Junior School Bugle

Issue 01

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

Wednesday 19th September 2018

A peek at the week ahead…

Headteacher’s Round-Up Welcome to our first edition of the BHSA Bugle!

We are hoping that our Bugle newsletter will arrive in your inbox every Wednesday afternoon and will serve as a noticeboard for upcoming events, fixtures and information.

Today our girls have had their school photographs taken and they look wonderful; another date will be released shortly for photographs with older siblings from our senior school. On another note, letters will be sent home to Reception to Year 5 (only) girls requesting your permission for flu immunisations. If you do not return the form by 1st October, then the authority will not be able to administer the oral immunisation.

And finally, Miss Capes has sadly had to call off the Year 4, 5, 6 Cross Country fixture tomorrow due to the “apocalyptic weather forecast” (her words). Frustration all round.

Attached to this BHSA Bugle newsletter are our curriculum plans for our Project eXplore topics and also my slides from my welcome evenings last week.

Thurs 20th

PA meeting 7pm

Fri 21st

Jeans for Genes Day

Mon 24th

Author visit Y3-7 (Chris Riddell)

Fri 28th

Class 6R Assembly

new junior parents welcome Jeans, blouse & tie £1 donation

Sports Fixtures Wirral Cross Country dates: Thursday 20th at Arrowe Park CANX Thursday 4th Oct at Birkenhead Park Thursday 18th Oct at Higher Bebington [Girls will be notified if selected] Saturday 22nd Y5/6 hockey match vs Queens School, Alderley Edge, Chester 9am-11am Wednesday 26th Y5/6 netball match (home) vs Queens School Who’s Swimming?

Tues 25th 5L and 6M Wed 26th 3SN and 4B

And the award goes to...

Well done to BHSA bow club!

By making and

Thank you, as ever, for your continued help and support in providing an outstanding education for your daughters and wards.

Other News 2018 marks 100 years since the end of the First World War. The Junior School plans to commemorate the Centenary with a range of events. Should you have a family member or know of someone who would be a willing volunteer to come and speak to our girls about their knowledge, or indeed experiences of this, then we would love to hear from you!

selling their bows, they have raised over £200 for Claire House Children’s

Housepoints

Hospice.

Running Totals:

Also raising funds for a good cause, Darcy

Badgers

672

Pandas

1002

Penguins 150 Zebras

207

May Bonnett swam 60 lengths to raise almost £150 for her local church. Keep up the good work!

Notice Flu immunisation letters (Rec-Y5) must be returned to School by Mon 1st October. Any late forms may result in girls not being immunised on 21st November.

Speech & Drama Notice This term children who participate in speech and drama lessons are invited to enter the LAMDA speech and drama examination, to be held at BHSA School - a registered LAMDA centre - on Wednesday 28th November 2018. Please note these are optional and speech and drama lessons will not be structured purely around the examinations. If you would like your child to enter the LAMDA examination, please look out for the letter that went home on Thursday 13 th September or contact Miss Cottier directly on 07901822481.

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

Issue 02 Wednesday 26th September 2018

A peek at the week ahead…

Headteacher’s Round-Up A superb week of learning with all classes now fully immersed in their Project eXplore work, making links between all areas of the curriculum and finding out about how important these cross-curricular skills are in the real world. It is such a privilege hearing the girls talking about their learning and telling me what it is they’re going to find out next!

The girls have begun recording their learning in their books now and our huge school emphasis on independence and taking responsibility for their own learning is tough-going but rewarding. Our girls will soon be

growing, flourishing and thinking for themselves and adapting their classwork practices effectively, in order to reach their full potential.

Our daily assemblies and ‘learning together’ times have focused on the importance of rules and never giving up! Our girls are responsive and reflective and are beginning to use our ‘values’ vocabulary; so important in getting ahead in life!

Finally, I could not miss this opportunity to thank our school hockey team for beating Queens School, Chester!! For the first time in 8 years! ...to say that Miss Capes was happy is an understatement …!

An impressive display of tenacity, teamwork and skill with our Year 5s winning 2-1 and our Year 6s winning 4-2.

Fri 28th Sep Class 6R Assembly Tue 2nd Oct Senior School Open Evening Years 4, 5 and 6 invited

Wed 3rd Oct INSET

School closed for all pupils

Sports Fixtures Wirral Cross Country dates: Thursday 4th Oct at Birkenhead Park Thursday 18th Oct at Higher Bebington [Girls will be notified if selected] Wednesday 26th (TONIGHT) Y5/6 netball match (home) vs Queens School Who’s Swimming?

Tues 2nd 5P and 6R Wed 3rd 3S and 4EC

And the award goes to...

There was a ‘sea of denim’ on Friday, as the girls wore their jeans in support of jeans for genes day.

Thank you for supporting this.

On Monday, the girls thoroughly enjoyed listening to author and illustrator, Chris Riddell’s stories and recounts. It was an

Brilliant!

amazing chance to watch his sketches come alive in front of our very eyes as he

Sports News Hockey teams from Years 5 and 6 took on Queens School, Chester at Alderley Edge at the weekend. They played some lovely attacking hockey and proved the fitter and faster sides, coming out on top in all their matches. This is the first time we have beaten Queens at hockey in 8 years: well played girls!

The next school hockey match will be on home ground - Saturday 10th of November: BHSA vs Kings Chester.

We also take on Queens at netball this week with two teams from each year group 5 and 6 playing tonight, after school.

Spectators are welcome; games will take place on the courts by the astroturf.

illustrated and inspired the girls.

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

915

Pandas

1256

Penguins 312 Zebras

414

Year 1 Tights!

Please note, there is a rumour that our girls are not permitted to wear tights on PE days… they can! This is the girls themselves and has not come from a member of staff.

Request for help!

Year 6 will be studying ocean explorers and the deep sea. If anyone is/knows of someone who has an interest in diving or works in the world of oceanography or marine biology, we'd love to hear from you. We would particularly like to study the effects of water pressure on the body as you descend deeper into water.

Issue 03

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

Wednesday 3rd October 2018

A peek at the week ahead…

Headteacher’s Round-Up What a fast-paced week full of learning opportunities (not just the girls!) and engaging projects well underway.

It is INSET Day for all pupils and students tomorrow, so school will only be open to staff; training from a nationally esteemed speaker Kevin Collins on Mental Health.

Parents’ Evenings Our booking system for our two parents’ evening sessions will go live to parents on Monday 8th October at 9am and will close at 4pm on Friday 12th October. Appointments with Miss Kennerley (SENCO) will also be available.

Open Evening Our incredible senior school is open this evening from 6pm with ‘Principal Talks’ at 6:45pm and 7:30pm in the Theatre. *Year 6 parents are reminded to complete the admission form on Wirral.gov website before 31st October (despite automatic places in Year 7 for your daughters/wards).

Giants This spectacular Wirral event of the ‘Giants’ awakening’ is happening on Friday 5th October.

Tues 2nd Oct Senior School Open Evening 6pm-8:30pm (Ys 4, 5&6)

It is a normal school day for everybody at BHSA. Should parents wish to collect their children after 1:15pm they should do so through the school office.

And the award goes to...

Open morning From 9am on Thursday 18th October, there is an open working morning where you can visit our wonderful school, soak up our creative atmosphere and see our girls in learning action!

Year 5 Project eXplore Update Year 5 have been making boats from art straws based on Ancient Egyptian papyrus boats - then testing their boats and exploring their 'river-worthiness' before discussing the properties of the materials used and scientific principles behind the designs.

Fabulous connections being made— well done Year 5!

Wed 3rd Oct INSET DAY Fri 5th Oct

Class 6M Assembly

Fri 12th Oct

Class 5L Assembly

Mon 15th Oct Parents’ evening 3:50-7pm Thu 18th Oct Parents’ evening 5:30-8:30pm Open Morning 9-10:30am Fri 19th Oct

Harvest Festival (bring a tin) Break up (normal time for 2 weeks)

Sports Fixtures Wirral Cross Country dates: Thursday 4th Oct at Birkenhead Park Thursday 18th Oct at Higher Bebington [Girls will be notified if selected] Who’s Swimming?

Tues 9th 5L and 6M Wed 10th 3S and 4EC

Well done to all our golden raffle ticket holders, however the winners who had the privilege of sitting at the golden table this week are:

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers Pandas

1223 1783

Penguins 758 Zebras

761

Junior School raised a total of £350.50 in support of Jeans for Genes Day—well done girls!

Autumn Class Assembly Dates

*please be aware that these may be subject to change, but should this be the case, we will notify you

Year 6: Year 5:

6R 28th Sep 5L 12th Oct

6M 5th Oct 5G 9th Nov

Please note… Christmas Fair Sat 8th Dec 11-1:30pm

Issue 04

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School Headteacher’s Round-Up

A peek at the week ahead…

An incredible week in BHSA Juniors, with our girls learning about the values of never giving up, showing kindness and being a great team member; with a focus on the collaborative skills of the Giants’ puppeteers!

A number of our girls (and staff) have been hit with a nasty bug this week and have had to show some of these values as they have kept going; demonstrated resilience in coping with some differences to their working week, and have supported their peers in a loving and supportive way.

Our Values work continues today as we show our staff support for World Mental Health Day.

Our whole academy staff training last week on Mental Health identified some areas which promote good wellbeing and selfesteem in children: (list not exhaustive) - feeling listened to - having strong and meaningful relationships - showing kindness to others, and being shown kindness themselves - seeing and hearing positive role models - receiving praise with a focus on working hard - being encouraged to do things on their own for pleasure - waiting for something (delayed gratification) - being involved in decision making, where appropriate BHSA Junior Choir Mrs Chalmers has invited our Junior choir girls to sing on her album!

Recording will take place this Friday with the song available for downloading from iTunes and Spotify. Copies of her album on CD will also be available to purchase at her independent ‘gigs’. She is so impressed with our girls, she is giving them this exciting and inspiring opportunity alongside another local school choir.

If you would like any more information or indeed have any concerns about your daughter being recorded please contact the School Office. (see attached letter for more details)

10th October 2018

Housepoints

Fri 12th Oct

Class 5L Assembly

Mon 15th Oct Parents’ evening 3:50-7pm Thu 18th Oct Parents’ evening 5:30-8:30pm Open Morning 9-10:30am Fri 19th Oct

Harvest Festival (bring a tin) Break up (normal time) for 2 weeks

Sports Fixtures Netball Friday 12th October Away at Kings Wirral Cross Country dates: Thursday 18th Oct at Higher Bebington [Girls will be notified if selected] Who’s Swimming?

Tues 16th 5 P and 6R Wed 17th 3Sn and 4B Christmas Date for the Diary!

School Fair: Saturday 8th December 11am—1.30pm

And the award goes to...

Golden table

Running Totals:

winners!

