Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Children in Need- Friday 16th November 2018

  Wed 31 Oct 2018

  Dear Parents and Carers

   

  This year our school will be supporting Children in Need by taking part in ‘The Big Spotacular’ on Friday 16th November. (Nursery children- in addition to the above date, there will also be a Children in Need day on Monday 19th November)

   

  Children will not need to wear school uniform on this day; they can dress in anything spotty. A suggested donation of £1.00 would be gratefully received.

   

  We look forward to seeing you all wearing your spots. 

   

  We also have Pudsey Ears available at a cost of £2.50 and Pudsey Pin Badges at £1.00 each. These are now on sale from our school office. Please take a look at the pictures below to view the items we have for sale.

   

  Thankyou for your support.

   

  

• Bonfire Lunch Monday 5th

  Wed 31 Oct 2018

  The school lunch theme for this term is Bonfire Celebration. This will take place on Monday 5th November.

  Please take a look at the menu for this day.

  Thank you

   

  

• Poppy Appeal- Remembrance Day

  Wed 31 Oct 2018

  Poppies are now available from our school office and donations are greatly received.

  We also have some other items available that come in a lovely poppy design:

  Friendship Bracelet £1.00

  Slap Rulers              £1.00

  Poppy Reflectors     50p

  Sharpener               50p

  Ruler                       £1.00

  Eraser                     50p

  Pencil                      50p

  Thankyou

   

  

• Parent feedback October 2018

  Fri 19 Oct 2018 Anna Cvijetic
  Many thanks to all our carers who took the time at parent consultations to give feedback on 'What we are doing well' and 'What we could do better'.  Please see the summary of the feedback, a response and the comments people made below or on the 'letters' section.

  

• Y1-6 Times tables workshop- feedback and resources for parents

  Thu 18 Oct 2018
  Many thanks to everyone who attended the times tablesworkshop on Monday- it was great to see so many parents there.
  
  The feedback we have back so far is very positive with manyparents finding the workshop very informative and useful.
  
  Please take a look at the resources and handouts that were givenout at this workshop; these may be helpful for you and your child.(You will find these on our school website under the tabs- KeyInformation- Curriculum- Maths- Parent Workshops)
  
  Thank you

  

• Home School Agreement

  Fri 12 Oct 2018

  We have written our new 'Home School Agreement' for this year. In this it sets our expectations for the school, children and carers. Please read this on the school website, Piota app or on Class Dojo.  Your child will be asked to sign a copy of this. We will ask you as carers to sign a copy at the parent consultation meetings next week. 

   

  Many thanks

  Anna Cvijetic

   

  (to view the Home School Agreement, please click on the Letters tab under News and Events)

• KS2 Let's Get Healthy Cafe Thursday 18th October 2018

  Thu 11 Oct 2018

  Packed Lunches

  The Get Ahead Partnership visited our school and understood how healthy our children's packed lunches were. We were really surprised by the results and thought we would share these with you:

  • A pleasing 55% of children brought 1 or more portions of fruit in their packed lunch.

  However

  • A staggering 43% of children brought 2 or more sugary treats to eat in their packed lunch.

  • Only 22% of children brought wholemeal bread.

  • 73% of children brought a packet of crisps to school.

  • Just 23% of children brought water to drink in their packed lunch.

  • 72% of children did not bring any vegetables in their packed lunch.

   

  From seeing this data, we would really like your support in trying to improve our packed lunches and this is why we would like to hold a Let's Get Healthy Cafe'.

   

  What will the Let’s Get Healthy Café involve?

  Children and their parents or guardians will be given ideas of healthy items they could include within a packed lunch. Alongside this, we will be offering a small amount of these healthy packed lunch foods for you to try.

   

  

• Year 1-6 Times tables Workshop for parents 15.10.18

  Thu 11 Oct 2018

  Please see the poster below for details about our next parent workshop.

  Thank you

  

• Harvest Festival 2018

  Mon 08 Oct 2018

  On Friday 19th October we will be celebrating Harvest Festival in school. Our Year 6 children will be leading an assembly for the infant and junior children. 

   

  Like previous years we will be collecting non-perishable foods (tins, packets, pasta, rice etc) for the Scunthorpe Food Bank who support families in our area. Your donations will be gratefully received.

   

  Please kindly send any donations to the school with your child between now and the Harvest Festival.

   

  Thank you for your support.

  

• Councillors visit Year 6 children for question and answer session

  Mon 08 Oct 2018

  Three North Lincolnshire Councillors were put in the hot seat by Year 6 pupils as they visited Berkeley Primary School in Scunthorpe.

   

  Leader of the council, Cllr Rob Waltham, Cllr David Rose and Cllr Helen Rowson took questions on the workings of the council, what the role of a councillor is and about council tax!

  The visit was to help the pupils understand the democratic process in North Lincolnshire and the UK.

   

  Cllr Rob Waltham, the Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, explained what being the leader of the council meant, what councillors do, and what his favourite parts of his job are.  As cabinet member for Children, Families, Learning and Leisure,

  Cllr David Rose explained how he was responsible for all the schools in North Lincolnshire and what he does to help them be the best schools they can be.  Cllr Helen Rowson explained the role of ward councillor, and her responsibilities as lead member for farming.

   

  Headteacher, Anna Cvijetic, said “It’s important that the pupils learn about our democratic society, and understand how decisions are made locally.”

  “It won’t be too long before they’re at the polling stations themselves and they need to know how they can decide how our area is run.”

  “I’m really thankful to the councillors for coming in and taking the time to answer questions from our Year 6s.”

   

  Cllr Rob Waltham, Leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said:

  “We were thrilled to visit Berkeley Primary School to help the children learn about the democratic process. They weren’t shy with their questions and we talked about everything from how North Lincolnshire Council started back in 1996, to the new play areas at Normanby Hall Country Park and the future of Civic Centre.”

  “I hope that by letting the school children ask questions of their local councillors from a young age – and see that we’re real people doing jobs just like their mums and dads – they’ll continue to engage with local democracy when they’re older and it will encourage them to get involved in making decisions that affect our communities.”

   

  At the question time session at the school, one pupil asked Cllr Waltham, “What does your average day look like?”

  “I wanted the children to see the wide range of what we do as a council, and all the people we as elected members work with to secure the best deal for them, their school, and their families at home. I don’t think they’d believe all the things we have to fit into the day if they saw my diary though!” continued Cllr Waltham.