Weekly Newsflash! 8th March 2024
Coming up next week…
| Monday | – School Lunch Choices/After School Clubs form deadline – After School Sports @ Askrigg – Parent Teacher Consultations: Owls/Swallows/Kingfishers/Herons |
| Tuesday | – Y3 & Y4 Swimming Please can children come into school with their swimming gear underneath their uniform, along with a towel, water bottle and goggles if they wish. Children are also welcome to bring a piece of fruit with them 🙂 – Cross Country Final @ Giggleswick – Parent Teacher Consultations: Robins/Owls/Swallows/Kingfishers/Golden Eagles/Herons/Merlins |
| Wednesday | – After School Singing Club @ Askrigg – Parent Teacher Consultations: Robins/Merlins |
| Thursday | – North Yorkshire Music Service instrumental demonstration – Parent Teacher Consultations: Golden Eagles |
| Friday | – RED NOSE DAY! – Celebration Assembly – Science Club @ Askrigg |
Calendar
World Book Day!
We had a fantastic day celebrating books at BAWB! We were so impressed with the outfits worn! From Tiddler the Fish to the Grand High Witch – we had some brilliant costumes, thank you for the effort made.
Parent Teacher Consultations
PTC’s are next week! If you would like a reminder of your appointment, please email Mrs Martin: [email protected]
Lunch Choices Form
Please find the menu below and the lunch choices form HERE.
Single-choice-Summer2024-PrimaryMenus-no-allergensPlease fill in the form by 11th March 2024. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
After School Clubs
To sign up to the clubs, please click on the link to find the form, and more information.
Sports Club – Monday – Askrigg – 3:30 – 4:30pm
Forest Skills – Tuesday – Askrigg – 3:30 – 4:30pm
Singing Club – Wednesday – Askrigg – 3:30 – 4:10pm
Cycle Club – Thursday – Bainbridge – 3:30 – 4:30pm
Science Club – Friday – Askrigg – 3:30 – 4:30pm
Red Nose Day! Friday 15th March
After a very important school council meeting on Monday, it has been decided by our councillors that in exchange for a £1 donation we will be:
wearing our clothes inside out, having crazy hair, odd shoes, dressing in one colour
Please remember this is all in fun, and for charity! Children do not have to do any of the above if they would prefer not to – similarly, they can do any combination of the above.
Parent Survey
Dear Families,
I am really keen to hear your views about your child’s experience at our schools. We have created a parent survey which is based on the questions Ofsted ask when they inspect a school. I would encourage as many of you as possible to take part in this survey so I can identify any concerns or issues and try and address them. Most of the questions are multiple choice but there is also a free text question at the end where you are encourage to add any other thoughts or questions you might have. Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me with this.
Please find the survey HERE.
VACANCIES at BAWB:
Caretaker at Bainbridge
We are really sad to be saying farewell to Irena at the end of April. Irena has looked after Bainbridge school to an incredibly high standard for a number of years. We will miss her kindness, attention to detail and forgiveness when the glitter comes out at Christmas!
Irena, we wish you all the best on this new chapter and look forward to keeping in touch.
NYC are now recruiting to fill Irena’s shoes, for more information please see our vacancies page here.
Cleaner/Caretaker at Askrigg
We will be sadly saying good bye to Nigel at the end of the term. Nigel has been our cleaner and caretaker at Askrigg for a number of years and also used to do caretaking at Bainbridge as well. Thank you Nigel for all of the support you have given us over the years, it is greatly appreciated. We hope you thoroughly enjoy this next chapter with more time on the golf course, it is very well deserved.
NYC are now recruiting to fill Irena’s shoes, for more information please see our vacancies page here.
Crafting Mindfulness
Crafting-Mindfulness-MarchUpper Dales Community Partnership – British Science Week!
Kids Club – Local NHS Dental Services
Childrens-NHS-Kids-Club-FlyerPlease note that the practice has informed us that if families cannot attend the date advertised, they will be able to offer them alternatives.
ParentPay
As we are approaching the end of our Spring Term, please login to your ParentPay to check for any outstanding balances. You can set up text and email reminders to help keep track of balances across your account. As always, if you have any issues with ParentPay, please contact the office and we will happily help! 🙂
Robins
The Robins have been acting out Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem.
We have been baking cakes for a special occasion!
Owls
In RE this week the children have made Tzedakah boxes as part of the unit ‘How should we care for others and the world?’ They are used for charitable donations in Judaism.
We welcomed Rev Dave for collective worship this week, where he told the story of Moses in connection with Mothering Sunday.
In PE the owls enjoyed making bridges as part of their gymnastics unit of work. Some very stable bridges were made for children to move underneath!
