Bures C.E. Primary School
Newsletter
Contact us: 01787 227446 [email protected] Date: 8th June 2018
BIG Question of the Week - “100 years from now what do you hope will have been invented?”
Explore, Believe, Shine
‘The Adventure Awaits…’
SCIENCE WEEK This week has been Science Week! All throughout the
school children have been engaging with other pupils in
different year groups on a range of engineering and sci-
ence activities. In Year 6 (and in other year groups) we
made Scribble Bots. Following on from a question we
were asked earlier in the week - ‘What if there were no
clocks?’ - We have also been creating our own water
clocks. We were all amazed to find out that by
shaking full fat milk for a good length of time you
can create your own butter! It has been a
fabulous week which pupils and teachers have all
enjoyed. We would like to say thank you to Mrs Ben-
nie for organising
it all and we
would also like to
say a HUGE thank you to
our lovely PSA who funding
the whole occasion.
By Finn and Aice—Y6
Messy Church Come and enjoy the Messy Church end of term
summer picnic in The Vicarage garden (CO8 5AA)
on the 23rd June from 4-6pm. We will be discov-
ering all about the amazing story of how Jesus
turned a little boy’s simple packed lunch into a
feast for 5,000 people and created the BIGGEST
picnic ever!! We’ll play lots of fun games, make
bread in the firepit, fishes in a net, build boats,
hook ducks and much more… . Please bring along
your own chairs/rugs.
Explore, Believe, Shine
‘The Adventure Awaits…’
PSA News
Smarties for Silver We hope that your children are enjoying the chal-lenge of raising some money to refill their Smarties tube. It's not too late to get creative as we will be holding an after-school Smarties for Silver Market next Friday (15th June). If your child would like to reserve a stall to sell something they have made, please add their name to the list in the school office. Dress Down Day On Friday 15th June, we will be holding a Dress Down Day in support of the Summer Fair. Children are invited to come to school wearing 'home' clothes in return for a contribution of either packets of individually wrapped sweets, small pack-ets of sweets (ie small packets of Haribos or similar) or a financial contribution towards to the cost of putting on the Fair. Summer Fair - Saturday 30th June, 12-2pm Our Summer Fair is fast approaching and we are still in need of donations of old crockery for our Crock-ery Smash stall, as well as a few pairs of old welly boots please. We are also still welcoming donations of good quality toys / games / children's books / dressing up clothes etc, as well as any raffle prizes or prizes for the tombola (bottles, confectionery, toiletries or any other suitable items). If you are able to donate any of these items, please speak to Jo Bryant or leave the item(s) with the school office.
Morning Arrangements
It has been lovely to see the children arriving
bright and early at school and I know the staff
have found that they can now fit even more high
quality learning into each day!
Thank you for being patient with us as we have
begun to manage the new system. I recognise that
congestion as the children surge into classrooms
has been an issue this week so from Monday we
will return to the old system—the gate will open
at 8.40 am and children will be able to go
straight into their classrooms. This should mean
there is a more natural flow. Please could children
in Years 1, 4 and 5 use the outside doors directly
into their classrooms (For Year 1 and 5 these are
accessed from the school garden at the front) -
again this should help the flow.
I feel I need to say that I was saddened to hear
from my staff team that a small minority of
parents were extremely rude to them when doors
were opened this week—whilst I recognise that
the situation may have caused feelings of
frustration, abuse towards members of staff is
not acceptable and is certainly not what any of us
would want to see modelled to our children.
One Step Closer to Garden Glory
I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all the members of
the local community who are helping us to develop our school
garden. This week soil for our planters was donated by
’Weavers’ and we are hugely grateful for their support. It was
delivered to us on Tuesday evening when a few dedicated vol-
unteers gave up two hours of their time to transfer it from
the tractor into the beds. Our thanks go to Mrs Gwynn, Mi-
chael Gwynn, Mr Gwynn, Mr Fairbairn, Matthew and Mrs Farley
who came to lend a hand from our school and a big thank you to
Mr Jackson and Ms Turner from the Horticultural Society who
also gave up their time to help and Mr Ambrose who skilfully
drove the tractor. It is lovely to see the community showing
such support for developing and improving our school.
Collective Worship
Mrs Bacon began our Collective Worship
week by introducing this half term’s value
of COURAGE by sharing the story of
‘Daniel in the Lion’s Den’.
The theme of Courage continued as the
‘Open the Book’ Team shared the story of
Peter’s release from jail as a result of the
time his friends spent in prayer and devo-
tion to God. Tia and Daisy were particular-
ly effective Roman prison guards in this
dramatic retelling!
On Wednesday, we thought about plastic
waste and what we could do to help reduce
this in
An Inspector Calls
On Thursday 14th June we will behaving our ‘SIAMs’ Church School Inspection. Our Inspector’s name is
Caroline Clarke. Here is a little more information about what this involves:
Why are we having this Church School inspection? The very first schools in England were set up by the Church of England to serve the local community around
200 years ago. Nowadays, CEVC schools like Bures are funded by the government, but still have strong links
to the Church traditions and base their values on ideas that come from the Bible. Church Schools are in-
spected periodically to check if this Christian Ethos is evident in the day to day experience of the children.
What do they want to know? The inspector will ask questions such as …. Do the children learning about our school values using Bible sto-
ries as a springboard? Is this having an effect on them as people? Does the whole school take part in a Col-
lective Worship session each day? Are children encouraged to lead and interact in these sessions? What im-
pact do they have on the children? To what extent do the church and school work together and serve the
local community?
What will happen on the day? The inspector will talk to a range of staff and Governors. They will come out on the playground and have a
chat with parents. They will chat with children and have a guided tour around the school. They will look at
work and watch an assembly. Will my child be involved?
Your child may be asked to talk to the inspector about their view of the school, or perhaps chat during a les-
son. They may take part in the Collective Worship. Their normal school day will not be disrupted. How can I help? Please think about these questions and how you might answer them;
Are you aware this is a Church School?
What does that mean to you?
Bures Music Festival
Bures Music festival would like to announce that this
competition is now open to all Y6 children.
A Note about Summer Term Events
We have decided not to run a Parent Workshop
this half term as there are so many other events
happening which we are hoping you will support.
I am hoping to invite Dads and Grandads to join
the children for a belated Fathers’ Day lunch on
Wednesday 11th July or Thursday 12th July. A
letter will follow shortly but you may want to get
this date in your diary.
Explore, Believe, Shine
‘The Adventure Awaits…’
Menu Change on Tuesday
Please note that we will now be serving Pasta
Bolognaise on Tuesday 12th June instead of the
Beef Teriyaki.
Class Newsletters
for this half term will be on our website by Monday. Year 6 will not
have an updated version as they are continuing with ‘Alchemy Island’
and getting their play practised to perfection!! Guess what Y1 and
Y2 are learning about (See picture clue!)
Explore, Believe, Shine
‘The Adventure Awaits…’
Our Learning Ambassadors for this week are:
Izzy, Toby, Holly, Betty, Willem, John, Evie, Angus,
Huckleberry, Layla, Marley-Ray, Oscar, Lottie and
Adison
Well Done to all of them!
World Cup themed menu
Sporting News
Explore, Believe, Shine
‘The Adventure Awaits…’