Inside

thisissueNew Classes for September......... 2

Year 4 test drive bicycles ............. 3

Sports Page ................................. 5

Year 3 at Botanical Gardens ........ 6

Tim Peake lands back .................. 7

IT Update .................................... 9

e-Safety Update .......................... 10

June2016

Issue23

Monthly

BELLS FARM PRIMARY

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W elcometotheJune

editionoftheBellsFarm

Newsletter!Well,inthe

wettestJunethatanyofuscan

remember,thechildrenandstaff

havekeptapositiveattitudeaswe

headtowardstheendofaverybusy

term.Somuchhashappenedthis

year,andasusual,thesummerterm

hasbeenpackedwithlotsofwork

andlotsoffun!Theclassesattheend

ofeachphase,Reception,Year2and

Welcomefrom

theHeadteacher

SportingResilienceBellsFarmchildrentakepartinSportsDay

Page 2

Year6havehadsuchabusyyear

withtheendofkeystageandearly

years’assessments.Year1Puf/ins

havealsoworkedincrediblyhard

withtheirteachersandteaching

assistants,andshowedan

excellentgraspofphonicsintheir

recentscreeningtest.Nowallof

ourassessmentshavebeensentto

theLocalAuthority,andwelook

forwardpositivelytoreportingthe

outcomestoyou.Yourchildren’s

reports,whichyouwillreceiveon

Friday,willre/lectthehardwork

theyhaveputintotheyear.Itwas

agreatpleasuretoreadsuch

positivecommentsonattitudesto

learningaswellasprogressand

attainment.Welldonetoallofour

children.

ThisThursdaywillbeagreat

chanceforyourchildrentomeet

theirnewteachers.Below,youwill

seealistofnewclassesfor

September.Youwillnoticethat

thereisverylittlechangein

deploymentofourteachingand

supportstaff,sothattheyhavethe

chancetoreallybuildonthe

curriculumtheyhavedelivered

thisyear.

Pleaseask

yourchild

(ren)how

theygoton

during

transition

day–itisa

fantastic

opportunity

tobuild

thoseall

importantrelationshipsbetween

teachersandchildren.

Schoolclosesforthesummer

holidayonThursday21stJuly.On

thisdate,welookforwardto

enjoyingahappy(butprobably

tear-jerking!)assemblyfromour

Year6leavers.Thechildrenreturn

toschoolonWednesday7th

September,andwewishallour

leaverstheverybestofluckas

theyembarkuponnewventuresin

secondary

school.Atthis

time,wewill

alsobebidding

MrKoeri

farewell,ashis

contractcomes

toanend.Wehopethathehas

gainedvaluableexperienceof

primaryschoolteachingsupport

duringhistimewithus,andwe

havegainedhisvaluablesupport

forourkeystage2childrenin

particular,butalsoYear2children

whohavebeensupportedbyMr

Koerionceaweek.Wewillmiss

himgreatly,butwishhimthevery

bestofluckinhisfuturecareer.

AsIlookoutside,Iamkeepingmy

/ingerscrossedforrelativelydry

sportsdaysthisweek.Photosof

thechildren’seffortswillbe

postedinthenextnewsletter,and

also,ofcourse,onthewebsite.

Untilthen,enjoyreadingallthe

latestnewsfromtheclasses!

Con�nued from page 1

Current class New class from

September 2016

New teacher New teaching assistant(s)

Nursery Chicks Recep,on Swans Mrs Hill Miss Parton / Mrs Murphy

Recep�on Swans Year 1 Puffins Miss Coghlan Mrs Sargeant / Mrs Rose

Year 1 Puffins Year 2 Toucans Miss Williams Mrs Green

Year 2 Toucans Year 3 Bluebirds Miss Procter Mrs S. Johnson

Year 3 Bluebirds Year 4 Robins Mrs Parry Mrs Sargant

Year 4 Robins Year 5 Kestrels Mr Johnston/Mrs Sabir

(mornings)

Mrs Sale

Year 5 Kestrels Year 6 Eagles Mrs Cro9/Miss

McClelland (mornings)

Mrs T. Johnson (Learning

Mentor) to support mornings

NewclassesforSeptember...

