Newsletters

The Selfish Giant

Prep (Yr 1) and Upper Prep (Yr 2) put on a wonderful performance of The Selfish Giant. The children were wonderful at reciting their lines with expression and confidence. The singing and dancing was fantastic, and we were lucky enough to have the play and songwriter, Sheila Wilson, join us in the audience. Sheila said she was really impressed with the performance and said it was the best adaptation of The Selfish Giant that she had ever seen! Well done Prep and Upper Prep (and staff) you should be very proud of yourselves.

Reminder

School email will be down over the half-term due to the building work that is taking place. Apologies for any inconvenience, but the school office and staff will not have access to send or receive emails during half-term.

Safeguarding Newsletter

Please take time to read this term's Safeguarding Newsletter. It is also available on the school website.

https://www.flipsnack.com/AFE6B9BBDC9/st-bernard-s-prep-safeguarding-newsletter/full-view.html

Upper Trans Assembly 

We enjoyed a beautiful assembly by Upper Trans C on the gratitude our children feel for their teachers, to tie in with National Thank a Teacher Day. It was really lovely to hear all the things that the children enjoy about school and the way in which their teachers have enhanced their enjoyment of school and learning. Miss Grogan moved to tears with some of the comments - thank you so much Upper Trans C.

Ugly Bug Ball

In the grande finale of the minibeast topic, Early Years hosted an Ugly Bug Ball! The children looked fantastic and the sun shone, so they were able to go out on a minibeast safari.

Wedding Bells

Congratulations to Miss Mehta who got married last weekend.

Sport Stars

This week’s Sports Stars are Daniel in Year 6, who during an U11 Cricket match on Wednesday 25^th May, took a hat-trick.  Exceptional bowling and a well-deserved accolade for the young man! And to Eesa (Yr 3) who has had a very active month with a swimathon, a triathlon, swim-run competition and an athletics event! Well done Sports Stars!

Eco Council

Thank you to all the children who have made their Earth Day Pledges. These are now displayed on the Eco Council wall in a most beautiful rainbow. We would love to add photos of you keeping your pledge. Please send in any photos after half-term and give them to your Eco Council representative. Thank you.

Arts Week!

From Monday 6^th June - Thursday 9^th of June we will be having an Arts Week in school. Your children will get the opportunity to participate in a range of activities related to ‘Sound, Images, Words, Moves and Marks.’ We are looking forward to welcoming a professional storyteller in to school on Thursday 9^th June, who will work with children across school, retelling local legends and stories from around the world in a fun, interactive way. On Tuesday 7^th June we are very excited to have a local author coming in to school to read her book Bodhi the Pirate Dog to EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2. We hope this will be an inspiring and enjoyable week for all the children, and will allow them to showcase all their artistic talents!

Jubilee Picnic - Monday 6th June

To celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee we are having a whole school quintessential English picnic! Louis will be preparing sandwiches and scones, cake and cookies. Children can come to school in tracksuit bottoms and a red, white and blue top, and we hope that we will enjoy the picnic as a whole school, weather permitting.

Thinking School

As a school we have a reputation for our academic success, but we are so much more than outstanding results. As I always say to new parents looking around the school, it is no good being brilliant at maths and Engligh if you can't hold a conversation or have independent thought. This term we have introduced a P4C Club - Philosophy for Children. It has proved incredibly popular with the children, who are enjoying debating and negotiating, critical thinking and reflection. We discuss questions that have no right or wrong answer, but are interesting to explore. It's a great vehicle for positive learning and growth-mind set, and helps to promote independent thought and self-esteem.

This week we held a debate in response to the following question: “Are school trips a good idea or wasted learning time?” The Year 6 children were particularly passionate about this following their fun-packed week last week!

There were some nice quotes/reflections at the end from the children too:

• "Work hard but play harder! Trips are a reward for hard work and good behaviour."  Shariya
• "Trips help you to discover new qualities about yourself and what you enjoy in life."  Daniel/Ruby
• "Life goes both ways - it's all about balance!"  Aisheek/Rehan

Make a Difference

This week in PSHCE the Transition (Yr 4) children have been thinking about our ‘Make a Difference’, social action project for after half-term.

During their lesson they brainstormed ideas for what our chosen cause could be. They came up with a broad range of ideas from helping in the environment and stopping pollution, to raising awareness for heart health and supporting refugees. For homework the children then had to write about the cause that they felt most passionate about.  Today each child had the opportunity to tell the rest of the year group what cause they would like to support and why.  It was an excellent exercise in speech writing, use of persuasive language and presentation. Miss Grogan was really impressed with the thoughtful and well-crafted speeches. Well done Transition, next stop Queen's Council!