Year Six Visit Washington Old Hall…

6th October 2014Mr G Mcintosh
Year 6 recently enjoyed a trip to Washington Old Hall where we experienced life as a Tudor for the day.  Having donned our Tudor clothes, we began with a tour of the impressive building and gardens. As we looked around each area, we found out about the jobs that would have been done in Tudor times and we were each allocated our own job…poor Mrs Todd became the ‘pot girl’… eugh!
After that, Charlie and Niamph were declared Lord and Lady of the manor and led the way to the banquet hall for a Tudor feast fit for a king! Flagons of ale (well, apple juice), doorstop-pieces of bread, ye olde ham, cheese and fruit were devoured with much enthusiasm before we enjoyed the chance to play with a range of Tudor toys.
In the afternoon, we busied ourselves with making pomanders containing lavender and miniature portraits. A great time was had by all and we thoroughly enjoyed the chance to bring our studies of the Tudors to life!

Macmillan Coffee Afternoon.

29th September 2014Mr G Mcintosh

On Friday 26th September, Mrs Parkes hosted another hugely successful coffee afternoon to raise funds for the Macmillan nurses.

We knew this event was going to be popular, but we didn’t bank on it taking over twenty minutes just to get everyone into the hall!  We were overwhelmed with the response and turnout and were thankful that we had bought enough biscuits! (Although some staff were disappointed at the lack of leftovers!)

Massive thanks to everyone who donated raffle prizes and provided cakes to sell.  We clearly have some very talented parents, and the cakes and buns went down a storm!

No doubt that part of the popularity was down to the fact that Reception and year one provided the entertainment!  I think it is incredible testament to how confident and settled our reception class is that they were quite happy to sing in front of such a huge audience, a huge thank you to the staff for leading the singing too!

I hope that everyone who attended had a great time and returned home contented, entertained and full of cake!  Macmillan will be delighted too, due to your generosity and the staff’s hard work we managed to raise a very impressive £570.70!  Quite easily the most we have ever raised at a coffee morning!

Thank you all.

Look out for more events coming soon…IMG_0345-1 IMG_0343-1 IMG_0372-1 IMG_0369-1 IMG_0367-1 IMG_0364-1 IMG_0362-1 IMG_0359-1 IMG_0358-1 IMG_0357-1 IMG_0356-1 IMG_0352-1 IMG_0351-1 IMG_0348-1

A Welcome from Mrs Evans

25th September 2014Mr G Mcintosh

Thank you for your support and understanding over the last two weeks. The children are settling into routines and are already showing a keen interest in activities.

 

Our first topic is ‘Bears’, developed through familiar stories and rhymes. We will be doing lots of drama and creative activities as well as finding out about bears around the world.

 

We are currently working through the first phase of the phonics program, developing listening skills and exploring rhyme. There are lots of fun activities you can do at home to support your child through sound games and making up silly rhymes. Soon, the children will be starting their first reader. This book centres on introducing keyword vocabulary and also introduces the main story characters from the early reading scheme.

 

In number activities, the focus is on developing vocabulary through practical activities, including counting rhymes, sorting and matching activities and number recognition games. We are also continuing our early work on shape through our Bear topic.

 

Alongside these activities, the children have lots of opportunity for investigative play and reinforcement activities, as well as sessions in the ICT suite and regular PE lessons. Children will need a PE kit in school from next week. Please make sure all items are named and encourage your child to be as independent as possible in dressing and changing.

 

If you have any concerns or questions please call in or make an appointment to see us.

 

Thank you for your support.

J. Evans

Term Dates.

4th September 2014Mr G Mcintosh

Please find this accademic year’s term dates here.

 

 

Welcome back and refurbishment news…

4th September 2014Mr G Mcintosh

Welcome back everybody, I know this will be an exciting and successful year for everyone here at Bede Burn!

As some of you may know we have had massive renovations and refurbishments going on over the summer holiday.  A brief run down of the works are:

  • New carpets throughout the school
  • New vinyl ‘wet areas’
  • All walls painted
  • Fitted sink areas in every class
  • 200 new chairs
  • New furniture in every class room
  • Outside gym equipment installed
  • Sliding doors fitted across every class cupboard space.

The school looks fantastic and is an excellent learning environment for our children.  A massive thank you goes from us all here to Mr Mckeown, without whom the work simply would not have been finished.

Check out the photgraphs here to get an idea…IMG_0237IMG_0240 IMG_0243 IMG_0238 IMG_0237 IMG_0231 IMG_0252 IMG_0251 IMG_0250 IMG_0248 IMG_0247 IMG_0246 IMG_0237 IMG_0236IMG_0232