Badgers 1,374 Pandas

1,906

Penguins 983 Zebras

981

Shoe Box Appeal We are supporting the Christmas Shoebox appeal again this year.

Mr Ward (Mrs Moss’s father) has talked to the girls in assembly about the impact of this and how lives can be changed by donating a shoebox.

We would hugely appreciate if you could support this wonderful cause. Girls will earn a merit per shoebox.

IT Notice Please be aware that our laptops are currently being upgraded and that girls’ passwords have expired and are due to be updated. Please bear with us while our ICT department completes the upgrades. There will therefore be no homework set on Firefly at this time.

In addition to this, we have an exciting new web-based addition to support KS2 girls with their spellings, called ‘Spelling Shed’. (Please note that this is a free web-based tool and does not require you to purchase an app.) Further details about how your daughter/ward can access her ‘Spelling Shed’ account can be found at the end of this Bugle edition.

Class Corner

Hear from Year 6 A Peek at our Week!

Both classes have thoroughly enjoyed performing their assemblies.

Project eXplore update We have been exploring the depths of the ocean and writing biographies of inspiring oceanographer, Sylvia Earle. Over the next few weeks, we will be learning about fossils and the creatures that lived in the sea millions of years ago; writing myths involving fictional deep sea monsters; exploring actual deep sea creatures that live in the depths of our seas today and discovering how James Cameron ventured to the bottom of the Marianna Trench.

Class 6R based theirs on the life and work of oceanographer, Sylvia Earle.

“You can’t not like Project eXplore!”

“It’s all subjects combined in one topic.”

“I’ve enjoyed learning about the Crusades, Sylvia Earle & the British Empire so far.”

Class 6M demonstrated our BHSA values.

Our favourite read...

Year 6 are currently reading: ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cottrell Boyce.

“It’s really funny!”

“You just can’t put it down!”

“We groan when we have to stop reading! It’s so gripping!”

“It’s nice to read at the end of the day.

It’s calming.”

Did You Know?

Sylvia wasn’t allowed on a science project because she was a woman, so she decided to create and manage her own female expedition.

For 2 weeks, Sylvia and her team lived underwater, demonstrating that the work of a women's team is just as effective as the one of a men's team.

Home Support We have been working hard to improve our arithmetic skills.

House Captains A huge congratulations to our newly appointed House Captains!

“It feels special to be chosen because you know that Mrs Peace has put her trust in you.”

“It’s nice to have the responsibility of leading your house” “I was honoured to be selected.”

Each week, we complete a quiz to see how we are progressing.

Please support us in this, by using the handout attached to this Bugle edition - it contains the types of arithmetic questions we will be answering in our SATs - to practise these skills at home also.

Times tables knowledge forms a huge part of arithmetic; please continue to practise these daily.

The standard of application letters was incredibly high and all who applied have been commended on this.

100 x 100

50 x 70

3,050,020 = 3,000,000 + ? + 20

30 x 40 8 x 33

40 x 300

72 ÷ 9

100 x 412

99 ÷ 11

167 x 4

1.28 x 100

581 ÷ 7

1000 x 30.7 2345 x 1000 0.9 ÷ 10

2 x 45

These Qs will be the type of Qs which will appear on the SATs arithmetic paper in May. Throughout the Autumn term, your daughter/ward is being equipped with the skills to answer all of these Qs. Please use this sheet to practise the particular Q types that she needs support with.

Please note that lots of these Qs should really be worked out mentally and only those in blue should require a more formal written method.

Mrs Ramsbottom & Mrs Moss will be happy to discuss any questions you have about these at parents’ evening.

10—5.4

0.1 ÷ 100

Arithmetic Question Revision

12—6.01 4—1.15 9—3.45

15 x 6.1

6.1 + 0.3

1.52 x 6

2.7 + 3.014

3.9 x 30

15.98 + 26.314 125.48—72.3

Arithmetic Questions

15.4—8.88

37.8—14.671

2016-18

32 + 10

62 + 10 60—42 ÷ 6 20—4 x 2

979 + 100

? = 4500 + 600

40 + 1000

? = 5776—855

345—60

? - 100 = 1059

39 + 673

? - 10 = 298

17 x 1 1/2 1 1/2 x 57 50 + (36 ÷ 6)

20% of 1500 4/6 + 3/6

62/100 - 38/100

9/11 - 4/11

20% of 1800 20% of 1200

3/4 + 7/8

3/4 - 3/8

3/10 - 1/20

5/7 + 3/21

5/6 of 240 3/4 of 1000

10th October 2018

Dear Parent/Carer Birkenhead High School Academy Junior Choir The school choir has been invited by Mrs Chalmers to record a song alongside Bidston Avenue Primary School which will appear on her next album (visit www.twoblacksheep.co.uk to find out more).

This is a very exciting opportunity to appear as part of a 120 strong choir on a track which will be released on all digital platforms and on a CD. The recording will take place on Friday 12 th October at Birkenhead High school Academy.

If you do not wish your daughter/ward to take part in this recording, please contact the School Office.

Please also be aware, pupils taking part will have their full names printed on the album sleeve. Although photographs will not appear as part of the album cover, they will, however, be used on social media.

Therefore, please contact us if you do not wish your daughter/ward’s name and/or photograph to be used.

Yours sincerely

Mrs C Peace Head of Junior School

You can now practise your spellings on the website: www.spellingshed.com. Spelling lists will appear on the website as assignments. The Spelling Shed helps you to practise spelling through games! The games have four different options for support: Easy, Medium, Hard and Extreme. Higher levels allow a higher score to be achieved but you can practise as much as you like on lower levels before trying to gain high scores. Don’t forget that you can use your honey pots to change your avatar and search for extra lists to play with.

Try to practise your spellings each evening as part of your hub jobs. A hard copy of the list will be sent home if you do not have access to the internet and you will have an opportunity to play in school.

1. Go to https://play.spellingshed.com or Google: ‘Spelling Shed play’ (Please note, it works best in Google Chrome.)

2. Enter your username and password.

3. Once you have logged in, you will find your spelling list for your weekly spelling investigation.

4. Enjoy playing as part of your spelling hub job!

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

Issue 05 17th October 2018

Headteacher’s Round-Up

A peek at the week ahead…

Thank you to all of our parents who have shown their support with their attendance to our Parents’ Evenings this week so far, and for those who are able to pop in to our Open Morning tomorrow (910:30). We have not done this before in this way, but our wonderful girls want to share their school with you and want you to see them in their lessons working hard. Our classrooms are tight but we would love for you to visit them… squeeze in and see our girls in action!

We hope you’ve all had a great term with us and feel supported and listened to – please do let us know your thoughts.

We break up on Friday 19th October for two weeks and some key dates for the coming half term are listed. Enjoy the break from school pick-ups and drop-offs; keep the kettle boiling with our hub jobs and project work (where you can), and use the phrase: ‘You can be independent here’ lots and lots!

Our BHSA team will see your girls refreshed and ready for learning again on Monday 5th November. Remember remember…

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 6th Nov 5L and 6M Wed 7th Nov 3S and 4EC

Notices Attached to this edition are the words for girls in KS2 to learn for our Christmas Carol Concert on 14th December.

Y3: ‘Every Christmas’ 4EC: ‘Midnight’ 4B: ‘Shine Away’ Y5: ‘A Winter’s Night’ 6M: ‘Christmas Gold’ 6R: ‘Christmas Calypso’ Also attached you will see our new School Council representatives for the year.

In the lead up to the half-term, please note the following links should you need them: Wirral Food Bank:

0151 638 7090

Samaritans:

116 123

Barnado’s:

0151 488 1100

Childline:

0800 11 11

WW1 Centenary Week (12-16 Nov) Come and join us!

On Wed 14th Nov, you are warmly welcomed into school during the day (see attached times for specific classes). This is an opportunity for the girls to showcase what they have learnt throughout the centenary week and will be done in the style of a ‘dinner party’, with refreshments!

On Fri 16th Nov, you are invited in for an exhibition of all work produced in the week from 2.30pm onwards. More details on this to follow.

LOST PROPERTY and Uniform Donations If your daughter/ward has lost an item of uniform please ask them to check our ever-growing lost property station.

Any items of clothing you wish to donate please put into our FUPS/FUSS donation station in our foyer.

This is a charity where you can supplement your BHSA uniform for free!

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

2,056

Pandas

2,253

Penguins 1,393 Zebras

1,490

Bonfire Night Have fun but remember to stay safe at bonfire parties— remember too, that Halloween costumes can be highly flammable.

Dates for the Diary: Thu 18th Oct Open Morning 9-10:30am Parents’ evening 5:30-8:30pm Cross Country (4:15pm start) Higher Bebington Park Fri 19th Oct Harvest Festival (non-uniform) (bring a tin for Wirral’s Foodbank) Break up (normal time) for 2 weeks

Mon 5th Nov Term begins again Wed 7th Nov Y1 trip to Guildhall (circus skills) Fri 9th Nov Class 5P Assembly Fri 16th Nov PA Curry & Quiz Night Wed 21st Nov Flu immunisation day Fri 23rd Nov School discos (tbc) w/c 26th Nov Whole school assessment week Wed 28th Nov Y2 trip to Grove Church to meet the Nativity characters Thu 6th Dec KS1 film Fri 7th Dec KS2 film Sat 8th Dec Christmas Fair Tue 11th Dec Local Governing Board meeting Wed 12th Dec Infant Nativity 9:30am Infant nativity 1:30pm Thu 13th Dec Christmas Gift Afternoon Fri 14th Dec KS2 Christmas Concert in Trinity with Palm Grove Church (tbc) Mon 17th Dec Christmas lunch (tbc) Tue 18th Dec Radio City Cathedral Choir evening Thu 20th Dec End of term (finish at 12:15) (grade grids and Christmas reports to go home)

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Kate Booth, Daisy Adams, Daisy Jones, Olivia Boden, Ava Nor, Katie Bragg, Daisy McNally, Gia So, Eboni Cotgrave, Ivy Fowler, Lily Holleron and Ruby Lyons.

WW1 Centenary Week Wednesday 14th November Parents and carers will be invited into school on Wednesday 14th November. This is a wonderful opportunity for your girls to showcase what they have learnt throughout the centenary week.

This will be done in the style of a ‘dinner party’, with refreshments and music!

Year Group: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 (lunchtime) Year 4 Year 5 (breaktime) Year 6

Time Slot: 8.50- 9.35 9.50- 10.35 10.50- 11.35 1.00 – 1.30 1.45 – 2.15 2.30- 3.00

Friday 16th November Parents and carers are invited in to view an exhibition of all work produced from 2.30pm onwards. You are very welcome to collect your daughter/ward to look at the exhibits before leaving for an ’early dart’!

Parents to take their child home afterwards.

Shine Away Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine, Ooh let it shine, Let it shine, Let it shine, Ooh let it shine.

There’s a bright light shining In the world tonight.

