41-43 Orchard Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PR Tel: 020 8460 0916email: info@breaside.co.uk www.breaside.co.uk

7 July 2017

BREASIDE BULLETIN

A few words from Mrs NicholsonDear Parents

Another fantastic week at Breaside and yes, only one week to go until the Summer Holidays!

What an amazing day we have had at Sports Day, beautiful weather, a wonderful audience and nowater this afternoon, but Breaside carried on with the show as they say! It was lovely to see so many ofyou supporting your children and even taking part in the parent races. Well done to everyone for takingpart and of course our dedicated team of PE staff for all of their hard work with both events today.

On Monday we held our first Breaside Bake Off Final, the standard of cooking was incredible andeverything was delicious! Congratulations to our winner Alanna, there are photos further on in theBulletin. I would also like to say a big thank you to Mr Turtle and Mr Jackson for organising thiswonderful event and to Mr Nicholls for agreeing to judge and donating the most amazing prize of a visitto the pastry kitchen at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel restaurant he owns with Heston Blumenthal andafternoon tea. All winners will also receive a signed cookery book from Mr Nicholls that a number ofother famous chefs have contributed to and raised money for Mr Nicholl’s charity www.nsif.org.uk. Weare very grateful for these kind prizes for our Breaside chefs!

The Year Two children thoroughly enjoyed their trip to the Kent Life Museum yesterday. It was wonderfulto see the children dressed in their costumes and to see the teachers dressed up too! Year Onechildren also had a lovely time at High Elms Country Park on Tuesday.

We were all taken to India when our Year Two children performed in their production this week. Thankyou to everyone who was able to attend and join in 'Jai Ho' dancing with Mrs Blasé and watch theamazing performances from the children. Thank you to Mrs McCabe, Mrs Blasé and the Year Two team. I think we would all agree the children and teachers did a brilliant job, so thank you and well done!

Our final event of the year is the Prize Giving ceremony for Years 3-6 and I look forward to seeing youthere for this celebration. Please do not be late and remember that there is very limited parking outsideof St Johns Church. Our final day is Thursday 13th July, can I remind you that Early Years and Infantsfinish at 12.30pm and Juniors at 1pm. There is no After School Care available on Wednesday orThursday next week.

Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing parents of Year 6 for our special farewellAfternoon Tea on Tuesday.

Mrs Nicholson

MANY HAPPY RETURNSTO THE FOLLOWINGCHILDREN WHO ARECELEBRATING THEIR

BIRTHDAYNEXT WEEK:

James 2BDeclan 1HRebecca RKETilly 5GBella 2BSafin 4A

Congratulations to …

Evan 3S whocame 15 out of55 in the Trinityschool triathlon .

Danya who is going tobe at the Dance BoxxFestival on Saturday.

Smriti RKE for doing sowell learning Kannada

the language ofSouthern India.

Mayra RKE forcompleting a 5K

Race for Life

Alanna 4A forpassing her Level 1Gymnastic Award.

Erin 3S forcoming 1st at aPony Club Day.

Charlie and AlexRCH for passing

their 5 metreswimming badge.

Pia for beingStar of the

Season at herNetball Club.

Shiven KGR fortaking part in aRace for Life at

Blackheath.

Sonny KGR forpassing his Stanley

The Seal WaterSafety certificate.

Isabella and Sophie 2M fortaking part in a 3.5k Colour Runin aid of Great Ormond Street.

The Year 5 sales team lining up before thisyear’s very successful Plant Sale!Almost £100 was raised by the children of Year5 from the sale of plants that they had grownfrom seed. This money goes directly to fundingnext year’s gardening project.

Top tip: to get the best from your plants, re-potinto a larger container or directly into thegarden, water and feed regularly throughoutthe summer. Enjoy!

Mrs Clarke

5J proudly show off theirpotato harvest, prepared,

cooked and served forlunch.

Year 2at

Kent Life Museum

Year 1 Trip to High ElmsOn Tuesday, Year 1 travelled by coach to High Elms Country Park.We were all very excited and couldn’t wait to start exploring!

When we arrived we were told lots ofamazing facts about High Elms.High Elms has 250 acres ofcountryside to discover! The historyof the High Elms estate can be traced back to the Norman Conquest,when it was given by William the Conqueror to his half-brother. In theearly nineteenth century it was acquired by the Lubbock family, and in1840 the astronomer and banker, Sir John Lubbock inherited it and builta grand new mansion. In 1938 the estate was sold and the housebecame a nurses' training centre. Finally in 1965 the area became partof the London Borough of Bromley and the land then became publicopen space. Unfortunately the mansion no longer exists as it was burnt

to the ground by an electric blanket!

