Our school community cherishes its children and takes pride in educating them to be accomplished, creative & independent-minded.

Head Teacher – Will Wawn

Bounds Green Road

London

N11 2QG

Tel: (020) 8888-8824

Fax: (020) 8365-7986 www.boundsgreenschool.co.uk

Friday 26th May 2017 Dear Families,

Term Dates 2017/2018 You will have seen in the last newsletter that we have now published our term dates for the next academic year. Please be aware that there has now been a slight change in when we come back to school in September due to the availability of the trainer who was due to

come in on Tuesday 5th September. We have now had to move to move that particular training day to the Friday of that week, meaning that the children will be returning to school on Tuesday 5th and attending until Thursday 7th September; the school being closed for staff training on Friday 8th September. Apologies for any confusion caused and thank you for your understanding. New Breakfast Club Flyer We have sent home a new Breakfast Club flyer to all the children that are currently registered for Breakfast Club list. It outlines what happens during the Breakfast Club, and also has a small registration form which we ask all parents that receive a flyer to complete and return to us if they are planning to continue using the Breakfast Club.

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8:00-8:25am - Breakfast served, children sit and eat together with staff 8:25-8:45am - Children choose from a range of activities

(Please note that there will be a special activity led by a member of Senior Leadership Team taking place once a week) 8:45-8:55am - Children are taken out to the playground (if they wish)

8:55am - Children are taken to their classrooms (Nursery—Year 2)

Breakfast Options:

3 Options - A selection of cereal , toast with different spreads, Yoghurt and fruit Juice and Milk available

Imaginative Play: Range of role play toys

Table Top Games: Range of board games, card games, dominoes

Arts & Crafts: Topical craft linked with seasons and celebrations, colouring sheets

Construction: Duplo, Lego

Our school community cherishes its children and takes pride in educating them to be accomplished, creative & independent-minded.

Quiet Reading: Range of books, variety of magazines including Nat Geo Kids, children’s newspaper ‘First News’

PLEASE NOTE

Breakfast is served between 8am and 8:25am. Breakfast is NOT served after 8:25am.

Parents/carers are kindly asked to bring children into Breakfast Club and ensure they are registered by a member of staff. No child should enter unattended by an adult.

No child will be accepted into Breakfast Club after 8.40am

Breakfast Club is currently not a contracted club, so you will only be charged for what your child attends.

If you are interested in the Breakfast Club please complete the form on the back of this flyer and hand it into the office.

_________________________________________________________________________________ Bounds Green in the sun With the weather getting hotter, please help your child take precautions for sun safety. There is an increase in a number of headaches among our children and whilst we are doing everything we can to encourage them to drink plenty of water, we could really do with your help at home too:

If necessary, please apply sun cream to your child before sending them to school.

If your child suffers with hayfever, please give them their medication before school.

Make sure they wear layers so they can take clothes off if they get too hot.

A sun hat is a great idea.

Please do not send them to school in open-toed shoes as this can be a health and safety risk in the playground.

Always send them to school with a bottle of water.

Collecting from School We have had a huge increase in children being collected late from school. The late room is not something that should be used on a regular basis and oftentimes it is the same group of children left in there at the end of the school day. We understand that from time to time parents get held up for a variety of reasons and we are happy to help where we can, but the regularity that the late room has seen recently is unacceptable. It is your responsibility as parents or carers to collect your children on time.

If your child is not coming to school…

If you feel it necessary to inform the class teacher of the reason your child is not coming to school, please also go and tell the school office.

If you are taking your child out of school for a medical appointment, please provide the school office with a copy of the letter (from the hospital, for example).

If your child is absent from school for an extended period of time (more than a couple of days), please make sure you keep the school updated on their progress and provide the school office with documentation from the appropriate medical professional.

Please do try and notify the school before 9.30am. We’re in need of Summer Clothes Now that Summer is well and truly here we are in need of spare clothes with a summer vibe! If you’re having a clear out and come across anything you are able to donate we would very much appreciate it. We are after shorts and girl’s underwear in particular but we could make use of plenty more. Please bring any donations to the school office where they will be most gratefully received.

Research at Bounds Green We recently had one of our parents conduct some research at Bounds Green for her MA in Early Childhood Studies at UCL. She has asked us to publish the link to an online survey, which she would very much

appreciate if you would complete. The survey is completely anonymous unless you choose to share your identity. Please click the link below (or copy and paste in to your browser to complete. Many thanks.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Wellbeing-boundsgreenschool

Our school community cherishes its children and takes pride in educating them to be accomplished, creative & independent-minded.