Page 3

Year4wereprivilegedtobethe/irstpu-

pilsatBellsFarmtotestouttwentyone

bikes,kindlydonatedtotheschoolby

Halfords.Equippedwithnewhelmets,

thechildrenenjoyedridingaroundthe

/ieldandonepupilmanagedtoridea

bikeforthevery/irsttimeandreceiveda

hugeroundofapplausefromhisclass-

mates!Thechildrenhadof/icialpress

photographstaken,beforegoingbackto

classtolearnallaboutbikemainte-

nance.

Muchtotheirdelight,thetalkwasgiven

byPinderSingh,awell-knownBMXrid-

er.Hegavethechildrenlotsofadvice

andtaughtthemhowtotightenthe

brakes,pumpupthetyres,repairpunc-

turesandaltertheseatheight.Before

leaving,hekindlysigneda

fewautographsforhisstar-

struckfans!Ahugethank

youtoHalfordsforsucha

generousdonation-allthe

childrenwillhavetheoppor-

tunitytousethesebikes

withinP.E.lessons.

Year4testdriveournewbikes

Theseyear4childrenallcompetedinthe

crosscountrycompetitionagainst5other

schools.

They all tried their best and are looking

forwardtocompetingagaininyear5.

Year4CrossCountryYear5experiencedan

amazingmusiclesson

taughtbyMrsParry.To

startoffwith,welistened

toaspectacularsongcalled

Don’tStopBelieving.One

ofthechildrenexclaimed,

“Thisismyfavouritesong!”

Alloftheclassreallyen-

joyedsingingthesongin

unison.Wetalkedabout

songgenres,keepingthe

pulseanddiscussedthe

typesofinstrumentsused

inthepiece.MrsParry

alsointroducedthechil-

drentoafantastictune,

whichgoesbythenameof

LeanonMe.Thosefrom

karaokeclubarefamiliar

withthesongsoreallyen-

joyedsingingitwithcon/i-

dence.Theonlywayit

couldhavebeenbetterisif

ourfabulouslyfantastic

teacher,MrJohnston,was

teachingus(nooffence

MrsParry).

WrittenbyPoppy,Kaiand

Brianna(in�luencedslightly

byMrJohnston)

Itreallywasbrillianttosee

thechildrenenjoyingthe

musicandsingingso

much!Welookforwardto

moresessionsoverthe

nextfewweeks,wherethe

childrenwillbeableto

showtheircreativityina

numberofways.

Year5’samazingmusic!

Page 4

OnTuesday21stJuneYear2visited

Twycrosszoo.Itwasatrulyfantas-

ticday!Firstwewenttovisitthe

meerkats;theyweremuchcuterthan

wehadexpectedthemtobe.Nextwe

wenttothepenguins.Theywereall

veryinterestingtowatch.At/irstthey

wereontherocksandthentheywent

intothewaterandwewatchedthem

swimunderwaterthroughaspecial

window.Itwasamazing!Theywere

veryfastanditlookedliketheywere

splashingtheir/lippersatus.

Thenwewenttoseethetapirs.We

wereveryinterestedinthemaswe

havebeenlearningabouttheminour

rainforestprojectsthistermandthey

didn’tletusdown.Theyweremuch

biggerthanweexpectedthemtobe!

Wethoughttheymightbeshyas

whenwearrived…theyleft!

NextwevisitedaBorneolonghouse.

Therewerelotsofbirdsandplants

thatmightliveintherainforest.We

alsosawadisplayofpeoplewholive

intherainforest.Itwasinterestingto

lookattheclothestheywear,theclay

potstheymakeandthebasketsthey

weave.Thenwewenttoseethespi-

der-monkeysaswehavelearntabout

themaswell.Therewasaladygiving

aninformationtalkandfeedingthem

andwelearntlotsofinterestingfacts.

AfterlunchwewenttotheDiscovery

Centreforarainforestexplorers

workshop.Nickyaskeduslotsof

questionsabouttherainforestand

wasveryimpressedwithour

knowledge.Shethentolduslotsmore

factsandweevengottotouchacock-

roachandtortoise.Someofuswerea

bitnervous(asyoucanseefromthe

photos!)butmostofushadatry.We

weresurprisedthecockroachfelt

smoothandsoftlikeanail.