All your fears will vanish In the morning light, There’s a new horizon, There’s a brand new day, A brighter future and it’s On the way May all the love in the world come shining through, Al the dark clouds disappear from view: Let the light in your heart shine on all you do and say Let it shine, ooh, shine away.

There’s a new beginning In the world tonight.

There’s a new dawn breaking And the future’s bright; May we each find blessing Now it’s Christmas time, Through all our lives may the Good light shine May all the love……. (twice) …shine away, shine away.

Song for a Winter’s Night Summers gone now, Daylight dims.

Watching here how snow falls in the park.

Yesterday’s like a dream.

A memory in my head, that’s fading in the dark.

Winter’s here, Cold and bare.

Moonlight shimmers in the stillness of the night.

Frozen times, wintry skies.

A time for reflection, when the stars are shining bright.

Hear the music, Sing our song, Play it time and time again to make you strong.

Make us sing, make us dance, The song inside your soul gives shelter from the storm The song inside your soul gives shelter from the storm Now that sparkle, In your eyes, Like the feeling of a thousand butterflies.

Helps you through, wintry nights, The bleakness surrenders and warmth will surely rise.

Hear the music,

Y6 Christmas Gold You wake, you yawn, Right then you know it’s Christmas You long to start the day ahead.

You run to wake Your sleeping family.

They dub their eyes and smile at you: That’s Christmas gold!

That’s Christmas gold!

Under the tree In brightly coloured wrapping Your gifts are here to be revealed.

You watch; you hope That what you chose to give Will please them all, ’cos if it does That’s Christmas gold!

That’s Christmas gold!

And if you’re lucky you’ll find Christmas gold…

But if your world Turned upside down at Christmas, And if no-one was there for you, You’d need someone To come from out of nowhere, Pick you up and help you find That Christmas gold, That Christmas gold.

It’s very precious, That Christmas gold.

Don’t ever lose it, That Christmas gold.

Issue 06

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

7th November 2018 WW1 Centenary Issue

Headteacher’s Round-Up

A peek at the week ahead…

Welcome back after a very long sweet-filled, pumpkin-popping, firecracking two week break!

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 13th Nov 5P and 6R Wed 14th Nov 3SN and 4B

This Bugle is dedicated to our World War commemorations and our World War 1 centenary celebrations next week in school, where we would love to invite our parents in to share our excitement, our learning and our sombre reflections.

We have the nationally acclaimed Theatre Company ‘Altru’ in to work with our girls and allow them to explore the first person account of life as a WWI soldier, inspiring writing, poetry, art and drama work.

The girls will also be applying their maths skills to early rationing reasoning culminating in a celebration in the hall eating real life ‘Trench cake’!

There will also be a World War exhibition of our work for you to enjoy with your daughter/ward on Friday16th November.

This would not have been possible without our wonderful PA and our supportive parents. Thank you very much.

Centenary Week Celebrations Come and join us!

Year Group:

Time Slot:

Year 1

8.50- 9.35

Year 2

9.50- 10.35

On Wednesday 14th November… Year 3 Throughout the day, we will be holding a WW1 themed ‘dinner party’ with cake, refreshments and music! Come along to your daughter/ward’s slot to hear the girls reciting poetry, singing songs and sharing their learning with you.

(lunchtime)

(Attached are the curriculum plans for our week.)

Year 6

Dates for the Diary: Thu 8th Nov School-run clubs cancelled (Puzzle & Football) due to after school INSET NORMAL SCHOOL DAY for the girls!

Fri 9th Nov Class 5P Assembly w/b 12th Nov WW1 Centenary Week parents are invited to: - dinner party (Wed 14th) - art exhibition (Fri 16th) Fri 16th Nov PA Curry & Quiz Night

Donations please!

Do you have a board game to donate to promote the Values of World War time?

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

10.50- 11.35

Year 4

1.00 – 1.30

Year 5

1.45 – 2.15

(breaktime)

2.30- 3.00

On Friday 16th November…

On Monday 12th November…

There will be an exhibition of the work produced by the girls in our centenary celebration week.

Any girls who are part of a uniformed organisation, such as: Brownies, Rainbows, Guides, Scouts etc. may wear their uniform to school on Monday, in order to pay our respects to those who have fought to keep us safe.

We would be thrilled if you would pop in to view the exhibition from 2:30pm until 4pm.

If you would like to do so and then collect your daughter/ward earlier than 3:20/25, then you will be able to do so.

Please come to the school office and you will be directed to the exhibition; your daughter/ward will be brought to you.

What a wonderful way to start our centenary celebrations!

Housepoints Running Totals: Badgers

2,490

Pandas

2,835

Penguins 1,976 Zebras

1,984

Issue 07

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

14th November 2018

Headteacher’s Round-Up

A peek at the week ahead…

What a superb week we’re having in school! Lots of learning, sharing and reflective commemoration. I hope you have had a wonderful time with your daughters and wards and their friends today listening to their poems, songs and sketches from the World Wars, and we hope you’ll join us again to tour our little World War exhibition on Friday afternoon (2:30-4pm).

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 20th Nov 5L and 6M Wed 21st Nov 3S and 4EC

Children in Need Day on Friday 16th November is not one of the school’s recognised charities this year, but school are more than happy for the girls to wear their official Pudsey merchandise such as the Pudsey ears headband, wristband and pin-badges. Should the girls wish to wear a Pudsey t-shirt, they must be worn over the top of school uniforms please. Thank you very much for your support this week; our girls have thoroughly enjoyed linking their Project eXplore learning to our WWI commemoration week.

Notices

Shoebox Appeal

Exciting News!

Three of our Year 6 girls have been chosen to represent Wirral schools in the Merseyside County Primary Schools’ Football Inter Borough League with the possibility of playing at Everton’s football ground. This is an incredible opportunity for the team and for our girls and we wish them the very best of luck!

Well done Olivia, Daisy, and Amy!

Girls will receive up to 3 merits for each shoebox filled and brought in to support this charity.

A huge well done to our girls who have already donated a filled shoe-box filled with gifts and love.

The date for collection has now been extended until Monday 19th November.

Football Reps

Year 3 Stone Age Experience Day

Year 3 are excited to announce that they have now confirmed Tuesday 18th December for their Stone Age experience day! The day will be hosted

by Living History and the girls are invited to immerse themselves in prehistory by coming into school dressed in a Stone Age costume

Reception Class News Last week, Reception celebrated bonfire night by enjoying hot chocolate and marshmallows and singing campfire songs.

This week we have been learning about World War 1 through the eyes of Sergeant Stubby. We have been remembering those who have been brave and courageous by making our own poppies and medals.

Dates for the Diary: Fri 16th Nov 2:30-4pm Art Exhibition PA Curry & Quiz Night CANX Wed 21st Nov Flu immunisation day Rec to Year 5 only Fri 23rd Nov Eco Warrior Assembly 8:45am (Parents of Eco Warriors invited) w/c 26th Nov Whole school assessment week Wed 28th Nov Y2 trip to Grove Church to meet the Nativity characters Thu 6th Dec KS1 film Fri 7th Dec KS2 film Sat 8th Dec

Christmas Fair 11-1:30pm

Tue 11th Dec Local Governing Board meeting Wed 12th Dec Infant Nativity 9:30am & 1:30pm Ticket information tbc Wed 12th Dec Spring Term diary dates released Thu 13th Dec Christmas Gift Afternoon Lucky dips 50p, Tombola (3 tickets for a £1) and gifts priced at £2.50 to £4 Fri 14th Dec KS2 Christmas Concert in Trinity with Palm Grove Church 2pm Tue 18th Dec Radio City Cathedral Choir evening 7pm start at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Wed 19th Dec Christmas lunch (confirmed date) and Christmas Jumper Day

16th Nov Anyone wishing to support this charity by wearing Pudsey merchandise to school on Friday is welcome to.

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers 2,790 Pandas

3,135

Penguins 2,276 Zebras

2,284

Thu 20th Dec End of term (finish at 12:15) (grade grids and Christmas reports to go home)

Class Corner

Hear from Year 5 A Peek at our Week!

We have had a fabulous time planning and performing our class assemblies!

Project eXplore update

5L reminded us to respect each other, our belongings and ourselves.

5P encouraged

“In Project eXplore we are learning about Ancient Egypt. Recently we have been looking at the pharaoh Tutankhamun and his death mask. We are making our own death masks out of papier mache!”

us to show gratitude for everything we have, big or small.

Independent Projects We created Egyptian themed Diary entry from Howard Carter and his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

By Daisy

WW1 Centenary Week WW1 Centenary Week

“We enjoyed the WW1 workshop because it inspired us to learn more about the war and show respect to those who died for us.

We have also learnt to recite famous war poems!”

Kate B.

board games for our first

independent project!

“We liked how we could be creative and use our imaginations to make the games exciting and challenging!”

Sienna S. and Evie R.

Issue 08

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

21st November 2018

Headteacher’s Round-Up

A peek at the week ahead…

Firstly, may I say a huge thank you to everybody for supporting our WWI week; the girls’ work for our exhibition was wonderful and I know they thoroughly enjoyed their hard work and seeing the fruits of their labour! We hope you enjoyed it too.

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 27th Nov 5P and 6R Wed 28th Nov 3SN and 4B

A few notices to share with you today: Christmas Songs and Words Christmas will soon be upon us with Reception and Year 1 Nativities, and our Years 3 to 6 Christmas Carol Concert at Palm Grove church. Please encourage your daughters/wards to learn their lines, readings and song lyrics (if your daughter hasn’t received them yet, they soon will).

School Disco Our school disco has been postponed until further notice. Apologies for the late notice and for any disappointment caused.

Dates for the Diary: Fri 23rd Nov Wed 28th Nov

Eco Warrior Assembly 8:45am (Parents of Eco Warriors invited) LAMDA speech & drama exams

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Uniform In order to help parents financially plan for the summer term change in uniform and the September new uniform shop (particularly for our girls moving up to Senior school), a fully comprehensive list of uniform items for sale will be coming soon to our Bugle, with clear prices and a list of essential and recommended items for purchase from our school uniform shop. We are proud of our bespoke uniform, but feel that a transparent and explicit list of uniform items this side of Christmas may help support families in planning/budgeting for this.

Christmas Money There are lots of exciting opportunities for our girls to engage in the Christmas festivities over the coming December weeks, but a good number of these opportunities are asking for our pupils to purchase items from school. We appreciate the tight squeeze that Christmas puts many families under, so we have tried to pull together the events which require money below to help you share with your daughter/ward what you are willing to support (and what you are not), or even to highlight how much money you may be spending on them!