Lost Bike If anyone has seen a silver ‘Blowfish’, two-wheeler bike, please let the school office know. It belongs to one of our reception children and he would very much like it back. PTA News

Cake Sale today! At 3.30pm today, you will be able to buy cakes and bakes kindly provided by Years 1 and 4 parents, carers and children. If you have children in these years and have baked or bought, thank you! If you would like to help set up and sell, we’ll be in the playground from 3.10pm onwards. The more of us there are, the less of a scrum it is!

PTA Stall at Myddleton Road Market Don’t miss us at the market on Saturday 3 June from 11am-4pm! We’ll have a table in the Community Garden, and will be selling fidget spinners at very competitive p rices to raise money for the PTA. Just don’t bring them into school! A big thank you to Lucy Whitehead for allowing us to sell at the market, and another to Rawan Hijazi who will be selling the spinners on the committee’s behalf.

Summer Fair, Saturday 8 July 12-3pm Do you, or a friend or relative, have a product or service you’d like to sell at our Summer Fair? Why not hire a table for the afternoon? Please contact us via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, with a description and preferably photographs. Table hire is £25. Contact details are: Facebook: Bounds Green School

PTA Instagram: bounds_green_school_pta Twitter: @BGschoolPTA While you’re there, please like us, follow us, send us a message, and generally say hello! Boards We still need names and addresses of people willing and able to let Hamptons display one of their estate agent boards outside flats and houses around the Bounds Green area. Hamptons will give the PTA £10 for each board displayed; the boards will be up for just two weeks, advertising the Summer Fair. If you have not yet given us your details but can take a board, please email us at boundsgreenschoolpta@live.co.uk Thank you!

Attendance and Punctuality

Week Beginning 8th May 2017

Attendance Winners Percentage of attendance

Elephant & Castle and Swiss Cottage

Punctuality Winners

Number of late marks

Elephant & Castle, Manor House and Swiss Cottage

Week Beginning 1st May 2017

Attendance Winners Percentage of attendance

Elephant & Castle and Regent’s Park

Punctuality Winners

Number of late marks Swiss Cottage

Friday Desserts – THE RESULTS Each week the children fill out a ballot to decide which dessert they would like served on Friday. Here are the results for today’s delicious treat.

Jelly and Ice-cream

Flapjack

Sponge cake with lemon icing (with or without custard)

Our school community cherishes its children and takes pride in educating them to be accomplished, creative & independent-minded.

Dates for your Diary Below are important dates of which you should be aware. Wherever there is a new addition, it will be printed in bold so that it stands out. In the case of Educational Visits, we aim to give as much notice as possible however please be mindful that occasionally last minute, educationally enriching opportunities arise which are considered too good an opportunity to pass up. Please look at this section of the newsletter every week as there are sometimes unavoidable changes to dates that you will need to take note of.

June 05.06.2017 – Staff Training Day (school closed). 07.06.2017 – Girls Kwik Cricket Comp 07.06.2017 – London Fire Brigade visiting Year 5 &

Reception Classes 08.06.2017 – Polling Day – SCHOOL CLOSED 12.06.2017 – Y1 Phonics Screening Tests 12.06.2017 – Healthy Eating Week 15.06.2017 – 4-5pm Drop In Session for Reception

(September 2017) cohort 19.06.2017 – Healthy School’s Week 21.06.2017 – Choir trip to Bernie Grant Centre 27.06.2017 – Y1 trip to Spitalfields Farm 27.06.2017 – Reception 2017 Open Meetings

(9.15am and 2.45pm) 28.06.2017 – 2.45pm Violin Concert 30.06.2017 – Sports Day 30.06.2017 – Reception & Nursery Cake Sale

July 03.07.2017 – Y3 trip to Go Ape! 04.07.2017 – 2.45pm Guitar Concert 05.07.2017 – Start of Art Fair 05.07.2017 – Piano Concert 07.07.2017 – Y5 football competition 07.07.2017 – Y5 Stomp performance at The

Barbican 08.07.2017 – 12-3pm PTA Summer Fair 11.07.2017 – 3.45-6pm Drop In Parent’s Evening 12.07.2017 – 9am Reception Singing Concert 13.07.2017 – 9am Y1&2 Singing Concert 13.07.2017 – Y6 evening performance 14.07.2017 – Year 6 BBQ 19.07.2017 – 9am Y3&4 Singing Concert 20.07.2017 – London Fire Brigade visiting Y2 20.07.2017 – 9am Y5&6 Singing Concert 21.07.2017 – Last day at school before Summer

Holidays.

Our school community cherishes its children and takes pride in educating them to be accomplished, creative & independent-minded.