Nextwewenttothebutter/lyforest.

Lotsofbutter/lieslandedonus.They

weresobeautiful.Thenwewentto

visitallthedifferentmonkeysthey

haveincludingtheOrang-Utansand

Chimpanzees.Thelargestchimpanzee

wasveryshybecausehekepthiding

fromthecamera!Thebabywasfunny

becausehekeptcoveringhimselfwith

hay.

Ourfavouritepartoftheafternoon

wasvisitingtheelephantsandgi-

raffes.Wewereamazedathowbigthe

elephantswereandhowtallthegi-

raffeswere.Theywereveryimpres-

sive.Aswewalkedthroughtheele-

phantforestwesawGanesh!Wehave

beenlearningabouthiminourRE

lessonssoitwaslovelytoseeareal

statueandtemple.

Overallwehadawonderfulday,even

theteachershadagreattime!They

wereveryimpressedwithourbehav-

Year2visitTwycrossZoo

We £71.50 on the

table top sale for

schoolfund

Wealsomade£50.00

on father’s day sales

alsoforschoolfund

…and for Macmillan

nonuniformdayand

cake sales we made

£160.00!

Thank you to every-

body for their sup-

port and to the Par-

ent Volunteers for

theirhelp!

Clive Mark is also

selling our school

uniformagaindue to

parents’ requests,

andwillbeinhallon

July 7th Parents

Open Evening from

3.15.

Card or cash pay-

ments (no cheques)

can be used on the

day.

Fantastic

Parent

Support!

Clive

Mark

uniform

Page 5

Weplayedanother/ixtureinthe

girls7-a-sideFootballSummer

LeagueonWednesday22nd

JuneagainstRaddlebarn,we

won3-0.Itwasanotherex-

tremelygoodteamperformance

–withahattrickfromRubi.

Thismeanswehave/inished

2ndintheSummerLeagueand

willnowcompeteinthe/inalsat

StLawrenceJuniorSchoolon

Monday4thJuly.

Girls progress to �inals

ParisIsthe

luckywinnerof

theBaverstock

SportsPartner-

shipdesigna

medalcompeti-

tion.Thecom-

petitionwastodesignamedalthat

couldbeusedintheforth-coming

academicyear2016-17.Outof.........

ParticipantsfromalloftheSports

Partnershipschools,Pariswaschosen

asoneof...Finalistsandthenvoted

thethebestoverall.Hisdesignwill

nowappearonallofthemedalspre-

sentedatcompetitionsthroughoutthe

comingacademicyear.Hehasalso

won£250tobespentonsportsequip-

mentfortheschool.Weareenor-

mouslyproudofParis.Welldone!!

Pariswinsmedal

competition

Page 6

Bluebirdshada

fabulousdayatthe

BotanicalGardens

lastweek.

Whenwearrivedwe

weregreetedbystaff

whohadarangeof

activitiesforyear3

tocomplete.Firstwe

werelookingat

partsoftheplant,

whereyear3were

amazingandwere

abletonamesome

partsofaplant.Then

wewerelookingat

thepollinationpro-

cesswheresome

childrendressedup

asplantsandbees!

Wethenhadsome

freetimetolook

aroundthebeautiful

gardensandexplore.

Allchildrenwereso

wellbehavedandtheraindid

notspoilthewonderfuldaywe

had.

Wehavereceivedalovely

letterfromBotanicalGardens

sinceourvisit—seeabove.

Year 6 take

part in �irst

aid lesson

LastweekYear6were

luckyenoughtotakepart

inTHEBIGFIRSTAIDLES-

SON,providedbySt.Jon's

Ambulance.Itwasalive-

streamedhour'slessonon

areasofimportancesuch

as:Treatingsomeonewho

hashadaseizure,someone

whohasbeenstung,and

someonewhoischoking.

Theclasswatchedhowto

treatpatientsdealingwith

suchtraumasandheard

real-lifestoriesfromfami-

liesthathadfoundthem-

selvesinthesesituations.

