24th May 2019

A few words from Mrs Nicholson

Dear Parents,

What a beautiful day to finish our first half of the summer term and let’s hope the sun continues

to shine as we go off on our May half term break. It has been such a short half term that has been

extremely busy and has just flown by!

This week our Pre- Prep children had a wonderful trip to Bromley library to share many books and

listen to some wonderful stories. The feedback on their exceptional behaviour was amazing to

hear. Year 6 children have also had a very busy week after their SATs and enjoyed a Perform

Workshop in school, Water Sports, and of course their finale for this week has been a day doing

Water Sports and Rock Climbing. What a thrilling week they have all had and very well deserved

too!

For those parents who have been following their Year 5 children’s adventures in Osmington Bay, I

am sure that you have not been disappointed with the wonderful photos and Twitter feed that

has been going on throughout the week. The children have all had the most fantastic week in

Osmington Bay and will come home with many stories, more independence and a very dirty case

of washing! Thank you to Miss Golds, Mr Jackson, Mrs Clarke, Miss Clarke and Miss Ayisi for giving

up their own free time to allow our Breaside children to experience this opportunity. Your children

will return much more independent individuals and will have conquered many things that will

have taken them out of their comfort zone, and you will notice how much they have grown up in

just a week! They will all be returning around 7pm this evening and the Breaside Staff will contact

parents if there is any change to this, so keep your phones on please. I have had such positive

comments from mums and dads telling me it felt as if they were there with the children. A big

thank you again to the Breaside team.

Next week, the school office will be open for shorter hours than normal (9.00am – 3.00pm) on

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but will be closed for the Bank Holiday Monday.

I would like to wish you all a happy and restful break during the half term holiday and let’s all

hope that this beautiful weather continues for at least another week! I very much look forward to

seeing you all again on Monday 3rd June for a hectic final half term, starting with Incredible Eggs

arriving on Monday and The Breaside Art Exhibition on Thursday 6th June.

Happy Half Term everyone!

Mrs Nicholson

Breaside Bulletin

Congratulations to …

MANY HAPPY RETURNS TO THESE CHILDREN CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK AND NEXT:

Aaron 4D, Keira 4D, Aston 1H, Saanvi 1K, Oliver 5G, Eliza 1H,

Benjamin KGO, Arden RCL, Ethan PPV, Lottie 3S

Ariana for having her hair cut and

donating it to the Little Princess

Trust, a very worthwhile charity.

Sofia, Maya, Hollie, Laura and Miko

for gaining their gymnastics awards.

Luella and Rishaan for their Learn to

Swim 2 and 3 Awards.

Henri, Alex, Charlie, Sonnie and Aaron

for taking part in a rugby festival.

Sonny for his Head

Teacher Award for

writing about

Bushcraft.

Artie for his Deputy Head Teacher

award for his amazing artwork for the

exhibition.

Arjun for his Deputy Head Teacher

award for writing a book.

Emilie and Louis for their Kick Boxing

awards. Henri, Melissa and Zarina for

competing in their club Swimming

Galas.

Mathilda for her fantastic skiing

achievements.

Ruqaya for achieving her Ju Jitsu

Orange Belt.

Keira for being awarded a

Distinction in her Grade 1

Lamda exam.

Hollie for her Blue Peter badges

Serena and Isabella for their Deputy

Head Teacher award for their great

artwork for the exhibition.

Lucas for his Head Teacher

award for his great reading.

Year 6 had an amazing afternoon of

Water Sports at Danson Park

Year 5 have had a busy action-packed

week of fun in Osmington Bay and the

weather has been kind to them too!

From the Music Department Instrumental lessons w/c 3rd June

Teacher Instrument Room

Monday Ms Storey Cello Practice Room 2

Mrs Brock Trumpet/Baritone/Trombone Uniform Shop

Mrs Banks Piano Uniform Shop

Mr Dixon Guitar/Ukulele Practice Room 1 (selected pupils only)

Tuesday Mr Deacon Trumpet Practice Room 2

Mrs Reed Flute Practice Room 1

Mr Holdsworth Saxophone Uniform Shop J-Sax/Dood/Toot

Wednesday Mrs Webster Piano Uniform Shop

Mrs Peters Clarinet/Saxophone Practice Room 2

Ms Clements Singing Music Room

Mr Clough ** Drum Kit ** Practice Room 1 **

Thursday Ms Clements ** Singing ** Music Room ** (selected pupils only)

Mrs Banks Piano Uniform Shop

Mrs Thacker Violin/Piano Practice Room 1 Ms Harris Violin/Viola Practice Room 2 Mr Dixon ** Guitar/Ukulele ** Uniform Shop **

(selected pupils only)

Friday Mrs Banks Piano Uniform Shop

Mrs Webster Piano Uniform Shop

** note change of day/extra day or change of room **

Pupils who bring instruments to school should take their instrument and music bag to the room that

their lesson is taking place in (as outlined above) and take their instrument home on the same day.

Please make sure instruments and music are clearly named as we have so many instruments coming

and going every day!