Perhaps knowing this early will encourage your daughters to think about how they could make some money themselves – or even offer their services around the house to earn their 50 pence for the Gift Fair Lucky Dip! School raffle tickets - £5 per strip Festive Fridays (4 in total; similar to Fruity Friday but with small items for sale) - £1 per item Christmas Gift Afternoon - Lucky dips 50p, Tombola (3 tickets for £1) &gifts priced at £2.50 - £4 Infant Nativity – Donation of your choice at the door Christmas Carol Concert (Y3 to Y6) – Donation of your choice to the church (basket at the door) Christmas Lunch – £2.20 Radio City Cash for Kids Cathedral Choir – tickets £6.50 for standard or £12.50 for VIP PA Christmas Fair – miscellaneous prices

Spelling Shed and Times Table Rockstars This year has seen the trial of the 5-star spelling app called ‘Spelling Shed’. Free for our pupils with their school log-ins, this app is to support our girls’ phonics practise from Years 2 to Years 6. Still in its relative infancy, we apologise for any unforeseen upset this educational tool has had on our younger pupils. The ranked spelling list has been removed for Year 2 and we will continue to monitor its effectiveness and appropriacy for all other pupils.

Next week will see the phased introduction of our second app promoting the daily practice of times tables (more information to follow). Thank you for your ongoing support with these initiatives and for your comments and suggestions which help us to review and evaluate effectively. There will be a drop-in session for parents on Mon 26th from 3:30-4:15pm should you wish to pop in with a query about either of these two initiatives.

Spring Term Dates Coming soon in our Bugle are next half term’s dates for your diaries including class assemblies, parent workshops, open days and Parents’ Evenings. A mid-year head teacher update is also planned, along with a parent questionnaire which will be used to inform school development priorities. This half term is set to be one jolly, joyful, jam-packed roly-poly of jubilations, but if there is anything that you think that we should know about or consider in our coming plans please do not hesitate to contact school. Thank you for your unswerving support of Junior School.

Anti-Bullying Conference On 7th Nov, our School Council Representatives: Gia So (4B), Ruby Lyons (4EC), Kate Booth (5P) and Daisy Adams (5L), along with Nancy Evans (4EC) attended the Wirral Anti-bullying Conference at Woodchurch High School. The girls collected lots of ideas for promoting respect (the theme of the day) to bring back to school and share with everyone.

Eco Warrior: Switch Off Fortnight On Fri, the Eco Warriors will be introducing Switch Off Fortnight for the whole school to get involved in. The fortnight will begin on 26th Nov and is an initiative that aims to help the girls become more aware of their energy consumption and the impact wasting energy has on our environment. The Eco Warriors will be challenging the school to become 'energy slayers' and will be asking them to note all the appliances that they 'slay' (turn off) over the next 2 weeks, at home and in school.

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

3,475

Pandas

3,915

Penguins

3,159

Zebras

3,216

If you haven’t been given your login details for ‘TTRockstars’ yet, don’t worry, you will do very soon!

WW1 Centenary Special (more photos to follow in the Academy Newsletter later in the term)

Issue 09

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School Headteacher’s Round-Up

28th November 2018

A peek at the week ahead…

It’s that time of year again where we ask you to locate those donkey costumes and dig out your best tea-towel! Our Reception and Year 1 Nativity practices are well underway, and our tickets will be available for collection from 8:15am tomorrow morning, Thursday 29th November.

Every effort has been made to ensure the fair allocation of tickets to all of our families, with two tickets being reserved for each pupil, but it is important to note that due to limited hall seating, Nativity performances may become full so you may be offered the other Nativity performance time.

Wednesday 12th Dec at 9:30am and 1:30pm There is no cost for the performance tickets—we all appreciate the financial support you give to our PA and School Council events. The Year 1 and Reception team will share extra information regarding the Nativities very soon. Any problems or queries, please do not hesitate to contact myself or the team via the School Office.

Year 2 have enjoyed their ‘Meet the Nativity Characters’ at the Hope Journey, Trinity with Palm Grove Church today and are looking forward to performing their class assemblies in the Spring Term (dates tbc soon). As you may be aware from previous years, our hall capacity is such that our Nativity cannot facilitate all year groups & their parents/carers; we are very much looking forward to their big Year 2 summer production at the end of the year.

Christmas Fair Donations Our Christmas Fair takes place on Saturday 8th December.

All donations are welcomed; please drop donations off outside the Junior Office from Monday 3rd December until Friday 7th December.

Paper cups will be sent home with the girls to be filled and returned by Thursday 6th December.

Friday 7th December is a non-uniform day for the girls and we ask that they please bring-abottle (wines, spirits, soft drinks or toiletries) to be donated to the bottle tombola.

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 4th Dec 5L and 6M Wed 5th Nov 3S and 4EC Dates for the Diary: Wed 28th Nov

LAMDA speech & drama exams

Fri 30th Nov

Hockey Match 2pm—4pm (home) BHSA vs Liverpool College Y5/6

Fri 7th Dec

non-uniform day—bring a bottle for the school fair (and your filled cup)

Eco Assembly The eco warriors held their assembly last Friday and introduced the switch off fortnight. If you can support this initiative at home too by turning lights off when out of a room, boiling just the amount of water you need in a kettle, etc. our eco warriors would be most grateful!

Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday 8th December!

Shoebox Collection A huge thank you for your support with this; well done girls!

School Council News...

Housepoints 3x Fridays and a Thursday!

Running Totals:

Badgers

3,839

Pandas

4,232

Penguins

3,415

Zebras

3,663

Issue 10

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

5th December 2018

Christmas Fair Reminder

A peek at the week ahead…

Please join us on Saturday 8th December. All donations for the fair are greatly welcomed; please drop donations off outside the Junior Office by Friday 7th December. Thank you for filling your cups and returning them to us; just a reminder to please return them by Thursday 6th December.

Dates for the Diary:

Friday 7th December is a non-uniform day for the girls and we ask that they please bring-a-bottle to be donated to the bottle tombola. Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Japanese Pokemon Competition

And the award goes to…

Our teacher of Japanese in KS2, Mrs Heritage , would like to remind the girls that their Pokemon competition entries must be returned by Friday 14th December.

Golden table winners!

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 11th Dec 5P and 6R Wed 12th Nov 3SN and 4B Thu 6th Dec

Rec/KS1 Film afternoon

Fri 7th Dec

non-uniform day—bring a bottle for the school fair (and your filled cup) KS2 Film afternoon

Sat 8th Dec

Christmas Fair 11:00 - 1.30pm

Wed 12th Dec

Rec/Y1 Nativities (9:30/1:30)

Thurs 13th Dec

Nursery Stay & Play 8:30am Christmas Gift Afternoon

Fri 14th Dec

KS2 Christmas Concert in Trinity with Palm Grove Church 2pm

Tue 18th Dec

Anglican Cathedral Choir event

Wed 19th Dec

Christmas Jumper Day Christmas Lunch

Thu 20th Dec

12.15 finish for end of term

We are very much looking forward to our two Nativity performances on Wednesday 12th December. Due to all allocations of 2-per family tickets being taken up for both performances, the hall capacity is at its maximum, therefore no extra tickets will be allocated.

Thank you for your support.

Enrichment News Science club have been very busy this term. Here they are, enjoying racing their home made buggies!

Watch out for our Spring Enrichment Letter, coming soon.

School Council News...

Housepoints Running Totals:

Continues this Friday, 7th December.

Last week, the first Festive Friday was incredibly successful, raising over £100 for its chosen charity.

This is just some of our School Council preparing for this Friday’s lucky dip. Thank you for continuing to support this cause.

Badgers

4,138

Pandas

4,860

Penguins

3,752

Zebras

3,971

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School Headteacher’s Round-Up The end of the autumn term is finally upon us and what an action-packed time it has been. Our new curriculum, including our Project eXplore focus, is ‘off the ground’ with learning links between subject areas and to real-life. Our reflection time, with an emphasis on promoting key values, has been a success, with our girls now using vocabulary about being independent, making kind decisions and respecting each other. We hope you have felt involved in your daughter/ward’s learning journey this term and have seen the outcomes of your support of our incredible PA’s fundraising events.

12th December 2018 Parent Workshops 9th Jan Online Safety Workshops: Y5/6 (pupils & parents) 8:45-9:30am in hall Y3/4 (pupils & parents) 9:45-10:30am in hall Y3-6 (parents only) online safety talk 4-5pm 29th

Jan 14th Jan

23rd Jan Next term sees the introduction of our Anti-bullying Charter (online safety) and our Thrive Team, looking at good mental health and wellbeing. It is also our parent workshop month where there will be opportunities to help learn about and support your daughter/ward in our key school improvement areas.

And finally, I have attached a flyer of all the uniform items on sale in our school uniform shop to help support parents with budgeting over the next term in preparation for our summer term change in uniform and the September new uniform shop! A huge thank you to the uniform shop team for their creation of this flyer. (Please ensure items of uniform are fully named ready for the Spring term.)

Thank you for your continued support and we wish you all a calm, peaceful but very merry Christmas.

Christmas Lunch Should your daughter/ward wish to have a Christmas lunch, please ensure there is at least £2.20 left on ParentPay for meals on Wednesday 19th December. If your daughter/ward usually has a packed lunch and you have added £2.20 onto ParentPay, please ignore the message of ‘minimum £5’ as this can be overridden on this occasion. The Christmas lunch will be the only hot meal option available (plus a vegetarian option); the other choices will either be a turkey or cheese sandwich. Your daughter/ward can of course still bring in their packed lunch.

A peek at the FINAL week ahead…

Issue 11

27th Feb 12th Mar

Japanese Taster Session Rec/Y1 Early Number 3:45—4:30pm Y2-4Times Tables Games 5:30—6:30pm KS1 Phonics & Reading Nursery/Rec Phonics & Reading 4:00—4:45pm Head’s Update and ‘Writing with Imagination’ 6pm—7pm Y2 & Y6 SATs workshop 3.45—4:30pm

Class Assemblies Year 2: 25th Jan (2M)

1st Feb (2T)

Year 4: 8th Feb (4B)

14th Feb (4EC)

Year 3: 22nd Mar (3S)

29th Mar (3SN)

Other Notices...  A warm welcome to Miss Jones, who starts today. Miss Jones is covering Mrs Smith’s maternity leave in Class 1S.

 Our play equipment in the infant playground has been fully repaired and is now available for use by the girls during the school day once more—thank you to our wonderful PA for facilitating this.  Please note, should your daughter/ward have a PCP, the format is changing and Miss Kennerley will be issuing updated plans to you in January.  A final reminder to the girls please—should they wish to enter the Chris Salmon Poetry Extravaganza 2019, entries must be submitted by the end of term.  Amended contact details for Creative Writing Tutor Mr Charlie Lea: 07966 154 133 for new external enrichment club starting on Wed 9th Jan 2019, 3.30pm-4.30pm.