Swallows
In History, the Swallows have been learning about the Wright brothers who were the first people to design and pilot an engine powered airplane. The first flight lasted 12 seconds. This week, we freeze framed the first time they flew the airplane and took on the roles of: the plane, Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright and eye witnesses. Look at the fantastic facial expressions to show how everyone was feeling in that moment!
Kingfishers
This week the Kingfishers have had a great week. They have been busy across the curriculum. On Friday we worked so hard we even got chance to work on our timetables using TT Rockstars.
We also did a fantastic science experiment to test the absorbency of different soil types. Every group managed to record their results well and tried hard to carry out a fair test.
Golden Eagles
In preparation for designing and making a healthy breakfast, the Golden Eagles tested different breakfast bars: “The breakfast biscuits were really good” said Riley, “definitely my favourite.”
“I didn’t like the pumpkin seed breakfast bar, it smelt funny and looked lie bird seed!” explained Nico.
In RE the Golden Eagles continued their work on Pentecost by discussing different representations of the Holy Spirit and then creating their own artistic interpretations. “I have drawn the Holy Spirit like a dove coming down. At Pentecost there was fire and wind so I have drawn flames around the dove with blue dots for the wind.” Fearne.
“At Pentecost there was fire and a loud wind, so I drew a dove surrounded by flames.” Aaron
In science, the Golden Eagles continued their work on electricity by investigating and creating different circuits. In addition to the physical resources, the children used the Topmarks Circuit Construction Kit to continue their investigations.
Herons
In Geography this week we have been learning all about volcanoes. We made fortune tellers with a twist- they were volcanoes and showed all their inner workings!
In PSHE, we read the book ‘Mixed’ by Arree Chung. We thought about what racist behaviour was and what to do if we see or hear someone being racist. We then created pictures using red, blue and yellow, showing all the three colours working together.
Merlins
In Science this week, the Merlins have been learning about the heart and the fascinating process of pumping blood around our bodies. We explored the four different chambers of the heart and how the blood vessels carry our blood through the first half (right atrium and right ventricle through veins) to our lungs where our blood becomes oxygenated before returning to the heart (left atrium and left ventricle).
The children investigated their own heart rate after five different types of physical activity. We discussed our findings and what we could do to make the test more reliable and accurate.
This Week’s Awards:
| Pupil of the week | |||||
| Robins (Reception) | George for effort and improved confidence with his writing- well done George! | ||||
| Owls (Y1) | Jonathan for effort and enjoyment in music, particularly when using the glockenspiel. | ||||
| Swallows (Y2) | Sophie for always having an enthusiastic approach to school life. We are particularly proud of Sophie this week for her fantastic independent work in Maths! | ||||
| Kingfishers (Y3) | Myles for enthusiasm during World Book Day and general effort towards improving his reading. | ||||
| Golden Eagles (Y4) | Maciej for fantastic effort and enjoyment in our maths unit on fractions. | ||||
| Herons (Y5) | Theo for excellent effort in computing. | ||||
| Merlins (Y6) | Eliza for her impressive knowledge and vocabulary when discussing PSHE and No Outsiders. |
| Headteacher’s Awards | |
| Bainbridge | Joshua for enjoyment – sharing his enthusiasm for learning. |
| Askrigg | Jonathan for responsibility and resilience – consistently trying hard. |
| West Burton | Ava for a great attitude to learning. |
| Good Samaritan Awards | For courage, care, compassion (for the children, from the children). | Nominated by |
| Owls | Otto for helping him with the heavy door | Seth |
| Otto for getting her a helmet | Ceci | |
| William for being a kind friend and asking him to play a game with him | Otto | |
| Kingfishers | Joey and Myles for helping him to tidy the sheds at WB | Sammy |
| Martha and Olivia for helping her tidy the library after World Book Day | Lizzy | |
| Golden Eagles | Elsie for helping Isla when she was hurt | Flo & Ellie |
| Riley for helping her with the maths she missed when absent | Sylvi | |
| Riley for helping when he was hurt during football | Nico | |
| Herons | Jo for helping her at breaktime | Lily |
| William for helping him tidy his things away | Callum | |
| Running Club Awards | |
| Bainbridge | Red Hot Runners: Isla |
| Ice Cool Club: Callum (joint first to get both types of certificates!) | |
| Askrigg | Red Hot Runners: William B, Sylvi, Joey B-L, Archie |
| Ice Cool Club: Oliver (joint first to get both types of certificates!) | |
| West Burton | Red Hot Runners: Toby & Sidney |
| Other | |
| Tidiest Classroom | Kingfishers |
| Best School Library | Askrigg |
| House Point Winning Team | Dormice |
| Best Class Attendance | Swallows – 100% |