If you know in advance that your child is going to be away on the day of his/her instrumental lesson, please give as much notice as possible. When we receive plenty of notice, we have more chance of being able to reschedule the lesson that a pupil is going to miss. BYMT Young Singer of the Year Congratulations to Charlie Pryce in Year 6 who got to the final of ‘BYMT Young Singer of the Year’. Although Charlie wasn’t the overall winner of the competition, he did extremely well to be selected to be one of the final 6 (there were 25 competitors in the first round). He performed brilliantly on the night and received excellent feedback from the adjudicator. BYMT Musical Theatre Summer School BYMT MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER SCHOOL will take place Monday 19th - Friday 23rd August 2019 at Bromley Youth Music Trust, Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8AA. Now in its fifth successful year, run by a West End Director, Singing Coach and professional choreographer, this is a week of Acting, Singing and Dancing ending with a performance showcasing the West End and Broadway's musical hits. Further details and information on how to book will be announced soon.

Summer’s Cool Music Course - There are still some places available!

Save The Date!

Breaside Art Exhibition 2019

Thursday 6th June 2019

2.50 -5.00 pm

School Hall

Come and see all the wonderful artwork that has been

produced from all the children in the school, including this

wonderful painting by Keira in 6M

See you there!

Mrs Thorning-Bell

On Monday 20th May, Year 6 were treated to a highly enjoyable all-day performance workshop. We

looked at a play called Cinderella Rocks; the story of a girl called Ella who enters a talent competition

hosted by a famous music artist in the hope of becoming the world’s next big hit in the music business.

We started the day by doing a few fun warm-ups, and although we enjoyed all the warm-ups we did

throughout the day, the one our class seemed to favour was “Park Bench”. In the game, a player had to

walk up to the “bench” with a reason to sit down – and a reason to get off when there was no longer

enough room. We had some interesting roles, including birdwatchers, cookie sellers, rappers and even

Theresa May! This activity got us used to the idea of improvisation. Our warm-up was followed by

singing Hard to Make It Big in the Music Biz, a song from the play. Whilst we sang, we tried to use

actions to imply which sort of music artist we were. After this, we learnt the dance moves to Born to

Rock, a fast song that got all of us moving to the beat. Our next activity was a few more warm-ups and

then some acting. We were split into small groups of 5-7 people and given a scene to work on,

however, we weren’t given any lines, and had to make up our own! It was a first for us to write our

own lines and it was entertaining to watch our classmates’ interpretations of the characters and the

scenes. Some of the acting was very funny, especially scenes involving the ugly sisters! Overall it was

an incredibly fun and memorable day!

Beatrice 6M

Year 6 Performance Workshop

Monday

3 June

Tuesday

4 June

Wednesday

5 June

Thursday

6 June

Friday

7 June

Incredible Eggs

arrive at School

RCH Swimming

Lesson

2.30pm U8/9

Girls’ Athletics

at Croydon

High

Swimming

Lessons start

for PPS

Minims

1.45pm U10

Girls’ Rounders

Tournament (H)

3.45pm U10

Cricket v

Bickley Park (A)

Breaside Art

Exhibition

5G Swimming

Lesson

Reception Trip

to Godstone

Farm

Year 2 Trip to

Kent Life

WEEK BEGINNING 3rd JUNE 2019

We are delighted to announce that Munchkins will be returning to Breaside School for Summer (15th July – 9th August) Holidays 2019. Our Camps will be action packed as always with Multi sports activities and arts & craft fun every day. Every holiday camp offers special theme days where the children play theme related games and make theme related crafts. Check out our website in the next few weeks for an update on the forthcoming themes. We offer various packages to suit your needs and work schedules as well as offering early and late drop offs and a sibling discount for full weeks* If you would like to book your child a place, please follow the links below to our website: https://munchkin-sports-holiday-camps.class4kids.co.uk/ We look forward to seeing you all for some Camp fun. Kind Regards, Joseph Ting, Munchkin Sports

Billionaire Boy at The Churchill Theatre – Friday 31st January 2020

Friends of Breaside have reserved 200 seats at The Churchill Theatre to see Billionaire Boy by David Walliams on Friday 31st January 2020 at 7.00pm. We have seats in the Stalls (rows C-H) and tickets are £18 each (which is discounted from box office prices). If you would be interested in purchasing tickets, please visit www.friendsofbreaside.com from Friday 25th May.

Summer Fair 2019 We are really looking forward to this year’s summer fair on Saturday 6th July - 12-3pm. The theme this year is the Wild West and we are busy working on lots of fun activities for the day! It takes over 120 volunteers to run the fair and so if you think you can help out on the day even for an hour or so, please contact your class rep. Every little helps, and it takes a big team to ensure this event is a great success and the annual highlight for our children. We will also be producing a Programme for the fair which will be distributed to attendees on the day. If you have a business or know of any local businesses who might be interested in advertising in our Fair Programme, please contact FOB for more details - fobevents2@gmail.com Lastly as is traditional, we will be holding a raffle at the end of the fair and would be grateful for any prize donations. Thank you very much again for your support and we hope you have a wonderful half term! Friends of Breaside