Thu 13th Dec Fri 14th Dec Tue 18th Dec Wed 19th Dec

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 11th Dec 5L and 6M Wed 12th Nov 3S and 4EC Dates for the Diary: Nursery Stay & Play 8:30am Christmas Gift Afternoon KS2 Carols 2pm at Trinity with Palm Grove Church Y3 Stone Age Day Anglican Cathedral Y4-6 Choir event Christmas Jumper Day Please note our jumper day is NOT 14th Dec!

Thu 20th Dec

Christmas Lunch 12.15 finish for end of term

SPRING TERM Dates for the Diary* *please see separate dates for parent workshops & class assemblies Thu 7th Jan New term begins Tue 15th Jan Wirral deadline for F2 places Sat 19th Jan Y5/6 Hockey Match vs Queens (11am) Mon 21st Jan Heights & Weights for Y6 Thu 24th Jan PA funded Rainforest pupil workshops Thu 7th Feb Swimming Gala 4-5pm Sat 9th Feb Mini Cheshire Hockey Tournament (9am-12) Tue 12th Feb Local Governing Board Meeting (5-8pm) Thu 14th Feb School closes for half-term (3:20/3:25pm finish) Fri 15th Feb INSET whole academy staff (closed for pupils) Mon 25th Feb School reopens for Spring 2 Tue 26th Feb - Fri 1st Mar Scholastic Book Fair Week (3.30-3.50pm every day) Wed 27th Feb Netball Match vs Queens (3-6pm) Thu 28th Feb Y6 Road Safety Session (am) W/C 4th Mar Whole School Assessment Week Wed 6th Mar Y3 Philharmonic Trip Thu 7th Mar World Book Day (all junior pupils invited to dress up as their favourite book character)

Fri 8th Mar Wed 13th Mar Sat 16th Mar Tue 19th Mar Thu 21st Mar Fri 22nd Mar

Author visit with books available to purchase (Y1-4) Y5 Easter Story (Trinity with Palm Grove Church) Music Festival tbc Parents’ Evening (3.50-7pm) Science show (all pupils) & UKS2 pupil workshops Parents’ Evening (5.30-8.30pm) Netball Match vs Liverpool College 1-4pm

Fri 29th Mar

School closes for Spring Break (3:20/3:25pm finish)

And the award goes to…

School Council News...

Golden table winners!

The School Council have been doing an amazing job with their Festive Friday fundraising initiative. Here, you can see some of the councillors attending the lucky dip stall.

The total raised so far is an incredible amount of over £300. The final amount raised will be split equally towards playground equipment for the girls and a donation to Crisis, the charity helping the homeless.

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

4,536

Pandas

5,370

Penguins

4,164

Zebras

4,511

The house with the most number of housepoints in next week’s Bugle will be able to wear socks/tights in the colour of their house to celebrate their win on the last day of term.

Thank you for your continued support with this initiative.

Festive Friday will run again on Fri 14th December and finally on Thur 20th December.

Uniform Shop Opening Times The uniform shop will close on Tues 18th Dec for the Christmas period and reopen on Thurs 3rd Jan. The shop will stay open as normal in the February halfterm (Tues/Thurs 2-5pm) and throughout the whole of the Easter holidays (Tues/ Thurs 2-5pm) to ensure all parents get ample chance to buy all the Summer Uniform etc. The long bank holiday weekend of Easter won’t affect any closures for your afternoons.

Details of the Summer break opening hours will be distributed in the New Year.

NURSERY UNIFORM LIST Black Stormstuff Waterproof Coat with logo

W I N T E R W E A R

White Polo Shirt with logo (and reception)

Black Book bag with logo (Year 1-2)

Sky Blue Sweat Cardigan with logo £13.00

Plain Black Jogging Pants £10.00

E X T R A S

Black PE bag with logo £7.00 (small) £9.00 (medium)

£11.00 (large)

Black Fleece Gloves Grey Knitted Cardigan with logo

£4.00

S U M M E R W E A R

£20.00 Black or White Socks £5.00 (Knee High) Pink + White Summer Dress

£4.00 (Ankle)

£28.00 (up to 32” chest) £29.00 (34”+)

Black Pumps £5.00

Trinity with Palm Grove Church, 63 Alton Road, Oxton, CH43 1UZ

| Tel: 0151 651 2020 | Open: Tues + Thurs 2pm - 4.45pm (term time)

JUNIORS UNIFORM LIST White Blouses Long Sleeve (2 pack) Junior Black Blazer with logo (optional for reception)

(From Year 1) £15.00

£38.00

W I N T E R W E A R

Black and White Stripe Tie (From Year 1)

Black Flared Tunic

£4.00 (Elasticated)

£27.00 Black Stormstuff Waterproof Coat with logo £25.00 Grey Knitted Pullover with logo £18.00 Straw Summer Boater £37.00

S U M M E R W E A R

Pink + White Summer Dress £28.00 (up to 34” chest)

Winter Black Felt Hat

£29.00 (34”+)

£40.00

Black or White Socks £5.00 (Knee High) Grey Knitted Cardigan with logo

£4.00 (Ankle)

£20.00

Woolly Opaque tights £6.00 (2 pack)

Trinity with Palm Grove Church, 63 Alton Road, Oxton, CH43 1UZ

| Tel: 0151 651 2020 | Open: Tues + Thurs 2pm - 4.45pm (term time)

JUNIORS UNIFORM LIST Black Fleece Gloves

(year 3 +)

£4.00

£15.00

Black Woolly Hat with logo

P E K I T

E X T R A S

Sky Blue PE Hoody with logo

£9.00

Sky Blue PE Sweatshirt with logo £12.00 or Sky Blue Hoody with logo £15.00 (From year 2) Black Velcro Pumps

Black and White Striped Scarf

£5.00

£12.00

Plain Black Swimming Costume Sky Blue PE Polo with logo (single pack)

£11.00

Plain Black PE Shorts (up to Year 4)

£7.00

E X T R A S

P E K I T

£9.00

Black Swimming Cap

£6.00

Plain Black/Sky PE Skort (Year 5+6) £16.00

Swimming Goggles (various colours) £10.00

Trinity with Palm Grove Church, 63 Alton Road, Oxton, CH43 1UZ

| Tel: 0151 651 2020 | Open: Tues + Thurs 2pm - 4.45pm (term time)

JUNIORS UNIFORM LIST Red Summer Cap with logo £6.00 Black Book bag with Logo (Year 1+2) Black/white + Red/white Scrunchie

£7.00

£3.00 Clips £2.00 Black Satchel with logo

Bobbles

£10.00 Mitre Shin Pads with Ankle Protection

Black Rucksack with logo (Year 3-6) £11.00

E X T R A S

E X T R A S

£9.00

Carta Gum Shield boil and mould (Year 3+)

£4.00 (per item)

Black PE bag with logo £7.00 (small) £9.00 (medium)

Personalised Iron-on Name Labels

£11.00 (large) Additional embroidered initials onto garment Red Summer Kagool with logo £15.00

£1.50 (per item) Additional embroidered name on garment £2.00 (per item)

Trinity with Palm Grove Church, 63 Alton Road, Oxton, CH43 1UZ

| Tel: 0151 651 2020 | Open: Tues + Thurs 2pm - 4.45pm (term time)

SENIORS UNIFORM LIST Black Senior Blazer with logo

Black/Sky Senior Sports Top with logo

£35.00 (up to 36”)

£18.00

£40.00 (38”+)

D A Y W E A R

Black/Sky PE Skort Black Thornton Front Pleat Skirt

£18.00

£17.00 (up to 28”) £19.00 (30”+)

£17.00 (9-10 to Small) £19.00 (medium)

P E K I T

Black Senior Pullover with logo

Black/Sky PE Hoody with logo £20.00 (up to 34”-36”) £24.00 (38”-40”+)

£20.00 (Large +)

Black PE Leggings with logo

E X T R A S

White Rever collar Blouses (2 pack) £17.00 (short or Long sleeve)

£15.00 (up to 28”-30”) £17.00 (30”-32”+)

Black short socks (3 pack)

Black/Sky Turnover PE Socks

£4.00

£7.00 (single pack)

Black Opaque Tights (2 pack) £6.00

Trinity with Palm Grove Church, 63 Alton Road, Oxton, CH43 1UZ

| Tel: 0151 651 2020 | Open: Tues + Thurs 2pm - 4.45pm (term time)

SENIORS UNIFORM LIST Black Fleece Gloves £4.00

Black Rucksack with Logo £18.00

Swimming Cap £6.00

Black Satchel with logo £18.00 Swimming Goggles (various colours)

Black Holdall with logo

£20.00

E X T R A S

E X T R A S

£10.00

Mitre Shin Pads with Ankle Protection £9.00

Black PE bag with logo

Carta Gum Shield (boil and mould)

£8.00

£4.00 (per item)

Black +White Striped Scarf

Personalised Iron-on Name Labels

£12.00

£2.00 for 20

Trinity with Palm Grove Church, 63 Alton Road, Oxton, CH43 1UZ

| Tel: 0151 651 2020 | Open: Tues + Thurs 2pm - 4.45pm (term time)

Issue 12

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School Headteacher’s Round-Up Welcome back! Happy New Year.

A hard-hitting ‘Online Safety’ Day for our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 girls and their parents has been well received with some very important messages landing with our girls. Thank you to those parents who were able to join us today; please note below our upcoming parent workshops this term.

There will be more information on our Assessment System coming to you soon, but please see the brief overview of terms and colours in the adjacent box.

Please keep the lines of communication open with us as we continue to engage, stimulate and educate your daughters/wards with a rich and stimulating curriculum!

A brief note on Assessment Grid Grades…

EMB EMB+ A&P EXC EXC+

= embedding = embedding + = achieving and progressing = exceeding = exceeding +

A peek at the week ahead…

Rec/Y1 Early Number

3:45—4:30pm

Y2-4Times Tables Games

5:30—6:30pm

23rd Jan

KS1 Phonics & Reading Nurs/Rec Phonics & Reading 4:00—4:45pm

29th Jan

Japanese Taster Session

27th Feb

KS1 ‘Writing with Imagination’ 4:30—5:15pm (preceded by Head’s Update)

3:45—4:30pm

KS2 ‘Writing with Imagination’ 6:00—7:00pm (preceded by Head’s Update) 12th Mar

Yellow Green Green Purple Purple

The colours will change throughout the year, with green always representing pupils being at the point expected of them in their learning journey.

Parent Workshops 14th Jan

10th January 2019

Y2 & Y6 SATs workshop

3.45—4:30pm

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 15th Jan Wed 16th Jan

Dates for the Diary: Fri 11th Jan

2M Class Assembly

Tue 15th Jan

Wirral deadline for F2 places

Sat 19th Jan

Y5/6 Hockey Match vs Queens (11am)

Mon 21st Jan

Heights & Weights for Y6

Message from our external creative writing tutor available on Wednesdays 3:30-4:30: there are spaces available in the creative writing club, £10 per session. Please contact Mr Charlie Lea via the school office.

