Parent / Community Partnerships

We are well on our way to our first half term of the year.
It has been a busy time!

We've acted positively on creating even more opportunities for parents and carers to have greater information about school and their children's learning. (Communication — Parent Survey 2016)

CALENDAR

• Whole year calendar of events — paper copy to each family — September — Mrs Rowlands/Mrs Cador
• Website calendar

MEETINGS / INFORMATION SHARING

• Pastoral Meetings in each Base / year group — information sharing about the learning and expectations for the year ahead — teachers
• Phonics session for parents of YR/Y1 pupils — Miss Pitcford
• Reading Workshop
• 1:1 parent appointments as necessary
• Headteacher's newsletter
• Newsfeeds on website

INVITES TO SCHOOL

• Parent Lunch — Base 3 and Base 4 opportunity to look at books / tour school
• Community Coffee Stop
• Welcome Back FOWS event
• Harvest Service at St Margaret's
• FOWS AGM — 19 October 4pm

COMMUNITY EVENTS

• Welcome Back FOWS event
• Harvest Service at St Margaret's Church
• Rev Alison leading assembly — 16 October
• Don't bin it, tin it — collection for art project

#OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN

• Bikeabiliy Y4/5
• Robinwood Residential Y5/6
• Ruby the dog — read with Ruby
• Sporting competitions
• Brass Tuition Y3/4 10 weeks
• Specialist gymnsatic coaching — Base 1 and 2 weekly
• Film Night Social — FOWS — 19 October
• Base 3 — Computing Workshop — led by Mrs Sanders (BLS) — 13 October
• Gymnastics and Tennis Clubs led by external specialist providers
• Holiday Clubs (free) x 3 days — October Half term
• Support in school from volunteer helpers

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR NEXT HALF TERM?

MEETINGS / INFORMATION SHARING

• Maths Workshop — 20 November
• 1:1 parent appointments as necessary
• Headteacher's newsletter
• Newsfeeds on website
• Parent's evening

INVITES TO SCHOOL

• Parent Lunch — Base 2 (8 Nov) and Base 1 (22 November) — opportunity to look at books / tour school
• Community Coffee Stop — 21 Nov, 19 Dec
• Remembrance Service — 13 November starts 11am

COMMUNITY EVENTS

• Christmas Fair — FOWS — 8 December
• Nativity — KS1(11,12, 13 Dec)
• Carol Service led by KS2 at St Margaret's Church — 19 December 6 pm

OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN

• Ruby the dog — read with Ruby
• Mr Cliffe (Headteacher BLS) and Mr Forshaw — leading music with Base 4 — 2 November
• Professor Fulford — archaeologist — whole school assembly and work with Base 3
• Blists Hill Visit for Base 1 and Base 2 — (21 Nov)
• RNLI — Base 1and 2 — History of RNLI — 13 November
• Supporting Children In Need and collaborating with BLS pupils — 17 November
• Meet an MP — Laura Smith visiting school for Parliament Week — 24 November
• Hope Journey — Base 2 — Broomhall and Sound Chapel — 29 November
• Participation in Christmas plays and carol service
• Sporting competitions
• Creating gifts to sell at Christmas Fair; running a stall
• Support in school from volunteer helpers