We learnt that High Elms is very special because of the unusual plants and animals thatlive there. For example the Clouded Magpie Moth, the Man Orchid and the Dormouse.We learnt that the Dormouse is very sleepy, they are nocturnal, live in the tree canopy insummer, and hibernate for 7 months of the year. All of these plants and animals are rareand protected.During our first activity, we walked through the woods looking at

different types of trees such as the Sycamore, Fir, Holly, Beech, Yew and Oak.We completed fantastic bark rubbings and collected many different colouredand shaped leaves. Next we arranged natural materials such as fir cones,twigs, leaves and logs to make incredible sculptures. This is called ephemeralart. We worked in groups to create amazing animals, marvellous buildings andeven a gigantic spaceship!

Next we went on a flower trail through the beautiful meadows. We saw some incredible plants like thePyramid Orchid, Hogweed and Birdsfoot Trefoil. There were so many bright colours and unusualshapes. The children also had an opportunity to use nets to collect mini-beasts and then identifythem!We had a fantastic day and learnt so much!

Miss Huntley and Mrs Clarke

On Sunday 11th June 2017, Daisy went to theRambert School of Ballet and ContemporaryDance in Twickenham and auditioned to become aCecchetti Associate. Many children attended theauditions which lasted all day. This week Daisyheard that she had been successful in gaining aplace, which enables her to take non syllabusclasses in Classical Ballet and other forms ofdance for a year at the Rambert School.

Congratulations Daisy

BreasideBake Off

Final 2017

Year 2 IndiaProduction

Munchkins HolidayCamp will run atBreaside on thefollowing dates:

17th - 21st July 2017

24th -28th July 2017

31st July - 4th August 2017

On Wednesday morning, Year 5 took part in an end of year celebration out on theplayground. Both classes were split into teams and they had to work together to tryand build the tallest tower that they could using only dried spaghetti and giantmarshmallows! There were some very impressive structures produced but in the endthe winning team were Roger, Sam, Amelia A, Sophia, James and Tilly who managedto get their tower to reach the dizzying heights of 54cm! Afterwards, we all enjoyed a

choc ice on the playground to cool down.

Here are some of thephotos from ourmorning! Thank you toMiss Golds, Mr Jefferiesand Mrs Irwin fororganising this reallyenjoyable morning!

From the Music DepartmentInstrumental lessons w/c 10th July

Most teachers will have completed the required number of lessons by theend of the week. In the last week of term, only some teachers will be in tocomplete their teaching requirements.

Teacher Instrument RoomMonday Mrs Deacon Flute Practice Room 1 Mrs Banks Piano Uniform ShopTuesday Mrs Banks Piano Uniform Shop catch up lessons onlyWednesday Mrs Stanescu Piano Uniform Shop Year 5 & 6 only Miss Bowes Singing Practice Room 1 Year 6 onlyThursday Ms Harris Violin/Viola Practice Room 1 Years 2, 5 & 6 only

Pupils who bring instruments to school should take their instrument and music bag to the room that theirlesson is taking place in (as outlined above).

Summer Music CoursesACA Awesome - Girls’ A Cappella Summer Course – 15th- 18th AugustBecome ‘Pitch Perfect’ and ditch the instruments by singing pop songs with just voices. No experiencenecessary – just a love of singing.9:30-12:30 – 10-14 year olds at BYMT.

Musical Theatre Summer School 2017 - Tuesday 29 August –Saturday 2 SeptemberA week of Acting, Singing and Dancing ending with a performance showcasing the West End’s andBroadway’s hit musical numbers!For more details and to book, visit bymt.co.uk/course

For singers and orchestral players: http://www.summerscool.org.uk/Mrs Coop

Musical TheatreWorkshops

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WEEK BEGINNING 10th JULY 2017

Notice Board

Monday10 July

Tuesday11 July

Wednesday12 July

Thursday13 July

Friday14 July

Move Up Day

Parents TransferMeetings for

current Pre Prepand Year 2

Taekwon-Doand Mandarin

only

8am RKESwimming Lesson

Prize GivingRehearsals

2pm Reception’sFarewell Tea

2.15pm Year 6Parents’ Afternoon

Tea

AFTER SCHOOLCARE BUT NOTEACHER RUN

CLUBS

8am Minims

Prize GivingRehearsals

NO AFTERSCHOOL CARE

6pm Prize Givingfor Years 3-6 at St

John’s Church

END OF TERM

Infants - 12.30pm

Juniors - 1pm

NO AFTERSCHOOL CARE

School is closed topupils

School Office willbe open 9am - 3pm

IMPORTANT PARKING NOTICEPlease remember if you are driving toBreaside to respect our neighbours’environment by Parking and DrivingConsiderately. Do not ever obstruct drives ordouble park, especially in and aroundRosewood Court, Westbury Road, CopleyDene and Edgeborough Way.

We have had two complaints this week of a car parkingdangerously on the corner of Bay Tree Close.

Also a reminder to not park in bus lanes or opposite crossingbollards, this is making it very difficult or sometimes impossible forbikes, buses and coaches to travel along Orchard Road. Also donot park on the pavements as this is illegal.

May I also remind you to never leave children alone andunsupervised in cars.

Just a reminder to get your orders into the schooloffice, for the DVD of the Year 6 Production of Joseph

and the Year 2 India Production.