Reception Update This week in Reception we have introduced our new topic Antarctica & the Arctic. We have been learning about penguins and other animals. We will be introducing our new story Lost and Found.

The girls have enjoyed our cold region role-play areas where they have dressed up as, penguins, polar bears or polar explorers.

School Council News A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who supported the school council’s Festive Friday Campaign. The total raised over the four days was an astounding £635.87. Half of this amount was sent, before Christmas, to the Crisis organisation and this enabled 10 homeless people to be fed, sheltered and supported medically over the festive period and beyond.

The council will now be looking to renew the playground toys with the remaining sum and will be asking their peers for some suggestions.

What a great result from some festive fun!

5L and 6M 3S and 4EC

Issue 13

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

16th January 2019

Headteacher’s Round-Up Another week flies by with every minute packed with learning opportunities for our girls. Our school value of kindness has been promoted through the theme of friendship this week, and our girls have been trying hard to show compassion and tolerance at playtimes and lunchtimes and demonstrate the skills of being a good friend.

Workshops Thank you to all parents who attended this week’s maths workshops, and for your generous feedback to us; it helps us to tailor our workshops effectively and address any areas where improvement is needed.

Snow As the weather is expected to turn a little colder, please ensure that your children are wrapped up warm – blazers, coats, scarves, gloves and hats should all be worn (named please). A black ‘beanie’ hat is also an acceptable extra, and outdoor ‘snow-boots’ can be packed if you have them and the weather is suitable i.e. SNOW Assessment Grades Below is guidance on our in-house assessment system with grade descriptors to help support you in understanding how your daughter/ward is achieving.

Please do contact school if you have any queries, concerns or questions you would like answering.

Thank you as always for your continued support.

Workshops

A peek at the week ahead…

A huge thank you for supporting our two maths workshops this week, which were very well received. The early number handout is attached and the times tables games are available electronically as a separate attachment and will be sent out tomorrow.

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 22nd Jan 5P and 6R Wed 23rd Jan 3Sn and 4B

Upcoming events next week…

Wednesday 23rd January (4-4:45pm) Parents of Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children are invited to our Phonics & Reading workshops. These two workshops will run simultaneously (Nur/Rec and Y1/2) Please see the information below. (If you could return the slip from the flyer, or write a note/let the office know if you will be attending, so that we can cater for numbers.)

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Dates for the Diary: Sat 19th Jan

Y5/6 Hockey Match vs Queens (9am)

Mon 21st Jan

Heights & Weights for Y6 pupils

Wed 23rd Jan Phonics/Reading parent workshops (4-4:45pm) Thu 24th Jan

Rainforest workshops (for pupils)

Fri 25th Jan

2M Class Assembly

Tue 29th Jan

Japanese Taster Session (for parents) (3:45-4:30pm)

YEAR 3 reminder: We will be walking to Birkenhead Park on Friday 18th to hide our kindness rocks. Please come to school wrapped up in school coats, woolly hats, scarves & gloves.

Housepoints Running Totals:

Nursery Donations: If anyone has a ‘Little Tykes’ car that they no longer need and would like to donate to Nursery, we would receive it gratefully! Please contact the School office if you feel you can help. Thank you.

Badgers

446

Pandas

291

Penguins

303

Zebras

469

Assessment Grid Grades If your child has been identified as working at Embedding or Embedding+ it means that your daughter/ward is working within the objectives for that year group.

If your daughter/ward has been allocated an A&P grade then it means that she is ‘Achieving and Progressing’ at the ‘Expected’ standard for that year group.

The ‘Expected’ standard (based on the new National Curriculum 2016) is a broad grading band; it has very wide boundaries allowing significant room for progress within the grade itself i.e. two pupils’ work may look very different from one another even though both pupils have been allocated the ‘Expected’ standard (A&P).

Consequently, a number of months’ progress can be demonstrated within this grade.

If your daughter has been allocated an Exceeding or Exceeding+ grade it means that they are working beyond the ‘Expected’ standard and are demonstrating a Greater Depth of ‘skills, matters, processes and knowledge.’ (NC 2016)

Colours The colour allocated to the grades indicates how ‘on-track’ they are in reaching the ‘Expected’ standard (A&P) for their year group – with green representing your daughter/ward being at the point expected of them on their learning journey. Yellow indicates that they are slightly off-track, and no colour indicates that they are becoming markedly off-track or not working within the expected year group standard (and will consequently need a little more ‘support and intervention’). A purple colour indicates that your daughter/ward is working beyond the expected standard and demonstrating a Greater Depth of ‘skills, matters, processes and knowledge’ for their year group.

Expectations Children do not always work at the same pace or grasp concepts at the same time as their peers; our assessment system is a continuum building on skills and knowledge from previous year groups.

We expect all pupils to meet the minimum ‘Expected’ standard for the year group that they are in by the end of the academic year. Our curriculum is based on exploring and applying real-life ‘core subject’* skills, matters, processes and knowledge at the Greater Depth standard so that all pupils are challenged and extended and pushed on to meet their highest academic potential. *Core subjects at BHSA are: English, Maths, Science and Computing

Spelling and Handwriting Your daughter/ward’s spelling and handwriting are assessed slightly differently, as the objectives which outline the ‘Expected’ standard are discrete i.e. clearly defined and can be assessed with a 1 or a 0.

If your daughter/ward is allocated a 1 for their handwriting and/or spelling, this means that they have met all of the objectives which outline the ‘Expected’ standard for that year group.

If your daughter/ward is allocated a 0 for their handwriting and/or spelling, this means that they have not yet met all of the objectives outlining the ‘Expected’ standard for that year group – but they are working towards a 1. *Please note that your daughter/ward may not maintain her grade of a 1 in her spelling and/or handwriting year on year, as she is assessed against a different set of criteria for her new year group.

Handout from Early Number workshop

Issue 14

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

23rd January 2019

Headteacher’s Round-Up Another week of linked learning and showing kindness and independence! I hope you are starting to see your girls improving in their skills, presentational standards and in their ability to be a little more independent; please remember that our door to discuss progress is always open if you need to explore your daughter/ward’s learning journey a little more with us. Parents’ evenings are on Tuesday 19th and Thursday 21st March which is a little way off if you have any queries or concerns you’d like to speak to the class teacher about.

Year 5 Manor Adventure Thank you to our parents who have completed their payments for Manor Adventure so far. Just a reminder that the next instalment of £100 is due on 31st January.

A note to all of ourYear 4 parents that this is a once-in-a lifetime adventure holiday that your children will be invited to attend next academic year which costs about £410 – knowing early may help with the managing of the budget for this. More information will be given to you in the summer term when Miss Capes leads a Manor Adventure meeting.

Year 6 parents: Heights and Weights On Monday we had the nursing team in to measure ourYear 6 girls as part of a government directive to assess 10 and 11 year olds’ heights and weights. If it is the same as in previous years’, some families may receive a letter in the post promoting the Change4Life campaign to address ‘child obesity’ and with a summary of your daughter/ward’s height and weight. I implore you to keep this letter out of the way of yourYear 6 young adults as the information is for parents’ eyes only.As a mentally healthy school promoting good body image, it is important to work with your children on healthy eating and exercise in a way which is child-friendly and not alarming in any way.

Spanish Club It is with great sadness that I share that Mrs Fajardo, our Spanish Club teacher, recently suffered a very close bereavement. Her Spanish club has consequently not taken place this year but will resume next week from 30th January. Mrs Collinson has Spring flyers from Mrs Fajardo for the girls who take part in Spanish club – or who would like to – in the school office. Please ask your daughter/ward to collect one if they attend Spanish club, or you would like your daughter/ward to be involved in this.

ColdWeather There are still lots of younger girls with no coats on in this terribly cold weather. Please ensure that you provide your daughter/ward with one of our fleece-lined school coats, school scarf and black hat. Older girls are encouraged to wear their blazers and school coats, scarves and hats. Snow boots are permitted in snow/frosty weather but school shoes for inside school is required.

Thank you for your continued correspondence, and for your ongoing support of the school.

Workshops

A peek at the week ahead…

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 29th Jan 5L and 6M Wed 30th Jan 3S and 4EC

Tonight, we welcome parents/carers of girls in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 for our two phonics and reading workshops (4-4.45pm) this week.

The powerpoint from our online safety workshop held earlier this month (led by Kayte Walsh) is attached to this Bugle.

Dates for the Diary: Thu 24th Jan

Rainforest workshops (for pupils)

Fri 25th Jan

2M Class Assembly (parents invited)

Tuesday 29th January (3:45-4:30pm)

Tue 29th Jan

Japanese Taster Session (for parents) (3:45-4:30pm)

Parents of children in Years 3 to 6 are invited to our Japanese Taster Session to hear about what the girls are learning in their language classes this year.

Fri 1st Feb

2T Class Assembly (parents invited)

Upcoming events next week…

Housepoints Running Totals:

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Badgers

727

Pandas

613

Penguins

670

Zebras

1012

Issue 15

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

30th January 2019 A peek at the week ahead…

Headteacher’s Round-Up Thank you to our parents who managed to support our Japanese taster session on Tuesday; we are hoping to run this again before the spring term is out. Our next workshops are at the end of February where there will be a short Head’s Update followed by a Writing with Imagination workshop. More information will follow about these events as they will need to be ticketed in order to cater effectively for those attending; feedback from previous workshops highlighted the importance of knowing numbers.

Thank you for your continued support - especially in the snow!

Workshops Upcoming events in February…

Wednesday 27th February

Head’s Update and Writing with Imagination Rec, Y1, Y2 parents 4:30-5:15pm Y3, Y4, Y5 parents 6-7pm

More information to follow regarding these events including a reply slip which must be returned if your attendance is to be expected Tapestry Parents in Nursery and Reception (EYFS) - please don’t forget to upload photographs or make comments onto our digital learning journey ‘Tapestry’ about your daughter/ward. It helps our

Music News

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 5th Feb 5P and 6R Wed 6th Feb 3SN and 4B Dates for the Diary: Fri 1st Feb

2T Class Assembly (parents invited)

Thu 7th Feb

Swimming Gala (4-5pm)

Fri 8th Feb

Class 4B assembly (parents invited)

Sat 9th Feb

Hockey (9-12pm)

‘Rainforest Dave’ supported by our wonderful PA and parental contributions was a huge success; our girls were thoroughly engaged and inspired!

NOTICES:

Mrs Chalmers’ duo, Two Black Sheep, recently released their second album; it features BHSA Junior Choir & Bidston Ave Choir on track 10, “When The Tide Comes In”. You can stream the track for free on Spotify/Apple Music or download it from iTunes, etc.

If you would like to purchase a CD, go to the website shop: www.twoblacksheep.co.uk.

Type ‘CHOIR’ when you check-out to receive a £5 discount.

