Teacher Strikes

On 16 January the National Education Union (NEU), one of the trade unions representing the teaching profession, announced its intention to strike. Not enough members of two other unions voted in favour of taking industrial action (the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Association of Headteachers).

The NEU has said it will hold strikes on a number of dates, the following being ones that could affect us:

• Wednesday, February 1 (England and Wales)
• Tuesday, 28 February (Northern, North West, and Humber regions)
• Wednesday, 15 March (England and Wales)
• Thursday, 16 March (England and Wales)

While employees are not required to tell their employers whether they intend to take
strike action, headteachers are able to ask staff in advance if they intend to strike to enable them to plan how to manage the strike. At the point of writing this, none of the BAWB teachers has told me that they intend to strike and several have confirmed that they will not.

In the event of strike action within our schools, we will take all reasonable steps to keep our schools open for as many pupils as possible in order to minimise disruption to children and families. In the unlikely event of any disruption to our teaching arrangements on any of these dates, we will of course inform you as soon as is practicably possible.

Thank you for your understanding.

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PTFA Minutes

Please click here to read the latest PTFA minutes.

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Uniforms

To keep you all updated we are currently liaising with two local uniform suppliers and comparing cost and quality. After getting some excellent feedback at the Parent Forum we will be switching to sweatshirt-style cardigans, and will be using the BAWB logo without the school name underneath.

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Calendar

Did you know you can synchronise our calendar with our school calendar? Click here to visit the calendar and click the link at the bottom of the page that says ‘subscribe to calendar’ – this will enable you to push events out to your personal calendars.

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Robins

The Robins had a fabulous time visiting Sycamore Hall, playing dominoes and doing jigsaws with the residents. They can’t wait to visit again!

Owls

What a fantastic week in the Owls- they have been working really hard… and having fun of course! As you can see from the photos, getting ready to sing in Music makes them do all sorts of funny things with their faces! 

Swallows

In gymnastics, the Swallows have been focusing on linking movements together, this week on apparatus. They have been champion gymnasts, pointing hands and feet and moving silently. In Art the Swallows have focused carefully on the brushwork of Van Gogh and Cezanne and have copied the different brushstrokes used in their artwork.

Kingfishers

In the Kingfishers classroom the children are getting inspiration from Hannah Rae and Alice Kettle using mixed media … paint and thread.  They are working on their backgrounds and will add detail and texture with material/thread. In PE, they have been working hard on perfecting their symmetrical gymnastic positions!

Golden Eagles

In art, the Golden Eagles are exploring the ‘Still Life’ artwork of Paul Cezanne; they started to create some of their own pieces using objects from around the room. 

This Term’s RESPECT Ambassadors

Robins	Owls	Swallows	Kingfishers	Golden Eagles	Merlins
Lexi M	Oscar H	Joey T	Maisie M	Lily D	Grayson A

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This Week’s Awards:

Pupil of the week
Robins (Nursery)					Tom C for fabulous independence – taking great responsibility for himself when getting himself ready and looking after his belongings.
Robins (Reception)					Zoey C for fabulous discussion and explanations in maths.
Owls (Y1)					Jemima for amazing progress in phonics – super fluency!
Swallows (Y2)					Olivia for taking responsibility for her learning and that of her classmates.
Kingfishers (Y3)					Douglas for effort and enjoyment in art.  He has created a wonderful background for his art project using acrylic paint on canvas.
Golden Eagles (Y4)					Otis for his consistent efforts and enthusiasm in maths and taking pride in his work.
Merlins (Y5)					Holly for a positive attitude and taking responsibility to help others.
Merlins (Y6)					Dec for having a positive attitude to every aspect of school life, being a real role model.

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Headteacher’s Awards
Bainbridge	William S for quietly and consistently upholding all aspects of our RESPECT code, acting as a wonderful ambassador for the high standards we strive for.
Askrigg	Archie C for working through some friendship challenges with maturity and a positive attitude.
West Burton	Toby W for working through some friendship challenges with maturity and a positive attitude.

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Special Awards
Winner and runner-up for Upper Wensleydale Newsletter – story writing competition	Rene O and Otis M
Special commendation for for Upper Wensleydale Newsletter – story writing competition	Georgie B and Tommy S

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Good Samaritan Awards	For courage, care, compassion (for the children, from the children).	Nominated by
Robins	Sydney for looking after him when he was sad.	Charlie H
Owls	Ada for being kind and letting everyone play her game.	Emma
	Oscar for tidying the classroom and helping others to do the same!	Aimee
Swallows	Lizzy, Martha and Olivia for helping when her foot got stuck in the ropes.	Rosie
Kingfishers	Joey BL for helping him to remember his bag when it was time to go in.	Aaron
	Aidan for always keeping him company at breaktimes.	Sidney
Golden Eagles	Lily for stopping what she was doing and helping her pick up the pen pot.	Lily-Anne
	William and Otis for being caring friends and helping him through a tough time.	Caleb
Merlins	Layla for teaching her to do a handstand.	Jo

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Other
Best Learning Space (classroom)	Golden Eagles
Most Effective learning Environment (school)	West Burton
House Point Winning Team	Dormice
Best Class Attendance	Robins, Owls, Golden Eagles (all 100%)