Whynotaskyourchild

whattheylearned;they

couldberesponsiblefor

savingalifeoneday!

Page 7

TheSwanscontinuetobe

fascinatedbyBritishEu-

ropeanSpaceAgency

astronautTimPeake.

Thisweekthechildren

watchedTimreturnsafe-

lytoEarthalongsidehis

crewmatesYuriMa-

lenchenkoandTim

Kopraafterspendingjust

oversixmonthsliving

andworkingonboard

theInternationalSpace

Station.Thechildren

lovedhisbumpylanding

andwereamazedatthe

sizeofthecapsule!They

couldn’tbelievethatTim

wasunabletowalkand

howitwilltakehimthree

weekstorecoverfrom

hisspacemission.

Timhasalsorevealed

thisweekwhetherthe

redorbluepacketof

Rocketseedscontained

thespaceseeds.Before

Timwenttospace,he

/lippedacointodecide

whichpackwouldcon-

tainthespaceseedsand

recordeditonvideo.

Clickheretowatchthe

videoandtodiscoverthe

spaceseedstrueidentity!

https://

www.youtube.com/

watch?v=SV6bXBt4Ug0

Wewereapartofthe

5,400participantswho

enteredtheirdata.This

datahasnowbeensent

offforanalysis.TheUK

SpaceAgencywillpre-

senttheresultsofthe

experimentintheAu-

tumnintheRocketSci-

ence/inalreport.This

reportwillbeavailableto

allschoolsandgroups

whotookpart.Itwillbea

fascinatingread.We

weresurprisedbythe

result.Wepredictedthe

opposite!

Reception Swans

fascinated about space!

BACK ON

EARTH:

Tim Peake

Puf/inshaveworkedhardontheirPirate

assemblythismonth.Thechildrenper-

formedpiratesongs;theydisplayedtheir

pirateshipstheymadeforaDTprojectand

readaloudsomeoftheirfantasticrhyme

piratepoemstheycreatedinEnglish.They

alsostatedlotsoffactstheyknowabout

famouspiratestheyhavebeenlearning

aboutinHistory.TheyPuf/inPirateclass

didafantasticjobperformingandtheytru-

lyworkedveryhard.Alsothankyouforall

theparentsandrelativeswhowereableto

attendthechildrenwereveryhappytosee

you.

Year1pirateassembly

Thishalftermwehavebeenlearning

aboutRoadTransport.Wewere

luckyenoughtochildrenweresup-

posedtogoandhavealookatMrs

Horsley'svintagecar.Thechildrenall

gottositinsideandhavealookat

howdifferentvintagecarsare.Alot

ofchildrencommentedonhowit

lookedlikeithasaface.

Nurserylearnabout

roadtransport

Page 8

MrKoerihasfantastically

raisedmoneyforMacmillan

Cancerbyhavinghisbeard

shavedforadonation.He

raised£763forthecharity.

MrKoerisaid:“Itwasa

deeplyemotionalexperi-

enceformeandIcouldn’t

havedoneitwithoutyouall.

Macmillianwillbesograte-

fulforallyourpenniesand

continueallthehardwork

thattheydotohelpthose

bravepeopleeffectedby

cancer.”

Earlierthisyear,MissDavis,

ourschoolcookhadherhair

shavenoffforthesame

charity.

MrKoerishavesbeardforcharity

Page 9

BellsFarm

ITupdate

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

ICT news from our school, and highlight any general ICT and online safety

issues that may affect you or your child.

BothYear2andYear6classes

haverecentlyvisitedHarborne

Academy,thelocationofthe

SamsungLearningHubwhere

childrentakepartin

programminglessonsaspartof

theComputingsubject.

MrBaddhanarrangedbothtrips

toboostouralreadyenriched

Computingsubject.Itprovidesan

opportunitytolearnallabout

debugging,algorithms,sequence

inasecondaryschool

environment.

MrWhitehouse,basedatthe

Academy,leadslessonsusing

Samsungequipment.

Thechildrenhavelearnedhowto

debuggames,programusingjava

scriptandalsouseScratchJunior.

