Dear Parents and Guardians, Today our Year 5 and 6 pupils are enjoying a trip to support their topic to Cadbury’s World in Birmingham. I know all the children (and staff) were very excited when they set off this morning!

Next Thursday (10th October) we are holding our Harvest Celebration at Christchurch at 1.30pm. We would like to invite you to join us for this event. Please look out for a separate letter coming home soon with more details. We will need parents to help us walk the children from school to Christchurch at about 1.15pm. If you are willing and able to help please complete the

form at the end of the letter. We will also be collecting for Woodley FoodBank. If you would like to make a donation, please could we ask that you put it in one of the collection containers near the front gate on the morning of the Harvest celebration.

Over the past couple of weeks we have been reviewing our book presentation expectations, and we have made a few small changes regarding the use of purple pens rather than purple pencils, and how work is set out in books. I also wanted to bring to your attention some changes to the ‘pen licences’ at Beechwood. Starting this year, all children in Year 6 will be issued a pen licence and allowed to use a handwriting pen in the summer term in preparation for Secondary school, regardless of whether they have previously been issued a pen licence. This way all children will experience the use of a pen in school and achieve success in this area before leaving Beechwood. I look forward to seeing you at our Harvest Celebration next week.

Kind regards,

Miss S E Hunter Headteacher

German Club Years 3-6 German Club will be returning on Tuesdays (3.30-4.30pm) subject to numbers. The cost is £3 per session. Please contact the office to book your child a space. Menu Swap—Fish & Chip Thursday! We would like to encourage all children that are eligible for free school meals, especially those from Foundation to Year 2 to order a school lunch Tomorrow(3/10/19). The number of free school meals eaten tomorrow is collected in our census and used to provide funding all year long. Thank you for your support. Year 3 Trip A letter was sent home in children’s book bags regarding the upcoming trip on Friday 22nd November. Please pop into the office for a copy. Woodley Extravaganza—Poster Competition Please hand entries for the Woodley Extravaganza Poster Competition to: Town Centre Manager, Woodley Town Council offices, The Oakwood Centre, by Friday 18th of October. Great Prizes to be won including being involved in the Christmas Light switch on with the Mayor on 23rd November. Good Luck! PTA Sunflower Competition Congratulations to Ava, Finlay and Anabel who were our completion winners and received their prize in Friday’s Assembly. Well done to all that took part.

Macmillan Coffee Morning Thank you to the PTA for running the Coffee morning and afterschool cake sale, raising an incredible £179 for the Macmillan Trust. Also thank you to all that supported this worthy cause, that baked or bought some marvellous cakes.

Beechwood Primary School Ambleside Close Woodley Reading Berkshire RG5 4JJ Telephone: 0118 9695976

NOTICEBOARD

Term 1, Issue 4 Wednesday 3rd October 2019

Harvest Celebrations

Attendance

Our minimum attendance target is 96.5%. Please help us to ensure your child receives the best education by attending school regularly and being on time. Our whole school attendance for the week commencing 23rd September was unfortunately below our target at 95.7%. Hopefully this will be back up at 96.5% next week.

Friday’s Star Pupils: Butterflies - Anais and Frankie Robins - Maizie-Grace Wrens - Grace Rabbits - Reece Hedgehogs– Avyukth Foxes - Hudson Badgers - Belle

Woodpeckers - Isabelle Owls - Lucas Kites - Abbie Hawks - Zack Falcons - Alfie Eagles - Adam

Well done to all of our Stars!

For health and safety reasons, please can we remind parents/carers not to park or drop off children in Ambleside Close. Many thanks

School Diary

Our School Diary is updated on a weekly basis. Please use the diary below as a quick guide to future events at Beechwood.

Over the last week at Beechwood………………… Foundation Stage This week, Butterflies have been very busy learning all about the Season ‘Autumn’. They have explored the book ‘Storm’, by Sam Usher which inspired us to make kites to fly in the wind. Year 1 This week in year 1 the children have been reading The Gingerbread Man as part of their traditional tales topic and writing an alternative ending to the story. In maths they have started to look at how to add 2 numbers together using both the part-whole method as well as making number sentences. In Geography, the children have enjoyed finding out about our local area and exploring the different features that we see every day on our way to school. Year 2 This week the children have been writing fact files about the Great Fire of London using Purple Mash in the ICT Suite. Mrs Dahele has been reading the story of the Good Samaritan. They have been discussing kindness and how this could be reflected in their own lives. In maths they have been using their number bonds to 10 to solve mathematical sums to 100. Year 3 In maths the children have been adding and subtracting. They have been planning and writing their own stories about the Stone Age in English. In Art they have painted stones and made our own model of Stonehenge. Year4 The children have begun a unit of work on instruction writing, starting this week by exploring some great example texts. In maths, they have been working on using and applying their longer addition skills. The children also continue to enjoy learning about the Romans, learning this week about the role of emperors such as Julius Caesar. Year 5/6 The children have been finishing and writing up their Mr Wonka stories in English. In maths they have been multiplying large numbers and of course looking forward to their trip to Cadburys World today!

Thursday 3rd October—Thames Valley Cross Country at Cantley House Thursday 10th October—Harvest Service at Christchurch @1.30pm Monday 14th October— SENDCo Coffee Morning @9.00am, PTA Meeting—The Waterside @7pm Friday 18th October –Owls Class Assembly @9.00am, Wear it Pink Day, PTA 50p Friday @3.15pm, PTA Halloween Disco @ 6.30pm—8.45pm Friday 25th October— PTA 2nd Hand Uniform Sale—3.15pm Monday 28th October—Friday 1st November—Half Term Monday 4th November—Inset Day—School closed for pupils Friday 8th November—FS—Yr6 Nasal Flu Monday 11th November—Parent & Child Consultation—3.30-6.00pm (Handy Club closed) Wednesday 13th November—Parent & Child Consultation—6.00-8.30pm (Handy Club closing at 5pm) Friday 15th November—Hedgehogs Class Assembly @9.00am Monday 18th November—Individual School Photos, SENDCo Coffee Morning @9.00am Thursday 21st November—Open Classroom @2.30pm Friday 22nd November—Year 3 Trip, PTA 2nd Hand Uniform Sale—3.15pm Friday 29th November—Thames Valley Cross Country at Ludgrove, PTA 50p Friday @ 3.15pm, PTA Rock N Roll Bingo Christmas Edition @ 6.30pm—9pm Sunday 1st December—Woodley Christmas Extravaganza Thursday 5th December—Lara School of Drama Curtain Callers Performance @4.00pm Friday 6th December—Badgers Class Assembly @9.00am Saturday 7th December—PTA Christmas Tree Hunt Tuesday 10th December—Yr2 Nativity Performance @2.00pm Wednesday 11th December—Yr2 Nativity Evening Performance Thursday 12th December— Christmas Jumper Day, Carols in the Precinct, Lara School of Drama Spotlight Stars Performance @4.00pm Friday 13th December— PTA 50p Friday @ 3.15pm, PTA Christmas Party @ 6.30pm—7.30pm + 7.45pm—8.45pm Monday 16th December—SENDCo Coffee Morning @9.00am Wednesday 18th December— EYFS Show to parents @2.00pm Friday 20th December—End of term @ 1.15pm

Please continue to collect our stickers from Aldi when spending over £30 and bring them into school, our chart is starting to fill up! The more we collect the more chance we have of winning £20,000 and other prizes for the school.