Two Black Sheep are due to be interviewed on Roger Lyon’s Radio Merseyside show on Sat 9th Feb between 12-2pm, when the track with the choirs on will be played. Try to tune in!

Junior School Book Fair 2019 Tuesday 26th February- Friday 1st March 3.40-4.10 pm in the Junior foyer Join us to celebrate reading at our Book Fair!

The Book Fair will be arriving in school just after the half term break, with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy. Don’t forget that every book you buy can help to get FREE BOOKS for our school library! Thank you for your support.

team to support learning effectively

Summer dresses now in stock!

and to stretch and challenge in key

Please visit our school uniform shop

areas of skill or talent!

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

1215

Pandas

857

Penguins

953

Zebras

1747

A huge thank you to our wonderful girls for being SO sensible in our slippy weather...

No snowballs have been thrown…

No igloos have been started… … no smiles either!

Please could I ask that all girls come in a warm coat tomorrow with gloves and hats and that snow/ice boots/shoes are worn. If you could pop school shoes into your daughter/ward’s school bag too please to protect our inside environment.

Sandy Way carpark will be closed if snowy or icy in the morning again.

If at the end of the school day Sandy way has cones out, please do not move them please; this means that driving down there is unsafe for our girls.

Issue 16

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School Headteacher’s Round-Up BHSA Junior school staff would like to thank each and every parent and carer for their support throughout the snowy snap last week. You helped our girls to demonstrate resilience and determination, and witness tolerance and patience as our school team endeavoured to clear paths, assess areas and change plans last minute to keep our girls safe. I also need to thank our mum and dad helpers (and carers and grandparents!) who went above and beyond in helping our school community with road gritting, car pushing and area patrolling alongside our academy staff! We are all very grateful – thank you!

6th February 2019

A peek at the week ahead…

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 12th Feb 5L and 6M Wed 13th Feb 3S and 4EC Dates for the Diary: Thu 7th Feb

Swimming Gala (4-5pm)

Fri 8th Feb

Class 4B assembly (parents invited)

Sat 9th Feb

Hockey (9-12pm)

Thu 14th Feb Class 4EC assembly (parents invited) Break up for half-term Mon 25th Feb Spring 2 begins

Junior Digital Leaders Our Digital Leaders have been working very hard with Mrs Bailey to produce assemblies for Safer Internet Day today. The girls presented their PowerPoints and spoke to both Rec, KS1 & KS2 girls, informing them and raising their awareness of online safety. Their main message to all pupils was: ‘Digital Leaders are here to help educate, lead and keep you safe online; to teach you how to use the internet safely and kindly and make sure you make good decisions whilst you are online.’

Well done Digital Leaders!

Thank You! A big THANK YOU to the kind people who donated the Little Tykes cars to our Nursery.

We now have a fleet of 5 cars which the girls are enjoying driving!

Junior School Book Fair 2019 Tuesday 26th February- Friday 1st March 3.40-4.10 pm in the Junior foyer Join us to celebrate reading at our Book Fair!

The Book Fair will be arriving in school just after the half term break, with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy. Don’t forget that every book you buy can help to get FREE BOOKS for our school library!

Thank you for your support.

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

1731

Pandas

1246

Penguins

1416

Zebras

2257

Class Corner

Hear from Year 2 A Peek at our Week!

Both classes have thoroughly enjoyed performing their assemblies.

Project eXplore update We have been learning about Australia and locating different landmarks such as Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. We have been exploring the deep ocean and the moon in our literacy lessons, where we have written very in te re st ing p ost ca rds and jo b advertisements for Bob, man on the moon and Dougal, the Deep Sea Diver. Over the next few weeks, we will be learning about Aboriginal art and researching facts about native Australian animals. We will also be learning about how Captain Cook ventured across Oceans to discover Australia.

Class 2M demonstrated the value of courage.

Class 2T based their assembly on the value of responsibility.

Our favourite read...

2T are currently reading: ‘James and the Giant Peach’ by Roald Dahl.

“I can’t wait to find out what happens next.”

We have thoroughly enjoyed reading these texts in our literacy lessons.

Did You Know?

“Imaginative!”

Captain was born in 1728 near Middlesbrough and first worked in a grocery store.

By special request, 2M are currently reading ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ by JK Rowling

He was an officer of the British Royal Navy, as well as a navigator and explorer. He is famous for discovering Australia.

“This is magical!”

“I would give it two thumbs up.”

Home Support We have been working hard to improve our addition and subtraction skills.

Each morning , we complete a range of different calculations to practice bridging through ten or adding two digit with a two digit number as well as solving problems.

We have just begun to learn multiplication skills; it would be amazing if you could help your daughter/ward to learn their 2, 3, 5 and 10 times table by heart.

‘Dechox’ in support of British Heart Foundation Ellie was born with a chronic heart condition, Complete AVSD. At 9 months old, she had open-heart surgery in an attempt to repair the holes in her heart and save her life. The operation went well but she still had a moderate leak on the left side of her heart. In December 2018, she began medication to prolong the need for further surgeries.

Ellie has decided she wants to start fundraising for the British Heart Foundation after the death of her Great-Nan in December, who also suffered from a heart condition. To kick-start her fundraising she is giving up chocolate for the whole of February for the British Heart Foundation’s annual ‘Dechox’.

For more information on Ellie’s story, and to donate, please visit her just giving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dechox2019-ellie-maygoeschocfree Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Miss Thomas Learning & Well-being Mentor Birkenhead High School Academy

THREADWORM –INFORMATION FOR PARENTS This infection is not serious but medical guidance should be sought if you suspect that your child is suffering from them.

Threadworm: Threadworm are common worm infections of the intestines (or gut) that often do not show symptoms. They are particularly common in children between the ages of five and twelve years. Infection often occurs in more than one family member.

Threadworms look like thin, white cotton threads.

Signs and symptoms In infections where there are symptoms, itching around the anus occurs, especially after a warm bath or at night causing sleep disturbance.

Sometimes the worms can be seen either in the stools or around the anus.

Mode of Transmission Transmission is by direct transfer of infective eggs by hand from anus to mouth of the same or another person, or indirectly through clothing, bedding or food. Re-infection is common. The eggs are ingested and hatch in the small intestine. The worms then migrate to the large bowel.

Treatment There are a variety of treatments available; advice should be sought from your GP. Treatment should be repeated after two weeks. It is also advisable to treat the whole family/ household members at the same time in order to adequately eradicate the problem from the household.

Prevention of spread • Encourage hand washing especially after going to the toilet and before eating • Keep fingernails short and discourage nail biting • Wear clean underwear at night

Children with threadworm do not need to be kept away from school as long as the child is treated and is aware of the hygiene measures required.

Ref: NHS Guidance

Issue 17

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

13th February 2019

A peek at the week ahead…

Headteacher’s Round-Up

Who’s Swimming?

What a wonderful half term we’ve all had here at BHSA Juniors! An actionpacked and learning-full start to 2019, with Class 2T, 2M and 4B promoting the values of responsibility, courage and being positive. Class 4EC have their assembly this week on Thursday at 8:45am. th

Our girls break up for half term at their normal time on Thursday 14 February and return to us on Monday 25th February, ready for a short 5week term which will see a Scholastic Book Fair, our ‘Writing with Imagination’ workshop and Head’s update, Year 6 road safety talks, Year 3 Philharmonic trip, Year 4 Viking trip, Year 5 Birkenhead Priory trip, World Book Day (J.K.Rowling themed), SATs workshops, Music Festivals, Science Roadshow, and of course our parents’ evenings on 19 th and 21st March.

Attendance In March 2016 the Department for Education (DfE) published a report on the link between absence and attainment in Key Stage 2. It was found that pupils with no absence are 1.3 times more likely to achieve the ‘expected’ standard in reading, writing and maths by the end of Key Stage 2 (primary school), and 3.1 times more likely to achieve the higher greater depth standard, than pupils that have missed 10-15 per cent of all sessions.

There are a number of girls in our school whose attendance has fallen significantly over recent months and school will be sending letters out to parents/carers to alert them to their daughter/ward’s attendance. Please do contact school if you would like any more information about your child’s attendance or want to discuss addressing your child’s continued absences.

Tues 26th Feb 5B and 6R Wed 27th Feb 3SN and 4B Dates for the Diary: Thu 14th Feb Class 4EC assembly (parents invited) Break up for half-term (usual school end-time)

Mon 25th Feb Spring 2 begins Tues 26th Feb - Fri 1st Mar Junior Book Fair (see details below) Wed 27th Feb Writing Workshop & Head’s Update Thu 28th Feb Y6 Road Safety Workshops (pupils only)

Fri 1st Mar

Y5 trip across the Mersey and to Birkenhead Priory

Fri 8th Mar

PA Quiz Night (7:30pm) (see details attached)

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Holidays BHSA Junior school children have 16 weeks’ worth of holidays across the academic year. A number of term-time holiday requests are made each week by parents for authorisation for school time holidays. At BHSA we follow the Department for Education legislation and Wirral LA guidelines which means that school leaders do not allow for any holiday absences during term time. Evidence of a one-off family wedding may be authorised

by Mrs Mahony and the governors for a maximum of 3 days, but all other days will be recorded as unauthorised. This may result in a Fixed Penalty Notice for absence.

Writing with Imagination workshops Your daughter/ward has received a paper copy of a letter outlining the times of our two workshops on Writing with Imagination on Wednesday 27th February (also attached electronically). If you are interested in attending this workshop, please return the slip attached by the first day after the half term. This is very important to ensure that we adhere to health and safety regulations on capacity, and to tailor our workshop effectively.

The aims of this workshop are: - to discuss expected standards of writing - to provide examples of opportunities to engage imagination - to promote a love of talking and writing - to develop writing Everybody at BHSA wishes you a wonderful break from school next week.

Thank you for your continued support of school and the school team.

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

2152

Pandas

1671

Penguins

1887

Zebras

2745

Junior School Book Fair 2019

Chinese New Year

Tuesday 26th February- Friday 1st March 3.40-4.10 pm in the Junior foyer Join us to celebrate reading at our Book Fair!

The Book Fair will be arriving in school just after the half term break, with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy. Don’t forget that every book you buy can help to get FREE BOOKS for our school library!

Thank you for your support.

The girls in Reception had a lovely time tasting Chinese food last week: they had the opportunity to taste noodles, rice, prawn crackers and spring rolls in celebration of Chinese New Year.

Competition News!

Well done to Phoebe Lewis of Year 6 who has been chosen as a runner up in the national Super Bugs competition.

Phoebe impressed the judges with her creative radio jingle designed to spread the word about antimicrobial resistance. 6M was delighted to learn that Phoebe's prize is a trip for the whole class to the Science Museum in London, funded

by Pfizer!