Earlierintheyear,Year4also

visitedtheAcademy.

BothclassesvisitedtheSamsung

fundedacademytoexperience

Computinginasecondaryschool

environment.

Year2andYear6

visitSamsung

LearningHub

DIGITAL LEARNING: Year 2 take part in a Compu,ng lesson

GetsetforanotherComputingAwards!

Yepit’sthattimeoftheyear

again!TheComputingAwardsis

anannualcelebrationof

wonderfulComputing

achievementbypupils.The

awardstakeplaceonthe

morningofTuesday5thJulyat

9.10am.Selectedparentswillbe

invitedtotheassembly.

Afulllistofwinnerswillbe

postedonourwebsiteandin

ournextissueofthenewsletter.

Page 10

OurpupilmembersoftheDigital

Councilledanassemblytoremind

theirfellowpeersaboutage

ratingsingames.

Thechildrentalkedaboutwhat

thePEGIageratingsystemisand

whatgameschildrenshouldplay,

ifallowedto.

Thecouncilmembersthen

discussedthealternativeschool

resourcesalsoavailabletouse

insteadofplaygames.

Thewebsitesourcouncilsuggest

childrenshoulduseare

Mathletics,EducationCity,Bug

Club,PurpleMash,Spellodrome

andSkoolbo.Thecouncilalso

warnedthatplayingcomputer

gamesthatareundertheagelimit

cangetthemintotrouble,sostay

away!

Parentsshouldalwayscheck

gamesrated3or7aresuitablefor

primaryschoolchildren.

DigitalCouncil

assemblyon

gamesage

ratingsEarlierthismonth,our

e-Safetygroupledan

assemblytootherchildren

aboutageratingsingames

Mobilephonedownloadsand

appsareverypopularamong

youngpeopleandareeasily

availablefromwebsitesand

onlineservicessuchasApple’s

AppStoreandGooglePlay.

Herearesomeusefultipsfrom

Childnet(pleaseseeamore

detailedarticleon

www.childnet.com).

Tipsforavoidingin-appcharges• Encourage your child to ‘think before they click’. Do

they know exactly what they are clicking on? Do they

know what the terms and condi,ons say and what this

means in prac,ce?

• Talk with your children about what in-app

purchases are and that buying virtual items or

currency can actually cost real money.

• Always check your bill for the credit/debit

card or other payment method .

Page 11

The assembly video

and special ‘Happy’

video will be available

to purchase for £2.50

from September.

Date Events

Tuesday 28th June Key Stage 2 Sports Day: years 3 - 6

Wednesday 29th June - Key Stage 1 Sports Day: years 1 - 2 - New reception children: meeting for parents 6pm–7.30pm

Thursday 30th June Transition Day

Friday 1st July - Year 6 bag packing in aid of school

fund – Sainsbury’s - Annual pupil reports to parents/carers

Tuesday 5th July Computing Awards assembly

Thursday 7th July Parents’ open afternoon/evening

Friday 8th July Foundation (Nursery And Reception) Sports Day

Monday 11th July Reception Eco Park Centre trip

Wednesday 13th July Year 4 Guitar assembly

Monday 18th July Behaviour Awards Assembly

Wednesday 20th July Attendance assembly Year 6 leavers’ party: 4 – 6pm

Thursday 21st July Year 6 leavers’ assembly LAST DAY OF TERM

Wednesday 6th July Year 2 class assembly

TermPlanner

Value Words This Term

Friendship

Courage

Respect

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

AfterSchoolClubs 3.15pm- 4.15pm

Monday Computing Year 1-2 Football Year 5-6 Dance Year 2-4 Fun and Fit Year 2-3 Art Year 3-6

Tuesday Computing Year 3-6 Homework Club Year 3-6 Karaoke Year 3-6 Cricket Year 4-6

Wednesday Tennis Year 5-6 Table Tennis Year 4-6

Thursday Film Club Year 5-6 Multisports Year 1-3 Athletics Year 3-6 Digi Smart Club Year 5 Numero Uno Year 4-5

Friday Football Year 3-4 Choir Year 3-5