ mee,ng

29th March Spring term reports out

1st April 9:15-11:45am Y3/4 Tri-Golf

8th and 9

th April 3:30-6:00pm Parent

Consulta,on evenings

11th April Easter service at 2:00pm and Term

ends

12th

April Staff training day

29th April Summer Term begins

6th May Bank Holiday

10th May 10:00am Class 3 class-led worship

13th – 17

th May KS2 SATs

27th – 31

th May Half Term

3rd June 4:00pm Curriculum and Standards

Governor mee,ng

6th June Year 7 Welcome evening at Tenbury

High

10th June 1:30pm Premises Governor

mee,ng and 4:00pm Finance Governor

mee,ng

10th -14

th June Year 1 (and Year 2 retake)

Phonics Screening week

13th June 9:00am Tempest whole school and

class photos

17th June Crucial Crew Year 6

18th June Taster day at Tenbury High

19th June 5:00pm Full Governors’ mee,ng

26th June 9:00am Governors’ day

1st -5

th July Class 4 Bristol residen,al trip

16th July 12:00 noon- 2:00pm Year 6 Bowling

at The Grove

18th July Term ends. Leavers’ service at

2:00pm in school hall

19th

July Staff training day

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Butterflies We’ve been learning the le1er ‘t’ and enjoying playing outside with vehicles in the sand.

Other News:

A/er school clubs: There are s,ll plenty of spaces leL for the Tuesday KS2 Invasion games club. We cannot

run the clubs if numbers are too low. This is usually a popular club, so please sign up!

Volunteering in school: If you would like to volunteer to come in to school to hear children read on a

regular basis, please let the school office know.

Sporting events: Some of the boys in Class 4 represented our school at the 8-a-side football tournament

this week in Ludlow. They played several very competitive games, winning some, drawing some and losing

some. They are to be congratulated for their sportsmanship and perseverance. Well done boys!

Attendance figures Class 1: 91.6%

Class 2: 93.8%

Class 3: 93.2%

Class 4: 95.7%

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This week’s learning: What could you help with for next

week:

EYFS We have been learning the sounds x , v and

w. We have been blending these sounds to

make words. We have also been learning to

take away 1 from five objects. Why not try

this at home?

We’ve also been painting Chinese dragons.

This is Gabriella’s, isn’t it wonderful?

We will continue to learn about Chinese New

Year as we prepare for our Class-led worship

(Friday 8th February)

Year

1 / 2

We have explored the reason why Chinese

people celebrate Chinese New Year and

have learned about and sequenced the

story of why each year is named after an

animal in the Chinese calendar.

Next week we will be learning a Chinese dragon

dance in PE, working out fractions of shapes in

maths, investigating every day materials in

science and studying the work of the artist

Lowry.

Year

3 / 4

We have been learning how the different

perceptions of the characters in the story

‘The Princess and the pea’ can change

ideas and outcomes in a story. We have

also been learning how to subtract using

the formal column method.

We will learn the skills of editing and improving

to ‘up-level’ and refine our Traditional tales.

In maths, we will be learning about area and

perimeter.

Year

5 / 6

We have been writing arguments following

our debate on whether mobile phones

should be allowed in school.

We have also been learning how to add and

subtract fractions.

We will begin studying the Mayan civilisation

and will look in particular at their number

system.