Dear Parents and Carers, Wednesday 27th February 2019 We would like to warmly invite all parents and carers to the Writing with Imagination workshops on Wednesday 27 th February 2019. The workshops will take place in Junior Hall in year groups as follows: Reception, Year 1, Year 2

4.30pm - 5.15pm

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5

6.00pm - 7.00pm

The workshops will be preceded by the Headteacher’s update. Please can you complete the reply slip below if you are able to attend the workshop and return to school by Monday 25th February 2019. This is to ensure that school adheres to health and safety regulations on capacity. A further date may be required should numbers exceed capacity.

Year 6 Writing with Imagination workshop will be encompassed within the SATs meeting later on in the term.

Yours sincerely

Mrs C Peace Head of Junior School -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Writing with Imagination workshops I would like to attend the parent workshop on Wednesday 27 th February 2019.

Daughter/ward name ………………………………………………. Form…………

Signed ………………………………………………… Parent/Guardian

Issue 18

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School Headteacher’s roundup A lovely warm welcome back at the start of the new half term; our girls are smiling and ready and raring to learn!

We welcome Mrs Williams back into the school office after having her little baby George, and we say a fond farewell to Mrs Moran who has been covering Mrs Williams’ maternity leave.We wish her all the very best in her new job.

In other staffing news, Mrs Smith has welcomed her premature twins Jack and Lily finally into their family home – the whole family are now doing really well.

World Book Day Thursday 7th March is World Book Day and we once again invite all of our pupils to dress up as their favourite book character. BHSA Junior staff will be dressed as characters created by J. K. Rowling, so if this inspires your daughter/ ward they can join us! Alternatively, any dress up clothing (with appropriate coverage and sensible shoes!) will be perfect for our book celebrations.

Writing with Imagination workshop This event is now full. Thank you to all parents who were interested in this event and returned their forms to help us cater effectively for you. All resources will be made available electronically.

Sandy Way car park Mrs Mahony emailed parents yesterday with news that the Sandy Way car park is no longer available for use (with immediate effect), as there will be extensive building work carried out to the tennis centre behind Junior school and the surrounding area. Pedestrian access to and around the school is currently being monitored. Please park and walk to school where possible allowing for the extra time on your journey.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Crime Fighters in Reception!

On Monday, Reception girls were commissioned as Police Detectives to find clues at the crime scene of the Three Bears Cottage and complete a crime report. They found a lock of blonde hair in baby bear’s bed, a necklace with the letter 'g' hanging on a broken chair and small footprints!

26th February 2019

A peek at the week ahead…

Who’s Swimming?

Tues 5th Mar 5L and 6M Wed 6th Mar 3S and 4EC Dates for the Diary: Tues 26th Feb - Fri 1st Mar Junior Book Fair (see details below) Wed 27th Feb Writing Workshops & Head’s Update Rec, Y1, Y2 4:30-5:15pm Y3, Y4, Y5 6:00-7:00pm (Now full - resources/handouts in next Bugle)

Wed 27th Feb Y5&6 netball match 3-6pm Thu 28th Feb Y6 Road Safety Workshops (pupils only)

Fri 1st Mar

Y5 trip across the Mersey and to Birkenhead Priory

Wed 6th Mar Y3 Philharmonic Trip 12:30-3:30pm Thu 7th Mar

World Book Day

Fri 8th Mar

Visiting author for Y1-4 PA Quiz Night 7:30pm

Online Safety As you may have read in the media recently, there have been some apps and online ’games’ which are causing distress to young people. Please see more information on our Bugle page 3.

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

2089

Pandas

1504

Penguins

1696

Zebras

2575

Class Corner

Hear from Year 4 A Peek at our Week!

Both classes have thoroughly enjoyed performing their assemblies.

Project eXplore update We have been exploring a range of journeys people have to take throughout their lives. We have been learning about a refugee’s difficult journey to find a new, safe home. The children have been plotting routes on maps; discovering the artist: Nizar Ali Badr and writing their own version of the journey. We have been studying lots of other journeys such as: an Anglo Saxon’s journey to Britain, Lila’s journey in ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ and the journey a plastic bottle takes when it has been used.

“Project eXplore is fun because it is a mixture of all the subjects” “I love everything being based around one topic, studying it in more detail and it all being in one book”

Class 4B based their assembly on positivity, determination and collaboration.

Class 4EC showed how we are all unique.

Our favourite read...

Year 4 are currently reading: ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ by Philip Pullman.

“It’s an interesting journey” “The adventure is very exciting and dangerous” “Lila is inspiring as she takes lots of risks”

“It is a pleasure to read”

Coming up this half term…

Year 4 will be visiting Tatton Park to learn about Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.

More information to come.

Home Support Please continue to take advantage of the wonderful online platforms to help assist in the girls’ hub job homeworks.

We would like to see at least 10 games on Spelling Shed and Times Tables Rockstars played every week. An accelerated reader quiz should be taken after every book is read.

Who will be next to read one million words?

Did You Know?

Plastic pollution can now be found on every beach in the world, from busy tourist beaches to uninhabited, tropical islands - nowhere is safe.

Scientists have recently discovered microplastics embedded deep in the Arctic ice.

Every day, approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans.

ONLINE SAFETY CONCERNS

‘Tik Tok’ app What is the Tik Tok app (and why is it dangerous)?      

The Tik Tok app is a music video social media platform that has replaced the Musical.ly app.

Existing Musical.ly users, content, and followers have been moved to the new TikTok app upon updating.

Developed in China, the TikTok app combines lip-syncing, built-in video effects, and social media.

Users can watch clips of others or create clips, edit them, and add special effects.

The most popular videos feature lip-syncing or dancing.

Users need to be 13 years old to have an account.

What was the Musical.ly app?   

Musical.ly was a popular app with children that lets users make lip-syncing videos to their favourite songs.

Sometimes there could be mature language and sexual content in the songs that are popular on the app, and there was no way to filter the content.

The app had messaging features that can open children up to inappropriate conversations with strangers.

Why are we concerned?

Tik Tok is rapidly becoming the most downloaded app.

      

All content is immediately accessible with no filters. A lot of the content is inappropriate for children to view.

There are only two privacy settings on the app: Private: only the creator can watch their videos.

Public: anyone on the app can see their videos.

By default, all accounts are public unless the privacy settings are changed.

In our experience, apps like Tik Tok and Musical.ly can allow strangers to direct message children.

If your child had the Musical.ly app they will automatically be transferred to the Tik Tok app.

MOMO online ‘game’ Some of our students in both juniors and seniors have spoken to staff about a new 'game' online called the MOMO Challenge. It is frightening them and encouraging them to complete challenges, including it has been reported, to kill themselves. We believe it also appears on YouTube clips and on some social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Instagram.

The link below has more information for you from the BBC, reporting from Irish police: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47359623 We wanted to alert you to this latest concern and should you want any further information on keeping your daughter/ward safe online, the NSPCC and Net Aware both have plenty of information for you.

Issue 19

The BHSA Bugle: Junior School

A peek at the week ahead…

Headteacher’s roundup A huge thank you for your support and patience with our Sandy Way closures as extensive building work to our tennis centre continues. Another thank you to our parents who returned slips and attended our Writing with Imagination workshop – if you can no longer attend a workshop, particularly following the completion of a return slip; please can all parents/carers inform the school office. A huge amount of effort goes into these after school events by our incredible staff team which are above and beyond the school day workload.

SATs Meetings for all Year 2 and Year 6 parents/carers will take place on Tuesday 12th March at 3:45-4:30pm.All children are welcome to attend with their parents.

Parents’ evening for all BHSA Junior pupils will take place on Tuesday 19th March 3:507pm and Thursday 21st March 5:30-8:30pm. Please book a ten minute slot via our Parent Booking System (see link below). This system will go live for bookings at 9am on Monday 11th March. It will close at midday on Monday 18th March. Please let your daughter/ ward’s class teacher know if you need an additional appointment with our SENDCO Miss Kennerley (this will only be for parents/carers who need to discuss their daughter/ ward’s special educational need).

Mrs Hamer would like to offer the girls in Reception an opportunity to join Speech & Drama lessons in the Summer Term. A taster session will be arranged for the girls who would like to attend prior to signing up for the term’s lessons— this will take place on Wednesday 13th March at 12:20 Letters will be given out to the girls about this. Please return the reply slip and payment if you wish your daughter/ward to attend next week.

Tues 12th Mar 5P and 6R Wed 13th Mar 3SN and 4B Dates for the Diary: Thu 7th Mar

World Book Day - see notice below

Fri 8th Mar

Visiting author & book signing for Y1-4 pupils PA Quiz Night CANCELLED

Mon 11th Mar Parents’ evening booking system goes ‘live’ (9am) Tue 12th Mar SATs Meetings for parents of Y2 & 6 (daughters/wards welcome too)

3:45pm—4:30pm Wed 13th Mar Y5 Easter Story visit to Trinity with Palm Grove Church Fri 15th Mar

Red Nose Day (children in uniform

but welcome to wear red noses in support)

Please join us, and the rest of the UK, in helping your daughter/ward dress up as a character from a favourite book of their choice. The teachers will be dressing up as characters from Harry Potter - can you guess who’s dressed as who?

There will be fun activities throughout the day, including a treasure hunt, to support our love of reading at BHSA.

Writing with Imagination: Please find attached details of the wonderful games played & discussed at our recent workshop.

The presentation slides from both the Head’s update & workshop are also attached as separate PDFs.

And the award goes to…

Golden table winners!

Who’s Swimming?

Thursday 7th March 2019

Speech & Drama Notice Mrs Hamer and her team have been working hard with the girls in their lessons this year, including practising for the recent LAMDA exams, in which all pupils did exceptionally well.

6th March 2019

SATs Meetings

Tuesday 12th March 3:45pm - 4:30pm Parents/carers of Y2 & Y6 pupils are invited to attend a meeting with the class teachers to explore what SATs are, how to support your daughter/ward at home and ask any questions you may have.

‘How to’ sheets will be distributed for Y6 to help support at home. We would appreciate your attendance at this event at this crucial time of year for the girls (Pupils are welcome to attend.)

Housepoints Running Totals:

Badgers

2395

Pandas

1873

Penguins

2261

Zebras

3056

Year 5 Trip The Year 5s experienced the full ‘Gerry and the Pacemaker’s’ experience last week, singing in fine voice, as they sailed along the Mersey as part of their Project eXplore learning for this term. They carried out geographical surveys both on the ferry and as they walked along the river bank to their final destination – Birkenhead Priory.

This stunning building is the oldest in Merseyside and was the site of the original ferry service started by the monks.

Thanks to all the girls and parent helpers for making this a great day out with connections to our curriculum galore!

Year 3 Design & Technology Notice As part of Year 3’s DT topic on 'healthy sandwich snacks', we are hoping for the girls to try some different types of breads as part of their product research. We would like the girls to sample different types of breads (rye, pitta, naan, bagel, etc) Please let the Year 3 teachers know if your daughter/ward

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